Over 400 Crazy Free Traffic and Backlink Sources
Sources of Free Web Traffic and Backlinks
Forum Marketing
- Join the biggest forums in your niche.
- Search Google for "discussions" in your niche.
- Establish yourself as an authority by providing valuable posts to the forum.
- Answer people's questions.
- Have a good signature, with an enticing link, such as a link to a freebie.
Forum Search Engines:
http://socialpurchase.co
boardreader.com
omgili.com
forumssearch.com
boardtracker.com
Forum Directory:
directory.big-boards.com
Blog
- Best way to get blog traffic is to create incredible content.
- Write something highly controversial.
- Utilize trackback links as a form of conversation marketing with other bloggers.
- Particpate in blog carnivals. See blogcarnival.com
- Host your own blog carnival.
- Leave comments on other peoples’ blogs. (Do NOT spam or use automation)
- Expand your reach through RSS feed syndication.
RSS syndication
RSS Feed Aggregators:
technorati.com
syndic8.com
feedage.com
newsisfree.com
theblogfarm.com
newzalert.com
feedsee.com
Submit to curation sites, such as alltop.com
Blog Communities:
blogengage.com
fuelmyblog.com
blogher.com (Women community)
Blog Directories:
globeofblogs.com
bloggernity.com
blogville.us
ontoplist.com
Pligg sites (also Scuttle, phpDug, and PublicBookmark):
blokube.com
tipd.com
bizsugar.com
fwisp.com
dzone.com (web development related)
(There are literally thousands of these kind of sites. Search for some in your niche.)
News Aggregation and other Curation Sites:
imnewswatch.com (Internet Marketing only)
biznik.com
webpronews.com
(search for some in your niche)
Guest Blogging
myblogguest.com is a community where you can find places to be a guest blogger.
Some guest blogging or guest article opportunities:
http://www.blogussion.com/write-for-us/
http://www.zeromillion.com/involve/
http://www.bloggernews.net/write-for-bnn
http://www.fuelyourblogging.com/contribute/
smartblogs.com/interested-in-writing-for-smartblogs
http://www.sitepronews.com/call-for-writers/
homebasedbusiness.com/profiles/blog/new
slashdot.org/submission
http://www.lifehack.org/contribute
http://www.knowtebook.com/publish
See video for explanation of guest blogging vs. article marketing.
Tutorial Sites
Ehow.com
Instructables.com
Good-tutorials.com (Graphics/Photo/Programming)
Tutorialized.com (Web design and marketing)
tutorial-index.com (photoshop, coding, video, etc)
tutorial-center.com (computer related)
geekpedia.com (Programming)
tutorialsphere.com (web, video, audio, etc)
tutorialsgarden.com (photoshop & coding)
thewebblend.com (Design)
fstutorials.com (Web design)
noupe.com (Graphics related)
(there are dozens more)
udemy.com is a good place for online courses. You can give them away for free OR sell them. Some people are making a lot of money with Udemy. See video for details.
http://www.learni.st is an interesting new social site that is similar to pinterest, but with an emphasis on education.
Document Sharing Sites
scribd.com
docstoc.com
calameo.com
docs.google.com
edocr.com
ensips.com
pdfcast.org (for PDF’s)
General File Sharing Sites
See the video for the list of sites, and explanation. This is a sneaky way to tap into traffic from the file sharing world. This is not something I “recommend”, which is why I’d rather not list these sites on my blog.
Slideshow Sharing Sites
slideshare.net
authorstream.com
slideboom.com
powershow.com
slideserve.com
slidesix.com
myplick.com
Ebook Sharing Sites and Directories
free-ebooks.net
getfreeebooks.com
ebookdirectory.com
e-booksdirectory.com
free.yudu.com
manybooks.net
witguides.com
bookyards.com
bibliotastic.com
smashwords.com
sharewareebooks.com
ebookjunkie.com (Free ebooks category)
ebookmall.com (Free ebooks category)
Amazon.com (Kindle version)
Submit Free Software to Software Directories
Do a Google search for search for “free software”, freeware, and shareware, and you’ll find plenty of directories.
