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How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
There
are many factors that make blogs much better than normal
WebPages including the speed at which blogs are indexed,
ability to submit to blog directories & normal directories,
pings and track backs. All these little things can help
drive more traffic to blogs. Here are 15 popular techniques
you can use.
1.)
Create at least four keyword posts per day. Most of
the top blogs such as Boing Boing, Daily Kos, and Instapundit
(with literally tens of thousands of visitors per day)
publish an average of 30 small 100-150 word posts per
day according to "Secrets of the A-list Bloggers:
Lots of Short Posts" by TNL.net
2.)
Submit to My Yahoo! When you submit your own RSS to
My Yahoo it is indexed by Yahoo.
3.)
Submit to Google's Reader. When you submit your own
blog RSS to Google's Reader the Google Blog Search will
index your site.
4.)
Add a relevant link directory to your blog and trade
links like a demon possessed! Although it may take more
time than simply submitting to a search engine one time,
this method is perhaps the best way to drive traffic
to your site. Use software such as Zeus to speed up
the link trading process.
5.)
Use ping sites like ping-o-matic. Ping your site every
time you add a new post.
6.)
Submit your blog to traditional search engines such
as AltaVista, and MSN.
7.)
Submit your blog to traditional directories such as
DMOZ. Directories (particularly DMOZ) increase relevance
with Google. DMOZ is very picky, but what do you have
to lose by trying?
8.)
Submit to as many RSS Directories and Search Engines
as possible. This is a simple but repetitive process
that can be done with software such as RSS SUBMIT.
9.)
Comment on other blogs. Do not just leave short, lazy
comments like "I agree." Leave well thought
out replies that will force readers to wonder "who
wrote this?"
10.)
Use track backs. If there is a blog that you refer to
or quote and it is highly relevant to your subject,
leave a track back. It increases your link popularity
and may even score a few interested readers from the
linked site.
11.)
Go offline. Use newspaper ads, public bulletin boards,
business cards, even stickers to let as many people
as possible know your blog exists.
12.)
Ad a link to your blog in your e-mail signature block.
13.)
Use Groups (Usenet). Find a relevant group on Google
groups, Yahoo groups, MSN groups or any of the thousands
of other FREE group services and find like minded people
and talk with them. Make sure your use your blog URL
like it is your name.
14.)
Use Forums. Forums are one of the best places to go
for advice. Go to forums and find problems to solve.
Make sure you leave your blog name, but be tactful about
it; some forums get annoyed with those who selfishly
drop a few links to their own site and leave.
15.)
Tag your website. Tagging is a new idea that has erupted
across the web. Sites like Del.icio.us, Technorati and
many others have a social feature that allows you to
place your article under keywords or "tags"
that everyone interested in that tag can see.
Although
these are some of the most popular ways to drive traffic
to your blog, do not limit your self to tips and lists.
Use your imagination and you will come up with thousands
of ways to drive traffic to your blog!
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