Another way to generate attention to your blog, (and eventually to your website) is to register and start posting at forums. Write out your bio/signature (usually around 2-3 lines) and insert the link to your blog in it.

Next, you want to do a search for forum topics that are relevant to your niche and then write up an article or two for submission. Remember to include your signature at the bottom of each piece.

You can also comment on popular threads – obviously they receive heavy traffic, so it makes sense to put in some useful comments about the post in question. Of course, here too, you’ll need to include your bio!

And now…..for the most powerful source you can use to generate traffic to your blog – Technorati! (Remember, the more exposure your blog receives, the more traffic your website will receive, since the main purpose of your blog is to send targeted visitors to your website).

Technorati is known as a blogger’s ‘best friend’, since it’s one of the best traffic sources a blog owner could ask for. Not only does it make your blog way easier to find, it’s also one of the largest blog ranking search engines out there.

Use Technorati to increase blog traffic

Your blog is given a ranking based on the number of incoming links to your blog from other websites/blogs. And, the higher your ranking, the easier it is for people to find your blog when they enter relevant search terms.

OK, before I show you how Technorati can increase the flow of traffic to your blog , it’s time to set up head over to their website and sign up for an account. Once you’re done with the main settings such as your profile, you want to claim your blog. To do this, simply follow the instructions after you have registered an account.

You need to create a post using the code below in the screen shot and publish it to your blog. You may delete the post after Technorati’s spiders have seen it. (You’ll know they’ve seen it when you come to your Technorati account page and this blog shows as claimed, and not “in progress”).

Use Technorati to increase blog traffic

OK, you now want to click on ‘Save changes,’ and grab your ‘claim’ code.
Technorati gives you 2 types of code that you can place in your blog. This is so
they can verify that your blog does indeed exist and also be able to keep track
of it.

Oh, one more thing..itˇs a good idea to add the Technorati ping link to your weblog. Implementing this technique will alert them each time you update your blog. For more info on this, just head over to http://www.technorati.com/developers/ping.

Here are some observations on Technorati and proof that their tagging system does indeed work. Tagging has become one of the hottest buzzwords in online marketing circles in recent times. In fact, itˇs a novel way to categorize the vast amount of information on the Web.

Tags enable you to enhance the value of your individual blog posts within your blog, by driving greater importance into a topic. To elaborate, letˇs assume you write a post on ˉniche marketing,ˇ on your blog, which focuses on all aspects of niche marketing.

You then tag that particular post with the term ˉniche marketing.ˇ Once you do this, this post becomes easily searchable within your niche! It also serves as another way for your content to be found and used, by contributing to a specific information group about niche marketing thatˇs exists beyond your blog discussion.

Now Technorati gets a massive amount of traffic, because many folks refer to it as the ˉblog search engine,ˇ so it makes sense to get your blog listed too. And, when you tag your blog with highly relevant and targeted keywords, the chances of attracting traffic to your blog through Technorati, significantly increases. As I mentioned earlier on, this would mean more exposure for your website and other affiliate links, since youˇre promoting them on your blog.

When utilizing Technorati Tags to search for info on topics of interest, youˇll find that the results are often extremely targeted and relevant to the subject.

Additionally, the next time you perform a Tag search in Technorati, take note of the ˉRelated Tagˇ field. Because, these tags arenˇt just related tags, they often indicate topics that are frequently discussed or in other words, topics that are ˉhot.ˇ

This is an ideal opportunity for you to generate more traffic to your blog. All you’ve got to do is blog about a hot topic and tag all of your content. Because it’s already a frequently searched Tagged term, you can expect traffic to your blog skyrocket in no time at all!

Technorati tags have now begun to show up in top Google Search Engine Results, mainly because they’re usually targeted, frequently updated and most importantly, content rich. A great example would be the Google search results for ˉBlog Marketing.ˇ Youˇll notice that the Technorati Tag for blog marketing, ranks an impressive number 11 in Google. So when somebody clicks on that link to Technorati, and your content is correctly tagged, youˇre likely to see a spike in your blog traffic, as folks will see your content in the tagged results!

Clarence Wang

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