If you're trying to drive traffic to your website on the cheap, experiment with free article directories. Whether you have a business website or blog, website marketing is important. Without effective marketing, people will not know about your site. In turn, you will not make any money off the site.

Article directories are simple and free. Once you sign up for an account, you can submit articles related to your business. For example, if your website sells wedding favors, you might create articles that focus on how to choose wedding favors, how to make wedding favors, or the different types of wedding favors. At the end of each article, include a short bio about yourself or business, and include a link to your website or blog. This website marketing technique is free, simple, and convenient. Plus, many article directories rank high on the search engines. Thus, you're likely to gain a lot of free traffic.

There are several article directories. I'm familiar with Ezinearticles.com and Goarticles.com. For this website marketing technique to work, you've got to include keywords within your content. A keyword or keyword phrase is what a person types in the search bar. Choose popular search terms, and you're practically guaranteed a steady flow of traffic.