This year a lot of websites was hit by Google Penguin update. What’s more, some minor Google Panda updates also hurt a lot of blogs. Organic traffic disappeared…
In the last two months I read more than 200 articles and blog posts about SEO and traffic. I make a little compilation from them and in this post I collected most important tips (and links) about traffic and SEO which I found on blogosphere.
This article is divided into two parts.
The first one is about 35 Traffic and SEO tips – it’s my compilation of SEO and traffic tips 😉
The second part is a base for it – it includes links to almost 40 great articles from bloggers.
Table of Contents
Part I
Traffic & SEO Tips
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Define Who Is Your Reader
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Plan Your Traffic and SEO
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Follow Your Plan
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Use Keyword Research Tools (like Google Keyword Tool or Market Samurai)
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Use SEO Tools for Analyzing Your Competition (Alexa, SEMRush, Majestic SEO)
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Use Analytical Tools to Monitor your Site
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Optimize Your Website (Onsite Optimization)
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Use Proper Keywords on Your Site
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Avoid Keyword Stuffing
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Use Internal Linking
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Don’t Overoptimize Your Website
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Don’t Overuse Black Hat SEO Methods 😉
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Don’t Rely on One Source of Traffic
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Write for Your Readers, Not for Google
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Prepare Great Content for Your Readers
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Mix Content on Your Website
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Get a Lot of Quality Links to Your Site
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Try to Get Various Types of Links
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Don’t Get Thousands Links too Quickly
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Don’t Link to Bad Neighbourhood from Your Site
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Remove Links from Bad Neighbourhood
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Make Social Media Your Friend (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, G+)
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Add Shares Buttons to Social Media
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Make Relationships with Bloggers
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Make Comments on Other Blogs
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Write Articles for Other Websites
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Accept Guest Posts on Your Blog
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Go Viral (Click to Tweet!)
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Start Building Your Email List Today
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Participate in Social Networks (Bloggers.com, Tribber)
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Think Broad, Concentrate on Details
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Be Up to Date with Trends and News in Your Niche
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Update Your Site Frequently
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Be Consistent in Your Actions
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Don’t Give Up – Building Traffic Needs Time
Part II
SEO Resources (Articles Written by Other Bloggers)
(in alphabetical order)
Jason Acidre @ kaiserthesage.com
SEO Strategies and Inbound Marketing Best Practices for 2012
21 Advanced Link Building Strategies
Link Building in 2012: Scalable Link Building
A Link Development Strategy for Large Websites
Viral Content Ideas for Boring Industries
Anti-Penguin Link Building Plan
Jeff Bullas @ jeffbullas.com
50 Ways To Optimize Your Blog
50 Social Media Marketing Tips and Tactics
Kristjan @ detailedsuccess.com
Detailed Guide To Backlinking Success For Niche Websites
Pat Flynn @ smartpassiveincome.com
THE Backlinking Strategy That Works
Casey Henry @ seomoz.org
What Makes a Link Worthy Post – Part 1
What Makes a Link Worthy Post – Part 2
Kristi Hines @ kikolani.com
40 Advanced and Alternative Search Engines
Natural Link Building 101
Search Engine Marketing vs. Social Media Marketing: The Showdown
Ana Hoffman @ trafficgenerationcafe.com
My Favorite Bite-Sized Web Traffic Tips: Reader’s Digest Version
The Highly Profitable Traffic Strategy You Aren’t Using Yet
Jennifer Horowitz @ ecombuffet.com
Farmers, Pandas, Penguins Oh My!
Chadrack Irobogo @ webincomejournal.com
Google Panda And Penguin Updates: What You Should Know To Stay Ahead Of The Game!
Jeevan Jacob John @blognetworking101.com
Why Commenting and Social Media Suck As Traffic Sources
Ankush Kohli @ emarketinguide.com
Mobile Website SEO Tips & Guide
Chris Madej @ NoPassiveIncome.com
8 Helpful Tips, How To Promote Your Blog
20 SEO Tips for Beginner Bloggers
Google Penguin Attacked – 50 Types of Links to Strengthen Your Website
Admin @ micrositemasters.com
Penguin Analysis: SEO Isn’t Dead, But You Need to Act Smarter (And 5 Easy Ways to Do So!)
Nick @ nickstraffictricks.com
How To Build Back Links Super Fast
Massive DoFollow Blog List Directory
How To Build Backlinks – Fast & Easy Strategies To Build Backlinks
How To Rank #1 In Google
Francisco Perez (ditesco) @ iblogzone.com
Best SEO Plugins For WordPress 2012 (part 1)
Best SEO Plugins For WordPress 2012 (part 2)
Daniel Scocco @ dailyblogtips.com
Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips
Amit Shaw @ itechcode.com
List of CommentLuv Enabled Blogs for 2012
Best Tips to Raise Traffic For Your Website
Jane Sheeba @ probloggingsuccess.com
Traffic Generation Formula: Is Blog Commenting And Social Media Out?
