How to boost a web site popularity ?
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work on getting your website ranked higher on the search engines.  List yourself in open directories and get a lot of others to link to your site.\n\nAdvertise your site if it's within your budget. Plug your site whenever you can - like you did here.  Add it to your signature on your outgoing emails.  Radio interviews and articles can help too.  Send out a press release and see who you can pay to pick it up.
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Word of mouth, posters, other mailings.  I have a website of my own I set up and as soon as I sent out a mailing to the group I'm involved with, I got 300+ hits (almost 400 now) since the beginning of the year.  With a member base of only 250, it's still pretty decent, although "past performance does not guarantee future results."\n\nAlso, make sure that your site is laid out nicely for the search engine crawlers so that they can index your pages for you.  People use search engines when they can't remember your web URL, so make sure they can find you on MSN, Yahoo, and Google for starters.
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The first step is that your site should be online i.e. when you type the url of your site on a web browser, it should show up! \n\nNow to answer how to get it on search engines and to drive traffic, here are some tips for you...\n1. Focus on creating quality contents.\n\n2. Create error-free HTML - search engines love error free HTML. Must include meta tags. Ensure HTML heading tags are used properly to highlight the key words.\n\n3. Avoid dynamic URLs as far as possible - search engines dont seem to like dynamic links (the ones containing "?").\n\n3. Submit your site to top search engines like Yahoo, Google, and MSN.\n\n4. Submit your site to good directories like Yahoo, DMOZ.org, zeal.com, etc.\n\n5. Request webmasters of other sites who whould be intersted in your contents to link your site.\n\n6. Include the URL of your site to the signature of your e-mail.\n\n7. If it is a blog then register blog search engines like blogwise.com and technorati.com.\n\n8. Create an RSS feed and submit it to popular RSS feed readers like yahoo - may like to use pingomatic.com for it.\n\n9. Never use a spamming technique like over stuffing some keywords on your web page.\n\nPlease remember, it take time to build traffic - say about six months of focussed effort.\n\nBest of luck!!
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Getting more visitors is one thing; and turning those visitors into buyers is another thing. If you are running an online store, you need to do BOTH.\n\nTo get visitors to your website:\n\n1. Offer the best products. Sounds like a no-brainer, but your products are your best advertisement - if visitors love your products, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. \n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. Some sites that accept free press releases are PRWeb.com, PowerHomeBiz.com \n\n5. Advertise only if it will get you targeted traffic. Whether you use pay per click advertising or buying text links or buying banner ads, carefully monitor your return on investment. If possible, get metrics to tell you whether the PPC traffic is actually converting into sale. Google Analytics can show that to you if you are using Google Adwords.\n\nWith regards to getting the visitors to buy more stuff, here are some tips from the article "10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm :\n\n1. Provide quality products or content. Good conversion rates start with quality and a great value proposition.\n\n2. Grab their attention immediately. Put your most important and succinct statement of what your website offer above the scroll (e.g. sales pitch, order button)\n\n3. It’s about the customer, all the time. Visitors will respond to your offer only if you can successfully make the case that your website exists for them, to provide them what they need and offer a solution to their problem. \n\n4. Design your page specifically for your target audience. \n\n5. Make it easy for them. Make the ordering process easy. An indicator of how well your process works is the ratio of abandoned shopping baskets to total orders – if this is higher than 10 percent, then it indicates that the online ordering process you have implemented is ineffective, or takes too long. \n\n6. Improve your site's copy. More than a tool to inform users of what the site is all about, the best type of web site copy explains to a visitor how your product will fulfill their wants, needs and desires. \n\n7. Think active! Use active voice to keep your customers motivated and fully engaged in the sales process. \n\n8. Increase trust factor. Trust is a key element of success on the Web. Visitors purchase only from websites they know will safeguard their information, provide them with quality service, and offer them products that are value for their money. \n\n9. Build customer loyalty. Loyalty marketing is a proven technique to increase conversion rates and improving bottom line.\n10. Study your metrics carefully. You must have a set of key performance indicators that you can look at every day to understand the pulse of your business.
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there are several strategies on doing so.\n\nSearch engines rank websites on lots of variables...\n\nAmount of other web-pages linking to your webpage as found from the search engine increases your rank.  So if you have people link to you (in return for you linking to them, perhaps), your rating will go up.  Also having keywords and people searching the keywords, the closer the match (or the more keywords), the higher up your rank will be.\n\nAnd the amount of people who go to your website from the search engine will affect it too.  The more people to search yahoo, find your website, and click on it at yahoo results in the higher rank you get.
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the number of other sites that have a link to your site actually helps your rating in yahoo, and google.  Keywords are important, but even great keywords won't do anything for traffic.  There are options that you can pay to have your site listed in prime area, sidebars etc. on yahoo and google.  The thing you need the most of is time!  I went from 40 to 50 hits a month, to over 3000 a month, now I'm back to 40 to 50.  Most of the big hits came from image searches, not regular google searches.  \nIt'l like anything else.. there is no easy way, it costs money!
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use the name of ur site as much as u can, like share its name with ur frnds, go to Forums relating to ur site, Make a link of ur site as the signatures, distribute it via Yahoo! msngr, jus do anithing u seems to get crowd on ur site.
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It takes awhile for a community site to gather steam and attract users unless you have the resources to market and brand the site.\n\nSome suggestions to attract users:\n\n1. Show them that your site can get them results -- e.g. information they want\n\n2. Seed the site with content -- it is not uncommon for forum and community owners to create multiple accounts at the start to create threads or discussions or content on the site. People will only want to use your community site if they think it is ALIVE. They won't go and use a site that has no ongoing discussions or if nothing's going on with the site. So write content, link to good articles, make the site come alive.
