I have been running my own American Panda Forum for several years and have tried many different website promotion methods. Here I would like to share with you my experience:
Let’s first talk about the promotion methods that should be avoided as much as possible:
1. Blog - The specific method is to leave a message on other people's blogs and leave your own website address. It can be said that most blogs do not have large traffic, and if you leave a message, it will be easily deleted by the blogger. Some people would say that I should create my own blog, leave messages and add links myself. Then I can only say that you can try it if you want. However, blogs that are purely advertising rather than personal life can easily be deleted by the management of the blog website. Moreover, if you start a new blog, it will not have much traffic or search engine weight, and it will not actually help your website much. Promoting and attracting people to your blog takes time and energy. This time and energy might as well be used to directly promote your own website.
2. Although guestbooks may have larger traffic than blogs, they are basically used to add external links and post spam advertisements. How many people will actually click on the guestbook? Moreover, my personal experience is that the traffic coming from the guestbook is basically trying to post spam ads on your website. You don’t want your website to be filled with all kinds of spam ads that will affect your own website image!
3. Except for authoritative Directories such as domz and yahoo, website directories will not be of much help to your traffic and weight in search engines. However, the threshold for domz is quite high, and it is basically not easy to reach a personal website, unless you build some unpopular websites. Yahoo charges for most website submissions, and ask yourself, how often do you use Yahoo's website directory to find the website you want?
Of course, the above website promotion methods are still helpful for brand-new websites. Some links are ultimately better than no external links at all. Moreover, these methods are relatively simple and convenient, and can add some basic external links to your website, which at least allows search engines to find your website.
Let’s get into the focus of this article and talk about the more effective ways to promote the website:
Which website promotion methods are more effective?
1. Forums. Of course, you still need to make a choice among the many forums. The most important thing is the relevance of your own website and the popularity of the forum. There are still skills in the specific operation. First of all, how to find the forum website? If you don’t know how to find it at all, I can tell you a place.
(168 Review Forums > Websites > Websites(Chinese) > Forums (Chinese)) There is a collection of Chinese forums above. Secondly, when I say relevance, I don’t mean that you should advertise on websites that directly compete with the same theme. In this case, people will usually ban your account very quickly. It is best to find someone with complementary relevance. Forum, for example, others sell vegetables, and you sell fruits. When doing specific operations, do more empathy and do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. It’s best not to register an account yourself and just go up and advertise directly. It is best if you first have some positive interactions with others, such as asking questions and answering them, and then advertise while answering the questions. The effect will be much better. Finally, if you have a Chinese website or blog, you can go to (168 Review Forums > Websites > Websites(Chinese)) to introduce your website or blog. However, it’s better to have some actual content rather than just throw out a link.
2. Asks. There are them on Baidu and Yahoo. You can find answers to some questions related to your website and leave your own website link by the way. Benefit yourself and others, win-win.
3. Social networking site (Social). Chinese ones include Xiaonei.com, QQ, and English ones include twitter, facebook, etc. First build your own friend group, and then promote your own website. Here is a list for your reference (social and bookmark sites)