One inescapable fact: No matter how great your website looks, it doesn’t mean a thing unless those that you want to find you on Google can’t find you on the top 3 pages for those keywords you would like to be found for.

Sixty-Eight percent of online searchers DON’T go past the first page … 98% don’t go past the 3rd page.  Are you hoping that the remaining 2% will find you?  Is that what you are banking on or hoping for?  Don’t hold your breath.

A website is like a train station, it has visitors that come and go through it to get around on the Internet. Think about it, whenever you visit a website, you click on a link that takes you to the next page that has the information on it your desire. Eventually if you click long enough you get to a web "station" that allows you to visit any website in the world.

This would in essence be a web portal, like Yahoo or AOL has. For these big web "stations" you can get to anywhere around the world. This is what the search engine spiders have to do; they can’t “Google” a web site like you and me. They rely on link to web pages, and eventually run into a huge web station that they constantly come back to for references.

Your Website must get traffic to have the opportunity to succeed. If your website is well designed to convert visitors into new customers and your business model is ready to go to execute new business and provide excellent support, then building traffic is the absolute key to your online success. Here are 8 straight forward ways to build traffic to your site.

“What should I put on my website?” That is the question I receive mostly from newcomers. The answer is very simple, content. You have to give your visitors and prospects a reason to go to your website, and keep going to your website. “What should I put on my website?” That is the question I receive mostly from newcomers. The answer is very simple, content. You have to give your visitors and prospects a reason to go to your website, and keep going to your website.

The Content Thou Art King

The website’s information; text, images, videos, audio, and other data are the content elements you provide. The flavor of the content should be unique, and entice the visitors to get involved in your website. The style of your writing, content will portray a personality in itself and provide flavor to your website.