Top 10 Sources for Web Traffic

I was just reading an article in SEO News, that there are a few sites out there that will generate massive amounts of traffic if your site is listed. Well no kidding. Anyone who has been "slashdotted" knows what kind of impact a link on a massive traffic site like Slashdot.com can have on your traffic.

However they were saying that as Web 2.0 increases in popularity, tagging everything in your site will become increasingly important. This includes alt tags, image file names and links. We all know how important keyword density is in content and this article just reaffirmed that for me. A properly written site can make the difference between indexing well in 3 months or the engines never finding you.

Some of the other items that they mention are...

• Web press releases
• Blogging/Forum Questions
• MSN Live
• Published in ezines

But what do you do when you get them to your site? That is the big question. You need to have a reason for the people to come back and you need to have some utility for them while they are there. If you site is nothing more than brochure online, then it may get tossed away just as easily.

The article also talked about Squidoo.com. Admittedly I had never heard of it so I went to check it out. Not much to peak my interest but it does get a ton of traffic and some are saying that it is the next YouTube.