Increasing Page Views

There are many different ways to widen the audience of the people who read your writing. One way is to be involved in many different social networks, and cross post about similar interests. If you write articles on AC, Hub Pages, or other places this may give you opportunities to share you thoughts with a wider range of people. When making a post in a community about a topic you've written an article about, always include a link.

Regardless of where your work is seen, some articles or posts will get more interest than others. Some of that has to do with how your work shows up in a search engine, and many factors such as good use of keywords may play in. Other factors such as the popularity of a topic will play in.

Here's a good example. I wrote a couple of silly little articles about Halloween related topics a few weeks ago. I put some time into sharing good ideas, but I can't say that either piece was very weighty. Both received about five hundred page views within a day! One reason may be that it was the right time of year for people to be interested in articles about Halloween.

The first article was about "Fun Things to do for Halloween in Seattle" . I didn't expect it at first, but sometimes I get a lot of views when I write an article that is based on a certain locality. In the article I included more unique ideas as well as standard ones. For instance, Seattle has a number of great Ghost Tours- which would be a fun and spooky activity for a group of people at this time of year.

The second article I wrote had even more views than the first, and was about "Cool Ideas for Halloween Costumes with Thrift Store Finds" .  If you have a look you'll note that I included lots of different types of costume ideas. Including an array of related topics that fit key words and concepts may draw more viewers. "Halloween", "Costume Ideas", "Pirate Costume", "Greek Goddess Costume", "Costumes for Kids", and "Costumes for Adults" could all apply as keywords. An underlying concept that may draw more attention is the opportunity to still have fun, but do it on the cheap. In this economy many people are struggling to take care of basic needs, and may not have much money for things like entertainment. Those people effected will all be looking for less expensive ways to celebrate than they may have in other years.

Paying attention to these simple things made the difference between 50 page views over time and 500 page views in a day.

"Where do I list my blog?"

Well, at first thought, you might s well list it everywhere you can come up with. Then again, if your blog is about weight training and fitness and you list it on Suzie Q's music site list, it may not help.

There are several services like the one I posted about yesterday which submit your blog or site to many different search engines at once. That's not a bad idea to invite general traffic, but my theory is that listing your site in the most popular places and the most relevant places will bring the best results.

Most Popular Search Engines:

ADD YOUR SITE TO GOOGLE
ADD YOUR SITE TO YAHOO
ADD YOUR SITE TO MSN

Once you've added your site to the popular search engines, you may want to try some other individual indexes as well as visiting sites that help you submit to multiple search engines at once.

For instance, some sites would do very well attracting attention though the librarian's internet index, particularly if your site is "safe for work" material, and educational or informative. the DMOZ OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT is another good place to be aware of.

Then, start searching for places that list your kind of blog. For instance, when I was looking for places to list my music theory and songwriting blog I did a bunch of google searches like 'list your music blog here' and music blog search' and 'music education websites', just to see what I'd come up with. The same basic concept probably appilys to most subjects.