How to increase traffic for a blog about weight loss?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by ginhev, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hello!

    So I've got a great domain name I think about weight loss, I've got some nice articles coming everyday (one per day) and well, I was wondering how I would increase my traffic? I just made the website yesterday and all.. I got like 100 views yesterday (but that is because I posted the link on a forum for feedback, but I want returning viewers). How do I get my site indexed at Google?

    How do I get high on Google search and other ranking sites?

    I'm all new to this area. I've heard about backlinks but how do I do it for free? (My budget is like $15, and that goes to domain + web hosting)

    Thanks!
     
    ginhev, Jun 22, 2012 IP
  2. SearchBliss

    SearchBliss Well-Known Member

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    #2
    The same way you get traffic to any blog or website.
     
    SearchBliss, Jun 22, 2012 IP
  3. Cybercon

    Cybercon Active Member

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    I would watch Dr Oz and other weight loss TV programs. When they discus a new exercise program or vitamin write a post about it. It is likely that after seeing these programs people are going on the computer and looking for information about the products.
     
    Cybercon, Jun 22, 2012 IP
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    Borduhh Well-Known Member

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    I agree with Cybercon, watch relavent TV Shows and then just blog on what they say. I am sure this is worth quite a few visitors a day.

    On top of that to take this one step further, why not make some infograms about weight loss and post them to really get readers attention?
     
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  5. atxsurf

    atxsurf Peon

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    #5
    making a popular youtube video on the subject with a link to your site is one of the popular and effective methods lately
     
    atxsurf, Jun 23, 2012 IP
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    johntucker300 Peon

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    Getting website indexed by Google is not a very big thing but getting your website ranked for high search volume keywords definitely is a challenging task. You can do SEO for your website on your own or hire a professional guy. SEO is a long term thing, you will get returns after a period of time.

    Moreover, you need to have a good budget too.
     
    johntucker300, Jun 23, 2012 IP
  7. ZombieNation

    ZombieNation Member

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    get involved in weight loss forums and use a sig. Go to popular weight loss blogs and leave comments. stuff like that will help.
     
    ZombieNation, Jun 23, 2012 IP
  8. MaggieDavid

    MaggieDavid Peon

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    #8
    Ok you have picked a niche that is vast and also in some areas saturated.

    You need to make sure, that your competition is competition that you can beat, so check out the first 10 sites when you search your main keyword. do they have page rank?? how many backlinks?? Can you see a spot, where with time you think you would be able to knock them off? If so how are you going to?? do you fully understand about SEO?

    Have you even thought about your keywords? are they the right ones? What product have you got to sell?

    Are you going to Monetize your site also with adsense and other affiliate products?

    so many questions unanswered.

    If you do not understand anything I have said here, Private message me.

    You say you are new to this, well do not start your blog until you have the answers to above and more sorted, you just could be barking up the wrong tree.

    You must have many answers in place, before buying that domain and starting your blog.

    I know I sound like a naysayer, I am not but it is more than just throwing up a blog, because you think you have got a good domain name.
     
    MaggieDavid, Jun 23, 2012 IP
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    plumbers101 Peon

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    Try to do blog commenting into waight loss or health related blogs for you to gather traffic.
     
    plumbers101, Jun 23, 2012 IP
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    I will still stick to my idea - if you have (or are) a hot woman to do a youtube video about weight loss with a link to you site with hundreds thousand views of that video...
     
    atxsurf, Jun 23, 2012 IP
  11. Irfi0009

    Irfi0009 Banned

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    pl z connect to Google and heard work day and night.wash you all the bast.God bless you.
     
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    patco Well-Known Member

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    The best way would be to use some health/weight loss related forums and write some quality posts using your website as a signature ;)
     
    patco, Jun 24, 2012 IP
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    kb24 Well-Known Member

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    Keep posting good content. Make sure you have like, tweet and share icons. If its good content people will share your content thus producing a backlink back to your site. hope this helps.
     
    kb24, Jun 24, 2012 IP
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    seocentralservices Peon

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    #14
    You should do some manual backlinks and do some interlinking.

    For more info just add me via Skype,
    seocentralservices
     
    seocentralservices, Jun 24, 2012 IP
  15. ginhev

    ginhev Peon

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    Hey men!

    So I got an Ezinearticle published and I have a lot more articles now (avg. 1 per day) and I still only get 1-2 unique visitor per day where one of them is me.... So only occasionally I get one viewer... What do you think is wrong? I have done some linking through comments.

    Thanks!
     
    ginhev, Jul 14, 2012 IP
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    JamesColin Prominent Member

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    #16
    instead of publishing 5 new posts, write 5 times as many words into one post. google likes long pages
     
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    It is a long slow process especially for something as competitive as weight loss.Also is it weight loss for health or weight loss for fitness.If it is fitness for example then you really need to know what you are talking about if you go into forums about fitness and try and post and blah then you will stick out like a sore thumb.

    Hope that helps and i look forward to how you get on

    Regards

    Peter
     
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    xboom Peon

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    Backlinks , Backlinks the easy way.
     
    xboom, Jul 15, 2012 IP