How To Boost Your Website Traffic In 5 Simple Steps
Published on 19-12-2009
By Jeremy Gislason

Every web site owner knows how important traffic is. If your site is not doing well traffic-wise, here are a couple of tips that could help boost the number of visitors coming to your site each day. And the best thing is, these simple techniques could increase or improve your website traffic without the need to spend money on advertising or promotion.

Step # 1: Provide beneficial and original content.

Aside from the attractiveness of your web site, you also need to provide quality content consistently in order to bring in lots visitors and page views.

Remember who your target audience is and write in such a way that would make them read your articles. If they enjoy – or benefit from – your articles, they would visit your website often and even tell their friends about it.

You would then have repeat visitors, and perhaps gain loyal fans. When people share the great information they’ve seen from your site, it will continue to grow and get more exposure.

Originality is one of the important factors in generating massive traffic for your web site. If your content is already available in many other places online, your webpage might not show up in the search engines, as other higher-ranking sites with the same content might dilute it.

It is also recommended to provide “evergreen” material. Evergreen content is something that never grows old, meaning the information is still relevant in the future. This can guarantee a flow of steady traffic to your site. Timeless material can make the readership grow over time.

Step # 2: Use appropriate keywords in your posts.

Search engine optimization (aka SEO) might sound like rocket science for beginners; but in reality, it is just using the right keywords at the right places. Keywords must be used in the post title, and sprinkled all throughout the start, middle, and the end of the content.

There is no hard and fast rule regarding the “ideal” keyword density, and various authorities on search engine optimization have differing views about this. To be on the safe side, try not to exceed 2%, but insert your keywords strategically while writing in a natural manner.
Use tags that are pertinent to your posts. These also act as keyword phrases that can assist in building traffic through search engines.

If your site has photos, image searches from search engines can be your ally in bringing traffic to your web site. Place the correct keywords in the alt attribute of the image. Be honest about the keywords you input. Don’t just write anything in it. Misleading others to click on your site is a major turn off.

Step # 3: “Advertise” your link on your emails and other sites.

When you hear the world advertising, the first thing that comes into mind is expense. But in reality, you can market your web site without shelling out any money. One of the simplest ways of doing so is by placing a link in your email signature.

Another way of promoting your website for free is by commenting on other sites, especially on those that are in the same niche as yours. This is one way of building your credibility and making people aware of your products or offer.

Step # 4: Use the Power of Web 2.0

Social bookmarking sites – such as Digg, Propeller and Stumbleupon – can help bring in targeted website traffic to your site. But make sure not to get overly promotional, as members of social bookmarking sites tend to discourage marketing activities.

Be an active member of the social networking sites you’ll be joining in. Make friends and grow your network. Contribute to the community and join the discussions. And most important of all, don’t just bookmark your own links. To get under the radar, bookmark around 4 to 6 times more non-self-serving links than your own.

Another powerful Web 2.0 tool that is taking the Internet by storm is Twitter. The aim is to build a solid number of followers. Then you can send them tweets about your website or update them whenever there’s a new post.

This can be quite effective as long as you’ve established good relationships with your Twitter followers and you provide helpful Tweeter posts that can help enhance their way of life. A little marketing is ok, but keep it subtle. Over promotion might discourage your followers from reading your posts, and might even cause them to unfollow you.

Step # 5: Trade links with other sites.

Look for similar sites and trade links with them. One way to do this is by searching for websites with similar topics or in the same niche as yours.

Contact the owner and ask for a link trade. You could post their link first in your site so they would be more willing to reciprocate. You could always remove the link if they don’t return the favor.

These are some of the free yet effective ways that can help you get significant traffic to your website. Follow these website traffic tips and you’ll be seeing great results in no time.

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The Impact of Interest Rates on Home Sales

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Some potential homebuyers are sitting on the sidelines waiting for housing prices to hit bottom. It makes sense to buy a house at the lowest price possible but there are other critical considerations you need to keep in mind.

