Oct 29 2008
Blog Traffic Exchange
I’m back on trying to figure out how others get so much traffic on their blog. There are hints here and there, but I think the secrets of those receiving hundreds and even thousands of unique hits to their blogs is a secret not easily found. There are a lot of people that just want to tell you to write “good blogs” and the people will come. I don’t think that is nearly enough to bring traffic to your blog. I’ve learned to look at Google Trends to see what others are surfing for the most for a particular day. Not always helpful as I want to write about things that interest me and what the latest movie star is doing - doesn’t. So, how do we get blog traffic exchange that is acceptable?
Also, putting your post through Google Adwords helps to get the common words and phrases people use when looking up your subject matter. I believe the rule is to put the most popular word or phrase in your title, in your first paragraph and then three times more throughout your post. If you use it too much apparently the search engines see it as spam and you get thrown out.
Then there are the traffic exchange sites. The only advise I can give on those is that you don’t want to use the commercial sites that only show other commercial sites and not blog sites. The blog traffic exchange sites I’ve found so far are:
Entrecard
Linkreferral
BlogAdvance
BlogClicker
Blogwhale
BlogMastermind
Blogpixel
Blogexplosion
Blogsoldier
I’m sure there are plenty more. What I don’t understand is what makes one site acceptable and others not acceptable.
On today.com the top two sites have thousands of hits each day. Even to get several hundred a day seams a mystery. I’ve looked at the sites. I don’t see anything special about the posts. Sometimes they aren’t even very good. So, they must be getting traffic in some manner that is acceptable to Today or other network blog sites, but not because they are writing exceptional posts. What is the answer? Again, I vow to keep looking and report anything I learn. If there is anything you can share, please leave me a message and I will check it out and add it to my next post about blog traffic exchange.
YOu and I both want to know because I am averaging about 10 hits a day.. that’s it. I posted with craigslist and didn’t even last 24 hours there before i was flagged and booted. I have an entrecard but am only getting one or two hits from them a day. I blog on cafe mom and advertise my blogs and on myspace and that doesn’t help either… ugh i need help too. I’ve even tried stumble and yahoo buzz, still nothing, I just don’t get it.
http://generalparenting.today.com
http://lifeandliving.today.com
Thanks- I’m gonna try some of these out!
http://urbanmommy.today.com
http://addictedtoanaddict.today.com
I find StumbleUpon to be pretty useful; I’m about as niche as niche blogs get (I get into too much detail for a lot of the gamers and the game theory scares the writers away) but even I’ve managed to get into the triple-digit hits in a day the few times I’ve had an article discovered. Here, let me tap this article into the system and we’ll see if it helps any….
Have you been by the network forum? The difficulty isn’t getting them to talk about strategies for bringing in more UVs, it’s getting them to slow down long enough for you to implement the strategies.
A lot of it’s just about getting the word out. If you can make sure they know you exist, and you write good content, they will come. I depend mostly on a mixture of comment-hopping in similar sites and an RSS hub created for people working in my field. And signature links on message boards, where applicable.
Good luck!
ok so I’m back.. you visit me i visit you, but I’ll do ya one up and stumble you every day to.. also if you go into the forum there are lists for daily buzz and stumble that you can get on that others will buzz you on. One last thing, don’t forget to buzz yourself when your blog is published so that it gets taht extra exposure on yahoo buzz.
http://generalparenting.today.com
http://lifeandliving.today.com