View Full Version : Get more traffic?
what's the best ways to get more traffic.
Currently i get most of my hits from twitter.
2% comes from search engines.
What is the best way to gain more traffic (free of course)
Ive tryed alot of stuff in the past with my old sites but they never got more than 2 hits xD
And my site looks rubbish at the moment however there is stuff that is being worked on! Which will be pretty cool.
iGoD ReLeNtLeS
18-06-11, 12:30
Improve your SEO.
meta tags for keywords and description.
http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/
Page speed is a good way to get a glimps at how your page is performing and what you can do to improve it.
Back links is also another. If your using chrome you should be able to install this plugin it gives you some interesting stats on your websites indexed-ness :D
EDIT: Looks like chrome SEO has been removed from the apps. :/
Yeah, but whatever you do - DO NOT join auto hits services. People viewing your site who aren't human will not help!
Thanks i did a page speed the the online one, as i can not stand chrome, i got:
The page Steve's Rebellion (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/) got an overall Page Speed Score of 56 (out of 100).it says i need to server scaled images as well as some minor things. But i will sort the images out, and i will look in to keywords ect when i come back from work as i will have to leave soon but many thanks :)
Suggestions for this page
The following images are resized in HTML or CSS. Serving scaled images could save 843.7KiB (82% reduction).
http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/.../2011-06-13_22.10.08.png (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/sites/default/files/2011-06-13_22.10.08.png) is resized in HTML or CSS from 854 x 480 to 355 x 200. Serving a scaled image could save 448.9KiB (82% reduction).
http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/.../2011-06-13_23.00.39.png (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/sites/default/files/2011-06-13_23.00.39.png) is resized in HTML or CSS from 854 x 480 to 355 x 200. Serving a scaled image could save 383.9KiB (82% reduction).
http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/.../picture-3-1307908056.png (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-3-1307908056.png) is resized in HTML or CSS from 100 x 74 to 27 x 20. Serving a scaled image could save 8.8KiB (92% reduction).
http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/.../picture-1-1307977515.jpg (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-1-1307977515.jpg) is resized in HTML or CSS from 100 x 75 to 26 x 20. Serving a scaled image could save 2.1KiB (93% reduction).
sorted out the image resizeing i now have a score of
The page Steve's Rebellion (http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/) got an overall Page Speed Score of 94 (out of 100).
So whats the best way to add meta tags and keywords as well as a description in a drupal site?
The best way to get more traffic is to have better / more relevent / more useful content.
You can mess around with SEO, but it's always been the truth that 'content is king'.
Google is getting smarter and smarter, it has a map of the internet, it KNOWS how many people use your site and find it useful, it's increasingly hard to fool.
Make your site actually 'good', and the page rank will come naturally.
Often, SEO snake-oil salesmen will try to tell you that there are magic, quick win solutions. And in the mid 90s that was, to some extent, true. But nowadays, no amount of clever SEO is going to get your page high in google if it's just not very relevent/useful/popular.
onehandharry
21-06-11, 02:34
Sign up to random forums and post ur website in their forum see what people think.
But yeah relevant pages with good loading times and a high web presence will help.
Meta tags are important as is submitting your site manually to msn and yahoo
Try to name the image files appropriately too, theres alot of good information out there, but also a lot of time wasters, scammers and people trying to sell an ebook... zzzzz
One thing worth mentioning is that Google don't use meta tags, and haven't done for some time. Little is known about the exact details of the spidering/relevency assessment, but they have specifically said that they don't take account of the meta tags at all.
By all means include them, though; some of the other search engines still use them.
That's not to say don't include them, Google still do use meta tags and description although they do not carry any weight when it comes to determining your page ranking. As other replies have said in this post, the best way is to write structured and relevant content. Try to include common phrases in your subjects which are associated with what you are talking about. For example, if you wanted to write about a movie, be sure to include the character names and cast.
Another thing you can look at is semantic data for your site, making it more readable by search engines. Take a look at schema.org.
one more thing, I noticed that your sitemap is missing (i.e. domain/sitemap.xml or sitemap) if you want google to pick up your pages and index your site you NEED a sitemap. You can also setup drupal to ping search engines when you post a new article.
Here is an example of a sitemap to get you going
http://www.textmimedia.com/sitemap
(oh hai btw i've not been on these forums in years)
thanks :) and hi cleggypdc i have been a little busy so Havant had time to get round to it so i will try some of the things suggested.
Edit:/ Sitemap added http://steve-rebellion.co.uk/sitemap.xml also uploaded it to googles webaster tools
cant seem to configure drupal to ping sites (i using drupal 7 just so you all know)
As already said content is the most important thing.
Google try to serve up accurate, up to date information.
If someone has asked for a "guide to the best fish and chip shops in east yorkshire" google will attempt to link them to a good quality, up to date article on just that subject. So what ever the subject of your site just create good content and keep it up to date, then if it is of interest you may get it linked to by someone who has found it good and building links helps to increase Page Rank.
If you try to think about who you want to visit the site and what they may find interesting, what type of search phrases they would use then you can start to tailor content accordingly
Basically there is no easy answer to getting more traffic, it's hard work
The best way to get more traffic is to have better / more relevent / more useful content.
You can mess around with SEO, but it's always been the truth that 'content is king'.
Google is getting smarter and smarter, it has a map of the internet, it KNOWS how many people use your site and find it useful, it's increasingly hard to fool.
Make your site actually 'good', and the page rank will come naturally.
Often, SEO snake-oil salesmen will try to tell you that there are magic, quick win solutions. And in the mid 90s that was, to some extent, true. But nowadays, no amount of clever SEO is going to get your page high in google if it's just not very relevent/useful/popular.
^ this
There is no black magic, if your content is good enough, El Goog will like it :D
Depends on what your content is. I write software for a particular market so I make sure I keep active in those forums and special interest sites. That way there is always a bunch of articles and people linking back to my original site. I also produce press releases and select a site to release a day or so early to create a bit of a staggered start.
Something I've just discovered today: StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com)
I picked a couple of my older "how-to" guides and posted them on there, I'm currently having my busiest day ever, by about 200%
Give it a try :)
The best way to get more traffic is to have better / more relevent / more useful content.
You can mess around with SEO, but it's always been the truth that 'content is king'.
Google is getting smarter and smarter, it has a map of the internet, it KNOWS how many people use your site and find it useful, it's increasingly hard to fool.
Make your site actually 'good', and the page rank will come naturally.
Often, SEO snake-oil salesmen will try to tell you that there are magic, quick win solutions. And in the mid 90s that was, to some extent, true. But nowadays, no amount of clever SEO is going to get your page high in google if it's just not very relevent/useful/popular.
You seem to be confusing SEO (Search Engine Optimization) with SEE (Search Engine Engineering). SEO is all about making your content more visible (getting links for the engine to follow, adding alt text to images). SEE is about tricking search engines into thinking you are more important than you actually are (for example, paying for backlinks).
You seem to be confusing SEO (Search Engine Optimization) with SEE (Search Engine Engineering). SEO is all about making your content more visible (getting links for the engine to follow, adding alt text to images). SEE is about tricking search engines into thinking you are more important than you actually are (for example, paying for backlinks).
Correct, but ask 99.9% of people even in the IT industry what 'SEE' is and they will give you a blank look.
SEO is commonly used as a blanket term to describe all of these practices, even by the companies which operate in this market, as I think you probably know.
Meh - guess so. After all - they won't exactly say that they are doing something dodgy...
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.12 Copyright © 2012 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.