15 Tips to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
October 27, 2009There 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
Only Submitter.
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. Check out my forum:
http://BIGMarketingForum.com
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!
Posted by GSolusi. Posted In : Internet Marketing