Like just about all webmasters, I have tried program after program for building my site traffic. I found a few of them really work, but most are a complete waste of time and effort.

Have you tried any of those multi-level link exchange programs? I've tried a ton of them. Only a handful of them produced any traffic at all. In other words, the best of them produced very modest results.

Now, if you are looking for "the key" to making your site traffic explode, forget it. There is no single "key" to success. But, if you are looking for the various means and methods to make your hit counter spin, the information in this report is one of those methods.

In building site traffic, it is important to rank high in the search engine listings. We all know that some of the large search engines rank a site based on its popularity. The term "popularity" refers to how many other sites are linked to your site.

Based on "popularity", a site with 1,000 other sites linking to it would rank higher than a site with 10 other sites linking to it. So the goal is to get other sites to link to your site.

THE LAZY WAY
The lazy way to get a lot of links is to join one of those multi-level links exchanges. You simply join, download a  list of links, and put them on your site. All the other members are supposed to do the same thing.

The problem with this method is that the major search engines are now set up to detect these programs and they are excluding them from their calculations. In some cases, they are excluding sites that are using these programs. So, using this lazy method of reciprocal linking is now counter productive. It could actually get your entire site banned from major search engines.

THE RIGHT WAY
There is a way to build a large number of reciprocal links with other sites--a way that will not get your site banned from major search engines. It does not involve joining any link exchange programs. It does involve doing a little bit of work.

1. Build a list of web sites that you believe have similar interests as your site.
2. Build a list of the webmasters e-mail addresses for these sites.
3. Place a link to these sites on your site and then e-mail them.
4. Notify them you have placed a link to them on your site.
5. Ask for a reciprocal link on their site.
6. Check their site later to see if your link is there.
7. Delete the links from your site that have not placed your link on their site.

I know this sounds very involved. Actually, it is. However, there is help available for free. I use a nifty little program called Link Crafter. It does everything in the list above automatically, including building the web pages with the links on them. You simply define your search, and fire up your modem. There is very little for you to do after that.

Some of the webmasters you contact will not reply at all. Some will reply that they do not wish to exchange links with you. Some will be more than happy to link to your site.

Using this method again and again will build a growing base of sites that are linked to your site. These are legitimate links from legitimate sites. This method of building reciprocal links will not get your site banned from the major search engines.

You need to understand that this method of building your site's popularity will not change your search engine ranking overnight. You will need to continue using this method over and over in order to build a large base of linked sites.

Even before your site popularity ranking begins to move upward, you could experience a jump in the number of visitor hits on your site. How? By getting one of the large, very popular sites to link to you. If a site is getting 50,000 hits per day, and they link to your site, you could get a spillover from their traffic.

Building site traffic consists of many different components and methods. For links to many of the best methods I have found, check out the Webmaster's Service Center at:

http://ksshow.com/webmasters.htm

So where can you get this Link Crafter program? From my site, of course. It is shareware, but the shareware version is so functional that you can accomplish all the above tasks with it. And once you download it, be sure to list my site among the others you are going to contact. Place my link on your site, and I'll reciprocate!

Here is the download link for Link Crafter: http://ksshow.com/files/webmaster/linkcrft.zip