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I must say, the more I write about this topic, the more I become confused.
There seems to be a large amount of good information out there about how to generate good quality traffic for your website or blog.
For instance, Gregg over at Virtual Real Estate Tips, lists 10 well-known and solid methods for generating traffic. Forum posting, blog comments, track backs, Web 2.0 Authority sites, etc. These are the bread and butter of the traffic generation and link generation world.
Don D. Morrison, at dondmorrison.com focuses an article completely on pinging. This is a focused and niche topic that certainly deserves some words. I think Don’s coverage is adequate, but I also think he could have gone into more explanation of the “why”, to add to his explanation of the “how.” Newer folks who are looking for this information need to understand why pinging is so necessary.
Now G-Man, at LookWhatG-ManFound.com, is unabashedly black-hat. I’m also not sure what the good folks at Technorati would think. His article “What do you Say to Potential Clients?” discusses some of the more underworld types of traffic generation. Password protected bittorret files with links to the target site, comment/trackback spam, spamming MySpace, and other methods along those lines are mentioned. I can’t begrudge any person the method he uses to put food on his table, so I’m just going to say that I hope G-Man and I can agree that we’ll disagree.
There’s even traffic generation advertisements on PRWeb. Some folks are taking the “press release” method seriously.
As you can see, the “mindshare” on the topic of traffic generation is all over the map. There are methods for everyone, and everyone has a method.
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Hi Wulf
I understand totally Wulf when you say “I must say, the more I write about this topic, the more I become confused.”
The funny answer to that is “stop writing!” the real answer is just to pick one method that is genuine (article marketing, blogging, forum marketing…) and really go for it!
All The Best
Alex
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the comment!
I think you’re absolutely correct. I’m quickly learning that it’s EXTREMELY easy to be distracted in this business. There is ALWAYS the next hottest book, a new shiny thing, another guru, etc.
FOCUS is a skill that we should practice. Not just give lip service to and say that we have, but actually practice. Remaining focused is the way we’ll accomplish our goals.