Monday, June 30, 2008

Realistic Goals Will Increase Website Traffic

By Doug Taylor

Once you have that first website under your belt you may think it is pretty easy to build but you may find getting traffic to it may prove to be somewhat harder. If you spend any time on the Internet you will find plenty of advice that may help you increase website traffic. Choose your source carefully as some of the information you find will be good while some of it could be junk.

However in this article we offer just a couple of very simple tips which should not only help to increase the amount of traffic which visits your website. But are also going to be ones that will help to actually increase your page rankings with search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Tip 1-It is very important to set some realistic goals when planning how much traffic you want your website to get. This goal should be a number that is within reach and not a number you have no hope of reaching. Once you decide how much you want to increase website traffic you can put together a plan to achieve this goal.

Having a particular goal will also help with you being able to measure just how well you are performing and it will determine whether you are succeeding at what you set out to do. Plus having a goal in mind also helps you to decide if you need to change the approach you are using in order for you to direct more traffic to your website or not.

When it comes to setting this number it needs to be specific, and it needs to be able to be measured. It also needs to be attainable. These traffic numbers needs to be something that you believe you can do and you should put a time limit on. For example if you are only getting 10 people a day coming to your website then you might set your traffic goals as follows: -

1. The first month you would like to have 100 unique visitors 2. In month 2 the visitors will increase to 150 3. The third month the number will go up to 250 visitors.

What you need to remember that it is going to be difficult in the beginning when you are trying to increase the amount of website traffic that your site receives.

Tip 2- You should try to have as much original content on your site as you possibly can. It also is a good thing to update your website as often as you can. This may seem like too much work but if you put in the effort you can reap the rewards.

The more often that you update your site the more often the search engine spiders will come visit your site. This has worked for some time and will help increase website traffic and keep your visitor coming back to see what is new.

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