8 tips on increasing blog traffic by improving content
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Recently during a chat conversation with my friend Deep, I asked him how he manages to get 1000+ traffic to his blog daily. He replied (thanking Google) that content plays the main role- write what your readers would like to read.
But how do you know what a reader likes to read? Besides different people have different tastes. What I have to say is that- whatever content you write, pay attention to your writing style.
Here are some more tips on increasing your blog traffic by improving your style on writing contents:
- Use Attractive Titles: Using attractive titles is one way of getting readers to visit your blog from Search Engines and Feeds. Also, use keywords in your title that relate to the post.Use numbers in your title just like I have done with this post. Using titles like ‘20 tips on…’, ‘6 ways to…’, ‘13 common weblogging mistakes‘, etc can help you to grab readers attention and visit your blog.
- Be Unique: Readers come to your blog to read something different. They will not come just to read what they have read on other blogs. Making your blog stand out from other blogs both in content and design is important if you want to have repeat visitors.
- Link to the source: If you post about some interesting news that you just read on your favorite News site, link to it (the source). Chances are readers from that news blog will visit your blog from the pingback on the site. Also, it helps make your content look informative.I once got 500+ extra traffic just by linking to a post on Google’s Blog!
- Write your content using lists: Write tutorials that walk your readers through a process that teaches them how to achieve a goal they might have. Tutorials have more chance of getting bookmarked in Social Bookmarking sites which will get you plenty of readers and links from many blogs.
- Don’t change your blogs topic: Once you choose what you blog about on your blog, don’t change it. Your readers come to read posts on that topic. Writing posts on a different topic will not look good for your blog.
- Write on Technological stuff: I have noticed many times that writing more on Technology related stuff, gives my blog a better chance of being bookmarked. It might be because users of bookmarking sites are mostly tech savy.
- Link to your older posts: Don’t expect your readers to have been reading your posts from the time you started your blog. So next time, when you write about things you have written previously, link to them.This helps in increasing your blogs page views and also to keep readers.
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Posted on April 3rd, 2006 | Category: Blogging |
Chrono Cr
April 4, 2006 at 10:38 am
Now this post is an example of good content which made me click the link from Bloglines. Hey John, you seem to be doing a lot of these kinda posts nowadays but I really am relishing it. Great!
johntp
April 4, 2006 at 10:44 am
Thanks, Glad you liked it. But I am expecting a few tips from my readers too
I post often now…coz I recently got BroadBand
Articler.com
April 4, 2006 at 11:41 am
great article…. thanks
johntp
April 4, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Articler.com - You are welcome
harry
April 4, 2006 at 1:54 pm
hey this was interesting! thanks!
johntp
April 4, 2006 at 5:33 pm
I am really happy to know my readers are enjoying my posts
Madhur Kapoor
April 4, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Nice Post Dude
Dreamchaser
April 5, 2006 at 1:13 am
Hi John,
Derek Gehl of Enterpreneur.com has some tips:
1. Great content
2. Regular Updates
3. Distinct personal voice
Needless to say that regular updates can’t be a substitute for good content.
View Article: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12135086/
Hope the readers find the above link more interesting, as it’s got more than what you want to know and simple with effective points.
- Dreamchaser
johntp
April 5, 2006 at 2:02 am
I agree, Regular updates are important but cannot be a substitute for good content.
When it comes to Content, quality is more important than quantity
Content is King!
Madhur Kapoor
April 5, 2006 at 11:40 am
hi john
I want to add a contact me and archives page on my site . Which plugin should i use .
johntp
April 5, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Madhur- For Contact Plugin, I use PXS Mail Form.
It creates a mail form with multi part verification, various messages and an auto redirect on successful send. Recent updates include referrer checks and exploit management. Also, allows the sender to CC themselves.
Doesn’t your WordPress Theme have an Archives page?
You can also use Extended Live Archives.
This plugin implements a dynamic archive which allows you to dig into your blogs archives in a fast and efficient way, without having to reload the page as you explore.
Check my Archives page to see this plugin in action.
For more useful plugins, check my post on must have plugins for WordPress
Dreamchaser
April 12, 2006 at 5:28 pm
John… Spam alert! Someone just spammed, I think you should remove it
johntp
April 12, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Akismet does not seem to catch such type of spam…anyways removed it
[Geeks Are Sexy] Tech. News
April 14, 2006 at 12:16 am
Great article. Personally, Technorati never sent me much traffic. I tried tagging my post for a while, but the results were barely worth it (I had 2-3 additional hits). With more then 200 blogs pointing to me, I tought it would improve my visibility in technorati, but it’s not the case. Anyways, Following most of the tips you gave here, I went to 10-20 hits per day to almost 2000 in barely 5 months of existance. The recipee of my success? Digg, Del.icio.us, reddit, meneame (in spanish), and shoutwire.
A lot of people underestimate shoutwire, but they are wrong
When you get listed on there, you also automaticly appear on torrentspy.com and ircspy.com, and both of these sites are VERY popular..
Cheers!
Kiltak[Geeks Are Sexy] Tech. News
johntp
April 14, 2006 at 12:36 am
I am glad I was of help. Regarding Shoutwire, I only started using it as I thought it did not have much users
[Geeks Are Sexy] Tech. News
April 14, 2006 at 12:51 am
I had over 40000 hits because one of my article was in the top 5 of the week..
There are A LOT more user then you think on there, people just don’t “shout” the story as much as on digg.. DEFINITLY try to get a story on there 
johntp
April 14, 2006 at 1:07 am
So users of ShoutWire don’t digg oops shout? but they visit our site and comment?
[Geeks Are Sexy] Tech. News
April 14, 2006 at 2:02 am
Yeah they do.. had over 20 people commenting, which is better then nothing.. for this story
A grand total of something like 120 comments
johntp
April 14, 2006 at 2:50 am
And we need only about 35 Shouts to get to the front page?
[Geeks Are Sexy] Tech. News
April 14, 2006 at 12:48 pm
13, easy stuff if you have a few friends hehe
johntp
April 14, 2006 at 3:41 pm
I submitted a few popular stories in ShoutWire, but did not get much traffic
I say Digg is much better.
Jesica Menlis
April 18, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Thanks for the great tips John!
phlogr
April 21, 2006 at 5:52 am
I actually think that content is kind of king. Which leads me to agree, and yet, not really disagree at the same time, if that’s not impossible.
johntp
April 21, 2006 at 6:14 am
phlogr- Content is King. There’s no doubt about that. Quality content can get you traffic even long after it has be published. This article was posted at the beginning of this month and still gets me a lot of traffic
Bong
October 20, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Great stuff! John, I should have read it much earlier.