<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:48:51.540-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking to INCREASE WEB SITE TRAFFIC ? Here's INCREASE WEB SITE TRAFFIC  information for</title><subtitle type='html'>From time to time, we post tips and tricks about increase web site traffic . Covers increase web site traffic  related issues, news, research, and much more!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-829486651985274789</id><published>2009-02-11T02:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T02:46:01.281-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Relationship Building Can Drive Traffic to a Website</title><content type='html'>The only traffic known to man that is wholly accepted with open arms is, of course, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;website traffic&lt;/span&gt;. Every website owner loves traffic because the steadier the flow, the more probable that it will result in earnings. But the fact of the matter is that it is hard to achieve, let alone maintain, especially for new internet marketers and website owners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not let this stop you from realizing your goals. You should be able to cleverly utilize all obtainable techniques to drive traffic to your website. There are lots of ways, and one of them is to build a long lasting relationship within the World Wide Web's vast community. In this article we will discuss two of them:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relationship Building with Customer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The credit should go to e-mails, because since its conception the communication practice hasn't been the same. Whether existing or would be customers, you should always try to communicate with them in such a way that they will feel important and not stalked. It is advisable to adhere to the best practices in achieving that much needed website traffic and traffic conversion. By all means, try to avoid spam e-mails, which will only result to receiving hate e-mails, or even crashing the website's internal e-mail system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An average user has at least two to four e-mail accounts, and they log in more than five times in a day. It is not surprising that before anything else some of them reach first for the mouse to check for incoming e-mails every morning. That alone translates to exceptional probabilities for website owners. To utilize the e-mail to catch the attention of prospective customers and to build a powerful long lasting relationship with the existing ones will definitely drive traffic to your website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Towards the end of each day, e-mail does not only change our routines, it also has an impact of the very way we communicate. A marketing technique that uses e-mail promotions will give you a chance to get to know your customers. Moreover, you achieve visibality into the type of content that customers are interested in, and by providing these contents you are developing a progressive customer online relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relationship Building with other Websites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other websites in reality are also your competitors, especially if you provide the same products and services or if you have similar contents, but as the saying goes - "No Man is an Island". Even in this cut-throat world of "who-gets-it-first", relationship building is still essential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would surprise you that building relationships with other website owners can drive traffic to your website. But also keep in mind that you just do not build your relationship with just any other website, you should always bear in mind that there should be a level of similarity in the content that both websites provide.&lt;br /&gt;At the end of each day, relationship building is all about the quality of the content that your website provides, it is more than just backlinks and page ranks, and oftentimes that is what some people tend to forget.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-829486651985274789?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/829486651985274789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-relationship-building-can-drive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/829486651985274789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/829486651985274789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-relationship-building-can-drive.html' title='How Relationship Building Can Drive Traffic to a Website'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-3035861281455823402</id><published>2009-01-08T19:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T19:36:18.764-08:00</updated><title type='text'>9 Effective way to Convert Traffic to paying Clients</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"&gt;&lt;meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"&gt;&lt;meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"&gt;&lt;meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"&gt;&lt;link rel="File-List" href="file:///F:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CDewi%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-parent:""; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0in; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you have a website that markets your business, to achieve an online business that generate income from affiliates or ad programs such as Google AdSense, or, to sell products and services on an online store. You probably know that there are certain search engine marketing techniques, like Search Engine Optimization, Pay-Per-Click such as Google AdWords, and, other promotional techniques to drive that much needed traffic to your site. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now that you have achieved that, what happens when traffic builds up on your website? Are you able to convert them to paying clients? Building traffic to your web site is just one thing, but if nobody is buying your products or services, your online business is doomed to fail.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Conversion Optimization - A Success Factor&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What is conversion optimization? It is the process in which you maximize the percentage of site visitors to complete a preferred action. This percentage is called conversion rate.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you are not doing it yet, conversion rates should be tracked. Percentage for pay-per-click ads, it's the percentage of visitors who clicked on your ad, and, is directed to your website, and, made some actions - like completing and submitting a contract form, request for an estimate, and other actions. This can be measured, for you to know if you have successful ads.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How Conversion Rates are Calculated?