well, webdev, i had my studies and Olevels and all, so i could not pay much attention to my website.
The technique???
I first created some html tutorials, which did not take long. then i made my website online. while it was online, i requested friends and family to go have a look at it and to recommend it to others. Some even found it useful!. At the same time, i added further tutorials like the stat counter one. I asked people what they wanted and so i wrote it up and added it. This way, i gained popularity.
Further, i submitted my site to digg and stumble upon and sites like that. That earned me more visitors. Also, i wrote an article on planning a website and submitted it to ezine articles. They published it and i got visitors from there too!
Further, i also maintain this website promotion related blog which supports my
website.
But the main thing i guess is that i chose a good name for my website, which is kinda relevant to the theme. I guessed people will probably search for 'easy to understand html tutorials' or simply 'easy html tutorials'. so you see, that helped too i guess.