How to get traffic to your website -part1

Many people think that having a good website is all you need to get tons of visitors. Wrong answer! Getting traffic to your site takes hard work and diligence and is not accomplished overnight. Think about it this way - how are people supposed to know where to find your site if you don't tell them? You must advertise. Here are some proven ways to advertise your site without spending [much] money:
Submit your site to as many search engines as you can. Here are some of the popular ones you can start with:
Google, AltaVista ,Yahoo,, Alexa, AllTheWeb , Euroseek , Exactseek , Excite , Inktomi , Kanoodle , Lycos , What-U-Seek

Have Dynamic content on your site - Message Board, Links Directory, Guest Book, Online Search, Picture Gallery, Quote of the day, News items, Site Search, Links Engine ... It all makes for a more enjoyable experience for your visitors ... and happy visitors come back.
Make sure you don't have broken links on your site! There is nothing more annoying when one clicks a link and it does not work. Use link validity on the internet

Make sure your META TAGS are done right. I will talk about meta tags in my next article. :)
Submit your site to as many privately run Link Directories/Search Engines as you can find. These will not generally boost your traffic in any major way but will help to maintain steady stream of qualified visitors.

Use Banners with care.

Subscribe to the Usenet groups and advertise there. A good place to start is "Google Groups" or "Yahoo discussion forums"
Be sure to submit your site in appropriate groups!

Do not SPAM -- only submit a write up of your site once to any given group. the more your spam, the more you get unpopular.

So how do you get your site to show on Google?
Think "phrases" instead of "words". Look at the table above; as you add more words to the search, you get less results. If your page(s) contain the words "canvass creative banners and flags worship dance" in a sentence like this for example: Our canvass banners and flags are creative in their design and are ideal for use in Worship dance"

Text text and more text - search engine cannot read pictures on your site. Even if they are very descriptive. Your text must describe the product at its best. Use can "google" and come up with some popular keywords that match upto your product description or usage. Search engines index text.
Your page rank is critical.