Thanks to site builders, creating and launching a website has become very easy. You don’t need coding or programming skills anymore, all you need is an easy to use website editor and time and you’re ready to begin. While creating a website is easy, increasing traffic is another different ballgame.
One of the best ways to increase traffic is to promote your website. To save you some time, we’ve compiled some of the best places where you can promote online content.
Online Business Directories
Online business directories are covers a wide range of audiences. Using these types of directories is pretty straightforward. You submit your URL plus other information regarding your business or organization.
In return, online business directories will incorporate you in their data banks and ensure that your link is there when users search in the category you belong. One of the biggest advantage of submitting your site to online directories is that they get crawled by search engines which improves your SEO and helping you to rank better.
Check out:
- Google My Business
- Bing Pages
- Yellow Pages
- Local.com
- EZLocal
- Mapquest
- Submit Express
- Merchant Circle
- Entire Web
- Manta
- Insider Pages
- Moo-Directory
- Simply Worthy
- Submit X
- So Much
Social Media
Social media is not just about connecting with friends and family or sharing photos and video. Businesses and organizations can also take advantage of social media as a means of promotion.
For example, have you thought about using Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest to get more traffic? How about setting up tutorials videos on Youtube or submitting guides or a “how to” on WikiHow?
Here are some places to explore so that you can leverage them as a promotion platform for your website.
- Facebook for brands and businesses
- Google+
- Yelp
- Buzzfeed Community
- Yahoo Answers
- WikiHow
Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking websites operate through link submission with emphasis on content. You can sumbit a link to your home page as well as individual pages, product, posts or images. They will then circulate the URLs among their users and boost traffic to your site. Submitting to these sites will also improve SEO by connecting your links to descriptive content.
- Stumble Upon
- Digg
- Delicious
- Scoop.It
- Juxtapose
- Meta Filter
- Akonter
- Product Hunt
Promoting your website to reach more poeple is a multi-tier effort. Submitting your website to these websites can help improve your traffic since they will be able to highlight your URL in a way. Submitting to these websites is free of charge, so what do you have to lose?
Where do you promote your website online? Have you tried any of our suggestions? Tell us by leaving your comments below.
