7 Sources of Traffic You Can Get For Free

by Charles on 22 December 2008

With the evolution of the Internet, it is almost impossible not to get the traffic to find you. It is not about the website that you have. it is about getting more links from external websites linking to your website. You can get more links today and they are more valid than ever before.

I remember in the past where we are all sending emails asking for link exchange. That was the most primitive way of bringing in relevant traffic since we are asking for link exchange from relevant industries. After all, our predecessors know that we are all doing a joint-venture here.

Today, it’s more about your creativity and your hard work to bring in as much traffic as you can ever think. Today, I am going to identify some of the traffic which you can think about it and apply on your website.

1. Linking from your twitter posts

This is as simple as posting a link from your twitter account. Twitter today is being crawled very often by search crawlers. That’s because they always have a lot of meaty stuff for Google to see and to find out. Twitter itself is also crowded with a lot of people writing and reading messages. You are very likely to get some traffic here whenever you have something interesting for your followers.

2. Linking from your Squidoo page

Have you created enough squidoo pages for yourself? Well, that is also one of the crucial things to do today. Squidoo is considered to be one of the most important article websites on earth. My favorite marketer, Seth Godin, is the one running this website and I can see how much it has been evolving over the years. Write a good squidoo page, and bring that target traffic down into your funnel of web pages today!

3. Linking from your Facebook

You get to see a lot of people sharing links on Facebook. Facebook has become a place where we get to see real people online. We will get to see comments, links, information all around the Facebook. Every facebook profile represents a certain interest that they belong to very clearly. And people get to befriend you probably because they are interested in you or your Facebook group you have created.

4. Linking from your YouTube account

YouTube is another traffic not to be missed. Video is the way to go for people who don’t like to see too much text. But if they got interested in you because of the video you have made, they have no choice but to see what your website has to offer. It’s a big treasure inside not to be missed!

5. Linking from forums of your niche

Have you been actively involved in forums? You will want to present youself as an expert or a beginner. Whichever you are, we all want to make friends with people who are of the same niche. Making more friends may lead to potential links out there which we will never know. This is all about giving what you know. Don’t keep on thinking of what you can get from the website. Sometimes, it is also all about giving too. Most forums should be allowing you to share your links in certain topics.

6. Linking from your Social Bookmarking account

Nowadays, social bookmarking websites such as Digg has allowed us to put in our websites. By constantly bookmarking things that are of interest, you will get to see more people interested in you because they are interested in what you read, and even what you write. Show them your profile!

7. Linking from your Blog!

Your own blog is the great tool to generate a conversation between websites. It arouses people to be interested in what you are doing, especially when they are interested to learn from you. It becomes a good learning ground for you to practise too. Blogging and commenting on other blogs are two important things from a blogger to arouse interest here.

I hope you guys like what I have wrote here. If you do like, you may want to subscribe to my feed to keep in touch with me of what I want to say here.

Ok guys, it’s 12.56am now. I gonna sleep now. Have a great holiday ahead! Merry christmas to all of you in advance!

  • Wow, I didn't know that.I only know this one about linking from facebook.Thanks for post. I am going to try this one from you tube account, and for twitter account.
    Till
  • Ahh. Here is a post after my own heart:)

    Generating traffic on the internet has never been easier. And as you can see by my "Name" my favorite method is using video. Videos are easy to create and easy to post. Then they can be spread all over the place just by embedding a simple code.

    The key to success with video marketing is making a video with some substance. Because videos are easy to make, I tend to see a lot of junk on YouTube. If you are serious about getting traffic then the content of your video has to be somewhat useful to your viewers.

    I have also had success with the other 6 methods you mentioned. The internet is a lot more social than it use to be. It's wise to take advantage of that and incorporate some "socializing" into your traffic generation plan.
  • It's great to see u around again. :)
    That's right. Video marketing is now getting more and more viral. Spreading a video can be really easy with embedded codes. Websites and emails can easily spread without incurring too much bandwidth.
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