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pay-per-click ads conversion rates, are calculated as follows:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Number of site visitors making an action - divided by - number of site visitors that clicks your ad - multiplied by - 100 - is equivalent to - Conversion Rate Percentage&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Online stores conversion rates, are calculated simply as follows:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Number of orders made - divided by - number of site visitors - multiplied by - 100 - is equivalent to - Conversion Rate Percentage&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The importance of improving the conversion rate is so crucial, because it can escalate your sales transactions with the same quantity of website traffic by just increasing your conversion rate. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As the website traffic increases - and it should increase as expected over a period of time, granting you are properly managing your website - your profit will proliferate. You could amplify your conversion rate and amplify your website traffic, your profit will escalate four times, with all the other things being equal.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is the much awaited 9 effective ways&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can use the following 9 effective ways to improve your conversion rates and to convert site visitors to paying clients. This is perfect for online stores, but, it is also quite effective for most types of websites that need to improve their conversion rate. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Most of them are reasonably priced ideas, especially when compared to the price of driving additional website traffic or to pay for advertising. Bear in mind, too, that boosting your conversion rate will consequence a better return on investment for your website's promotional expenditures that you use to amplify your website traffic.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Use the return policy of your site to convert visitors to paying customers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Give a variety of payment options to attract a lot more paying customers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Offer an easy accessible customer service.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Provide a toll-free contact number that is visible to site visitors.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Be a mystery shopper to your site.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Make your website secure and make sure that everybody knows it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;7.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;It is best to peek on your competitor's site to see what they are up to.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;8.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;You should welcome feedback, because it will help you improve your services.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;9.&lt;span style=""&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;Offer promos and special discounts and make sure that they are advertised heavily.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is not enough for your website to be just noticed. You have to aim for sales too!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-3035861281455823402?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/3035861281455823402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2009/01/9-effective-way-to-convert-traffic-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3035861281455823402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3035861281455823402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2009/01/9-effective-way-to-convert-traffic-to.html' title='9 Effective way to Convert Traffic to paying Clients'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-1664461535837921950</id><published>2008-12-21T15:13:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T15:13:54.347-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Use Google Adwords to Drive Traffic</title><content type='html'>Utilizing Google Adwords is one of the vital tools in the internet world if you want to drive &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;traffic&lt;/span&gt; to your Webpage. And why do you need to drive traffic to your website? Any website administrator or owner sees the importance of this action since traffic makes any site successful by gaining more profit through advertisement. Still confused? Let us take it one by one. We shall start with a discussion of Google Adwords.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When using the Google search engine there are noticeable listings in the right hand corner of the webpage. All of these listings is identified as Google Adwords. Google presents important texts relative to the ads within the search engine results page. This page is named Sponsored Links. When a searcher keys in a word, the links appear separately thus giving superb exposure of the listed site.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does it work? Since Google is the most popular and the largest online search engines; it receives approximately 200,000,000 queries everyday. Because of this demand, its web administrators desire to have high ranking on the results of searches it provides. The high ranking can denote a high traffic for a particular website. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The results page of any search engine can really be a great spot for promoters to advertise a service or product using links and ads. Particularly, these are helpful to those ticket items needing maximum exposure for sales. As a result, Google launched Adwords service offering businesses an avenue to advertise their services and products to a targeted audience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adwords is a pay per click advertisement which is posted by people who want his or her auctions to be seen by targeted traffic on the site. Through Adwords, the item submitted will be displayed several times but these displays, will only be paid whenever a searcher ticks on the posted ad. Adwords by Google guarantees instant traffic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can one use the Google Adwords? An initial step is to acquire an account on Google Adwords Service. Next, you should specify your country and language; this is an important step since your prime motive is to sell. You would not want your product or service be advertised in places where they are not known or they are not being used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After acquiring an account, you are now ready to make your ad group. This ad group consists of ad designing, keyword selection and determination of the maximum cost you are willing to pay. This also includes bidding for the amount of the ad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tag title is the next important thing to consider in Google Adwords. Be sure that your title tag is very captivating since this will be an essential tool in catching the attention of the target audience. As a note, title tags must describe your website accurately and clearly. This must be effective in conveying the message for your audience. Having clear messages can attract qualified leads which can be converted to sales. This can therefore signify the importance of selecting concise keywords.     &lt;br /&gt;Keywords must carefully be selected. There are words and phrases that can be adapted to attract more prospects. Using different words, derivatives and misspellings can lead to an increased chance of serving your ad on the website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After deciding on a title tag for your ad, cost must be considered next to have maximum exposure. For each campaign, it is recommendable to have daily budget that is affordable and suitable. Usually, the charges are agreed upon by the client and a webmaster or administrator. Normally, a pay per day amount is considered; for example, a trading assistant who takes care of the selling of peoples stuff agrees on a $10 a day or $300 for one month listing. Generally, the charge can be as low as a dollar a day. The amount will all depend on the set agreement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from these steps, there are a few mistakes that are overlooked. These can be considered to be a profitable website. One of the mistakes is bidding on a few wrong keywords, thus missing the right ones. Another mistake is unawareness on the keywords and ads that convert web users to sales and which ones aren't profitable.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your site won't succeed based entirely on its design and content. Although you have a very exceptional services and products to offer, it will all be a waste if you do not have capabilities and skills to advertise. Google Adwords in conclusion is a very excellent tool in gaining your sites success. It will definitely be helpful in letting you have the target traffic you will need to have maximum exposure and eventually the sky rocketing sales you dream of!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-1664461535837921950?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/1664461535837921950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-google-adwords-to-drive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/1664461535837921950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/1664461535837921950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-google-adwords-to-drive.html' title='How to Use Google Adwords to Drive Traffic'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-7211554611570327131</id><published>2008-12-03T03:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:44:02.001-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Use a Tell A Friend Script to Create Traffic</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Traffic is what a website needs to be successful. It is traffic that can provide the income a website needs to sustain itself. And if it were a business oriented website, you surely are going to achieve the sales quota for the day to earn a good amount of money. While setting up a website seems easy, driving traffic to it is actually the biggest problem of all. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But of course, for every problem, there is always a solution. To solve the problem associated with a slow day on your website is the tell-a-friend script. While the script won't necessarily give you the spike of traffic you want in a day; it could certainly double your traffic at any point in time. The tell-a-friend script works by giving your visitors the means to send a picture, a part of the content you have on your site, or simply an invitation to check out what you have up to their circle of friends. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The script capitalizes on the word of mouth principle. If one person finds your website helpful, he most probably will share it with others. And if you have a fully functional tell-a-friend script; he or she need not log on to his mail client or instant messaging service. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All he has to do is to use the link on your site that says 'email this to a friend' or 'invite a friend' and he will be redirected to a page wherein they can instantly send their personal message or a canned message to their friends. They'll only need to supply the recipient's email address and it is all done. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The tell-a-friend script can actually work for you. People inviting their friends to your site proposes to be a better marketing strategy than sending massive spam mails to people you don't know. Not only that spamming is considered is illegal, you are also going to give your website a bad impression to the very people you want to visit. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To make the script work for you, try to place it at the end of every content article you place on your site. Let your visitors freely surf everything you have placed on your website, read all information-rich articles, and browse through the pictures and images you have posted. Just make sure that the link to send the content to their friends are positioned optimally on every page so they can freely do so with every chance they get. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If people receive an email from somebody they know, they are more likely to heed the invitation. Mail from people they trust have higher chances of being read rather than the emails from a site or a person they haven't heard of. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is very important that the tell-a-friend script you use is placing the name of the friend who recommends your site right on the subject part of the email. If their friend's name is not shown, they are more than likely going to ignore the message and treat it as spam. You don't want that to happen, so you have to make sure that the person's real name, if possible, is showing at all times. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Other than that, you can also store the email address you collect for future contacts. With the tell-a-friend script, you can make a database full of email addresses of real people. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You are not supposed to use these email address for marketing purposes, though. Part of your privacy policy is to use only the email addresses you have acquired for the actual purpose intended. Don't send unsolicited emails to those addresses or sell them to other people, as doing that is also considered as spam and that is punishable by law. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The simple tell-a-friend script could give you better mileage on your website. You can obtain most of these scripts for free. Just make sure that you get them from reliable sources to be sure that you're not creating security threats for your site. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However, you can also have them customized by a seasoned programmer. You might need to pay them for their services, though. But then again, it is only a one-time deal. It's a good investment because you will be able to maximize your visitors once you have the script up and running. