If there is one thing which reveals the value of your website it is \u2018page views\u2019 and \u2018time spent on site\u2019. By page views we mean how many pages a web visitor went to in his visit. And \u2018time spent on site\u2019 means just that.<\/p>\n
There will always be those who pop in, view one page for 2 seconds and leave. In spite of visitors with stats like that, your site should have enough engaging comment to average out to at least \u2018one minute\u2019 on the website and \u2018two or three\u2019 average page views.<\/p>\n
How do you do this?<\/p>\n
Simply, if you increase page views you will automatically increase time on site.<\/p>\n
So let\u2019s look at how you can get more page views:<\/p>\n
The MOST obvious and most un used method for increasing page views is putting links to your pages right in the page text! This is called \u2018inline linking\u2019. Where you have a paragraph, and lets say there is a word or phrase in this paragraph which you actually have a page on. In this case you\u2019d link that whole word or phrase to its corresponding page. You\u2019ve seen this used religiously on Wikipedia. And guess what? People end up hanging around because everywhere they go there\u2019s more relevant pages to read!<\/p>\n
The reason this is not used more is because it is rather time consuming and dull work, but its too good to pass up.<\/p>\n
There really isn\u2019t much to this one. Just don\u2019t get caught in the trap of boring tasteless page titles! Make them ZESTY!<\/p>\n
\u201cBest Restaurants in New York City\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDisgustingly Delicious Restaurants in NYC\u201d<\/p>\n
Which one caught your attention? This requires time and creativity but pays off with more people clicking your link because it sounds interesting.<\/p>\n
Your reader hits the bottom of your page. There\u2019s no more text, what\u2019s he to do? Well, unless you are giving him something to do he\u2019s gonna close that window and be gone! So make sure you put a list of recommended\/related pages at the END of every page! Don\u2019t let him go, keep on serving him up your pages. And if possible make them related to the one he just read.<\/p>\n
Good web design ruthlessly controls the web visitor, and takes him where you want him to go and shows him what you want him to see.<\/p>\n
With this all said, it is obvious if your site only has five pages then you\u2019ll have to expand and get some content going!<\/p>\n
If your site doesn\u2019t have any content then by all means set aside time on your weekends to start writing pages. And for those of you insist on playing during your weekends and not working, commission the pros at Clear Imaging to write you up some content:<\/p>\n