Website Traffic Series Part 11: Putting Your URL On Online Profiles

If you are a savvy Internet user, I am sure that you have a bunch of online profiles spread all over the place. Facebook, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Twitter and so on. Sometimes we just create an account on those places because friends encourage us to, or out of sheer curiosity. Regardless of the motive, it would be cool if you could put those many profiles to work and gain some traffic out of it right?

The concept: The idea is pretty simple. List your website URL in as many online profiles as possible. Usually most social networks already offer a place where you can list your website. Even if they don’t, try to find a field where you can stick it in.

StumbleUpon for instance does not have a specific field for you to insert your website URL and share it with other users. They do have an “About Me” section though, and it accepts HTML, so just stick your link there.

Does it work?: Do not expect to crash your server with this technique. If you have many online accounts, however, combined they could end up sending you a good amount of monthly visitors. Obviously if your website is large already the effect would be hard to notice, but for new websites every small bit helps.

Secondly, the traffic that you will get from the links place on those online profiles will depend on your activity on the respective social networks. If you are very active on Digg, for example, more people will end up checking your profile, and more people will be likely to click on the link to your website.

How to get started: I would not recommend creating online profiles only to be able to place your link there afterward. This technique is fruitful if you already have dozens of profiles online and can edit them easily to include a link to your website.

Over to the readers: Do you have many online profiles scattered around the web? Do they all contain a link back to your website?

Website Traffic Series

• Part 1: Using Web Design and CSS Galleries
• Part 2: Submitting Your Content to Blog Carnivals
• Part 3: Leaving Comments on Other Blogs
• Part 4: Faking A Website Sale
• Part 5: Pulling an April Fools Prank
• Part 6: Using Forum Signatures
• Part 7: Putting A Blog on Your Static Website
• Part 8: Adding a Forum to Your Site or Blog
• Part 9: Buying Targeted Traffic
• Part 10: Using Email Signatures
• Part 11: Putting Your URL On Online Profiles
• Part 12: Emailing Bloggers to Showcase Your Best Content
• Part 13: Faking a Hacker Attack
• Part 14: Promoting Your Content on Social Bookmarking Sites
• Part 15: Promoting Posts That Link to You on Social Bookmarking Sites
• Part 16: Promoting Your Content on Social Networking Sites
• Part 17: Using Article Directories
• Part 18: Exchanging Links with Partner Sites