Imagine you own a popular coffee chain in Denver that you want to promote. On Monday afternoon, it’s warm and 80 degrees in the city. You run a display ad campaign online that offers Denverites a discount coupon for an iced cold latte, with a searchable map embedded in the ad to show local branches, and a real-time feed from people who have tweeted publicly about your newest flavor. That evening, a cold front rolls over the Rockies. Your ad automatically and dynamically adjusts to present a photo of a hot, steaming cup of hot chocolate in front of a warm fireplace, together with a home delivery number and an offer of free marshmallows.
Creative? Absolutely. Impossible? Hardly. You can do this today using technology from Teracent that we’re working to roll out for clients who advertise on the Google Content Network or who use DoubleClick Rich Media.
There’s no doubt that advertisers today are increasingly seeking to run campaigns that are highly measurable and relevant to users. That’s one of the benefits of advertising on the Internet. But great ad campaigns are about more than clicks or numbers. The best campaigns are so memorable and effective because they make an emotional bond with us. The very best can engage us, move us and make us feel a connection with the brand that’s being promoted. That’s the real creative genius of advertising.
We traditionally think of TV as the most creative advertising media. But display advertising has the promise of a couple of things that even TV doesn't have — the ability to dynamically customize ads in infinite ways and the opportunity to enable a true two-way interaction and dialogue with users.
Here are some examples of how creative ads have been used to drive engagement and deliver great results:
* An award-winning rich media ad that was created by Euro RSCG for the new Volvo XC60. In addition to an interactive game, photos and gallery, it incorporated a Twitter feed from the New York Auto show. In just three days, the campaign garnered 170 million impressions, 50,000 clicks and 17,000 hours of brand engagement. No other type of advertising format could have come close in driving this type of conversation with a brand's potential customers.
* A great campaign for Harley Davidson, created by the agency Overdrive. This ad functions almost like a website — with interactive video, Twitter and Facebook Share functionality, as it invites people to send a "Tribute to the Troops" for Veteran's Day. Over 280,000 people clicked to watch the video embedded in the ads and more than 18,000 Tributes were sent to troops from this campaign.
Some in google industry have asked why google aren’t seeing more creative display ad campaigns like these. In google view, it’s definitely not because of a lack of creativity or an unwillingness to experiment. The problem to date has been the lack of tools and technologies necessary to do this at scale across the Internet.
It takes hard work to create, serve and measure the impact of these ads. Under the hood, there’s a lot of technology that needs to come together for them to work seamlessly. Take the Harley Davidson ad: It contains dozens of complex creative elements, integrations with various technologies like Flash, numerous APIs, Twitter and Facebook, and multiple parties involved in its creation and delivery — from the creative agency, to teams at Google, through to the ad operations teams at the publisher. You could spend hundreds or thousands of hours building out creative concepts and ads like this, but ultimately only run them on a few sites because the customization takes so much time to implement across the web.
We believe that technology, by streamlining and eliminating some of the hard work involved, and by offering new creative possibilities, can be a great enabler of more creative ads.
What if it were seamless to serve and run highly creative ad units — not just on one site, but on thousands of sites, and also in videos and on mobile phones? What if it were simpler to incorporate social features in the ad creative itself — such as letting people endorse and spread particular ads or campaigns to their friends? What if you could serve video ads that included simple tools in the ad creative itself that allowed users to easily make their own mashups of your ad, and post and share them with friends?
And what if you could make a few different creative elements for an ad, and then have them dynamically chosen, depending on factors like where the ad’s shown, product availability, time of day and any other variable you choose — just like the coffee ad I mentioned at the start? That way, agencies and advertisers would be able to spend their time building out their creative concepts and ads, and technology can multiply the impact by running it on thousands of sites with millions of variations for every website and user.
Technology is evolving rapidly and will help facilitate all of this in the months and years ahead. What about imagining what might be possible on your phone in a few years? Let’s say you're walking down the street, using an augmented reality app on your mobile phone to see what's interesting around you. In your viewfinder, you see a billboard for a great product — basketball shoes. Using image recognition, the app could recognize that it's a billboard for a particular shoe brand, show an expandable ad for that brand, let you choose to watch a video of one of their shoes in action, display all the nearest stores on an accompanying map, and include a way for you to order a shoe and pick it up on your way home from work.
That’s just one example of what one day will be possible in the world of display advertising. It’s the goal of google display advertising efforts to produce the tools and technologies to allow for this type of unbridled creativity at a grand scale.
Friday, March 26, 2010
coloborating bookmarks with lists
Earlier this month google added stars in search so that you can easily mark and rediscover your favorite websites. Today google debuting lists in Google Bookmarks, an experimental new feature that helps you easily share those sites with friends.
Bookmarks are a great way to keep track of your favorite content across the web and we want to help you share them with your friends. To use lists, visit Google Bookmarks at google.com/bookmarks or by clicking “Manage all” in your Google Toolbar. From there, select the links you want to share and click “Copy to list.” Lists are private by default, but once you’ve created one you can share it with specific friends or even publish it to the web. For example, if a friend of yours is visiting Seattle for the first time and you have some local attractions bookmarked, you might want to create a new list for “Seattle attractions” and share it with your friend.
Sharing lists can help you collaborate with your friends on common interests or activities. Let’s say you’re planning a group trip to Paris. With a list, everyone can contribute useful links and resources, such as packing lists, hotel links, flight information and attractions. You could also create lists for your favorite hobbies, and then share them with friends who share your interests. Lists dynamically generate previews for many pages so you can get a sense of the site before clicking.
Lists also help you discover new web content. For example, once you’ve created your list of favorite Seattle attractions, Google will algorithmically analyze your list to identify other potentially relevant links, such as the Seattle Aquarium. Similarly, when google detect that a list is relevant to a specific region, we provide a map of those places and relevant info for each place, such as addresses, hours and reviews.
Bookmarks are a great way to keep track of your favorite content across the web and we want to help you share them with your friends. To use lists, visit Google Bookmarks at google.com/bookmarks or by clicking “Manage all” in your Google Toolbar. From there, select the links you want to share and click “Copy to list.” Lists are private by default, but once you’ve created one you can share it with specific friends or even publish it to the web. For example, if a friend of yours is visiting Seattle for the first time and you have some local attractions bookmarked, you might want to create a new list for “Seattle attractions” and share it with your friend.
Sharing lists can help you collaborate with your friends on common interests or activities. Let’s say you’re planning a group trip to Paris. With a list, everyone can contribute useful links and resources, such as packing lists, hotel links, flight information and attractions. You could also create lists for your favorite hobbies, and then share them with friends who share your interests. Lists dynamically generate previews for many pages so you can get a sense of the site before clicking.
Lists also help you discover new web content. For example, once you’ve created your list of favorite Seattle attractions, Google will algorithmically analyze your list to identify other potentially relevant links, such as the Seattle Aquarium. Similarly, when google detect that a list is relevant to a specific region, we provide a map of those places and relevant info for each place, such as addresses, hours and reviews.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Getting Targeted Traffic to your Blog using Google Adword
Google Adwords is a great tool to drive targeted traffic to your blog. You can target specific keywords from your blog that you know people will be searching for. You’ll know the keywords from having done your research on search trends and competition when you set up your blog. Which obviously means you are putting your ad in front of a hungry audience (the best kind!).
Now there’s a lot of free and paid for information out there for Adwords. I started out by using Google Cash, it was recommended to me by a writing newsletter I subscribe to (Google Cash 3 has recently been released). I also subscribed to any free courses that I came across (they are after your email address but you can always unsubscribe afterwards).
But don’t forget Google itself! adwords.google.com explains exactly what adwords does and the best way to utilise it. It also has a help centre that’s crammed full of information, demo’s, guides, troubleshooting and FAQ’s. The information is useful and they take you through each step in producing an adwords ad. It’s all free to use, just sign up for an account and have a look around
Now there’s a lot of free and paid for information out there for Adwords. I started out by using Google Cash, it was recommended to me by a writing newsletter I subscribe to (Google Cash 3 has recently been released). I also subscribed to any free courses that I came across (they are after your email address but you can always unsubscribe afterwards).
But don’t forget Google itself! adwords.google.com explains exactly what adwords does and the best way to utilise it. It also has a help centre that’s crammed full of information, demo’s, guides, troubleshooting and FAQ’s. The information is useful and they take you through each step in producing an adwords ad. It’s all free to use, just sign up for an account and have a look around
Get Traffic tro your blogs from Emails!
