How to Increase Website Traffic: A Step-by-Step Guide For Serious Growth

There are many methods of increasing traffic to your website/weblog. All work some of the time and some work most of the time. This article is an excellent review of successful strategies. However, always remember that you must measure results. Launch one strategy at a time and wait long enough to see if it is producing results. Focus on the things that work. Don't stop the others. They may work intermittently or be "slow starters". But always measure. Hopefully you are using a hosting service that allows you to see the web server logs for your site. These tell you about requests for your webpages. Inasmuch as they don't tell you how long the user kept them on the screen or where they went afterwards, you also want to use a service such as Google Analytics that provide that information. Also, track your website on ranking services. Measure, measure, measure... One other thing that is important, especially to bloggers, are comments. Preaching at people generally doesn't produce much traffic. However, conversations do. And remember, the best way to start a conversation is to ask a question, isn't it?