Waiting for the housing market to hit the bottom is always difficult and not always the smartest thing to do. While the market is propably not at the bottom yet, interest rates are at historic lows, and many homebuyers are failing to consider the savings that come with lower interest rates, particularly over the life of the loan, or even the partial life of the loan since you pay a huge part of the total interest in the first fiew years of the loan.

Mortgage rates are low right now because of the recession and large quantities of home foreclosures. In addition, the Federal Reserve has moved aggressively to push down mortgage rates by buying as much as $1.75 trillion of housing debt and Treasuries this year. This policy has been successful in lowering interest rates. Rates on 15-year and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are hovering at historic lows right now.

What does this exactly mean for you, the home owner/buyer?

It means that on a 30-year fixed-rate loan amount of $200,000 at 5%, the interest paid over the life of the loan is $186,512. That brings the total loan payments to $386,512. At 6%, the amount of interest paid rises to $231,676, a 24% increase. At 7%, it’s $279,018, a 49% increase. The lesson you need to learn here is this: You need to keep in mind what really might be gained from a further drop in housing prices as compared to what could easily be lost by a rise in interest rates.

With regards to the market in it’s current state, let’s review some recent indicators. Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts, rose 6.7% in April, the biggest monthly jump since October 2001. Existing home sales rose 2.4% in May with some homes, once again, receiving multiple offers. Note that most of those were probably at below market value to begin with. Mean while the most recent Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index shows the month-to-month decline in housing prices has stalled from 2.8% in January to February, 2.2% in February to March and 0.6% in March to April. This has led many industry experts to anticipate that soon the decline in housing prices will bottom out.

If you have a house in mind and the savings in hand right now for a down payment, this might be a great opportunity to purchase a home. One the other hand if you don’t have the down payment in hand, then now is the time to add a home business income stream to your portfolio to get the cash you need… before the market reverses itself and you begin to start telling yourself… if only I had back when.

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On Tuesday, June 30, the Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index fell to 49.3 in June from a slightly revised 54.8 in May. Economists had expected an increase to 55. The index was benchmarked at 100 in 1985, a year chosen because it was neither a peak nor a trough in consumer confidence.

The Standard & Poor’s / Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index dropped 18.1% from April 2008 to April 2009. It was the third straight month the index didn’t post record drops, indicating that the slump in home values might be easing.

The Institute for Supply Management reported the monthly index of manufacturing activity rose to 44.8 in June from 42.8 in May. Though any reading below 50 signals contraction, it was the sixth consecutive monthly increase from a record low of 32.9 in December.

The Commerce Department reported total construction spending fell 0.9% in May. Economists had expected a 0.5% decline. Meanwhile, construction spending in April was downwardly revised to a 0.6% gain. Also, a March increase of 0.4% was revised to a 0.4% drop.

The National Association of Realtors reported that its pending home sales index, a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts, rose 0.1% to 90.7 in May from an upwardly revised 90.6 in April. It was the fourth consecutive monthly increase after the index hit a record low in January.

The Commerce Department reported factory orders rose 1.2% in May, after a revised 0.5% increase in April. It was the first back-to-back increase in nearly a year.

The Labor Department reported the jobless rate rose to 9.5% in June from 9.4% in May. That’s the highest level since August 1983.

Upcoming on the economic calendar are reports on consumer credit on July 8 and wholesale trade on July 9

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Construction of new homes and apartments jumped 17.2% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 532,000 units. The increase was led by a 62% rise in the construction of multifamily units. Construction of single-family homes rose 7.5% to an annual rate of 401,000, and building permits, seen as a good indicator of future activity, were up 4% to an annual rate of 518,000 in May.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index fell one point in June to 15. An index reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market.

The Labor Department reported the producer price index, which tracks wholesale prices, rose 0.2% in May, following a 0.3% increase in April. For the year, wholesale prices have dropped 5%, the biggest 12-month decline since 1949.

