Blog Catalog Discussion: Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks

kaybday on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

kaybday — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:55:44 -0500

Here's a fantastic link from a guy I'm interviewing for my column at The Writer:
http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/matts-big-blogging-resource-list/1137/

The list of links is just awesome. best, Kay

arvindsolid on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

arvindsolid — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:59:24 -0500

traffic means a lot to blogs...but what i feel is in case of personal blogs, a dedicated readership is enough rather than traffic...

PetLvr on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

PetLvr — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:31:21 -0500

at my http://PetLvr.com/blog/ site ... every week since about October 2005 I have been posting public service announcements for the Winnipeg Humane Society trying to get unwanted pets adopted. I think I have generated some interest and recognition in the local communities here .. I recently attended another local charitable event and was even modelling our dogs with coats and, was surprised that people knew my site when I mentioned it.

That's one of the biggest traffic generation tips I can think of. There's lots of stuff competing online with "online stuff". If you can add to the online internet stuff from your offline real-world .. (newspapers, live events, book reviews, etc) I think its easier to generate real interest and longer term traffic that way.

Ankitshukla1 on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

Ankitshukla1 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:29:17 -0500

Hey this discussion is really good....
I got gome new web directoris to log into, made my account in blogsoldiers etc... understood a newterm dofollow thing.

Well i am using blogger for my blog how can i enable that in my blog not wordpress????????

Please do reply

jeffj924 on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

jeffj924 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:37:23 -0500

Is it ironic that a post about how to generate traffic, generates traffic? Good ideas, now if you could visit my blog, I could use some traffic http://jeff.jensen.name hahahhahaha! Thanks for all the tips!

Conscious on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

Conscious — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:30:09 -0500

Offline promotion. Flyers Stickers.

PrettyLady on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

PrettyLady — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:32:45 -0500

Memes use to help, but I found once I quit taking part most of the traffic went along with it. Most of my traffic now comes from Google and stumbleupon.

absolutelytrue on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

absolutelytrue — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:52:10 -0500

This is a great thread. I get google, digg and some stumbleupon traffic.. the rest is from other people linking me and return visitors, bookmarks and RSS readers, stuff like that. I'm always trying to get more traffic though. I'll be following up with this thread to get more ideas. Oh also I try to update several times a day to keep content fresh. I never go a day without any posts, I think the regular visitors that I have expect something new when they visit. My traffic has been building up slowly with a couple bursts here and there but I am really looking forward to building a solid reader base.

guniwan on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

guniwan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:34:48 -0500

Wow,a huge list, Thanks zakman, I will check this one, You're a great Man.

Cheers,

Goonie

Hummie on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

Hummie — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:43:26 -0500

Great list, but now give me the time to do it!

zakman on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

zakman — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:22:16 -0500

Traffic? Some of it so so so misleading. My experience:

Last month I posted a video clip at: http://www.celebritybrands.net/?p=107

And last Wednesday I see my traffic shooting 300 per cent. Check the referrals, and I see that some discussions forum in Slovakia were discussing this video clip 'hotly' in their conversations. Of course I couldn't understand a word, but I could see "Jason Lewis", "Aero", etc. so apparently these guys were clicking the link to view the clip and comment or whatever.

I also see sudden spikes from stumbleupon. But can they be considered 'real' traffic? They're not from search engines, and they're not return visitors.

gsmile on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

gsmile — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:03:13 -0500

I blog about web development, webdesign, blogging, and making money at http://neonscent.com.

SeoBloGGist on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

SeoBloGGist — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:40:56 -0500

Stumble upon is the best traffic generator
I just wrote today about traffic if you want to check it out

http://www.bontb.com

bnsullivan on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

bnsullivan — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:38:03 -0500

Are we talking about looking for a lot of traffic, per se, or looking for a lot of comments? They're not exactly the same thing. I've seen low(er) traffic blogs that get lots of comments, usually by the same folks again and again, as the blog becomes a sort of mini-community. At the same time, I've seen many high traffic blogs that get relatively few comments.

If you're looking for traffic, good content and frequent posting are absolutely essential. Re writing with SEO principles in mind -- yes, and no. Write about what you want and what is interesting to you (and hopefully to others) and do it well. Keep SEO principles in the back of your mind, yes, but once you start contriving posts specifically to play to the search engines, it begins to show. I think it eventually degrades the quality of your content instead of enhancing it, and that in turn loses rather than gains traffic for you.

About 60% of the traffic to my blogs comes from search engine referrals -- mostly Google. Some of that traffic is one-shot stuff -- they're searching for specific bit of info. Period. Others seem to say, "Hmm, this blog is interesting" and they're the ones that either subscribe to the feeds or return periodically.

