Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Easy Direct Traffic Tips


by Alyssa Ast

The traffic your website receives should come from a variety of sources, such as search engine traffic, direct traffic and referring traffic. If your traffic is lacking in one of these areas, your bounce rate and overall site traffic can suffer. If your direct traffic is less than ideal, there easy direct traffic tips you can use to increase your website's performance.

  1. Email Signature-- Every time you send an email, you have the opportunity to promote your website and increase your direct traffic by utilizing the signature option. Create a signature that includes an anchor link to your website.
  2. Social Networking-- Social networking sites are great for increasing your website's direct traffic. Just by simply posting the link to your website on social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Google +, your direct traffic will increase.
  3. Forums-- Participating in online forums are also great for increasing your direct traffic. Post the link to your website in online forums where ever it's relevant. However, be careful not to spam the sites because it could result in banning from the forums.
  4. Comments-- Comment on blogs, websites and discussion boards with a backlink to your website to increase your direct traffic. Again, be careful you only post on relevant sources so you aren't spamming the site. Plus, it will lower the likeliness of the traffic bouncing as well.

What are some easy direct traffic tips you use?