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We are all always trying to get more traffic. Without it why bother having a blog. Below I’ve made a list of 100 ways you can improve your traffic. Enjoy.

Write lists about how to get more traffic to your blog.
Write about Google, Digg and other hugely popular sites.
Be provocative.
Be polite.
Ask people to comment.
Break news.
Post regularly.
Use social networking sites like crazy.
Link to your posts in popular forums.
Make your RSS subscribe button very noticeable.
Provide an email subscribe option.
Be extremely opinionated.
Write eye catching blog post titles.
Use a top commentators plugin to improve comments.
Use a threaded comment plugin to provoke discussion.
Be controversial.
Be original.
Give good advice.
Give your readers free stuff.
Write for humans, not Google.
Give people free reviews.
Write to the best of your literal ability.
Don’t pander to the majority.
Blog obsessively.
Become top commentator on big traffic blogs.
See what big blogs are doing and do more.
Be arrogant.
Be humble.
Contradict yourself.
Be yourself.
Write posts that will benefit people.
Do occasional wacky posts.
Use images in your posts.
Make a fresh design.
Compliment other bloggers.
Disagree with big bloggers, provoking them to respond.
Do parody blogs.
Answer your reader’s questions.
Use a top posts plugin.
Don’t have any ads.
Write as much unique content as possible. Avoiding any borrowing, semi-duplicating or re-wording.
Write naturally.
Use correct grammar.
Write in your own language. If it’s not English, don’t write in English to compromise for bad grammar.
Write about making money.
Write about blogging.
Absolutely focus only on the enjoyment people will get from your blog. Make it the best quality you can and the best resource you can.
Write about what you love.
Write about what you hate.
Become an authority.
Prove your knowledge.
Write what you would like to read.
Post at peak times.
Write about things that appeal to the masses.
Write about things which appeal to a small obsessed group.
Share your knowledge.
Give contact details.
Buy links.
Buy reviews.
Try and become a guest poster on a popular blog. Be persistent.
Submit your best and longest posts to article directories.
Share the love with a blogroll.
Use Blogrush.
Use Technorati.
Write about news other bloggers are missing.
Use YouTube and other video sites to market your blog.
Brand your blog, make it unique.
Be passionate.
Don’t compromise your personality or style.
Don’t swear.
Swear intensively.
Be professional.
Encourage your readers to digg your posts.
Use social networking buttons, on all posts.
Keep your blog clean and uncluttered.
Don’t sell out.
Write in unbelievable detail.
Purposely miss things out to provoke people to correct you.
Be generous.
Make your blog as different as possible.
Use interactive features like polls and surveys.
Let your readers know about great little known resources.
Take criticism.
Admit your faults.
Create bragging rights.
Figure out what makes other blogs successful and try and emulate that.
Never copycat posts.
Give people credit.
Ask any bloggers in creation for a shout-out. For something in return.
Make your SEO as good as possible.
Do what ever you can to create backlinks.
Think viral.
Make your blog as easy to navigate as possible.
Be patient.
Spend entire days focusing on nothing but getting more traffic.
Rack your brain to write posts nobody else can think of.
Don’t get sloppy.
Add as many friends to your social networking profiles as possible. Never stop.
Never give up.
Be honest.

Well done for reading this unbearably long list. Post any ideas you have in a comment.

Yesterday I got an E-Mail from one of our readers saying that he’s been blogging from last 8 months and is unable to track visitors to his blog

I was surprised to read that 8 months and still no progress ?? Amazing !! So here is an E-Book for all of our bloggers that will surely help you in increasing your blog/site traffic.

I found this E-Book while Googling and I do not know who is the author. I really liked the tips given in this book that is why I am sharing it with you.

This Ebook covers topics about SEO, finding niches for adsense, how to pour traffic and many more useful articles…

Just give it a try : Click here to download.

Alexa ranking is a most important factor for webmasters. High Alexa ranking can get you good advertisers. So, today I am going to tell you a quick tip with which you can increase your Alexa ranking.

Just install Alexa toolbar and surf your website with it. Also encourage your visitors to install this toolbar. When your site visitors will surf your website/blog with Alexa toolbar installed this will increase your Alexa ranking.

You can also add Alexa widget to sidebar and tell your visitors to install this toolbar.

How this trick works : Actually Alexa rankings depends upon the users visiting your site with Alexa toolbar installed. So if you have more users with toolbar installed the high rank you will get.

