Box 3.1 Methods for Increasing Traffic to One's Adult Web Site
Online Methods
- Sending unsolicited e-mail ("spam") that advertises the site
- Placing advertisements for the site on other Web sites
- Paying search engine companies for more prominent placement in their search engine's results
- Acquiring domain names with sexually oriented words in them
- Acquiring domain names based on common misspellings of non-sexual Web site addresses
- Acquiring expired domain names that have acquired some reputation for generating traffic
- Pay other Web sites to obtain their exit traffic (otherwise known as mousetrapping)
- Mailing list subscriptions (for which a user must make an explicit "opt-in" choice)
Offline Methods
- Advertising in print media (e.g., an adult-oriented magazine)
- Advertising on TV and radio
- Advertising through cooperating partners (e.g., a store associated with adult entertainment)
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