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What I have come to understand after reading lots of blog posts on how to increase your blog traffic: Titling a post “How to increase your blog traffic” or “Six tips to increase your blog traffic” will increase your blog traffic.

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ImpeccableLiberalCredentials Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
True ‘dat. It also helps to put up a link to Draft Cash Flanners 2008 but I have no idea why…

Good luck with that blog traffic thing. When you have it, you’ll just be a slave to your fickle readers, and you’ll be on a blog traffic treadmill… run away and free yourself while you still can… before deep vein thrombosis, muscular atrophy and peripheral edema, the physical symptoms that accompany blog popularity, set in.
kob Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Please tell us how this post does in boosting traffic.
AltHippo Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Will do. I’ll say at this point there’s a pickup of 200 more than I’d usually get, largely due to the wonkette post.

I should point out that the reason I posted this to begin with was not to increase readership, I just thought it would be funny.

Oh, and thanks to Kathy Flake.
ImpeccableLiberalCredentials Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
It is funny. But maybe a couple following your link or ending up here from a search engine result will be looking for useful tips, so here are more:

A Fleshbot mention is worth 2-3 times the traffic of a good Wonkette story, but that might not be the “readership” you are looking for. Using Digg.com to list your better posts can get you traffic and readers, and provides an oportunity to be witty in the way you frame your own blog posts… right now I’ve got a Digg item that is doing okay, but might do better with your Wonkette traffic

As Flanners Beach closes… Metaverse
Joelogon Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
You gotta have a Top 10 list, too: (”Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic.”) Or any other number — it’s canon around here that odd numbers do better.

Also, adding references to sodomy usually help. Oh, wait, that’s from Wonkette’s Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic. — Joe
AltHippo Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
I get it. So, maybe a better post would be: “Controversial Sex Acts Involving Parts of the Body You’ve Never Heard Of: More Sure Fire Ways to Put Your Blog Posts on Top.”

But first, this from K-Fed and TomKat…
Phil Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Good idea.

Tomorrow, I will do a post titled ‘Enlarge Your Penis Up to 3″!’.
kbee Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Hysterical!

“Lose 5lbs by the weekend!” should work, too.
Wendy Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
This made me smile. Thanks!
AltHippo Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
“Using Digg.com to list your better posts can get you traffic and readers, and provides an oportunity to be witty in the way you frame your own blog posts”

That’s a really good idea. Interesting, I was trying to make a blogospheric joke, but get some good advice on increasing readership in the process.

I love these internets.

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ImpeccableLiberalCredentials Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 6:29 pm

True ‘dat. It also helps to put up a link to Draft Cash Flanners 2008 but I have no idea why…

Good luck with that blog traffic thing. When you have it, you’ll just be a slave to your fickle readers, and you’ll be on a blog traffic treadmill… run away and free yourself while you still can… before deep vein thrombosis, muscular atrophy and peripheral edema, the physical symptoms that accompany blog popularity, set in.

kob Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 6:51 pm

Please tell us how this post does in boosting traffic.

AltHippo Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 8:47 pm

Will do. I’ll say at this point there’s a pickup of 200 more than I’d usually get, largely due to the wonkette post.

I should point out that the reason I posted this to begin with was not to increase readership, I just thought it would be funny.

Oh, and thanks to Kathy Flake.

ImpeccableLiberalCredentials Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 9:03 pm

It is funny. But maybe a couple following your link or ending up here from a search engine result will be looking for useful tips, so here are more:

A Fleshbot mention is worth 2-3 times the traffic of a good Wonkette story, but that might not be the “readership” you are looking for. Using Digg.com to list your better posts can get you traffic and readers, and provides an oportunity to be witty in the way you frame your own blog posts… right now I’ve got a Digg item that is doing okay, but might do better with your Wonkette traffic

As Flanners Beach closes… Metaverse

Joelogon Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 10:07 pm

You gotta have a Top 10 list, too: (”Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic.”) Or any other number — it’s canon around here that odd numbers do better.

Also, adding references to sodomy usually help. Oh, wait, that’s from Wonkette’s Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic. — Joe

AltHippo Says:
November 29th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

I get it. So, maybe a better post would be: “Controversial Sex Acts Involving Parts of the Body You’ve Never Heard Of: More Sure Fire Ways to Put Your Blog Posts on Top.”

But first, this from K-Fed and TomKat…

Phil Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 9:12 am

Good idea.

Tomorrow, I will do a post titled ‘Enlarge Your Penis Up to 3″!’.

kbee Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 4:13 pm

Hysterical!

“Lose 5lbs by the weekend!” should work, too.

Wendy Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 6:42 pm

This made me smile. Thanks!

AltHippo Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

“Using Digg.com to list your better posts can get you traffic and readers, and provides an oportunity to be witty in the way you frame your own blog posts”

That’s a really good idea. Interesting, I was trying to make a blogospheric joke, but get some good advice on increasing readership in the process.

I love these internets.

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