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If you’re merely just browsing the Internet or have a website online, guess what? You will need traffic! Let me give you the definition of Web traffic. The Internet is like a freeway with many lanes and these lanes represent networks people use while online.

The lanes on this traffic Highway are Comcast, AOL, Qwest or MSN. The vehicles on this traffic Highway are millions of people looking for the best exit to meet their needs. These exits are weblogs or affiliate websites. And our goal today is to make our exits more visible than all other exits.

I’m going to show you how to increase online traffic free. So what I mean is I’m going to show you how to make your exit more visible so more cars will see it and decide to choose your exit 1st. If you have no understanding of “keyword optimization!” This can cost you big bucks.

I don’t know everything about increasing online traffic; but what I do know are simple techniques to draw free visitors to your website or web log. I’ll give you the basics to keep this timely and simple. If you like in-depth information I’ll leave my contact information before ending the article.

I want you to know I’m gearing all my information to affiliate products because this is what I prefer to sale. Because with affiliate products there is usually no startup costs. You also receive a free affiliate link from the owner of the product. I usually sale affiliate products from clickBank.com in your spare time check them out it’s worth it!

If you’re on a limited advertising budget like the average affiliate marketer; you want to spend little as possible to market your website or product. You need to know the secrets to stay in the game of the major advertising companies.

If you are familiar with Pay-Per click advertising which is effective but costly. Visit: Enhanced.com or AdWords.google.com for more pay-per click information. But our main purpose is to get free visitors to your website.

Good (keywords) is where we want to begin. Example: say the product that you are promoting is (apples). This should be your main or primary keyword. But for the beginner seeking free traffic (apples) is to competitive of a keyword. The major guru’s have been selling Apple’s for years. So you want keywords much easier to compete with. You want to start from the bottom and CLIMB your way to the top.

Climbing from the bottom to the top should be your goal when competing for keywords in your particular market. By targeting keywords with 3 or more words describing (apples) is far more effective. Example: (red shiny little Apple) is more effective than the word (apples).

There are free tools available online that will give you the exact keywords people are using when looking for your product. Freekeywords.wordtracker.com has a free keyword tool that can help increase online traffic to your website. With this tool you can see exactly what people are typing in the Google, Yahoo, MSN, or Alexa search engines.

For other free tools simply type into any search engine the words “free keyword tools” with these keyword tools just type in the name of any product you’re trying to promote, and see what people are typing in the search engines to locate your product. Then locate the keyword phrases that best describe your product starting from the bottom.

These 3 word or longer keywords are called (longtail keywords). For more effective use of keywords visit: goodkeywords.com. To increase online traffic starting from the bottom will give you the competitive edge. Goodkeywords.com has free tools and powerful keyword information.

Once you have found the right keywords for your affiliate product, now let’s change our affiliate website link to match the keyword we’ve chosen. Remember in our early example: Apples is your primary keyword, and (Little red shiny Apple) is your Long tail keyword.

We just want your affiliate link, in this case ClickBank.com links look like this: http://candyc77.apples.hop.clickbank.net The candyc77 is my affiliate tracking identification code how I get paid!

Let’s make this link more presentable to search engines and viewers. A great website at http://www.shortURL.com will allow you to make your affiliate link look like this: Apples.2fortune.com instead of the ugly long coded original affiliate link. Also giving you a .com highly ranked link for only $1.88 a year.

Now that you have a nice looking affiliate link and a list of valuable “Long tail keywords” let’s find a better traffic vehicle to use. And guess what this vehicle is? It’s called a web log better known as a blog. You can get one free at www.blogger.com or WordPress.com.

I don’t have time to explain the awesome advantages of using a Web blog instead of a website promote your affiliate products. The RSS feed advantages are tremendous and you can learn more at whatever Web blog site you choose to join above.

RSS feed is already installed in your free Web log which will help you rank higher in the search engines for visitors to your site. Now plug in your affiliate link along with a brief description of your product using your primary, secondary and longtail keywords.

Remember to target your longtailed keywords beginning at the BOTTOM and working your way to the top using your keyword search tools. In the above example your primary keyword was apples; which is to competitive even though it identifies your product. “Candy apples” your secondary keyword is still to competitive in the beginning. To increase online traffic you must use longtail keywords which are less competitive in the beginning.

You have a smaller click through rate using “longtail keywords” but there are so many to choose from and these clicks add up. Words with 3 or more phrases “longtail keywords” is where you want to start. (Little red shiny Apple) is our example long tail keyword the beginning point for free online traffic.

Use the long tail keywords you have chosen in the description of your weblog to describe your affiliate product. Also include the better looking affiliate link you’ve obtained from http://www.shortURL.com. http://Apples.2fortune.com is our example linked we acquired from http://www.shortURL.com. As .com links improve affiliate sales. I highly recommend a .com link to increase online traffic.

Now don’t forget, you have a little homework by visiting the websites I presented above. The knowledge you can obtain from these websites will help you achieve even greater traffic results. Remember, you have a entire blogging community to present your product to. And if you really want to target your market and increase online traffic visit: http://www.technorati.com click on “Blogs” and search the blog directory.

http://www.technorati.com this site keeps track of all Web blog’s, simply search their directory for your particular market and see what others are doing. By following these simple procedures you will certainly increase targeted website traffic. Remember use a Web blog NOT just the affiliate website. Also use longtail keywords to gain the advantage of free online traffic.

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