Communities for increasing traffic
Some time ago, when I started all of this, I signed up at the blogger community MyBlogLog. I wasn't certain what this would do, but I had seen it referred to before, so I went there and signed up. I then promptly forgot about it. After looking at where hits were coming from, I noticed that some were coming from MyBlogLog. I had noticed on some other people's sites (mylifestartsatfortytwo, fortywhat and others) a section in their sidebars which displayed icons avatars and names for recent visitors. This table was furnished by code supplied by MyBlogLog.
When I went to MyBlogLog and clicked the graphic for "Get Widgets" it gave me a couple of options. The first for tracking recent readers (who are MyBlogLog members - it doesn't do anything for non-MyBlogLog members). When I looked at the tracking info, I realized a couple of things...1) People were actually visiting my blog and b) lots of visitors were members of MyBlogLog. This got some fire moving under my feet. I started visiting MyBlogLog much more frequently, and (WARNING: This part is shocking, if you have a weak heart, you might want to look away and have someone paraphrase the next line or two) - I started responding to messages people had left in MyBlogLog - invites to join other blogger's communities and what not. And I started visiting the people who had visited me. This led to them visiting me more (I believe). Also leaving short messages at MyBlogLog thanking them for visiting and finally, leaving comments on their blogs.
All of this creates a kind of communal feeling. Sort of like "you do me a solid, I do you a solid" type of atmosphere. The more you visit and comment on other people's blogs, the more they will visit and comment on yours, and the more trackbacks you will receive. All of this is supposed to assist in increasing PageRank, Technorati rank and Alexa rank.
In this next week, my goal for this site is to post more on getting higher rankings everywhere. The places like PayPerPost and Blogsvertise pay better for more rank. Getting rank is not the easiest thing. I have seen time and again, websites or blogs trying to explain how to get a high PageRank in a short amount of time. Most of these start with links to their demo site from a high ranking page they already have. This kind of lends to the "got to have money to make money" catch 22, where one cannot get a good page rank, without links from sites with good page ranks. However, I do know that sheer volume of incoming links will increase a page rank. With this in mind, I am going to do some research and posting on how to get incoming links.
I hope I am not biting off more than I can chew with this next assignment.
As always, thanks for visiting!
When I went to MyBlogLog and clicked the graphic for "Get Widgets" it gave me a couple of options. The first for tracking recent readers (who are MyBlogLog members - it doesn't do anything for non-MyBlogLog members). When I looked at the tracking info, I realized a couple of things...1) People were actually visiting my blog and b) lots of visitors were members of MyBlogLog. This got some fire moving under my feet. I started visiting MyBlogLog much more frequently, and (WARNING: This part is shocking, if you have a weak heart, you might want to look away and have someone paraphrase the next line or two) - I started responding to messages people had left in MyBlogLog - invites to join other blogger's communities and what not. And I started visiting the people who had visited me. This led to them visiting me more (I believe). Also leaving short messages at MyBlogLog thanking them for visiting and finally, leaving comments on their blogs.
All of this creates a kind of communal feeling. Sort of like "you do me a solid, I do you a solid" type of atmosphere. The more you visit and comment on other people's blogs, the more they will visit and comment on yours, and the more trackbacks you will receive. All of this is supposed to assist in increasing PageRank, Technorati rank and Alexa rank.
In this next week, my goal for this site is to post more on getting higher rankings everywhere. The places like PayPerPost and Blogsvertise pay better for more rank. Getting rank is not the easiest thing. I have seen time and again, websites or blogs trying to explain how to get a high PageRank in a short amount of time. Most of these start with links to their demo site from a high ranking page they already have. This kind of lends to the "got to have money to make money" catch 22, where one cannot get a good page rank, without links from sites with good page ranks. However, I do know that sheer volume of incoming links will increase a page rank. With this in mind, I am going to do some research and posting on how to get incoming links.
I hope I am not biting off more than I can chew with this next assignment.
As always, thanks for visiting!
1 comment:
I do this everyday (being mylifestartsatfortytwo). The issue becomes a little crazy when it takes up three to four hours you may not have - so be careful! As always - great blog...
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