PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts

Dealing with this made me think of the following:

Ways to Build Traffic:

Leave good comments on the blogs of others–it may bring the blog’s author, or readers, to your site.

PermaLink blogs you like, as they might come to see who’s linking to them and discover your blog.

Link to pieces you like from other blogs (same as above).

Occasionally e-mail bloggers with stuff you think they might find interesting.

Get involved with list-fests with the Carnival of the Vanities.

DON’T

Expect anything in return for the above. People may ignore you, or not reciprocate, for any number of reasons, many of which are benign.

Live for the approval of a given blogger. For example, you may never get an InstaLanche (I have only gotten one, and that was because I hosted the CoV, so in many ways, that doesn’t count).

In other words, draw attention to yourself in positive ways, not obnoxious ones.

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2 Responses to “Building Blog Traffic”

Myria Says:
March 5th, 2024 at 10:47 pm
Most of all, don’t sweat it. People get so uptight about hit count when they should just be having fun with ‘blogging.

Myria
Simon World Says:
August 30th, 2024 at 9:36 pm
Everything you wanted to know about blogging but were afraid to ask
There are plenty of good guides to blogging and I was going to add my $0.02 to the pile. It’s the thing to do once your blog reaches a certain age, and I figure turning one is about the right time. However I’m going to break with blogosphere traditio…

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