Comments on: Place Your Blog on a ‘Busy Intersection’

By: Shaine

Shaine — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:51:31 +0000

I too have found that commenting on other blogs brings traffic to mine. However, I get a lot of traffic from what might be considered the freeway of the Internet, Twitter. I have a plugin that notifies my Twitter friends when I put up a new post. That immediately results in visits.

Another thing that I am doing is visiting high-traffic sites like Myspace and Facebook to help build interest in my blog.

By: Christopher Carey

Christopher Carey — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:52:22 +0000

Sometimes if you create the intersection yourself people will come. Once I achieved a PR4 or PR5 for my site people came out of the woodwork looking for a linkback. I ended up creating a site for just linkbacks and traffic generation the social way called http://www.15blogs.com. Within hours of creating the site I had thousands of visitors from all over the place. So in a way I became the intersection.

For small time bloggers I recommend the BlogCatalog Discussion forums that has a feeling of a small town and makes it easier to network.

By: Abby Eagle

Abby Eagle — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:57:30 +0000

A fair analogy. Standing on a busy intersection and at random handing out business cards – like exchanging business cards at a networking meeting. Most go in the bin but everynow and then we pick one up a year later and make contact. I think it is the guy on the street corner who stands out from the crowd that sticks in our memory. Like the guy who washes car windows with pizzaz on a busy intersection. This guy i am thinking of was taking $1,000.00 a week. He even had a business plan and was looking at buying a house. So how do i use this opportunity to entice you over to my website? Well i am the NLP and Zen Meditation instructor who can show you how to silence that internal chatter. It’s like turning off a commercial radio station that has been blaring 24 hours a day. Once you get some peace and quiet in your mind then your whole life just works more efficiently. Read about Zen and the Art of Living here: http://www.rejoiceinlife.com/zen/semZenCourse2.php Good luck to all you other pro bloggers. Abby

By: Blog opinion

Blog opinion — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:29:39 +0000

I read your article before to keep on commenting . I like the idea on http://skinnymoose.com . Thanks “pro” friend .

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:30:50 +0000

Welcome Peter – I’ll tell my server guys about you and get them to beef up our potential load in traffic :-)

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:27:17 +0000

Hi,

This is my first time reading your blog Darren and I found it very useful. I’m new to blogging and have just spent the last month or so getting into the habit of posting as much as time allows. I decided to build up some good quality posts (I believe they are referred to as pillars) before moving on to stage two, commenting on other blogs. I’ve only made a handful of comments but can already see an increase in traffic to my blog.

I work in design (although you wouldn’t know that from looking at my blog, still have to customize it!) and the metaphor worked well for me.

Anyway, looks like you have yet another regular reader, think you can handle the traffic? :)

Best of luck.

By: komirad

komirad — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:39:17 +0000

Something like what I talk about here on how to increase the authority of your blog: http://komirad.com/using-authority-indicators

By: larry

larry — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:08:43 +0000

A blog or any website is essentially a piece of real estate in cyberspace. The number of incoming links is akin to its Location. The difference as compared with bricks & mortar is that on the Internet, it is usually more possible to influence your Location by building your relationships with other bloggers and building your incoming links. Not quite so easy with Bricks & Mortar. But then again the numbers are much bigger in real estate and more effort is to be expected.

By: Wendy Rahilly

Wendy Rahilly — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:35:19 +0000

I have to agree with this post and think it makes a lot of sense for people serious about gaining traffic to their blogs. I’m new to the blogging world but have been an avid reader for years and just recently decided to start my own blog on affiliate marketing. This site here at problogger has been very fruitful for me. Thanks.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:38:21 +0000

I think I’ve managed to put my blog MelbournePriceCheck at a virtual intersection, by finding the intersection & creating a blog to act as a sign post. Thanks for the analogy, its got me thinking about how I can improve placement of my other blogs.

By: Wallet Rehab - Ways to save money

Wallet Rehab - Ways to save money — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:45:59 +0000

Hi! I wrote about something similar, except that different categories/niches are like cities and suburbs. I hope you like it.
http://www.walletrehab.com/finding-a-niche-location-location-location/
I think the real estate, land analogy really works for websites. More so than ever.

By: Laurie Manny

Laurie Manny — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:26:55 +0000

Social Networking sites are a great way to get started.

By: cmanlong

cmanlong — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:58:57 +0000

i agree wholeheartedly. it takes a combination of content and positioning to make a blog successful. I have found that the they are both equally challenging. Writing quality content is very time consuming and can sometimes take days to put together a good post.

By: zool

zool — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:38:20 +0000

Yes.. It ain’t easy but it is one of the technic…
I will try to use it

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:00:24 +0000

Obviously the key is finding those busy intersections & then standing there without getting run over! Or, maybe you DO want to get run over, if it means traffic to your blog. Or is it that you want to jump into the next fast car that happens by your intersection? Am I reading too much into the analogy? :P

By: JP

JP — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:51:37 +0000

I “stumbled upon” your site via technorati, and I just have to say two words, “Thank you”. The amount of information your provide for improving ones blog is astounding. Little things, such as posting a comment, can improve ones traffic. These little things do add up over time into BIG things.

Thanks again

By: Don

Don — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:08:22 +0000

One of the principles (sp? eeks!) I learned from this site more than a month ago is to post consistently and have something key to say on the blogs of other people.

Also, blogging and leaving comments should be done strategically. I’ve read that time and again.

And the other, yes, a busy intersection is necessary. But I also have loyal readers who don’t have vast amounts of traffic. So I make it a point to consistently stop by their blogs and comment – a way of saying “I value them.”

In time, they may build their traffic and I will be a part of their network.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:38:11 +0000

Thanks for that feedback Valeria – very encouraging :-)

By: K

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:06:18 +0000

Anyone else think it ironic that Steve talks about linking out
and then doesn’t link out once in his post?
I was laughing my a$$ off.
That man HAS to have a killer sense of humor.

By: JohnPlace

JohnPlace — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:41:14 +0000

Although it wasn’t mentioned in the artlce, I’m wondering what you think about obtaining membership in a blogging group. The proper name of these organizations escapes me at the moment — but basically, it’s a list of blogs that all belong to the same “club” and link to each other.

Anyone had any experience with these? There are a few of them in my niche (personal development) and I’m wondering if they are worth pursuing.