by Doreen Martel

Created on: April 11, 2010   Last Updated: January 06, 2012

For website owners who have already ensured they have great web content, the next challenge becomes getting visitors to their website. The best content in the world will more than likely not drive traffic without some effort.  Here are some tips for promoting your website for free:

Blogs - There are at least two ways that you can promote your website for free using blogs. Creating your own blog and writing relevant blog posts can help drive traffic.  Use a popular service like

Ping-o-Matic to promote your blog post automatically.  Link your blog post to a relevant page of your website. Actively search for other blogs that contain material that is relevant to your website and review their posts. Leave well thought out comments and include your website link. Do not spam blogs with comments that are irrelevant as they will more than likely get deleted.

Social Bookmarking - Social bookmarking is another free option to promote your website. There are several tools available to help you find the most relevant bookmarking sites to submit your website. Free tools such as Social Bookmarking Service can help take a lot of the guess-work out of your social bookmarking efforts. Always make sure that you select relevant categories, keywords and tags for your promotion.

Social networking - Social networking sites are perhaps one of the fastest growing free tools on the Internet for promotion purposes. While many people use Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn and MySpace for keeping in touch with friends, family and colleagues, they have grown to include a great deal of business promotion. Use these free tools judiciously to help promote your website for free. Read their terms and conditions carefully to avoid being banned for spam.

Article Directories - There are several article directories on the Internet that allow you to submit articles and include links to your website. These free article directories typically contain categories ensuring that you can focus in on your niche.  Before you submit an article to any directory, find out what their policy is regarding self promotion. Some directories also allow you to earn money when you submit articles either through up front payments or from page views.

While many people feel they must pay for advertising through Google or other similar online advertising, there are several options that are available for free. Web masters need every tool at their disposal, and these tips for promoting your website for free are a good place to start.

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