As the headline says; this post is primarily about 3 aspects which would ultimately will help increase traffic and make your blog better than what it is currently. So, below are some tips/plugins that would help you in this:
These are some of the tips we have benefitted from on this blog. Do you know of any more such methods? If yes, please share them here, we would love to have your opinions on this.
Your commenters are the most valuable people who spend time to read and comment on your blog. So I suppose plugins like CommentLuv that you are using is a good way of rewarding your commenters.
Also maybe setting your blog to Do Follow. And also displaying a list of the top commenters on your blog. All such points help your commenters and in turn develop good relations between you and them.
Totally Kevin – It is important to reward your readers. Comment Luv, top commentators as well as Do follow are a couple of things. It is also very important to respond to all the comments that you get 🙂
Informative! I would see how to apply it.
Yes, you should surely apply these.
what about for blogger?
Well, Nalini, I’m trying to learn about blogger as well but since I have been operating on wordpress I can confidently recommend what is good/bad for wordpress.
Nalini you get similar widgets for blogger as well. For example on my blog I already use linkwithin and random posts.
I am looking forward to find a widget that will display the image along with the post in these widgets.
I feel LinkWithin doesn’t link to the right blogs. I’m not sure what criterion they choose to find relevant posts though.
Hey Vee – My experience with Linkwithin is pretty decent. the problem comes when there are overlapping categories. It also helps reduce the bounce rate by providing more options to read.
Thanks for the inputs. I find them helpful..But would be great if you could suggest the alternatives for Blogger also.
Hey Sid, I’m sorry but as mentioned above, Im not an expert in blogger as yet. [ or for that matter, not even on wordpress]. I’m just putting in techniques that have helped my blog grow. Will post something on blogger very soon.
Thanks for the informative stuff. I have tried all these and now feel that SEO links and popular posts are excellent. Linkwithin is sometimes buggy (with certain themes) and create awful effects when the site is loading. Categorization is a good tip, not only to engage your readers but it also gives a clean and professional look for the blog.
Yes Jane. I think you should implement all of these to attract more readers and create a more engaging blog.A clean look is always better than something that bombards the visitors with loads and loads of info!
Great Post – will be very useful both for newbies and seasoned bloggers..
Thanks…you should surely implement them and let us know the difference 🙂
Leaving informative and insightful comments on similar blogs can be a great way to draw some attention to your new blog and revive it. Maybe slap a new theme in and really add a touch on “new car feel”!
Absolutely Houston…both of these things can be extremely crucial in drawing people to your blog.
Nice tips there.. wouldn’t help much if the content is not organized in the right way.
Hey Mohan – for sure, there is no denying on the fact that ‘content is the king’. The most important factor that makes a visitor a ‘reader’ is content.
VERY VERY useful! Thanks a lot 🙂
Your welcome :)…do us these tips and let me know what you think
Maybe unrelated to reviving old blog posts, but the use of images is an important factor to draw attention. Not just any image, but relevant to the content and engaging ones. Flickr helps a lot in this case.
Definitely, images play an important role in attraction attention so it is always good to use multimedia content [pictures or videos] wherever possible. Thanks for this good point Suman
great post dude spec. for newbe bloggers:)
Thanks Shashank 🙂
The LinkWithin plugin look interesting, and I see you use it on your blog. I like people who not only talk the talk, but also walk the walk:) There are to many webmasters just listing up recommended plugins without even try them themselves..
The LinkWithin is not a plugin from the wordpress directory so I am a bit skeptical..
Yes, you should use it…it is really useful.
Among these ways or plugins, I think the most effective is the linkwithin. Readers can check all related posts that may help them get other ideas about that post itself. In that way, they might be a loyal visitors of your blog.
Agree with you.
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