Is your blog collecting dust and not getting enough traffic? What about your twitter account – are you getting any followers? I have found a great solution for both, so read on…
Traffic is a common problem for bloggers. Their blogs are good, but no one is coming to visit. Obviously, if you are taking the time to update your blog regularly, you would like to increase your traffic.
Increasing traffic is actually easier than it seems–provided you know how.
In this post, I will go over 7 specific methods of increasing traffic. These are guaranteed methods to draw more visitors to your blog. I’ll also share a special secret at the end, that will help you quickly get thousands of followers to your twitter account.
So, let’s get started:
Traffic 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.
Traffic 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.
Traffic Tip #3: Sign up for FeedBurner, a RSS service
What FeedBurner 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.
Traffic Tip #4: Bookmark your blogs at places like del.icio.us
You can set up an account and profile at del.icio.us. Then, using that, you can add links to your blog along with excerpts from your blog. Anytime someone visits your profile on del.icio.us, they will see a link to your blog and excerpts.
There are other social bookmarking sites that you can use in much the same way. The bottom line is, using these social bookmarking sites can help you increase traffic.
Traffic Tip #5: Post comments at 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 sign 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’re from.
Traffic Tip #6: 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 good amount of comments for each post), you can try to contact the owner of the 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.
Traffic Tip #7: Use keywords in your blog
Like regular web pages, having a good keyword density on a blog is a terrific way of getting search engine spiders to notice your page. (FYI: 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 unnatural – like you are trying to scam the search engines. Also be sure that the keywords used are relevant to your blog.
Before even making a blog posting, decide what the post will be about and
then select a keyword or two to use in your post. Then do it.
It’s a surefire way of getting more traffic to your site!
Now, as promised, here is the special secret to getting thousands of followers to your Twitter site. I found this yesterday, and have already had excellent success. Takes about ONE MINUTE to click the link below, and get started.
