3 Great ways to attract traffic to your Blog!
While new methods of attracting traffic to your blog are coming out all the time, there are a few that remains as timeless classics and continue to be relevant today.
1. Pump Out Better Content
Before you do anything else, take a look at your content if it sucks, there is your answer to why you don’t have traffic. A blog post consists of several elements which are the title and the body copy. Most new bloggers fail to realize that blog headlines are so important they could make or break their blog.
Before your visitors read your content, they’d have to read the headline first. Writing a poor and uninspiring headline could result in you losing the majority of your visitors. Lets me give you an example: which of the following headline would you likely click? Leave you choice in the comments.
- Popular blogs by Technorati
- 50 Most Influential Blogs
The second element that you have to pay attention to is of course the body copy. Here’s a tip, you don’t need to produce good content with a perfect grammar and so on.
You just have to write posts that your readers want to read. See, when it comes to blogging, it is often not about what you want but what your readers want. While you might not be the best writer in town, that doesn’t stop many people from visiting your blog daily.
2. Optimize, Optimise, Optimise
As time goes by, it’s becoming increasing difficult to get your blog listed high up in the search engine results. While you can perform some on page search engine optimizations which undoubtedly are important, but it won’t guarantee a good ranking because obviously the external factors play a much bigger role these days.
Off page optimization factors include anything from the number of sites linking to your blog, the anchor text used by those sites that are linking to you, primarily your Google PageRank and so on. They all influence your ultimate ranking on the search engines.
While you can’t directly adjust the external factors to your advantage, you can do things such as improving your blog content (my first point), attracting links from other blogs and making your blog more social by participating in the comments.
3. Link are link handshakes
Again, this comes back to your content. You are more likely to attract links from other bloggers if you offer something that people want to read and more importantly want to share with their readers, thus saying they agree or find interesting your content. The online handshake. You should also be lining out to others great content.
Also bear in mind that not all links are created equal. Those that will benefit you most are links from trusted, authoritative, high PageRank’d sites, links that use relevant keywords in their anchor text, links from relevant sites, and links from variety of sources instead of just from one or two of your own sites for instance. I’m Blogging That… What are you blogging?
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February 12th, 2009 at 3:13 am
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February 12th, 2009 at 3:01 am
I like this kind of reading,
thanks for your blog,my rss reader like it :)
February 12th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I have been reading and trying to learn more about getting back links but it's still so confusing to me how to really do it. I know commenting on other blogs helps and I know if someone were to link to me, I should give them my keyword phrase to use but how do you approach others with that info to actually get those incoming links? It took me forever to understand search engine optimization and finding keyword phrases so I guess this won't be any different ha ha. Thanks for an informative post.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thank you very much for this post. Must of the optimatizions go hand-in-hand with seo. Become a seo-expert…
February 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Your welcome, optimizing just makes you more visible to Search Engines.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Great Question, I's pretty hard to approach someone about linking, but finding other blog within your niche and making friends with the other owners and by commenting on their blogs and creating a buzz for your blog. Thus driving traffic to your site, then by having great content, others in your niche will link to you because they want to share with their reader.
February 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Great Thanks for sharing
February 12th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Thank you for the nice post, I was having some spelling mistakes that some of my reader wouldn't accept that! they always correct me, this actually is good for me and my blog, they made me go back all the time and correct those words. I like this kind of comments that advice the blog owner about mistakes he have on his blog.
so this is why I am not really sure about the part of your post where you say "you don’t need to produce good content with a perfect grammar and so on"!
I don't know… but I like the advice on your post, thank you so much!
