What is the best way (cost effective) to promote my website?

[Lamont]

I started a business last year and have a website up - but no traffic. How do I promote my website without spending thousands of dollars?

[Ranganath M.K]

I suggest you to use google adwords

[Steph C]

I would also suggest Google Adwords. As the site is a PPC (Pay Per Click) you do not waste any resources on uninterested consumers. This service has done wonders for my website. Here's a hint to using Adwords; narrow your keywords as much as possible. If someone is searching for something similar to your product, and mistakenly clicks on your ad, that's wasted resources.

[vicseo]

The most effective way to advertise on the Internet is
to first set up a website and publish its domain name
on major search directories such as Google.com,
Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?...... and
MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these
search directories to provide them with goods and
services. In a sense, these search directories are a
very large Internet Yellow Pages.

Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage
fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using
such "generic" queries will not be able to discover
your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website,
in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.

You may want to consider some simple algorithms which,
when observed and committed in designing of a website
with placement of various critical metatags that can
surely achieve a high search engine presence and
increase Internet traffic to your website. These
metatag strategies work well with published webpages
at Google and Yahoo.

Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based
website, make sure to fill-in the property entries
such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing
to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can
be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the
Internet audience and their incoming setup. For
example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages
take too long to load up and therefore analog users
will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the
Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL
lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So
before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple
question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or
DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users
for maximum marketability, then select analog users
since 80% of most resident users are still analog
Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages
is best for them.

A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text,
is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit
the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a
graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.

Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots
are unable to properly classify textual material.

Placement of Metatags:

A ranking or search order does take place with Google
and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which
should consist of no more than 65 characters separated
by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic
terms, the goods and services, followed by a location
from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state.
The placement of a domain name which is not generic
within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your
domain name is a major recognizable brand name.

The second metatag is the "Description" which is
usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which
best describes one's goods and services.

And the very last category - "Keywords" are also
somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural
and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries
which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which
is defined as the loading, and submission of
repetitive words into a particular metatag category.
"Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported
to Google's spamreport.com can result in the
elimination of your website from their search
directory.

Here's an example of a very highly-placed website on
Google.com: Begin with the very "generic" search query
"sandwiches downtown los angeles," taking note to not
abbreviate Los Angeles to "LA" and of course, leave
out the parentheses ("). It will bring up some 2.4
million+ search results. Check out where "Nazos.net"
is ranked. It's ranked No. 1!
Again, Nazos.net's high web presence was achieved by
proper web design and placement of relevant metatags
according to Google's publication guidelines.

Good luck!

[AF]

well google and adwords is no good for long term advertising as soon as you stop the ads so does the traffic. So I would say try sites like digg and directory submission.

[Seth]

There is very affordable targeted traffic available at http://www.trafficthatsells.com

[atno3nd]

http://www.webupon.com/Marketing/Five-Ti...log.136047

[jk_mandyali]

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[Raom]

Hello,

well.....great question....

Best way to get good traffic ?

Search engine optimization (SEO) is your starting point for getting traffic. After all, Google has to "like" your web pages, and people have to be able to find them. All SEO means is making your pages human and Google friendly.

Your website needs soe friendly search engines.
The first criterion (often overlooked) is to have great content! Your goal is to build traffic. Why would anyone even want to come to your website if there's nothing interesting there to see?

Your pages need to be built around specific keyword phrases that people use to find sites like yours. How do you know what keyword phrases people use to search? use some keyword tools....

Another great "free" way to create traffic is to write articles (like the one you're reading) and put them on article directories. Readers see the articles and click through your links to your site. This is a great way to get qualified traffic!
You have to do some link building process for your websites:

Link building methods:

1. Submission to directories
2. Article Directory Submissions
3. Blog Comment
4. Forum Postings
5. Link exchanges

Use this process we can get traffic easily....Get lots a traffic to my website

There are many ways to optimize the potential of your site in generating traffic.

This is very little bit information of SEO, If you need for more info how to get traffic to your website easily just go through below link :
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good luck...

regards,
Raom.

[Sales Maniac]

These are my time proven techniques which got me more traffic
1)Viral Pictures
Viral is closely connected with something that may spread easily.So i suggest you to create a viral picture which is closely connected with your products and spread it.
Everyone likes funny pictures and they don't mind sharing it with others.It's viral.So, If you're selling a health product, then you may create a funny picture about it and put your website's name on it.
Next, just forward it to as many contacts as possible using e-mails. Whether it's a 12 years old kid or 21 years old adult.They would just love and share it with others. Can you see how easy it is?

2)Viral Videos
Videos are the most famous entertainment on the Internet.People would just love it dues to it's effectivenes in spreading the message. So i suggest you to create viral videos about your product and again put your link in it.
If you got 3 minutes video, then make sure your website's link is visible throughout the whole 3 minutes.If you don't have the necessary tools to create a video, then you can simply collect 5-10 viral pictures and then convert it into video using Windows Movie Maker.
Then just upload it to You Tube or Google Videos. Now using bluetooth everyone is exchanging videos from their mobiles or computers. If your video is viral enough to attract others, it will easily spread to others.
Suggested Links:
http://youtube.com/
http://video.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&...
http://video.yahoo.com/

3)Yahoo Answers
I probably won't be answering your question if i don't know the answer. And i won't suggest you any websites link if i think that it's not going to help you.
So simply answer any questions that you're knowledgeable(your niche market) at and put a link to your websites as extra source for others.
If your answer is good and solved the questions, people would also expect for more tips and suggestion from you.If you suggested any website links, there are high chances for anyone to visit it.

4)Forum Marketing
Forum Marketing works just like Yahoo Answers. They would be a lot of tips and questions exchanged in any forums.
So start getting active and contribute to any forum members and they will appreciate your expertise and start visiting your websites for more up-to-date tips.
Suggested Links:
http://warriorforum.com/
http://www.ablakeforum.com/

5)Newsgroup Marketing
Promote your expertise and links in newsgroups by contributing your tips to other members.
Suggested Links:
http://groups.yahoo.com/
http://groups.google.com.my/grphp?hl=en&...

6)Article Marketing
Write articles within your niche and submit it to article directories
Suggested Links:
http://ezinearticles.com/
http://goarticles.com

7)Social Networking
Use social networking sites to promote your products and links. As you know social networking sites are self promotoable. If you got a nice profile with beautiful pictures in it, i bet you'll get a lot of visits from other members.
Suggested Links:
http://friendster.com
http://facebook.com
http://myspace.com

Other Web Traffic Generating Tips:
1)Free Press Release
2)PPC Ads(It'll cost you money)
3)Joint Ventures
4)Newspaper(It'll cost you money)
5)Sms(It'll cost you money)
6)Word Of Mouth
7)Pamplets/Flyers(It'll cost you money)
8)Business Cards(It'll cost you money)