Before I get around to addressing the question, I must admit that I knew this was coming some time ago. Consequently I was able to line up a few experiments on two sites from my own stable in an effort to gauge any real-term ranking impact once Google st… more »

Traffic tip #19 Publish a lively, useful newsletter. Let's say you have 3,000 people a week - or month - visiting your site. Most of them are going to look at one or two pages and then disappear, perhaps never to be seen again. You need a way to… more »

Brand leadership through social media Not so long ago, the relationship that brands had with their customers was a one-way street. The brand was the boss. They told their customers what to like and how to like it. The only say the customer had was the… more »

Traffic tip #17Get one-way links and a few reciprocal links. Reciprocal links aren't as important as they used to be. They should not be your major traffic-generating strategy. They ARE still very useful, especially when you're getting a new site… more »

Traffic tip #15 Submit brief hints to newsletters and blogs. A brief, useful hint published in an archived newsletter can give you a link to your site for many years - perhaps even a decade or more. You can also submit tips to blogs.   Traffic… more »

Don't overlook your inbound linking strategy as you think about search engine optimization for your site. An inbound link is a hyperlink back to your site from another web site. The one constant and reliable strategy in search engine optimization is that… more »

Traffic tip #11 Submit to niche directories. Search for smaller, specialist directories in your niche. For example, if your site is on a health topic, look for health-related directories. How to find niche directories: · G o to Search It! (It's… more »

Google Page rank is based on back links. Back links are Links pointing to your website from another website. The more back links you have the higher your PR will be. 1. Join forums, forums are a great way to achieve links to your website. In most forum… more »

Traffic tip #9 Organic SEO - a few key points. Search engines are getting cleverer all the time. You can try to outsmart them but to me it makes more sense to work WITH them. They're gradually getting better at sifting out low quality websites and… more »

Traffic tip #7 Do REALLY SERIOUS keyword research. If you want to get LOTS of traffic from search engines, you need to find out the exact phrases which people are typing into search engines. There are free tools available for this, but they're no… more »