So how can you get traffic to your blog from emails?
Add your blog address to your email signature like we did with forums. You can add a message to the signature, inviting your recipient to pass your information on to a friend if they enjoyed your blog.
Then every time you email your list (if you have one) or family or friends, then your blog address is sent with it, giving you more exposure. And hopefully if they do enjoy your blog and pass it on, then it can become viral and bring in traffic for your blog over some time!
Add your blog address to your email signature like we did with forums. You can add a message to the signature, inviting your recipient to pass your information on to a friend if they enjoyed your blog.
Then every time you email your list (if you have one) or family or friends, then your blog address is sent with it, giving you more exposure. And hopefully if they do enjoy your blog and pass it on, then it can become viral and bring in traffic for your blog over some time!
Friday, March 19, 2010
adsence a great earning way from google
How To Make Money With Adsense
Adsense is one of the most effective ways of monetizing your traffic and the deeper you delve into it the more it will reward you. Understanding Adsense.com has been set up to help you do just that.
It covers everything from building your first website to building a virtual real estate empire. Things like how to target your keywords, how to find and target niches, how to optimize your ads...
Latest Articles:
How To Find A Profitable Adsense Niche
The profitability of an Adsense niche is primarily based on the amount that Adwords advertisers are spending to compete in that niche.
Remember that an Adsense ad is only an Adwords ad that is appearing on your site and not Google. The amount that an ad generates per click is therefore directly related to the amount that Adwords advertisers are paying per click. Bottom line - if they are paying more we earn more.
So how can you find out which niches (and which keywords inside those niches) advertisers are spending more money on?
I use two different methods:
1. Keyword Research With Keyword Country
As you will have probably have started to gather I cannot lay enough praise on this tool. In fact I struggle to understand how I researched, chose and targeted niche sites before I got hold of it...it's that good. Aswell as being able to search by category or keyword you can also search by price range. For example, you can decide to find keywords that have an average cpc of say between $18 and $20. If you enter this price range it will return a list of keywords which fall inside that parameter - in this case - 3957 different keyword phrases.
The top 5 rated keywords in this cpc range were: "credit card", "free credit report", "mortgage rates", "consolidate debt" and "website hosting". All you need to do is go down the list work out which ones would be suitable for an Adsense monetized information site, extend your keyword research by taking your chosen phrase and entering it into the search box, build the content, integrate the Adsense and promote your new website.
2. Affiliate Analysis With CJ
A different method is to forget keywords for a minute and to focus on markets and their advertisers. Adwords advertisers are made up of two types of people - companies and affiliates. We can't easily find out how much companies are making but we can find out how much their affiliates are by joining up to a third part affiliate network like Commission Junction (CJ), which connects companies that are selling products and website publishers like me and you who are willing to promote them for a commission.
My premise is that if you find the markets that are profitable for affiliates you will find the markets that are profitable for Adsense monetized sites. Why? Because a profitable market is one that you can spend a good sum of money on advertising and still make a healthy return.
Where the affiliates are earning good money, the companies and the affiliates will be spending big money on Adwords advertising.
You can find which markets are profitable in CJ by using their catrgory lists and sorting features. Once logged in simply follow this process:
1. Click on Get Links > this will take you to a categorical listing of all the advertiser programs.
2. Choose A Market From The Category List > this will bring up all the advertiser programs inside that niche category.
4. Click "3 Month EPC" > this will bring the top performing affiliate programs in that niche to the top of the pile. EPC stands for "earnings per click" (at CJ this is earnings per 100 clicks) and illustrates on average how much affiliates are earning for each set of 100 people they direct to that program. For example, the top performer in the financial services niche is a company specialising in mortagage refinance and equity release, with a massive 3 month epc of $354.90.
Now I have my profitable niches - "mortgage refinance" and "equity release" - I go to Keyword Country to see if my theory is correct. If I type in those two keyword phrases, Keyword Country will return to me average cpc, number of searches, competition, number of Adwords advertisers and profitablity rating for every keyword related to those two seperate niches. If I'm right the average CPC for these two keywords will be very high.
This is what Keyword Country told me:
Mortgage Refinance - average cpc $27.17 across 823 related keywords.
Equity Release - average cpc $10.145.
The theory proved correct and I've found two profitable niches that I could build a mini informational site around. In addition, I would integrate the appropriate high paying affiliate program which would give me a second means of monetizing my traffic.
There are hundreds and hundreds of these niches you just have to do the research and find them. If you're using the correct method and know where and how to look you'll be able to build a targeted site around a profitable niche within a few days. Again, these type of mini targeted sites are best and most effectively built using XSitePro.
Best of luck,
Adsense is one of the most effective ways of monetizing your traffic and the deeper you delve into it the more it will reward you. Understanding Adsense.com has been set up to help you do just that.
It covers everything from building your first website to building a virtual real estate empire. Things like how to target your keywords, how to find and target niches, how to optimize your ads...
Latest Articles:
How To Find A Profitable Adsense Niche
The profitability of an Adsense niche is primarily based on the amount that Adwords advertisers are spending to compete in that niche.
Remember that an Adsense ad is only an Adwords ad that is appearing on your site and not Google. The amount that an ad generates per click is therefore directly related to the amount that Adwords advertisers are paying per click. Bottom line - if they are paying more we earn more.
So how can you find out which niches (and which keywords inside those niches) advertisers are spending more money on?
I use two different methods:
1. Keyword Research With Keyword Country
As you will have probably have started to gather I cannot lay enough praise on this tool. In fact I struggle to understand how I researched, chose and targeted niche sites before I got hold of it...it's that good. Aswell as being able to search by category or keyword you can also search by price range. For example, you can decide to find keywords that have an average cpc of say between $18 and $20. If you enter this price range it will return a list of keywords which fall inside that parameter - in this case - 3957 different keyword phrases.
The top 5 rated keywords in this cpc range were: "credit card", "free credit report", "mortgage rates", "consolidate debt" and "website hosting". All you need to do is go down the list work out which ones would be suitable for an Adsense monetized information site, extend your keyword research by taking your chosen phrase and entering it into the search box, build the content, integrate the Adsense and promote your new website.
2. Affiliate Analysis With CJ
A different method is to forget keywords for a minute and to focus on markets and their advertisers. Adwords advertisers are made up of two types of people - companies and affiliates. We can't easily find out how much companies are making but we can find out how much their affiliates are by joining up to a third part affiliate network like Commission Junction (CJ), which connects companies that are selling products and website publishers like me and you who are willing to promote them for a commission.
My premise is that if you find the markets that are profitable for affiliates you will find the markets that are profitable for Adsense monetized sites. Why? Because a profitable market is one that you can spend a good sum of money on advertising and still make a healthy return.
Where the affiliates are earning good money, the companies and the affiliates will be spending big money on Adwords advertising.
You can find which markets are profitable in CJ by using their catrgory lists and sorting features. Once logged in simply follow this process:
1. Click on Get Links > this will take you to a categorical listing of all the advertiser programs.
2. Choose A Market From The Category List > this will bring up all the advertiser programs inside that niche category.
4. Click "3 Month EPC" > this will bring the top performing affiliate programs in that niche to the top of the pile. EPC stands for "earnings per click" (at CJ this is earnings per 100 clicks) and illustrates on average how much affiliates are earning for each set of 100 people they direct to that program. For example, the top performer in the financial services niche is a company specialising in mortagage refinance and equity release, with a massive 3 month epc of $354.90.
Now I have my profitable niches - "mortgage refinance" and "equity release" - I go to Keyword Country to see if my theory is correct. If I type in those two keyword phrases, Keyword Country will return to me average cpc, number of searches, competition, number of Adwords advertisers and profitablity rating for every keyword related to those two seperate niches. If I'm right the average CPC for these two keywords will be very high.
This is what Keyword Country told me:
Mortgage Refinance - average cpc $27.17 across 823 related keywords.
Equity Release - average cpc $10.145.
The theory proved correct and I've found two profitable niches that I could build a mini informational site around. In addition, I would integrate the appropriate high paying affiliate program which would give me a second means of monetizing my traffic.