Download Instructions : Click here to install Alexa toolbar.

Finally Google has made available their Google Sitemaps for Blogspot user. One of the previous draw back when it comes to setting up Google Sitemaps for a free account is that most blogging platform which doesn’t let you upload files to your blog host’s servers. It seems that Google has now allowed bloggers to insert a meta code in their template for verification. Why you should use Google Sitemaps for your blogspot?

your blog gets indexed better by Google, so that people will hopefully be more likely to find your blog’s webpages when they search on Google;
when you update your blog, e.g. write a new post, you can ping Google, i.e. get Google to come and re-crawl your blog very quickly, so that people who search Google will find the most current information about your blog; and you can get more info about how Google indexes your blog, and maybe tweak it to improve the likelihood of people finding your blog in future when searching on Google.

If you’re a serious blogger and wants eyeballs, I would highly suggest that you give Google Sitemaps a try, based on my past experience, there is a jump of 100% visitors and if you are into making money online using Google Adsense - Google Sitemaps is the answer.
A consuming experience has a step by step tutorials on how to set up Google Sitemaps on your blog. What are you waiting for?

If your web page takes too long to load user may switch to another website or will close the window.If you make a blog/website make sure that you do not put heavy graphics,sounds in it.This can be sometimes annoying to the people using low bandwidth Internet connection like Dial Up users resulting in reduction in visitors So here I am going to tell you that how you can make your page load fast.

Before starting just go to Website Speed Test and check your load time for your blog/website.I am sure that by the following tips ,you will surely decrease the page load time of your blog/website.

So lets start :
Remove Unwanted Sounds and Videos
I have seen many blogs putting their favourite songs that play in background.I do not understand what is the use of it ? It only creates a negative impact on the user ,nothing else.How ?? Your web page will take double time to load.
So if you have any background songs in your blog,just remove it and then see the difference in the load time.Same is the case with the videos also.Instead of putting up the whole video just give the link.

Do Not Use BMP Images
As BMP images are 10 times bigger in size than JPG or GIF so do not use it.Your browser can hang if you use BMP images.
You can also reduce the size of your images for faster loading but do not reduce much as reducing the size of the images can affect the quality of the image.

Simple Design
Always use a simple and neat looking template.See this blog for demo.
Among all the templates Minima is the simplest of all.

Avoid Images In Sidebar
I always seen many bloggers putting images and links to the blog directories they have registered.I see no need of it.If your content is good your visitors will surely increase.

Less Use Of Javascripts And External Scripts
Minimize the use of javascripts and external scripts.When you open any web page it first reads the source code ,complex javascripts take much time to load.So always avoid it.

After migrating from Blogger to Wordpress, the 2 factors I am worried about is Alexa Ranking and Page Rank. 84Productions had PR4 and I am trying my level best to get at least PR3 in next few months. So, here is a simple working method that I’ll follow to increase my PR

Writing Guest Posts : Writing guest posts is a simple way to get backlinks and traffic to your site/blog. Currently, I am writing guest posts for DevilsWorkshop but I am planning to write for some other famous blogs also like :

1. MakeUseOf
2. QuickOnlineTips
3. ProBlogger and many other blogs with good Page Rank (PR)

If you want increase your blog’s PR, start writing guests posts now!

Naturally, blogs include a method of getting in contact with the owner or editor/writer of the site - through comments. However, this isn’t the best method for contacting the owner, especially if you need to give personal details or something that can’t be shared with the entire community.

Some blogs don’t even contain a contact form - they rely solely on comments, but this isn’t an ideal situation should a user encounter a problem with your site (copyright, display issues, and so on). Therefore, it is essential to place some type of contact form on your blog.

Previously, we’ve covered Top 3 Contact Form Plugins for WordPress, but through use of Blogger and other systems, there have been few solutions to adding a contact form seamlessly without having to code the form into a new blog post. The best solution for resolving this problem is using a solution that creates contact forms using HTML or using an off-site solution that gives you some of the same functionality.

Kontactr
Kontactr provides a simple, easy way to create contact forms. All you have to do is use their three-step process to create your very own contact form for your website. They even claim that it’ll take “no more than 10 seconds to sign up.” The service requires that you sign up for an account but this is likely due to the need to add your email address.
When you create the account, you will be able to embed links in your website or blog, which presents a more attractive way for your readers to contact you than through a direct mailto link.