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When it comes to generating visitors, you should do everything necessary to make your site successful, as far as unique traffic is concerned. And the tell-a-friend script is definitely something that you can use to make things happen for you and your website. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-7211554611570327131?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/7211554611570327131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-tell-friend-script-to-create.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/7211554611570327131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/7211554611570327131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-tell-friend-script-to-create.html' title='How to Use a Tell A Friend Script to Create Traffic'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-3922314943334867211</id><published>2008-12-03T03:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:42:52.467-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Use a Newsletter to Generate Traffic</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Right now, there are countless of ways to drive traffic to a site. But even though there are a lot of strategies, none of them can guarantee you results overnight. Driving traffic to a site is still the hardest job there is when it comes to maintaining a website. Traffic can be obtained by advertising and promotion. But do you know that you can get people to visit your website just by creating a newsletter?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;People surf the internet for various reasons. But more than anything, they are online because they want to gain some information about something. Some people want to research more about a product before buying. Others are looking for suggestions from other users. And there are those who surf the internet just to gain knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Therefore, if your site has good content, the higher the chances that you'll amass a good number of unique visitors from time to time. But what if your website is not an information portal and is actually an e-commerce site? Adding too many articles to it may be a problem because you already have loads of pictures and images to put up. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, if that's the only concern that you have, the solution is quite simple. All you really have to do is to create a regular newsletter about your products and relevant information about them. Newsletters could provide you with both repeat and unique visitors on a regular basis. Just make sure that you got some juicy headlines and eye-catching offers included in your newsletters. And for sure, your visitors will visit you every now and then, check your new and old products, and stay until they are ready to buy your products. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To be successful in making newsletters drive traffic to your site, you have to maintain an active list of email addresses of people to whom you can send your newsletters. The list doesn't have to include thousands of email addresses at once, if you don't have that yet. What's more important is that you'll build your list slowly along the way. Besides, a targeted list is better than the lists you can buy from so-called online marketing gurus.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A functional mailing list is the moving factor behind making newsletters for traffic. And you can get the email addresses of your visitors right from your site. Make sure that you have some scripts installed that allow your visitor to subscribe to your newsletters and to receive exciting updates that you might offer. Try to include a script wherein they can invite their friends as well. This allows them to easily recruit visitors for you. Your visitor's friends could be an integral part of your daily traffic requirement.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The newsletters that you create regularly should be stored in one folder of your website. Always upload new newsletters promptly. You can use the actual web page to be sent to the people on your list. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Or you can simply send the link that will take them there. Between these two options, it is always better to send the page itself so that people will see your newsletters at once. This way, they can easily click on the live links included in the message if and when they find your articles and offers interesting enough. Now that's instant visitors for you. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So try to do the math. Imagine how many visitors you'll get if only around 10% of the 1,000 people would come and visit you. That's 100 unique visitors everyday. The number can't be that high, you might say. But then again, who's keeping you from sending your newsletters to millions of internet users? Just go ahead and keep updating your email database. Your traffic will definitely experience a spike in the days to come. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can also keep an archive of your previously sent newsletters on a certain part your website for future reference. If you successfully create your newsletters to be both informative and exciting, then people will definitely go back and view them, even if it several months old. A database of newsletters could provide you with recurring traffic without too much effort on your part. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you have yet to use newsletters as a strategy to drive traffic to your site, the right time is now. Don't be left behind by your competitors. Your website deserves to be seen, appreciated, and visited by hordes of traffic everyday. Start making that captivating newsletter today.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-3922314943334867211?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/3922314943334867211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-newsletter-to-generate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3922314943334867211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3922314943334867211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-newsletter-to-generate.html' title='How to Use a Newsletter to Generate Traffic'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-4851069649832919977</id><published>2008-12-03T03:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:42:10.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Submit Your Site to Major Search Engine to Drive More Traffic to a Website</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Google, Yahoo, and MSN are the top 3 major search engines in the world. Obviously, there are other search engines that e-commerce owners can submit their sites to; but these 3 heavyweights carry the most benefits. The term "major" really means "most used," and therefore, most visited. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Google and Yahoo offer free submission services. Ask requires that you sign up for membership and pay a fee before you can submit your site. You can also submit to other search engines like: LYCOS, MSN Live Search, etc. Here are a few tips as to how you can submit your site to search engines.