There are hundreds and hundreds of these niches you just have to do the research and find them. If you're using the correct method and know where and how to look you'll be able to build a targeted site around a profitable niche within a few days. Again, these type of mini targeted sites are best and most effectively built using XSitePro.
Best of luck,
Thursday, March 18, 2010
sites to get more traffic
Once you’ve submitted your blog to those directories, they will categorize you, and your blog will “ping” their servers every time you’ve created/updated a posting on your blog, which is a fancy way of saying “you’ve informed them that you’ve updated your blog”, which in simple terms…This does great things for your blog in terms of search engine optimization.
Once you’ve added your blog to the directories, the next important thing you need to do is submit your postings to the major Social Media Networking sites, such as StumbleUpon, Digg, Del.icio.us, and more. While it’s not required that you add every posting that you post, I do recommend it – or at least the majority of your postings. If you think somebody would be interested in reading a particular posting – submit it. It’s only going to help you in the end. Now, I bet you’re wondering how many Social Media Networks do I need to submit my article to? Well – that’s up to you, as a blogger. The more you submit to, the more traffic you’ll see and more exposure you’ll get, but, it can be time consuming. So, if you don’t have the time to submit it to all of the Social Media Networks, pick the best ones, such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Del.icio.us, and Google Bookmarks. Here is a list of other Media Networks that you might be interested in:
* Searchles
* Technorati
* Blogg Buzz
* Del.icio.us
* StumbleUpon
* Reddit
* Digg
* Yahoo! My Web
* Clipmarks
* BlogMarks
* Furl
* Google Bookmarks
* Blue Dot
* NetVouz
* Diigo
* Del.lirio.us
* Feedmarker
* Scuttle
* Simpy
* Mag.nolia
Now those two methods mentioned above are sure fire ways to get more traffic to your blog, but do remember, fresh and new content is needed for those methods to work. It can be a tedious, and an annoying process at first, but the end result will be well worth all of your troubles.
The next main way to get traffic onto your blog is to properly use search engines to your benefit. When you are creating postings on your blog, you will see areas within your posting form (a posting form is the form or template that allows you to post your articles) that will allow you to enter “keywords” and “keyword phrases”. What you will do in this situation is add in any keyword that you feel relates to your article. So, when somebody goes to a search engine and types in “shoes” or “brown shoes”, make sure you’ve added those keywords and keyword phrases if your posting is about shoes. It is important to stay on topic though. Don’t add in keywords about foods, if your posting is about shoes.
One last important way to generate traffic to your blog is to create a sitemap. Now, if you use Wordpress, there are automatic ways to do this. You can download a plugin that will do it for you, and make your life very easy. If you’re using another blogging platform, what you’ll need to do is go to Google’s Webmaster Tools and create a sitemap. This will allow search engines to properly dissect all of your keywords, meta tags, posting titles, etc, and break them down for better search engine results.
Now that you’ve got all of the blog directories and article submissions out of the way, it’s simply a matter of keeping fresh content on your blog, and becoming a social blogger. And what is a social blogger you ask? Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like – getting out there and mingling with other bloggers. Make connections with them – cross promote links – feature their sites on your site, and vice versa. Add them to your BlogRoll (friends links) and have them do the same. You can never have too much promotion…and don’t be afraid either. Other bloggers are just as excited to work with you, as you are with them. Do whatever you can to make friends with them – leave comments, e-mail them, etc.
Follow these steps, and your blog will be featuring heavy traffic numbers in a very short time. At first, it will be a lot of hard work, but once you start seeing the results, you’ll see that it was worth the effort
Once you’ve added your blog to the directories, the next important thing you need to do is submit your postings to the major Social Media Networking sites, such as StumbleUpon, Digg, Del.icio.us, and more. While it’s not required that you add every posting that you post, I do recommend it – or at least the majority of your postings. If you think somebody would be interested in reading a particular posting – submit it. It’s only going to help you in the end. Now, I bet you’re wondering how many Social Media Networks do I need to submit my article to? Well – that’s up to you, as a blogger. The more you submit to, the more traffic you’ll see and more exposure you’ll get, but, it can be time consuming. So, if you don’t have the time to submit it to all of the Social Media Networks, pick the best ones, such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Del.icio.us, and Google Bookmarks. Here is a list of other Media Networks that you might be interested in:
* Searchles
* Technorati
* Blogg Buzz
* Del.icio.us
* StumbleUpon
* Digg
* Yahoo! My Web
* Clipmarks
* BlogMarks
* Furl
* Google Bookmarks
* Blue Dot
* NetVouz
* Diigo
* Del.lirio.us
* Feedmarker
* Scuttle
* Simpy
* Mag.nolia
Now those two methods mentioned above are sure fire ways to get more traffic to your blog, but do remember, fresh and new content is needed for those methods to work. It can be a tedious, and an annoying process at first, but the end result will be well worth all of your troubles.
The next main way to get traffic onto your blog is to properly use search engines to your benefit. When you are creating postings on your blog, you will see areas within your posting form (a posting form is the form or template that allows you to post your articles) that will allow you to enter “keywords” and “keyword phrases”. What you will do in this situation is add in any keyword that you feel relates to your article. So, when somebody goes to a search engine and types in “shoes” or “brown shoes”, make sure you’ve added those keywords and keyword phrases if your posting is about shoes. It is important to stay on topic though. Don’t add in keywords about foods, if your posting is about shoes.
One last important way to generate traffic to your blog is to create a sitemap. Now, if you use Wordpress, there are automatic ways to do this. You can download a plugin that will do it for you, and make your life very easy. If you’re using another blogging platform, what you’ll need to do is go to Google’s Webmaster Tools and create a sitemap. This will allow search engines to properly dissect all of your keywords, meta tags, posting titles, etc, and break them down for better search engine results.
Now that you’ve got all of the blog directories and article submissions out of the way, it’s simply a matter of keeping fresh content on your blog, and becoming a social blogger. And what is a social blogger you ask? Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like – getting out there and mingling with other bloggers. Make connections with them – cross promote links – feature their sites on your site, and vice versa. Add them to your BlogRoll (friends links) and have them do the same. You can never have too much promotion…and don’t be afraid either. Other bloggers are just as excited to work with you, as you are with them. Do whatever you can to make friends with them – leave comments, e-mail them, etc.
Follow these steps, and your blog will be featuring heavy traffic numbers in a very short time. At first, it will be a lot of hard work, but once you start seeing the results, you’ll see that it was worth the effort
sites from where you get ultimate traffic
Getting Traffic To Your Blog
If you’re like 99% of bloggers, the main adversary in your quest to conquer the blogging world would be a lack of traffic. Getting traffic to your blog has always been considered a “difficult” process - but, it’s only difficult if you’re lacking the proper advice. Below, I’ll describe easy and sure-fire approaches that will send all sorts of new and constant traffic to your blog.
The most important way to get traffic to your new blog, is to work the Social Marketing aspect. And while this is the most important, it’s also the most time consuming. The first thing you need to do, once you’ve got at least 5-10 postings on your blog, is to submit your blog to many of the Blog Directories out in the Web. In reality, there are hundreds upon hundreds of Blog Directories on the web, and while you could submit your blog to all of them if you really wanted to, let’s just start with 10 of the more popular ones, which are:
* Blog Catalog
* BlogTopSites
* BlogTopList
* TopBlogArea
* DMOZ
* BlogFlux
* MyBlogLog
* BlogSiteZone
* OutPost Earth
* Photarium
If you’re like 99% of bloggers, the main adversary in your quest to conquer the blogging world would be a lack of traffic. Getting traffic to your blog has always been considered a “difficult” process - but, it’s only difficult if you’re lacking the proper advice. Below, I’ll describe easy and sure-fire approaches that will send all sorts of new and constant traffic to your blog.
The most important way to get traffic to your new blog, is to work the Social Marketing aspect. And while this is the most important, it’s also the most time consuming. The first thing you need to do, once you’ve got at least 5-10 postings on your blog, is to submit your blog to many of the Blog Directories out in the Web. In reality, there are hundreds upon hundreds of Blog Directories on the web, and while you could submit your blog to all of them if you really wanted to, let’s just start with 10 of the more popular ones, which are:
* Blog Catalog
* BlogTopSites
* BlogTopList
* TopBlogArea
* DMOZ
* BlogFlux
* MyBlogLog
* BlogSiteZone
* OutPost Earth
* Photarium
Easy Introduction on Increasing Traffic to Your Blog
Easy Introduction on Increasing Traffic to Your Blog
Increasing traffic to your blog is fundamental to your blog's success on the Internet. As you'll soon find, it isn't all that hard to increase traffic to your blog, but it does take time.
