so i run a blog mensblogger.com. I submit all my posts to digg. But what im asking is that enough? My alexa rank right now is like 1.1 million and we have been getting better every day. I am just wondering what can speed the process up? I have no idea how to use back links so any info will help Zack
I see your blog have been on air full 8 days, great! Zack, i am going to talk only about the alexa. sorry about the OT though How to get your blog to were you wanted, it maybe a longer jurney. At this point alexa ranking is not that important and probably your blog's ranking is getting better just from you visiting it That alone tells you how "strong" alexa rank indicator is and how easy it is to manipulate. I bet in about 1-2 months it will be in low 500K but how does it convert in to sales?, ROI, the SERPs,UU etc. Now, I am not saying that alexa is completely useless and of course it is always nice to see the number go down every week.. But unless we are talking about low 10K- 100K it is hard to use alexa rank to show website's real progress. I am just saying do not concentrate so much on alexa ranking, google page rank and other unimportant gadgets. Unless that is all you wanted to achieve.I any case, it will take litle more than 1 week, good luck!
Woah Zack, ONLY DIGG? You can get a much better response because there's heaps of things you can do ~ Submit to Google Webmasters ~ On-Page SEO (ie. Title, <H> Tags and META Description ~ I see your using wordpress? There's a lot of plugins to optimize your site - Check out Wordpress Extend ~ Submit to Technorati and build your profile ~ Try Video Marketing with youtube? ~ It goes on.. I've covered more techniques over at my blog, here are some articles that can help you Ultimate SEO Tool List Update 12/23/08 6 Simple Ways to Build Traffic! Boost Your SERPs with these Link Building Techniques
You can use Onlywire to save yourself some time. I use it for a few of my Many Many WP blogs/sites. It saves me a ton... Hubpages/Ezinearticles are a good place to put some of your bait. Also add your RSS feeds to your Facebook profile.
I suggest staying away from Ezines. They're useless for such sites unless you have a unique topic to write about.