subject: Web Traffic for the New Website or Blog Owner by:Bart Rudzinski [print this page] Web Traffic for the New Website or Blog Owner - By: Bart Rudzinski
So you built a new website or started a new blog on Wordpress or Blogger ...
Nobody is visiting your site or blog and you've spent hours making it great and it seems like nobody cares !!! A few weeks go by and still nothing... no visitors!
I know, you feel lost! You have Googled "web traffic" and got a gazzilion sites selling you traffic or SEO Services or "FREE Website Traffic" in exchange for xyz. Everybody wants something, right?
Well hopefully this will help get your site / blog going:
There are a few things you absolutely must do:
Before we begin, if you're not using Firefox as your browser, get it now and forget all the others: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
4) Add your sitemap to your Google webmaster account for your site.
5) To get indexed quickly by Google, get yourself a SpicyPage account here: http://spicypage.com and add your site. Please vote for LinkChili.com too ;-)
6) Get yourself some backlinks. You can get your first one from Linkchili.com (this is a good starting point, especially if you do not already have any links. Be aware that generally linkfarms cannot provide quality links. By "quality links" I mean links that are contextually relevant to the content of your site and have a minimum "Page Rank" (PR) of 4)
Ok, now some stuff about your site.
Have you set your title tags?
SELECTING A TITLE TAG
This lets the search engines know what your site/blog is all about. A title tag is the first thing a search engine will see and it will be judged upon the relevancy it has to the content of your website. It is highly recommended to ensure that your most important keywords are located in the title tag to increase the relevancy between the site and the title.
A title tag example for this Article would be: Web Traffic for the New Website or Blog Owner
What do your Keywords look like?
MONITOR YOUR KEYWORD DENSITY
The keywords you select should all be relevant to the content of your site. Your choice of keywords is critical, so be sure there is a DIRECT relationship between these words and your sites purpose.
A keyword example for this Article would be
Close attention should also be paid to the way the words are used within the sites content as well as the frequency of their use. Be sure that your selected keywords are used naturally, as would be the case in a casual conversation, and take note NOT to use them too frequently.
Overuse could get your site penalized by the search engines thereby lowering your search engine rankings. If the need to frequently use some words (due to their relevance) arises, have a list of synonyms available for substitution.
A keyword density of between 2 and 5 percent is a suggestion margin to target, to both accurately reflect your sites content and keep you in 'good graces' with search engines.
Wow, that seems like a lot of work! Well there are some free tools that LinkChili.com provide to help you with this task. You will need to register, for free, on LinkChili.com, then login to your profile. Select "Member SEO Tools" and select "Keyword Density Analyser". Enter your site's URL (or the web page you want to check) and away you go!
You are making progress! Now you are ready to get some traffic! Remember Google loves content! The more you give it, the more it will come and visit your site, resulting in more frequent crawling and higher indexing. This increases your chances for organic search results.
Organic search results are direct targeted free traffic from a search engine such as Google. Targeted traffic is traffic (people) that have specifically searched for something your site offers. Organic search results do not involve PPC (Pay Per Click) or non-targeted popunder or popup paid traffic, that generate unwanted hits or spam hits.
Next you will need to let "AboutUs" know about your site or blog: So register here: http://www.aboutus.org/. This will help you get "spidered" more quickly.
Have you ever heard of Alexa? Alexa measures your "traffic reach" to internet users. You need to tell Alexa about your site or blog too: http://www.alexa.com/siteowners. Don't be despondent when in a week's time you're still unranked or have a ranking of 30000000 this is normal. It will decrease over time. Your goal is to get your Alexa rating as low as possible and your page rank as high as possible.
Alexa Sparky accompanies you as you surf, providing useful information about the sites you visit without interrupting your web browsing. It also increases the surf trend of your site or blog as you work on it, which in turn reduces your Alexa Rank. :-)
Right, so there is method to all this madness! Now, to get your Alexa rating down you need visitors as your site ages. So you need to start getting some traffic fast. I don't really like these sites but they work well initially. This site has automatic surfing where u earn credits and in return they display your website to other members who will open your site if it suites them. The traffic is not huge I got around 40 visitors a day. It's good enough to start off with. Register for a free account here: http://tinyurl.com/dlsk9q. Now you should be in the position where your site is getting some traffic and your Alexa Rank is coming down - as you can see in your Alexa Sparky tool bar.
All the information provided in this article is explained in full detail on http://www.LinkChili.com with tons of great features for members only, membership is free.
Good Luck! All the best with your site / blog may it grow and grow and grow.
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