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One: Read submission rules and regulations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are rules and regulations in order for you to submit your site successfully. Usually, search engines' have submission sites for you to read and you must read them. Don't just scan through and click on all "I Accept" buttons and type in nonsensical descriptions of your site. Some of these application forms/registration pages look deceptively simple, when they are not simple at all.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Set some time to really answer all pertinent questions on the application forms, especially if you are paying money to have it indexed or submitted. And you must do this for each and every search engine you are applying for.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One thing you have to remember is that, even if you have successfully submitted your site, this does not mean that your site will automatically increase its traffic by a hundredfold. Submission is only one step of the process. However, being indexed by the major search engines can help greatly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Two: Submit by hand.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Automated submissions are usually classified immediately as spam and removed from the search engine listings. These promotional gimmicks about fully automated programs that can list your site on a hundred search engines instantly are shams. Automated mass submissions may not get your website penalized, but it certainly may put you at risk of being blacklisted altogether.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you are willing to spend just a few hours a day to submit your site manually to individual search engines, you can actually garner more results. This means that you have to visit each and every search engine on the web and fill it out individually. Although, you can always hire other people to do the submissions for you, you have to make sure that they submit these by hand as well.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you are willing to pay money to increase your website's traffic, you can use some major search engine's paid indexing services. This service ensures that your site gets indexed quickly, putting you higher in ranking on the search engine results page or SERP.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Three: Submit once.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Not only will search engines ignore further submissions of your site, you are also wasting valuable time and money trying to submit an already accepted site. Multiple submissions will not improve your site's rankings at the SERPs. It would be best to re-direct your energy into promoting your site through more conventional means like SEO, etc.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Four: Keep monitoring&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Once you've submitted your site, monitor your progress, at all the sites you have applied for. Eventually, you have to upgrade your site, or add more pages, and that would be a great time to see if the contents of your pages actually help increase the traffic to your site or not.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-4851069649832919977?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/4851069649832919977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-submit-your-site-to-major-search.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/4851069649832919977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/4851069649832919977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-submit-your-site-to-major-search.html' title='How to Submit Your Site to Major Search Engine to Drive More Traffic to a Website'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-3412669971117112450</id><published>2008-12-03T03:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:40:45.151-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Generate Traffic from Articles</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The internet is an optimum source of information over the world wide web. As such, it is a given that people log on to the internet primarily because they are looking for something they want to know more about, read more about, or research more about. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Given this fact, it becomes very important that your website is filled with useful content for people to read. It doesn't matter if you are keeping an information portal type of a website or an e-commerce site. You need content. You need articles. Keep in mind that these are the very things that could drive traffic to your site. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So how will your articles deliver a steady flow of visitors to your website? There are two ways. First, if you write about something that is related to your site and sprinkle some keywords in it, the search engines will notice your site more. Once you have your articles all written and ready, just upload it to your website. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just wait, sit back, and relax while the search engine robots crawl through them after a few days. The robots will then add those keywords to the algorithm and the search engine they belong to use them to compute the popularity of a certain keyword to your site. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If your site proves to be the one that contains the most relevant information about the keyword typed by the user, then your site will appear on the first page of the search results. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is a given that the higher your position in the search engine is, the better are the chances that the people who are using the search engine looking for something will click your site to check what you have to offer. The idea is simple - the more information rich articles you have uploaded and the more keywords you sprinkle in them, the higher are the chances your site get noticed by people. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But of course, we cannot discount the simple fact that your article on its own, can give you the traffic you want. There are slim chances that the story or the featured article you wrote about is the same with somebody else's if and when you have written it all by yourself. And so some people will definitely come looking for that piece of information you have. And if the unique articles you created contains the data internet users need, that should be enough pull. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Eventually, the same people will visit you frequently. If your website or your blog gives them the things they want, then you need not go out of your way to get traffic. Traffic will come to you naturally. There's not much technicality in this setup. All you really have to do is to upload numerous information-rich articles on your site and you should all set. But then again, you have to market your site some other way so that people will actually see your articles. