How To Increase Website Traffic For Free

There are countless traffic sources available to drive traffic to your website. If you choose not to go with paid traffic when first starting out, the question is how to increase website traffic for free. The Internet is full of free traffic sources but you want to be careful which traffic sources you choose. For example, I steer clear of traffic exchange websites. Those sites usually involve low quality traffic that can adversely affect your website bounce rate.

Writing good, informative content is a necessity for the search engines and attracting visitors via organic traffic. Helpful and relative content will aid in your search engine rankings, so it is a great way to increase website traffic.

I put together a list of good websites to help your increase website traffic. The websites listed can be used daily to drive traffic your website, blog, Facebook fan pages, YouTube channel and any other site you use to market your products or services.

I need to mention the importance of reading and understanding the Terms & Conditions of any website you plan to use for driving traffic back to your website. Violations can get you banned or suspended from the website. Avoid misleading promotions or tricking people into clicking your links.

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Free Traffic Sources:

This is not an all inclusive list, but it will give you an idea of some websites to start with in the beginning. I perform a lot of google searches to find my traffic sources. Again, be sure to follow the website guidelines so you stay complaint with their rules.

You can post your website links daily on the websites. Just be sure not to post to point of SPAMMING. I would avoid daily email marketing. Sending too emails will leads might not over well and some will unsubscribe.

Mailchimp for email marketing – Up to 2,000 subscribers / 12,000 emails per month (this does not include an auto-responder)

YouTube and other free video sharing websites

Twitter

SnapChat

InstaGram

Tumblr

StumbleUpon

Blog Commenting – be sure to comment on topics related to your niche’ or otherwise it might be considered SPAM. A lot of websites are moderating the comments, so your comments will have to be approved before they will be visible to other visitors. This is done to reduce SPAM comments.

Facebook groups related to your niche’- Some groups do not allow auto-posters.

Search Engines – Google, Bing, etc.

Classified ad sites – Google ‘free classified ad sites’ for lists of classified ad sites.

Your Facebook fan page linked to your website

Give away eBooks that contains links to your website

Guest blogging for related niche’ topics

Niche’ related forums

Q & A websites like Quora

Digg – submit your articles for free.

I wrote a previous article about traffic sources where you can find additional information.

The Internet changes fast and new sites will go online on a regular basis. It is important to stay current with the latest trends and strategies.

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