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Free Methods to Increase Website Traffic

August 19, 2008 By Gail Gardner 14 Comments

There are an infinite number of places to promote your Web site or business in the online world. The catch is knowing which are worth your time. The purpose of this blog is to identify and share proven methods and track results. Step-by-step instructions simple enough for even those with very limited Internet experience will be added as time allows.

We will start with how to maximize your visibility where it counts:  major sites your potential buyers are already using to search for you. Systematically adding your Web site or offline business to these directories can greatly increase your targeted traffic and conversions.

List your business / Web site on these four types of sites:

  • Local Search Directories – major sites offering listings across the United States and possibly elsewhere – best for businesses operating in a specific geographic area (city, county, state). They usually limit your listings to your physical address.
  • National or International Search Directories – best for online businesses operating across the United States or Internationally
  • Local Directories – operating in specific geographic areas and not available nationally or internationally
  • Niche Sites – Web sites related to your specific business or website

This blog will provide links to the Local Search and National and International Search Directories. Local Directories are specific to your geographic area and must be individually researched. Links will be provided for areas we have already worked in or on specific request.

Niche sites are best located by someone familiar with your niche market or by an exceptional online researcher able to quickly learn your area and industry. We will add information on how to do this research in the future.

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Gail Gardner

Small Business Marketing Strategist at GrowMap
Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist who mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
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  1. Bhargava Sharma says

    June 5, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    Thanks Gail for the effective post, helps me to improve my search rankings.
    My website got traffic around 8kn per day thanks to these tips. Thanks for sharing such content.

    Reply
  2. Golam Qauser says

    June 21, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    I want to increase my website and blog traffic. Is there any new free method to get unlimited traffic ? This is 2017 and many new method comes. so I want new way to increase my website and blog traffic.
    Golam Qauser would love you to read ..How To Attract Organic Traffic To Your BlogMy Profile

    Reply
  3. lisa says

    December 16, 2016 at 12:38 am

    Thank you for your post.I am newbie i have followed your tips Local Search Directories on my blog.It very helpful and my website traffic also increased.
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  4. Smith says

    March 16, 2012 at 2:25 am

    To Increase your web traffic…the basic thing we need to do is SEO of our website. & before SEo the most important thing is your website should be user friendly , use keyword as Rich Title, Title tag is must you it must be used correctly.Do Focus on your content carefully.Content is the most important part of any website…& follow some rules of google..you must be got very good traffic on your website…

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  5. Softy says

    October 20, 2011 at 7:02 am

    A great and an informative post. This is a great intro into SEO that I wish I would have read a year ago when I was new to the blogging world. Thank you for posting these tips… But I am new to National or International Search Directories. I will definitely give these a try.

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  6. Noel Addison says

    October 3, 2011 at 3:04 am

    Indeed, this is a good read! You have shared very useful and simple methods on how to obtain more traffic for a website.
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  7. Bob says

    May 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Great read…appreciate the ideas, i’ll give them a try!!!

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  8. tj says

    May 28, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Good post with good ideas. I’ve never tried an international directories. I’ll have to give that a try. Thank for the info.

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  9. Basam says

    January 9, 2011 at 10:35 am

    I have done experiment that by submitting your site to free directories is fruitless. I have submitted my site to many free directories but got no results.

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  10. ankita says

    September 14, 2010 at 1:34 am

    Good blog,will provide links to the Local Search and National and International Search Directories.

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  11. lenny says

    September 5, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    It’s quite difficult to do this, but still i’m gonna try it. Anyway will it boost our pagerank? Google seems to filter out useless backlink.

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  12. wilson says

    May 27, 2010 at 9:21 am

    Another method is blog commenting, I notice there is a blog community out there. While frequenting blogs and reading tips, I get to know more blogs when blog owner leave a comment with a link back to their blog or website.

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  13. Sharon says

    November 11, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    I’m always looking for new methods and ideas that will definitely result in better results.

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  14. luton says

    May 14, 2009 at 6:11 am

    Free methods with useful ideas and helping tips will definitely result into effective results.

    Reply

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