I’m still trying to figure this blogging thing out. I’ve been at it for several months now and I really like it. Not only writing my own posts but reading those of others. I have come to find out that there are lots of really good writers out there who are worth reading. I have also come to know a lot of very nice, generous, and helpful people.
Two of the questions I have had is “How do people find my blog? And how can I make it easier for people to find?” I mean quality of writing and creative composition and hilarious jokes are fine, but how do you get people to your site? If your blog is lame then they will leave but the challenge is to get them there in the first place.
One good source I found is Michael Hyatt’s Blog, From Where I Sit. Mr. Hyatt is CEO of Thomas Nelson Books, a Christian Book Publisher. He has a lot to say about various things plus he gives out free copies of his companies books to blogger in exchange for reviews. One of his emphases is what authors can do to help themselves in the online world. As far as I am concerned all bloggers are authors, right? He had a series of posts on online marketing in November. The one I found most helpful is this.
Basically he talks about services that will analyze your blog for you, for free. This is a lot of fun. When you realize that you can submit blogs besides yours for analysis its even more fun! The site he uses is WebsiteGrader.com. This site analyzes your (or a friend of yours) blog and gives several metrics to evaluate your blog.
Mine turned out like this:
Website Grade 48
Google Page Rank 2
Google Indexed Pages 145
Traffic Rank Not Ranked
Blog Rank 870,402
Inbound Links 190
del.icio.us Bookmarks 0
The site describes what all this stuff means.
If you like run your blog through the evaluation. Let us know what the results are.
I’m too scared to have mine graded! I don’t like grades! LOL!
For a man I’m sure it may be a little more difficult. The only thing I know to do is visit others blogs and leave comments. Which I know you do…. just do it more! LOL!
You could join Baby Center. It’s a parenting social community. I have my blog fed through there. I belong to several groups on there as well. You would find groups that you’d like. They have everything!! There are groups for parents of special needs kids, book groups, yadayad…. Plus, the women on there always seem extra nice to the men. Not in that way!! LOL! It’s just they appreciate that a man is involved in his child(ren)’s life. Might be worth a try.
I will do the grade thing…but, if it isn’t a good grade I’m not telling! LOL!
Hi Yogi, popped over to visit. I would recommend joining TECHNORATI highly. It is a rating and listing system for blogs and it works very well. APart from that you need to write some posts about stuff that’s current or happening, that way you will show up if someone searches that on Google.
But the fastest ways to get your blog out there is to comment ALOT on others blogs, they will nearly always return the visit. And I would highly recommend joining either Skywatch Friday or My World as these are great networking sites. But again you need to post and then comment on others posts to get traffic.
The final way is to get a popular blog to link to yours in their favourite blogs list. That is all about making someone else feel their blog is one they want to shhare with others and that’s all about writing quality.
Good luck.
Sorry that that should have said – someone else feel YOUR blog is one they want to share
I joined memes like http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com or Myworld. 🙂 That’s how I get my blog exposure.
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