11 Ways to Get Unlimited Amount of FREE Traffic
A common question, especially for new internet marketers and bloggers is, how to get web traffic to your website or blog for FREE? I decided to write a short post on the best ways that I get FREE traffic to my sites. Even though I also get a majority of my traffic from PPC with Google Adwords, it’s not really a recommended method for beginners trying to increase their traffic, so I only listed FREE methods that I and just about every other successful blogger or internet marketer uses too.
Killer Content – Yeah, this is pretty much a no brainer, I had to add it in here somewhere. I’ve learned from my experience that “Content” is really where everything begins. Without original, valuable, engaging and high quality content, then there’s really no reason to get traffic in the first place. No one is going to read it, suggest others to read it, or link to it as a source/reference. Great content even for a 500 word landing page (lp) is crucial because you need to pre-sell your visitors by engaging, connecting with them and that’s pretty much all done through your content. Killer content, just by itself can lead to a ton of targeted traffic to your websites from visitors letting others know about it.
SEO – Search engine optimization consists of several things. It basically means optimizing your website and content so people can find it on the Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. The search engines will probably eventually be your #1 source of FREE targeted traffic.
How do you get your website on the front page of the Search Engines?
- Keywords (KW) – are very important because this is how your website will show up on the front page of the search engines or “search engine results pages” (SERP’s). When you “Google something” the words or phrase you entered would be considered “keywords” or a “keyword phrase”. Now there are “keywords” and there are “Long Tail keywords” (consist of 3 or more words and creates a “keyword phrase”). Now long tail keywords will have less competition and will be much easier for a beginner to get on the front page of the search engines. “Long tailed Keywords” will bring in targeted traffic because they are searching for something in particular, not just using a broad keyword. A competitive KW like “Money” would be very hard to get on the front page of the serp’s, but a “long tail keyword” like “make money at home for beginners” has much less competition and would be so much more easier to land your site on the front page for that search term. You need to make sure you are adding the keyword or long tailed keywords throughout your content, but making it look natural and not forcing your KW’s all over. Adding no more than a 5% keyword ratio to regular words in your content, and make sure you use them in your titles.
- Backlinks – The more backlinks you get from other relevant and high PR websites will give your site more authority and credibility from the search engines. This will help move your site closer to the front of the serp’s. Include the keywords in your “anchor text” (words used in link) for your links pointing back to your sites, which will give your website more authority for those keywords, and help boost your site to the front page of Google for those KW’s.
Social Media – This is the Hottest method of getting traffic, currently. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and etc… can bring a lot of traffic quickly and for FREE. The social media sites are so powerful and effective because people spread information virally. It takes just one person to visit your site or blog and they could start a chain reaction from telling their friends on social media sites. Make sure you get your best articles/sites bookmarked in some of the popular social media sites, and make it easy for your visitors to do the same with “bookmark buttons” and apps. Becoming a Authority figure, being helpful and interacting with as many people as you can, will greatly increase your fan base or follower count. Obviously the more loyal followers the better for your business.
Communities – Networking and engaging with other like minds is crucial for success online. This will also lead to targeted traffic from referrals and recommendations from others who know you. It will also give you connections and open opportunities that you may have never gotten before. There are so many different communities out there, just join some and get involved. Social media and networking sites are great places for you to join, blogging communities, forums etc… Some examples: squidoo, hubpages, blogcatalog, mybloglog and Linkedin.
Viral – Getting traffic virally is just smart and effective marketing. One of the best ways of doing this is by creating a Ebook or Report and giving it away for FREE. People will most likely tell others about it and it just keeps on spreading like a wild fire. Just make sure they clearly know who you are and what you’re main sites are in the ebook/report. This will also allow you to build a list quite easily with a high quality ebook.
Article Directories – Are great to get traffic and backlinks to your websites. Just write some relevant and beneficial articles with keywords in your anchor text for your links pointing back to your sites. Probably the most popular and powerful article directory is Ezine Article’s, but here’s a sweet list of dofollow article directories for ya to use.
