Did You Claim Your Blog Yet? No? You’re Losing Traffic!
I decided to write this post because I know that there are literally tons of blogs out there linking to me right now, but hardly any of them have been claimed in Technorati. Did you know that if you have a claimed blog in Technorati, and another claimed blog links to you, that it will bring you more traffic?
Technorati shows blog reactions to your published articles. Those reactions are linked on your blog’s profile page which helps you get traffic, just by linking to another blog post.
On top of that, by having a claimed blog you also get traffic from people who search “tags” on Technorati. Now keep in mind that Technorati is not the only game in town, but they have brought me a good amount of traffic since I started. Other good places to claim your blog is SpicyPages, and MyBlogLog which have also brought traffic. Add to that LinkReferral and you have a good source of outside traffic. I recently signed up with LinkReferral and have already gotten blog reviews, and click-throughs that turned to subscribers.
By not claiming your blog on the vast networks out there, you are leaving a huge amount of traffic on the table. I can’t begin to stress this enough. I spend days looking for new ways to generate traffic, and I will not send you in the wrong direction. There are tons of places out there to bring you traffic. Did you know that 43 Things was one of them?
Blog commenting and guesting are the #1 and #2 methods to drive traffic in the short term, but don’t overlook the obvious. Claim your blogs!
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
says:
Ok well scratch what I said about 43 things. While my #1 thing that I added was to build my blog into the best in the niche, I had every intention of using their service to build the community. I just attempted to login and was notified by the system that my account has been closed.
Now just imagine this… I was logging in to comment on other peoples lists of things they wanted to do. I was going to add some valuable insight into their goals. But how was I rewarded? With a F-You message.
Now let me tell you, I never even received an email notification from 43Things that my account was closed, nor did I receive an email questioning my activities. My response? Well, just like I gave Sphinn a bad review, and posted an offending IP address for a spammer, I am going to follow tradition and say that I am officially boycotting 43 Things unless I get an apology and an assurance that they are fixing their system so that they actually bad spammers, and not those intending to help them grow as a service.
I won’t say f-you, but some of the comments on my blog are not showing up.
I’m working on the problem and wrote a little about it Cleaning House
I even mentioned Jody
Twitter: icebluebanana
says:
That’s unfortunate Brandon. Luckily, it seems like services like 43things pop up all of the time. Poor customer service has certainly killed many businesses before.
Have a good day!
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Twitter: bluepop13
says:
This is good advice and something I’m going to have to do more of. I have plans for guest posting and am always willing to leave great comments but getting your blog out there on other networks and becoming well known is a great way also.
Good point!
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
says:
I have been guest posting regularly and it does increase traffic. Even on the smaller blogs I get a couple of referrals per day. Sites like Technorati bring in some good traffic though and it isn’t something to look past.