Post Frequently to Your Blog
The first and most important rule for increasing traffic to your blog is to post, post and then post some more. Posting new and unique content on a regular basis to your blog is crucial to success.
Building Inbound Links
Another critical method for getting traffic to your blog in through by establishing links to your site on other people's webpages. This servers two purposes for your blog. First, a link on someone else's site can be clicked on thus bringing a visitor to your site. Secondly, links on other sites pointing to your site factor into the equations that Google, Yahoo and MSN use to determine the order in which sites are listed in searches conducted on their site. These types of links are referred to as "inbound" links.
When you try to develop inbound links it is important to make sure that the links are relevant. For example, if your blog is about cars then it doesn't do a lot of good to have an inbound link from a website about vacation spots. Your goal is to get inbound links on sites similar to your blog or, at a minimum, sites that target the same type of people (age, gender, interest, etc.) as your blog.
To begin developing inbound links, do a search for other blogs that are relevant to your blog. If your blog is about cars then search "cars" in Blogger Search or Technorati (two of the bigger blog search engines). Browse through the results that you get and make a list of those that you think are well designed and interesting. In order to get a link on those blogs you will most likely have to give something in return and usually the easiest thing to give is a link to them. So from that list add a link on your blog for each of the blogs that you liked. Then, after doing so, email the owner of each of those site and write something along the lines of:
"Hello, my name is John and I write for Crazy Cars, a blog about cars. I've recently added a link to your site on my homepage because I feel that my readers are in a very similar demographic to that of your site. If you get a chance check my site out and if you like what you see please link back.
Thank you, John"
Remember that these blog owners don't owe you anything for you linking to them, but often if you ask nice you'll get a link back.
Submitting Your Blog to Blog Directories
Another way to build inbound links to your blog is by submitting your blog to blog and web directories. These directories contain literally thousands of websites and very rarely will someone come to your site by clicking on a link in one of the directories. However, including you blog in these directories can in many case help your ranking in search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc). Don't spend too much time doing this but if you have a little free time they are worth looking into.
Write Interesting Blog Content
Finally, and maybe the biggest key to increasing blog traffic is to write interesting and excellent content. The most powerful way to get people to your blog is to write content that your readers want to read. This will not only make people want to come back but it will also make them want to tell others about your blog. Anyone can get someone to come to their blog once but getting someone to come back again and again, that is the key to increasing your blog traffic.
So post often, build links so people can find you and then make sure to keep it interesting. They'll come...for now, work hard and be patient.
Increasing traffic to your blog is fundamental to your blog's success on the Internet. As you'll soon find, it isn't all that hard to increase traffic to your blog, but it does take time.
Post Frequently to Your Blog
The first and most important rule for increasing traffic to your blog is to post, post and then post some more. Posting new and unique content on a regular basis to your blog is crucial to success.
Building Inbound Links
Another critical method for getting traffic to your blog in through by establishing links to your site on other people's webpages. This servers two purposes for your blog. First, a link on someone else's site can be clicked on thus bringing a visitor to your site. Secondly, links on other sites pointing to your site factor into the equations that Google, Yahoo and MSN use to determine the order in which sites are listed in searches conducted on their site. These types of links are referred to as "inbound" links.
When you try to develop inbound links it is important to make sure that the links are relevant. For example, if your blog is about cars then it doesn't do a lot of good to have an inbound link from a website about vacation spots. Your goal is to get inbound links on sites similar to your blog or, at a minimum, sites that target the same type of people (age, gender, interest, etc.) as your blog.
To begin developing inbound links, do a search for other blogs that are relevant to your blog. If your blog is about cars then search "cars" in Blogger Search or Technorati (two of the bigger blog search engines). Browse through the results that you get and make a list of those that you think are well designed and interesting. In order to get a link on those blogs you will most likely have to give something in return and usually the easiest thing to give is a link to them. So from that list add a link on your blog for each of the blogs that you liked. Then, after doing so, email the owner of each of those site and write something along the lines of:
"Hello, my name is John and I write for Crazy Cars, a blog about cars. I've recently added a link to your site on my homepage because I feel that my readers are in a very similar demographic to that of your site. If you get a chance check my site out and if you like what you see please link back.
Thank you, John"
Remember that these blog owners don't owe you anything for you linking to them, but often if you ask nice you'll get a link back.
Submitting Your Blog to Blog Directories
Another way to build inbound links to your blog is by submitting your blog to blog and web directories. These directories contain literally thousands of websites and very rarely will someone come to your site by clicking on a link in one of the directories. However, including you blog in these directories can in many case help your ranking in search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc). Don't spend too much time doing this but if you have a little free time they are worth looking into.
Write Interesting Blog Content
Finally, and maybe the biggest key to increasing blog traffic is to write interesting and excellent content. The most powerful way to get people to your blog is to write content that your readers want to read. This will not only make people want to come back but it will also make them want to tell others about your blog. Anyone can get someone to come to their blog once but getting someone to come back again and again, that is the key to increasing your blog traffic.
So post often, build links so people can find you and then make sure to keep it interesting. They'll come...for now, work hard and be patient.
The Google Big Daddy Update's Impact to Your Blog
The Google Big Daddy Update's Impact to Your Blog
Over the coming weeks a major Google update, commonly referred to as Big Daddy, is taking place that will undoubtedly affect your blog's traffic from Google. To help explain the update I found this article entitled "What's The Big Deal About Google's BigDaddy Update?" by Matthew Coers. Read on to learn more about what you can expect to see from the update.
What's The Big Deal About Google's BigDaddy Update?
Internet Marketers assign names to these updates much the same way the weather service names hurricanes. Last October it was Jagger, before that we had the infamous Florida Update in late 2003, and Austin in early 2004.
Each update is designed to improve search results by either doing a better job of identifying high-quality content on the Internet, or by doing a better job of suppressing low-quality content.
Over the last two or three weeks, many website owners have seen traffic to their sites from Google fluctuate quite a bit. This is normal for algorithm updates – as the index is updated on one data center, a site will change positions. The fluctuations occur because the index in the new data center is not completely built, and therefore a site may be placed artificially high or low until all the data is brought into equilibrium.
A few days ago, Google completed a major overhaul of its algorithm – this one dubbed BigDaddy and in the world of search engine updates it's a category 5 hurricane; well, sort of.
You see, after all the turmoil of the past three weeks or so, most marketers are probably seeing their websites ranked more or less where they were about a month ago. This is unusual. Usually major algorithm changes result in significant changes in site rankings for virtually all sites on the Internet. Both the Florida and Jagger updates changed the landscape of Google's Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) dramatically.
So, What's the Big Deal About BigDaddy?
At first glance, the BigDaddy update seems to be much ado about nothing. However, there are some welcome changes that have been included in this update that should make Google a much friendlier place for those of us who build valuable content-rich websites.
* - Increasing size and scope of the index – One of the purposes of this latest update was to increase the size of the index itself. This will allow Google to dig deeper into your site and catalog even more of your content (HTML, JavaScripts, Flash, etc).
* - URL Canonicalization – Yes, it's a scary word, but it's actually quite simple. Essentially, canonicalization is determining which URL is the most appropriate for a given page. For example, the following URLs are all valid ways of reaching the homepage of ProfitChoice.com:
o - http://www.profitchoice.com
o - http://profitchoice.com
o - http://www.profitchoice.com/index.asp
o - http://profitchoice.com/index.asp
By improving URL Canonicalization, Google is attempting to make sure your site gets credit even though the URLs might be spelled differently on different websites.
* - No More Page Hijacking – Although not a common problem, there are unscrupulous jerks out there who will find a popular site and hijack it's content by using 302 redirects. Google is attempting to eliminated the ability to do this effectively – hopefully they are succeeding.
* - New Spider – You will also see a new Google spider called Mozilla Bot instead of the old familiar GoogleBot. If you are into looking at server logs, the new agent is "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
* - Less Search Engine Spam – continuing with the recent trends, Google seems hell-bent on eliminating the effectiveness of purchased keywords and link farms. If you are still employing these "black-hat" techniques, then you probably just found out about the BigDaddy update the hard way. If you didn't, then you will probably be hearing from BigDaddy soon.