February 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I liked your advice
February 12th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Ever heard of Shoemoney? His grammar is terrible, while certain mistakes might be taken more serious, others aren't it's a hard line to balance. Good Luck.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Great Question, It is pretty hard to approach someone about linking, but finding other blog within your niche and making friends with the other owners and by commenting on their blogs and creating a buzz for your blog. Thus driving traffic to your site, then by having great content, others in your niche will link to you because they want to share with their reader.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Ever heard of Shoemoney? His grammar is terrible, while certain mistakes might be taken more serious, others are not it is a hard line to balance. Good Luck.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Great Question, It’s pretty hard to approach someone about linking, but finding other blog within your niche and making friends with the other owners and by commenting on their blogs and creating a buzz for your blog. Thus driving traffic to your site, then by having great content, others in your niche will link to you because they want to share with their reader.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
You are right. The content and the message are more important than grammar and spelling. While it is an advantage if these are good, they are not absolutely essential to provide great content.
February 14th, 2009 at 2:50 am
I agree especially with no.3 Before I didnt focus on it a lot but I guess links really do well..
February 13th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Just stumbled upon this place – excellent content here – adding your feed!
February 15th, 2009 at 2:35 am
You have to understand not all bloggers speak English or speak it well. That does not mean they're content is sub par. Be aware of this.
February 15th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Hey thats a photo from Bangkok right? They have really heavy traffic there man.. Haha
February 15th, 2009 at 4:52 am
It's from the Philippines, they have terrible traffic too.
February 15th, 2009 at 4:55 am
True, however with the majority of new bloggers comming from the US and the UK it can only help.
February 15th, 2009 at 5:41 am
I check the "about me" page. If they ARE English speaking and can't write properly (which I myself am guilty of from time to time) they lose some respect.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Exactly Blogging is done in order to share the ideas with others and that to if the topic is selected in accordance with the market need than it's success is sure.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:34 am
All of this stuff is very important important when it comes to building traffic. Link building does help a lot and should be a big priority for many people marketing their websites.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Very helpful post. About the grammar, well it pays to proofread your work and correct the mistakes you see along the way. However, it is really the content that matters. As long as you get your thought across, your readers will appreciate your blog. And I do appreciate yours, a lot..
February 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I agree about the content, and for me sometimes, even if i proofread it i still miss things. :)
February 18th, 2009 at 6:48 am
I have been doing freelance writing for certain clients in order to increase traffic for their sites. I was doing good at first yet few months after, I became poor with my proofreading since they are asking me to do a lot of articles. So what they did was that they cut me off because out of 60 articles I got 6 that were rejected for titles not matching text or my editor didn't think that i made few grammatical errors. I think most of the clients value articles with right grammar. They really do not need to consist high faluting words but it should be smooth and easy to read.
However, I do agree with the content though. And on top of that, people do go for tips or how to's all the time.
February 18th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Sorry to hear about your misfortune, however it shows the importance.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Apart from a great content, I agree that an appropriate and catchy title does help in getting more traffic and backlinks. With a lot of blogs to choose from these days, a reader's probing eyes will only choose those that get their fancy.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Great point on adding comments to the blog posts, something so simple but very few people do.
Chris
February 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
great Article i read and got more knowledge from here thanks for sharing!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am
These is very good & beneficial information for SEO methods…
Grate Work…
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I'll go for 50 Most Influential Blogs, of course! Catchy headlines are the best attention grabbers!
March 8th, 2009 at 6:28 am
I've just started out with some blogs in my passions. I was actually paying for this sort of info. My mind is boggling at the amount thats out here for free, so many blogs seem to be making a living of just information about blogging. Whats going to happen when everyone has a blog with thousands of backlinks? Is the number of niche's infinite, surely there are only so many viable niches?
March 8th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
You forgot to talk about social bookmarking and quality backlinks
March 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Getting quality backlinks is much more important than the quantity itself.
March 16th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Thanks for the article, its pretty much sums up what I always say, at the end of the day good content will always be king.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I couldn't agree with you. And I think the best way to attract traffic is comment ^_^
March 17th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Traffic for Blog having great headache , unique content and collection of back link always been hurdle for blog owner, one point that optimization which try to be make proper for my blog too.
March 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Hey what an explanation! Its really too good to know about this. Thank you for sharing..
