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How to increase blog traffic 20 methods

There are different ways to generate blog traffic, you might have been stuck after building your site and adding a great content, and surprised to see little or no traffic. Whenever you check your stats, you find out that the only visitor to the site is you. This has happened too many of us, at one time or the other.

If this seems to be a challenge, how do bloggers surmount this stage?  The solution could be simple or complex, this is due to several factors like, finance, focus, action, passion, direction, relevance, precision, timing, location among several other considerations.

In this post we will tell you 20 ways to generate blog traffic, and the tricks involved. Take notes and make a good choice. Let’s begin.

How to increase blog traffic 20 methods

Page Rank in 2014

From PR0 to PR2 in 18days

Google Page RankTo attain this status the website must be optimized for search engine spiders to read and grade the site based on Google’s algorithm.

The page rank of a website is viewed in two ways:

  1. A reflection of the sites authority and relevance
  2. A domain that you can get link juice from.

The views reflects the way internet markets value the page rank, some go out off their way to get the page rank, to have an edge over lesser sites with lower rank. While some see the opportunity of selling links to other sites.

This following is my account on how I got a PR2 in 18 days from a new domain. Well I do not know the factors Google uses for ranking sites; neither do I know when Google updates a websites page rank. However there are common factors which are discussed here.

Page Rank in 2014

How to get your website traffic statistics

Do you knowAnalytivd I prefer using Google analytics, it is robust and fully integrates with Google webmaster tool. Another great tool is Clicky, I use it to track and analyse my blog real time. It has a free and paid version.

There are certain metrics you need to look out for when analysing your blog traffic; it helps you understand how your blog visitors find your blog and their frequency, preference and interests. Pay attention to the terms below.

Bounce rate: This is an important metric to look out for it summarises how relevant your site content is to the visitors. If a visitor comes in then leaves at almost immediately it tells a lot about your contents relevance. Great and relevant content have lower bounce rate.

Demography: Having a good idea of your visitor’s age, sex, race, occupation and income gives you an idea of your target visitors. Focusing offering to them increases interaction and repeat visit.

How to get your website traffic statistics