Comments on: A quick way to increase traffic to your blog http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/ Blogging Guides, News, Tips, Resources Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:14:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-264364 Sarah Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:56:55 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-264364 Why should it be odd? Besides the fact that most of the information that Matt gives out is there to help user experience. In this instance, all he's doing is informing everyone of a new additional to the Webmaster tools. Why should it be odd? Besides the fact that most of the information that Matt gives out is there to help user experience. In this instance, all he’s doing is informing everyone of a new additional to the Webmaster tools.

]]> By: cohnsey http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-264207 cohnsey Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:51:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-264207 I dont understand the role that Matt Cutts plays at google. It seems odd that he gives seo tips. I dont understand the role that Matt Cutts plays at google. It seems odd that he gives seo tips.

]]> By: Google Tells You How to Get Free Links | Webmaster-Source http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-263887 Google Tells You How to Get Free Links | Webmaster-Source Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-263887 [...] Also, BloggingTips.com has a more in-depth post on making use of the tool. [...] [...] Also, BloggingTips.com has a more in-depth post on making use of the tool. [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-263643 Sarah Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:50:26 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-263643 I've used the Permalink Redirect plugin when I switched a blog from original URLs to permalinks, however when I upgraded the site to 2.6 the permalinks died and I had to remove the plugin, I guess it wasn't 2.6 compatible, or at least not on IIS. Kevin - nice post. I've not looked in Webmaster Tools for a while but I think I'll spend a day running through all my sites and checking on the 404s now. I usually just use AWStats and see which 404s are popping up and sort out the redirects on them. It'll be handy to know which pages are linking incorrectly too so that I can fix those. Especially as I've just merged two blogs into one, although I'm hoping my 301s will deal with most of the 404s. I’ve used the Permalink Redirect plugin when I switched a blog from original URLs to permalinks, however when I upgraded the site to 2.6 the permalinks died and I had to remove the plugin, I guess it wasn’t 2.6 compatible, or at least not on IIS.

Kevin – nice post. I’ve not looked in Webmaster Tools for a while but I think I’ll spend a day running through all my sites and checking on the 404s now. I usually just use AWStats and see which 404s are popping up and sort out the redirects on them. It’ll be handy to know which pages are linking incorrectly too so that I can fix those. Especially as I’ve just merged two blogs into one, although I’m hoping my 301s will deal with most of the 404s.

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-263063 Kevin Muldoon Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-263063 Dan - Glad you got it sorted. Unfortunately, when you change from one script to another you inevitably change the url structure of all the content so you need to deal with this kind of thing. Kevin - I've always kept the same permalink structure for all my blogs so I've never had to use one of those plugins before. For a 404 error all you need to do is setup a standard 404 page which tells visitors that they have come to an incorrect url and point them to your navigation bar or sitemap. I did do a lot of 301 redirects on one of my sites last month though I did this manually by redirecting each page with a 301 (You can see what I did <a href="http://www.system0.net/2008/09/05/how-to-remove-pages-and-retain-traffic/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Rajeev - nice tip. I'll have to look into that :) Dan – Glad you got it sorted. Unfortunately, when you change from one script to another you inevitably change the url structure of all the content so you need to deal with this kind of thing.

Kevin – I’ve always kept the same permalink structure for all my blogs so I’ve never had to use one of those plugins before. For a 404 error all you need to do is setup a standard 404 page which tells visitors that they have come to an incorrect url and point them to your navigation bar or sitemap.

I did do a lot of 301 redirects on one of my sites last month though I did this manually by redirecting each page with a 301 (You can see what I did here.

Rajeev – nice tip. I’ll have to look into that :)

]]> By: Rajeev Edmonds http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-263025 Rajeev Edmonds Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:53:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-263025 Good tip to recover some traffic. There is one more option in Google Webmaster Tools, than can bring more traffic. In 'Tools' Option is 'Enhanced Image Search'. Activating this option includes all the images hosted on your blog for Google enhanced image search. To get full advantage of this option, make sure you properly tag them and include a descriptive <b>alt</b> attribute associated with the <b>img</b> tag. Good tip to recover some traffic. There is one more option in Google Webmaster Tools, than can bring more traffic. In ‘Tools’ Option is ‘Enhanced Image Search’. Activating this option includes all the images hosted on your blog for Google enhanced image search. To get full advantage of this option, make sure you properly tag them and include a descriptive alt attribute associated with the img tag.