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Some ideas:\n\n1. Create the best content you can. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. \n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area. Read "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website.\n\n6. Syndicate your content with RSS feeds. This is like an autopilot way of driving traffic to a site. If you've got a feed that users want, then they will come to your site\n\n7. Search engine advertising. When doing PPC, monitor your ROI carefully and watch your keywords\n\n8. Offline advertising - from car stickers with your site URL to press interviews to networking in your business community
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If you hope to get a load of returning visitors, you have to have content that poeple like and tell their friends about, and keep updating it with new things that make people want to keep going to it,  and it's gotta look good. \n\n The better looking, the more people want to be affiliated with it.  Also, make friends, and share links.  Join web rings, give the links to your friends who are interested,   and  an interactive element like a message board, or such, will (if handled correctly) keep people coming back.\n\n\n    \n1. Link to other pages,  and  have them link to you. \n2  Use relevant  META tags for keywords and description\n 3. Submit the site to:  = http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/\n                                  ................        Add your URL to google =         http://www.google.com/addurl.html                 =   \n      4.  Announce your website in many online forums. \n5.  Register your url with google and as many other search engines as possible. \n6.  Update your site often  to have repeat visistors. \n7.  Add your url  in your email  signature. \n8.  Do a search on google, then at the bottom of  the page is "Disatisfied with results? Help us improve" link. Just fill out the info. and the spiders will go to your site.\n9.  Add your url  to your business card and  pass them out.\n\n10.  Put a link in your  signatues so that every email/post you make will be seen by search engine bots and taken into account. Be sure that it's properly labeled  "+18 Warning"  if the link goes to adult material. \n\n   \n Add it here = http://dmoz.org\n\n  http://www.selfpromotion.com\n\nhttp://www.google.com/webmasters\n\nhttp://www.google.com/ads\n          http://www.google.com/addurl.html \nhttp://camtech2000.net/Pages/submit.html   \n         http://www.itools.com/internet/     \n              http://www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Submit/    \n        http://www.isubmit.com/      \n          http://www.irnis.net/soft/golden/ \n         http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/26488    \n                   http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php
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Hi ,inorder to get high quality links to your site there are many ways\n1)submitt your site to various webdirectories which are having appropriate specified categories and having high rankings and open directories \n2)Make a link exchange with ur neighbouring sites that have high page rank \n3)try Adsense or other link exchange programme\ngo through this link\nhttp://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=21900\nhttp://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156221\nhere u can find some of the great sites having high pagerank\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_with_a_high_PageRank
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Have a very attractive web site and promote ur site as much as u can
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Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. My website (see my profile) accepts free press release submission (no strings attached!)\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.\n\n6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article "10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.
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The best would be the way most search engines, perticularly Yahoo and Google say you should go about it. Have links to other sites and have them link you. Creating topics that have reference to other sites will help you get linked. the more links you have and the more link you are will make a huge difference. You should also be sure that all you META tags are as descriptive as possible. Lastely make sure you have submitted your site to Yahoo & Google.
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You can promote your website very fast, but the results are not often fast. Search engines will sometimes take months to list your site. \n\nGetting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.\n\nYou can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com\n\nHere are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\nRecommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/\nBig Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml \nCGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/\nHostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\nIf you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm \n\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. \n\nhttp://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html\nhttp://i-newswire.com/\nhttp://www.24-7pressrelease.com/\nhttp://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi\nhttp://www.pr.com/press-releases\nhttp://www.prfree.com/\nhttp://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml\nhttp://www.theopenpress.com/\nhttp://www.przoom.com/\nhttp://www.prweb.com\nhttp://www.newswiretoday.com/\nhttp://www.free-press-release.com/\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.\n\nHere is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481\n\n6. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:\n\nCraigslist http://www.craigslist.com\nGoogle Base http://base.googl
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Well, first of all, if you just set up your website last week you can't expect to already be in the top 1,000 in any search engine.\n\nThere are millions and millions of sites on the internet and to break into the top 100,000 would be a major feat after years on the internet.\n\nNow, keep in mind that you can 'buy' your placement on most of the search engines but if you are like most of us, who wants to spend money.\n\nSubmit your site once per month to the major search engines, go ahead and submit it to the less known engines about once every two weeks.\n\nWhat ever you do - don't waste your time placing ads on free for all (FFA) websites as you will get nothing more than junk email in return for your efforts.\n\nResearch and find all the free directories you can to list your site based upon the kind of business site you have.\n\nMake sure you have proper key words in your meta tag on the home page of your website. (HTML codes)\n\nBe patient - promote your site when ever and where ever you can on the internet. You should spend 70% of your time promoting your website. (70% of your time on the computer that is - don't forget you have a life, more than likely another job, etc.)
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Website Promotion\n\n1. Search Engine Submission\n\nSince search engines (SE) and directories account for over 80% of the traffic that a website receives, your top priority would be to make sure that your site is listed with them. However, it doesn't help to be listed if your link shows up on the 20th page of search results. Before submitting make sure that your site is optimized for the best possible search ranking. \nMORE DETAIL plz see the link \nhttp://gethitsnow.blogspot.com/\n\nWhile there are tens of thousands of search engines on the web, over 90% of the search engine referrals come from the top four search engines (see figure below). They include Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL Search. Needless to say, it is absolutely crucial that your site is listed with these giants. Although you really don't need to submit your site to them (their spiders will eventually find and index your site), it does not hurt to make sure that your site gets queued for indexing.