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June 16, 2005

Longterm Traffic Building Tips For New Blogs

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 11:23 pm

From: D. Keith Robinson

Many new bloggers, especially the professional or business kind, find it difficult, and ultimately a bit frustrating, getting people to come read their blog, especially via search engines like google.

I”ve been asked many times if I know why a site doesn”t show up in Google results after a reasonable about out time and what can be done to help move things along. Now, I’m not 100% sure of all the details, I mean, Google is in large part a mystery even to someone like me who thinks he knows quite a bit about how it all works, but I do think it takes time to build worthwhile traffic and the best way to do it is to keep at it.

A Successful Blog Takes Time

Don’t get discouraged if your site doesn’t take off right away. Most don’t and the best way to give your blog the chance to develop the way you’ve laid out in your goals is to keep writing and to spend some time, while you’ve got time, to lay the foundation for future success.

I’m all for diving right in and if there is one thing I can say is certain, it’s that success, no matter how you define it, usually brings with it a lack of time. It’s smart to do some planning and take care of some small details early on that will help you down the road.

Some Specific Tips for New Blogs





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1 Comment to “Longterm Traffic Building Tips For New Blogs”

  1. October 25th, 2005 at 9:06 am
    Building Traffic: Community Participation » Successful Blog said

    [...] As recently discussed, community participation is a great way of building traffic to your weblog. Scrivs mentioned commenting on other weblogs as a way of getting your voice out there, and Keith gave us a great list of starting tips on building traffic. The key message from those two articles is community participation. The more you give to the community the more you can expect to get back. You might wonder where to start, well, that’s where we come in. [...]

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