How can I make my blog more popular?

How can I make my blog more popular?

• I have a blog, and it's about fashion, because I love fashion. I just wondering if there are some ways to make my blog more popular. Here's my blog if you'd like to see it; theoneandonly-xo.blogspot.com Thanks!

• Answer:

  Popularity is not just measured in total number of unique page hits or number of followers. You should look for ways to retain readership, beyond a one-time visit. Just visiting and commenting on other blogs helps (popular ones or not). Yet marketing your blog effectively will take time and effort, just like with developing blog content. Check out the following posts for some ideas: "Why My Blog Gets No Comments" http://www.dailyblogtips.com/qa-why-my-blog-gets-no-comments/ "Daily Blog Tips (Website Traffic Series - 20 articles, see links at bottom of the initial post)" http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-traffic-series-part-1-web-design-and-css-galleries/ http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-traffic-series-part-19-using-cross-feed-promotion/ http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-traffic-series-part-20-leveraging-holidays-and-big-events/ "How to Find Readers For Your Blog" http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/ "Kick Your RSS: Jumping on the Syndication Bandwagon" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/25/kick-your-rss-jumping-on-the-syndication-bandwagon/ "Search Engine Optimization for Blogs - SEO" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/15/search-engine-optimization-for-blogs/ "Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for Bloggers" http://www.problogger.net/search-engine-optimization-tips-for-bloggers/ "Using Social Media Sites to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic" http://www.problogger.net/using-social-media-sites-to-grow-your-blogs-traffic/ "21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/18/21-ways-to-make-your-blog-or-website-sticky/ "9 Things to Do to Make Sure that Your Next Blog Post is Read By More Than Your Mom" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/03/9-things-to-do-to-make-sure-your-next-blog-post-is-read-by-more-than-your-mom/ "How Not to Promote Your Blog: Top 10 Broken Promotion Strategies" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/05/13/how-not-to-promote-your-blog-top-10-broken-blog-promotion-strategies/ "Three Simple Actions that Doubled My Website Traffic in 30 days" http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/three-simple-actions-that-doubled-my-website-traffic-in-30-days/ Lastly, you can try connecting your blog with sites like Polyvore (http://www.polyvore.com/ ), Fashion Mash (http://fashionmash.com/ ), Shmotter (http://www.shmotter.com/ ), Kaboodle (http://www.kaboodle.com/ ), or Avenue 7 (http://www.avenue7.com/ ) via a link, widget, or setting up a group. NOTE: Some web sites or forums have guidelines (like Yahoo! Answers) regarding advertising and/or soliciting via posting external links. Posting against site rules can get you classified as a spammer and/or banned. So, posting your blog link "everywhere" without restriction is not an effective strategy. Again, see the links above for more productive methods. You can post a link to your blog in your Yahoo! Answers Profile and the Yahoo! Profiles. You may want to post future blogging questions in the relevant Computer & Internet > Internet subcategory or the Computer & Internet > Programming & Design category.