Direct traffic is the type of website traffic where visitors come to your website directly without being referred to by search engines or other websites. This type of website traffic also includes personal bookmarks, and RSS feeds. Most web admins pay less attention to direct traffic when running a campaign to increase their overall website's traffic.

Direct traffic visitor is one of the most important types of visiting your website could get. They have specifically chosen to visit your website, making them the most targeted type of website visitor. Direct traffic visitors are also not affected by outside factors, such as changes in search engine ranking. They also respond well to your website's offering and tend to promote your website or content more than the other type of website traffic shall they find anything useful.

Branding

Branding is the most important factor in getting direct traffic. Some would directly go to Google for search, CNN for news, and TechRecipes for technical howto (ahem). They have become THE place to go for their niche. Building a brand around your website would definitely increase direct traffic visitors.

Excel

There are just too many websites in existence on the Internet nowadays. To stand out from the crowd, your website should excel in what it aims to do. For example, from the many websites that provide technical howto on the Internet, SimplifiedGuide tries to be accurate and detailed.

Memorable

To attract repeat and direct traffic visitors, your website should be memorable in a good way. It includes an easy-to-remember URL, good design, etcetera. People don't always like to visit a cluttered website over and over again.