If you run your own referral sites... do your homework on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques (freely available all over the web.)

Learn about the proper use of META TAGS, robots.txt, and sitemap files.

If you are going to do it, do it right!

Oh, and don't use "frames" when building your site (they are not search enigine/index friendly - don't shoot yourself in the foot.)

Tell your friends, co-workers, and associates about your juicy secret extra source of income. Convice them if they need convincing. Coach them if they need coaching (hold their hand for a while until they "get it".)

This really works.

Be persistent, but DONT SPAM the search engines/indices. A good interval for me (with good luck) has been to submit at least once a month (but NOT more.)

A lot of engines/indices will quickly add you to their trashcan if you bug them more (not a good place to be.)

Regularly DO A SEARCH, as if you knew nothing at all about the subject of incentive / GPT sites. See what pops up. Notice the first site on the list. Notice what they are doing right? ...and what you are doing wrong? (meta tags, keywords, description, etc.) Notice keywords, etc.

Improve the quality, quantity, and newness of your textual content. Be honest and open, don't resort to superlatives and hype wording like "Go to this site and make $500 in an hour" and "fire your boss" (a big turn off and one of the reasons why people may leave your site early.)

Morph your site into a closer rendition of the top site and re-submit (another step up the ladder?)

...just common sense.

Join a link exchange network (thousands out there.) This may help slightly. Depending upon the quality (interest generated - staying power) in your site (compared to the others in the network.)

Take over an already popular web site domain that has expired (get 'em cheap if you know where to look) and post your referral links / banners there. Enjoy instant popularity with the twist of people not knowing what hit them once they've arrived.

...well, that's it for now.

To Be Continued...

Please, feel free to share your SEO / promotion tips, hints, and tricks here.

TIP:

Choose a referral banner that doesn't give up the whole site URL (or edit/make your own.) Many people will (for some reason) choose to type in the URL manually if they have the benefit of knowing it rather that clicking upon a referral link.

Leave 'em guessing a bit (make it a bit of a mystery) as to what site the banner is speaking of.

When speaking of sites, refer to them in a way that doesn't obiously intuitively disclose the URL (for example, if I was writing about www.CashLagoon.com, I would say "Cash Lagoon" rather than "CashLagoon", or "CashLagoon.com".

Amazing tips. That'd be awesome to get your referral link indexed on the first page of google for a popular site o.o I haven't though tof that
I might sticky this. keep em coming :]

CashJuke wrote:

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Amazing tips. That'd be awesome to get your referral link indexed on the first page of google for a popular site o.o I haven't though tof that
I might sticky this. keep em coming :]

Sounds good... I will keep 'em coming as I remember/think of them. (this section was dead, I had to make the first post just to kick it off to a good start.)