BigDaddy Foretells More Changes To Come
In the immediate aftermath of a major update like BigDaddy, there are a number of things you can expect to happen.
The first is that your website's PageRank (PR) will probably change over the next few weeks. If you've been doing the things that Google likes, then you will likely see your PR improve, if you are engaged in unscrupulous (by Google's standards) activities, then you can expect your PR to go down. To see a list of what Google likes visit http://www.google.com/webmasters/.
In addition, some of your site's older content will be re-crawled and older, unlinked content will probably be removed from the index.
Over the next few months, there will also likely be a series of smaller updates that will take advantage of the new "infrastructure" provided by the BigDaddy update. Flash-heavy sites that were held artificially low may move up in the rankings while sites that rely heavily on reciprocal linking will likely go down.
BigDaddy – Not Such A Big Deal
In short, as long as you are not engaged in "Black-hat SEO", BigDaddy itself is probably no cause for alarm. If your site has recently bounced around in Google's results, then you will notice that things have probably returned to normal in the last week or so, and your rankings have probably improved a little bit.
Moving forward, in the next few weeks you can expect changes to your PageRank, and perhaps deeper crawls by Google's new spider, "Mozilla Bot". In the next few months there will likely be a number of smaller updates, mostly pertaining to issues like Flash content and niche-specific algorithm changes.
As with all algorithm changes, there is no reason to panic just because "BigDaddy" blew through town. Like hurricanes in the real world, algo changes blow a lot of loose material around; but if your website's foundation is sound, you will weather the storm and be ready for business once the storm has passed.
About the Author
Matthew Coers is an Internet marketing expert. His website, ProfitChoice.com contains FREE video tutorials and online courses designed to help entrepreneurs build a website and make money online.
Article Source: http://articles.simplysearch4it.com
Over the coming weeks a major Google update, commonly referred to as Big Daddy, is taking place that will undoubtedly affect your blog's traffic from Google. To help explain the update I found this article entitled "What's The Big Deal About Google's BigDaddy Update?" by Matthew Coers. Read on to learn more about what you can expect to see from the update.
What's The Big Deal About Google's BigDaddy Update?
Internet Marketers assign names to these updates much the same way the weather service names hurricanes. Last October it was Jagger, before that we had the infamous Florida Update in late 2003, and Austin in early 2004.
Each update is designed to improve search results by either doing a better job of identifying high-quality content on the Internet, or by doing a better job of suppressing low-quality content.
Over the last two or three weeks, many website owners have seen traffic to their sites from Google fluctuate quite a bit. This is normal for algorithm updates – as the index is updated on one data center, a site will change positions. The fluctuations occur because the index in the new data center is not completely built, and therefore a site may be placed artificially high or low until all the data is brought into equilibrium.
A few days ago, Google completed a major overhaul of its algorithm – this one dubbed BigDaddy and in the world of search engine updates it's a category 5 hurricane; well, sort of.
You see, after all the turmoil of the past three weeks or so, most marketers are probably seeing their websites ranked more or less where they were about a month ago. This is unusual. Usually major algorithm changes result in significant changes in site rankings for virtually all sites on the Internet. Both the Florida and Jagger updates changed the landscape of Google's Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) dramatically.
So, What's the Big Deal About BigDaddy?
At first glance, the BigDaddy update seems to be much ado about nothing. However, there are some welcome changes that have been included in this update that should make Google a much friendlier place for those of us who build valuable content-rich websites.
* - Increasing size and scope of the index – One of the purposes of this latest update was to increase the size of the index itself. This will allow Google to dig deeper into your site and catalog even more of your content (HTML, JavaScripts, Flash, etc).
* - URL Canonicalization – Yes, it's a scary word, but it's actually quite simple. Essentially, canonicalization is determining which URL is the most appropriate for a given page. For example, the following URLs are all valid ways of reaching the homepage of ProfitChoice.com:
o - http://www.profitchoice.com
o - http://profitchoice.com
o - http://www.profitchoice.com/index.asp
o - http://profitchoice.com/index.asp
By improving URL Canonicalization, Google is attempting to make sure your site gets credit even though the URLs might be spelled differently on different websites.
* - No More Page Hijacking – Although not a common problem, there are unscrupulous jerks out there who will find a popular site and hijack it's content by using 302 redirects. Google is attempting to eliminated the ability to do this effectively – hopefully they are succeeding.
* - New Spider – You will also see a new Google spider called Mozilla Bot instead of the old familiar GoogleBot. If you are into looking at server logs, the new agent is "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
* - Less Search Engine Spam – continuing with the recent trends, Google seems hell-bent on eliminating the effectiveness of purchased keywords and link farms. If you are still employing these "black-hat" techniques, then you probably just found out about the BigDaddy update the hard way. If you didn't, then you will probably be hearing from BigDaddy soon.
BigDaddy Foretells More Changes To Come
In the immediate aftermath of a major update like BigDaddy, there are a number of things you can expect to happen.
The first is that your website's PageRank (PR) will probably change over the next few weeks. If you've been doing the things that Google likes, then you will likely see your PR improve, if you are engaged in unscrupulous (by Google's standards) activities, then you can expect your PR to go down. To see a list of what Google likes visit http://www.google.com/webmasters/.
In addition, some of your site's older content will be re-crawled and older, unlinked content will probably be removed from the index.
Over the next few months, there will also likely be a series of smaller updates that will take advantage of the new "infrastructure" provided by the BigDaddy update. Flash-heavy sites that were held artificially low may move up in the rankings while sites that rely heavily on reciprocal linking will likely go down.
BigDaddy – Not Such A Big Deal
In short, as long as you are not engaged in "Black-hat SEO", BigDaddy itself is probably no cause for alarm. If your site has recently bounced around in Google's results, then you will notice that things have probably returned to normal in the last week or so, and your rankings have probably improved a little bit.
Moving forward, in the next few weeks you can expect changes to your PageRank, and perhaps deeper crawls by Google's new spider, "Mozilla Bot". In the next few months there will likely be a number of smaller updates, mostly pertaining to issues like Flash content and niche-specific algorithm changes.
As with all algorithm changes, there is no reason to panic just because "BigDaddy" blew through town. Like hurricanes in the real world, algo changes blow a lot of loose material around; but if your website's foundation is sound, you will weather the storm and be ready for business once the storm has passed.
About the Author
Matthew Coers is an Internet marketing expert. His website, ProfitChoice.com contains FREE video tutorials and online courses designed to help entrepreneurs build a website and make money online.
Article Source: http://articles.simplysearch4it.com
Free Blogger Templates
Free Blogger Templates
I previously posted about a few available sites with free templates for Blogger. Below is an attempt at a more complete list of free templates for use with Blogger:
* Thur's Templates
* Solucija CSS Templates
* Free Templates - Blogspot
* Aman's Blogger Templates
* Noipo.org Templates
* Blog's Gone Wild - Free Skins
* Templates for Blogger, Blogsky, Persian Blog and Movable Type
* http://blog-templates.ravasthi.name/
* Free blog templates, original skins and new designs for Blogger
* Point of Focus Blogger Templates
* Blog Styles
* BlogFrocks
* not (that) ugly Templates
* Love Productions
* Diaphaneity Templates
Hopefully that helps as you try to find the right look for your blog. Its not an exhaustive list of all of the site's offering free Blogger templates but its a pretty substantial list. If you know of any other sites with templates post a comment and let me know.
I previously posted about a few available sites with free templates for Blogger. Below is an attempt at a more complete list of free templates for use with Blogger:
* Thur's Templates
* Solucija CSS Templates
* Free Templates - Blogspot
* Aman's Blogger Templates
* Noipo.org Templates
* Blog's Gone Wild - Free Skins
* Templates for Blogger, Blogsky, Persian Blog and Movable Type
* http://blog-templates.ravasthi.name/
* Free blog templates, original skins and new designs for Blogger
* Point of Focus Blogger Templates
* Blog Styles
* BlogFrocks
* not (that) ugly Templates
* Love Productions
* Diaphaneity Templates
Hopefully that helps as you try to find the right look for your blog. Its not an exhaustive list of all of the site's offering free Blogger templates but its a pretty substantial list. If you know of any other sites with templates post a comment and let me know.
