You’ve put a lot of work into your blog, and you put more in every day. But without a steady stream of traffic, no one’s the wiser. Use these seven tips to get more traffic to your blog.
1) Do your SEO and keyword research homework. Make sure the HTML of your site is search engine friendly. Here’s a basic search engine optimization checklist:
• Do your post titles have appropriate keywords?
• Do your anchor links have keywords in them? Using “here” as a link is a missed opportunity.
• Does your domain name include a primary keyword?
2) Submit your site to the 1st and 2nd tier engines like Google, Yahoo, Dmoz, MSN and Looksmart, and to the blog directories. Here’s a short list of sites that offer free blog listings:
Blog Search http://www.blog-search.com/blogclicker-submission.html
Technorati http://www.technorati.com/
Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/
Blogdex http://blogdex.net/
Blogwise http://www.blogwise.com/
WeBlogALot http://www.weblogalot.com/
Globe of Blogs http://www.globeofblogs.com/
BlogHop http://www.bloghop.com/
Blogarama http://www.blogarama.com/
3) Ping like you mean it. This is a way for you to raise your hand to the blog trackers when you’ve posted new content. You can do it site by site at places like Technorati, or go to Ping-o-matic (pingomatic.com) and mass-ping your blog to over 20 sites. Make sure your blog is set up to ping the appropriate sites every time you publish a post.
4) Feed your RSS. Make sure your blog has one and that it’s working. An RSS feed is a bit of XML that allows your blog to push content to RSS readers. That way people don’t have to visit your site to get your latest insights – they just open their RSS reader and read the news. If your blog is at Blogger.com, don’t worry about an RSS feed – its already been created for you. If you’re not at Blogger.com and your current blog doesn’t have RSS functionality, visit Feedcraft.com and sign up for their free service that will set up an RSS feed from any website (blog or not). 5) Swap links. Make a list of relevant sites you’d love to link to your blog. Write them a short friendly note and offer to let them use a few of your posts as content on their site in exchange for a link back to your site. Also, link to their sites from within one of your posts. Be sure to offer to exchange links in the links section of your blog. Most blog software programs offer this. There are also sites that special in helping bloggers swap links. Web Log Empire (http://www.weblogempire.com/) is a large one. If you’re willing to pay for a link to your site, check out Text-Link-Ads (www.text-link-ads.com)
6) Be part of the blogging community. Go to other blog sites you admire. Contribute to their blogs in ways that add real value. Write good, thoughtful comments that are content rich. Give away what you know. Do it a lot – at least 3 posts a week. Over time you’ll become recognized as someone who has something worthwhile to say. As your reputation grows, people will seek out your blog. This is not an overnight process, but by paying your dues and building an audience you are positioning yourself to become a star. By the way, if your site doesn’t have the functionality for visitors at add comments, Haloscan (http://www.haloscan.com/) is a free service that will let them do so. It also allows for “trackbacking”, which is a way to manage pings.
7) Write your blog! Put everything you’ve got into it. Make it great. Post as frequently as you can. The search engines will note frequent postings. A blog that has a new post every day is obviously more active – and important – than a blog that was set up in 2003, has 4 posts, and has been dead since 2004. To really make your blog get noticed you’ll need to post at least 2-3 times a week.
Copyright 2006 Kurma Group
By : Anik Singal
7 Ways to Get Traffic to Your Blog
Cara mengedit link pada Blogger
Setiap Template Blogger memiliki daftar links, untuk menggantinya silakan masuk ke area Template dan cari kode seperti di bawah ini :
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Links</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.google.com/">Google News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://EDITME">Edit-Me</a></li>
<li><a href="http://EDITME">Edit-Me</a></li>
</ul>
Anda dapat menghapus atau menambahkan link pada kode daftar link di atas, sangat bagus kalau anda mengetahui bahasa HTML.
Atau gunakan Microsoft Frontpage untuk mengeditnya dengan cara copy dan paste dari halaman template blogger ke mode HTML pada Frontpage. Jika telah selesai anda dapat meng copy-paste dari frontpage kembali ke halaman template blogger.
