How I Have Been Driving Traffic and Optimizing My Blog
Hey Guys,
I have been very busy this last week driving traffic. and
also the unemployment people in Ireland decided to send
me on a word processing course for the next 26 weeks 8.30
to 5 each day.
Now as part of the competition I have to tell people what I
have been doing to drive traffic to my site.
Well I have been doing alot of high traffic blogs,
oil rig hopping and I have been pretty active in warrior
forum and a few others. I’m also in the process of writing 5
articles and getting a squidoo lens up and running. That is
basically how I’m driving traffic.
I have also got a script for my video but my camera has gone
missing “weird”. My girlfriend and daughter are away for a night
or two so I have to wait till she gets back tomorrow to get my
video recorded.
“Terri knows where everything is in the house.”
So let us push on.
As I was saying earlier I have been doing a lot of oil rig
hopping and checking out alot of different blogs. One thing
that I noticed is that there are alot of blogs with uncatagorized
catagories in them. This is not good for the SEO of your blog as
it doesn’t give the search engines a topic to put your post
under.
The basic formula is
Domain + Catagory + Post Title = SEO magic
Your domain can be as broad as your like in the niche
you are in.
The catagories on your blog should be more focused
so that the search engine knows more specifically what
your content is about. Anything between 7 – 12 catagories
is ok.
Your Post Title should be the long tail keyword that you
have choosen for your post anything from 5 -7 words is
fine.
Use google adwords keywords tool to find your keywords.
Each post that you publish on your blog should be pinged.
Pinging basically tells the search engines that there is
a new post on your blog or website.
Here is a list of ping site that I use wordpress will ping
automatically for you so all you have to do is put the list
in your blog dashboard.
Login to wordpress
On the left hand side click on Settings.
When settings opens up click on Writing.
At the bottom of the page there is a heading Update Services
this is where you want to put your pinglist.
There are some ping sites already there but this is a more
substanial list. This list also includes that list that is there
already.
On a lighter note check out this video This is hilarious.
Hope you enjoyed the video
Glyn
Tagged with: Blogging • driving traffic • Keyword Research • search engine • SEO • traffic generation
Filed under: Blogging • Traffic Generation
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Hey Glyn,
Thanks for the pinglist and the tip about Categories. I tend to leave things undone sometimes. There’s so much, sometimes it seems intimidating or we often don’t feel we can trust the source of information. The best thing to do is practice blogging interactive topics, gleaning out the real facts through constructive discussion and participation. Of course I am now seeing that quite few of these could not be pinged. But that’s ok; at least I have some new ping sites. Thanks Again
.-= Paul Germana´s last blog ..EnergyBlogs.com =-.
Hey Glyn, thanks for sharing that information, it’s spot on, once you start getting organice traffic from google, your traffic just goes up and up. That’s really rubbish you have to do that course, cant you fake sick, Sally
.-= Sally Neill´s last blog ..It’s Just Personal It’s Nothing Business =-.
Hey Glyn,
Great post.
My daughter is one who either knows where everything is or can find it quicker than a flash of lightening!
One other good tip is to configure your URLS to use “category” and “post title” in the URL. This helps SEO scores a lot!
If you have already started a blog without doing that, there are a couple of plugins to change your URL structure without losing SEO points or backlinks.
I also have a few other neat plugins and blog success ideas on my post at http://www.oxytrainer.com/archives/212
Fred
Hi Glyn,
Thanks for the great info on pinging. I need to get my categories sorted out as well. Great to be learning stuff from you.
Alina
.-= Alina Hanel´s last blog ..“Stumble Stumble Trip” then a Site Launch! =-.
Hi Glyn
I am also going down the artcile, squidoo and forum route and seeing ok results. It looks like you have been seeing better results than me according to Alexa…well done mate!!
Anyway I wish you well my friend and your blog is so informative it puts mine to shame!!
Nick
http://www.workfromhomeideas-nickstentiford.com
Hi Paul,
Glad I could help
Glyn
Sally, Alina and Nick,
Thanks for your great comments
I will be calling to your blogs soon
Glyn
Fred,
Thanks for the comments and the extra info on the plugins
Glyn
Hey Glyn
Well thought out article with pleny of usefull information – well done.
Ken
Great article Glyn you put me to shame. I have just started on blog commenting and doing some blog articles nothing else so far. Its taken me a long time to catch up on training. I get 2 hrs a day mostly late at night to work. I better get my behind in gear pronto!
.-= Orla Kelly´s last blog ..Web Site Promotion Internet Marketing =-.
Great site! It looks like you are on your way! I haven’t even started to driving traffic yet still working on my blog.
Thanks again for your help. I have made some progress in making the changes that you have suggested but I still have one difficulty. I will be in touch in the forum.
Thanks again!
Alice
.-= Alice´s last blog ..Marketing with Alice =-.
Glyn,
Thanks for the SEO knowledge man. I know absolutely nothing about SEO especially categories and I just am chucking them in as I go along.
Knew a little about the post title, but even still I don’t use that knowledge, just write those titles as they pop into my head.
Really have to start doing some keyword research.
You’re blog is building up brilliantly (…got to stop using that word…)
Thanks for the post mate (…long live B.A. (Bosco Albert) Baracus)
Reach new heights,
Nathan
.-= Nathan Rufus´s last blog ..What’s The Bridge Between (Internet Marketing) Dreams And Reality? =-.
Hey Glyn
Well thought out article with pleny of usefull information – well done.
Ken
Hello Glyn,
Well, I have just been back reading more of your great content and found your info on pinging. Thanks so much for the heads up on this item. I have now added the ping list to my blog. I will come back often to find what other great tips you have to offer! Thanks!
Alice
Thank you for your help!