Website Promotion OR website traffic

There are many ways to promote a website or bring traffic to the website - 

Website Promotion - 1 - Submit to Search Engine or Submit to Web Directory

Search engines like Google or Bing
Web Directory like Yahoo or Dmoz


Website Promotion - 2 - Create a Blog or Forum or Communities or writing articles

Create your blog in blogger or wordpress, promotion of blog is also important some of the steps mentioned here may be used to promote your blog.

Website Promotion - 3 - Social Networking

Get connected to social networking sites like facebook, twitter or linkedin

Website Promotion - 4- Word of Mouth or add your website to email signature or to your business card or using distributing flyers or promotional products

This is also important but seldom neglected.

Website Promotion - 5 - Online Survey or Polls or online contest

Website Promotion - 6 - Google adwords, ppc, widgets, link exchanges, backlinks, banner ads , RSS feed

Website Promotion - 7 - Creating videos, ebooks, email promotions, participating in question and answer, podcasting

Website Promotion - 8 - Viral Marketing