Gaining Web Site Traffic with Awards
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Frances Rhea
Use Awards to Get More Web Site Traffic Each Year
Giving away awards to other web sites is a good way to gain more web site traffic to your web site. Almost everyone has seen the little award graphics that are posted proudly on web sites they have visited. The graphic is awarded to the web site by another web site or an award association. This is to congratulate the web site for some specific reason.
How Awards Can Gain Web Site Traffic
These awards usually include information on the web site that gave them the award. The web site that awarded the graphic then draws lots of web site traffic to their own web site. This happens because all of the web sites who receive their award graphics provide a link right back to their site by posting the award proudly on for others to see.
You Can Gain Web Site Traffic This Way Too!
There is nothing stopping you from offering a web site award to other web sites. All you need to do is design a small graphic for the award. This should not take much time. Make sure you have the graphic include something that will entice their web site traffic to visit your web site. Then you post an online form on your web site where any of your visitors can enter their web site to qualify for your award.
A few times a week (monthly is ok but will not provide as many links), visit all of the web site entries and choose a winner. Send them an email telling them that they have won your award. Congratulate them and make them feel special. Provide the award graphic with information regarding the link you want included. Tell them to post it on their web site. With this award they will be linking to your web site generating more traffic for you.
Always post the winner(s) on your web site so others can see them and be encouraged to enter for the next drawing. Indicate on your site when the drawings are held.
Reason for the Web Site Award
There are many reasons that you could offer web site awards for. You could choose outstanding and original content, the design of the web site, fast load time, original web site features that are hard to find, or it may be easy to navigate through and find things.
Your Reward
If you give out 10 web site awards per week, within a year you will have 520 web sites that are linking to your web site. If you received 2 hits a week from each link, that would be 1,040 new hits per year from the awards you gave away for free. The more time you spend giving away awards, the more links there will be to provide additional traffic to your web site. Using this method which only involves your time is a good way to generate traffic without spending any of your hard earned cash.
