Comments on: Top 10 Blog Traffic Tips

By: BloggerSavvy

BloggerSavvy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:08:14 +0000

@Peter W. – Thanks for the great input! Are you planning on launching a new blog? I think you’re right about the “discovery” thing. It seems to make sense to me. I know that I use Digg, Twitter, etc. to find new resources, services, products, etc. as well as learn new things, so I’ll bet the majority of people are like that too.

By: Peter W.

Peter W. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:04:27 +0000

You will do better with focusing on the tried-and-true methods, particularly organic. Don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with trying new things, but the most successful methods (to getting traffic) are those that have stood the test of time, and are most popular as a result.

Granted, tools like twitter, friendster, etc. are good. But more importantly is the need to actually grab attention. I mean that growing traffic is simply engaging your visitors, consider going beyond that! To do this effectively, you should make your blog something that helps people “discover” things! (You look like you are on the way to that).

People are wired to discover things, Digg, Flickr, Twitter and so on do this well (but lately the crap that is appearing on Digg’s front page…) and that is why they have been so successful – It’s fun to visit their sites and find new things. So in reality, if your blog is engaging the discovery of new ideas, associations, thoughts, etc. that’s what will build your traffic – That is the new way you should be looking for. Information is everywhere now, the trick is to enable the discovery of it in an engaging fashion.

I am an old timer who’s been watching your blog since you launched it (I don’t have a blog right now). If you want a bit more understanding of my (long) comment, please do email me.

By: BloggerSavvy

BloggerSavvy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:23:32 +0000

@Scott Mahler – Why don’t you install your own version of WordPress? That way you can get the plugins. They are not built in (as someone told me), that’s why they are plugins, you add the ones you want later (if you host your own site based on WordPress). Hosting your own install may also provide you with the freedom to further customize the code. After all who do you want to promote and profit with more traffic, you or wordpress.com?

You might find Jim Connolly’s blog “Jim’s Marketing Blog where he advises against using wordpress.com (http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2.....-blogging/). Quoted from his blog:

“…You cannot link from as you wish
You cannot market advertise or promote your services on or even insert adwords
You cannot customize fully
You cannot advertise other people’s products or services on
You cannot add commercially useful plugins…”

Give the rest of his post (link above) a read to get the full story.

By: Scott Mahler

Scott Mahler — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:00:13 +0000

Hey BloggerSavvy,

Thanks for the mention, and thanks for the info. I use most of these, and I too get most of my traffic from social networking/media. Of course, my blog is only a couple of months old, so I assume my search engine traffic will eventually grow. I think I mentioned before that I use WordPress.com, so I can’t utulize the plugins, but I’ve been told that a lot of them are basically built in to the wordpress.com system. I will be eager to hear what other people add to the conversation, as i’m always on the look out for new ways to market my business/blog.