Traffic Techniques to Avoid

There are many ways to get traffic to a site. You will most likely do research to
find out about those traffic generation methods.

Methods such as article marketing, forum marketing, pay-per-click advertising,
social networking, blogging, and social bookmarking all work very well. But in the
world of Internet Marketing, there are also traffic techniques that you should
avoid, for various reasons.

Incidentally, we’ll kick start this volume of Adsense Profits Exposed! with traffic
techniques you should AVOID.

First, do not ever pay for traffic from a site that promises you a great deal of
traffic in a short amount of time. The traffic that you get will not be targeted, and
will be of no use to you at all.

In fact, many of these sites are scam sites, and the traffic that you get will
actually be automated traffic, not real traffic. Pay-per-click advertising, or PPC as
it is known, is not the same as these sites that promise traffic for a fee.

Do not spend hours, or even use automated software to submit your site to free
classified ad sites or free for all link sites. This only results in lots of spam for you.
It does not result in traffic.

There is one exception: Craig’s List at http://www.craigslist.com. Craig’s List
works very well and it is free. The only catch is that you cannot post identical ads
in different categories or regions. You have to change the ad each time.

Do not participate in reciprocal linking for search engine optimization purposes.
Such links are essentially ignored by the search engines, so it actually does more
harm than good as far as getting your site listed in the search engines.

Furthermore, avoid any and all black hat SEO techniques.

Don’t use pop ups. People hate these, and most people now have software
installed that keeps pop ups from popping. Avoid other irritating elements on your
site as well, such as blinking text and music, and colors that clash.

Some people say that traffic exchanges work well, while others say that they
don’t. However, for an AdSense site, they can work out nicely. You should
definitely give it a go, and see how it works out for you.

Don’t use false statements or exaggerated statements in your advertising. This
may get you traffic, but it will irritate the traffic, and they won’t click on links.

Instead, they will either close the browser, or hit the back button. You may not be
selling anything, but this is false advertisement none-the-less, and it makes
people very angry.

There are two huge mistakes that many newcomers make. The biggest is doing
nothing at all. You can build a site, but if you don’t advertise it in anyway, you are
not going to get a drop of traffic. Your Mom might visit, if you tell her about it, but
that’s advertising!

The second biggest mistake is not tracking your advertising. If you don’t know
what works, and what doesn’t, you will be wasting time and possibly money.
Track all of your advertisements to see where your traffic comes from, and where
it doesn’t come from. In the end, you will be glad that you did.

Overall, that’s all that you need to avoid. Other than that, you need to make sure
that you are using proven site promotion techniques, which are listed above.

These other outdated methods simply do not work. They are not worth your time,
effort, or money. You need to know where the traffic comes from, and you also
need to know how well your ads are performing.

You may have a great amount of traffic, but few clicks. It’s important to track the
traffic and the ad performance, so you know what to fix!