Web Site Traffic Magnet

Web site traffic and how to get more of it is a hot topic for Internet entrepreneurs. The problem is that the discussion tends to begin and end with the number of visitors.

Traffic to your web site is less than half the battle. These days getting people to your site isn’t nearly the whole problem. Once they’re there, you need a way to keep them there, or better yet, keep them coming back!

Offering your visitors something of value is the best way to get and keep them as regular visitors. What’s the most valuable commodity on the Internet? Information!

That’s what the Internet is all about, folks…providing information.

The challenge has never been that there isn’t enough information. It’s finding the information you want quickly and easily.

Someone once described the Internet as a huge library with the books scattered all over the floor! Sure, there are search engines and repositories, but you have to use a number of them to find everything you’re looking for. Now you can provide your web site visitors a way of searching not only for information, but information in multiple formats…all from a single window!

Check out the widget below. It’s called Page Magnetizer and it’s a way of giving your web site visitors a kick-butt concentrated source of information. Enter a search keyword in the box at the top. Notice how the related search links below change instantly.

Page Magnetizer immediately returns the relevant references from all the major information resources for text, video, audio, and more. In one area less than 500 pixels square, you have access to targeted research on any keyword you can think of!

Play with it a while and see what it’s capable of. I think you’ll be amazed. I certainly am.

There are hundreds of potential uses for this little gem. It’s just launched so the price is currently as low as it will ever be. If you want one for your site, click the link at the bottom of the widget and grab yours before the price goes up.

Writing Widgets

One of my newsletter readers asked about getting a widget created for a particular purpose he has in mind. He wants to know what resources he would need to get a widget written.

The short answer is that widgets are written in PHP or some other web-friendly programming language. I’ve seen Javascript widgets, too, although the typical WordPress widget is written in PHP. There are tutorials available on the web (see below), but if you want the widget to do much more than display “Hello, world”, you either need to learn to program or hire a programmer to write your widget for you. There are numerous resources for finding contract programmers online. Some of those are listed below, as well.

By the way, I located these tutorials using a fantastic search tool called “How-To Seeker”. I find this tool saves me a ton of time when I’m looking for how-to info on the web. I never realized how much stuff is out there on virtually any subject you can think of and How-To Seeker makes it a snap to find what you’re looking for quickly. Highly recommended.

Here are several tutorials on writing widgets:

How to Create WordPress Widgets – This tutorial covers creating a Widget, creating a plugin widget, adding sidebars to a theme, and upgrading a non-widget plugin. Plugins are pieces of addon code that extend the functionality of WordPress, either behind-the-scenes or …

Create A WordPress 2.5 Widget – Create a plugin widget in WordPress 2.5. Covers settings up and using sidebars in your template, activating your widget, and displaying your widget. This tutorial is best suited for people familiar with both PHP and WordPress themes and …

simple wordpress sidebar widget step-by-step development – Sidebar – is an area that take place on the left or on the right from main area. Usually on sidebar placed blog common or quick access elements. This elements called widgets. Common examples: authors, tags, categories, etc. In the world of WordPress widget is a plugin subtype. That is activation/deactivation of widgets realized thru the control panel of plug-ins…

Here is a comprehensive list of sites on which to find contract programmers:

Freelance Job Sites Directory – Contract and part-time projects listed daily. ScriptLance Outsource your projects to freelance programmers and designers at cheap prices. Freelancers will compete for your business. Get programming done for your site in php, mysql, xml, …

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