March 19th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I agree Content is King. Best to have good content for readers to come back again and again to find value in the blog. Good backlinks are important also to optimize our blog.
March 20th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Getting quality backlinks is the most important factor. Obviously if quality content is there, you will naturally get backlinks.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 am
Have to agree with peter here and also the number 1 factor on the list. CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT. I recently ran into an old friend who started a blog and he wasn't getting much traffic, after visiting his blog the reason was simple. He was writing about creating databases for the law industry. One word BORING, perhaps I should sent him a link to this blog. Great work!
March 28th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Some great tips about getting traffic,
April 7th, 2009 at 2:09 am
loved your article it had a lot to offer considering the quality content you provided i truly learned a couple of new strategies just by reading this post because i never thought about these methods before thanks
April 7th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
well. you're right. I think content is the king, but we must think seriously about headline, because it can be magnetize our reader.
April 8th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Ver y nice suggenstions, and very Useful, Thanks.
April 17th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
what matters the most is content only. it is the central theme that needs to be alright and not the framing of sentence or grammar. if content is good, audience automatically be lured towards you. good.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I agree with eye-catching blog/article titles apart from great content. For me it plays a crucial role in getting a person read your blog in the first place. Link building with sites of good page rank also adds traffiic.
Van
April 21st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Nice list of advices. Thanks)
May 1st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Thanks for some great tips. Getting social on your site and visiting others is half the fun of blogging!
May 7th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Content and Link always been problem for new blogger like us when we newly entered in Blogging world no wanna help you free of cost and we can't afford so it would takes more time to learn, but you post quite helpful.
May 9th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Definitely the #1 thing is your content on your website, if you don't have great content, you are already at a huge disadvantage, even if you manage to get the best seo, and what not, you will probably not pull in your full potential of attention and traffic.
Till then,
Jean
May 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
As i read your post last time for attracting traffics , tried and i would say i got little bit success but happy with little success that my blog getting right path.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Thank you very much for this post..great post i think..:)
May 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I agree with you about content. I also agree with RidnMoney about headline. I've found that some of my blogs that have extra catchy headlines get the most hits. I think good content is needed but keeping it short and to the point is the way to go so your readers don't have to stay on one subject for to long.
May 24th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
and to put some nice funny pictures too :)
May 24th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I am struggling to get my blog up and running, than nobody wants to read it… it sucks…
June 19th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I got a proposal to optimize a website that deals with movies.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Its always important to try and produce your best work. Sometimes though., people will write amazing content but they will not generate traffic due to small but vital issues. For instance, they may have a poor headline… which as you point out is often make or break for whether or not people will click on it. People also make mistakes when it comes to link building.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
hi good thank you blog
July 11th, 2009 at 9:20 am
^^ I'm in love with your blog. :P
Thank you once more for the many tips presented here. I liked especially the part where you talk about content being number one and understandable titles. I think that is what is most important as well as many people are saying as well :)
Also seo optimization is important too but i think that with good content, your site will automatically become well optimized for seo =) especially with blogs as they are the ones with content…
Cheers ^^
Looking forward to your next posts :)
July 13th, 2009 at 11:21 am
very interesting post, but maybe the most important thing , is to work hard, and spend a lot of time on your website
July 16th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Great post! I agree, content is the most important.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Nice tips and great advice.This post help me a lot thanks for posting this.
July 19th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Very informative and helpful for us. Thanks :)
The first thing is CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT… and then BACKLINK BACKLINK BACKLINK
And it`s works for me
July 21st, 2009 at 7:27 am
I loved the advice. My content definitely needs to be reworked!
July 27th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Now its really very hard to bring traffic on the new blogs because there are millions of blogs already exist on the World Wide Web but its not impossible. by using the good latest contents and using Search engine optimization techniques, Exchanging links etc a blog can easily be gain good traffic.
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:32 am
Very nice suggestions, and very Useful, Thanks.
I appreciate it.
