101 ways to drive traffic to your website

[stupid camel]

1. Join MyBlogLog, add friends, and join communities.
2. Sign up for Technorati and ping it when your blog content changes.
3. Use a ping service like pingomatic to ping RSS aggregators.
4. Submit your blog to all of the directories on Robin Good’s list of RSS directories.
5. Use trackbacks.
6. Leave comments on blogs in related niches.
7. Tell your friends about your blog and specific posts.
8. Put your blog URL in your forum signatures.
9. Create link bait.
10. Tell Your newsletter subscribers about your blog.
11. Write press releases for your blog.
12. Link liberally to other blogs in your posts (many bloggers check who links to them).
13. Tag your posts using Technorati tags or a tag plug-in.
14. Submit your posts to multiple social bookmarking sites using OnlyWire.
15. Use Stumbleupon to stumble your posts.
16. Answer questions on Yahoo answers with the answers on your blog.
17. Answer questions on forums related to your niche with a link to one of your blog posts that answers the question.
18. Set up a feed on MyYahoo so that Yahoo keeps better track of your blog.
19. Make lists (My Top 5…, Ten Things…, etc.). Many of the most popular blog posts are lists like this one.
20. Use pictures. Most of the top trafficed blogs use pictures in their posts.
21. Use video on your blog.
22. Find out what people want to learn about in your blog’s niche and write about it.
23. Be the first to break a news story.
24. Use keyword research to find good keywords to use in your posts.
25. Write controversial posts.
26. Strongly Agree or strongly disagree with other bloggers and write about it with a link to their post.
27. Make it easy for your readers to sign up for your RSS feed.
28. Make it easy for your readers to Digg your posts.
29. Ask your readers to submit your posts to social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit, etc.).
30. Interview well known people in your industry (it’s working well for me).
31. Give credit to the blogs that inspire your posts.
32. Don’t be boring.
33. Write for beginners.
34. Participate in group writing projects.
35. Participate in blog memes.
36. Create a blog meme and tag your friends.
37. Participate in blog carnivals.
38. Post at different times of the day.
39. Submit your best posts to article directories.
40. Write Killer Content.
41. Start a group blog. These tend to get more traffic, because more people are creating conent and more people are promoting it.
42. Have guest posters.
43. Create a blog meme and tag an A-list blogger who you like.
44. Submit your blog to regular web directories (like DMOZ, etc.).
45. Join SpicyPage and promote your blog on it.
46. Join a blog webring.
47. Sign up for BlogWoods and promote your blog on it.
48. Join LinkAndBlog and do link and blog challenges.
49. Submit your best posts to Netscape.
50. Exchange Ads (not blogroll links) with complementary blogs.
51. Trade blog roll links with related blogs.
52. Sign up for Rojo. Subscribe to your feed and click “add mojo” on your better articles.
53. Add a plug-in to notify users of new comments (I REALLY need to do this).
54. Make it easy for your visitors to submit your post to ALL social bookmarking sites (not just Digg).
55. Add a tell-a-friend script or plug-in to your posts.
56. Make it easy for your visitors to bookmark your page in their browser.
57. Make it easy for people to link to your blog.
58. Use easy to read fonts.
59. Use a professional looking blog design.
60. Make your blog easy to navigate.
61. Highlight your most popular posts.
62. Write posts that ask provocative questions.
63. Use questions for the title of your blog posts (you knew that was coming).
64. Use good keywords in your post titles.
65. Reply to every question you get through email.
66. Reply to every question you get on your blog.
67. E-mail other bloggers about your really good post(s) (breaking news posts).
68. Offer free stuff related to your niche (tools, ebooks, etc).
69. Run a contest.
70. Publish videos on YouTube with the URL for your site at the beginning and end of the video.
71. Install a translation plug-in or use a translation service to translate your blog into foreign languages.
72. Put Your URL on everything that goes out of your house (business cards, stationary, mailing labels, etc.).
73. Go through listible.com’s list of web 2.0 sites and promote your blog on all web 2.0 sites that apply.
74. Search for Wikis related to your niche to submit your blog to. For example, for this blog the search phrase would be “make money online wiki” or “internet marketing wiki”.
75. Give regular polls (use a poll plug-in like democracy for this).
76. Add trivia quiz pages.
77. Add ecard pages.
78. Add a forum for your visitors to discuss more on your niche.
79. Add a wiki to your blog .
80. Join Hubpages and post links to your blog from articles you write.
81. Join Blink List and make a list of blogs with your blog in it.
82. Join 43 Things and write a list of 43 things you want to achieve (include your blog url in the list).
83. Join Blogger Party (and/or other free blog systems). Then write posts that link back to your blog.
84. Make a Squidoo lens (or more than one) with a link to your blog.
85. Provide Wikipedia articles with links to your blog where it makes sense.
86. Tell people you will link back to them if they review your blog (like John Chow).
87. Join Blog Catalog (kind of like MyBlogLog).
88. Create a MySpace Page. Put your blog on it, and get some friends.
89. Use SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
90. Use good grammar. People will be happy with your writing.
91. Submit your blog to directories in your niche.
92. Email or Instant message your friends to Digg, stumbelupon, etc. your post.
93. Link to your blog from other websites and blogs you own.
94. Write a post about the top x bloggers in your niche or state or country, etc. Then tell them about, so they will want to link back to you.
95. Promote your posts on related newsgroups.
96. Post frequently.
97. Submit your site to free website review sites like coolsiteoftheday.
98. Search for .edu sites with link pages, forums, directories, and wikis to submit your link to.
99. Give out blogging awards and tell the bloggers you are giving the awards to about it.
100. Pray. (That’s just always good advice)...
101. Make a 101 list.

