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You've Got Traffic, So Why Aren't You Ranking?

You've worked so hard with your search engine optimisation strategy. All that blogging, article writing and, SEO copywriting and, rather expensive, SEO tweaks to your website structure have finally paid off. Proudly, you show everyone your website on the front page of Google for your chosen keyword.

Twitter Announces New Analytics Tool

Do you actively use Twitter to promote your business?  Do you use it as an advertising medium, or do you use it to connect with customers?  How about a way to promote your business' website?If you are someone who believes that social media like Twitter is important to your site, this might be your lucky day.   

Drive More Traffic To Your Site

Every entrepreneur is always looking for ways to drive more traffic to their Website. And if you aren’t you should be, as it’s one of the best ways to grow your list, get new clients and make sales. So today I thought I would share a few of my favorite, no-cost marketing techniques for getting more traffic with little effort.

Submit Articles For More Traffic

Need more, targeted, Website traffic? These days pay-per-click advertising has gotten prohibitively expensive. And competition for search engine rankings is tough. While social networking can be a terrific way to drive traffic it requires a clear strategy and a whole lot of work. That’s why I love submitting articles to online databases (and social networking sites where possible!). It doesn’t take much time or cost a thing. And the people who read your articles and click through to your site have already decide they like what you have to say.

Why Wouldn't You Include Links in Your Press Releases?

Press release distribution service BusinessWire shared results of a poll, which found that 85% of those who send out press releases put links in them. That means that 15% didn't. Granted, this is only a small poll of less than 300 people, but it may still be indicative of a greater issue that not all businesses include links in their online press releases.

How Important are Domains to Your Online Strategy?

SBN sister site WebProNews had a couple of interesting conversations about domains at the Search Marketing Expo - one with Moniker Founder and President Monte Cahn, and one with Senior Vice President, Client Services at Performics, Michael Kahn. Do you use domains to drive traffic? Discuss here.

Consider These 8 Sources of Web Traffic

Over the last year or two, I've written a number of articles about different ways to get traffic to your website. Here is something of a compilation of these concepts. Obviously search engine optimization is an important component, but I'm going to leave that out here. Facebook

Twitter Prank Shows Importance of Preparing for Traffic

Twitter has become a popular tool for social networking and an opportunity for small businesses to attract awareness to their brand, but no one would have thought it would play a part in a nasty shenanigan pulled by the best man of a newlywed couple.There are many traditions of marriage, but for this 'Anon Bestman' setting up a prank was on the top on his list.

Social Media Was Big for Retailers for the Holidays

The holidays really showed just how big of an impact social media is having on businesses, retailers in particular. Competitive intelligence agency Experian Hitwise is sharing some data it collected regarding the impact of traffic sources to retail sites. Social networking has become th most popular activity online and because of that, visits to the retail category represented 13% of all US Internet visits in December, according to the firm.

Holiday Traffic Flows From Facebook/Twitter to Online Stores

If you run an online store, and still have any doubts about how social networks can help you drive traffic, you may want to strongly reconsider as the holidays approach. Twitter and Facebook are driving major traffic to online stores as consumers reach out to not only their friends, but businesses themselves through Facebook and Twitter (among other popular networks).