How to increase website traffic

Read and Comment. Check out sites related to your niche and learn from them. Don’t copy material, but if you see something that truly interests you then leave a comment. When I say comment I don’t just mean “Hey nice site”. A comment like that just looks like you are trying to promote yourself. Leave a comment like “That article you wrote on ways to save money was great. Personally I like to save money by…” Leaving comments and communicating in other forums can get you noticed. Chances are if you leave good reviews about a site they may do the same for you.

Update Regularly. Try to post at a consistent pace. If you post everyday then great but don’t suddenly drop off the face of the earth and stop posting for two weeks. If you keep content up-to-date then people will see you truly care about what you write and that you put your own time into your site. If people see that you have stopped writing chances are they will stop coming and look for another site.

Use catchy titles. When people come across your website the first thing they will see is probably the titles to your articles. Keep your titles short but interesting also, try to include keywords in your title.

Sign up for RSS services. Let people keep up-to-date with your website.

List your site in directories. Look for people in your niche and ask them to link to you and in return you will link to them.

Give away free stuff and have contests. What person doesn’t like free stuff? For example you can run a contest where readers have to write an article reviewing your site and the winner will get a gift card.

Get listed in search engines. Submit your site to popular search engines; Google, yahoo, msn.