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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Mining YouTube For Traffic Back To Web Sites

Most webmasters have heard of posting on forums and other people's websites, to generate traffic back to their sites. But how do we know which sites we should post on? Do they have enough traffic to do our site any good? And do the readers happily click lots of links, so we have a chance of them coming over to visit our site? These are common questions that need answers so we don't waste our time posting to sites that will not generate any traffic for us. Or worse yet, paying for a Google Ad on those sites without any return.

Some have downloaded the Alexa tool-bar to be able to see statistics in their browser, as they go to each site. If you want to get the tool-bar, click on the Alexa link above and then click, get Sparky, for your browser version. Alexa's Sparky tool-bar does not tell us, however, if the people at a site or forum will click our links and visit us. It's a cool tool, but we need more information than only traffic numbers.

Another option is to use information posted on You Tube for "click-throughs" from other sites. Under each You Tube video is the word "Links." When you click on the word, you see where people came from that clicked to see the video. If it's a place you can post an Ad Sense ad or a link-back Forum post with a lot of traffic, you already know what topic interests those people and that they like to click on links. How convenient for web site owners wanting traffic.
So, now you can look up key words in YouTube's Search Box under Videos, and find all the relevant traffic sites you need. Oh, Happy Day!

Want one more little search tool to find traffic from Google? Find yourself a few good blogs with a high ranking at Google ...then read entries and post comments, with a link back to your site. Say something smart and grab attention. Hopefully you are a well-rounded individual and can write on any number of subjects. Many passionate people enjoy knowing many different things and you should be one of them. Read a lot and then post a lot, to get traffic. This is a fun way to get targeted traffic, since the blogs you find should have something to do with what your site customers want. Do this a little each day and all those back-links start building up for you.

If you have any good tips or hints for obtaining free web site traffic, feel free to post a comment to share with Above The Curve readers. Knowledge is good when it's shared and used, so have fun using these simple traffic tips, and enjoy the click-boost to your sites.

Blessings all around,
Cj Kidd


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