"Best Ways to Promote Your Website for FREE!"
by Terri Seymour
So you just built your prize website.
You put
weeks of work into making the best site possible.
Everything is perfect.
So, you wonder, why is nobody coming to your
site? The answer is simple: You Must Promote!!
Promote everyday and then promote some more.
There are many ways to promote your website that
will cost you nothing.
Here are some of the best ways that I have found.
Link Exchanges;
Set up a link exchange page and
find sites that
are complimentary to yours. Email the webmaster
and explain why you want a link exchange.
Tell them a little about your site and invite them to
take a look.
Be selective about which sites you put your
link on. More often than not, the webmaster will
exchange links. You can also get onto some link
exchange email lists:
Link Exchanges;
0ne4All-LinkExchange-subscribe@egroups.com
LinkTogether-subscribe@egroups.com
LinkTrader-subscribe@egroups.com
Message Boards;
Get involved in message boards. Don't just post
an ad and never come back. Ask questions, answer
questions, and get involved with the group. Many
people have had alot of success with this method.
You can search over 310,000
forums at:
http://www.forumone.com/index.php
Publish an Ezine;
If you are serious about your business you
should definitely start an ezine. You want to
provide quality information as well as updates
and information on your site. This will be one
way to gather emails and keep your potential
customers coming back.
There are many sites that will help you get
started with an ezine.
http://www.e-zinez.com/
http://www.web-source.net/web/Ezines/
http://www.zinebook.com/publicz.html
http://newslettercoach.com/
http://ezine-tips.com/
Search Engines;
You should manually submit to the top search
engines. You should also get listed in the minor
engines and any directories you can find on other
sites. Get listed in as many places
as you can
(except possibly FFA pages).
I prefer not to place my ad on some of these
FFA pages.
Here are the top search engines:
Yahoo
- http://www.yahoo.com
Alta Vista
- http://www.altavista.com/av/content/addurl.htm/
Excite
- http://www.excite.com/info/add_url/
Lycos
- http://www.lycos.com/addasite.html/
Hotbot
- http://www.hotbot.com/addurl.asp/
Infoseek
- http://infoseek.go.com/AddUrl?pg=SubmitUrl.html/
Northern Light
- http://www.northernlight.com/docs/regurl_help.html/
WebCrawler
- http://www.webcrawler.com/info/add_url/
Do not submit to these too often, you could be
banned. Every three to four weeks
is often enough.
Announcement Lists;
There are hundreds of announcement
lists where
you can announce your website or your ezine or
business opportunity. Make sure you follow the
rules for submitting your ads to each list.
You can find some of these lists at:
Egroups - http://www.egroups.com
Topica - http://www.topica.com
Listbot - http://www.listbot.com
Globeclubs - http://www.globelists.com
Milo - http://www.milomail.com
When you have a website or ezine, you have
to
spend a lot of time promoting. As you promote,
you will learn more about the different ways you
can do this on the internet.
You must keep at it and do not give up when things
look bad. It takes time to get your business established
online. Doing these things I have listed will
help you
spread the word!
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