Free Contact Form
This form allows you to implement a fully accessible, spam-free form on your website. It is more than just a contact form, as you can use it for other purposes.
While there is a professional version, you can still use the free version, although it lacks some of the main features of the professional version.

Mailjol.net Contact Form
This site provides a solution that allows you to create various forms. However, I noticed that the styling isn’t the most ideal of all solutions, but is desirable if you want a more contact-like rather than survey-like version.
A number of the key features include: No Ads, Unlimited Questions, Easy Form Creator, Spam Protection, and more.

Wufoo
The Wufoo site presents a clear message: to make forms easy, fast, and fun. You can create contact forms, online surveys, and more with their tool, which doesn’t involve editing or viewing a single line of code. They have several payment options, starting with a free solution (one user, three forms, three reports, and ten fields, up to a hundred entries per month) through an account that allows unlimited forms and reports.
All in all, this service stood out the most for me, not for what is included in the free package, but what you can do with what is at your disposal. Just take a look at their Examples Page.
Graceful Degradation
W3C Valid XHTML and CSS
508 Accessibility Compliant
Can be Personalized and Branded with Themes
Customized Confirmation Messages
Redirect to Web Page on Confirmation
Confirmation Email Receipt to user
… plus hundreds of additional features

Free Contact Forms
A simple, effective solution for creating a brief contact form for your website.

WRASAP
Despite the rather ridiculous acronym for a simple tool, this “Will Reply As Soon As Possible” contact form does one thing - allows you to place a contact form on your website or blog. It sends you an email message with each new comment, and integrates a CAPTCHA-driven spam filter. Essentially, it’s just a customizable webpage with a contact form.

Response-O-Matic
Ideal for people who want an effective solution, this site offers the ability to create a contact form without the need to learn HTML. Simply tell the wizard what you want to see in your form, then copy and paste the code into your website - it’s truly that easy.
The free account is limited but should suit most users.

Odio Works - Custom Feedback Form
A simple and easy-to-use contact form for placing on nearly any site.
If you want to customize your form or implement a more advanced solution, check out Web Resources Depot’s post with 16 Free AJAX Contact Forms.

ZOHO
ZOHO is a tight competitor for Google Docs and one of the best.

Conclusion
If you choose to search elsewhere for contact form plugins or scripts, please be aware that some have more advanced spam protection, better options, and ways to customize the form template to your liking. Not every solution is easy to use nor compatible with every blog platform.
If you have any other work-arounds for placing contact forms in non-WordPress blogs, please let me know through the comments

How to add a PAYPAL DONATE button to your blogger(blogsot) blog

This post explains how to add a Paypal donate button to your blogger(blogspot) blog:-

Adding a Paypal donation button to your blog will give your loyal readers a chance to support(encourage) you by donating a few bucks.If you don't have a paypal account yet,.. you can get a Free Paypal account here.

so,let's see how to put a Paypal donation button in your blog...1.First,Log in to your Paypal account.

2.Click on the 'Merchant Services' tab (see at the top of the page).
3.Scroll down the window and you will see an option "Donations" in the right sidebar.Click on it!

4.Now,you will see some options like Donation name/service ,donation id,etc etc...The first field (Donation name/service) is the only thing that is required and all the remaining fields are optional.

Enter that first field,choose a button style,scroll down the window and click on "Create a button Now"

5.Now,you will see some html code... Copy it and sign in to your blogger dashboard »» Click on the layout »» Add a Page element »» html/javascript »» and paste that html code and SAVE THE CHANGES.

Here is how the button will look in your sidebar

Most webmasters think about search engine optimizing, not traffic. This is the first post in a series I created after helping manage two blog communities. '

1. Ping to as many blog search engines as possible. This is easy with Wordpress. Enable the automatic ping feature in most blog software platforms.

2. Customize your template. Optimizing it to put the content at the top is ideal. Try changing the alt tags of images, or changing enough of the code to make the site appear unique.3. Use meta tags on the web page, not CSS code. Do not use more than 5 keywords per blog post. Use headings that duplicate the keyword meta tags.

4. Enable RSS and run it through a service such as www.feedburner.com Promote the RSS feed through sites such as squidoo, and other places where visitors can find your website.

5. Create a Google Site Map. If you don’t know how to make a real site map then use Google’s tool to create an RSS feed that will be used as a site map.

