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does web site traffic come      search engines for using
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It is a question that leaves many     hidden text or keyword spam. Such
new Webmasters scratching their       sites are known as 'bad
heads in frustration and              neighbourhoods' and as the name
bewilderment. After all, traffic      suggests; should be avoided. In
is the life-blood of any website      fairness, the search engines know
and if your site isn't getting        that you have no control over who
any then you have a problem. But      chooses to link to your site, so
it need not be that way because       don't get paranoid about the
there is more than one solution       idea, but do try to concentrate
and some are much easier to           your efforts on links from good
achieve than others.

neighbourhoods.

The biggest secret to getting

So if backlinks are so
web site traffic is... wait for       important to the success of a
it..., backlinks. Yes, I know         Website then surely it would be
it's not much of a secret, but it     worthwhile spending some cash to
is the type of inbound links and      achieve the desired results,
how you go about getting these        which begs the question: Is it
all-important links that is           worth paying for links?

important. Get it wrong and, at

The short answer is that it
best, you will be wasting your        can be. But before you reach for
time, at worst, you could             your wallet you should be aware
actually damage the credibility       that some paid links are more
of your Website. Alarmist I know,     effective than others, and there
but true all the same.

are of course plenty of ways of

How do you damage the building backlinks for free. So,
credibility of your site? By before spending any cash perhaps

we should determine just what a paid link. If not, then look
'quality' inbound link is.

elsewhere; it is their loss.

A worthwhile, or indeed

In conclusion: one way of
'quality', inbound link is one        building traffic to a website is
that will add some value to your      to invest time and effort in
website. That value could be          building inbound links, or
click-through traffic or page         backlinks, from other quality
rank that will boost your own         Websites. Avoid 'bad
site's ranking in the SERPS           neighbourhoods' and concentrate
(Search Engine Results Pages),        instead on getting quality links.
but preferably; both. If you          Finally, if you are going to pay
haven't already done so, then you     for a link then try to get some
should install the Google toolbar     evidence of how many visitors the
(you can find it at                   linking site is
http://toolbar.google.com) so         getting.

that you can check the page rank      d>About the
of prospective link partner           Authorsites. But be aware that page         id="authorbio"
rank does not necessarily equal       class="membersnoticewhite">Tony
traffic! However, it can be a         Williams is the author of Web
good indicator of a site's            Traffic in Black & White, the
worth.

guide that unlocks the secrets of

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perfectly reasonable to ask the       om"
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