How can I make my website popular?

[Amnesiac]

So guise,

I have a website here (http://freedomism.weebly.com/) that isn't popular. I know some of you guys have websites, and I was wondering if any of you have any tips on getting hits? I don't think it would be that hard, I mean, it's the Internet.

I don't plan on getting an actual domain until it's successful (if it ever will be), so that's out of the question.

[Zero Beat]

Advertising. Thats the NUMBER ONE way to get people to come to your website. Right here you have started with it, also known as "word of mouth". Tell someone, post it on FaceBook, MySpace etc. Get word out. Having google bot and other bots to visit the site. :)

[Amnesiac]

Advertising. Thats the NUMBER ONE way to get people to come to your website. Right here you have started with it, also known as "word of mouth". Tell someone, post it on FaceBook, MySpace etc. Get word out. Having google bot and other bots to visit the site. :)

I've posted it on a few websites and Facebook, but nothing's come out of it. Any specific ways of getting it passed around?

[nick]

Are you using <meta> tags in the page headers, they can boost your ratings in the search engines and help a lot.

[Perseus]

You could put it in your signature. :P

[Jess]

I advertise my website, and people don't join. because it's a school forum maybe.

[Amnesiac]

Are you using <meta> tags in the page headers, they can boost your ratings in the search engines and help a lot.

I'm intrigued, how exactly does that affect my search engine rankings?

You could put it in your signature. :P

You guys would get bored eventually :P besides, there is NO space in my sig for anything.

I advertise my website, and people don't join. because it's a school forum maybe.

Well, this is more of a general-interest website.

[Perseus]

I'm intrigued, how exactly does that affect my search engine rankings?



You guys would get bored eventually :P besides, there is NO space in my sig for anything.



Well, this is more of a general-interest website.

I bet no one clicks on those two links in your signature. :P

[Peace God]

Troll!

[Amnesiac]

I bet no one clicks on those two links in your signature. :P

Troll!

I bet nobody does.

So any serious suggestions?

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[Commander Thor]

I'm intrigued, how exactly does that affect my search engine rankings?


Properly configured <meta> tags allows search engines to properly index your site. So when someone searches for 'random newsletter' your site will come up in the results.
Sadly, most search engines index according to traffic, as well as relevence, so you'd be lucky to even be on page 10 of a search right now.

One way to keep visitors that you've invited, or that have heard about the site via word of mouth, is to have your own domain. They are cheap, real cheap ($20 for a year in most cases (After all the other fees they throw on)). It's just more professional. I mean, you wouldn't really think it's a quality website if VT were at 'virtualteen.webs.com' would you?
You also have to be passionate, real passionate about this site. If you let it sit on the back burner, it will never take off.
And as said before, advertise the hell out of it. Put a link in your signature in ALL forums that you're frequent on. Post it on facebook. Post it everywhere. Get the word out about it.
Anywho, good luck mate. :)