The best way to get traffic is to position yourself in the search engines using methods such as fresh content, keyword rich domains and inbound links via submitting original articles to article sites. The other is paid advertising such as pay-per click and banner advertising. If you have a website that needs a kick start and you don't have the time or money to do any of the above then you might have to resort to dirty little tricks...

Setting Your Website As The Homepage On Library Computers
This one is pretty self-explanatory. This also works at Internet cafes. Choose a day to go out and switch as many computer's homepages as possible. Don't limit yourself to just one library either - do 'em all!