I want to increase my traffic using blogging, is it a good idea? Please advise.
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Traffic Increase
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, Apr 29 2008 02:57 AM
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 03:35 AM
It depends
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 03:49 AM
QUOTE(chrishirst @ Apr 29 2008, 02:05 PM) 
It depends
but what I want to know is, is it a wise idea to directly start blogging for traffic without performing any other SEO task?
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 03:58 AM
Since when has blogging become a "SEO task"???
blog because you want to or have something interesting or useful to say. NOT because you think it's "SEO"
blog because you want to or have something interesting or useful to say. NOT because you think it's "SEO"
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:08 AM
QUOTE(chrishirst @ Apr 29 2008, 02:28 PM)
Since when has blogging become a "SEO task"???
blog because you want to or have something interesting or useful to say. NOT because you think it's "SEO"
blog because you want to or have something interesting or useful to say. NOT because you think it's "SEO"
OK, I want to inrease traffic but do not want to spend time doing SEO (as it is a long process), is there any other method to get traffic in shortest possible time? I don't want to do PPC also. Please advise.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:59 AM
simple answer is No!
either buy it or work for it.
either buy it or work for it.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 05:10 AM
(Un)fortunately SEO takes time and effort, there is no magic bullet.
The best method to get traffic in the shortest possible time is to read and follow the advice in this thread.
The best method to get traffic in the shortest possible time is to read and follow the advice in this thread.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:00 PM
If you're not willing to put in either time & effort or money to promote your site, what makes you think you deserve to get lots of traffic?
Sorry if this sounds harsh, but if you're not willing to put in the time to properly optimize your existing site and/or pay the money to advertise it, the last thing you need to be doing is starting a blog. The blogosphere is already overrun with crappy, low-value blogs started by people who thought a blog was a magic ticket to overnight success.
As Chris said, blogging is not an "SEO task." Blogging is a means of starting a dialog with your audience. To do it effectively takes as much work (or more) and as much time (or more) as it would to optimize a "regular" website. If you're thinking blogging is simply some kind of shortcut to traffic, please put that notion right out of your head. It doesn't work that way, my friend.
Bottom line, you will have to invest your time or your money (or both) if you want to be successful online.
Invest nothing, get nothing in return. There ain't no free lunch.
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Sorry if this sounds harsh, but if you're not willing to put in the time to properly optimize your existing site and/or pay the money to advertise it, the last thing you need to be doing is starting a blog. The blogosphere is already overrun with crappy, low-value blogs started by people who thought a blog was a magic ticket to overnight success.
As Chris said, blogging is not an "SEO task." Blogging is a means of starting a dialog with your audience. To do it effectively takes as much work (or more) and as much time (or more) as it would to optimize a "regular" website. If you're thinking blogging is simply some kind of shortcut to traffic, please put that notion right out of your head. It doesn't work that way, my friend.
Bottom line, you will have to invest your time or your money (or both) if you want to be successful online.
Invest nothing, get nothing in return. There ain't no free lunch.
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--Torka
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Posted 30 April 2008 - 02:31 AM
Blogging for traffic is NOT wise.
If you don't have something of value to offer with your blog, your time and money (or lack thereof as you mentioned) should be spent working on improving your actual site.
Why get sidetracked on the additional upkeep of a blog when it appears you don't have time to improve upon your web site as it is?
I have some
magic beans I could sell you that just might do the trick, or maybe not.
SEO is a little more complicated that that...too bad though, I could really make some money with those.
If you don't have something of value to offer with your blog, your time and money (or lack thereof as you mentioned) should be spent working on improving your actual site.
Why get sidetracked on the additional upkeep of a blog when it appears you don't have time to improve upon your web site as it is?
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I want to inrease traffic but do not want to spend time doing SEO (as it is a long process), is there any other method to get traffic in shortest possible time? I don't want to do PPC also.
I have some
magic beans I could sell you that just might do the trick, or maybe not. SEO is a little more complicated that that...too bad though, I could really make some money with those.
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