"Obviously it is better to find traffic
ideas that take the least amount of effort."

Getting good relevant traffic is a must.

You could have the best site around - but if you have no traffic - then it will be hard to make it work.

Obviously it is better to find the ideas that take the least amount of effort. How do you find this out? Through using a website tracking service. For example: www.statcounter.com.

If you find where your visitors are coming from the most - then concentrate on replicating what you have done to attract them.

Really - Internet Marketing is about

- Product

And

- Traffic.

So how do you get traffic?

There are thousands of ways to generate traffic.
Check out this massive list.

Click the link to read further.

1. Sell or place classified ads on eBay with a link to your site

2. Post Free classified ads on any of the sites that allow them with a link to your site

3. Exchange reciprocal links with other related websites

4. Network with other people at seminars or other live events

5. Purchase Advertising in popular newsletters or ezines

6. Advertise on other product's "thank you" pages

7. Create a free ebook and list in on the "free ebook" sites

8. Buy and use a memorable domain name

9. Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site in your signature

10. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase

11. Add a link in your email signature to your website It's a free and easy way to get a little more traffic

12. Make a custom error page for your website redirecting people to your home page

13. Use PPC search engine advertising

14. Add a "bookmark this site" link to your webpages

15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site

16. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website

17. Hold a crazy content contest and make it go viral

18. Give away a freebie (ebook, report, e-course) to keep people coming back to your site

19. Add an RSS feed to your blog

20. Submit your site to any related niche directories on the net

21. Participate in a banner or link exchange program

22. Create a software program and give it away for free

23. Ensure that each page on your website has appropriate titles and keywords so that your customer can find their way back to your site if they lose the book mark

24. Create a site with valuable content, products or services

25. Place primary and secondary keywords within the first words in your page content and spread them evenly throughout the document

26. Research and use the right keywords/phrases to attract your target customers

27. Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page Like Title, META tags, Headers, etc

28. Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between web pages, find what they want and buy products and services

29. Purchase the misspellings or variations of your domain name, or those of your competitors

30. Buy a Domain name related to your niche that is already receiving traffic and forward it to your site

31. Pass out business cards with your domain on them everywhere you go

32. Start a page on social bookmarking sites such as wwwMySpacecom

33. Submit a viral video to www.YouTube.com

34. Conduct and publish surveys to your website

35. Find joint venture partners that will send you traffic

36. Start your own newsletter or ezine

37. Use an autoresponder or email campaign to keep people coming back to your site

38. Purchase Ads on other sites

39. Send a free copy of your product to other site owners in exchange for a product review

40. Submit your web pages ie every web page and not just the home page, to the most popular search engines and directory services Hire someone to do so, if required Be sure this is a manual submission Do not engage an automated submission service

41. Keep track of changes in search engine algorithms and processes and accordingly modify your web pages so your search engine ranking remains high Use online tools and utilities to keep track of how your website is doing

42. Monitor your competitors and the top ranked websites to see what they are doing right in the way of design, navigation, content, keywords, etc

43. Use reports and logs from your web hosting company to see where your traffic is coming from Analyze your visitor location and their incoming sources whether search engines or links from other sites and the keywords they used to find you

44. Make your customer visit easy and give them plenty of ways to remember you in the form of newsletters, free reports, reduction coupons etc

45. Demonstrate your industry and product or service expertise by writing and submitting articles for your website or for article banks so you are perceived as an expert in your field

46. When selling products online, use simple payment and shipment methods to make your customer's experience fast and easy

47. When not sure, hire professionals Though it may seem costly, but it is a lot less expensive than spending your money on a website which no one visits

48. Don't look at your website as a static brochure Treat it as a dynamic, ever-changing sales tool and location, just like your real store to which your customers with the same seriousness

49. Search Engine Traffic (SEO) type of traffic is great, if you can get your website high in search engine rankings Search Engine traffic takes time and effort to develop, and requires both on and off-page optimization techniques'

50. PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising is ideal if you want to drive traffic to your site very quickly and don't mind paying for it

51. Article Marketing is a great technique to use to build traffic to your site, increase your search engine ranking, and establish yourself as an expert

52. Place classified Ads on eBay with a link to your website

53. Use an autoresponder on your mailing list to keep people coming back to your site

54. Exchange links with a few related sites in your niche

55. Network! Email other site owners, phone them up, go to industry events and get yourself known If they know your face they will likely talk about you on their site if you do something interesting