5 Types of Blog Posts for More Traffic
5 Types of Blog Posts for More Traffic
You never know whether you’re blog posts will bring you traffic. One thing you could say is that traffic is unpredictable. You can never pinpoint the exact reason why one of your posts brings more traffic than another one. However, you can see the “basic” reason why people like one article better than another. Over the constant research I did for a company, I found that five types of blog posts will generate more traffic than any others.
The best thing is that it doesn’t really matter what topics you choose to address. These types of blog posts will generate traffic, comments, linkbacks, and social media syndication for all topics. They continue to work over and over again even if the information has been written before. Don’t just write content, but write content in a way that brings traffic. Here are my five types of blog posts that will get you more traffic:
1. Numbered Post or Round-Up Post
A numbered Post and a round-up post are close to the same thing. They can also be known as list posts. This is because they typically contain a list of topics, ideas, sources, etc. Generally these are one of the easiest posts to write.
A lot of people do not use a numbered post but instead just list their ideas. However, they should always put a number of how many different ideas, topics, sources, etc. that is used in their posts. Why? Because people love these kind of blog posts. They love them for many different reasons and I have written a complete article about numbered posts.
You can see how popular they are by just looking at some of my blog posts. My most popular blog posts always have a number in the headline. For example, I wrote 15 Blogs All Bloggers Should Read and it became an instant hit.
2. The How to Post
This is also one of the more popular kinds of blog posts. Everyone seems to love to learn something that could benefit them especially if it is easy to replicate. I have recently been writing how to blog posts and many more people seem to come to my blog on the days I post those articles.
For example, I recently wrote an article called How to Build a Community on Your Blog. I went step-by-step and told people how they can build a community on their blog. The fact is, building a community is something a lot of us would like to do more of, but we don’t know how. I have had a lot of luck building communities on other blogs that I have started and I recently began to feel like this blog was going that way too. I thought I could pass my knowledge on to my readers. It is an article that benefits the reader so it brings traffic to your blog.
3. The Controversial Post
This is actually one of my favorite kind of posts and it will sure bring you loads of traffic. There are many different ways to be controversial when writing an article. Having a strong opinion on something is okay even if people do not agree with you. That is basically the point. When you get on topics such as is it professional or not to disclose your online earnings, tell people whether a link is an affiliate link or not, whether it’s okay to photoshop your feeds subscriber count, etc. you’re tapping into controversial topics.
Those are all very controversial topics and people seem to be drawn to them. There are controversial topics in every blog niche. If you are writing about the Constitution then I am sure you have a lot of controversy. You have abortion, gun rights, gay rights, etc. Everyone seems to have strong feelings about those which will make them read your article and they will likely put their two cents in by commenting.
4. The Motivational Post
The motivational Post is one of the most compelling types of posts to blog about. Getting your readers motivated or excited is much more powerful than a post that provides entertainment for the few minutes it took people to read the article. Even though telling people how much you have made blogging is controversial, it can still get people motivated to make money also. They are more likely to leave more excited than anything.
It is possible that visitors and readers that get motivated and excited from a blog post will return to your blog. That is what you want the most so why not do it. That is why it is still one of the most compelling types of blog post today.
5. The Hot Topic Post
Everyone seems to like reading about the latest hot topic. Lately it seems that the presidential election has taken over everything. It’s pretty much a guarantee that if you write about the presidential election on your blog that you will get traffic. It’s difficult remembering a time when the presidential election hasn’t been on the list of top searches (on blog searches).
The one thing you have to remember is to always relate it to your blog topic. You don’t want your readers and visitors to think that you have lost focus. There are many clever ways to implement the hot topics into your articles. If you are writing a post about dogs then use the headline, “What the presidential election has taught us about dogs?”.
Those are the five types of blog posts that will get you traffic. There are many other kind of blog posts went through my research for a company I worked for, I found that these five types of blog posts generated the most traffic. Like anything else in the blogging world, I’m sure some of these posts work better for a certain kinds of topics.
You never know whether you’re blog posts will bring you traffic. One thing you could say is that traffic is unpredictable. You can never pinpoint the exact reason why one of your posts brings more traffic than another one. However, you can see the “basic” reason why people like one article better than another. Over the constant research I did for a company, I found that five types of blog posts will generate more traffic than any others.
The best thing is that it doesn’t really matter what topics you choose to address. These types of blog posts will generate traffic, comments, linkbacks, and social media syndication for all topics. They continue to work over and over again even if the information has been written before. Don’t just write content, but write content in a way that brings traffic. Here are my five types of blog posts that will get you more traffic:
1. Numbered Post or Round-Up Post
A numbered Post and a round-up post are close to the same thing. They can also be known as list posts. This is because they typically contain a list of topics, ideas, sources, etc. Generally these are one of the easiest posts to write.
A lot of people do not use a numbered post but instead just list their ideas. However, they should always put a number of how many different ideas, topics, sources, etc. that is used in their posts. Why? Because people love these kind of blog posts. They love them for many different reasons and I have written a complete article about numbered posts.
You can see how popular they are by just looking at some of my blog posts. My most popular blog posts always have a number in the headline. For example, I wrote 15 Blogs All Bloggers Should Read and it became an instant hit.
2. The How to Post
This is also one of the more popular kinds of blog posts. Everyone seems to love to learn something that could benefit them especially if it is easy to replicate. I have recently been writing how to blog posts and many more people seem to come to my blog on the days I post those articles.
For example, I recently wrote an article called How to Build a Community on Your Blog. I went step-by-step and told people how they can build a community on their blog. The fact is, building a community is something a lot of us would like to do more of, but we don’t know how. I have had a lot of luck building communities on other blogs that I have started and I recently began to feel like this blog was going that way too. I thought I could pass my knowledge on to my readers. It is an article that benefits the reader so it brings traffic to your blog.
3. The Controversial Post
This is actually one of my favorite kind of posts and it will sure bring you loads of traffic. There are many different ways to be controversial when writing an article. Having a strong opinion on something is okay even if people do not agree with you. That is basically the point. When you get on topics such as is it professional or not to disclose your online earnings, tell people whether a link is an affiliate link or not, whether it’s okay to photoshop your feeds subscriber count, etc. you’re tapping into controversial topics.
Those are all very controversial topics and people seem to be drawn to them. There are controversial topics in every blog niche. If you are writing about the Constitution then I am sure you have a lot of controversy. You have abortion, gun rights, gay rights, etc. Everyone seems to have strong feelings about those which will make them read your article and they will likely put their two cents in by commenting.
4. The Motivational Post
The motivational Post is one of the most compelling types of posts to blog about. Getting your readers motivated or excited is much more powerful than a post that provides entertainment for the few minutes it took people to read the article. Even though telling people how much you have made blogging is controversial, it can still get people motivated to make money also. They are more likely to leave more excited than anything.
It is possible that visitors and readers that get motivated and excited from a blog post will return to your blog. That is what you want the most so why not do it. That is why it is still one of the most compelling types of blog post today.
5. The Hot Topic Post
Everyone seems to like reading about the latest hot topic. Lately it seems that the presidential election has taken over everything. It’s pretty much a guarantee that if you write about the presidential election on your blog that you will get traffic. It’s difficult remembering a time when the presidential election hasn’t been on the list of top searches (on blog searches).
The one thing you have to remember is to always relate it to your blog topic. You don’t want your readers and visitors to think that you have lost focus. There are many clever ways to implement the hot topics into your articles. If you are writing a post about dogs then use the headline, “What the presidential election has taught us about dogs?”.
Those are the five types of blog posts that will get you traffic. There are many other kind of blog posts went through my research for a company I worked for, I found that these five types of blog posts generated the most traffic. Like anything else in the blogging world, I’m sure some of these posts work better for a certain kinds of topics.
Monday, March 15, 2010
easy tips for getting traffic
Every blogger is looking to achieve the exact same thing: They are hoping to be read. There are millions of bloggers that give the idea a shot but then eventually give up because they feel like nobody is reading them. They feel like if they are unable to get blog traffic, then why should they even try?
If you feel like you are currently in this position, try not to give up. It is easy to get blog traffic and to gain loyal readers if you are willing to keep blogging. Here are five methods that you can use to get blog traffic where previously you were struggling to gain readership.
1 – Maximize your use of RSS.
Your blog will come with built in RSS capabilities, and you should make sure to be taking advantage of these. The easier it is for people to subscribe to your blog, the easier it will be for you to get blog traffic when you need it.
