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10 Reasons Your Site Isn’t Getting Enough Traffic (and How To Fix Each)

Posted: March 26, 2010

Is your site not getting as much traffic as you had hoped or planned for? You’re not alone. Attracting visitors is easily the least understood aspect of building websites among new site and blog owners.

Is your site not getting as much traffic as you had hoped or planned for? You’re not alone. Attracting visitors is easily the least understood aspect of building websites among new site and blog owners.

by Corbett Barr

Here’s a list of 10 common reasons why sites don’t get enough traffic -- to help you diagnose your problem. One or more of these might apply to your site. If that's the case, the author offers suggestions on how to fix the problems.

  1. You don't care enough about the topic
  2. You picked a topic too broad
  3. You picked a topic no one else cares about
  4. Your design is turning visitors off
  5. You haven't given it enough time
  6. Your content isn't useful or interesting
  7. You're relying on the wrong traffic sources
  8. You aren't spending enough effort on the site
  9. You focus too much on content and not enough on marketing
  10. You haven't been reading this blog.

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