If you're looking not just for traffic, but for traffic from people who will comment regularly, then all of the social networking stuff that has been mentioned is the way to go, for sure.

(Just two cents worth from a geezer blogger. :-D )

marclougee on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

marclougee — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:16:19 -0500

Back again- my apologies for the typo's...too much of a hurry- ;-) All my cat's fault. Really.

marclougee on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

marclougee — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:14:53 -0500

Great bucnh of biz going on here! Super helpful. Looking to get folsk interested in stopping by my little 'ol film blog, have a look. Anybody out there inerested in DIY Film Distribution? Site traffic is key to getting the effort off the ground. Look forward to more tips!

jphillips on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

jphillips — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:34:59 -0500

I couldn't agree more! it's all about networking, relationships and community, guess i'm some kind of networking addict or something, but well, i enjoy it so :)

asking questions is definitely a great way to entice readers' participation, i'm now almost at the point where i know who's gonna leave the first comment on a blog post hehe gotta know your people, your readers, friends, visitors :)

signing-up for stumble upon surely helps a lot! just gotta make those readers wanna stay, subscribe to rss, and join in the fun! It's like any other networking site, gotta get involved.

redsil on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

redsil — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:34:59 -0500

Just a pointer, but I noticed that this really improved my readership: when writing a post, don't just state facts, but request that readers get involved. Actively request comments/participation. A little reminder at the end of the post to comment goes a long way.
And sign-up to stumbleupon;)

NicholasK on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

NicholasK — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:59:56 -0500

Yes I know. I wanted to cool off from work a while and whatta you know, I see Jonathan. lol. thanks for the welcome..

jphillips on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

jphillips — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:57:08 -0500

hehe, welcome to BC! nice to see you on here! It's cool to see familiar names! :)

NicholasK on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

NicholasK — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:59:50 -0500

Great post Jonathan, I've joined blogcatalog a long while ago, but only really noticed this discussion board just today. Nice to see you here though, at least I know someone around here.. lol.

redsil on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

redsil — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:36:23 -0500

oh, and one more thing: I second crkian's request for promoting this discussion to a sticky.

redsil on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

redsil — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:11:39 -0500

What a great discussion. Some really useful tips. I've been a little frustrated with low traffic to my blog, in particular http://redsil.com/blog/
I'm wondering if my niche (if it's a niche at all) is too narrow. I also receive very few comments. If anyone can give me some tips on my blog (I won't cry if you're harsh), that would be greatly appreciated (and if I can do something in return, I'd be happy to).
Thanks again.

zenvengo on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

zenvengo — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:38:30 -0500

There is no substitute to hard work. The most important thing one needs to do to generate traffic is make your blog SEO friendly. And it is not an easy thing to do. For that you need a senior blogger's help. And I've been looking for one. Can anyone guide me? For the rest, zakman has given some useful tips to follow and emulate.

crkian on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

crkian — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:22:17 -0500

Anychance of this thread being a sticky I can see a lot of new bloggers being interested in this especially all the links to blog directories and such like

crkian on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

crkian — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:22:17 -0500

I agree with the yahoo questions one I have had a lot of traffic from there, answer questions in a section that is relevent to your site and have a little sig leading back to your site.

nrlmedia on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

nrlmedia — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:29:30 -0500

Buying Traffic is the worst option. Usually traffic that is purchased is less than 30 seconds and your site is only visited because of traffic exchange points like at Blog Explosion. My largest traffic provider is Search Engines and I'd always try to get your blog seo friendly first. Buying Ads and Links helps with that and commenting and joining places like BlogCatalog is a plus as well. :)

syafthegeek on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

syafthegeek — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:10:27 -0500

Wow, nice tips. I'll try my best with this great tips.

zakman on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

zakman — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:43:26 -0500

Came across this at Yahoo! Answers. I don't vouch for any of this, but figured it might interesting reading and allow for comments from members who know better:

QUESTION: How do I get traffic for my site?

BEST ANSWER: Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

Getting traffic to your site requires a lot of work and patience.
One of the things you can do is to get an account at squidoo and write an article about a subject on your site and submit it to them. They call them lens. You can also answer questions at Yahoo answers and put a link to your blog in the source box. Get on some forums and answer some questions or interact on them for awhile, then put your link to your blog in the signature box for your forum replies or questions. Write articles and submit them to article directories with a link to your blog in the resource box. If you can't write then outsource the writing. Join a link exchange program such as link metro and get as many backlinks to your blog as possible. Get into some of the social networks such as Myspace, get lots of friends and suggest they visit your blog. Check out stumbleupon. You could also use some of the minor search engines and purchase ppc (payperclick) traffic for your blog.

SECOND BEST ANSWER (Chosen by me!):

1. Create great content everything starts with great content.

2. Update the content regularly make your visitors come back again and again to your blog by providing daily updates (even multiple posts per day!)

