Alternative Traffic Sources

It seems like a handful of new sites are popping up everyday now, everything from free sites, movie posts, TGPs, link directories and more. And as more sites are emerging you might feel like it’s just getting harder and harder to get good productive traffic to your site. And you may be right because as more of the new sites come out, more of the traffic you’ve been working for is being spread thinner and thinner.

One of the most common practices to get more traffic is the traffic trade. But as more sites apply, one of two things can happen, the daily requirements of the target trades start to go up or they simply stop taking new trades. In many cases the traffic from a blind link carries very low productivity, due in part to the fact that so many sites over saturate their sites with skimmed links and the surfer just can’t find what he’s looking for among all the redirected traffic. Traffic that doesn’t convert really isn’t the traffic you want, so this is why it’s recommended that site owners invest their time acquiring new sources of traffic.

That being said, we’ll go over some of the other methods to get quality traffic to your site, no matter what kind of site you’re running.

1. Entry Page Traffic

It’s common on many sites, that when the surfer reaches the site, he is posed with a choice, do they want to enter the site, or do they want to exit. Often overlooked by the new site owner is the potential of well placed links on an entry page. While you may think that this would take traffic that would normally enter the site, there is a good chance that not only will the surfer enter the site, but if your link text captures their attention, they will click your site’s link as well. This traffic carries much more weight then the blind trades mentioned above, because not only have you gotten a new visitor, but you’ve gotten one that wanted to visit your site and wasn’t just directed there while looking for something else. Look for these types of partnership offerings posted on your favorite adult forums, and give it a try.

2. Co-Branded Affiliate Sites

A very productive traffic source can be can formed when co-branding your pages with affiliate content and utilizing the reciprocal exit traffic that many of theses programs are offering. More commonly found with the Cam sites, it simply means that you’re including the affiliate content in your site as your own in a sense. When a surfer goes to your site and sees a section of cams that aren’t simple advertisements, they may associate your site with the cams they want to see, usually resulting in them book-marking your page for their cam viewings. Depending on the traffic, and the SEO you implement, your site may start appearing alongside the actual content source when certain searches are made, giving your site more viewers and more importantly, a better chance that you’re going to receive subscriptions through your affiliate link.

3. Exit Traffic

As mentioned in conjunction with co-branding, many sites give the site owner the option to setup a link to be used as exit traffic, pointing the same surfer you just sent to the sponsor, back to you, which may result in more conversions or at least help remind the surfer that your site is the site they “wanted” to be on. Offered by traffic services, some sites in the form of trades as well as sponsors, exit traffic is just one more way to gain more unique visitors as well as boost the retention time of your current visitors.

4. GeoTargeted Content

Whether you use mailing to generate your core traffic, using popular chat service bots to spam your site when they receive private messages or are building galleries, the illusion of local porn is getting surfers to visit more sites and has been converting well. Run targeted ads to link viewers to your site, add some vague text about a night out if you’re running a TGP with a level of interaction with your surfers, using GeoBased text around your site, while slightly deceptive, generates traffic. Imagine a surfer’s delight when he sees that there are teens getting it on with each other in the next town over. That’s the site he wants to see, and that’s why its becoming a popular method used in site promotion. It’s not new, but it’s starting to pick up steam, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to attract more viewers.

While there are many more alternatives, these have been the four I’ve seen the best productivity with. Give the user what they want the first time to boost your return visitors, and trade traffic with sites use quality links, and over time, your site will grow nicely. Of course these are just the basics and can be more intricate depending on the nature of your site. Focus on trading traffic with sites that use limited link lists visible on the main page, this will help you build your search engine presence and will give you much more of the traffic you want.

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