56. Many forums have a place for you to advertise your site once - find them and do it

57. Purchase advertising in other people's mailing lists and newsletters

58. Create an Amazon profile and start submitting reviews

59. Add a bookmark this site link in a high profile spot on your site

60. Use a Tell A Friend Script on your site so people can email their friend about an article on your website
61. Submit a blog to a blog directory

62. Submit you RSS feed to RSS feed directories

63. Brand your website so that visitors always know they are on your site Use consistent colors, logos and slogans and always provide a 'Contact Us' link on each page

64. When you write a new article on your site - link to as many blogs as possible - they will likely see your site in their pingbacks, website stats, or Technorati They will visit your site and possibly subscribe to it and link back at a later date

65. You can allow customers to 'opt in' to get discounts and special offers Place a link on your site to invite customers to 'opt in' to get a monthly newsletter or valuable coupons

66. Add a link to your primary page with a script 'Book Mark or Add this site to your Favorites'

67. Add a link 'Recommend this site to a Friend' so that the visitor can email your website link, with a prewritten title, "Thought you might be interested in this", just by clicking on it

68. Add a mailing list subscribe form in a high profile spot on your site

69. Press releases are a little-known and incredibly powerful method of marketing your products and services

70. Write something great about your niche and email other bloggers to let them know - there's a good chance they'll link to you

71. Have a signature link in forums that points to your site

72. Post links to your pages to social bookmarking sites

73. Leave comments on other people's blogs and link back to your site (tip: look in the digg upcoming section for blog posts about to get a lot of traffic)

74. Have the opposite opinion on everyone else on a popular topic, providing you can justify it Everyone will get annoyed and link to you saying your wrong

75. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers - quote your website as the source

76. Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site in your signature

77. Make a page that redirects to your homepage - no point losing visitors

78. Have an opt-in form - trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page

79. Review a product or company - if your review is positive email the company and ask to be featured in their press section (this has worked really well for me)

80. Write articles and submit them to article directories

81. Write a Press Release and submit it to PRWeb (make sure it is newsworthy)

82. Use PayPerClick Traffic (eg Adwords, MSN Adcenter, YSM)

83. Add an RSS subscribe button/link in a high profile spot on your site

84. Add a mailing list subscribe form in a high profile spot on your site

85. Get your RSS feed syndicated to different sites like Zimbio and hubpages and Topix

86. If your site is popular and has quality unique content then apply to get listed in Google's News search

87. Create a sitemap and submit it to Google (not great but might help)

88. Use your robotstxt file to stop Google indexing certain directories and pages on your blog (such as archives) to avoid duplicate content issues)

89. Create a couple of small page sites related to your main site Offer links on these smaller sites in return for links to your main site (this is triangular reciprocal linking)

90. Get yourself known as an expert and get featured in offline magazines, TV and radio stations

91. Use an auto-translator service to translate your site into other languages - put it in a subdirectory and watch foreign traffic come in

92. Make posts about sex (don't have to post anything rude) - and watch the porn surfers find their way to your site through Google

93. Post about celebrities current events if it relates to your niche - there's always a lot of people looking up celebrity stuff

94. Write good headlines/titles - good titles get more clicks

95. Get some stickers with your domain name on Go out and stick them on strangers and say "My Website Yeah, Check it out"

96. Exchange Links is a sure and proven method rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site

97. Write articles and submit them to article directories

98. Write a Press Release and submit it to PRWeb (make sure it is newsworthy)

99. Use PayPerClick Traffic (eg Adwords, MSN Adcenter, YSM)

100. Traffic Exchange is like exchanging links but on a different higher level This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits

101. Write and Submit Articles are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted

102. Make a Newsletter may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so

103. Join Online Communities and Forums only requires your time and nothing else

104. Do something controversial

105. Create an Amazon profile and submit reviews for books and other products that you have read

106. Start a lens on wwwSquidoocom

107. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile)

108. Get referrals form similar but non-competing sites

109. Create and sell a product with resell or giveaway rights and include a link to your site in it o others pass it around for you

110. Email your list If you don't have one, get one

111. Mention your website in a post on Craigslist (don't spam)

112. Optimize the titles of your pages for keywords people will search for

113. Buy links to your site

114. Buy reviews about your site on other people's site

115. Buy banner space on other websites if you can get a good ROI
Send articles to ezine publishers with a link back to your website

116. Do a big viral push for a piece of link bait, post it in forums, social bookmarking sites like digg, email bloggers, and get a few people to vote for you on social bookmarking sites - this little push could start a viral chain reaction!

