6 Tips to Get Your Blog Noticed

You`ve probably noticed that most articles claiming to be able to guide you in the best ways of getting your blog noticed don`t really offer very practical information. Most offer the same advice. They tell you to write about popular topics and to proofread your blog, and to write at a level that the average person can understand, just to name a few. But anybody can do this and still never gain a single reader.

In an effort to help new bloggers, and maybe even experienced bloggers, have a better chance of developing a strong readership, here are some helpful tips. It should be mentioned though, that the advice mentioned above that is found in most articles is still important to adhere to.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #1: Ping-o-Matic!

This Web Site offers a free service that automatically sends out a message to search engines informing them that you have updated your blog. All you have to do is **** in the name of your blog and its Web address, and then choose which blogging services to contact and your done. Make sure and do this every time you add to your blog.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #2: Get a Yahoo Account

Signing up for a Yahoo account is free and allows you to attach your blog to it. Doing this is one of the quickest ways to get your blog included in the Yahoo search engine. Most blogging expert`s turn a dark shade of red when they find out others have not done this because it can be so beneficial.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #3: Get an MSN Account

Attach your blog to your MSN account the same way as described in Tip #2.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #4: Use Your E-mail

Place a link to your blog in your e-mail signature place. This ensures that anyone you send an e-mail to will see it. This is a great method if you send a chain letter.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #5: Use Article Directories

Since you`re already developing your skills as a blog writer, you might want to consider writing some articles also. You can submit these written articles to directories such as Ezine Article Submission - Submit Your Best Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints and Article Search Engine Directory: GoArticles.com for people to read. Make sure each article you submit provides a link to your blog.

Tip to Get Your Blog Noticed #6: Add Your Blog to Search Engines

Web Sites such as AddMe, Search Engine Optimization Submission Free Site Promotion Internet Marketing will add your blog to 14 of the top Internet search engines for free.

Don’t give up on your blog. It takes time to develop a strong readership. Now that you have more practical tools for getting your blog noticed, you may find that the process speeds up some. Remember, blogging isn`t only about providing interesting and well written topics. You also need to be able to promote your blog. The tips above offer great ways in which to do so.

Pretty good tips! I don't have an MSN account. :O

Very nice tips, although I already apply them I am sure this article will help many of those new blogs out there.

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Cool, thanks Tom, being new to this I need all the help I can get.

Never tried the MSN/Yahoo account thing - lets see if it works

I have a Yahoo Account I never use...gonna go check that out..Thanks

I'd like to hear from anyone who used the msn/yahoo account idea and let me know if it did any good.

if you spend time posting comments on other peoples blogs that are related to your niche that will get you noticed.

make sure you dont sound all spammy or like your directly advertising something.

Originally Posted by swcAndrew

I'd like to hear from anyone who used the msn/yahoo account idea and let me know if it did any good.

- Yes this tactic really work to get your blog indexed
- you can use this to index your blog then if you have a new web site, the easy way to get this web site indexed is to add it at your blog and then it will be indexed by Yahoo and MSN.

Originally Posted by jesterx

if you spend time posting comments on other peoples blogs that are related to your niche that will get you noticed.

make sure you dont sound all spammy or like your directly advertising something.

Comments to other blogs is the first place to get indexed and to get traffic to your blog and links. but you should make a relationship with bloggers and start to read their posts and comment. More you can use trackbacks.

Originally Posted by affiliate7

Comments to other blogs is the first place to get indexed and to get traffic to your blog and links. but you should make a relationship with bloggers and start to read their posts and comment. More you can use trackbacks.

yes..posting comments on other blogs gets your site noticed especially if your one of the first five commenter

Here is something I use to add more content to my blogs.
ladypens.com they have articles you can use for republish.
All different topics.
You can also find other articles sites by using yahoo search.

Say something stupid about some famous blogger and let everyone know about it.... you'll start a riot, I bet you'll get all the attention you need for your blog.

Hey cool! ways for all new bloggers, Even pro`s can get a trick or two out of those. Thanks for all those tips.

trackbacks are good yes.

also with your ping and tags you should use pingoat.com thats is another good one.