http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/F...rectories/ (76 freeware directories)
http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/S...rectories/ (221 shareware directories)
Submit Coupons to Coupon Directories
Coupon Magic (Creates coupons for ClickBank products)
Amember (Membership site script with built-in coupon function)
bensbargains.com
couponcabin.com
couponcraze.com
couponcraze.com
coupongirl.com
couponmountain.com
currentcodes.com
dailyedeals.com
dealcatcher.com
dealhunting.com
dealofday.com (Forum)
deals2buy.com
deals4dummies.com
dealtaker.com
edealsetc.com
gottadeal.com (Forum)
happycoupons.com
headlinedeals.com
jackscouponcodes.com
keycode.com
mycoupons.com
promotioncode.org
quicktoclick.com
ultimatecoupons.com
wanting.com
(and many more)
Podcasting Sites
allpodcasts.com
digitalpodcast.com
feeds4all.com (podcast category)
fluctu8.com
getapodcast.com
gigadial.net
godcast1000.com (Christian)
ipodder.org
itunes.com
learnoutloud.com
mirpod.com
podbean.com
podcast411.com
podcastalley.com
podcastblaster.com/directory/
podcastdirectory.com
podcastingnews.com
podcasting-station.com
podcastpickle.com
podcastpup.com
podfeed.net
rimpodcast.quickplay.ca/rimpodcasting/ (Blackberry)
social.zune.net/podcasts/ (Zune)
stitcher.com
techpodcasts.com
Free Press Release Sites
1888pressrelease.com
25pressreleases.com
afly.com
bignews.biz
downloadjunction.com (software related)
emeapr.com/en/
freepressindex.com
free-press-release.com
i-newswire.com
ideamarketers.com
mediasyndicate.com
newsreleaser.com
newswiretoday.com
onlineprnews.com
openpr.com
pr.com
pressbox.co.uk
pressexposure.com
pressking.com
pressmethod.com
pressreleasepoint.com
pr-inside.com
prlog.org
prurgent.com
release-news.com
theopenpress.com
webnewswire.com
Free Classified Ads
ablewise.com
adoos.com
adpost.com
allfreeads.com
american-classifieds.net
backpage.com
classifiedads.com
classifiedsgiant.com
craigslist.org
domesticsale.com
ebayclassifieds.com
eclassifieds4u.com
epage.com
finditclassifieds.com
freeclassifieds.com
geebo.com
inetgiant.com
kedna.com
locanto.com
newfreeclassifieds.com
olx.com
oodle.com
pennysaverusa.com
salespider.com
usfreeads.com
webclassifieds.us
Free Directories
01webdirectory.com
arakne-links.com
azlisted.com
bhanvad.com
dmoz.org
exactseek.com
fourfind.com
freeadvertisingdirectory.com
freewebdirectory.org
gmdir.com (Your site must use Google maps)
illumirate.com
info-listings.com
innerseek.com
itzalist.com
mavicanet.com
netinsert.com
smartlinks.org (submit via email)
somuch.com
thalesdirectory.com
theseoking.com
topsiteswebdirectory.com
uudir.com
worldwidewub.org
(Do a search to find niche-specific directories)
Social Bookmarking
socialmarker.com is a free site that you can use to automate your social bookmarking.
delicious.com
Slashdot.org
Digg.com
Reddit.com (manual submission recommended)
Tagza.com
Fark.com
Connotea.org
Netvouz.com
Diigo.com
Bibsonomy.org
Folkd.com
Linkagogo.com
Tipd.com (Financial)
Jumptags.com
OYAX.com
Boomarking.com
Karmalynx.com
HealthRanker.com
linkedwords.com
(More social bookmarking sites on wikipedia)
Q&A Sites
able2know.org
akaqa.com
allexperts.com
answerbag.com
answers.com
answers.yahoo.com is probably the most popular Q&A site currently.
