I have seen many methods for instantly setting up websites and generating traffic. Most of them bother me.

You see, when I'm browsing the web, I don't like to go to a site that is useless. I, as an internet user want to find the information I'm looking for as quickly and easily as possible. The search engines want it to be that way, also.

When someone sets up a cookbook site that contains useless or low quality content, they may fool the search engine spiders for a while, but if the spiders get smarter (and they always do..), the sites are eventually listed way down in the rankings.

My preferred method of getting visitors to a site is provide something unique and interesting.

One good example of this is by a guy named Albert Grande. If I remember correctly, he lives in Hawaii.

He has a site: PizzaTherapy.com.

He provides information on how to make good Pizza. I may be prejudiced, because I really like Pizza (And sometimes make my own), but this is an excellent example of what I'm getting at. He gets visitors to his site, many of which are looking for pizza recipes. But he also is an expert on internet marketing.

He gets visitors by offering quality content. Some of the visitors click on ads. Some of them join his mailing list.
Over time he has built up a large, quality list. He doesn't abuse it. I have gotten many valuable tips from him. He gives a lot of free advice.

And he gets his visitors for free from the search engines. As a side note, you will notice that the focus is on content, not making the site pretty. (No offense, Albert)

If you have a subject you are interested in, use it to build a web site. Keep adding quality content. After a while, more and more people will stop by. Some of them will click on ads. Some of them will buy.

If you want to try some of these "get rich quick" schemes, go ahead. But remember the tortise and the hare...