Did you know that the number one way people find information on the Internet today is through the search engines? When you consider how popular Google is this is probably not surprising.

If you want to get in on this traffic you need to be found on Google! There are only two ways to do that and those ways are pay per click advertising and search engine optimization which leads to organic rankings based on keyword searches.

This can be fairly complicated to do however it is worth the effort because 50% of all search engine traffic comes from Google. Therefore you need to make sure your site is showing up for the right words on Google.

You can purchase advertising to the Google Adwords pay per click program, and then only get billed when someone clicks on one of your ads. This is a very quick way to get on page 1 for targeted keyword phrases.

It is worth noting however that you should take some time to learn the proper ways to do this before jumping in with both feet. If not you will find yourself going broke and losing more money than you are actually making.

From a search engine optimization standpoint one way you can almost immediately notice more traffic is through blogging and targeting specific keyword phrases. Choosing keyword phrases that are three words or longer, and putting those in the title of your blog post is a great way to attract the attention of Google.

You need to carry it one step further and go ahead and social bookmark your blog post to some of the top social directories. This serves as search engine bait, not only for Google, but other search engines as well.

What does end up happening is you can find your blog article ranked on page 1 of Google and other search engines in as little as 24 hours. The only investment that you have into this is the time that it took you to write the article and bookmark it to the top social directories. All totaled you can do this in 30 minutes or less.

These are two top traffic building tips that can help you get more website traffic starting this week. It's well worth the time to master both of these traffic methods.