117. Have a link to your site on community sites like MySpace and FaceBook

118. Use a traffic trading system like BlogRush

119. Create a 'Our Policies' page that clearly defines your philosophy and principles in dealing with your customers Also post your privacy policy as well so that clients know they are secure when they visit your site

120. Create a FAQ page which addresses most of the doubts and clarifications about your product or your company that are likely to be asked This helps to resolve most of the customers doubts in their first visit to your site

121. Create a freebie product to give away (ebook, software, whitepaper etc)

122. Submit your site to the hundreds of free directories - use the viles-silencer list

123. Do a group feature where you get other website owners in your niche to participate - maybe asking them all an opinion on something

124. Add an RSS subscribe button/link in a high profile spot on your site

125. Purchase misspellings of competitors domains and redirect your site (be careful of trademark infringement)

126. Create a freebie product to give away (ebook, software, whitepaper etc)

127. Submit your site to the hundreds of free directories - use the viles-silencer list

128. Do a group feature where you get other website owners in your niche to participate - maybe asking them all an opinion on something

129. Hold a competition for the Top in your niche - month later post the results and let everyone know who featured - watch them link back to say what there position was

130. Pass out business cards when you go to industry events in your niche

131. If you have a product start an affiliate program and start approaching affiliates

132. Submit videos to video sharing sites like YouTube and Metacafe Include a link in the description and within the actual video

133. If you have a product send it to website owners to get reviewed

134. Look at a big website within your niche and ask to write some guest posts for them

135. Create pages with links to your site on places like Squidoo and Hubpages

136. Place classified Ads on eBay with a link to your website

137. Use an autoresponder on your mailing list to keep people coming back to your site

138. Exchange links with a few related sites in your niche

139. Network! Email other site owners, phone them up, go to industry events and get
yourself known If they know your face they will likely talk about you on their site if you do something interesting

140. Many forums have a place for you to advertise your site once - find them and do it

141. Purchase advertising in other people's mailing lists and newsletters

142. Create an Amazon profile and start submitting reviews

143. Create profiles on MySpace and start networking in groups that are interested in your site's niche

144. Conduct a survey and publish the results - make sure you let people know about it

145. Get your hand on a load of PLR content for your niche Add a commentary to the top, create a unique title, and post them all to your site - lots of new content and lots of new traffic

146. Create a cartoon mascot for your site - then hold a competition for someone to create the best game for it - pay the winner a decent amount

147. Make sure you have a memorable domain name that is short and catchy

148. Use a well-searched for keyword within your domain name to help rank for that keyword
If you sell a product ask someone else who sells a product to list your product with theirs, and you'll do the same for them - split commissions on sales

149. Update the pages on your website frequently Stagnant sites are dropped by some search engines

150. Offer additional value on your website For affiliates and partners you can place links to their sites and products and ask them to do the same for you

151. Hold a competition for the Top in your niche - month later post the results and let everyone know who featured - watch them link back to say what there position was

152. Pass out business cards when you go to industry events in your niche

153. If you have a product start an affiliate program and start approaching affiliates

154. Submit videos to video sharing sites like YouTube and Metacafe Include a link in the description and within the actual video

155. If you have a product send it to website owners to get reviewed

156. Look at a big website within your niche and ask to write some guest posts for them

157. Create pages with links to your site on places like Squidoo and Hubpages

158. Add a bookmark this site link in a high profile spot on your site

159. Use a Tell A Friend Script on your site so people can email their friend about an article on your website
160. Submit a blog to a blog directory

161. Submit you RSS feed to RSS feed directories

162. Mention your website in a post on Craigslist (don't spam)

163. Optimize the titles of your pages for keywords people will search for

164. Buy links to your site

165. Buy reviews about your site on other people's site

166. Buy banner space on other websites if you can get a good ROI

167. Send articles to ezine publishers with a link back to your website

168. Do a big viral push for a piece of link bait, post it in forums, social bookmarking sites like digg, email bloggers, and get a few people to vote for you on social bookmarking sites - this little push could start a viral chain reaction!

