How to Increase Blog Traffic: Complete Guide

Today after Creating a blog Its very Necessary to increase blog Traffic as, not only for professional bloggers but for anybody who wants to attract the maximum number of visitors to their blog. This complete blog traffic guide will help you to achieve that.

How to Increase Blog Traffic: Complete Guide :-

1.) Blog Design and Content

Before worrying about how to increase blog traffic, let’s first discuss how you will treat your visitors when you get them there. There is little point in spending a great deal of time and effort, and even perhaps some money, in attracting traffic if they are just going to take one look and then run.

1.1. Loading Speed

The day when visitors would wait ages for large blogs to load are long gone. Remember those Flash landing pages that would take forever to load up? Gone! People want fast loading speeds now – around 3 seconds should be a maximum.

•  Use smaller images if possible – images are often responsible for slow loading.
• Cut out all white space around your image, and use formatting to separate the image from the text.
• If you use PNG, then use the non-interlaced format for smaller files.
• If you have multiple images together, combine them into a single image.
• Save and view your image in various formats, and choose the format that combines acceptable appearance with the smallest file size.
• Use a CDN (content distribution network) to speed up loading time.

1.2. Blog Content

The content of you blog should be informative and interesting to read. There has been a lot of debate about the ideal word count for a blog post – most appear to be between 400 and 600. Do not get bogged down with this: you blog should be as long as is needed to get the message across. More than what is necessary gets boring.

Long posts of up to 2,500 words can result in more traffic and higher conversion rates, but only if every word is meaningful. Such content is also likely to be ranked higher: Google does not generally like 200-300 word posts, but there is no hard and fast rule.

2.) Social Networking

Social networking has become a catch-all term for many different types of social sites. It is not out purpose here, either to explain how all of these work, or how to register with and use them.

2.1. Google+ and Authorship

Google+ is Google’s social networking system which you can reach by clicking on the link +YourName to the top right of any Google application screen (Gmail, Maps, Drive, etc.) If you cannot see it, you have likely not yet registered with Google+. You can do that using the link in the same area of screen.

2.2 Using Facebook

2.2.1. Facebook Fan/Business Page

Whether you call it a fan page or a business page, Facebook allows you to set up a page that can be used to promote your blog. Many people use Google to find information, but many will also check out your Facebook page before visiting your site.

First, click on the admin cog wheel on your Facebook Timeline, then click to create a page. The instructions are very easy to follow from there on. This page can be used to describe your blog, what its objectives are and you can post on Facebook every time you make blog post.

You can use your Facebook page URL in place of your blog link to reduce over-exposure of your blog. In fact, by interlinking your blog with your Facebook page and your Google+ page and profile, you will be creating a very powerful traffic-magnet that will also appeal to Google.

3. Advertising Techniques

Advertising is another excellent Blog traffic generation technique. However, you must be careful with advertising, particularly paid averts which can be expensive if you take your eye off them. Also, be careful of the Google Panda and Penguin algorithm updates. Treat adverts as links, which means that you should minimize their exposure on sites unconnected with your niche. If you follow the advice below, you will avoid annoying Google while enjoying the benefits that this type of blogging traffic can give you.

3.1. Email Marketing: Building a List

Email marketing normally involves building a list of subscribers to which you can email regularly with information on your niche and make occasional product offers. That’s the reason for all these subscription forms you see on websites and blogs.

If you are successful in driving traffic to your blog, what do you with them when they get there? That’s a very important question, because most will read a post and then disappear forever. Very few visitors are repeats, unless you either catch their interest or catch their contact details.

3.2. Google Adwords

Google Adwords are another form of PPC. If you check Google’s search engine results pages, the results on the right of the page are Adwords. You decide on a price you are prepared to pay for each click: the more you pay, the closer you are to #1 on Page #1. It is critical with PPC advertising that your advert describes exactly what you are selling.

If you are selling blue Nike running shoes, then state that. You will waste a click if the visitor is looking for red Nike running shoes! If you sell both, state that or have a different advert for each (seriously!).

PPC can be used to direct traffic to your blog, because that is what every click you pay for will do. Whether they remain long enough is up to you and how compelling you make your landing page.

3.3. Facebook Ads

Facebook also offer PPC adverts, although it is more difficult to get targeted traffic on Facebook. Unlike Google, visitors did not get to your advert through a keyword-driven search. Facebook ads are more appropriate for people offering items such as Facebook themes, web design and blogging advice. However, they can be very productive, and many people use nothing but.

4. Commenting and Guesting

You can improve traffic to your blog by making a contribution to other blogs and forums. This can offer at least two benefits: you get your blog address published and you have the opportunity to present your credentials as an expert in your niche.

In each of the possibilities below, better referred to as opportunities, you should link your name to your Google+ Profile page if such a link is permitted. Many blogs and forums allow the name to be linked to a profile. Not only does this enable readers to check you out, but it also provides Google with a link to your blog – assuming you have not failed to list it on your profile!

4.1. Blog Commenting

You can present your knowledge to the readers of other blogs in your niche by commenting on these blogs. Sometimes you can be lucky and spot an issue that has not been satisfactorily resolved yet. Even if you don’t know the answer immediately, it pays to carry out a bit of research and suggest a solution.

If traffic is your main objective here, then try to find the top blogs in your niche and comment on these. Why comment on a blog with only 50 regular readers if you can do so on one with 5,000! If you are seen to be able solve problems, then this could be a good source of traffic for you.

4.2. Guest Blogging

Guest blogging can also be very profitable in terms of traffic. You might be invited to guest blog if you are already a known name in your field, but even if not, some good comments might result in an invitation.

You might find sites offering guest blogging opportunities, but you should be careful with these. One or two might be OK, but by and large it is best to become a regular commenter on some good blogs, and then ask.