If you want a quick boost of traffic to your site, you might want to consider getting an expired domain name.  What is an expired domain name?  It is simply a domain name that has been abandoned by its original owner.  This happens for a variety of reasons, with the most common being lack of funds or interest in the domain name.  Either way, many expired domain names are already indexed in search engine results thanks to the marketing efforts of the previous owner.  Search engine bots do not take into consideration that there is no longer a website associated with it.

To get an expired domain name, you can pretty much go to the same sources you would go to for a regular domain.  Or, alternatively you can seek out sites that specialize in selling them.  Just make sure that you do your research before purchasing the domain name.  Check to see if it has been indexed for keywords that best relate to your site.  After that check to see if there’s any bad publicity associated with it, because if there is it would go for your site as well… at least until you get your own name established.