The 3 Types of Website Traffic

Where does traffic come from? Now I’m not talking about that stuff we all get stuck in during rush hour. Website traffic is essential, if you have no traffic to your website you are not going to get anyone buying your products or reading your articles. Traffic is one of the key components of your website and is available in these three forms.

1. Pay For It.
You can buy traffic typically using what is known as Pay Per Click advertising. The major names in this market are Google and their AdWords program and Yahoo Network Sponsored Search. There are many smaller companies around also but they all follow the same premise.
You create your account, grab a bunch of keywords and create your adverts. You can define the amount you want to spend per click or per day, what geographical areas you want your adverts to appear in and even what time they should appear.
When someone types one of your keywords into for example Google your advert will be displayed down the right hand side of the natural search results. If the searcher then chooses to click on your advert and gets forwarded to your website you will get charged for that click.
The price you pay for each individual click depends on a variety of conditions such as how many other people are competing on that keyword. The more competition the more it costs to be higher up the ranks. The position you want to occupy. The percentage of people who click on your advert, the list goes on.
Pay Per Click advertising can be very successful but has a steep learning curve, it is essential that you do lots of research into your chosen Pay Per Click vender and in the niche you are in.

2. Borrow It.
This option is not for everyone, but in certain niches it can be effective. The first method of borrowing traffic is what is called link exchange. This is where you put links to another website on your site and they put links back to you on theirs. This can be beneficial as you can get traffic from a more successful website reasonably quickly. However this traffic is not always targeted.
The second option in the affiliate marketing world is called a joint venture or a JP. This is essentially where you would contact another marketer or company who had products that complements yours. If they are interested they may send a mailing out to their list or put an entry in their blog alerting their visitors about you and your relevant products.
The key things to remember about borrowing traffic is that you have to give something in return. This can make it tricky when targeting very successful websites.

3. Create It.
Creating your own traffic is one of the best ways to start bringing people into your website. There are literally hundreds of ways to start creating your traffic but I’m just going to tell you about two of the most popular.

Articles are a great way of generating traffic. You can write your articles about your chosen niche, offering advice, definitions, explanations, news, reviews just to name a few. Once you have created your articles you can put them on your website or blog as content. You can also upload them to article directories or even assemble a few of them into a white paper or ebook to give away to visitors.

Video is currently the big thing on the internet world. Everywhere you look there are videos for everything. 50% of all web traffic is video and YouTube alone receives 12.5% of all the traffic out there. YouTube has made it possible for anyone to upload their videos for the whole world to see. Just as you can create an article about anything you can do the same thing with video. The best option is to do both: Create it in print and create it in video.
I wish you all the best of success.

About the Author: Mark Voce - I hope you found this article helpful. Check out my blog to get more advice, tips, secrets and the latest news on Google AdWords and Internet Marketing here.

How to Sell Domain Names for Stupendous Cash!

Dear friends,

Sorry, for the long absence on this page. It has been an hectic time this past few days, due to the fact we have a new addition to our family, a beautiful bouncy baby boy named AbdulRahman. So i have been busy doing the responsible father and a lovely husband.

However, as a compensation, i'm bringing you this beautiful article from one of my teachers and a mentor. It is on Making money selling Domain Names, please enjoy it;

Selling domain names can be quite profitable for webmasters. This is particularly the case if the webmaster sells a domain name that has an existing line of traffic. In these situations domain names can generate thousands of dollars for their webmasters. There have even been domain name names that allowed webmasters to collect millions in profit. With a little bit of basic knowledge, you can emulate such success for yourself. This article will provide that information through an easy to follow step-by-step guide.

First, you will need to find a search engine keyword that is highly searched yet not used much by other websites. You can do this by using a keyword analyzer. The best keyword analyzers are those that you pay for, such as Word Tracker or Keyword Analyzer. The reason why these are preferable over free ones is because they let you know how much competition you are facing with a potential keyword. Free ones only tell you how much the keyword has been searched. If money is a problem, try to get a paid keyword analyzer that is offering a free sample, such as WordTracker. You can upgrade to the paid version once you return profit from the sale of your domain name.

With your keyword chosen, you will need to get a domain name and web hosting. Why do you need web hosting if you’re going to sell just the domain name? It’s because you’re going to need a website to drive traffic to that domain name. Without a website visitors won’t want to return to whatever domain name you selected. This lessens the main element that gives a domain name profitability: traffic.

