Every website owner strives to build a steady flow of
traffic to their website and there are many various methods
available, some more successful than others. But there are
some that will not result in your quest for targeted
website traffic. Picking a proven strategy will make a
difference and you will avoid costly mistakes in time and
money.
Listed below are 4 website strategies that you should
always avoid is you want to build a steady flow of targeted
traffic that could subscribe not just to your list but
emerge as a paying customer.
1. Buying Traffic. This is where a website owner pays for
links to their website. The trouble is these links could be
placed on another website that does not compliment the
product or service offered. The end result will be visitors
to your website (it will generate some traffic) but the
quality of that traffic will be poor. Poor quality website
traffic is unlikely to subscribe to your list or buy your
product or service. Spending more on links may just be
wasting money as the concept is rather flawed in the first
place.
2. Traffic Exchanges. These are websites that ask you to
sign up and start surfing where you agree to look at other
websites and get rewarded for doing so in the form of
visits to your own website. Just remember, it will take you
an enormous amount of time looking at other websites to
build you reward points. This encourages surfing just for
the sake of building points. Do you want visitors to your
website coming for the sole reason to build their points?
This is not the quality traffic that you are looking for.
Some traffic exchanges cost money to buy into a higher
membership level promising better quality traffic. You are
unlikely to see an acceptable return on your investment
using this method.
3. Banner Ads. You will have probably come across websites
with flashing ads and graphics and you have probably now
realised that they are now fewer in number. They have
probably had their day. You placed banners or graphics that
were clickable on a high traffic website and they took the
viewer back to your website. Too often the banners or
graphics were not related to the product and were used too
often on the same website. It not just confused the viewer
but could annoy them as well.
4. Safe Lists. These are lists that you sign up to and
agree to receive emails from other website owners. In
effect it cut out spam. You have to pay for the service and
in return are promised that you will receive a torrent of
targeted traffic to your website. Often, the torrent turns
out to be a trickle and those that do pay your website a
visit are mostly likely not who you are trying to target.
This can be costly for you and should be avoided.
For every one poor website traffic strategy there are lots
of genuine ones that are proven to work, don't cost you
anything and are easy to implement. Website traffic
strategies andsearch engine optimisation go together as the
higher up the search engines your website is the more
traffic it is likely to generate. If website owners are
paying big money to use Google's Adsense, then this proves
that a high search engine placing will bring traffic to
your website. But there are other methods available that
are free to gain high search engine placings that anyone
can use.
By using the proven methods for website traffic generation
a website owner will always have a better chance of
targeted website traffic flowing to their website rather
than use these outlined methods that will cost you time and
money but result in very little if any traffic, and mostly
unlikely any targeted website traffic that a website based
business requires to thrive.
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Michael Tasker started an online information product
business last year with the aim of making some extra money.
His first ebook has just been published I'm No.1 In Google!
where every detail is explained in easy non tech language
how his website made it to no.1 in the search engines. Just
follow these steps for your website's traffic generating
success.
http://www.goodbyemoneyworries.com/google
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