

As far as I’m concerned it is still alive. Many people may say that directory submission is dead. Submit your website to the most popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Altavista, Alexa, Alltheweb, Lycos, Excite, etc., to get listed for free. You can also post/reply to a thread in other service-related pre-existing forums that allow links in your signature which can be crawled by the search engines (aka “Do-Follow Forums”). Forum PostingsĬreate a forum/online discussion board of your own and start a discussion or share topics with your friends. If you’re not very good at writing content for blog posts, hire a guest blogger for your blog and ask him/her to write precise and unique content so that your blog can gain more credit from a search engine point of view. You can also promote your blog/website by posting comments in other service-related blogs which allow links in the comments section that are crawlable by the search engines (these blogs are commonly identified as Do-Follow Blogs). Be precise in what you’re trying to convey for the users in your blog entry and promote your blog in blog directories and blog search engines. Write a blog of your own for your company/website and include lots of unique content. This is one of the most powerful ways to promote your company/website online. This is most likely the same as Web 2.0 (Participatory Web), which means you have to show your active participation on a regular basis.

By doing this you can extend your network online, get connected with your friends, share things with each other, and promote your company/website to build an online reputation.

Try to become a member of the most popular social networking sites like Orkut, Myspace, Facebook, Linked In, Ecademy, etc., and create a profile of your own. On-site SEO is very important at the beginning of your site’s existence in the virtual world, however it is the off-page factors that you have to take into consideration when it comes to increasing the amount of visitors over time:Ĭommunity Creation in Social Networking SitesĪlso known as online reputation management, this is the first and foremost step with which you have to initiate your process.
