Hi. I'm new to the forum, and the post's I've read have proven to be very useful. I have started my own blog. It focuses on my journalism passion, and I would like to make $ of off it. I've already sumited the links to most search engines, and to most blog search engines. here is my site... http://headlinesman.blogspot.com I need a way to drive more traffic to my blog faster. what tips do yo guys have on driving traffic to blogs (this should be sticky, since blogs have become very popular) Thanx
First, just keep writing. The more you write, the more G receives. Theres bound to be people searching what you got. Don't stop, it needs to be steady especially in the beginning. Second, the default color ad banner at the bottom page will not do you any good. make the ads blend in and place them higher up on the page. (in the left column e.g.) find out more abut that here https://www.google.com/adsense/large-rectangle The main thing is you have to be consistent. You can't write every two days then take two weeks off. You need to keep working and build up some steam. Build traffic, then the clicks will follow. Search around these forums theres a lot about blogs and AS Heres another AS resource: https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/static.py?page=tips.html
Why don't you put something (e.g. shinystat,...) at your blog to trace page views, visits and other useful stats?
Why You post "dead" link to your site? This is not helpfull for driving traffic to your site. Now, everyone must c/p link in browser insted to click from high page ranked website (high quality link for free).
Mainly you will want to get your blog material into the search engines. Do you know to ping your blog whenever you make an entry? Do you know to have a MyYahoo page and enter it as content there? Google also has a site where you can get it listed. The more places you have it connected to, the more popular it becomes and you will soon have your self syndicated