169. Have a link to your site on community sites like MySpace and FaceBook

170. Use a traffic trading system like BlogRush

171. Write something great about your niche and email other bloggers to let them know - there's a good chance they'll link to you

172. Have a signature link in forums that points to your site

173. Post links to your pages to social bookmarking sites

174. Leave comments on other people's blogs and link back to your site (tip: look in the digg upcoming section for blog posts about to get a lot of traffic)

175. Review a product or company - if your review is positive email the company and ask to be featured in their press section (this has worked really well for me)

176. Purchase misspellings of competitors domains and redirect your site (be careful of trademark infringement)

177. Create a freebie product to give away (ebook, software, whitepaper etc)

178. Submit your site to the hundreds of free directories - use the viles-silencer list

179. Do a group feature where you get other website owners in your niche to participate - maybe asking them all an opinion on something

180. Hold a competition for the Top in your niche - month later post the results and let everyone know who featured - watch them link back to say what there position was

181. Pass out business cards when you go to industry events in your niche

182. If you have a product start an affiliate program and start approaching affiliates

183. Submit videos to video sharing sites like YouTube and Metacafe Include a link in the description and within the actual video

184. If you have a product send it to website owners to get reviewed

185. Look at a big website within your niche and ask to write some guest posts for them

186. Create pages with links to your site on places like Squidoo and Hubpages

187. Place classified Ads on eBay with a link to your website

188. Use an autoresponder on your mailing list to keep people coming back to your site
189. Exchange links with a few related sites in your niche


190. Network! Email other site owners, phone them up, go to industry events and get yourself known If they know your face they will likely talk about you on their site if you do something interesting

191. Many forums have a place for you to advertise your site once - find them and do it

192. Purchase advertising in other people's mailing lists and newsletters

193. Create an Amazon profile and start submitting reviews

194. Link building involves contacting other websites that are complementary to yours and getting them to link to you

195. Blogs are a great way to generate traffic to your website

196. Videos are an incredibly powerful way to drive traffic and grab attention for your products or services

197. Forums are much like posting comments to blogs

198. Social Networks are currently one of the hottest ways of generating massive traffic to your websites.

199. Create profiles on MySpace and start networking in groups that are interested in your site's niche

200. Have the opposite opinion on everyone else on a popular topic, providing you can justify it Everyone will get annoyed and link to you saying your wrong

201. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers - quote your website as the source

202. Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site in your signature

203. Make a page that redirects to your homepage - no point losing visitors

204. Have an opt-in form - trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page

205. Conduct a survey and publish the results - make sure you let people know about it

206. Get your hand on a load of PLR content for your niche Add a commentary to the top, create a unique title, and post them all to your site - lots of new content and lots of new traffic

207. Create a cartoon mascot for your site - then hold a competition for someone to create the best game for it - pay the winner a decent amount

208. Make sure you have a memorable domain name that is short and catchy

209. Use a well-searched for keyword within your domain name to help rank for that keyword

210. If you sell a product ask someone else who sells a product to list your product with theirs, and you'll do the same for them - split commissions on sales

211. When you write a new article on your site - link to as many blogs as possible - they will likely see your site in their pingbacks, website stats, or Technorati They will visit your site and possibly subscribe to it and link back at a later date

212. Get your RSS feed syndicated to different sites like Zimbio and hubpages and Topix

213. If your site is popular and has quality unique content then apply to get listed in Google's News search

214. Create a sitemap and submit it to Google (not great but might help)

215. Use your robotstxt file to stop Google indexing certain directories and pages on your blog (such as archives) to avoid duplicate content issues)

216. Create a couple of small page sites related to your main site Offer links on these smaller sites in return for links to your main site (this is triangular reciprocal linking)

217. Get yourself known as an expert and get featured in offline magazines, TV and radio stations

218. Use an auto-translator service to translate your site into other languages - put it in a subdirectory and watch foreign traffic come in

219. Make posts about sex (don't have to post anything rude) - and watch the porn surfers find their way to your site through Google

220. Post about celebrities current events if it relates to your niche - there's always a lot of people looking up celebrity stuff

221. Write good headlines/titles - good titles get more clicks

222. Get some stickers with your domain name on Go out and stick them on strangers and say "My Website Yeah, Check it out"

223. Write and submit articles to the article directories

224. Leave comments on other people's blogs with a backlink to your site

225. Answer people's questions on wwwanswersyahoocom

226. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature

227. Write a press release and submit it to wwwPRWebcom

228. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on wwwCraigsListcom

229. Give an unbiased testimonial on a product/service that you have used in exchange for a backlink to your site

230. Start a blog and submit it to the 's of free blog directories

231. Manually submit your website to the major search engines

232. Review a product or company - if your review is positive email the company and ask to be featured in their press section (this has worked really well for me)

233. Purchase misspellings of competitors domains and redirect your site (be careful of
Create profiles on MySpace and start networking in groups that are interested in your site's niche

234. Have the opposite opinion on everyone else on a popular topic, providing you can justify it Everyone will get annoyed and link to you saying your wrong

235. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers - quote your website as the source