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A classified website is expensive to maintain. It needs lot of bandwidth and at least a semi dedicated server. Every webmaster who owns classified ad software, knows that he needs to get good traffic to his website to at least bear the costs of running the website. Some times advertising alone is not enough to pull visitors to your site and advertising for long term may prove very expensive. Here we are providing some of the alternatives to advertising. These methods require participation in social media.
Social networking sites: You can leverage the power of social networking websites to your advantage. Make good looking and attractive profiles on all major social networking sites. Join forums and groups which are related to your classified ad software.
Participate actively in these communities. After gaining some respect you can recommend your site to these group members. You can also start your own groups. The advantage of starting your own group is you can showcase your website without being considered spam.
Answers websites: You can promote your classifieds website on answers sites like wiki answers, yahoo answers etc. These sites have huge traffic. You can give answers related to your niche and place a link of your website. But don't place links in every answer. It may be considered spam.
For every five questions you answer, you can place two links of your classified ad software. You can find many questions unanswered in free advertising category. Answer these questions and recommend your classified ad software website.
Back links from forums: There are many active forums on classifieds and free advertising. You can build back links to your website by actively participating in these forums.
Back links increases the page rank of your website. High page rank brings organic visitors to your classified ad software through search engines. But don't spam these forums because you will be banned and not allowed to register again.
Bookmarking: Bookmarking websites like digg and stumble upon are great sources to bring traffic to your classifieds website. If your website lands on first page or second page of this website, you will get thousands of visitors to your site.
To get your website to front page you need to first bookmark your website on this site and then your bookmark will go to the front page if users vote on your site. You can request your friends and relatives for your classified ad software. You can place a bookmarking widget on your classified ad software. It will be easy for visitors of your site to recommend your website to others.
Post free ads: You can submit free ads to websites like craigslist about your classifieds website. These sites get lot of visitors and your website gets much needed publicity.
Article marketing is also one of the most popular methods to bring traffic and build reputation for your website. It is win win situations for website publisher.Article directories publish your articles with a back link to your classified ad software.
This back links will increase your page rank. Well written articles may go viral and may be distributed on various websites with a back link to your classifieds website.
You need to research for keywords before writing articles. The keywords should be relevant to your classified ad software and do not have high competition. Then write your articles using these keywords.
But keywords should not be overused as search engines may consider your article as spam. If you don't know how to write articles, you may hire a writer to do the work for you.
Search engines can be used to get more traffic by simply optimizing your website. Search engines give more preference to websites which have sitemaps. It is also best way to make your classified ad software gets indexed totally. Many website freely generate sitemaps for your website. You can generate your sitemaps and submit them to search engines. (by : Ron McNeil)
Social networking sites: You can leverage the power of social networking websites to your advantage. Make good looking and attractive profiles on all major social networking sites. Join forums and groups which are related to your classified ad software.
Participate actively in these communities. After gaining some respect you can recommend your site to these group members. You can also start your own groups. The advantage of starting your own group is you can showcase your website without being considered spam.
Answers websites: You can promote your classifieds website on answers sites like wiki answers, yahoo answers etc. These sites have huge traffic. You can give answers related to your niche and place a link of your website. But don't place links in every answer. It may be considered spam.
For every five questions you answer, you can place two links of your classified ad software. You can find many questions unanswered in free advertising category. Answer these questions and recommend your classified ad software website.
Back links from forums: There are many active forums on classifieds and free advertising. You can build back links to your website by actively participating in these forums.
Back links increases the page rank of your website. High page rank brings organic visitors to your classified ad software through search engines. But don't spam these forums because you will be banned and not allowed to register again.
Bookmarking: Bookmarking websites like digg and stumble upon are great sources to bring traffic to your classifieds website. If your website lands on first page or second page of this website, you will get thousands of visitors to your site.
To get your website to front page you need to first bookmark your website on this site and then your bookmark will go to the front page if users vote on your site. You can request your friends and relatives for your classified ad software. You can place a bookmarking widget on your classified ad software. It will be easy for visitors of your site to recommend your website to others.
Post free ads: You can submit free ads to websites like craigslist about your classifieds website. These sites get lot of visitors and your website gets much needed publicity.
Article marketing is also one of the most popular methods to bring traffic and build reputation for your website. It is win win situations for website publisher.Article directories publish your articles with a back link to your classified ad software.
This back links will increase your page rank. Well written articles may go viral and may be distributed on various websites with a back link to your classifieds website.
You need to research for keywords before writing articles. The keywords should be relevant to your classified ad software and do not have high competition. Then write your articles using these keywords.
But keywords should not be overused as search engines may consider your article as spam. If you don't know how to write articles, you may hire a writer to do the work for you.
Search engines can be used to get more traffic by simply optimizing your website. Search engines give more preference to websites which have sitemaps. It is also best way to make your classified ad software gets indexed totally. Many website freely generate sitemaps for your website. You can generate your sitemaps and submit them to search engines. (by : Ron McNeil)
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