Viral Marketing: Generate High Potential Viral Blog Traffic
Gregory Smith @ rxseo.net
Link Building Secrets – Post Panda and Penguin
Matt Smith @ onlineincometeacher.com
15 Great Off-Page SEO Techniques
And what do you think about it? What are your tips & tricks to get a lot of traffic? Or maybe I forgot about your post or article and you must be here?
All related links in comments are welcome.
ankush says
Erik, Its very Interesting article can you please explain about the Earning Money through Google Adsense. how much we can from 1000 visitors daily on a regular blog.Thanks in Advance.
TechLinu says
Awesome tips and guides included, this will surely help newbie bloggers to get a solid amount of traffics to their blogs, thanks for sharing these awesome tips 🙂
Lekan Lawal says
These 35 tips are more of quotes which all bloggers who wants to be great can’t do without. Great tips, thanks for reminding me of some.
Philip Verghese Ariel says
Hi Erik,
I really missed this informative post!
Great list of links here.
Thanks for providing this
Some of the links I already visited and read but a major number of pages are new to me,
I am bookmarking it and will go thru one by one
Keep sharing
Have a great weekend
Regards
~ Phil
Peter says
A great list of resources Chris!
I would love to add my SEO video Training series to the article list as I think it would be very beneficial for those starting out with SEO.
Raju says
thanks for wonderful post. I will definetly implement on my blog
Alex Christian says
wow excellent write up and tips. thanks a lot erik!!! love your work as always.
Arlene J says
Hi Erik,
All the tips are really informative. I think off page SEO and link building is the most important for increasing traffic. I know when you’re on page SEO done, so your sites SEO 80% done.
Thanks for providing this.
Junaid Shahid says
Thanks dear this is another great post with full or tips and guide line for me. I suggest every beginner to follow all the links which are given in this post and those author to become like that. I hope one day I have such a brilliant articles on my blog too. Thanks Erik !
Poyraz Sahin says
This is amazing information for everyone who wants to learn or to know in-depth about traffic and seo tips.
I always learn something new when I read your post. Thanks
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Ashishh Gupta says
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Aria Starr says
Great Tips….These tips are very beneficial for my business.Thanks a lot for sharing .
Anindya Vasudev says
It’s good goals to increase website ranking and traffic.
Ravi Sah says
Great tips, I will try to use them for my website also. Thanks for sharing mate 🙂
Mariya says
Awesome post , the all seo tips are awesome , thank you for sharing the post.
Julie says
Great post , SEO is the very important for increase the websites, thank you for sharing the blog
Sowmya says
Awesome tips and i am also doing SEO for real estate sites, here computations is more and i can use your SEO tips for my site.
Mairaj says
Hello Chris,
Well, this is an incredible resource in which you have shared lots of information which make it easy for bloggers to increase their search ranking as well as organic site traffic, simply by following above-mentioned points.
Many thanks for wonderful share, keep writing 🙂
Warm Regard’s
Mairaj
Manav Mathur says
Will use these steps to regain the lost traffic on one of my websites.
Arshi arya says
You mention a great list of awesome bloggers. One of my greatest dream is to be included on lists like this. Thanks for the help Chris. keep writing.
Kate Micheals says
Being passionate digital marketing expert, I am glad to read about these useful bloggers list.
Naman Modi says
In addition to using those niche focused groups, when I’m promoting a blog article on Google+, I make every effort to make my link share stand out. I see many folks just ….. Janice offers bloggers and other content creators practical strategies and proven tips for increasing traffic.
Mev says
Hi Chris,
Thanks for taking the time to post these helpful tips. I have a new blog and I really need to get the traffic going.
Thanks again.
Vihaan Rao says
Thanks for sharing all important SEO planning checklist with us. All the information shared would really help a new blogger or an SEO beginner to plan a timeline based activities for a successful campaign. Also, I had found many new links in this post, which I will really would like to go one by one and take info gains from same.
Rani Shaikh says
Awesome tips and i am also doing SEO for real estate sites, here computations is more and i can use your SEO tips for my site. In addition to using those niche focused groups, when I’m promoting a blog article on Google+, I make every effort to make my link share stand out. I see many folks just ….. Janice offers bloggers and other content creators practical strategies and proven tips for increasing traffic.
Ashwin says
Social media should become a core part of your marketing and SEO campaigns. Consider a high level of engagement on social media as important to SEO as it is to general marketing.
Bruce Williams says
Great and useful post. for the users of Seo. Thanks for sharing this informative post.
Mokbul Hosan says
Hi Erik,
All the tips are really informative. I think off page SEO and link building is the most important for increasing traffic. I know when you’re on page SEO done, so your sites SEO 80% done.
Thanks a lot…
Kassel Marie Williams says
Social media should really be included in your SEO strategy. This really helps you and your brand to have organic traffic and leads. 🙂 Great tips! I will definitely try these ideas. Thank you for sharing this, very helpful!
Rahul Ahlawat says
Well whenever it comes for SEO than it is definitely about increasing your customer base. With a tint some social media platforms it would work really well.
Thanks for sharing those really helpful seo tips for bloggers.
Sunil Patle says
SEO is an essential part of digital marketing. Thanks!