I recently started a gaming blog, hoping that I could manage to earn a few extra gas money, that I could use to pay for some more stuff I need for my game. Anyway, I'm new to all this, and I need some guidance. This is what I did for now: I submitted my site to google, submitted a sitemap (made with wp-sitemap plugin). I remade my permalinks so they would be: mm/dd/name . I ping the following addresses: http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/ http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2 http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php http://rpc.wpkeys.com http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping http://rpc.britblog.com http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2 http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2 http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2 http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx http://api.moreover.com/ping http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc http://www.blogoon.net/ping/ http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/ http://bblog.com/ping.php http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2 http://ping.bitacoras.com http://ping.feedburner.com http://ping.myblog.jp http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080 http://rpc.pingomatic.com http://api.feedster.com/ping.php Code (markup): I also used WebCEO, which I find to be a really interesting piece of software, to submit my blog to allot of search engines. I'm working on building some neat and searched keywords, and I'm also adding new, 100% unique content to it daily, reviews and walkthroughs that I write myself after playing those games. Thing is, I heard people say that they get HUGE traffic even from the first day they launch their site, and I'm kinda worried. Is there something else I must to? Thank you for your time. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/q866qep
You need to build backlinks to it, lots of them, natural, relevant to your content and with anchor text containing your keywords. Not easy to do but it is possible.
Promote your site through social bookmarking and social networking sites such as facebook. You can also try twitter. Submit to directories and more.
My advice to you bacioiuC the same as thefandango and sakto also you can try to create articles and submit them to article directories.
Thanks for the tips guys. @Zukario Hm... submiting articles to article directories? How could that help me? By adding a URL towards my site in the header of the article?