Free Website Traffic

Your website design and layout makes a big difference to your traffic. If it is effective and memorable people will return and this will increase your traffic.

This is what you are aiming for, as many repeat visitors as possible as well as getting new visitors.

Apply these tips to get more repeat traffic.

Traffic Idea 1 – Tell a Friend
Have a tell-a-friend form on your site


Traffic Idea 2 - Domain Name
Buy and use a memorable domain name. This is hugely important. How many times have you gone back to a website because you remembered the name ? Choose a memorable website name.


Traffic Idea 3 – Display Your Domain Name Correctly
As one name websites are limited in supply you will have to choose a longer website name. Ensure you display it so it is memorable.

For example; If you domain name is;

www.blackdogsandcats.com

Display it all over your website so it is easier to remember using TITLE case. So it would now look like;

www.BlackDogsAndCats.com

This makes it much easier for people to remember.

Traffic Idea 4 – Subscribe To Mailing List
Add a mailing list subscribe form in a high profile spot on your site.

Traffic Idea 5 - Optimize
Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase

Traffic Idea 6 – Error Page
Make a custom error page for your website redirecting people to your home page

Traffic Idea 7 - Bookmark
Add a "bookmark this site" link to your web pages

Traffic Idea 8 – Titles and Keywords
Ensure that each page on your website has appropriate titles and keywords so that your customer can find their way back to your site if they lose the book mark

Traffic Idea 9 – Add Value
Create a site with valuable content, products or services

Traffic Idea 10 – Primary and Secondary Keywords
Place primary and secondary keywords within the first words in your page content and spread them evenly throughout the document

Traffic Idea 11 – Correct Keywords
Research and use the right keywords/phrases to attract your target customers

Traffic Idea 12 – Correct HTML
Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page Like Title, META tags, Headers, etc

Traffic Idea 13 - Simplicity
Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between web pages, find what they want and buy products and services

Traffic Idea 14 - Memory
Make your customer visit easy and give them plenty of ways to remember you in the form of newsletters, free reports, reduction coupons etc.

Traffic Idea 15 – Our Policies
Create a 'Our Policies' page that clearly defines your philosophy and principles in dealing with your customers. Also post your privacy policy as well so that clients know they are secure when they visit your site.

Traffic Idea 16 – FAQ Page
Create a FAQ page which addresses most of the doubts and clarifications about your product or your company that are likely to be asked.

This helps to resolve most of the customers doubts in their first visit to your site.

Traffic Idea 17 – Fast and Easy
When selling products online, use simple payment and shipment methods to make your customer's experience fast and easy.

Traffic Idea 18 – Bookmark Me
Add a bookmark this site link in a high profile spot on your site.

Traffic Idea 19 – Tell A Friend
Use a Tell A Friend Script on your site so people can email their friend about an article on your website.

Traffic Idea 20 - Redirects
Make a page that redirects to your homepage - no point losing visitors

Traffic Idea 21 - Optimize
Optimize the titles of your pages for keywords people will search for.

Traffic Idea 22 - Misspellings
Purchase misspellings of competitors domains and redirect your site (be careful of trademark infringement)

Traffic Idea 23 – Keywords in Domain Name
Use a well-searched for keyword within your domain name to help rank for that keyword

Traffic Idea 24 – Update Pages
Update the pages on your website frequently Stagnant sites are dropped by some search engines

Traffic Idea 25 – Add a Bookmark Site Link
Add a bookmark this site link in a high profile spot on your site

Traffic Idea 26 – Tell A Friend Script
Use a Tell A Friend Script on your site so people can email their friend about an article on your website

Traffic Idea 27 – Opt In Form
Have an opt-in form - trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page

Traffic Idea 28 – ‘More Opt In Forms’Have an opt-in form - trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page.

Traffic Idea 29 – Script For Favorites
Add a link to your primary page with a script 'Book Mark or Add this site to your Favorites'.

Traffic Idea 30 – ‘Opt In’ Option
You can allow customers to 'opt in' to get discounts and special offers. Place a link on your site to invite customers to 'opt in' to get a monthly newsletter or valuable coupons.

Traffic Idea 31 – Keyword Research
Use a well-searched for keyword within your domain name to help rank for that keyword



Some Experience Helps
Obviously experience can help when implementing these methods. If you have HTML knowledge or technical knowledge these ideas are going to be easier.

There are a number of free websites programs around that allow you to build websites easily. You can use these with success but your best results will come if you can build your own websites from scratch.