How to Get More Hits on Your Website

1. Launch your HTML text editor to open your web page files and insert 'meta' tags underneath the '

' element of your code. Add all the keywords that relate to your site so that search engines, such as Google and Yahoo!, include your site in relevant search results. For example:

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2. Join social networking communities, such as Facebook and Twitter, and create a profile page with your URL address by clicking on the 'Sign Up' link. By doing this, you allow other members to find out about your website and you create another incoming link (backlink) to your pages.

3. Add social bookmarking icons, such as Delicious and Digg, on your web pages so that visitors can add your site to their list of resources and then have the ability to pass this on to others. If you have a WordPress blog, this is available as a 'plugin;' otherwise, you can get the code needed to insert these icons by accessing a social bookmarking generator such as social-bookmark-script.com or socialmarker.com.

4. Create Pay Per Click (PPC) ad campaigns by going to major providers such as Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing. This allows your listing to show up on the sides of these search engine pages when a related query is made.

5. Sign up for forums related to your site's topic and create a signature that contains the URL of your website. When you post a question or comment, other participants can find your site.