Blog Commenting – Works like a charm, if done correctly. Make sure you are leaving helpful and beneficial comments on relevant blogs. Engage the blog owner with what you thought about the post or add relevant feedback about it. Not just “good post”. Become a regular to the blog and leave comments often and on as many blogs as you can find that are relevant. Some of the Blogs are Dofollow and you get PR juice from the backlink from them.
Forums – Not only can you learn a lot from a forum and network with others, but most of them allow you to leave a signature or a link to your websites at the bottom of every reply or thread you leave. Give helpful advice, ask good questions and people will click on your signature and checkout your sites. Here’s a sweet dofollow forums list.
Guest Blogging – This method alone could put you and your website on the map. If you get approved to guest post on the right blog, and given the right audience, then you’ll be engaging readers that probably would’ve never found your site. Not only does guest blogging give you a ton of exposure, but also gives you some nice backlinks from a relevant site. Guest blogging is very popular right now. Usually the popular blogs will have a page or link about how to guest post on their blog. If they don’t, then it doesn’t hurt to send them a quick email and ask. Use high quality, original and valuable articles for a guest post, but at the same time make sure it compliments their blog. You want to use your best articles for guest blogging, especially if you get on a authoritative blog for your niche.
Press Releases – There are several good FREE press release sites. Here’s a whole list of them FREE Press Release distribution sites. Press Releases will allow the media to learn about your websites, product or services, quickly. Write in a more professional and informational format for your press release. Not in a review or sales page style.
Pinging - A pinging service like Ping-o-matic, which is FREE, let’s multiple search engines and services know that you just updated your blog or added new content. The popular sites like Technorati, Sphere and many others, will be pinged every time you update your content and people at these sites will be able to read your latest posts. This is automatically done if you use Wordpress. It’s under writing in your WP dashboard.
Those are my top FREE methods for getting unlimited amount of targeted traffic to my websites and blogs. Please share any other methods or sources that I’ve left out that helps bring FREE targeted traffic to your sites.
100 Top SEO Tips-Tricks and Resources for 2009
I learned a great deal about search engine optimization (seo) tips and techniques in 2009. It also changed quite a bit this year as in search engine algorithms and social media coming up as a major player for traffic and the way it will change SEO in the near future. I know I love huge lists with valuable information, facts and resources that help me get more traffic and ultimately achieve more success online.
That’s why I decided to go out with a bang for the end of 2009 and compile a Huge List of search engine optimization tips/tricks, resources, changes and some new things I learned this year. Much of this list separates myths from facts and what and what not to waste your time on.
1. – Use the nofollow attribute (rel=”nofollow”) when needed
2. blog commenting is worthwhile but leave good genuine and helpful feedback
3. meta descriptions and their keywords dont matter and don’t boost position
4. post tags or tag clouds are still worth including
5. The Title tag to a post or article is most important, then heading tags is next in importance <h1><h2>
6. use keywords in permalink
7. don’t pay for links or be subtle about it
8. be cautious who you do reciprocal links with
9. use good seo tools to keep up with your competition and see what they are up to
10. post at least one new post to your blog everyday
11. get backlinks from relevant sites and content
12. pay for seo
13. use article marketing
14. most directories are worthless for PR Juice but can confuse your competition via link count
15. submit to “Yahoo directory”
16. submit to “Dmoz directory”
17. use keywords in titles of your images
18. use relevant sigs in forums
19. submit articles to “ezines”
20. interlink pages but in moderation
21. search spiders don’t like flash so use minimum amount as possible
22. implementing links with javascript don’t get spidered
23. create a sitemap
24. create a robots.txt
25. create account with “technorati” and claim blogs
26. create account with “blog catalog” and claim blogs
27. do guest posts on relevant blogs
28. social bookmark your great posts and have others do it as well
29. use “Twitter”
30. make it easy for people to bookmark your articles, with WP, just add a plugin
31. write pillar posts
32. create value in your content
33. don’t create mirror sites
34. stay away from black hat strategies