Untuk mengganti link di atas, rubah "http://EDITME" dengan alamat web dan "Edit Me" dengan teks yang anda inginkan. Terakhir, simpan perubahan dan jangan lupa klik tombol Republish
Cara Meningkatkan Traffic Situs Blog
Jika anda telah memiliki situs blog, langkah berikutnya yang harus anda kerjakan adalah memperkenalkan situs anda ke khalayak ramai. Tentunya anda akan senang dan gembira bila artikel, puisi atau cerita yang anda publikasikan lewat situs blog dikomentari oleh orang lain. Dan anda tentunya tidak mau kalau hasil karya anda tersebut cuman anda saja yang menikmatinya.
Berikut ini adalah langkah-langkah yang dapat anda tempuh untuk meningkatkan traffic situs blog anda dengan cara memperkenalkannya ke khalayak ramai.
1. Daftar ke Direktori khusus Blog
Paling tidak ke beberapa situs di bawah ini :
- http://technorati.com
- http://feedburner.com
- http://blogdigger.com
- http://www.bloglines.com
- http://www.blogarama.com
- http://blog-indonesia.com
Tugas blog direktori ini adalah mengirimkan data dan postingan anda ke berbagai search engine, termasuk tiga search engine besar yaitu http://google.com , http://msn.com, http://yahoo.com.
(2) Tukar Link ( blogroll ) atau Link Exchange
Ajaklah teman atau siapa saja yang memiliki pengunjung yang banyak untuk saling tukar link ( BlogRoll dalam istilah dunia Blogging ). Mintalah kepada mereka untuk memasukkan link anda, selanjutnya sebagai imbalannya andapun memasukkan link milik mereka di situs blog anda.
Atau anda dapat mendaftarkan ke penyedia link exchange, seperti di http://bravenet.com
atau anda dapat mencarinya melalui search engine dengan mengetikkan keyword "free link exchange"
Atau kalau kebetulan anda menemukan ada orang lain yang memasukkan alamat blog anda dalam daftar linknya, maka anda harus membalas budi dengan memasukkan link miliknya kedalam direktori link anda. Kalau tidak anda akan dicap sebagai "Blogger Pelit". Mau apa nggak????
Silakan lakukan cek dengan mengetikkan nama blog anda seperti ini http://technorati.com/search/nama_blog_anda atau blog siapa saja yg ingin Anda ketahui. Contoh : http://technorati.com/search/ebookmania.blogspot.com lalu tekan search, silakan anda lihat hasilnya.
(3) Banyak memberi komentar di Blog lain
Rajin-rajinlah berkunjung ke blog lain dan jangan lupa untuk senantiasa meninggalkan komentar anda dan mengetikkan alamat web blog anda.
(4) Pasang fasilitas Chat Box
Untuk menarik perhatian pengunjung anda dapat menambahkan fasilitas interaktif sepeti, Chat Box. Untuk memperoleh secara gratis silakan daftarkan ke http://www3.cbox.ws atau anda dapat melihat contohnya di blog http://ebookmania.blogspot.com yang ada disebelah kanan.
(5) Tulis alamat Blog di Signature eMail anda
So... jangan lupa buat signature email dengan mengisikan alamat web blog anda. Setiap orang yang anda kirimi email tentunya akan senantiasa membaca bagian akhir dari email anda dan mereka akan tergerak hatinya untuk paling tidak mencoba mengkliknya.
(6) Konten anda harus menarik
Inilah yang tidak kalah seru dan penting. Ingatlah bahwa orang yang duduk di depan komputer dan browsing internet adalah orang yang butuh informasi untuk dirinya, maka andalah orang yang akan memberikan informasi tersebut. Carilah tema yang banyak diminati oleh orang ( yang biasa disebut dengan Tag ). Untuk mengetahuinya anda dapat melihatnya pada situs http://technorati.com
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