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How to Grow your Photoblog Traffic
1.Photoblogs.org : A lot of traffic comes from there - right now I am number one (the 'hottest' photoblog as they have titled it) so I get alot of traffic - but how did I get to number one?I'm sure everyone visits a photoblog - go to one - tell them -'Hello, I bookmarked you on photoblogs.org - can you bookmark me?' - so you keep getting bookmarks (they all bookmark you back most probably) .Suddenly you get onto the list after about 4 bookmarks over two days.On day one I accumulated so many bookmarks so fast that I rose from number 56 to number 11 and the next day into number 10 and today number 1.Also, tag your blog when you bookmark yourself - include a lot of any relevant tags - because people search for tags and I do get photoblogs.org traffic from people searching for tags.
2.Directories : You have to pick some good directories for them to work - one I particularly adore is www.mawoosh.com which does get me in traffic. Also, don't collect too many reciprocal links on your blog - I only have one which was compulsory and added Mawoosh.com as a thank you for the traffic.
3. Search Engines : Although a photoblog is mostly pictures, search engines play a large part - at one time, suddenly all of the engines indexed my archives (finally) and depeding on how many people will search for the title of your photo or it's description - you could get a lot of hits.
4. Creative Titles : Ok this sounds weird but it works. Use creative titles for your photos - the titles get searched by others by chance, especially on MSN, and you get a hit. I named a post 'Hocus Focus' somebody actually searched for it and MSN gave me the visitor.
5.BlogMad.com : The best of all traffic exchanges - works well for photoblogs - because BlogMad users look at picture and don't read too much - you might get some regular readers from there.
6. Be Shameless: Keep your MSN nickname your blog address - include in e-mails - instead of saying Hi to people say your web address. The possibilities are endless.
7. Links : Link to photoblogs - especially to those that link back but be nice and link to some blogs you really like who cannot link back (like photographers hosted at shutterchance.com).
8. Post good shots: Avoid posting experiments unless you are sure over 40% of your visitors will like it because your page has to give a good first impression.
9. Post big photos: I just increased the size of photos on my page,'Large' on the Blogger upload page just will not do - make it bigger - it allows people to enjoy the shot better - and gains you more regular visitors.It also enhances user experience.
10. Lastly, enjoy it. : You have to enjoy it, if you don't just quit - that’s it. You also have to be willing to take suggestions and criticism even if it's horrible. Reply to every single comment, even the bad ones.
I hope this helps someone with their photoblog - I just wrote this because I only saw an article on Wikipedia about this and I thought I could write a better one.
Best of Luck! | Written by Azhar from www.thedailysunrise.com
Written by Azhar Chougle.Although only 15 years old, Azhar is an amateur photographer and started a successful photoblog at http://www.thedailysunrise.com.
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