Basically – they’re all correct.  To build a true authority site, you’d spend the better part of 1 – 2 years building a website and dripping it with enough unique content to be a true authority.

I’m going to show you what has worked for me and how you can do the same.

More Website Traffic Blueprint

The only way to drive free website traffic is by increasing the external links (backlinks) to your website.   I’ve already written about how the search engines rank a website and that’s by using backlinks as popularity votes.  The website with the most relevant backlinks for a keyword get placed highest in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).

If you have a product to sell, you need to get visitors to your sales page.  But the search engines give popularity votes to content and authority sites.  So to move up in the SERPs, you need to write unique content and distribute it to:

• High Ranking Article Directories
• Blogs
• Squidoo Lens
• Hub Pages

People want information and use these articles to determine if you have what they want.  Use the “useful but incomplete” strategy, leaving your best information inside the product you sell.

Each of these sites must link to each other AND to your sales page.  Make sure you use keyword rich anchor text and not just the URL.  Using related keywords for related topics will increase your rating with the search engines.

After posting your articles, bookmark them to Web 2.0 sites using a site like Onlywire.

These unique articles you have taken the time to write will continue to generate a constant flow of traffic to your main website.

Extreme Website Traffic

Now let’s kick it up a notch and add a link from your main website to your blog.  Add the link at the bottom of your website for people looking for more information.

Add an optin form to your website with an AutoResponder series.  Every time you update your blog, send out a notice to this list and make them click through to your blog post.  This increases traffic to your blog and gives your list traffic more opportunities to click through to your main site and other links that are on your blog.

Website Traffic Analysis

I prefer to use the free StatCounter software because it provides me with more information about my visitors than other tracking tools.  One way to know your website traffic plan is working is to see return visitors.  My most successful sites generate about the same number of return visitors every week.

By tracking where the visitors are coming from, I know which authority sites are working for me.  If one of the sites is generating far less visitors, I’ll increase the number of articles I upload to that site.

By using a detailed tracker like StatCounter, you can identify:

• When Visitors are Leaving Your Site
• Which Search Engines are Sending You Traffic
• Which Keywords Visitors Used to Find Your Site
• High Traffic Authority Sites
• Low Traffic Authority Sites
• Popular Pages on Your Site
• How Long Visitors Remain on Your Site
• Returning Visits
• Visitor IP Addresses

By tracking this information, you can make adjustments to your site and the traffic you send from authority sites.

The key to free website traffic is controlling the traffic yourself through the hyperlinks you provide to keep the visitor on your sites.  The longer they stay on your sites, the better chance you have of making a sale!

Plugin and Widget Ready Blogs

Your blog now becomes an RSS feed when you install the WordPress plugin or widget for specific formats on your blog.  This was so easy and fast it actually took me longer to read the instructions than perform the tasks.

First you signup for the Odiogo service.  You will be asked to provide your blog feed to them, so make sure you have that information ready.  For example, WordPress RSS feeds are www.yourdomain.com/feed.

Now go and check your eMail inbox.  Odiogo has sent you important information about your new account, including your Odiogo Feed Id.  You’ll need this id to setup your blog plugin or widget.

Next, you’ll download the plugin or widget for your blog and follow the instructions in your email.  Once installed and activated, an audio button will appear at the top of each blog post, letting people know they can listen to your post instead of read it!

My WordPress blog plugin automatically added a widget to my widget admin page so I could add it to my sidebar.  Once added, visitors to the site can subscribe to your audio feed.  In addition, Odiogo gives you a control page you can send people to – here’s mine: Odiogo Control Page

Your Blog On Steroids

Here’s the best part – upload the audio feed to free podcasting sites and get lots of backlinks to your blog.  This will increase your blog popularity and the search engines will be happy to move you up in the SERPs.  Wouldn’t you like to be on the first 10 pages of Google?

Again…you can use a FREE tool with a built-in podcast directory to upload your audio feed to over 60 sites.  Most of these sites do not require registration – just upload your feed once and that’s it.  Each time you write a new blog post, your audio feed is automatically updated, ready for the podcast sites to pickup.

Go to PodPusher, follow the directions on the home page for your audio feed and start submitting.  PodPusher will access each podcast site and wait for you to enter the required information.  Some of the sites require you to register, but you can bypass these if you want.

Unfortunately, PodPusher will not submit the information for you – it does require interaction by you.  The instructions say it will take around 20 minutes, but I found it takes more like an hour – depending on how fast or slow each site is responding.

What to Expect

Well – I can’t guarantee your audio will generate a LOT of traffic to your website, but it will generate some.  The real benefit are the backlinks that are created by uploading your audio feed to the podcasting sites.

Could you generate over 60 backlinks so quickly any other way?   he he

Forget about purchasing backlinks; forget about surfing traffic exchanges; forget about reciprocal link exchanges.  They don’t work…period…trust me – this is newbie stuff to avoid.  The Internet has changed drastically in the 4 years I’ve been developing products.  The only thing you can rely on with the Internet is that things will change – faster than you ever imagined.

That’s why purchasing the next, best product to do “something” won’t work.  It’s just a fad and will soon be outdated.  As soon as someone masters a technique, they continue to use it until it begins to fade.  If you discovered something awesome that worked to put money in your pocket, would you be quick to write an eBook or create a video on it?  That’s pretty stupid because everyone would jump on it and dilute its effectiveness.

Actually – you have to smile at these people who have the guts to publish outdated stuff.

All you need to know about traffic is 2 things:

1. Page 1 in the search engines (SERPs)
2. Web 2.0 social marketing

The Internet is where everyone goes to get information and to socialize.  Put yourself right where your audience is and you begin to get traffic.

Here’s a FREE resource that tells you step-by-step what to do.  Register for the report and you’ll continue to receive current and effective tips on social media.