How to get more traffic ?

[geon106]

I've no idea, and wish I could help you out.

Every time I post a new article I link it on Twitter, people aren't going to navigate their own way to the site. The way the web works at the minute, people are lazy, anything to avoid typing in a url is a bonus, so linking is important.
Not to mention people forget, so reminders can attract more traffic, but on the flipside, too much is seen as spamming, so it's all about getting the balance right.

To be honest I don't really worry about how many views are coming through the door, it's nice to have loads, but ultimately I enjoy writing the articles and it gives me a chance to share with friends what I've been up to recently. That's my purpose for the blog.

Well if nobody viewed my blog i'd proberbly still blog, but i'd like to know if my work is any good. If one person keeps coming back to my blog then its worth it.

whenever i post i do link from twitter/facebook and that does draw people to my blog but only a few of those following me. I was considering doing a bi-weekly magazine/ezine to draw people in

 

[3dcandy]

newsletters can - but tbh content is king. the better the content, then the more likely people are to visit. presenting and letting that content be accessed is then the next battle. your blog hasn't been around long, people take time to visit places and get in the habit of checking out a site for content...

 

[geon106]

newsletters can - but tbh content is king. the better the content, then the more likely people are to visit. presenting and letting that content be accessed is then the next battle. your blog hasn't been around long, people take time to visit places and get in the habit of checking out a site for content...

yeah true it has only been going since end of march so shouldn't expect much yet.

I think once i've got more content people may be more inclined to keep coming back

 

[Tetsujin]

or cell phones if your American
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when the world got 3G(3rd Generation) which allowed for voice calls

Some spelling and some thinking about the facts cited in articles not being nonsense might help retain people. If phones couldn't even do voice calls until 3G came along, what the hell was everyone carrying them around for? Your writing style in general needs to either be professional or laid back, at the moment it comes across as trying to sound professional but not knowing how to, exactly, and straddling the middle line.

I've only looked at your first article, but that's the point - the above three things have put me off looking at any of the rest of it, as a casual visitor.

Also, there are 506,783 tech blogs in existence right now. What's your unique angle?

Also, what does "Geon106" mean? It doesn't stick in ones head very well.

Also, "The techie tech blog" I'm sure someone like Engadget is actually the tech blog, so claiming to be a the when you're an a will also put people off.

So, yeah, I'm highlighting a lot of negatives, but those are the things I'm seeing. Breaking up articles with images is good, but you should/could also do so with subheaders, so people aren't presented with a mass of text and just go "ugh" and wander off. They can help a lot with readability, breaking up an article into defined, on-topic manageable chunks in ones mind at a glance. Would be particularly useful given the sparseness of the overall layout.

P.S. It's late, I'm tired, and have been knee deep in PHP all day, so do excuse me if that comes across harsh. It's not meant harsh, just matter-of-fact-ish

 

[soullessfire]

Blogs are notoriously hard to get right and make money off. Essentially content is king, and unless you're doing stuff that people actually want, or a new take on something, people will generally go to a big news provider for information. The guys who are making money off these in their back bedrooms all recommend things like how to guides over news or personal content (personal content is the least attractive to visitors apparently).
Your best bet is just to make sure your content is top notch and to work your buns off advertising yourself. Make sure your SEO and things like that are all good and try to become active on forums and sites that have similar audiences.

 

[geon106]

Some spelling and some thinking about the facts cited in articles not being nonsense might help retain people. If phones couldn't even do voice calls until 3G came along, what the hell was everyone carrying them around for? Your writing style in general needs to either be professional or laid back, at the moment it comes across as trying to sound professional but not knowing how to, exactly, and straddling the middle line.

I've only looked at your first article, but that's the point - the above three things have put me off looking at any of the rest of it, as a casual visitor.

Also, there are 506,783 tech blogs in existence right now. What's your unique angle?

Also, what does "Geon106" mean? It doesn't stick in ones head very well.

Also, "The techie tech blog" I'm sure someone like Engadget is actually the tech blog, so claiming to be a the when you're an a will also put people off.

So, yeah, I'm highlighting a lot of negatives, but those are the things I'm seeing. Breaking up articles with images is good, but you should/could also do so with subheaders, so people aren't presented with a mass of text and just go "ugh" and wander off. They can help a lot with readability, breaking up an article into defined, on-topic manageable chunks in ones mind at a glance. Would be particularly useful given the sparseness of the overall layout.

P.S. It's late, I'm tired, and have been knee deep in PHP all day, so do excuse me if that comes across harsh. It's not meant harsh, just matter-of-fact-ish

No no i like the constructive opinions everyone is giving, after all its why i posted here.

I like your idea of breaking up articles with sub headers, that makes a lot of sense and will try that out.

Yeah i'm not really happy with the tag line i'm just using it until I can think of something more catchy. Same with Geon106, although its my online nickname it isn't a particularly catchy name. Any name with numbers in it becomes more like a code than a name.

I'm trying to aim for the more laid back approach, but wanted to make it informative

 

[Van Hellseek]

Blogs are passé. Nobody cares about them unless it's something particularly unique/intresting. Which is pretty rare. And sadly for you a 'techie tech' blog is neither.

If you want a distinctively average website to take off you'll have to pump a bit of green into advertising. Or better still, come up with a site that stands out and provides something your average internet joe needs.

 

[eXor]

I'd consider Linux but my home server is also a file sharing server for my home network, print server, mail server and also game hosting. I don't know how to set all that up to work on my network in Linux

If you have enough RAM, you could run a lean Linux distribution in a virtual machine ( VirtualBox is good and free ).

Since there would be no GUI, you could get away with allocating 256MB for the VM, or even much less. ( The Debian install on my flash disk fully booted in 29MB before I added a GUI. )