Joe Majewski

Comment on my Blog, and I Will Return the Favor

One of the most underrated ways to improve your blog’s reach on the Internet is to get in touch with other people that write similar content to yours. When logging into your `Admin Panel`, one of the first things you take a look at is the new comments that you’ve received. It’s always good to see that other people take interest in the content that you write.

This article serves the purpose of letting others know that I fully respect the notion of you scratch my back, I scratch yours. Taking some time here and there to search the web for other bloggers much like yourself is never a waste of time, and I honor this very rule.

With that said, leave a comment on my blog, and I will do the same for you. There is a small exception to this rule, however; spammers. It’s not difficult to spot them, but when a legitimate response is made to one of the articles that you took the time to write, it’s a kind gesture to do the same for them. The more you get your name out on the web, the higher your traffic will rise.

What I’ve noticed is that only a small handful of the articles that I write actually bring in traffic through Google, and the percentage of these articles that are written will greatly increase once a sort of fanbase is developed; a fanbase in the sense that people will continue to return your website to read more of your articles on a regular basis.

Partition the time you spend writing articles, the time you spend reading and commenting on others’ articles, and the time you spend updating your website with utilities that offer better navigation, readability, and fresh ideas to write about.

Take some time out and consider what you need to focus on most to bring in more traffic to your blog, and soon you will realize that writing new content isn’t the only way (although it surely is the best way) to drive visitors to your website.

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