6. Create static pages that support your main keyword phrases. These should be linked to the home page using a features or ‘page’ module.

7. Submit to search engines. Use manual submission if possible. Do not submit more than once every few months.

8. Create an account at Technorai and Digg. These are the dominant Social Networking/Traffic sites, but there are more.

9. Post at least twice a week. Try to write articles that are worth reading, and longer than 300 words with sub headings.

10. Build at least 10 inbound links a week.

There are other tips, but the most important aspect of blog marketing is to remember that blogs are a social tool. Talk to visitors who post comments. Visit their blogs and comment there. Discuss topics in forums and redirect visitors to articles on your blog.

Learn how to hide,disable or remove the blogger navbar(navigation bar) from your blog.First,let us see what blogger navbar is:




Blogger navbar allows users to easily navigate to other random blogs and it also has a feauture to search the blogs ,and mark any blog as spam.So,now you have a clear idea of what really a blogger navbar is.So, why so many people prefer to just remove the navbar inspite of the feautures it has like search,etc.Many people think that, it spoils the look of the blog,especially if your blog has differnet subtitle layout which looks too obvious to see for a visitor.Well, let me come to the actual point on how to disable or hide your blogger navbar.

Below is the step-by-step procedure on how to do it with photos to make it easy to understand.

1.Sign in to your blogger account and click the layout button next to your blog name

2.Next,click the edit html tab as shown in the below picture.



3.Add the below html code as specified in the below picture.


#navbar {
height: 0px;
visibility: hidden;
display: none;
}



4. Save the changes.

Now, you can see your blog without that navbar(this tip can only hides the navbar,it doesn't completely delete it).If you want the navbar to appear again,just remove that code and save the changes.
If you have any doubts,regarding this post,don't hesitate to ask.You can ask your doubts via comments to this post.

As a new blogger(webmaster),it is always interesting to know how many people are visiting your blog/site,pageviews,where they are coming from,which sites are referring,how many are coming via Search Engines(google,yahoo,etc) and what they are typing in the search engines to visit your site.
These stastistics are very handy interms of improving your blog and it is for FREE

If you search the google,you will find hundreds of sites which will track the visitors of your blog/site.But,some sites will provide more information about your visitors than the others.So,how to do this?

Here are the best tracking sources interms of the feautures they provide.


Note:One thing is common for all the tracking sites.First you need to register,and provide the necessary information about your blog/website.Next,they will give you a html code and you have to embed it in your blog.

How to do that in blogger?

1.Sign in to your blogger dashboard.

2.Click on the 'layout' link next to your blog name.

3.Click on the "Add a Page element"

4.Select "html/javascript" and past the code they provide and SAVE THE CHANGES.


From then,your blog will be tracked and you can check your blog stats from time to time after logging in to your registrate's website.


So,here are the good ones:-



Sitemeter.com:This one is one of the Most Popular tracking source.This is as simple as 123. Just create an account,copy the code from your account and paste it in your blog as suggested above

You have also the option to keep your blog stats PRIVATE.

They will give you the stats on how many pageviews(hits) per day,unique visitors,geolocation of the visitors,how many users online,and much more...As it is simple(not much animation),you site will load as fast as it is before.Stats are updated hourly.

You can setup a Free Account here






Histats.com:Unlike the Sitemeter which is very simple, this site will have very cool and animated counters.

Tracking is updated every 5 minutes.I personally using this site for my blogs.Like Sitemeter,this is also have the option to keep your site stats PRIVATE.

They will provide Animated graphs about your site visitors and fully animative.

You can register with them here




Statcounter.com:Same here!As in the name,it is a stats counter.It is fast,free,and quick loading.Invisible tracking is available and no ads on your site.All the stats are in real time and super fast.It is not much animated as histats.com.They will provide pageviews,unique vistors,visitors activity,search engine wars,keyword analysis,and many more..
Register a free counter for your blog here

As you can see below,I just created an article on How to track your blog visitors? and this is what I got when I typed the url of this article in Google after just posting the article.Wow! as you can see below,google crawled it in just 1 minute.I know there are so many out there waiting days and days for google to crawl their websites/blogs and I wondered how fast is google crawling this site!Write an article and check how much time it is taking for google to crawl your blog and share your comments here.








FASTEST WAY FOR GOOGLE TO CRAWL YOUR BLOG: