How do I drive traffic to my site?

[speedwell]

I know this is essentially the answer to life, the universe and everything as far as the good folk around here are concerned but I was hoping to get a few starter tips for my site.

I won't mention the name in case that's seen as advertising but it's a combination of the pixel advertising sites and Google Maps - think zoomable scrolling canvas meets the Million Dollar Homepage. The advantage is advertisers get 256x256 pixels instead of 10x10 - seemed like quite a good selling point.

In any event, I've put quite a bit of work into it and was so focused on the technical details that it didn't cross my mind that traffic might not arrive in the droves I expected. I've tried a couple of things - emailing large advertisers on existing pixel sites and offering them space for instance but I'm still looking for the magic bullet. I did buy a 10x10 pixel spot on the Million Dollar Homepage and have had quite a lot of traffic from it - maybe a couple of hundred visitors a day now I think but I need more to get the thing kick-started.

Anyway - to get to my point - what sort of things so people recommend in cases like this - should I purchase traffic or pay to get listed at various directories etc.

Sorry for the long rambling message - any thoughts or insight appreciated.

Cheers.

-S-

 

[paulc]

Are you actually getting this many hits from that site. When I have looked on the site, it either takes ages to load, or only loads a third of the page, and there are that many advertisers, you only get noticed if you have a huge amount of pixels...

 

[Mr. DeletedMr. Deleted is verified member.]

I suppost 829,600 pixels would load slow on a slow connection, but it loads ok for me.

As for the question, why not write a press release? PRLeap.com URLWire etc.

 

[speedwell]

Are you actually getting this many hits from that site. When I have looked on the site, it either takes ages to load, or only loads a third of the page, and there are that many advertisers, you only get noticed if you have a huge amount of pixels...

I don't get a huge amount - I took another look at the stats and it's maybe 100 visitors a day.

As for the question, why not write a press release? PRLeap.com URLWire etc.

That's a good idea and something I've not considered. I understand the MDH guy spent his first $1000 income on a press release - I don't have that much to gamble but if there is a way to get something out that's a bit less exepensive, I'll give it a go.

Thanks for the idea.

 

[websiteinvestor]

You can submit a press release for free at PRWeb. You can also start a blog and blog about it. Or contact webmasters of similar sites and offer them a cut of the profits. Just a few thoughts...

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

I read this post on the thread below this one.
Maybe you should PM him.

I have like all the typos for this site..lol

 

[speedwell]

You can submit a press release for free at PRWeb. You can also start a blog and blog about it. Or contact webmasters of similar sites and offer them a cut of the profits. Just a few thoughts...

Some nice ideas there - thank you. I was rather hoping the Ajax/DHTML/Javascript element of my site would give it the push it needs but that doesn't seem to be the case - people like simple

Cheers.

I read this post on the thread below this one.
Maybe you should PM him.

Interesting - thanks - He says $2 a day which isn't at all bad - do people really enter typos that often? I figured now aways most traffic comes via links and not typed in names.

I guess you've made it when you find typos of your site taken

Cheers.