Getting traffic for directories

To own a web directory is not an easy task. Monetizing it is possible and if you’re serious about it, it could generate an interested income. On these and next articles I will try to give some tips about how to improve a web directory, specially a bidding directory.
If you are not familiarly with bidding directories you can find articles on this blog that will help you understand them.
When people submit their sites to a directory they are looking for one of these things: improve traffic, increase brand/website recognition, increase SEO and link building and increase rankings.

Traffic is one of the most important services you can provide with your directory. If you manage to get one thousand unique visitors per day to your bidding directory, then the top positioned links will probably get some clicks. But clicks and visits should be quality links, and that is not an easy task to achieve. How you can do that? Use your imagination, promote your directory, and use every dollar you earn on promoting your directory. Read more

11 Ways To Promote Your Website

There are many ways to promote your website, but we often forget some of the most effective. Let’s review my 11 ways to promote your website.

Headers, Tags, and Titles - Search engines continue to evolve but there are a few things you still can do to give them a clue about what’s on your website. One is to include your keywords in header tags. Additionally, craft a one or two sentence description that explains the content of each page, including some keywords from the page. This should go between the Head tags. Finally, you should write short, descriptive titles for each page. Don’t use the same one for each.

Keywords - Look at your website copy. Are your keywords in the first paragraph? They should be because that is where the search engines expect to find them. But don’t go overboard with keywords. Read more