35. white hat seo methods is the way to go, especially for longevity
36. don’t try to trick search engines, especially Google
37. Google is still King
38. treat Google like a family member
39. hiring a good, legit and professional seo firm should cost thousands a mth. or a few hundred an hour, concentrate on ROI not the cost
40. read problogger
41. read doshdosh
42. read dailyblogtips
43. read dailyseotips
44. read google blog
45. read Matt Cutts blog
46. use wordpress
47. “all in one seo plugin” for WP is Awesome
48. “xml sitemap plugin” for WP is Awesome
49. don’t allow spam comments with permalinks to irrelevant sites
50. use link baits – examples: tutorials, vast collection of resources, solution to a common problem
51. use videos
52. use images
53. add titles in images, and keywords in your image alt or description tags
54. use “blogger”
55. read search engine land
56. read seomoz
57. Build the Perfectly Optimized Web Page
58. 301 redirect (permanent redirect) link it’s pointing to gets credit as the “real url” not the requested link (shortened link)
59. 302 redirect (temporary redirect) the requested link (shortened link) gets credit as the “real url” not the link it’s pointing to
60. SEO and search algorithms change constantly, stay on top of it
61. content is king as well as self promotion
62. use a good keyword tool, Google keyword tool is O.K. but a little behind on stats
63. anticipate what people will search for or “The Next Big Thing”
64. be careful of duplicate content, especially with your url’s
65. watch your Anchor text, don’t use “click here” use your keywords
66. stay focused on creating awesome content not “adding as many keywords you can”
67. only link to sites you feel worthy of linking to
68. Awesome Complete Search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) lists and resources Top Rank Blog
69. Publish at least one killer blog post or article per week
70. spend one hour a day brainstorming and researching to write your pillar articles and link baits
71. network with other like minded people, marketers and bloggers daily
72. promote your killer articles and blog/sites everyday
73. consistently give value to your readers daily
74. shorter the url or domain name the better
75. personalize your content in your blogs and let your readers get to know the real you
76. build trust and create value
77. use Facebook
78. social media marketing is the future
79. 20 Top SEO plugins for WP mashable
80. use pinging services, like “pingomatic”
81. link build daily
82. every page should target a tight collection of keywords, around 3 to 5 all relevant to each other
83. create content that starts conversation or controversy
84. create content that drives conversions (sales)
85. keywords should be spread throughout content naturally, seen by search engines but not obvious to your readers
86. domain name registration length is a (SEO Myth)
87. Bold your keywords so they stand out
88. the first words of your content should include Keywords relevant for that page
89. All the SEO resources and tips/techniques for your “Videos” Reelseo
90. In SEO, keywords and branding don’t mix, optimize for your keywords to get traffic and your site should naturally rank for your brand name
91. don’t use tiny url’s to often, it can scare away some and not good for branding
92. use squidoo and hubpages
93. Anchor text links – keep under 8 words and 55 characters
94. search engines bring in most of the traffic to most sites but social media brings in more returning traffic to a website
95. use white space effectively in your web design
96. moonlighting in other areas can be a positive thing, example: you’re a pro. SEO and you also moonlight as a affiliate marketer and social media
97. adaptability and diversity will help you succeed and good for longevity
98. Top 50 SEO Blog Posts for 2009 Evancarmichael
99. Read as much as possible about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) from credible sources
100. – Experimenting on your own is the best way to master SEO!
There you have it, my list of 100 to end this year. I hope this list and sources will help you out in some way since I’ve learned so much from others who write great and valuable content. I know I’m looking forward to 2010 and ready to improve my seo skills and implement what I’ve learned. Feel free to add anything you’ve learned this year or anything I might have missed.
Happy New Year!
Are Blog Carnivals Dead?
One of the first things new bloggers look for are traffic and backlinks for their new blogs. That’s if you want anyone else but You and your Grandma to read your posts. Blog carnivals – (a type of blog event which is similar to a magazine. It is dedicated to one topic such as “Make Money Online” and published on a regular schedule, like per week or mth. Every new edition will be in the form of a blog post with short descriptions and permalinks or anchor text to the original entire article posts.)
