It does not matter if you are a webmaster, online marketer, or just a person with a myspace page, you need to know how to get web traffic to your web page. There are several ways to do this. I am going to mention some but I am focusing on one.

Why is web traffic so important? It is what makes the WWW go around. Without any traffic, there would be no web. Web site traffic is important for every one. As a matter of fact it is a matter of life and death for internet businesses. For newly created websites, getting traffic can be an extremely difficult task to accomplish. Think about it, there are over a billion websites and they all want traffic. So how can someone find your site, when they have no idea it even exists? The keyword here is promotion.

So what are the secrets of the sites that are getting thousands and some millions of people to view there web pages on a daily basis? These sites have several factors that make them extremely important to the people that use them. The first and most important is "content". Content is not a secret, but it is the most important factor at getting your site noticed. The second is the age of the site. No site becomes an overnight success. The third is credibility. As a sight ages it either gains or loses credibility. If credibility is gained then traffic will also be gained. There are many, many more factors, too many to list, but these three are at the top of the list.

What if I have a new site with good content and want to get a jump start on getting people to view it? This where things can get very complicated. There are several steps that you need to take that I am not going to even mention. I suggest you search the term "SEO", known as search engine optimization. What you will find is information on getting your site noticed by the search engines and listed for the public to find by searching. The next suggestion is controversial, but it works!!

For immediate traffic to your web page, the simplest and quickest way is to utilize traffic exchanges. What is a traffic exchange? Traffic exchanges comes in many different flavors from manual to auto. The way a traffic exchange works, no matter what type, is the basic concept of "I will view your site, and you view mine". Sounds simple and it is.

The majority of traffic exchanges are free to join with options of upgrading. Free membership is fine for most people. Since for the most part, you get the same thing as upgraded members but limited and/or slower results. Becoming a member is very simple, all you do is register with a user name and your website address that you want others to view. Then you can log in and start viewing other members sites. Depending on the exchange, you will earn some type of credit for every site you view. Those credits are then used to have your site viewed. That's it!! For a little of your time you get free traffic to your site.

I mentioned something before about manual and auto exchanges. A manual exchange is one that has some sort of timer that counts down a certain amount of time before allowing you to "manually"proceed to the next site by clicking a button. Auto exchanges also has timers but the change to the next site is done automatically. WOW!! you say…but hold on, back up and lets think about this. If this is done automatically, who would be looking at the sites? Exactly, no one. I am not saying that auto exchanges should be all together avoided, but if you want a human to look at your web page, then stick with the manual exchanges. If you are looking to boost the numbers on your sites counter, then by all means go auto. I would advise the use of both with the majority being manual.