Most of what you hear about how to improve web traffic isbogus.
What makes me think I know? Well, you came to this webpage from one of my popular websites. Either I have been incredibly luckymultiple times or I actually know how web traffic really works.
- The Conventional Wisdom
- How Search Engines Really Work
- What Really Works
- Hire Me For Your Web Traffic
There are only two approaches that actually work:
- Build content that the public (or your niche of the public) actually wants to visit.
- Pay ridiculous sums of money for ads to continually bring in new suckers who haven’t been turned off by your site before.
Conventional wisdom
Let’s examine the conventional wisdom.
Search engine submission
The search engines have their own pace and methods fordeciding which websites get listed. The search engines typically watch a newwebsite for six months to a year before adding it to their listings.
While it is possible to electronically submit yourwebsite for submission, doing so does not in any way affect your entryinto the search engine listings or your ranking in the listings.
If your website has enough traffic to make it worthwhilefor the search engines to include you, then the search engines will alreadyfind out about your website without you doing any submission of any kind.
All the people who promote this method know that it hasno actual value. They are thiefs.