How to Get Blog Traffic
In this section we'll take a look at ways to promote your blog. Here are a few tips for getting traffic to your blog:
Tag and Ping - It seems pretty obvious, but most bloggers, even those who are more experienced don't sign-up for pinging services. If you're new to blogging and don't understand pinging, it basically means that when your blog is updated, a ping is sent out by the service to let pinging sites know that your blog has been updated. People who are visiting sites with pinging services will then see your blog flash across the side of the screen as "newly updated". To access a list of ping services, click here. To update your blog with new ping services, simply.....
- Login into your blogs admin area, click on "settings" then "writing"
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and search for the box with the title "updates services.
- Paste in your list of ping services and click "save changes"
- All done!
Sign-up for Technorati - If you go to Technorati, you'll see an option on the left side of the screen to "Claim Your Blog". Doing so allows you to get updated link counts, add your photo and see your Technorati link. Having your blog claimed on Technorati helps to increase traffic because the millions of people who go to that site will have a chance to see your blog there.
Sign-up for FeedBurner - What Feed Burner basically does for your blog is it helps you to promote your blog's content, build your audience and measure your audience. In other words, it helps you increase your blog's traffic.
Sign-up at Feedage - Sign-up for a free account at Feedage, submit your blog's feed to them. Every time your blog is updates, they post your feed on their site. This is an easy way to get more one way back links to your blog.
Bookmark your Blog at Social Networking Sites - You can set up an account at Only Wire and have your blog posts listed on several social networking sites instantly. Only Wire provides your with a link to bookmark. Each time you update your blog, simply click on this link, fill in the form and click "submit". Your blog post will be sent to their list of social networking sites. Anytime someone visits your profile on one of these sites, they will see a link to your blog and excerpts. There are many other social bookmarking sites that you can use in much the same way, but be careful not to bookmark too often - some of the sites will delete your account if it appears that you're spamming. Digg is very strict about this.?
Post Comments on Other Blogs - No, this doesn't mean you should go and spam other blogs with comments that are only there to promote a site. It means that you should visit similar blogs to your own, post legitimate comments and then provide your name (along with a link to your blog). This way, people know you aren't there just to promote your site - you're there to post a good piece of feedback and also say where you are from. You can get free software to find blogs in your niche fast at Fast Blog Finder. This software works great and speeds up the comment posting process tremendously. They also sell a paid version that is well worth the money.
Ask Owners of Other Blogs to Post a Link to Yours - Find other blogs that are similar to yours. If they seem to be decently popular (that is, they have a several comments for each post), you can try to contact the owner of each blog to add a link to your blog if they have a links section. To make them really want to do this, you can offer to link back to their blog on your blog. People do this reciprocal blog linking all the time and it does help to increase traffic.
Use Keywords in Your Blog - Like regular web pages, having good keyword density in blog posts is a terrific way to get search engine spiders to notice your page. Search engine spiders are programs from search engines that browse sites and report back their findings to the search engine database, which then lists that site. The more keywords on your site, the more likely it is for a search engine spider to pay a visit. If your average blog posting is around 200 words, try to use 2-6 keywords per blog post. 2-6 keywords in a blog posting of 200 words is a keyword density of between 1 and 3 percent - a respectable number. Remember that you don't want to use too many keywords, as that will make your blog look bad. Also be sure that the keywords used are relevant to your blog. Before even writing a blog post, decide what the post will be about and then select a keyword or two to use in your post. It's a surefire way of getting more traffic to your site! There are many other ways to promote your blog, however the ones above have proven to be very effective. The key to ensuring these traffic-generating methods work is to keep your blog updated consistently with plenty of unique, relative and useful content.
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