It’s one of the methods many new bloggers including myself use to gain more exposure, meet other like minded people and backlinks since so many Big Blogs use to recommend them. But now many people think they are dead or not even worth your time. Here’s an Example of a Blog Carnival for Work at Home topic.
Here’s my take on them since I’ve been using them.
The main reason I wanted to give “Blog Carnivals” a try was because obviously I wanted more traffic and links, but if you’ve ever read any old posts from any of the top internet marketing and blogging blogs from a few years ago they all talk about how great “BC’s” work for traffic, one way links and that it’s a good place to meet like minded people. Now keep in mind this also was a few years back and the internet world can change overnight.
This is the best Blog Carnival Site you will need to use. You will be able to find just about any BC for almost any niche/topic and it’s FREE to join. You can also even add your own blog carnival for others to find as well. I’ll talk about that later. This was the only site I used to find relevant blog carnival’s and added some of my better posts to as many relevant blogs to see what happens.
Here are my results after a few mths. I didn’t really get any PR juice since most of the pages I added permalinks or anchor text to weren’t and still aren’t even indexed by Google and I get maybe about 40 unique visitors per mth from the blog carnivals I added my links to.
I didn’t really lose anything but time, since it was it was FREE, but I didn’t really gain much either.
What I’ve learned: The topic or niche I was trying to promote was “Internet Marketing” and “Make Money Online at Home” and those were the type of Blog Carnivals I was looking for.
There aren’t very many good Blog Carnivals out there that are on that specific topic, but if you have sites or blogs on other topics and niches such as dating, animals, current events, photography and so on then you can find a lot of good Blog Carnivals out there for them. They also will be really active, high trafficked and you’ll probably get some great backlinks as well. Just not for the “Make money niches.”
You can create and host your own “Blog Carnival” easily and this will bring fresh new content and articles to your blog. You’ll connect with like minded bloggers and if you do it right then you could have a high trafficked and successful blog. You can submit your own “Blog Carnival” <—here at the same site where you can find “BC” to join as well.
I don’t waste my time anymore with “blog Carnivals” for any of my Make Money Online niche blogs but I will use them for my other blogs that are in different niches.
This is just my take on them, have any of you had good or bad experiences with them or do you know of any other good sites to find good blog carnivals?
11 Most Popular Dofollow Article Directories
As you may already know, dofollow article directories are essential for getting backlinks and traffic to your sites and blogs. In fact, many affiliate marketers solely rely on just article marketing alone as their main source of traffic. I recommend using as many methods as possible for SEO (search engine optimization) purposes and exposure, but, article directories is definitely one of the more important and powerful ways for helping in seo for your website.
There are a ton of great article directories out there, some are dofollow and some are nofollow. But find and experiment with as many as possible and track the results and traffic from each source. You need to figure out which ones are the most powerful or bring in the most targeted traffic, how well they rank and etc….
This is what I do. I usually only use a small handful of the article directories below. I submit only high quality, valuable and original content to couple of the most powerful directories for example Ezinearticles and a few others. I put one link to my site and another to a different article, lp or mini site in the resource box. Now, I may spin that article or rewrite it myself and then I submit those to weaker or less popular article directories. These articles will have links back to my original and high quality articles.
I don’t like submitting the same exact content anywhere, search engines dislike duplicate content and their links won’t have much potency for helping your sites anyways.
You’ll find that your high quality and original articles in the right directories, like ezines and isnare will rank easily and be on the front page of google for some impressive keywords even with a decent amount of competition. You can also do other things to increase those high quality articles ranking even more, like bookmarking them and submitting them to other directories. Don’t waste your time with the spun articles or less impressive articles. A few backlinks to them and they should be good.
I advise before joining any article directory to read their policies and tos before writing your first article. Every place may have different rules and guidelines. If not followed properly it may lead to getting banned or your articles not getting approved.
Another thing, it’s recommended you also submit quality articles to some of the nofollow article directories but the high traffic and powerful ones like “article base”, “search warp” and “article alley”. They may not give you pr juice but they will give some nice authority and targeted traffic. They also rank well in the search engines.
Here’s my list of 11 Dofollow Article Directories: they are not listed in any particular order.
