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If you have a website online or merely just browsing the Internet you’ll either need traffic or, guess what? You are the traffic others are waiting for. So what is traffic? Just imagine the Internet as a major Freeway; the lanes on the freeway are different networks people are using.

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.

Now remember my friend in no way am I claiming to know all about increasing online traffic to your website. What I do claim to know and share with you is a nontechnological simple systematic method giving you FREE targeted website visitors. I’ll keep this generalized for time constraints but for the smaller details I’ll leave my contact info at the conclusion of this article.

Affiliate products are the topic of my traffic information, because this is my area of expertise. Affiliate products generally have zero start up costs. The product owner gives you a free affiliate website and web hosting. ClickBank.com is the merchant I prefer, visit their site in your spare time.

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.

Pay-per click advertising is very effective yet it can cost you as much as $600 annually. You can visit (AdWords.google.com) or (enhance.com) for more pay-per click information. But you’ll need a plan to receive FREE traffic.

Now your plan should begin with the proper (keywords) for the product you’re trying to sale. Example: if you’re selling apples your main or primary keyword should be apples. But this keyword is too general meaning competitive. Because there are literally thousands of people selling apples online. As a beginner you must work 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).

Now there are search engine tools online available to verify if people are searching for your particular product. These tools show you exactly what people are typing into the Google, Yahoo or Alexa search engines when looking for your particular product. So to increase online traffic in the search engines you will need: freekeywords.wordtracker.com

Or you can simply type the words “free keyword tools” in any search engine and use those provided. When using these keyword tools simply type in the name of the product you are selling. Then start from the “very bottom” analyzing the keywords that best describe your product.

These phrases consisting of 3 or more words are called (Long tail keywords). Remember to increase online traffic your success involves the effective use of “long tail keywords”. For a in-depth understanding of effective keyword use visit: goodkeywords.com they have a great free keyword tool available to you.

Finding the right keywords will be fairly easy using these above websites. Now let’s change our ugly affiliate website link to a website link that matches our primary keyword. In our above example (apples) was our primary keyword. And “shiny little red Apple” is our long tail keyword.

Remember affiliate website links don’t look pretty because there are payment code’s embedded in the link. Example: my ClickBank.com affiliate link looks like this:http://candyc77.apples.hop.clickbank.net my paid code identifier is candyc77. This doesn’t look good. But to get paid I need this link!

By going to this website: http://www.shorturl.com and paying only $1.88 for the entire year; your affiliate website can look like this: Apples.2fortune.com this looks more professional to your prospects.

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.

Trust me I don’t have time for all the details, but you will love using Web blog’s because they’re free and they have RSS feed. You can learn more about RSS feed at whichever blog address you join.

The RSS feed is already installed so you don’t have to worry about that, just enjoy promoting your product. And no this one thing,(search engines love RSS feed) Now when promoting your affiliate website with your new Web blog use your primary and secondary and long tail keywords to promote your affiliate website.

Remember to increase online traffic you must start from the bottom if you are sort of new to advertising with weblogs. For example, your primary keyword (apples) is too competitive for the beginner. Your secondary keyword example: (candy apples) is still too competitive for the beginner.

Longtail keywords are keyword phrases with 3 or more words used to describe a search. Like “small green apples.” Your audience is smaller but your competitive ability is far greater. Free traffic is your goal.

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.

Find your market and see what others are talking about! There you have it, this is a general guideline, due to time constraints. But if you follow these simple procedures you will see a increase in online traffic. Again using good Long tail keywords and a Web blog will give you an advantage.