Top 5 Free Ways to “Start” Generating Traffic to Your Blog

1. Syndication.
Convert your blog posts into articles and submit them to article directories.

2. PR.
Write press releases and distribute them.

3. StumbleUpon.
Add a “stumbleupon” button to all your blog posts. When your readers click on the buttons, more people will start visiting your website through stumbleupon.com toolbars.

4. Hug another blogger.
Send them thank you notes. Comment on their blogs. (Read more…)

5. Co-Exchange Posts.
Contact a blogger and ask him to write a guest post for your blog and you can write a guest post for his.

(Written in response to Darren Rowse’s group writing project. Re-visit this blog frequently and you’ll find more blog traffic generating tips and tricks. And most of them will be more detailed and comprehensive.)

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Posted by Ankesh Kothari under Traffic on 08 May 2007
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Tim wrote:
Nice tips! This comment of mine goes to the section 4

Keep up the good work!

Posted 09 May 2007 #
stocktube wrote:
does the item (1) still works? … i read from somewhere that google might penalise or give lower weightage for duplicate content – includes to article directories …

they might have not start yet … cheers

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Ankesh Kothari wrote:
Thanks Tim for the hug

Stocktube – thanks for the question.

Google does not penalize duplicate content. It just hides it. If 2 websites have the same content, it’ll just show one of the websites in its search results.

But when you start blogging, your blog posts won’t show up in Google search results either ways. But if you syndicate your post and add it to ezinearticles.com – your article has a good chance to show up on Google search. And that article can drive traffic to your blog.

So in summary:

* Convert your blog posts into articles and syndicate them when your blog is not so highly ranked on Google

* Drop the technique over time when your site grows and more people start linking to it

Hope this clarifies the issue for you.

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Karlo Licudine wrote:
A basic sets of tips, but they are really helpful.Still you should have expounded on the topic a little more because they seem to be very short.

Still, nice post! ^_^

Thanks for your post.

If you have time, why dona_Tt you drop by my post:
http://mobileko.blogspot.com/2007/05/snatch-top-5-tips-on-how-to-be.html

Ita_Ts also an entry for the problogger top 5- group writing project. ^^ Goodluck to us all!

Posted 09 May 2007 #
StockTube wrote:
noted ankesh … cheers

Posted 09 May 2007 #
aczafra wrote:
good points. i’ll try that stumbleupon thingie.

check out my blog if you have the time, there are 5 things that you can’t get from it.

http://aczafra.com/2007/05/07/5-things-you-wont-get-from-my-blog/

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Justin Durst Jr. wrote:
Per your recommendation, I will be submitting ot ezine and giving stumble.upon a try.

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Marino wrote:
Good tips, and I didn’t know that Google hides duplicate content. Good to know that.
However, your tip #3 is great. I’ve used stumbleupon so many times and it’s a great traffic resource.

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Plus6 wrote:
Interesting tips…stumble upon can be a great resource. i have not thought of the first two you mentioned. i will give those a try.

Posted 09 May 2007 #
Susan wrote:
ok, I’ve read about this stumbleupon thingy twice today. I guess it’s time for me to get on the bandwagon, too. Thanks for the tips!

Posted 10 May 2007 #
Darlene McDaniel wrote:
Thank you for these recommendations. I will use number 1 immediately!!

Posted 10 May 2007 #
Keith wrote:
Social bookmarking also helps in creating one way links. I use a service called Only-Wire. Send your bookmark upto 17 different social booking marking sites. I find it a fanatasitc time saver.

Posted 10 May 2007 #
Keith wrote:
Sorry the only-wire url is http://www.only-wire.com

Posted 10 May 2007 #
Kristen (Quirky) wrote:
As a newbie to the blog world thank you for the tips! Heading over to Stumble now

Posted 10 May 2007 #
cahyo wrote:
hi! can you tell me how to put stumbleupon and digg button on my posts?

Posted 08 Jun 2007 #
thien wrote:
hey..

nice tips. thanks for sharing..

peace

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Posted 05 Nov 2007 #
Jagan wrote:
I jus started blogging…
Thanx for the tips

Posted 09 Dec 2007 #
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 #
monalisa wrote:
thanks

Posted 13 Mar 2008 #
Pokemon Action Figures wrote:
This is a great list of definite working methods of generating traffic, however I believe that in order to make money off of your blog or other static website, you need organic traffic (if you do not want to spend for PPC).

Posted 16 Apr 2008 #
George Lindemann Jr wrote:
Post things for people to download free of charge, especially if they’re fun & immediately usable (sound, video, images) is also a good way to attract traffic

Posted 23 May 2008 #
making money online wrote:
ezine articles and stumble upon are worth the effort.

Posted 04 Jun 2008 #
Locjan wrote:
nice tips guy. i like the number 1 tips i will try it. thanks anyway

Posted 25 Jun 2008 #
Ajith Prasad Edassery wrote:
I guess some of these tips are still valid though I would like to have more along the lines. I particularly like the post-exchange tip…

Ajith, Bangalore

Posted 10 Jul 2008 #
Owen wrote:
Some great advice. I like the “Hug a Blogger” one. I know what you mean buy it, just the way you put it is great

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Posted 09 Aug 2008 #
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Posted 31 Oct 2008 #
Ankit wrote:
I guess Stumble is introducing me to a whole new world which never existed.
The other day,i read that ezine submissions might hurt your blog’s traffic and then finally i am enlightened that my efforts haven been in vain.
I guess until and unless i get enough traffic on my blog,ezine can still be the right thing to do.

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Thank you very much. I am wonderring if I can share your article in the bookmarks of society,Then more friends can talk about this problem.

Posted 27 Jul 2009 #
armco barrier wrote:
Great list of useful info. There’s so many different things out there to drive traffic, its confusing!

Posted 29 Jul 2009 #
Pavan Somu wrote:
that’s was nice & interesting fact too

Posted 02 Oct 2009 #
William Traffic wrote:
Love your techniques they all sound good to me. I personally love StumbleUpon.

Posted 13 Oct 2009 #