Blogging
is a great tools for express oneself. To be a successful as a blogger patient
is obligatory. The blogosphere is a big and busy world with over 100 million
blogs and growing. How do you attract visitors to your blog? Follow these
simple tips to drive traffic to your blog:
1.
Write Quality and Unique Content and Do It Often
Write quality and unique content frequently
which updates your blog towards audience.
The content you write is what will keep readers coming back for more. Make sure
you have something meaningful to say to them and say it often to maintain their
interest and keep them loyal. Furthermore, post frequently to increase the
number of chances you have for your blog's content to be noticed by search
engines such .
2.
Submit Your Blog/Link to Search Engines
Submit your blog/link to popular
search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Most search engines provide a 'Submit'
link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those
search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.
It's important to understand that
simply submitting your blog to search engines doesn't mean your pages will
appear at the top of a Google search results screen, but at least your blog
will be included and will have the chance of being picked up by a search
engine.
3.
Use and Update Your Blog roll
By adding links to sites you like in
your blogroll, the owners of those blogs will find your blog and will be
likely to add a reciprocal link in their blogrolls. It's an easy way to get the
link to your blog in front of many readers on other blogs. The hope is that
some of those readers will click on the link to your blog on the other blogs'
blogrolls and find your content interesting and enjoyable turning them into
loyal readers.
4.
Commenting
Commenting is a great tool to
increase your blog's traffic. First, respond to comments left on your blog to
show your readers that you value their opinions and draw them into a two-way
conversation. This will increase reader loyalty.
Second, leave comments on other
blogs to drive new traffic. Make sure you leave your blog's URL
in your comment, so you create a link back to your own blog. Many people will
read the comments left on a blog post. If they read a particularly interesting
comment, they are highly likely to click on the link to visit the commentor's
website. It's important to make sure you leave meaningful comments that are
likely to invite people to click on your link to read more.
5.
Promote Your Blog's Content with an RSS Feed
Setting up an RSS
feed button on your blog makes it easy
for your loyal readers to not just read your blog but also know when you
publish new content.
6.
Use Trackbacks and Links
Links and Trackbacks are one of the most powerful components of
your blog. Not only are links noticed by search engines, but they also act as a
tap on the shoulder to other bloggers who can easily identify who is linking to
their sites. Linking helps to get you noticed by other bloggers who are likely
to investigate the sites that are linking to them. This may lead them to become
new readers of your blog or to add links to your blog from theirs.
You can take links to other blogs a
step further by leaving a trackback on the other blog to let them know you've linked to them.
Blogs that allow trackbacks will include a link back to your blog in the
comments section of the post that you originally linked to. People do click on
trackback links!
7.
Use Tag onto Your Posts
Adding tag is a powerful parts of a
blog.It takes a few extra seconds to add tags to each of your blog posts, but it's worth the time in
terms of the additional traffic tags can drive to your blog. Tags (like links)
are easily noticed by search engines. They're also key to helping readers find
your blog when they perform searches on popular blog search engines such as
Technorati.
8.
Submit Your Posts to Social Bookmarking Sites
Submit a quality and unique article to social
bookmarking site which would be a great job for your blog.
9.
Search Engine Optimization
SEO is part and parcel for your
blog.When you write your blog posts and pages, remember to optimize your pages
for search engines to find them. Include relevant keywords and links but don't
overload your posts with too many relevant keywords or completely irrelevant
keywords. Doing so can be considered spamming and could have negative results
such as your blog being removed from Google's search entirely.
10.
Adding Images
Don’t forget adding image.Images
don't just make your blog look pretty, they also help people find you in search
engine listings. People often use the image search options offered by Google,
Yahoo! and other search engines, and naming your images with search engine
optimization in mind can easily boost your traffic.Top of Form
11.
Guest Blogging
Guest blogging should be open for
all.Guest blogging can be done when you write a guest post on another blogger's
blog or when another blogger writes a guest post on your blog. Both methods are
likely to increase traffic as your blog will be exposed to the other blogger's
audience. Many of the other blogger's readers will visit your blog to see what
you have to say.
12.
Participate Forums, Join Web Rings or Online Groups
Join online forums, web rings,
groups or social
networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn where you can share ideas and ask questions of like-minded
individuals. Add a link to your blog in your signature line or profile, so each
time you post on a forum or participate in another online network, you're
indirectly promoting your blog. Chances are many people will click on that link
to learn more about you.
13.
Promote Outside Your Blog
Promoting your blog shouldn't stop
when you step outside the blogosphere. Add your blog's URL to your email
signature and business cards. Talk about it in offline conversations. It's important
to get your name and your blog's URL noticed offline, too.
14.
Don't Be Shy
Don’t be shy.The most important part
of the blogosphere is its community and much of your success as a blogger will
be tied to your willingness to network with that community. Don't be afraid to
ask questions, join conversations or just say hi and introduce yourself. Don't
sit back and hope the online world will find you. Speak out and get yourself
noticed. Let the blogosphere know you've arrived and have something to say!
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