Hi all, about ten years ago when the Internet was just starting, I had a very popular website about Star Trek. (Yes, Star Trek!) It was one of the top 3 Star Trek sites on the Internet back then. And of course, back then, AdSense didn't exist, lol. But anyways, the site is now long gone.

Recently, I've started getting back into webmastering. I'm building a travel website to my hometown (and you guessed it, favourite city), Toronto. You can find it at http://www.rethinkto.com. But like I said, it's been ten years since I've been a webmaster, and am no longer up-to-speed on how to promote a website.

I've started answering questions on Yahoo! Answers that's Toronto-related, and only generating about 10-20 hits for about 5 questions that I answer. I've also started a Facebook group about Toronto with a link back to the site, that brings me visitors a bit. But all in all, I have about 100 visitors a day. Which is not 0, but still, can be a lot better.

Any tips on how to promote a website? Of course, I understand that "toronto travel" would be a very niche market, unlike other sites with topics that are more "everyday." It's not everyday you plan a visit to Toronto or any other city. But any help you have would be greatly appreciated.

I've just started using Digg, del.icio.us and other social bookmarking sites. Just... like yesterday. I'm still new to it. Like I said, these sites didn't exist 10 years ago! Any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, I should also mention that my AdSense ads has a click-through rate of about 5%! (But since I have 100 visitors, I'm only generating about $0.30 a day.)

Thanks,
Eugene

Hi I promote my travel business which is Global Resorts.
I make $1000 for every person I bring in. The product is a great stand alone product that save people thousands on resort vacations they would be already traveling to.
Anyway, since I use web 2.0, the ROI is excellent.
I use video for personal branding and you tube is good for traffic.
I also do articles and press releases as well.

Thanks
Dan H

Write articles about why people should visit toronto, how etc...and then submit those articles.
you should also start a blog, insert it on your website. This is a great way to generate fresh content, lots of links and drive traffic for people with questions, concerns etc...you can also submit your blogs to websites like technorati, furl etc...
try to get backlinks to your website with proper anchor text...

Viral Marketing works well for my travel site.

Hi euges429,
You can do submit your website in all relevant directories. It will optimize your site all over the net. Hope this will help you.
All the best!

It will optimize your site all over the net.

Nope!

it might advertise but it certainly won't optimise