There are many ways to get traffic to a site. You will most likely do research to
find out about those traffic generation methods.
social networking, blogging, and social bookmarking all work very well. But in the
world of Internet Marketing, there are also traffic techniques that you should
avoid, for various reasons.
1. First, do not ever pay for traffic from a site that promises you a great deal
of traffic in a short amount of time. The traffic that you get will not be
targeted, and will be of no use to you at all. The same applies to traffic
exchange sites.
actually be automated traffic, not real traffic. Pay-per-click advertising, or
PPC as it is known, is not the same as these sites that promise traffic for a
fee.
to buy from any of those, because this is useless traffic that in the
end will get you banned!
2. Do not spend hours, or even use automated software to submit your site to
free classified ad sites or free for all link sites. This only results in lots of
spam for you. It does not result in traffic.
There is one exception to this rule: Craig’s List works very well and it is
free. The only catch is that you can’t post identical ads in different
categories or regions. You have to change the ad each time.
3. Don’t use pop ups. People hate these, and most people now have software
installed that keeps pop ups from popping. Avoid other irritating elements
on your site as well, such as blinking text and music, and colors that clash.
Your visitors will hit the back button in one second flat! Besides – popups
are against the Adsense TOS.
4. Don’t use false statements or exaggerated statements in your advertising.
This may get you traffic, but it will irritate the traffic, and they won’t click
on links. Instead, they will either close the browser, or hit the back button. You may
not be selling anything, but this is false advertisement none-the-less, and
it makes people very angry.
