29 Ways to Drive Traffic to your Website ... and keep them coming back

Ask Mr. D
Dear Mr. D

I have heard that to make it on the Internet,
a business must have a high ranking on the
search engines. I have .....

...... 22. Design some quizzes. Statistics show that visitors love
quizzes and assessment tools.

23. Participate in online forums as an expert. You get to
"quietly" promote your business in your 3 or 4 line
signature.

24. Join a few web rings. Some sites to visit are:
www.webring.com/rw and www.bravenet.com.

25. Search engines look for certain things so it is crucial
to make sure your site is "search-engine friendly".
oTITLE tags: Title tags should be 60 or so characters
and have some keywords in them.

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oHeader tags are numbered from 1 to 7: Header 1 tags
are recognized by some search engines. So make sure you use
this tag.
oKeyword meta tags: Add no more than 15 to 20
keywords to keep the seach engines from flagging your site
for keyword spamming. Prioritize your words. The best way to
submit to search engines is to submit to each engine
individually.
oUse keywords in the text area of each page. They are
especially important at the beginning of sentences and

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higher up on the page.

26. Search engines do not find your site unless you submit
your site's information to them. Below are three ways to
submit your site:
oIt is recommended that you submit to search engines
individually (this is also the way I do it and it works
great, but is time consuming)! Visit
www.coachmaria.com/webmarketing.html.
oSince some people prefer to use a free service to
submit, I recommend that they open a free e-mail address to

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use when you do "anything" for free on the world wide web.
Three good search engine submission services are
www.registerit.com, www.submitit.com and
www/scrubtheweb.com.
oPaid submission programs can be purchased through
companies such as: www.se-optimizer.com,
www.webpositiongold.com, www.positionagent.com

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27. Visit these search engine information sites:
www.searchengineguide.com and www.searchenginewatch.com

28. Want to know more about Internet Marketing' Visit this
excellent Internet Marketing Index at
www.internetmarketingindex.com

29. If this list seems overwhelming, visit your favorite
search engine and start interviewing experienced Search
Engine Optimizers and Consultants.

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