Showing posts with label Traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traffic. Show all posts

PageRank Or SERP?

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I'm not an SEO expert nor do I really know about search engines algorithm,but what I do know is SERP or search engine result page is much more important than PageRank.PageRank is what Google think of your page based upon how long it has been around,what type of links coming and going from your page,it is rank from the lowest 0 to the highest 10.Advertisers will want to see what PageRank you have and certainly having a 0 PageRank meaning you have a very low chance of advertisers wanting to advertise on your page,or maybe you want to do paid review,chances are a blog less than 3 month old with 0 PageRank will not get to do it yet.

SERP on the other hand is how your site fare when people do a search on certain keywords that are related to keywords you have on your page,let say blogging tip.If you are in the first page,at number 1 to 5,chances are these people will certainly visit your site since they want to know about blogging tip and getting it from a site that came top in their search results meaning they will get the best tip possible that all other people are looking at too,but if you end up in page 3 and above,it seems very unlikely people will discover your site.

If you want visitor,work on your SEO to get the best SERP,there is no point in worrying about your PageRank are still 0 or you have a PageRank of 3 and suddenly it goes to 0.What you should really worry about is whether your site are being index,how to optimize your site to get good search engine results and good search engine results mean more traffic.

I'll write a little bit more about SEO in my next post,how you can do-it-yourself without paying huge sum of money to get it done for you.I'm no SEO expert,but like to share what I know,what I learn.

 

Not Getting Traffic To Your Blogs?

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This is one of the most biggest concern among bloggers.You start a blog,write a post,but there are no people reading it.You can find topics about traffic in any forums you join.There are ways that we can do to promote our blogs like submitting it to blog directories,joining blogging community,use social networking sites to promote it to other members,join forums,comment on other blogs and a lot of different ways that we can think of just to get people to our blogs.But still,even if they do come,that is the only time they came.

Maybe we are getting the wrong kind of traffic?Maybe there is something wrong with our blogs?Lets see,do we forget about this 3 major ingredient which can help our blog,not in getting sudden rush of traffic,but a more targeted traffic,that will eventually become our loyal readers.What are the 3 ingredients?
  • Content - Well,blogs are about content and content as they say are king.Would people come to your blog again if you don't have anything that can interest them?They want to read something,gain new information,learn new things,being told stories they never heard of before,knowing things they never come across ever in their life,seeing new products that they never thought exist.If people want to see ads,they can find it without effort,its everywhere.But unique,fresh quality content are hard to find and once they found it,they will keep coming for more.Some will say it is difficult to come out with good content,if other people can do it,why can't you?Read other blogs within or outside your niche,look at how they write their content,why theirs have a lot of people subscribing to it.If they can do it,so can you.
  • Promoting - Some bloggers will go all out to create one killer content,submit it to Digg,Reddit or Stumbleupon and get a blast of traffic,but it won't last long.They will leave as fast as they came,just to see what the fuss is about,but if you constantly,regularly update your blog with good quality content,mixing well all the SEO things into each and every post,you will see the increase in your traffic,it will take time,but this are targeted traffic,people who come to your blog because they know you have something that they want,because they do a search about your blog keywords.
  • Tracking - I believe this is one thing that most bloggers,especially new ones are still unfamiliar with.The most simple tools to use are Google Analytic.You will know how many visitors you have,where they came from,how they get to your blog,if through search from which keywords,which article get the most view,what is your bounce rate,the higher your bounce rate means they only open your first page and leave.With all this stats available to you,you can use it to further enhance your blog.You know what kind of articles the readers like,you know which keywords normally bring people to your blog.Giving what people want will help increase traffic to your blog.
Now that we know the 3 important ingredients,it is time to put it into practice and hopefully we will see an increase to our traffic in not a very long time.After we achieve this,is there anything else to do?There sure is,don't be easily satisfied.We can always optimized our effort.If we can create good content,optimize our knowledge to make a better or even great content.If we manage to get good amount of traffic through SEO,optimize it by making it better or do other things that can help add more traffic.Join conference,network with other bloggers,create a group among bloggers in your niche.

As I've said a number of times before,blogging is a learning process.If we are willing to learn and put to practice what we have learnt,learning from mistakes we made,we always have a better and bigger chance of being a successful blogger.

 

Optimizing Your Blog.

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Just a short post today..not feeling very well actually.I received this newsletter in my mail about why some websites fail to succeed.I think there are some points that can be taken in a blogger point of view to optimize blogs not only making sure of the blog success,but keeping it going as long as possible.Most blog this days started out very brightly,with nice layout,good content,regular posting,but after a few month the spark seems to die a bit,the posting start to decrease until the blog was left deserted.There are few reason,maybe the blogger does not have the time to tend to the blog anymore or they have just lost interest after finding it is hard to maintain a blog,to regularly post to it.It depends much on why they started the blog in the first place.If its for money,than the shorter the age of the blog can be,because making money is not easy using a blog,you have to post something to it,get traffic to your blog.I've seen many making money blogs that was updated most recently February this year,but most of it have no posting since late last year.

9 Reason A Blog Won't Last Very Long.
  • No specific objective.
  • No specific targeted audience.
  • Not building for right audience.
  • Working out traffic from anywhere possible.
  • Don't care to check other blog.
  • Inconsistent.
  • Not updating your blog with time.
  • Poor blog performance.
  • Lack of commitment.
Don't start a blog just because you want to.Think what your blog is about,can you consistently make a post for about 6 month.Don't just post whatever that comes to mind,if you still wants to,keep it relevant to what your blog is about.Don't aim for almost everyone in this universe to read your blog.Get traffic to your blog that is within your niche,not just linking with any possible site you can find.Try to get qualified visitors,not random ones.If from the start you have a right target for your blog,being consistent won't be a problem.Keep up with time,make changes to your blog accordingly.If you want to start a blog,make sure you can commit your self,if you're thinking of setting up a blog to start making money,hoping it will all come by it self,stop dreaming,and don't start a blog!To some blogging is a hobby,and people spend time for their hobbies.To some blogging is a passion,and people certainly have time for their passion,and loving every minute of it.If you don't have the passion,then don't,go do something else that you can do passionately.