Thursday, December 25, 2008

The Best Way To Gain Website Traffic

By Don Bethune

Generating website traffic is not as daunting as one might think. It just take well thought out ideas, and common sense. There are many points we can examine, but here are a few example to help the popularity of your blog.

Evaluate your blog and ensure that you are running an exciting, yet organized site. Navigation between pages must flow easy and pages must be linked by no more than three clicks. Your design must not be overdone, cluttered or cause the reader confusion.

How much is too much? Your first instinct is to flood your blog with ads. The more ads you have the more money you make, right? Wrong. In fact readers are turned off to a page that is covered in ads. Some ads contain harmful adwares that can harm computers. It is better if you are choosey about the ads you use.

Finding a niche and sticking with it is important. Write about a subject that you are knowledgeable about. If you stay on topic, others will come to you when they are looking for information. If you write about something you know, sounding like an expert wonat be hard.

Keep up to date on current news and trends pertaining to your subject, and breaking news will always keep readers returning to see whatas new. Everyone loves to be ain the knowa, so the more relevant information you can provide the better.

Letting people know your blog exist is essential to your popularity and your website traffic. You can post link to your similar sites, though you should be careful that you donat get associated as a spammer. Donata be that poster, itall make you loss more traffic than itall ultimately generate.

Social networking sites can be a great tool for generating traffic. Some sites allow users to vote on articles and the one with the most votes takes its place on the front page. If your readers post your links to social networking pages, your site traffic can increase dramatically. Ensure that your server can handle the traffic.

Once you have increased your reader base, it is up to you to keep them interested. Stay positive and upbeat. The majority of people enjoy reading positive articles and stay away from bloggers who are negative about everything. You want your readers to be uplifted, not bring them down.

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