Comments on: How to Find Traffic for a New Blog

By: Blogger

Blogger — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:59:01 +0000

Thanks for the info. I have a new blog and I’ll try this one.

By: Jayakanthan

Jayakanthan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:39:38 +0000

though i am a new blogger, i am getting some bit traffic from technorati because of using tage…

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:16:05 +0000

I’m a new blogger and have no traffic at all at the moment. I just tried, and will keep trying, the above points and see what happens. I will post a follow up in a week (or two when it appears I need more time :) ) to let you know what happened. Thanks for the great tips!

By: chris

chris — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:26:26 +0000

Oh my god I looked at my blog log and over night june first i got 586 hits. I got it from http://www.126hits.com Im not kidding i was so surprised I thought it was a scam till my site got approved. This is good for and im earning more costumers as I type. If you need some fast costumers for free use http://www.126hits you might get some readers. I got 172 readers out of it. They’re are other sites like this but I would recomend this one you surf other people sites for 20 seconds

By: Blog Traffic School Prelaunch Blog » Blog Archive » Relationship Networking For Blog Traffic

Sat, 27 May 2006 14:33:08 +0000

[...] As many of you will be aware since you came from the link in the last few days, Darren Rowse from Problogger.net published a blog post – How to Find Traffic for a New Blog – which linked to my last article – How To Launch A Brand New Blog. [...]

By: Neal

Neal — Fri, 26 May 2006 19:57:22 +0000

Hello:

I’m new to blogging and learning a lot, especially through this site. Yesterday I discovered Wists (sorry, don’t know how to make a link here, http://www.wists.com) and it’s really something I can utilize with my blog (home and garden, gift ideas, etc.). But, I’m wondering if anyone has experience with Wists and what potential there is as a revenue stream.
Wists was founded by David Galbraith, davidgalbraith.org.

I’d really like to hear comments, ideas…and lessons.

By: Bavi

Bavi — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:37:10 +0000

One can’t get away easily in any sphere. One has to pay for the success whether its online or real. Its a sorry state when one has to encounter traffic but this pass away with time….

By: anty

anty — Fri, 26 May 2006 08:46:01 +0000

I also made the experience that you just have to keep blogging, then the traffic will drop in. It’s rather frustrating, but constantly blogging and commenting other’s blogs are the only good ways to get quality traffic.

By: row1

row1 — Fri, 26 May 2006 04:26:41 +0000

I think posting (link baiting) is one of the best things you can do.
If you have written a good blog post then post it in related forums/news sites.
careful not to spam or you will be blacklisted!

By: Markus Merz

Markus Merz — Fri, 26 May 2006 02:16:52 +0000

I wrote an article at performancing.com about what I call 'side-kicks'. Side-kicks are all the modern tools which are i.e. available by publishing your RSS feed via i.e. ping-o-matic and using (tagging) services like Flickr (with backlinks), del.icio.us, Technorati and calendar tools like AirSet (with backlinks). The philosophy behind the side-kicks is to see them as individual blogs with special purposes but always linking to the main site. The experience I have made is that you get immediate attention from the search engines which will bring you real readers. You may find the article here: side-kicks for more blog traffic

By: Yaro - Blog Traffic King

Yaro - Blog Traffic King — Fri, 26 May 2006 01:12:19 +0000

Thanks for the link mention Darren and for everyone dropping by my Blog Traffic School pre-launch site.

The three points you make are spot on and pretty much mirror real world marketing as well. When you launch a new business you can use publicity (which can be free or cost money), buy advertisements or direct your current prospects and customers to your new business, for example via an established mailing list you have build up.

One of the best examples I remember of an online company launch publicity stunt, which wasn’t free but it certainly was very good from a return on investment standpoint, was back in the dot com era.

Joshua Koppelman was the entrepreneur behind half.com (later acquired by eBay) who paid the town of Halfway Oregon $100,000 and 20 new computers to change its name to Half.com (the name of his website). The ensuing media blitz was of course huge and the instant exposure generated a lot of traffic.

Not a bad way to launch a business, not sure you would go that far for a blog though.

By: James

James — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:39:32 +0000

More and more I’m discovering the best way is to write a really good article of some sort…that is hopefully fresh. Submit this to a few social bookmarking sites (but don’t spam em) and if your article is really good you could get a gob of traffic…

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:19:20 +0000

Prebloggers – I’ll be sure to add that to my blogging lingo. Damn right about that though. Anything worth having is worth working hard for.

By: Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:30:23 +0000

Steve’s got a point about not just sticking up links in your sidebar.

He’s picking up on your point, Darren, of leveraging other folks’ traffic.

We all move around the Internet from blog to blog having conversations. If someone wants to be included, he or she only needs to start writing and saying things that are refreshing and thought provoking in the places where folks are listening.

Quality content extends into the comments too. Great post, Darren. I never stop working this long to comment. :)

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:22:35 +0000

Boy is point #1 true. When I started my main blog I struggled for a year and a half to nurture what few readers I had. Once my traffic began getting larger, I found it way easier to start new blogs and build traffic rather quickly.

By: Thilak

Thilak — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:20:15 +0000

Brilliant Tip for Newbies, Keep it up darren

By: Demozi

Demozi — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:15:51 +0000

Thanks for this entry it’s just keep getting better. I also bn to trafficblogschool site and it was very informative as well, First time bloggers should must visit that site. Lotsa of information how to promote your blog.

By: Be Your Own Boss » Building Traffic, Building Clients, Building Income

Be Your Own Boss » Building Traffic, Building Clients, Building Income — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:15:14 +0000

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By: WhyMyBlogStinks

WhyMyBlogStinks — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:04:13 +0000

I find that my personal habits include one on one relationships and building them up. We can scratch each other’s backs for instance. Cross linking within the content of your blog is helpful and not just slapping a link in your sidebar.

By: dolphin278

dolphin278 — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:48:45 +0000

Services like Digg can be good promoting point for completely new blog. If you write really interesting things, of course.