I took a look at a new Website recently in response to a
request for a site review on one of my favorite forums. And, while the
appearance was pleasing, there wasn't really much there. Too often, new folks to
the Internet marketing world make this crucial mistake. They think that if they
build a site, customers will automaically show up and start buying stuff. When
those customers don't materialize, the site owner often gives up and quits.
In order for any site to attract quality visitors, there are some things that
need to be done. In this article, I will give you a small list of objectives,
along with brief hints on how to go about meeting them. If you follow through,
your site will advance in the search engine rankings, and before you know it the
visitors will be showing up faster than you can count them.
Search Engines Love Content
Involve yourself in an ongoing process of collecting and/or producing articles
for inclusion on your site. There are many sources of articles on the Internet.
Some of them charge a small fee, while others are free. Look for articles that
are relevant to the subject of your site, and add them. If these articles are
rich with the keywords that you wish to target, so much the better.
You can also write your own articles. This allows you to concentrate on the
keywords that you wish to target, and establishes you as an expert in your
field.
By adding your resource box, with your URL, to the end of your articles and then
submitting them to other sites and Ezines, you can generate additional traffic
to your site. More about this later.
Invite your visitors to submit articles to your site for publication. This helps
to build visitor loyalty, because eveybody likes to see their name in print;)
Search Engines Love Links.
The second thing that you need to do is exchange links with other websites.
Search Engines look to see how many links point to your site and use this
information to gauge the importance of your site. The more links you have, the
better, but look for links that add value for your visitors. Make sure that you
link to quality sites that are somehow related to what your visitors are looking
for. In this way, you will get traffic that is targeted to what you are trying
to sell. This will increase your chances of making sales or signing up
affiliates who have a good chance of being successful in your business.
There are two basic types of links; reciprocal links and one way links.
Reciprocal links occur when you trade links with another website. These are
important because not only do they help in your rankings, they also generate
traffic from the sites that you link to. One way links are a bit different.
These are links that point people to your site, but do not point your visitors
away from your site. As a result, they are more valuable. Not too many
webmasters are willing to give away one way links, but there are a couple of
good techniques that you can use to get them.
1. Write articles and offer them for publication. You will be pleasantly
surprised by the number of sites and Ezines that are looking for quality
articles to use for content. By placing your resource box at the end of the
article, and including a link to your site, you can generate dozens, if not
hundreds of one way links to your site. To find sites that accept articles,
simply do a search for 'Free Website Content.' You will find several good sites.
Also think about joining the Directory of Ezines. Many of the publications
listed there accept articles, and some of them will even invite you to write for
them on a regular basis.
2. Visit several forums and bulletin boards that deal with stay at home jobs.
Especially, those that are directly related to your field of expertise. Many of
these allow you to include your URL in your signature block. By participating in
these forums, you will be able to create many more one way links to your site.
Just make sure that you offer sound advice, and make relevant posts. If you
don't, you could be considered a nuisance or worse, a spammer.
The addition of content in the form of articles and links to your site should be
an ongoing process. If you concentrate on these two things and continually add
to your site, you will not only move up in the search engine rankings, but you
will end up with a site that has great value to your visitors. Add to your site
every day. Remember, you are in competition with a lot of other related
websites, and chances are,they are already be doing this.
Robert Thompson is retired from the United States Air Force. Since his retirement, he has operated several successful businesses. He is a proud Team Leader with SFI and operates http://www.stayathomejobs.net Stay at Home Jobs offers a wide variety of informative articles and features for the home business entrepreneur. Membership is free. For a free copy of the Stay at Home Jobs Newsletter, send a blank Email to [email protected]
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