- Ezinearticles.com
- www.goarticles.com
- www.articlepool.com
- www.articledashboard.com
- www.easyarticles.com
- www.amazines.com
- www.articleteller.com
- www.articleonramp.com
- www.isnare.com
- www.articlecity.com
- www.articleblast.com
There you have it, a TRUE Dofollow article directory list, at least for now. A few of the good one’s like “article base” went nofollow and others seem to be following that trend. One other tip would be, if you write valuable and high quality content then others will be more likely to publish your articles or send traffic and links to them which will greatly improve traffic and pr juice to your sites.
Blog Comment Demon Review ~ Dofollow Backlink Finder
One thing Internet Marketers and Webmasters have in common is the Never Ending Quest to Improve our Search Engine Ranking, commonly known as SEO (search engine optimization). You gotta get relevant backlinks to get on the front page of Google and to increase our Page Rank (PR).
If You Fail at this then you’ll probably never get enough traffic to make any “REAL Money Online”.
I started using Blog Comment Demon (BCD) – a True Dofollow Backlink Finder awhile back and recommended it to some people and they have been very happy with the results from it. I decided to make a small post about it to let others know that this is one inexpensive backlink tool that may be worth investing in.
Blog Commenting is FREE and one of the easiest ways to get Powerful and Relevant one way links to your website or blog. Which can help skyrocket your blogs or sites to the top of the (serps). It’s also a great way to index a new website.
But there’s one problem, when I first got into blog commenting all of the (so called) dofollow blogs lists were all wrong and most of them were actually “nofollow”. Make sure you check dofollow lists with appropriate tools to see if they are in fact do follow, I’ve found that most people make these lists just to get traffic but they have no idea if they are in fact “no follow” or not.
Even if you are a more experienced webmaster and have all your must have tools installed (firefox toolbar extensions & Alexa Toolbar) it’s still very hard to make a nice list of Dofollow blogs, especially one’s that are relevant to your sites and have good PR.
That was until I found the ultimate do follow backlink finder, Blog comment demon. All you pretty much have to do is enter your keywords and hit enter, it does the rest all automated.
Adding a comment is a cinch and all done inside the BCD dashboard.
Click here and Watch This Free Blog Comment Video it really does show the Full Potential this software has.
Benefits of BlogCommentDemon:
- Get Unlimited amount of dofollow backlinks
- Find relevant blogs to your niche
- Find relevant posts
- See pagerank for the Homepage and for the actual Post Page
- Money back guarantee
- Awesome Customer Support
- A ton of features which makes it very easy to use
- Save campaigns and files to easily use again in the future
- Find blogs on Auto-Pilot
- Complete step by step video tutorials
- Save time and money
- Great for getting New sites Indexed Quickly
- Lifetime updates
Let me just say, I’ve read some of the reviews on the internet on this back link software and most of them are bogus. Most of the negative one’s are made up or complain that it takes a little while to find blogs. I’ll tell you now that setting it up takes a little time but was simple with their step by step tutorials. I loved the videos, very easy to follow and implement. I have no complaints with there customer service either, which I took full advantage of.
Now, when BCD is looking for blogs/posts for you on auto pilot it may take a little while but just work on something else. Just save everything easily using their dashboard and you’ll be able to pull up the blogs whenever you want to, instantly. You won’t have to go through the whole process over again unless you are searching for More.
One of my favorite things I use this software for is to find those old and powerful blog posts with good PR that no one else knows about.
You’ll be able to find those coveted domains like .edu, .gov and .org sites.
Here’s my receipt for my purchase a few months ago. I tend to not believe internet marketers unless I know them or they show actual Proof. I’m sure you’re the same way.
Don’t be expecting miracles now. Blogcomment Demon is an inexpensive Backlink Finder and it does everything I mentioned above but only works if you utilize it correctly and actually use it. You should easily be able to surpass your competition with this tool.
I hope you got something out of my True Blog Comment Demon Reviews and if you use it correctly you’ll soon be on your way to Improve Your Search Engine Ranking with FREE unlimited one way dofollow links.
