15 Tips To Increase Blog Traffic
Simple Ways to Get Your Blog is popular
1. Write Well and Write Often
Frequently
updating your blog with useful content is the first step to building
your blog's 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 as Google or Technorati.
2. Submit Your Blog to Search Engines
Get on the radar screen for the popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! by submitting your blog's URL
to them. 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 Blogroll
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. Harness the Power of Comments
Commenting
is a simple and essential 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. Syndicate 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 Links and Trackbacks
Links
are one of the most powerful parts 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.
7. Tag Your Posts
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
Taking the time to submit your best posts to social bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit and more can be a simple way to quickly boost traffic to your blog.
9. Remember Search Engine Optimization
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. Don't Forget Images
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.
11. Consider Guest Blogging
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. Join Forums, Web Rings or Online Groups
Find 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. Nominate Yourself and Other Blogs for Blog Awards
There
are a number of blog awards given out throughout the year. Nominating
yourself and other blogs and bloggers can draw attention to your blog
and drive traffic to it.
15. 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!
**5 Actionable Tips to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic
1. Participate in Group Boards on Pinter-est.
2. Automate Your Social Network Sharing.
3. Set up Profiles on other “Product Sites” and Upload your Content
4. Share your Competitions with other Comp Aggregators.
5. Submit Your Blog to Start up Review Sites or other Blog Directories.