[davin.master]

really great listing for boost up our traffic at our website.

[muqtada123]

i would like to go with the 100th one. Will help 100%

[tanja]

To pray?...That's really nice desision, I guess most people use this "method" to succeed in something!

[lexdino]

This is one of the greatest list in this category that I have came accross though I will also say that some that made this lists are of very little or no benefit for a newbie but it is a gret post all the way and thumbs up "stupid camel"

[julie82]

These days most of the traffic on websites come from search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN etc. So you must use SEO tools to be ranked higher in these search engines for keywords relevant to your site. The right words in the right place can place your website to higher listings and get it seen more easily when people search.

[djtearz]

that's a very helpful list but which ones are paying off easily, which ones are the quick wins?

there's only so much a man can do in a day!!

[julie82]

my friend all this depends on your site quality, your efforts of promotion and your hard work.

[Suzanne]

Nothing beats item 100. In every business, be it big or small, there's no such thing as "impossible" with prayers.

[edynas]

Hi

Personally i would not depend on just a business model that gets traffic from google - you can spend a lot of energy on SEO both on and off -page, but as soon Google decides to change it algorytms AGAIN (and making it even more difficult for affiliate sites/marketers) you are screwed... strat all over again and will repeat itself again as soon Google changes it's algorytms again!

So you would need other business models that don't rely on Google. Most smart marketers are creating business models now to be less and less dependend on Google... their are great ways of doing that.

One is looking at you right now as you are reading this... 'guessed it yet?'

And build a list, as that is the most important thing to do online... never need Google again!

[Martaa]

Great post Stupid Camel. How many did you try yourself and how did they turn out. Which one was the best.

[depnaker]

It will be ned a hard work. However i'll try it. Thanks for list.

[masterb]

Just pray, will help you a lot 101 ways are way too many. but thanks for the ways

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[julie82]

I would also say to participate in forums like digitalpoint.com and make the link of your website your signature and post threads, replies etc.

This brings loads of traffic to the site.

[jamesyoung0920]

Wow. Sure there are many way to drive traffic to your websites. The possibilities are endless? Mybloglog is one great way to drive traffic. Me and my friends are joining communities of the same interest.

[julie82]

hmm.... all these points are very helpful if you want to succeed and brind loads and loads of traffic to your site.

[Anton Juan]

Amazing list you have here. One of the suggestions in your list, placing urls in forums posts, goes a long way. So it's prudent to set aside a few hours per day building up back links that way.

[DaveSpencer]

Originally Posted by tanja

To pray?...That's really nice desision, I guess most people use this "method" to succeed in something!

lol. I agree. I've seen so many people start a site and have no idea of how to get traffic to it. I guess they try some tactics and then pray that it works.

[Web Dev]

If anyone could do all this, I bet they will get lots of traffics

Does it need to be in order?

Because, it's really surprising to see Search Engine Optimization is number 89 on the list.