Can I advertise my gaming website online for free?

Question

i dont want to make it complicated, nor spend money. i want to advertise for my gaming website (glitchfinders.proboards105.com, but you need to register to see the stuff). Ty!!!

Answer 1

Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.

You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!

Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Sc...

Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast...

CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_an...

Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_an...

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/201...

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html

http://i-newswire.com/

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/

http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/...

http://www.pr.com/press-releases

http://www.prfree.com/

http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index...

http://www.theopenpress.com/

http://www.przoom.com/

http://www.prweb.com

http://www.newswiretoday.com/

http://www.free-press-release.com/

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=...

6. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com

Google Base http://base.google.com

Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...

Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/

Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/

Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/

US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/

Kijiji http://www.kijiji.com/

Local.com http://www.local.com/

Answer 2

Onefreelink.com is a new web directory that allows you to submit one free link onto it's site. The best thing about onefreelink.com is that once a month they send out a newsletter with links in every category. Every person that has a link listed on onefreelink.com receives this newsletter! This enables user's of this site to connect with other links in their niche in order to exchange links without having to go through the tediousness of link exchanges.

The best part is that this site is fairly new and the categories are still a little bare. Most categories only have one or two links in them at the moment. This is great because you can get first, second, or third placement in your category.

Go to this site now and click on "Submit My Link" for more information.

Answer 3

You can. But as I say: you get what you pay for.

If you advertise for free then you will have to work harder than paid advertising.

Get involved in the gaming community: forums, blogs, social sites and use that to bring traffic to your site.

Create tools that your community might like: game videos, game reviews, demo downloads.

Also, no offense, but get an easier domain. One of the things with marketing is simplicity (it helps spread through word of mouth). Redirect the traffic from your current domain to a domain like: www.gamersecrettatctics.com (if you don't know how it's explained in the 2nd part of this article: http://www.profitlancebonus.com/affiliat...

Answer 4

it depends on where you advertise it

Answer 5

There's a good guide to increase your traffic here: http://traffic-tips-and-tricks.blogspot.... The tips described there are quite simple but very effective and quite inexpensive.

And if you're willing to invest some time into it you should also consider reading the book "Guerrilla Marketing" by Jay Conrad Levinson, it tells you a lot of practical and effective ways to market your business for very little or no money at all.

Hope this is useful.

Answer 6

Sure.you can advertise your games at google,yahoo and face book for free.To doing that,you must use a advertising coupon.You can get free coupon to advertise.Get it at this website.

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Answer 8

There are many free ways to advertise.

Here are a few sites to help you:

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Craigslist.com

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gumtree.com

kijiji.com

www.t2000ultra.com/?rid=46975

bidvertiser.com- use the free $20 dollar offer

adpost.com

www.1on40.com/491310553

salesspider.com

jayde.com

freewebsubmission.com

backpage.com