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One of the most significant keys to online success is getting more website traffic.  The more visitors you can get to your site, the more chances you have to increase sales and make more profits.  Presumably by now, you have a niche market along with the associated keywords and are regularly conducting keyword research to stay on top of what people are searching for online.  Based on these assumptions, here are a few simple tips to get website traffic fast!

Tip #1:  Make Sure You’re Tagging Your Keywords.

Do you spend a lot of time optimizing your content and then forget to tag them on your website?  Tags are the “markers” search engines look for, and if there are no tags, they’ll pass right by your website.  Here’s a quick look at tags.

There are a number of tag types including…

• Title tags- Title tags are quite possibly the most important place to situate your keywords.  Here’s what they look like – <title>Primary keyword phrase here. </title> – Your title tag is where you place your primary keyword or keyword phrase.  For best results, the sentence will describe your business in 90 characters or less.
• Header Tags- Header tags are next in order of importance to search engines.  They’re ranked in order of importance and look like this – <h1>Primary and/or Secondary keywords here</h1> (The “1” designates this header as the most important header on the page.)
• Meta Tags- Meta tags provide the small descriptive text found underneath the title tag on the search engine results page.  Like title tags these should be kept brief, informative and up to date.
• Alt Tags-  Alt tags are used to provide a text description of a graphic.  Each graphic on your site should have a description and an alt tag.

Tip #2: Update Content To Your Site Consistently

Content is essential for traffic and a top search engine ranking.  Content is what search engine spiders look for and index – without it there’s nothing to index or rank.  Give visitors and search engines a reason to visit and index your site. Make a commitment to provide daily, optimized and relevant content and your traffic will soar.

Tip #3: Procure Valuable and Relevant Incoming Links

The more websites which link to yours, the more valuable search engines perceive you to be, though not all links are created equal.  Search engines give more leverage to links from sites which are popular and credible and from sites which are relevant to your website topic.

There are different types of links.

- A direct link looks like a basic website address, for example, www.yourwebsite.com

- A text link occurs when the webpage address is embedded in the text.  Readers simply click on the link and are redirected to a new website page.

- If the link is to an internal web page, for example an article published on a website, rather than the home page, it is called a “deep link.”

You can encourage linking to your website by:

• Adding content to your site.
• Submitting to article directories.
• Publishing press releases.
• Blogging and participating in social networking forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

Tip #4: Socialize!

Now more than ever before, internet marketing is about building a community and building relationships.  Whether you offer a forum on your website or you participate in social networking sites, social networking is a valuable traffic generating tactic.  Sites like Facebook, Twitter and a slew of other sites, can be powerful tools for generating links and traffic to your site – create a profile and then post comments, links to your site and ideas which generate conversation.

Get involved – many chat rooms and forums are industry specific, find those which cater to your industry, and begin participating.  Speak to and connect with a highly targeted audience.

Tip #5: Advertise for More Exposure and Traffic

Advertising, when handled strategically, can be used to promote your content and products or services.  PPC advertising is often the tool of choice because you control the advertising budget on a daily basis and have the tools to test and track your advertising efforts.  Once you’ve honed your PPC ads the return on investment can be phenomenal in terms of traffic and purchases.

For maximum results, create a traffic and SEO strategy.  Outline your plan and your goals and then take the necessary action.  Take advantage of these five traffic & search engine tips to boost your business!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, be sure to check back often for more updates. As always, we appreciate your feedback, comments and questions.

Until next time,

Godspeed

James
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