2 – Build links from other websites.
Search engine spiders use links to navigate the web and index the websites that they find. What this means is, the easier that you make it for the search engines to find you, the easier it will be for you to get blog traffic through search engine results pages. It really is this simple.
3 – Write and syndicate content articles.
Websites and blogs alike are both hungry for content, so if you are willing to deliver this content, then you really cannot go wrong. You will earn new traffic every day, and this flood of traffic will begin as soon as your first article has been posted.
4 – Comment in other related blogs.
Blogs are designed to act as conversations. If you have insights to add to a conversation, or a comment that you want to make, by all means, make it. Leave your e-mail address and a link back to your website, and you will actually be able to get blog traffic simply by participating in online conversations elsewhere on the internet. This is a quick, easy and interactive way to get blog traffic when you are looking for more visitors to your website.
5 – Keep blogging!
The more content that you have, the more visitors you will have, because blog readers love content and are constantly looking for fresh and new information and content. If you provide it, they will find it, and if you continue to provide it, they will continue to return time and time again to read it. It really is this simple. Content is one of the most vital aspects of the blogging process. If you are not posting content, your visitors will never find you or have a reason to stick around once they do.
Bonus Tip
Wordpress blogs can make use of Related Websites plugin. Sign up for Blog Traffic Exchange to leverage your content and readership for even more blog traffic. Get quality links to and from your site with other Blog Traffic Exchange members. It’s simple, easy, and indispensable, but don’t just take my word for it. Try it! Learn more about the Related Websites plugin, what it is, how it works, who is eligible and how to get it.
If you feel like you are currently in this position, try not to give up. It is easy to get blog traffic and to gain loyal readers if you are willing to keep blogging. Here are five methods that you can use to get blog traffic where previously you were struggling to gain readership.
1 – Maximize your use of RSS.
Your blog will come with built in RSS capabilities, and you should make sure to be taking advantage of these. The easier it is for people to subscribe to your blog, the easier it will be for you to get blog traffic when you need it.
2 – Build links from other websites.
Search engine spiders use links to navigate the web and index the websites that they find. What this means is, the easier that you make it for the search engines to find you, the easier it will be for you to get blog traffic through search engine results pages. It really is this simple.
3 – Write and syndicate content articles.
Websites and blogs alike are both hungry for content, so if you are willing to deliver this content, then you really cannot go wrong. You will earn new traffic every day, and this flood of traffic will begin as soon as your first article has been posted.
4 – Comment in other related blogs.
Blogs are designed to act as conversations. If you have insights to add to a conversation, or a comment that you want to make, by all means, make it. Leave your e-mail address and a link back to your website, and you will actually be able to get blog traffic simply by participating in online conversations elsewhere on the internet. This is a quick, easy and interactive way to get blog traffic when you are looking for more visitors to your website.
5 – Keep blogging!
The more content that you have, the more visitors you will have, because blog readers love content and are constantly looking for fresh and new information and content. If you provide it, they will find it, and if you continue to provide it, they will continue to return time and time again to read it. It really is this simple. Content is one of the most vital aspects of the blogging process. If you are not posting content, your visitors will never find you or have a reason to stick around once they do.
Bonus Tip
Wordpress blogs can make use of Related Websites plugin. Sign up for Blog Traffic Exchange to leverage your content and readership for even more blog traffic. Get quality links to and from your site with other Blog Traffic Exchange members. It’s simple, easy, and indispensable, but don’t just take my word for it. Try it! Learn more about the Related Websites plugin, what it is, how it works, who is eligible and how to get it.
getting traffic to blog
I realize that at this point this blog is pretty small time but I'm hopeful that it can grow to be something significant and helpful for people. For the past few weeks I've been tossing the idea of moving to my own domain around (my apologies for the recent lack of content while I tossed the idea around). After some thought I've decided that its time to move to my own domain. At this point I'm not certain what the domain will be but I should know in the next week or two. In the interim I plan on continuing to post here a little more and then once I've secured the domain and web hosting (anyone have a favorite?) I'll copy the content from here to the new site.
In light of my decision I wanted to take a minute to address why I'm moving and hopefully encourage others to do the same. My first and primary reason for the move is to allow this site to develop its own personality. It seemed to me that continuing to host on blogspot labels the site as being somewhat amateurish and doesn't leave much room to become any sort of authoritative source on increasing traffic to a blog. I'm also moving because I want to have the flexibility that having your own web space provides.
It seems that the longer I would have waited to move the hard the move would have been so I decided that the time was now. My own domain will cost about $8 and then a year of hosting can be just a few bucks a month, easily worth it I think.
If you're currently writing on blogspot, typepad, wordpress or some other blog hosting service make sure that you consider your goals for you blog and determine if having your own web space will further reaching those goals. If it will then its probably time to make a move.
In light of my decision I wanted to take a minute to address why I'm moving and hopefully encourage others to do the same. My first and primary reason for the move is to allow this site to develop its own personality. It seemed to me that continuing to host on blogspot labels the site as being somewhat amateurish and doesn't leave much room to become any sort of authoritative source on increasing traffic to a blog. I'm also moving because I want to have the flexibility that having your own web space provides.
It seems that the longer I would have waited to move the hard the move would have been so I decided that the time was now. My own domain will cost about $8 and then a year of hosting can be just a few bucks a month, easily worth it I think.
If you're currently writing on blogspot, typepad, wordpress or some other blog hosting service make sure that you consider your goals for you blog and determine if having your own web space will further reaching those goals. If it will then its probably time to make a move.
getting traffic for your blog
The golden rule applies here: You must have useful content in your site – or nobody won’t visit there. First you must earn the traffic. After then you start getting it. People who have been long in the business have earned their reputation. If they set up a blog, you can rest assured that their blog will receive lots of traffic.
Seth Godin (a marketing professional) describes this very same point in getting traffic:
The problem, of course, is in the “get.” The request has at its foundation the assumption that what you’ve built has somehow earned attention. “Our business model is working great–we just need more traffic…”
People never say, “how can I earn more traffic?” or “How can I rethink the core of what I’m offering so that it organically attracts people who want to see it?”
The 3 strategic points:
* First of all, your site must be online when people want to visit there. Cheap web host won’t get you far away.
* Secondly: there must be useful content in your site – or nobody won’t visit there.
* Thirdly: Have a long term plan. 6 months is nothing when building a high traffic site.
14 tactics for getting more traffic:
Here’s some fast & easy tips for getting some traffic to your site:
* Make press releases
* Participate in different forums
* Remember to use forum signatures
* Write articles
* Create a blog that supports your game site (it can establish credibility)
* Include your blog link to your game site – and from game site to your blog
* Include your website url in your emails
* Share business cards (remember to have website URL there)
* Mention your site to your friends
* Mention your site when you play online
* Exchange links with people
* Submit your site to different search engines
* Submit your site to different news
* Get interviewed
Example case:
GameProducer.net visitor amount has been increasing all the time, but during days 20-22 there was a small decrease in numbers. I decided that I need to earn the traffic, so I thought about writing a really, really interesting post – and shared some insight information about the secret game project. The story also contains an image which makes it more interesting – at least in my opinion. I decided to go through the forums I visit (as mentioned in the ‘tactics list’) and made announcements in each forums. The next day I had a 5% increase in visitors and about 10% increase after two days. Also the number of newsletter subscribers went up right away. Now I’m going to re-visit those forums and reply there.
First have content somebody wants, then let the people know about it. It’ll bring traffic.
Seth Godin (a marketing professional) describes this very same point in getting traffic:
The problem, of course, is in the “get.” The request has at its foundation the assumption that what you’ve built has somehow earned attention. “Our business model is working great–we just need more traffic…”
People never say, “how can I earn more traffic?” or “How can I rethink the core of what I’m offering so that it organically attracts people who want to see it?”
The 3 strategic points:
* First of all, your site must be online when people want to visit there. Cheap web host won’t get you far away.
* Secondly: there must be useful content in your site – or nobody won’t visit there.
* Thirdly: Have a long term plan. 6 months is nothing when building a high traffic site.
