I want to increase the "traffic" and build a "web-presence" and have people all over the web visit my site so that it can "rank" higher in the google (or any) search engines --(Search Engine Optimization - SEO) the higher it "ranks" the more people will come to visit it... And I want people to come to visit it because the more hits to the site - the more visitors who come to it - the more the likelihood of people clicking on ads (affiliate ads or good adsense) and then I can maybe make some money.
PHEW!
So, it seems almost like a catch-22 to me --- I want people at my site so I need to optimize the site and get it out there ... but in order to get it out there it seems people need to see my site .. .and I want people to click on ads but what is the purpose right now of putting up ads if nobody is visiting.
So... I will focus still on CONTENT - that is a surefire .. .as long as I keep on learning and discovering new things that will and MUST continue - I learnt that yesterday --- it's a big deal in marketing a site.
I also followed up with the site http://www.feedburner.com/ from google - it's a site that helps you get an RSS feed (not so sure what that is but so far to me it means that others can subscribe to your website information and that it tracks the visitors.) But, I am not so sure that site is so appropriate right now -it seemed to complicated and was getting me off track ... AND so far as I know right now, http://www.blogger.com/ already has a built-in RSS feed feature that also tracks your visits etc ... Not sure if it is as good as the one at feedburner, but for now I installed it as a gadget on my blog with blogger and will leave it at that- there are way too many other things to focus on at this point.
http://www.technorati.com/ - A site recommended to me yesterday on a youtube.com video as a place to submit your weblog. It is an internet search engine for blogs (according to wikipedia).
HELP... !! The technorati site is down ... hmmm. Not sure if it's permanent or just today.
How do I spread the word about my blog now??
This is what I found on bottom of technorati search ...
Pages similar to technorati.com
Google Blog Search - Web Images Videos Maps News ... - blogsearch.google.com
BlogPulse - An automated trend discovery system for blogs. It ... - blogpulse.com
Digg - The best news, videos and pictures on the web as voted on by the Digg ... - digg.com
Blogdigger - Blogdigger is an RSS Search Engine. Blogdigger ... - blogdigger.com
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So, I submitted my blog to http://www.blogpulse.com/ another search engine for blogs. We'll see when I hear back. But I did it. I will use the site to search blogs similar to mine and post on them. I think I need to wait for approval. (Just saw e-mail request bounced back --- there was somesort of failure on their site. I tried again, but bounced back again. No luck.)
I also submitted to http://www.blogdigger.com/ - which redirected to http://www.liquida.com/ - they take 48 hours to approve.
I also signed up for http://www.digg.com/ a social media site like http://www.twitter.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/.
For now I just signed up ... Will go back to explore all these when I have more to add to them and use them wisely and appropriately.
I also signed up with http://www.ezinearticles.com/ for now so I can submit articles in the near future. I can add my weblog address to the bottom of it and get my link on their site. My article will be about my journey through new media -- how to get traffic to my site so that people come and come back and then hopefully click on my ads. Let's wait n' see. On top of all that, this will be, at the very least, a learning experience.
This is a way to market my blog called article marketing ... !!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow I'll see if I am gutsy enough to .... : (G-d willing)
1) http://www.youtube.com/ video broadcast tomorrow !!! I don't even own a webcam so I will hopefully use my friend's.! They say this is the best way to market yourself - it's a form of social media ... people love videos apparently... I will talk about my new experiences and why I'm blogging. And hopefully become more visible on-line... Who knows????
2) Google some more SEO tips for blogs. For example: "Blog Search Engine Optimization:
3) Start writing an ezine article because I have 30 days for my first submission. Article marketing.
Whenever I run out of stuff to do there is always:
1) Linking with more people on http://www.linkedin.com/ in any capacity but mainly online, advertising, marketing
2) Looking at other people's blogs to get ideas and to comment with my URL
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