Sonum Rana.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:16 am
I agree! Optimize your website because it is a great strategy to build traffic.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:49 am
Fabulous post with nice tricks. Thanks for sharing. it could be useful for blog beginners like me . I have book marked this page and would like to suggest to my blogging friends.
August 29th, 2009 at 7:49 am
very usefull posts. i like the point
February 18th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
nice suggestions, yeah I know the contents should be interesting if I wants people to visit my blog often….gotta find the way
February 28th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
great stuff here :) , but of course creating original content is the pillar to bring traffic to your blog
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:44 am
Thanks for sharing the valuable Information Tricia it is a great Help
March 4th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
It's definitely all about the headline. Blogging is, essentially, modern journalism. Fo course, the rest of it has to not suck, but people won't even get that far if the headline is a duffer…
March 8th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I agree on every part of this blog. A good content does increase traffic but you also have to work hard to earn traffic. SEO is a good example.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:00 am
the content should be good…and there should be some question so u can make the blogger to interact..
March 30th, 2010 at 1:21 am
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March 31st, 2010 at 3:34 am
Nice content dude… THank you..
April 8th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I agree that links are important.
There are some services have been found to actually make it much more difficult for a blog to find link partners. I am referring to automated spam filters.
The typical professional site without an automatic spam filter loses about 5% of its visitors because the visitor simply doesn't care for the content of the site.
Say a Disney, for example. Some people will, believe it or not, be offended by the Disney site for one reason or another.
However, the average automated spam filtered site will alienate a full ten percent of its audience.
The first 5% is just human nature. That is, no matter what one does, 5% of visitors will be turned off by a site for a million different human reasons.
But, then in those cases where there is an automated spam filter as well, another five percent will be lost because the filter will trash the experience of new visitors.
For us at the College that is a real problem, so much so that we have recommended to our grad students to be very very careful about which spam filter one uses, and never one that can, without the blog owner's permission, ban a visitor, thus destroying a new prospect.
Regards,
Dr. Ann
April 16th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I know I’m learning a lot from you every week.
I’m especailly interested every time you create a resource and love to watch it grow your fan club.
Thanks for teaching us and for the ideas you’ve given me, although it will take me 2-3 weeks to get time to implement them.
April 16th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Thanks for the tips, Denise. And great timing since we're going to be covering how to get more traffic at our next blogging club meeting. It's always a popular topic. Great to have you out there in the forefront showing us how it's done!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
well define quality – there is already lots of great content on the net…
May 7th, 2010 at 2:31 am
in my opinion second headline is better because it gives reader an idea of list post rather than an essay type post, and most users find it easy to scan a list post.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:26 am
Because I have a wedding blog, I have a great deal of difficulty getting anyone to link to it. My blog exists as a recap of recent events, but nobody seems interested in them except potential clients. These are not the type that would blog about a blog themselves.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:12 am
I think the most important thing that matters in blogging is the quality content of the article. And the rest will folllow like on page and off page optimization.
May 10th, 2010 at 6:28 am
thank you for another wonderful post, i really am having a hard time driving traffic last week, hopefully i can have a better chance this week..
May 14th, 2010 at 11:40 am
This is great info, thanks
May 15th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Thats great; thanks a lot/
May 15th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
This is a great list, thanks I can learn a lot from it
June 19th, 2010 at 3:47 am
These three things are always the key parts for SEO success at whenever you are.
July 14th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Great ideas. Content is always key in my book. It is hard to stay on top of that for me a bit. While optimizing is easy. You have to have good content to back it up.
August 8th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I am also having problems with creating traffic. Being new to the internet is not easy…love reading wot u hve on your site. very informative…
cheers
nel
August 18th, 2010 at 5:10 am
WOW!! The features are just amazing… I love the way you did the graph… Really nice rogue
August 18th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Thanks for sharing. I am still learning about blogs and what to write and how to make them work. I too agree that how you write your title may determine who reads the rest.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:02 am
Im new to all this so trying to learn as much as I can.
This has been very usefull, Thanks