Free Website Traffic

One of our readers alerted us to an interesting way to get traffic from Drudge Report, the wildly popular (#446 on Alexa) conservative news aggregation site. It appears many marketers watch the site for new updates that feature sites that allow user comments.  Normally, a drudge featured story is good for several thousand views.  Once such a site is included ... Read More

Google Reader recently added a "social networking" capability to Google's feed Reader online app. Here's a screeen shot The great thing about this is when you click the "X people liked this post" you'll see a list of names.  The names lead to profiles.  The profiles lead to links.  Why is this important:  OpenID users are "filtering" themselves based on content they ... Read More

Webmasterlabor.Com is testing out a new service to add to its portfolio of traffic generation services.  As a subsidiary, we were tasked with testing out this service.  Here are the results: Facebook Traffic Service Analysis Methodology:  Create a facebook friend with thousands of friends.  Send a link to friends to get traffic.  This particular facebook page has a wide range of fans.  ... Read More

This is the third installment of our 5-part series analyzing the "Top 50 ways to Drive traffic to your Site".  The previous installments: Part 1 and Part 2. 21. Participate in a banner or link exchange program. How it works: In exchange for showing a free link exchange network's banners on your site, the network will give you credits to show your ... Read More

This entry is a continuation of our 5-part critique of the "Top 50 Ways to Drive Traffic to your Site."  Read the first installment of the series. 11. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic. How it works: Configure your email client's signature system to include your ... Read More

The unattributed list below has been circulating in forums and reprinted on many "make money online" blogs since 2008.  We're reprinting it here to comment on each method individually.  This particular reprinted list is from the reprint at iBanter -- we're reprinting the list here for "Fair Use" purposes of commentary and analysis. 1. Write and submit articles to the article ... Read More