Getting targeted visitors from TopSites
TopSites are sites which will list your website for free. However if you want them to send you traffic, you have to send them traffic.

The way it works is fairly simple. You register your site and they list all the sites that have registered with them. The sites are ranked in order of who sends them the most visitors so if you send 100 visitors to them and everybody else only sends 50 visitors to them you will be ranked first and therefore be at the top of the list.

Which lists to join
When choosing a TopSites list to join your main aim will be to get targeted traffic. The best way to do this is to go to a search engine and search for a TopSites list which covers the category you are looking for. For example if you had a news site you would probably search for "news TopSites" or "news TopLists."

You should only join lists you can do well in too. If you join a list where sites are refering 1000's of visitors and you can only refer a few dozen there is no point registering as if you can't make it onto the first page, very few visitors will ever see your site.

How to refer visitors
The best way to refer visitors is with a good old fashioned text link. A lot of sites use pop ups to refer visitors but most sites do not like this as people usually close pop up windows and so the site will usually put in a script so that referals from pop ups are not counted.

Examples of TopSites
Below are a few links which reseive a lot of traffic. If your website can't refer that many visitors you are best staying away and finding smaller lists but the sites are worth checking out as examples:

Here are a few high quality topsites that receive large amounts of traffic:

* http://www.aaaclipart.com - Clipart
* http://www.top20free.com - Freebies
* http://www.hitboss.com - All categories

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