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How To Generate Web Site Traffic For Free?
By Lil Waldner, Sat Dec 10th

Traffic is essential for every ecommerce enterpreneur andwebsite owner. The best way of getting traffic is by achieving atop 10 or top 20 position in a famous search engine as Google.There are more than 8 billion websites indexed by Google. Only asmall fraction of them get a high ranking.

It is not difficult to generate a lot of internet traffic with ahigh advertising budget. Big companies can afford millions ofDollars for advertising. Some brands only get traffic because oftheir famous name.

Most of the website owners have to calculate with a few Dollars.How can they succeed in generating traffic?

Some tips how to generate web site traffic forfree:

1. Display your URL on everything

The public has to know about your website. The first step is tospread out your websites URL everywhere: on your business cards,on your online and offline letters, on your mailbox, in thetelephone directory etc.

2. Submission to search engines and directories

You can submit your URL in most of the cases free of charge tosearch engines and directories. Important are directories thatrelate to the topic of your website. If your website deals withgolf, submission to golf related directories or golf relatedpages in general directories might bring some traffic to yourwebsite.

3. Free classified ads

Classified ads are free of charge. You can place as many ads asyou want. You can get a better exposure through featured ads tomoderate costs. If

you decide to pay for featured ads, it�srecommendabe to give priority to classified ad websites with ahigh Alexa traffic rank. You find out the Alexa traffic rank ofa website by typing in it�s URL at the alexa.com website.

4. Ads in ezines

It is also worthwhile to place ads in ezines that are related tothe topic of a website. This can be done with moderate expenses.

5. Expose your website in newsgroups, forums

You may sign up in newsgroups and forums that relate to thetopic of your website. You can give your advice to the audienceand show solutions by your website. A lot of people surf on thiskind of websites in order to find a solution for their problems.

6. Traffic Exchange

You may sign up at the different traffic exchange websites. Youearn credits by surfing on these websites. The more you surf,the more credits you earn. Your website receives trafficaccording to the credits that you achieve. Of course, you cannotsit surfing all the time. This programs offer you theopportunity to refer other surfers to their website. Yourwebsite can gain credit from all the surfers in your downline inthis MLM-like system. Traffic to your website could explode, atleast theoretically.

About the author:Lil Waldner is a business economist. She is experienced inproject management and marketing. She has worked as editor ofnewspapers and she has written booklets and essays with economicand public issues. Visit her web sites: AffiliatePrograms Directory or TrafficSyndicate 25