Tips to Blast Your Blog

As has always been said, blogging is fun. Yes, blogging IS indeed fun. I guess many bloggers will therefore think very hard on how to blast their blogs to the top of big search engines especially Google.

The blog is your instrumental voice that you will use to communicate with bloggers from the rest of the world. It is the medium through which your views and thoughts will be shared with others. It is also the tool by which you will use to sell your products or services online.

To achieve the best of results, how then can you possibly communicate effectively with others? Here are certain proven tips that you can use to blast your blog to attain visibility and positive results:

(1) Ensure your blog has the right revelation

If you want to blast your blog effectively, it is vital that your blog bears the correct revelation that you intend to provide readers with. It must be aptly described and must always be relevant to the kind of audience that you have intended for it to target in the first place. Simply providing tags to the description for your blog does not always result in the correct audience. Tags must be relevant to what you have posted. These should substantiate the reasons why readers should come to read your posts in the first place.

(2) Provide high quality content

Content is the main ingredient for your blog. It is king in terms of attracting readership and maintaining it. Your blog needs lots of good content. What makes up good content? Great content certainly has quality. It should be unique, consisting of expert information from various quarters written based on various perspectives, and are always the latest news. There is the freshness factor that great content can provide readers with.

(3) Make use of directories and search engines

Once your blog is done up, it is vital to get it indexed. There are web directories such as Yahoo, and search engines such as Google who will assume the task of indexing newly setup blogs. Technorati and Blogwise are directories that perform similar role. This process will enable your blog to gain visibility promptly.

(4) Always continue to alert readers

Each time you have written a new post in your blog, you will need to ping it. It is simply an action that helps you to alert readers that you have indeed written a new post. This action is simplified on your part by just making use of sites such as Pingoat, BlogExplosion or Ping-O-Matic. They will perform just one big ping on your behalf to many search engines and directories that they have connection with. Pinging is a simple action in itself. It provides you with ease and convenience in letting others know about your latest post. It in effect helps to blast your blog in a big way.

(5) Learn to exchange links

There are blogs working on topics similar to yours. It is always a good idea to link up with them, and getting them to link back to your blog. Firstly, there will be more ready sources of information for visiting readers. Secondly, your blog will benefit in terms of increase in traffic. Importantly, incoming links should preferably be on the same topic wavelength as your blog. One great tip is to get incoming links that have higher page ranking and higher traffic numerals. This will benefit your blog in terms of search engine ranking.

(6) Encourage active interaction

Speak through your blog. Encourage more interaction. Request for feedback and comments from visitors. You can reciprocate by posting your comments on blogs of others. Comments given are always treated as valuable information that will be of great help to improving your content or blog. You will be able to prove yourself as the expert through your comments and feedback. Active interaction will certainly help you get a much bigger reputation as an established authority in your field.

(7) Generate continual traffic

It is continual traffic that keeps your blog alive. Keep on writing posts with good content on a regular basis. It is important to ensure these posts will stimulate readers to come back regularly for more. If you can get their email addresses, so much the better. As more readers return, your customer list will grow. Another advantage is that you can easily inform them of your latest product. It is a sure-win situation for you.

(8) Join the social fun

There are many social bookmarking sites that provide ample opportunities for you to build friendly relationships. MySpace, Facebook, Del.icio.us and Digg all provide great openings for traffic building. A simple inclusion of your URL will enable your blog to get increased visibility. Even a video on YouTube can bring a huge volume of traffic to your blog. Providing your lens on Squidoo can be another source of success for your blog.

In conclusion, I must say there are no other choices but for you to use the above tips to blast your blog. The blog is your heartbeat. Love it. Keep it.

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