Learn How to Make Your Website One of the Most Visited Websites On The Net!

If you're wondering how you can increase the traffic to your site and become one of the most visited websites then you need to implement at least two of these methods.

I'm about to show you a free method and two paid methods that bring traffic to my sites each and every day.

By the end of this article you will be ready to open the flood gates and let the traffic pour in.

First of all let's start out with something that you can do for free to bring in a good amount of traffic. What is the method? Well, it's simply posting online classified ads. The site I use is Craigslist and it's probably one of the best out there for this method. It gets a ton of traffic from people looking for things, it's free to post to (depending on the type of post) and it's broken down locally.

What you'll want to do is first find a category on Craigslist that really fits what your site has to offer. On a few of my sites, I give away free information that teaches people different things. So I usually post in the "lessons & tutoring" section under the "services offered" category. And once you figure out your category then you can start writing up a few different classified ads.

You want to write out at least 3 different ads that focus on different solutions you offer on your site to common problems people have. So if you have a fitness site, one ad could be about running, one could be about weight loss and one could be about building muscle. And at the end of each ad you want to tell them to go to your site for more information and then provide them with a link. You can then post 3 ads in your particular section a day, but if you only have 3 ads then you can only really post every other day. And if I were you, I wouldn't stick to just one area; I'd cycle through each and every location from the top down. These ads usually stay up for about a month, so you'll end up with a ton of links all over their site for different locations.

Now let's take a look at a method that does cost a little bit of money, but you'll be advertising on one of the most visited websites online today! Can you guess what site I'm talking about? That's right... Facebook! Everyone seems to be on this site and you want to tap into that flow of traffic. But you're going to do it through a Fan Page. So set up a Page for your website with a little information about your site along with a link to your site in the info. And be sure to use an eye-catching picture that really sums up your site.

Now what you'll want to do is get some "fans", which you can start out doing by telling some of your friends to "like" your page. But the real amount of fans are going to come from the ad you create. Facebook will even tell you on your Fan Page to create an ad. So what you'll want to do is pick out a few descriptive headlines, pictures and descriptions. You're going to have to test out ads two at a time so that you can split test them against each other to see which ad is going to get you more fans. So you'll start out with two identical ads, but only one aspect will be different, like the headline. You test two headlines, pick the winner and then test the winner against another headline until you've tested them all. When you find a good headline then you can move onto testing the pictures and so on.

And to really make this work you want to target your specific demographic. Who is your target market? You can really narrow it down with Facebook ads! You can target by gender, age, location, interests and so on. And another thing you'll want to do is select that you only want your ads visible to people who haven't already "liked" your Fan Page. It doesn't make sense to advertise to people who are already fans, right? Plus, when you're able to, you want to set it to only advertise to people who are friends of your fans. That way, when they see your ad, they'll see that a few of their friends also like what you're advertising, so they're more likely to check it out. And let's not forget that when someone "likes" your page ALL their friends see that they did that and they might click the like button too! FREE viral likes! Then all you need to do is post interesting things about your niche on your Fan Page wall from time to time and occasionally pop a link in there to your site.

And in closing, let's talk about an advanced method for getting traffic. It's advanced because there's a bit of a learning curve and if you do it wrong you could lose a lot of money. This method is called pay per click advertising; like Google Adwords. These are the little ads next to the search engine results that relate directly to what you just searched for. If you really want to learn the ins and outs of Adwords then I recommend you check out The Definitive Guide to Google Adwords by Perry Marshall.

But I'll give you the basics on what you want to do. First you need to find keywords that are "buyer keywords", which get a decent amount of monthly searches and have low competition. A buyer keyword just means that it's something someone would type into a search engine if they're getting ready to buy something. You want this type of person to see your ad because you might be marketing what they want to buy. So if you have a pet store then you want to bid on a keyword like "best dog leashes" instead of a keyword like "pictures of dogs". You can use tools like MSN's Online Commercial Intention tool to help you decide if it's a buyer keyword or not.

And you can use Google's Keyword Tool to see how many times people search with your particular keyword in a month. I'd aim for at least 1,000 searches a month so that there's a good chance of you getting traffic every single day. The keyword tool will also show you a green bar that tells you how much competition that keyword has. You want low competition keywords so that you don't have to pay a lot per click. Once you have your keywords you'll have to split test ads just like you do with Facebook ads to figure out which ad copy works best.

These are three proven ways to really boost your website's traffic. So start advertising on Craigslist, Facebook and Adwords and who knows, maybe you'll end up having one of the most visited websites online. Now you can let the traffic pour in!