aolanswers.com
ask.fm
ask.metafilter.com
askville.amazon.com/Index.do
blurtit.com
fluther.com
formspring.me
justanswer.com
kgbanswers.com
linkedin.com/answers (talked about in lesson #82)
mahalo.com/answers/
querycat.com
quomon.com (tech related)
quora.com
stackexchange.com
stackoverflow.com (programming related)
theanswerbank.co.uk
webanswers.com
Other social media & web 2.0 sites we haven’t covered yet
Hubs:
hubpages.com
squidoo.com
gather.com
Places to build free pages & blogs (and post on others):
weebly.com
wetpaintcentral.com
blogger.com
livejournal.com
tumblr.com
xanga.com
blog.co.uk
thoughts.com
Photo sharing:
pinterest.com
clipboard.com
flickr.com
Wiki-type of sites:
wikipedia.org
wikimedia.org
wikia.com
wikidot.com
wikispaces.com
listafterlist.com
Rating/Review sites:
reviews.ebay.com (Write guides)
rateitall.com
yelp.com
Traffic Exchanges:
10khits.com
4x4hits.com
autosurfmonster.com
autosurfpro.com
bellasclickshack.com
bonus-hits.com
clickvoyager.com
dragonsurf.biz
easyhits4u.com
eternalhits.com
fastcashandtraffic.com
freeautosurf.com
freetrafficlotto.com
freetrafficworld.com
golden-hits.com
gradeatraffic.com
high-hits.com
hit2hit.com
hits4surfers.com
hitsafari.com
fits-a-million.com
hitsboosterpro.com
ilovehits.com
internetTraffic247.com
linkcrews.com
lords-of-traffic.com
maxtrafficpro.com
proclickexchange.com
realhitz4u.com
runesurf.com
smileytraffic.com
soaring4traffic.com
startxchange.com
tecommandpost.com
tehoopla.com
teprofits.com
topsurfer.com
toptiertraffic.com
traffic4webmasters.com
trafficattheraces.com
trafficera.com
trafficg.com
trafficgoldrush.com
traffichoopla.com
trafficpods.com
trafficsnapper.com
trafficspammer.com
traffic-splash.com
trafficswarm.com
traffictaxis.com
vitalviralpro.com
webbizinsider.com
web-biz-solutions.com
webcentresurf.com
webmasterquest.com
Pop-Up & Exit Ad Exchanges:
exitdomain.com
exitfire.com/57
exitjunction.com
eztrafficexchange.com
visitasweb.biz
visitors.ws
Banner Exchanges:
1800banners.com
adendum.com
bannerexchangenow.com
bannerrage.com
bannersgomlm.com
bucketsofbanners.com
click4click.com
ebannertraffic.com
exchange-it.com
freeadzone.com
freebannerdisplays.com
freebannerexchange.org
free-banners.com
hitx.net
impressionz.com
linkbuddies.com
neobanners.com
optimumbannerexchange.com
showyoursite.com
thebannerexchange.com
whambanners.com
worldbannerexchange.com
(and many more – just search for them)
Traffic Toolbars
freetrafficbar.com
freetrafficexplosion.ourtoolbar.com
instantbuzz.com
surf-bar-traffic.com
viraltrafficfrenzy.com
Viral URL Cloakers
ezadexchange.com
newdawnads.info
su.pr – is one to use if you’re a StumbleUpon user.
trackads.biz
trafficstorm.us
viraladmachine.com
viralexchange.biz
viraltextadz.com
viraltrafficdominator.com
viralurl.com – is a popular one in the Internet marketing community
URL cloakers that pay cash for clicks:
adf.ly
swyze.com
upag.es
adblue.us
viraltrafficdominator.com
Free Safelists
activesafelist.com
adtactics.com
adzquik.com
dolphinadexchange.com
elitesafelist.com
freesafelistking.com
freesafelistmailer.com
globalsafelist.com
herculist.com
iearnadsfree.com
myfreesafelist.com
myfreetextads.com
newdawnads.info
roadstersolos.info
safelister.com
safelistxl.com
smartsafelist.com
solo-ads.com
soloxflow.com
spicy-soloads.com
target-safelist.com
theleadmagnet.com
ultimatesafelisthost.com/directory.php
viraladmachine.com
viralexchange.biz
viraltextadz.com
viraltrafficmania.com
xtrememailer.com
safelistrankings.com (over 400 safelists listed)
