Awards Bring Rewards - Links!

For those of you who wish to increase traffic, both winning and presenting awards bring great benefits to your web site and can increase site traffic dramatically. There is a resource called the DVWorksheet that lists - and links to - over 500 awardsites worldwide! That'll keep you busy for awhile.

Why is this such a popular thing to do? Most awards require links back to their site when they reward you with that award. Some award sites require verification and provide certification numbers. All of that linking increases the search engine relevancy and popularity of the award site.

Be certain that the awards you apply for are relevant in your industry if you wish to use these links to gain search engine visibility for your web site. It will mean little to nothing if you gain award links from a web design firm if your site is about scuba dive vacationing in Florida. Choose those awards that concentrate on specific types of businesses within a niche industry like, say scuba diving in Florida to apply for their award. This strategy will increase your visibility and your perceived value to the customer.

Award sites most often link back to all the sites they have honored as well and this does the winner even more good. The high traffic award sites often send more traffic to their awardees and thus increase applications at those sites listed and linked as winners. This never ending spiral of linking and awarding is the driving force behind much of that activity. It is another traffic generator for all awarding and all winning sites.

That's the reason we proudly display the Surfers Choice Best of the Web Award the WebSite101 front page.

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