It's called a tree because it's supposed to grow from one site to two, to four, to eight and so on, much like a tree grows from a single trunk to many branches.

Like I said, I was very naive and this really seemed like a good idea. I created my page using automated tool and obligingly added it to my site.

A few years later, after I had moved site to a paid host, I looked at page again and realized that it was plastered with affiliate links. I did not really want a page on my site making money for someone else, so I started looking for a script to do same thing.

It took some doing, but I finally found a place that sold script for a few dollars. I purchased it, installed it on my site and before long had my very own, highly configurable hits tree running. I changed links to my own and promoted page accordingly.

Here's page:

http://www.internet-tips.net/hits/index.html

One of major reasons why I wanted script running on my own site was so that I could get a log of how many of these pages had been created. I was very curious to see if this method of promotion was effective.

The script logs all creations of new pages, regardless of whether or not it was done from my own site. This is because script must be executed from my site to create a new page. Thus, log is a very accurate accounting of when and how many new pages were created.

So now I have my answer. Yes, hit trees do produce some traffic. Not a heck of a lot of it (less than a hundred hits a month), but they do get people to visit my site. It seems that about a dozen new pages are created each month, and what amazes me is this is a steady number. According to logic, number of pages being created should be increasing, yet it stays same.

So is one of these hit pages worth time and effort? Well, I definitely would not recommend purchasing script - there are better ways to spend your money.

It's probably worth a few minutes to create a hit page, add it to your site and submit it to search engines. The nice thing about these pages is they tend to just run automatically, producing a few hits now and then without any effort from you at all.

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5. Get involved in forums. This is a very effective way to get hits to your site and become known as an expert in your field. Be sure to read other posts and rules before you post. For a complete list of forums to post to get eBook Ideas listed below.

6. Start your own eZine or Newsletter and promote it on every page of your site and at eZine Directories. You can get a complete list of eZine directories and more in my free eBook - eBook Ideas here: http://www.ipromoteit.com

7. Start your own affiliate program and get other people to sell for you. Clickbank offers a simple way to start-up. Go here for more information. http://hop.clickbank.net/penny

8. Place ads in Yahoo! Get this Free eBook with tips on how to get 200-400 hits a week using Yahoo! Ads. http://www.1001beautytips.com/superebooks/YSR.exe

9. Give a gift for filling out your survey and announce it everywhere. This will also help you to find out what customers want and where they are coming from.

10. Start Joint Ventures with other web site owners.

i.e., Offer to trade a free ad in your eZine for your ad in theirs.

Trade links from your eBook to theirs.

Give them a testimonial about their product for a testimonial about yours. The possibilities are endless.

©2002 Tracie Johansen