When looking for additional ways to build website traffic and internet traffic there is a form often over looked. Free and Paid Online Classified listings. One of the few things talked about in online affiliate marketing circles or email marketing campaigns is Web Classifieds.
What are Classified Online Ads & Why Do They Work?
Free and paid online ads listed on classified pages are similar to off line newspaper classified listings. They are small ads that you list in a respected category on a classifieds website. You can place these for free or pay for them. Usually you'll want to start with free listings and work your way up to using paid advertising on the home page of the site. So you title your ad you get to uploads pictures to your ad and place it in the category you'd like. Now you may be wondering if they are small ads why do they work? Well they work for a few reasons. The first reason being that when you place your classified ad you are actually given a full page that is search engine optimized. The website automatically places in your page header which is your title of the item or phrase you are listing on the classified ad and you get to add a picture with a title and you get to add all the text to the advertisement. This means that you place your keywords throughout the sales text and use your title as your Primary Keywords of your listing.
Pretty cool huh? It gets better :) Once your classified listing is published (after you push the finished button) it is then online. Within a couple days the major search engines will pick these up. I haven't tested all the search engines to see how well they pick these up but the Big 3 do well and Google weights these listings very high. This means that with very few back links for your classified listing you can get your keywords ranked in the top 10 on Google which handles 55% of all the internet traffic. Which also concludes you'll get a lot of bonus clicks for your web listing just from search engines alone! You will pick up some good clicks from just having your listing on the classifieds page as is but really optimizing it for the search engines is the key to a lot of extra traffic.
My Favorite Ways to Generate Extra Website Traffic.....
My favorite web classified website is Web Classifieds US & for a few reasons. The first being Google weights this one very high and gets you some top 10-20 listings quickly. The 2nd reason is you are able to place a small picture link on the front page of their website that rotates out randomly with other ads. To list on the front page for 3 months is only $10! I'll repeat that only $10! Typically to list on the home page of a website that generates millions of visitors per month it would cost you thousands of dollars no matter how big the ad is. the key is again make sure your advertisement is optimized with a good title and make a very detailed description in your text body. However to get people to click your link you'll want to avoid writing a book but a rather curiosity building write up that will stimulate them to visit your web site. I have placed many ads that have received 3000+ visitors in only a couple weeks. However a more realistic number to aim for from a classified ad is probably about 500-1000 in 3-4 weeks time.
Another web classified listing website I use that generates me a lot of traffic is USFreeAds again for the same reasons as web classifieds. This site also a=offers free listings and paid listings. One main reason I like this one is the paid listings. For $10 a year you can place and run up to 25 ads. For $10 a month you can place as many ads as you'd like with as many back links as you'd like. You can also includes up to 7 pictures in your ads as well as videos or animated graphics. Google loves this classified site as well and the monthly fee is nothing compared to the extra traffic this will bring your website and not to mention the free back links you'll be gaining for your primary website!
So don't over look classified listings. From under 30 listings for 1 website I grabbed up about 27,000 extra visitors that I wouldn't have other wise had and with much less work than full SEO. If anything I would recommend signing up with both classified ad website s above and just placing free classified ads to start with and then moving up to paid listing when you are used to the process. One more tip for you. The newer the item you are promoting through your web classified ad the easier and faster you'll be up in the top 10 listings. You can also back link from your website to your classified listing to bump it up in the search engine rankings. :) You won't regret doing that when the targeted website traffic starts rolling in.
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