How do I get my blog known?

How do I make my blog known?

• I created a blog on wordpress and thoughts.com. How do i make my blogs known and get traffic? Is there a better site to blog, that gets them known?

• Answer:

  Where your blog is hosted has minimal bearing on whether you get traffic. Wordpress is one of the most popular blog platforms/services. You should focus more on developing the content of your blog and promotional strategies. Major traffic-generating methods involve RSS feeds, search engine optimization (SEO), social networks, partnerships and community building. Also, 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). Marketing your blog effectively will take time and effort. 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 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/ NOTE: You may want to post future questions about blogging in the Computers & Internet > Internet > Other - Internet category or the Computers & Internet > Programming & Design category (for technical issues). Some web sites or forums have guidelines (like Yahoo! Answers) regarding advertising, solicitation, and/or posting external links. Posting against site rules can get you classified as a spammer and/or banned. See the links above for effective methods. You can add the link to your blog in your Yahoo! Answers Profile and Yahoo! Profile.