3. Submit your blog to blog directories use

WeBlogALot http://www.weblogalot.com/ping/...
Globe of Blogs http://www.globeofblogs.com/register.php...
Blog Universe http://bloguniverse.com/
The Truth Laid Bear http://www.truthlaidbear.com/addtoscan.p...
Memigo http://www.memigo.com/users/join...
BlogHop http://www.bloghop.com/account/index.htm...
Blogarama http://www.blogarama.com/index.php?show=...
Contents Matter http://www.bloghq.com/create.php...
PubSub http://www.pubsub.com/add_feed.php...
BlogSearchEngine http://www.blogsearchengine.com/submit/...
EatonWeb http://portal.eatonweb.com/add.php...
RDFTicker http://www.anse.de/rdfticker/addchannel....
Blogdigger http://www.blogdigger.com/add.jsp...
Bloogz http://www.bloogz.com/man_en/add_your_ur...
BLOGz http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/add.php...
Columbia Newsblaster mailto: blaster@cs.columbia.edu
RocketInfo http://reader.rocketinfo.com/desktop/add...
HeadlineSpot http://www.headlinespot.com/site/suggest...
KIOSKEN http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/engindex.h...
CRAYON http://www.crayon.net/using/suggest.html...
Kmax Bloglinks http://www.kmax.ws/featured.htm...
BLOGCATALOG http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/submit_...
BalticBlogs http://directory.balticblog.com/addblog....
Blogion http://blogion.com/?p=submit

4. Network with other bloggers comment on their blogs, read and link to other blogs and request them to link back to you

5. Email other bloggers pitch your post to other bloggers and hope that they will link or mention your blog

6. Use techniques to showcase your blog examples include meme games such as the Daily Meme http://thedailymeme.com/ or carnivals (visit the Blog Carnival http://blogcarnival.com/bc/ for various blog topics)

Source(s): Resources for Marketing Blogs http://www.powerhomebiz.com/onlinemarket

MomtoAnother on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

MomtoAnother — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:05:45 -0500

I think we have good content www.kidsbeddingblog.com...what do you think? How long to expect steady traffic stream?

Vicki

MomtoAnother on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

MomtoAnother — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:03:57 -0500

Our blog www.kidsbeddingblog.com has video links to youtube.com and other "like sites" we have had our site listed in directories (like this one) and have a few regulars...Need to build more but haven't a clue where to start...REALLY want a ROAD MAP or checklist to follow.

BasilandSpice on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

BasilandSpice — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:05:45 -0500

I blog. I research the best authors in the health/diet world and interview them.
My site, http://www.basilandspice.com is the #1 site in this regard.

The bottom line is content. If you blog it, they'll come.
Kelly Jad'on/Publisher

lyndonmaxewell on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

lyndonmaxewell — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:05:57 -0500

A meme is an idea, question, statement or project that is posted in one blog and answered to in many other blogs. Memes are used to propagate ideas in the blogosphere. Some blogs or web sites post memes on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.

punditman on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

punditman — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:00:23 -0500

Hello all,

I don't even know what a meme is, let along a DoFollow Meme. I am using Blogger. How do I enable this?

kathiemt on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

kathiemt — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:18:35 -0500

Blogs by default have built in the 'nofollow' code so that search engines won't follow the URL links added by those leaving comments on blogs. This was an attempt at preventing spam commenters benefitting from pasting heaps of links in comments. But many of us use plugins like Akismet that arrests most of the spam comments so in effect, it means that those leaving comments are really being penalised. Whilst visitors can click on a link on a comment and go to a fellow blogger's site, the search engines won't pick up the URL reference at all. There's currently a wave of 'dofollow' on many blogs, another plugin that can be installed that allows URLs to be followed by search engines. The default setting is 0 days after the comment is posted, I've changed my setting to 2 days, just in case a spammer gets in, which is highly unlikely.

You can find out more about it at http://soho-life.com/blog/2007/04/27/nofollow-link-for-comments/

jphillips on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

jphillips — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:05:02 -0500

You're welcome bro! :)

lasunrose on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

lasunrose — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:05:02 -0500

Some of these blogs are like soap operas without the disgusting site! Traffic.

scottalk on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

scottalk — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:05:02 -0500

awesome, just checked it, perfect... thanks, JP

jphillips on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

jphillips — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:11:15 -0500

hey antbag and scottalk!

of course i don't mean to spam or anything, but this post might be relevant to what you guyz are wondering :)

http://smartwealthyrich.com/rewarding-bloggers-dofollow/

scottalk on 'Traffic Generation - Tips and Tricks'

scottalk — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:18:35 -0500

Don't feel bad, Antbag, I still don't know what DoFollow is.