Easy ways to Increase traffic on your blog

If your blog is simply collecting dust and is not getting the traffic you feel you deserve, listen up…

Traffic fatality is a common problem for bloggers. Their blogs are good, but no one is coming to visit.

Sure, everyone wants to know how to increase traffic, but there are so many promises out there – it gets confusing.  Increasing traffic is actually easier than it seems–provided you know how.

In this post I will go over 7 specific and easy methods of increasing traffic. These are guaranteed methods to draw more visitors to your blog.

Tip #1: Sign up for pinging services

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 know what pinging means, pinging 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”.

Pinging services include Yahoo’s blo.gs, weblogs.com, Google Blog search, and ZingFast.

Tip #2: Sign up for Technorati

If you go to technorati.com, 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 or branding to Technorati, 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 on there.  For more about Technorati, register for my free traffic guide. Read more