Though the theme of every website may vary widely, every webmaster share some common goals like :
- Getting on the #1 Spot on Google
- Receive a ton of traffic daily
- Make a good amount of money so as to quit the day job
- And the list goes on and on…
Here, i’ll briefly discuss the second point, from my view. I’ll not be talking about Backlinks, SEO, Good Content etc.. (though they are the backbones for traffic) because, they are the essentials and help on the long run. We’ll say the various ways to receive instant traffic.
StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon, undoubtedly, is the father of instant traffic. With over 2.5 million stumblers, it can send you a lot of traffic withing minutes. As i posted sometime ago, i am an active stumbler in the “Internet Tools” category. I keep up to date with it. Darren over a ProBlogger made a post, why StumbleUpon send more traffic than Digg. StumbleUpon sends traffic over a long period of time while Digg does it for just some days (just as long as the post remains on the frontpage).
Digg
Digg is another traffic monster which can at times take down your site temporarily. Though 85% of the stories cannot make it to the frontpage, all storied submitted can bring you considerable traffic.
NetScape
There are lots and lots of Digg Clones out there. There is even an open source script. But not more than 3% of them are successful. NetScape is on the top of them. A story submitted on NetScape can bring you about half the amount of traffic Digg can send you. Frontpage stories can bring you more. I use this as my next choice to Digg.
Social sites mean a lot of traffic nowadays. Though there a lot of them, only limited sites can send you lots of traffic. Reddit and del.icio.us are my next choices.
Other than such sites, blogs are huge sources of traffic. Posts on High authority blogs can bring you tons of traffic. Such blogs include all the blogs on the Top 100 Technorati list. Even sites with 600+ authority can bring you considerable traffic.
