Hello, I am novice in this forum and blogging-world as well. i am stuck while acquring PR for my blog, i don't have any back links for it. Also am seeking traffic on it. i think getting traffic for blog is diff from website. its been 5 days i hve creatd blog. Any suggestion???
Page rank doesn't come in 5 days. If you don't build backlinks, then you won't have any PR. Google updates page rank once every 3-4 months Social bookmarking is pretty effective when it comes to getting traffic for blogs.
I'd submit to some blog directories. Join some blogger forums. I'd also show off your blog on the blogger forums wherever allowed (free backlinks). Change your sig on all your forums to your blog. Write really good content and choose carefully which technorati tags to target. Then once it's a few weeks I'd pay someone here to submit it manually to like 500+ free directories.
for me, I'm always leave some valuable comment to others blog and be friendly with other blogger owner. Maybe you can found some hint by visiting their blog.
Digg works best when the post is internet/ technology related. If your post makes it to the front page excellent, but you'll still get traffic with a fair amount of Diggs. Stumbleupon and Reddit are decent sources of traffic too
I agree with surfaddict. This is your best way to get some decent traffic. Find 50 or so blogs that you enjoy and comment on a regular basis, then also drop comments on others as you see fit. If you leave 10 comments per day, you'll readership will steadily grow. BTW - don't worry about PR right now. If you have good content and traffic, PR will come naturally.
Well announcement of blog on digg sounds something new to me. i hve an accnt but no idea how to do so.
This is thing with new people to blogs. It is very easy to get traffic, but it doesn't come within 5 days, it takes a month of hard work put into it.
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Don't bother with article sites - waste of time. Just write unqiue content, network with other bloggers, and you'll get trafffic, it's the unique content and networking that will build up your reputation as a blogger, and then people will link to you which increases your Google PR.
Great list buddy. I did my blog in some site but found some good ones too. I get PR3 with DP backlinks and few other ones. DP is also rocks for you. Use your signature place for promotion.
Keith, thank you so much for those resources! I am a new blogger as well, and those sites are very helpful! Thanks again.