]]> By: Dacia Sandero http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-263013 Dacia Sandero Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:24:11 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-263013 I will check this right now, i'm curious how much traffic it's wasted this way.... thanks for tip. I will check this right now, i’m curious how much traffic it’s wasted this way…. thanks for tip.

]]> By: Ev oda daire http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-262989 Ev oda daire Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:02:04 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-262989 Good article. Thank you. I ll try. Good article. Thank you. I ll try.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-262829 Kevin Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:33:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-262829 I'm wondering if there is an easier way to setup 301 redirects? Has anyone used the WP plugins below? Permalink Redirect: http://yoast.com/wordpress/permalink-redirect Redirection: http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection Objection Redirection: http://www.biggnuts.com/objection-redirection-WordPress-plugin Do you know which one would be more appropriate to use for 301 and 404 errors? I am also considering changing the structure of my site from a date/permalink to category/subcategory/permalink structure. Can you recommend any plugin to use for this and any other advice on how to do this, as well as any side effects that may result (i.e. drop in SEO, PageRank, etc...)? Thanks for your time and help, it is greatly appreciated! I’m wondering if there is an easier way to setup 301 redirects? Has anyone used the WP plugins below?

Permalink Redirect: http://yoast.com/wordpress/permalink-redirect
Redirection: http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection
Objection Redirection: http://www.biggnuts.com/objection-redirection-WordPress-plugin

Do you know which one would be more appropriate to use for 301 and 404 errors?

I am also considering changing the structure of my site from a date/permalink to category/subcategory/permalink structure. Can you recommend any plugin to use for this and any other advice on how to do this, as well as any side effects that may result (i.e. drop in SEO, PageRank, etc…)?

Thanks for your time and help, it is greatly appreciated!

]]> By: Dan http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-262734 Dan Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:58:11 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-262734 I rely pretty heavily on this for some of my sites. One of my sites (not a blog, http://www.silvertails.net) went through a transition from e107 to Joomla at the start of the year, and is likley not to be moved over to Wordpress by January of 2009. During the move, obviously a lot of links became broken, I didn't do anything about it figuring my members would sort it out as everything was pretty obvious if you went to the main domain. This was a huge mistake, my PR dropped down the list, from 4 to 2 and now finally it sits on 1. When I noticed it drop to one, I looked into it more and realised just how many 404 errors I had, from avatar images in the forums, to gallery items and much much more. So I spent about 1 week trawling through all the 404 errors in webmaster tools and in my cpanel error log. And eventually cleared out everything I could find, changing them to 301 redirects, I now check it monthly and clear things out. My PR didn't improve but my search engine ranking quickly jumped up the list to somewhere around the top 6 results for my target keywords, which was my aim.....now to pick up PR I rely pretty heavily on this for some of my sites.

One of my sites (not a blog, http://www.silvertails.net) went through a transition from e107 to Joomla at the start of the year, and is likley not to be moved over to Wordpress by January of 2009. During the move, obviously a lot of links became broken, I didn’t do anything about it figuring my members would sort it out as everything was pretty obvious if you went to the main domain.

This was a huge mistake, my PR dropped down the list, from 4 to 2 and now finally it sits on 1. When I noticed it drop to one, I looked into it more and realised just how many 404 errors I had, from avatar images in the forums, to gallery items and much much more. So I spent about 1 week trawling through all the 404 errors in webmaster tools and in my cpanel error log. And eventually cleared out everything I could find, changing them to 301 redirects, I now check it monthly and clear things out. My PR didn’t improve but my search engine ranking quickly jumped up the list to somewhere around the top 6 results for my target keywords, which was my aim…..now to pick up PR

]]> By: MLRebecca http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/10/14/increase-traffic-to-your-blog/#comment-262721 MLRebecca Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:24:09 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=3494#comment-262721 I see 404 errors all the time, although I've never had them happen on my sites, to my knowledge. I'm so glad you posted on this because, should I get a 404 or crawl error, I know what to do! Thanks for posting! I see 404 errors all the time, although I’ve never had them happen on my sites, to my knowledge. I’m so glad you posted on this because, should I get a 404 or crawl error, I know what to do! Thanks for posting!

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