How to Increase Link Popularity for Traffic

You don’t need to play dirty just to make more people link to your
website and consequently generate more traffic. All you need to do is
become more selective and creative with your content while exerting
more effort in research. It may be easier said than done, but at least
you don’t have to shell out a lot of money for it. Here are a couple of
suggestions to get you started on your bid for link popularity stakes.

How to Increase Link Popularity for Traffic

1). Never Submit Any Post that’s not Worth Reading

Online readers are rarely forgiving. All they need is just one ugly and
worthless post from your website and that will be enough to make
them blacklist your website on their list or worse, talk bad about you.
Yes, we all know that it’s important to consistently update the content
of your website, but avoiding posting trash is the most important of
all. If you really can’t find anything worth reading to post today then
don’t. There’s always tomorrow!

2). Update Consistently

No self-respecting website owner would want to link to a dead website.
Plus, inactive links in his link directory will affect his own credibility.
Readers will think that he’s only added the website address to bulk up
his link resources or some other reason that readers won’t care about.
Because of that, website owners should constantly check and ensure
that outbound links are active. More importantly, you must ensure that
those links lead to websites with regularly updated content. If you stop
updating, people will stop linking to you, too.

3). Make It Easy for People to Link to You

In terms of social bookmarking, remember to place as many social
bookmarking buttons as you need on every post you make. Remember
to make them unobtrusive or you might end up irritating your readers.
As for other situations, you could remind your readers to link back to
you at the end of every post. You can also offer to redirect them to
where they can download buttons of your website if they wish. Bend
over backwards as long as it’s going to help them link back to your
website!

4). Submit to Directories

There are various types of directories online such as podcast
directories, article directories, blog directories, link directories, and
more. Submit to all of them because every submission you make is
one more opportunity to improve link popularity for your website.
When submitting to directories, remember to use the same submission
data for all directories. This will solidify your reputation and let readers
know that they’re only reading from one source. Double-check your
words, ensuring that they’re all properly formatted and grammatically
correct. Third, read the terms and conditions of the directory and
ascertain that your words don’t violate any of their rules. Also, make
sure you’re submitting to the appropriate categories. If you don’t then
you end up being read by people without any interest in the kind of
information you offer.

Last but not least, consider how much time it would normally take
before your submission gets listed: timing is especially important if
you’re after a particular season or holiday.

5). Be a Social Butterfly

People won’t link to you if they don’t know your website exists in the
first place. The only way to do that is by being a social butterfly. Join
social networking websites and start adding as many people as you
can but make sure you focus more on adding members who may be
potentially interested in checking out your website.

Circulate in your blog community. Drop by other peoples blogs not just
to say hi but to leave insightful comments as well. The very least these
blog owners can do is to return the favor. If they like what you have to
say then your friendly overture could be a start of a continuous
exchange of links between you two.

6). Make Yourself Famous

Write an ebook. Collaborate with other experts. Join contests. Do what
you can to make people aware that you and your website exist! This is
the way to recruit new visitors for your website. Of course, it’s up to
you to make certain your website is consistent to ensure they’ll come
back for more.