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That leads us to the other effective method of using articles to generate traffic to your site. This is through the use of article directories. Article directories are websites whose primary purpose is to compile information rich articles submitted by their members. There are several of them out there today. And most of them follow stringent rules as to what types of articles you can upload. More often than not, you can only send articles that are highly informative with no distinct promotion for a service or a product. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These websites will publish your articles in their network. Your articles will then be available to all other internet users. The chances of your articles being read and spotted are higher if you submit them to article directories. This is because popular articles directories enjoy high page ranking. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Your articles, provided you have chosen the right keywords, will definitely show on top of the search engine's list without much of a hassle on your part. In essence, you are riding the website's popularity and are using it to your advantage. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now it doesn't end there. Article directories normally allow one live URL or backlink to their authors. They also provide some space wherein you can put a small description of yourself, your website, and your expertise. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Therefore, with all of these working for you, plus a direct link to your website presented to the person surfing the internet interested in reading your article, you have higher chances of gaining people to actually come and visit your site just to find more information-rich articles like the one that engrossed them. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-3412669971117112450?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/3412669971117112450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-traffic-from-articles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3412669971117112450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/3412669971117112450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-traffic-from-articles.html' title='How to Generate Traffic from Articles'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-6469368732895859382</id><published>2008-12-03T03:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:36:57.245-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Generate Social Traffic</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nowadays, getting your website included in the top search engine results is not the only way to drive more traffic to your website. Search engine optimization still helps, yes, but it's not the only alternative to focus on. Now, with the escalating growth and popularity of social websites, it's important that your website gets a piece of the social cake, too!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Understanding What Makes Up Social Traffic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A lot of people are still confused with what exactly makes up social traffic. While there are many varied definitions you can obtain online, most, if not all, will agree that social traffic generally includes those coming from social media, such as blogs and forums, social news and bookmarking websites like Del.Icio.Us, Digg, Reddit, social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook, and lastly any other product of Web 2.0 such as Amazon Review or Yahoo Local. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thus, any traffic you obtain from such sites can be immediately classified as social traffic. Furthermore, if we're to base things on that principle, it is also safe to derive that social traffic is generated more or less by the preferences of other people since it is the users of such websites like Digg and MySpace that had made the choice to link to your website.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to Generate Social Traffic&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now that you know where you'll be able to get social traffic from, here's how to generate it for your website.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Know What Makes People Come Back&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It doesn't matter if the people who have just visited your website didn't get any of the products or services offered in your website. What matters is ensuring that they've left with the intention to come back. Social traffic will continue to pour in and don't worry, those hits will eventually be converted to online profit, if you also continue giving them what they want. Ask yourself then: what made those people bookmark or link to your website? If you know what that is, can you give them some more of it?&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Know Who You're Talking to&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is easier to generate social traffic if you know what particular market segment they represent. Knowing who they are will consequently help you learn what they may or may not like in your website and take the necessary steps to ensure that your website is as pleasing as possible to them.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Look for the Catch-All Bait&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yes, it's okay to create several variations of a particular topic to ensure that the different sectors of your target market will easily understand what you're talking about but it's just as important to create content that's universally attractive. Don't spend all of your time thinking up the many different ways you can sell glass doors when you need to concentrate first on selling doors. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Use Eye-catching Headlines&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yes, using a huge font size and a glaring font color can make your headlines eye-catching but we mean it figuratively. Use words that instantly grab your readers attention. Use words that are powerful and have great impact. Why use nice, for instance, when you can go as far as beautiful? Why use increase when you can use the term soar? This tip works for all kinds of sources of social traffic. With eye-catching headlines, you succeed in making a person stop whatever he's doing just long enough to read more of what you have to say.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Make an Impressive Profile&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This will work with all kinds of social traffic as well. Blogs, forums, and social networking websites all let you create a profile. Take advantage of this to let readers know more about you and most importantly of all, use your profile page to convince people to read more of your content. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Be the First!