The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production at the nation’s factories, mines and utilities fell 1.1% in May, following a revised 0.7% decrease in April. Economists had expected a decline of 0.9% in May.

The Labor Department reported that consumer inflation rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May. For the year, the consumer price index is down 1.3%, the biggest decline since 1950.

The Conference Board reported that its index of leading economic indicators rose 1.2% in May, following a revised 1.1% gain in April. It was the best back-to-back performance since November-December 2001. The index is designed to forecast economic activity in the next three to six months.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose by 3,000 to 608,000 in the week ending June 13 from a revised figure of 605,000 in the previous week. The number of people continuing to claim jobless benefits in the week ending May 30 fell 148,000 to 6.69 million. It was the largest drop since November 2001.

Upcoming on the economic calendar are reports on existing home sales on June 23, durable goods orders and new home sales on June 24, and consumer spending on June 26.

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Hi fellow Entrepreneur,

Yes, the Obama administration said things would get better in March and April… but that is not what happened.  It wasn’t even close to what happened!

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index posted its biggest monthly jump in five years in April. The index rose five points to 14 and is the highest it’s been since October of 2008. The only problem with that is that it takes an index reading higher than 50 to indicate positive consumer sentiment about the housing market.  A score of 14 means that the housing industry is still in crash mode.

To prove it, here’s the other numbers that go with the Housing Index:

The Commerce Department reported that construction of new homes and apartments fell 10.8% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 510,000 units.  Obama administration economists had anticipated a decline to only 550,000 units.  The largest part of the decrease was due to a drop in multi-family units… the ones needed most in a poor economy.  Single-family construction was flat for the month of march.  But, since building permits fell another 9% to a seasonally adjusted pace of 513,000 units, you can look for that to fall again in April’s numbers.

The bad news continued for the Obama administration.

On Tuesday, April 14, the Labor Department reported that the producer price index, which tracks wholesale prices, fell by 1.2% in March.  This time the drop was largely due to a 5.5% decrease in the cost of energy goods. Economists had expected only a 0.1% decline; so the news, while good for the consumer in the short term, was very bad for the state of the economy and any hope of a quick recovery.

Continuing the bad news, the Commerce Department reported that retail sales dropped 1.1% in March compared to a newly revised 0.3% increase in February.  It was the biggest decline in three months.  Obama administration economists had anticipated retail sales to actually rise 0.3% in March.

Following the downward trend, the Commerce Department also reported that total business inventory decreased 1.3% in February. This was the sixth straight month that factories, retailers and wholesalers sought to cut their inventory.  Another good sign that things are only getting worse… wouldn’t you say?

The Labor Department seemed to agree and reported Wednesday that consumer prices fell another 0.1% in March after increasing 0.4% in February.  As seems the trend, the Obama administration economists had expected the Consumer Price Index to rise 0.1%… total oposite of what it did.  When we compare this to a year ago when consumer prices fell 0.4%, This is the first 12-month continuous decline since 1955.

The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that industrial production at the nation’s factories, mines and utilities fell a seasonally adjusted 1.5% in March. This too was the fifth straight monthly decline and much larger than the 1% decrease our government economists had expected.

Upcoming on the economic calendar are reports on the index of leading economic indicators on April 20, existing home sales on April 23 and new home sales on April 24.

Are you seeing a wishful trend by the Obama administration? 

Even so, am I worried?

NO!

Should you be worried?

That depends…

If your life depends on a J.O.B., then yes you have a lot to worry about.  It’s very apparent to even those that are not in the know that the economy is not going to get better any time soon and that there are going to be a lot more layoffs and bankrupt companies still to come before things begin to improve.

If you are totally dependent on someone else for your job and your income, then you are not safe and your nights of worry are going to continue for some time in the future.

On the other hand, if you have your own home business for part or all of your income… then you have little to worry about and have nothing but success in your future.

You see, it’s precisely in these troubled times when the individual home business is the most successful and has the largest growth in history. This is where the little guy can literally control the world.

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