14 tactics for getting more traffic:
Here’s some fast & easy tips for getting some traffic to your site:
* Make press releases
* Participate in different forums
* Remember to use forum signatures
* Write articles
* Create a blog that supports your game site (it can establish credibility)
* Include your blog link to your game site – and from game site to your blog
* Include your website url in your emails
* Share business cards (remember to have website URL there)
* Mention your site to your friends
* Mention your site when you play online
* Exchange links with people
* Submit your site to different search engines
* Submit your site to different news
* Get interviewed
Example case:
GameProducer.net visitor amount has been increasing all the time, but during days 20-22 there was a small decrease in numbers. I decided that I need to earn the traffic, so I thought about writing a really, really interesting post – and shared some insight information about the secret game project. The story also contains an image which makes it more interesting – at least in my opinion. I decided to go through the forums I visit (as mentioned in the ‘tactics list’) and made announcements in each forums. The next day I had a 5% increase in visitors and about 10% increase after two days. Also the number of newsletter subscribers went up right away. Now I’m going to re-visit those forums and reply there.
First have content somebody wants, then let the people know about it. It’ll bring traffic.
getting more traffic
With the new Yahoo! "Pay-For-Review" model it might be relatively easier for sites to get into the directory but
getting traffic from your listing is altogether a different story. And now with it's new annual recurring payment policy
you have to be extra careful while submitting your site for a review.
Here are 8 things to keep in mind while submitting your site to Yahoo!
1) Selecting your domain name is the most vital step in getting a top ranking in Yahoo! and also other directories
like Dmoz and Looksmart.
Make sure your domain name is "Keyword Rich". You can make your domain keyword rich by simply inserting hyphens to separate words in your domain name. Yahoo! gives more relevance to sites with keywords in their domain name.
Take our domain name for example: http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com/
It is made up of 4 different high-in-demand keywords: "Home Based Business", "Home Business", "Home Business Opportunities", "Home Based Business Opportunities".
While crafting your domain name, even you should try to keep your domain name such that it is made up of one, 2-4 words main or "parent" keyword; which in turn is made up of 2-4 high-in-demand "child" keywords.
You may or may not get a top ranking for all your targeted keywords but you can be sure of getting one for your main or "parent" keyword (If you do everything else right).
Even if you have to get a separate domain name for this purpose, GET IT! It is absolutely crucial for your ranking.
2) Sites which are placed higher in directory structure are given more relevance than sites which are placed lower or
deeper.
For example a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities will be given more relevance than a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories
Here's a great tip to select the most trafficked category for your website...
Once you have short-listed 2 or 3 category to place your site in to, check out the cost of Sponsor Listings of those
categories.It's really simple. Visit the following URL: https://ecom.yahoo.com/fast/sponsor
Enter the URL of any website that is listed in your desired category (The URL should be same as it appears in Yahoo! and the category should be a commercial category).
Please note that Yahoo! accepts Sponsor Listings for only certain commercial categories and so this tip may or may not work for your category.
You'll be asked for your Yahoo! ID. Once you submit the information, you'll be provided with the Sponsorship charges for that certain category. Repeat the process for your remaining short-listed categories.
Now compare the prices of all your short-listed categories. Naturally the one with a higher price is the most trafficked one!
3) Yahoo! considers keywords in the directory structure while ranking.
For example, if someone is searching for "Business Opportunities Directories", a web site listed in category -
B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories will be given more relevance than a web site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities
4) Yahoo! DOES NOT spider websites to determine ranking. It ranks web sites based on keywords in domain name, title and description. So having META tags does not make any difference to your listing.
5) DO NOT try to stuff as much keywords as possible in to the description. Yahoo! editors are notorious for cutting
down the description if they sense even slightest hype. Try to avoid words such as - no.1, proven, turnkey, exciting
etc.
Also, make sure that the heading of your home page is same as the description you provided for your site. There should be no confusion in the mind of the editor reviewing your site.
6) Make sure your domain name and business name is the same since Yahoo! is known to use the business name as the title for your listing.
7) Make sure your website is "Content Rich". This is very critical for two reasons. One - to get your site
accepted by Yahoo! and Second - to maintain and get a higher listing.
Yahoo! determines the popularity of a website by the amount of time a visitor spends on your website. If a large no. of them hit the "back button" of their browser as soon as they hit your web site, you can kiss goodbye to your dreams of a possible higher listing.
Once you get a lower listing, it can get very difficult to make up as visitors will not be able to find your site
easily.
Once a site gets accepted into the directory, Yahoo! ranks it based on the keyword popularity in domain name, title and description. But as time progresses, it determines the ranking based on the popularity of the website itself.
We ignored this and our listing came down drastically within few days of getting accepted!
8) Before submitting your website, thoroughly research websites that rank higher for keywords you are targeting (Especially the "Most Popular" sites in the directory section). This will give you a rough idea of what to and what not to include in your website.
getting traffic from your listing is altogether a different story. And now with it's new annual recurring payment policy
you have to be extra careful while submitting your site for a review.
Here are 8 things to keep in mind while submitting your site to Yahoo!
1) Selecting your domain name is the most vital step in getting a top ranking in Yahoo! and also other directories
like Dmoz and Looksmart.
Make sure your domain name is "Keyword Rich". You can make your domain keyword rich by simply inserting hyphens to separate words in your domain name. Yahoo! gives more relevance to sites with keywords in their domain name.
Take our domain name for example: http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com/
It is made up of 4 different high-in-demand keywords: "Home Based Business", "Home Business", "Home Business Opportunities", "Home Based Business Opportunities".
While crafting your domain name, even you should try to keep your domain name such that it is made up of one, 2-4 words main or "parent" keyword; which in turn is made up of 2-4 high-in-demand "child" keywords.
You may or may not get a top ranking for all your targeted keywords but you can be sure of getting one for your main or "parent" keyword (If you do everything else right).
Even if you have to get a separate domain name for this purpose, GET IT! It is absolutely crucial for your ranking.
2) Sites which are placed higher in directory structure are given more relevance than sites which are placed lower or
deeper.
For example a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities will be given more relevance than a site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories
Here's a great tip to select the most trafficked category for your website...
Once you have short-listed 2 or 3 category to place your site in to, check out the cost of Sponsor Listings of those
categories.It's really simple. Visit the following URL: https://ecom.yahoo.com/fast/sponsor
Enter the URL of any website that is listed in your desired category (The URL should be same as it appears in Yahoo! and the category should be a commercial category).
Please note that Yahoo! accepts Sponsor Listings for only certain commercial categories and so this tip may or may not work for your category.
You'll be asked for your Yahoo! ID. Once you submit the information, you'll be provided with the Sponsorship charges for that certain category. Repeat the process for your remaining short-listed categories.
Now compare the prices of all your short-listed categories. Naturally the one with a higher price is the most trafficked one!
3) Yahoo! considers keywords in the directory structure while ranking.
For example, if someone is searching for "Business Opportunities Directories", a web site listed in category -
B2B/Business_Opportunities/Directories will be given more relevance than a web site listed in category - B2B/Business_Opportunities
4) Yahoo! DOES NOT spider websites to determine ranking. It ranks web sites based on keywords in domain name, title and description. So having META tags does not make any difference to your listing.
5) DO NOT try to stuff as much keywords as possible in to the description. Yahoo! editors are notorious for cutting
down the description if they sense even slightest hype. Try to avoid words such as - no.1, proven, turnkey, exciting
etc.
Also, make sure that the heading of your home page is same as the description you provided for your site. There should be no confusion in the mind of the editor reviewing your site.
6) Make sure your domain name and business name is the same since Yahoo! is known to use the business name as the title for your listing.
7) Make sure your website is "Content Rich". This is very critical for two reasons. One - to get your site
accepted by Yahoo! and Second - to maintain and get a higher listing.
Yahoo! determines the popularity of a website by the amount of time a visitor spends on your website. If a large no. of them hit the "back button" of their browser as soon as they hit your web site, you can kiss goodbye to your dreams of a possible higher listing.
Once you get a lower listing, it can get very difficult to make up as visitors will not be able to find your site
easily.
Once a site gets accepted into the directory, Yahoo! ranks it based on the keyword popularity in domain name, title and description. But as time progresses, it determines the ranking based on the popularity of the website itself.
We ignored this and our listing came down drastically within few days of getting accepted!
8) Before submitting your website, thoroughly research websites that rank higher for keywords you are targeting (Especially the "Most Popular" sites in the directory section). This will give you a rough idea of what to and what not to include in your website.
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