Millions of websites online can be placed in their own special category of “Deserted Town”. The only life you can find there are those of webmasters who created them. This is because they get very few, if any, targeted visitors. For these website owners, there are simple techniques they can use to increase website traffic.

Read on and I will give you five ways to increase website traffic to your website. These aren’t hidden secrets and they won’t give you millions of hits per month for just $ 9.99. (I’m sure you know what I mean). However they are effective and using them will increase website traffic to your website. And visitors that you get will be more profitable because they will be targeted.

Increase Website Traffic You can pay to increase website traffic. (I’ve decided to get money spending out of way first). There are many ways you can pay to increase website traffic; here are three (3) popular ones.

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Before you use any of these paying methods to increase website traffic to your website, I want you to first examine your website with your ideal customer in mind. What keywords will they use to find your website in search engines? Write them down.

Increase Website Traffic - technique 1 Pay-Per-Click Now you’re ready to increase website traffic with pay-per-click search engines. Start by using keywords you have written down, go to free keyword suggestion tool at digitalpoint.com and type in search box one keyword at a time and press ‘suggest’ button.

The results will show you how many people search for your keyword each day and also suggests other keywords you can use and number of visits they get each day. Write down this information or create a spreadsheet with headings ‘keyword’, ‘visits per day’, and ‘pay-per-click cost’. Your pay per click cost depends on which pay-per-click search engine you use, competition for your keywords and on how much you’re willing to pay for a click.

Once you’ve finished spreadsheet, sign up for an account with pay-per-click-search engine of your choice and bid on your keywords.

You will notice that keywords with most visits per day cost more per click than those with less. To get more clicks for your money trick is to bid on those keywords with have a few visitors a day. There is less competition for these keywords so your bid price should be low.

Newsletter promotion is next step after you've drafted an outline of your publication and established a distribution method.

Newsletter promotion is easy if you use these low cost ways or no cost ways to promote online.

Let's closely examine a few popular "no cost ways" to promote!

1. Classifieds Online Free Classified Pages are an easy way to get started. Most classifieds posted online are visited by business owners promoting their own products but a few curious lookers will surely click your link and subscribe to your newsletter. When posting to classified pages click any links that interest you. See how writer further promotes his service. This is a good way to learn further promotional techniques. Visit This Site: http://www.websitings.com/classads/sites/2816814.htm

Another good way to promote is to subscribe to newsletters that offer their subscribers free ads to promote their products and services for as long as they are subscribed to publications. This is a good deal for you and publisher. The publisher raises his subscriber count. And you are able to promote with out cost.

2. Link Exchanges If you have a website, exchange links with other website owners. This is an easy, no cost, promotion idea, that works.

3. Banner Exchanges Surf to google or yahoo type "banner exchange" into search engine box. Visit top links and examine their programs for pertinent details. Join one's that meet your criteria.

4. Ad Swaps Contact other ezine owners with a similar publication. Ask if they would like to swap ads with you. This translates to exchanging ads of similar lengths in designated publications.