How Can I Get Free Traffic To My Website?

How do you get more free traffic to come to your website? You could write several books on all the various components that factor in to the answers to this question, but let’s answer this in 10 quick points you can think about and develop as you see fit.

1. Implement Basic SEO

To get free traffic, you want your website to rank well for appropriate keywords in the organic search results. That is what search engine optimization is, and it’s something every site owner should have a basic understanding of.

2. Get Links

Contact other site owners with content relevant to yours and ask about the possibility of them linking to your website – this will be beneficial in two ways. 1) Direct traffic from the links and 2) an increased link popularity rating at Google, which will improve your rankings and increase your free traffic.

3. Social Networking

You can use social networking platforms and social media like Twitter and Facebook to link to interesting content on your site, and engage other users. Use these platforms to chat with people you already know, and make new connections. They’re free, and if used wisely, can become a new source of traffic and links.

4. Social Bookmarking

Add links to unique and interesting content on your website to popular social bookmarking services like StumbleUpon, Reddit and Pinterest.

5. Create Interesting, Unique, Useful and Compelling Content

The more interesting the content of your site is, the more likely people are to visit it, link to it, or refer other people to it. Period. The more compelling your site is, the more traffic it will get. If you want free traffic, you need to put solid effort into your site’s content.

6. Free Ads

If your business is local, you can place free ads with links to your website on sites like Craigslist. Be careful with this one. Don’t post too often or within inappropriate categories, you WILL be flagged as spam.

7. Post on Forums

Find appropriate forums and get involved in the conversation, while leaving links to your site in your profile and footer.

8. Comment on Blogs

Find blogs that relate to your site and become a regular commenter, while leaving a link to your website behind.

9. Promote your site on YouTube

Upload some interesting videos and drive traffic back to your site.

10. Don’t forget to promote your website offline

Find ways to slip your URL on to people’s radar in the offline world. T-shirts, utility poles, business cards, etc. Be creative!