Blog traffic fishing:

By Lilly Mouse, at June 25th, 2008

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How to increase your blog traffic

by Lilly Mouse

Traffic Fishing - How to increase blog traffic

When it comes to blog traffic, fishing has its purpose. Increasing the number of visitors to your blog is similar to baiting a catch.

This is not my clever blogging analogy. The term, ‘linkbait’, has been used for some time now when talking about links to good articles between websites and blogs.

Attracting traffic to websites and blogs I suppose has obvious connections to the sport…

So, blogging + fishing?

There are 2 analogies:

#1^st Anaolgy

Your blog url = hooks.

The blog content where you leave the hooks = bait.

Leave your links in a way and in places that makes potential visitors think they want to click on your link.

A click = a bite!

So you write a blog about hand-printed t-shirts, for example.

You find forums and social networks dedicated to handcrafts or original fashion. You answer discussion threads related to your field.

However, you provide a small taster of information (your bait) and your blog’s link (your hook).

Your blog posts contain the majority of the information.

#2 Analogy

Your blog content = hook and bait.

You allow others to do the work for you, by providing blog content they can link to.

‘Linkbait’ is the industry term used for this.

‘Linkbait’ is a blog article that provides essential information, such as a ‘How to’ article or a ‘Top 10′ type list with links to useful tools or websites.

Other people then link back to your linkbait.

So now…

These two analogies work best together.

Create a linkbait blog article and then use Analogy #1 on forums and social networks. Attract blog traffic, who then bite on the linkbait and link back to your blog article.

Your ‘linkbait’ must be good, or tasty, enough for other bloggers to link back to you!