The keyword here is “social”. To be able to take advantage of social bookmarking sites, you have to become a part of the community, learn their culture, and use your knowledge to play the game (following the rules, of course). In social media, there are regular users and power users. When regular users submit a [...]
Now that you know how to get a ton of traffic from social media, you need to prepare to make the most of it, if and when it happens. Visitors that reach you this way behave differently from people who were directed to your site via search engine, or from a link on another related [...]
Sometimes, you can actually have a cake and eat it, too. Here are a few free SEO resources for the earnest beginner, and those that just want to brush up their skills. SEO Guides Search Engine Dictionary – A lexicon of search engine terms, and a useful reference while you wade through the sea of [...]
We’ve already discussed how to generate massive traffic from StumbleUpon referrals. They’re not particularly hard to do, but they do take a bit of time to master. Why bother? 1. Viral. Using StumbleUpon, you can produce rapid exposure for a website, blog, brand or a specific product. If you write a great article, posted eye-popping [...]
A digg count normally comes in badge form – I’m sure you’ve seen it. It shows how many diggs a web page has, and provides a link for you to digg it. Digg have gone out of their way to make showing one easy; displaying a single digg count is as simple as dropping in a single piece of JavaScript on your page:
Podcasting makes sense. By adding premium audio content on your blog, you become more than just another site on your niche. Since blogging has exploded like crazy, you need all the edge you could get. However, because podcasts are usually audio content, search engine spiders can’t crawl them as easily as they do blogs. Is [...]
Whenever social network traffic is discussed, it seems Digg always comes up. While it can be a very powerful tool to drive massive traffic, that’s only true if you get on the first page, which is quite difficult, and when you do, it’s usually short-lived. StumbleUpon, in contrast, can give you considerable amount of traffic [...]
SEO experts suggest that 80% of a site’s search engine ranking depends on backlinks, while only 20% is based on on-page optimization. Given this lopsided preference for backlinks, a lot of site owners go on massive link-building campaigns. But don’t just get yourself links left and right, my friend. There’s more to backlinks than having [...]
Software & Support Verlag’s website Create or Die is a very popular informative web portal in Germany. They have arranged a valuable web design award program for the first time called “Webinale 2008.” So far 30 websites has been nominated for Webinale 2008 Most Valuable Website Design Award, under 3 different …
In every blog’s life, there comes a time when traffic is a little lower, and comments are harder to come by. Usually it’s all part of a cycle. Just keep going and eventually, things go back to the way they were. But what if they don’t? If the dark clouds have been hanging around too [...]
