| online almost always involves generating high quality, | | | | if it somehow uses the "shotgun" approach. That is, if |
| free traffic to a website. | | | | your link is somehow promoted in a way that may or |
| Anyone with even a small amount of experience | | | | may not be seen by someone truly interested in |
| online already knows that building a website is the | | | | what you are offering. Always ask yourself if your |
| easy part; the real mountain to climb is getting traffic | | | | chosen online traffic method falls into this category. |
| to that site. Although PayPerClick methods are viable | | | | If so, do not waste your time with it. |
| possibilities, my favorite online traffic is the free kind! | | | | Hands down, the best free online traffic comes from |
| However, free online traffic comes in a multitude of | | | | the natural search results in Google and Yahoo. Simply |
| flavors. Some are excellent while others can actually | | | | put, if your offer is good and your site can be found |
| hurt success! New website owners have to | | | | easily with a relevant keyword search in the top |
| understand the differences between the many | | | | search engines, your site will be profitable! SEO |
| methods of sending free online traffic to websites. | | | | (Search Engine Optimization) is the key to achieving |
| First, let's start with a method or two which will | | | | great success with free online traffic. |
| actually hinder success. John Doe Newbie sees an | | | | Good SEO techniques insure a site will receive |
| offer to rent a million email addresses. Along with it | | | | targeted traffic. Optimizing pages for this free traffic |
| comes an autoresponder he can setup in his own | | | | is the key for success of most sites. It is very |
| host account. He gets it all for less than a hundred | | | | difficult for any site to do well without the help of |
| bucks. Besides the fact that a list like that is | | | | free traffic from the search engines. |
| completely worthless, his ISP quickly bans his email | | | | Along these lines, article marketing is a highly reliable |
| account for spamming. Plus, the big ISP's around the | | | | free traffic method also. Just like optimizing a web |
| world all flag his domain for spamming. His free online | | | | page using SEO, writing an article which targets a |
| traffic method just destroyed any chance of future | | | | keyword phrase is likely to bring plenty of search |
| success his site had. | | | | engine traffic too. With article marketing there is also |
| Another method for free online traffic which can hurt | | | | the added benefit of enjoying incoming links to your |
| is any type of massive link exchange. Yes, incoming | | | | site since most article directories allow the author to |
| links are great. However, any offer which promises | | | | insert a link at the end of the article. |
| hundreds or thousands of incoming links for X | | | | The best free online traffic methods do require some |
| amount of money will get your site flagged for | | | | work and involve learning the skills of writing and |
| spamming by Google. Trash links like that will not | | | | optimizing. However, the good news is that success |
| bring quality traffic anyway! | | | | in smaller niches requires only moderate skill levels in |
| Some methods for free online traffic may not hurt | | | | these areas in order to enjoy great success! |
| your site, but they are sure to only waste your time. | | | | Free online traffic which is well targeted must be a |
| Too many beginners fall for the idea that the free | | | | beginning Internet marketer's main focus. Without it, |
| classified sites are the way to get online traffic. By | | | | online success will be a very long and difficult road. |
| far, the vast majority of traffic going to a free | | | | Steve Weber and his wife Kay are full time Internet |
| classified site comes from beginners who go there to | | | | marketers and operate several online businesses |
| place ads...not to make purchases. | | | | from their home in Oklahoma. |
| In a nutshell, any free online traffic method is useless | | | | |