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This tip works best with social news websites like Digg and Reddit. It's very important to be the first to write about the latest topics concerning your websites industry. If you are selling pet supplies, for instance, then news like purported toxic contents in a popular dog food brand would be something you can certainly write about. If you're the first to write about it, more people will be able to link to your work since it's the first thing they've seen and able to use as reference in their own writings.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And if you're not the first to write about a particular topic, try at least to be the first to use a different perspective on the topic. That can certainly work as well!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-6469368732895859382?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/6469368732895859382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-social-traffic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/6469368732895859382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/6469368732895859382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-social-traffic.html' title='How to Generate Social Traffic'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680164705593761467.post-6032597099095135150</id><published>2008-12-03T03:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:35:48.165-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Generate Keyword Density for SEO and Traffic</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;SEO or search engine optimization is a process of improving the quality and volume of traffic from search engines to a web site through natural search for target keywords. Keywords and their density are thus necessary to achieve the high ranking of website exposure.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Keyword is very important since this is the heart of any online ad. The clear messages they can convey lead to sales and profit and any misconceptions can only lead to disaster. It is thus important to carefully generate keyword density for SEO and traffic. This can be done in many ways.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;SEO professionals recommend an average of 3 to 7 percent keyword density. These words should only be those relevant phrases. Too high keyword density, say, 12% may seem to appear as artificially stuffed. This can be regarded as spam by search engines. The vitality of a well written page will have to contain prevalent keyword phrases. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Keywords on your site are intended to appear 1 to 3 times for every hundred words. Though it doesn't sound like a lot, if you are having a page with thousand or more words; you will have to put 30 keyword incidences. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This will altogether be seen by search engines and you will be penalized for a poor listing. You may replace keywords with those which can make any subjects clear. There are numerous examples from the web which you can look into.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Basically, there is the SEO Keyword Density Tool which presents keywords that you can use and what can be done to improve the traffic and eventually the ranking of a search engine without the need to send hundreds of queries on the search engines. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It carries several features such as it helps create your website such a powerhouse search engine. It also warns potential problems with your webpage. Based on the existing content, it also suggests keyword phrases to be used and scans the best keywords.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are still other known tools relative to keyword density. There is the META Tag Creator and Keyword Density Analyzer. This is regarded as 2 applications in 1. It can create a report on keyword density for any pages on your website. Another purpose of this tool is to allow you to choose any of the keywords that will generate &lt;st1:place&gt;META&lt;/st1:place&gt; keywords for your tag titles. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another application is the Word Tracker which has a compilation of terms that people usually search for. Just enter some keywords and it will give you statistics on how often people search for those words and how many of the competing sites also use those keywords. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Word Tracker also had its Keyword Research Guide for free. A fictional organization is created and experts are asked to give real solutions to problems being faced by its CEO. This will result in an e-book which is packed with tips, techniques and insight on keyword research that can be applied on your personal website.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Still there are some keyword density programs which can greatly help anyone in the generation of proper keywords for their sites. Examples are the Keyword Generator Lite 1.0 which is a powerful tool to produce keywords and save them for free. There are more than 100 keywords that can be used for webpage content, tags and titles. These keywords are very useful in making your page remarkable when ticked on any search engines.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another program is the Keyword Ranker 1.1 which can help you make money through traffic from Google and through presenting the keyword ranking. This program can help you track changes, and what strategies can be applied to have better page rankings. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You must be conscious enough of keeping the density of your keyword in moderation. You should not only sprinkle these keywords to have it on your article or web content. Chances are, you will be banned from search engines and this will spoil your goal of being profitable. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Utilizing the right keywords can be considered to be the cornerstone of any successful SEO businesses. They are the main vehicles that can help you to be the first rank among the famous search engines. Remember though to choose appropriate keywords that can serve their purposes. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Always remember, that the basic purpose of using keywords is to have high page ranking will not have to end here. You will have to think of other things to effectively create enough search engine traffic on your page that will eventually lead to success. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6680164705593761467-6032597099095135150?l=webtraffic69.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/feeds/6032597099095135150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-keyword-density-for-seo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/6032597099095135150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680164705593761467/posts/default/6032597099095135150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webtraffic69.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-generate-keyword-density-for-seo.html' title='How to Generate Keyword Density for SEO and Traffic'/><author><name>EPB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_golLHbzMqTc/STONV9EPWvI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZhcoAE5Igj0/S220/Priambodo_B.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
