Comments on: 7 Considerations on Generating Traffic to Your Blog

By: Lialla Igneb

Lialla Igneb — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:29:49 +0000

Hi, thanks so much for these tips! My blogs usually do bring readers and responses. One thing I do is engage with the readers. Answer questions in responses and make clarifications where needed. I think they appreciate that I take the time to talk to them.

By: Andrew Pelt

Andrew Pelt — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:07:16 +0000

Thx a lot for this post it’s really useful.As a webdevelopping student I find it hard to create a workflow for an application.I start with an application but as soon as things go wrong, I have nothing to fall back to. I’ll definately keep this list and try to follow it as much as possible.

By: vinay

vinay — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:04:49 +0000

I am getting traffic around 200 to 300 per day . But still my PR is “0″.My friends have same niche and almost he is copying my Content.But his PR is 2 AND also he is good traffic.Only difference is i am using blogger he is using wordpress.Is this the problem.Please check my blog
http://www.moviebuffer.com/
and tell me what is wrong,Hope you reply me soon .

By: Mandi

Mandi — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:09:17 +0000

This is very helpful, thanks! I do think very different niches do get a different response, sometimes you do have to keep yourself from just sticking to the “easiest” or the “immediately most effective” option.

By: Shelina Ishani

Shelina Ishani — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:38:51 +0000

Great tips for a beginner blogger as myself. Thankyou!!

Shelina Ishani
http://coolmamablog.com
http://jazzyseries.com

By: Margarette Poisson

Margarette Poisson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:56:32 +0000

Anything preceding a 5% weighting for inclusion of keywords, is edging on the insane, and will more than in all likelihood get the article or webpage unobserved. The average is 2% – 5% – – – with 5% being the high end. Google look to choose the 2% mark. Hmmh! that “SEO expert” who advocates anything above a 5% weight for keywords must be that same charlatan who “guarantees” a top10 ranking – tcchh!!

By: RickyRobi

RickyRobi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:21:59 +0000

You are so right that you shouldn’t limit your self to getting traffic from one source. That would be as bad as only using one method of earning money online. Diversity!

I like to think of driving traffic to a site as building a chain. Each source is a link in the chain. If you miss one, your chain isn’t very strong. I keep trying to make mine stronger.

By: Joshua Burkhow

Joshua Burkhow — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:17:34 +0000

Hey! Great article! Anybody have experience with ancestry/genealogy blogs and what sources you think I should focus most on? Thanks, Joshua http://www.climbingjoshuastree.com

By: Forearm Tattoos

Forearm Tattoos — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:25:33 +0000

Thank you for this great post. In fact, thanks for the whole site – there is some great stuff here.

By: Valentina

Valentina — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:48:49 +0000

Thank you Darren,

I see that my blog traffic is right on track with your flow chart … nice to know that persistence will begin to pay off with other types of traffic (eventually :-)

By: Consuela Greene

Consuela Greene — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:15:19 +0000

This article has opened my eyes to understanding that you need more than one way to growing your traffic. Thanks

By: Farnoosh

Farnoosh — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:05:38 +0000

Darren, excellent observation and advice: Be Yourself. Be unique and truly develop that voice. For me, that is the reason I blog, and monetization, while it would be nice, comes later.
How can we enjoy the blogging process if we lose our sense of identity and our own writing voice, and what does it matter anymore how well we are doing financially if we are not enjoying it?

By: Cori Padgett

Cori Padgett — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:39:53 +0000

I actually generate the bulk of my traffic through social media, and my blog is just now establishing some traction and receiving some search engine traffic. I agree though, that focusing on just one area is a mistake. It’s never a smart idea to put all your eggs in one basket in anything in life, and especially when it comes to your financial well-being. Thanks for the great post Darren… I’m off to continue diversifying! :)

Warm regards,
Cori

By: Shaune

Shaune — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:40:04 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’m always looking for ways to improve my online presence and make my blog more useful to the readership.

By: Nimit Kashyap

Nimit Kashyap — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:51:45 +0000

It is important not to be dependent on a single source of traffic, very true point.

By: Avatar Lover

Avatar Lover — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:46:28 +0000

i am student but i still make money
online with adsense via my vlog.

i have to manage my time to study and
to promote my blog.

well, i can not give all my time
just to get traffic from all resources like
above.

i just focus in getting traffic from video marketing
and seo,i just use these two ways to get traffic.

to market with video marketing I will
upload around 10 videos at youtube.com
and to market via seo i will make up at least 30
backlinks everyday at people blog that has good ranking.

hmm..the result is pretty good.
for me it`s ok if we try just few resources to
get traffic but here focus is the main key!

anyway,,this is really great post.

thanks! :)

By: Houston Librarian

Houston Librarian — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:57:20 +0000

I think I will go with all of the above to be on the safe side

By: Elizabeth Ashe

Elizabeth Ashe — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:12:14 +0000

What an excellent Post, most bloggers have different personalty styles and that can play out in how they get traffic to their site. I use a variety of all method and don’t just stick one main one and the idea of constantly testing drives me nuts.

But experimenting with getting traffic is great to find out which one is the right one for your niche.

By: Betty

Betty — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:04:30 +0000

I agree on receiving and looking at the revenue from all the sources you spoke of. I am a newbie, but I see there is more than 1 revenue source for blogs. Thanks for your insight.

By: Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:54:32 +0000

Please put a post on some tools and tricks to rank high in search engines.