How To Do: The four major sources of traffic for your blog

How To Do:

The four major sources of traffic for your blog

Every blog has or may have four sources of traffic: search engines, social networks, other blogs / sites and paid traffic. In order to attract people interested in your blog is good to know some things about each of these sources.

 

1. Search engines

Traffic from search engines is composed of people who come to your blog after a search on one of the search engines (eg. Google).

The amount of traffic on search engines is directly dependent on the degree of optimization (SEO) of your blog. It is more likely that someone to click on a link appeared on the first page of search engines than the one that appears on these pages. It is therefore very important that your blog to appear on the front page if you want to attract readers seeking information about a particular topic.

However you should not forget that it is important to write for readers, not for search engines. A blogger who is trying too hard to get on the first page in search of his niche, and they supraoptimizeaza blog, is likely to irritate their readers and make them not come back on that blog.

There are many ways in which readers can do SEO without noticing it. Using images is a very subtle way to do SEO, you optimize a single post or you can follow some basic tips all without upsetting your readers with aggressive optimization techniques.

2. Social networks

A second source of traffic are social networks like Twitter and Facebook. There are many who believe that social networks are a waste of time and are used only by those with problems in the society or those with a lot of free time. It is important to understand that social networks are a powerful tool for promotion.

Today social networks are used by everyone, from a very small company from the ground floor of a building up to big corporations and the use of such networks can bring a significant development.

Increased traffic comes from social networks depends heavily on one thing: you. As you are more involved, the more people will follow and result in even more people will come from your account on Twitter or Facebook to your blog.

Twitter

Twitter is a vital instrument for promoting blogs and interaction with readers.

If you do not have a Twitter account it's time to make your one. If possible, try to register with your name as a username or a relevant name for your niche blog. After, you have to go as soon as at least 100 foloweri. Depending on the number of visitors to your blog which in turn Twitter account, this can be as simple as writing a post announcing that you are now on Twitter and you say how you can be tracked. It should be the first step.

If still does not have 100 followers track begins with those individuals who are likely to follow you in turn. How do you find these people? If the number of those who are watching you is approximately equal to the number of those who follow them then that person is likely to begin to follow you in turn. Also, for starters, it would be better to watch and those who are watching you on you, which can be set to be done automatically. Of course you want to find people who are interested in the subject of your blog but there's no problem if you get less of these limits. After all it is a social network where meeting new people is encouraged.

Besides these methods you can use and some plugins, or sites that TweetAdder tool that will help you grow quickly follower number them in a very short period of time.

The best way to make others follow you on Twitter is to be interesting. As your tweets are more interesting the more likely to respond to your followers and their followers will find this in turn you're interested. You should stay away to send tweets or tweets quotes automatic music you are listening. They are so annoying and for your followers quickly click on the button "unfollow".

Twitter is also an opportunity to promote a brand. Put your photo or logo as your profile image and Customize your background image on the homepage.

Use hashtag sites

Hashtag are an ideal way to attract interest in a topic foloweri because all those who use a stream talking about the same topic. It is also a great way for your tweets to be seen and those who do not watch it yet, because people using hash-tag that you should not watch to see your tweets.

For example, if you talk about the iPhone using the # iPad hastag, your tweet will show everyone in the stream # iPad. Thus interact with people who use a hashtag to your blog topic, because all these people are potential future readers of the blog.

It's hard to stay organized when you use the default page of Twitter. You should consider using a client like TweetDeck and HootSuite that allow you to read more Twitter streams at the same time help you better organize the people you follow. At the same time have access to other features such as scheduled or searching tweets much easier.

Facebook

Facebook is much more than viewing pictures, farm building and donation of coins. Facebook is a powerful marketing tool. If we look at the amount of information that Facebook have about the demographics of users, about their areas of interest we can see that Facebook offers huge marketing opportunity.

As a blogger is very important to use Facebook and you create a page for fans. The most important component is the fan page wall (Wall) that your messages are displayed but also the fans. Wall messages not only reach your fans but fans and friends!

Creating a fan page is very simple and can create an unlimited number of such pages using the same Facebook account. You should create one for each blog you have. After creating the page that can be optimized then you can begin to different campaigns.

3. Other blogs and sites

An important source of traffic for your blog is the other blogs or sites. To be mentioned in an article by a blogger so important is beneficial in terms of direct traffic but also increase credibility with search engines. A sure way to attract such mentions is writing articles useful and interesting.

You may even approach other bloggers and presentation of an article or two on your blog that you think would be of interest to them. In this way, are likely to be mentioned on their blogs. Try to write posts so you do not appear to be spam. Here's an example:

Hello X,

I read your blog in a while and I are very useful items that you publish.

I loved the article about myself ... and I wrote one on the same theme: ... If you have time can you look over it and tell me what you think.

Y.

From my point of view it is pointless to go on the idea of ​​link exchange site, even if it's tempting.

Also, comments on other blogs can bring a steady traffic and quality. Find articles on the same theme or niche of your blog and try to make comments on those blogs. In this way, visitors will find those blogs and forums and it is possible to visit you. It is very important however to comment interesting and useful.

Another strategy to attract visitors is through the use of guest posts, that is by publishing articles on other blogs, as published by the BloggerIn.ro Seel: What should I know about design blog: header.

4. Paid traffic

The third type of traffic is paid and includes display advertising, Google AdWords, Pay Per Click (PPC), Pay Per View (PPV) and paid posts appearing on other blogs.

If you have money, paid traffic is the easiest and fastest way to get traffic to a blog again. However, most bloggers have a limited budget, so that they will spend a significant period of time using free traffic generation methods. However monitoring should not be overlooked trafiului and its sources. If at any time you want to call and paid traffic will have to know how to assess the investment and thus you know if your investment was worth it or not. There are many people who buy a lot of advertisements on blogs without knowing but if traffic comes from those ads to make or not readers / customers.