Anyway, try to get a package that will include both web hosting and a domain name at the same time, since you won’t have to worry about transferring anything later. When you choose your domain name, make sure you include your selected keyword in its phrasing. If you find that your selected keyword is taken as a domain name, try making alterations like saying “a1″, “123″ or “101.” For example, say the keyword “Careers” is taken as a domain name. You could say “A1 Careers,” “Careers 123″ or “Careers 101.” Alternatively, you could try searching for a related keyword that isn’t taken as a domain name. Either way, keep trying until you get a memorable yet keyword-rich domain name that still has a .com extension.

Now, you will need to create a website for your domain name. It doesn’t have to be big… even a one-pager could do the trick, if you don’t mind a website so simple. Write an article related to the keyword you chose and create a simple site using Microsoft Word, (make sure you save the document as an .HTML file). Sign up for Adsense and/or an affiliate program, so you can offer additional resources for your visitors. You will also earn a commission if a sale is made or a clickthrough generated, (depending on the program you joined).

Once your website is uploaded, you need to focus on traffic-building. You can get an initial boost by buying traffic, though make sure the company you buy your traffic from uses expired domain names rather than bots or even incentive traffic, (such as paid emails).

But even after this you will need to try to build up inbound links. These are websites that link to you. Post your site on any free site, such as directories, message boards or online classified ads. Also, make sure you submit articles to free article directories. Additionally, try to initiate link exchanges. You can do this by emailing the webmaster or finding link exchange networks such as Link Market.

Keep building up your links until you get a steady stream of traffic. If you get enough traffic, you will get an Alexa rating. If the rating is pleasing, find a domain name appraiser and see how much your domain name can go for. This will give you some idea of how much you can realistically get, but don’t get discouraged if the number seems low. Why? It’s because some people will care more about the traffic your domain name is receiving over the supposed SEO elements of it.

Either way, when you feel you are ready put your domain name up for auction. You may even want to include your original website, though this is optional. When the domain name sells, you will need to transfer it over to the new webmaster’s account… your web hosting company can help you with this.

With your profit you may want to consider doing the venture again with an expired domain name. This will get you a traffic boost without having to go through the actual process of traffic-building, (if you decide you don’t want to do that).

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Iyabo Oyawale quit her day job in August 2007 to pursue her dreams of making money online.You can download her 100% free success manuals at http://askiyabooyawale.com as well as http://naijanetwarriors.com.

How To Generate Free Traffic

Dear Friends,

By now you must have got your free blog up and running, that is if you`ve been following this blog. But if you are new to this site, just check the previous posts on "Google Adsense" series.

However, this post is a complement to the posts on adsense series, and it is on generating Traffic to your blog. There are different method of generating traffics to your blog or site both online and offline, but i will just point out to you the few ones that i use to get result.

Please note that traffic is the lifeblood of any business both online and offline, and blogging is no exception. You can not make a dime if nobody is visiting your blog or site because this will amount to 'winking in the dark'.Therefore to get your blog or site noticed involves a lot of effort and dedication, and this you must do to make money with your site.

My formular for making money with blogging;

 Blog( Site) + Quality Content + FreeTraffic = Profits

 Traffic Secrets

1. Post quality contents regularly: The No.1 secret to driving traffic to your site is posting quality content to your blog to keep your visitors coming back regularly. If you are not a good article writer you can use Private Label Rights Products or get articles from article directories like, http:// ezinearticles.com 

2.Write Articles: Another source of free traffic is submitting articles to article directories related to your niche and put your link at the end of the article. Google loves three article directories, they are;

- http://ezinearticles.om

-http://goarticles.com

-http://searchwarp.com

3.Forums: Forum is another good source of free traffic to your blog or site. Just sign up with forums related to your niche. One good place to start is WarriorForum at http://warriorforum.com/forum. Post articles on your niche or comment on other members post that you like and include a signature or  your blog url(address) and watch your traffic increase. Just search for online forums on the popular search engines to get more forums.

4. Ping your post: To ping simply means to announce your blog to directories that your blog is recently updated. Simply ping every time you make a post to your blog or site.Use free pinging services like, 

-http://pingomatic.com

-http://kping.com.

-www.feedburner.com

The beauty of these sites is that they submit your blog to multiple directories at the same time thereby saving you valuable time.

5 .Free Press Release: Press release is a very useful method of driving real targeted traffic to your blogsite if use very well. Just learn how to write a good press release about your blog and watch the traffic roll. Use free press release services like;

- www.prleap.com

- www.prfree.com

- www.free-press-release.com

- www.i-newswire.com/submit

These are just some of the methods i use to drive traffic to my blogsite the free way. There are other methods that both free and paid. Just do your search on Google.com are learrn more free ways to drive traffic to your site and wath the dollars roll in.

P.S. : Do Anything and every thing that will drive traffic to your site.Remember no traffic no profit. You can sign up above to get more traffic tips and also get more post delivered to your email box.

To your success,

Lookman