Ask HN: How did you get consistent traffic to your website?

4 points by steinsgate 9y ago ↗ HN

In the past, I have gotten spikes of traffic from reddit and HN, but this kind of traffic flattens out after a while. So I am wondering, if you have consistent traffic to your website, how did you manage to get it? Who are your referrers?

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finid 9y ago ↗

Content is king, so keep churning out great content. Eventually, search engines will be your major source of traffic, because that's how people find great content.

shloosh 9y ago ↗

I agree with finid in that the only real way to drive consistent traffic is with good content. One good suggestion that I've heard floating around the SEO community is to create a 'Beastly Resource' with content you know people will want and give it out for free. For example, if your website is about programming and you're a master with CSS, consider creating an awesome guide on CSS. If you're interested, here's an SPI podcast with Neil Patel that explores this topic in more depth: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/neil-patel-seo/

nickpsecurity 9y ago ↗

You'll find a lot of good information like that on Barnacles:

https://barnacl.es/

Check it out. Clifford's articles on SaaS startups are must read, too, as it's the reality check people need. Here's an example:

https://medium.com/@cliffordoravec/expect-everything-to-be-u...