how can i advertise my website for free ?

Answer 1

Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.

You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!

Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml
CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm


4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi
http://www.pr.com/press-releases
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml
http://www.theopenpress.com/
http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.newswiretoday.com/
http://www.free-press-release.com/

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481

6. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/

Answer 2

Discover The Top 5 "Dos" and "Don'ts" of Web Site Optimization that Will Make or Break Your Ranking with the Free Search Engines!

If you wan't your online business to be successful, it's a good idea to optimize your site on a regular basis to make sure it's got a good position in the Web's top search engines.

However, in order to maintain your ranking, you have to keep on top of what's happening in the rapidly changing search engine industry. The rules that affected your ranking yesterday may be meaningless tomorrow!

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Wishing you the best in business,
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Answer 3

I do a combination of the following to drive FREE traffic to my website on a consistent basis:

1. Write a press release http://www.prweb.com

2. Submit ad using free classified advertising
http://www.preferredpromoz.com/adlandpro.html

3. Write articles that are keyword rich to direct highly targeted traffic to my website
http://www.ezinearticles.com

4. Utilize the power of Free Traffic Exchanges
http://www.preferredpromoz.com/samplepage.html

Press on to Success!

Answer 4

The best way to promote for free is (1) submit urls to different search engines. People would definitely have their first search on these search engines; (2) You could put up banners, leaflets, or any print material of your site to your local community. Still, promoting one's business is best if you also get promotions through print; (3) Or, you may want to give your clients, when they subscribe to your directory, print ads of your site to place, display them in their own establishments.

Good luck!

Mary
http://gbwatch.com/

Answer 5

I use several options.

First, I use sites like Squidoo where it's free to set up shop, you can blatantly promote your site and busiess (unlike MySpace), and you can create unlimited pages.

Second, I use article directories like GoArticles.com and EzineArticles.com to add hyperlinks to my bio box at the end and get traffic that way.

Third, I set up feeder blogs that feed traffic to my primary domains. Blogger.com and WordPress.com are free and search engines love blogs. Write or use PLR content for valuable text and make sure each entry is based around a keyword for your business.

Fourth, use social bookmarking sites like Technorati and share your favorite list of bookmarks with the online community. Others will add your links to their bookmarks, share them, and it goes viral.

Fifth, speaking of viral, how about writing a short 5-page free report for your business and giving it away to interested consumers? Make sure it's filled with your links. You can set up an opt-in system where they subscribe to get the free report, so you can build a list and generate traffic.

I blog about my own Squidoo success - to date, it's been a great way to build business for me. :) Hope this helps! Tiff :)

Answer 6

Here are the largest sites online to place free classified advertising.

http://classifieds.yahoo.com/ Alexa Rank: 1
http://classifieds.myspace.com Alexa Rank: 5
http://expo.live.com/ Alexa Rank: 8
http://www.craigslist.org/ Alexa Rank: 28
http://adlandpro.com/ Alexa Rank: 1,298
http://www.backpage.com Alexa Rank: 1,876
http://www.usfreeads.com Alexa Rank: 3,121
http://www.oodle.com/ Alexa Rank: 5,501
http://www.adpost.com/ Alexa Rank: 6,906
http://www.FreeAdvertisingForum.com 12,025
http://www.sell.com/ Alexa Rank: 13,471
http://www.InetGiant.com Alexa Rank: 21,082
http://www.adquest3d.com/ Alexa Rank: 22,252
http://www.recycler.com/ Alexa Rank: 23,996
http://www.chooseyouritem.com/ Alexa Rank: 19,569
http://www.domesticsale.com/ Alexa Rank: 24,207
http://epage.com/ Alexa Rank: 24,834
http://free-advertising-blog.com/index.php Alexa Rank: 26,048
http://www.ClassifiedsForFree.com Alexa Rank: 40,792
http://postaroo.com/ Alexa Rank: 43,471
http://www.TheFlyer.com Alexa Rank: 134,577
http://www.ClassifiedAds.com Alexa Rank: 143,204

VFlyer
http://www.vflyer.com

Free traffic exhanges.
http://www.webmasterautomation.com/TrafficExchangeReport.pdf

Participate in forums. Here's a directory.
http://www.webmasterautomation.com/forums/

Michael
http://www.webmasterautomation.com/

Answer 7

Free press releases,traffic exchanges and Forum signatures...

Answer 8

kingoffer.com.....classified