Get Site Traffic

Enlighten People:     

It's simple. The more people that come to your site, the more chances you have of them clicking an advert and therefore more money for you. Also, Google Adsense's CPM - Cost per thousand impressions ads generate money for you with every impression so the more the better. Traffic = good. But what are the best ways of getting traffic?

Search engines:
That's the way most people find websites. They search for them. Try SEO - Search Engine Optimization and keyword targeting. If you manage to make it to the top 5 or so results on Google for a certain search you are likely to get quite a bit of traffic on those pages (depending on the content). Of course, don't just sit there. Submit your site to Google, MSN Search (beta) and Yahoo!

Signature:
Put your address in your email signature. Put it on all of your forum posts. Basically, link to your site everywhere. This is a sure fire way of getting a temporary (small) rush of traffic and increases your page rank.

Feature:
Write or do something amazing and get noticed. Try and get your site featured on a popular site such as Slashdot. This brings in a surge of traffic and gets your site noticed. Be careful though - if you have a site that only generates small amounts of clicks and one day you get a barage of them, Google AdSense may ban you.

Get them back + Keep it real:
Make sure to update content regularly. Once a person has visited your site they often come back a bit later. If they notice that nothing has really changed they may not bother anymore. Offer RSS and email updates so that you keep your visitors. Also, the more you update, the more often the search engines will index your site.

Of course, if you have poor content, your traffic level will not make so much of a difference to your income. Use channels to track your AdSense income for different sections and page impressions. Get earning.