How To Attract Visitors to Your Site

You don't have to spend tons of money to attract visitors and read your blog. You don't even have to spend a penny or even a cent. All you need is creativity and redesigning. When I mean creativity and designing, it doesn't necessarily mean redesigning your website but it would also help if you have a good design. I'm talking about your titles and a few attractions that can be added to your post.

Here's my first tip. Reconstruct your post title. Study it. Just ask yourself, if you are a reader, what kind of title will make you read an article. For example, you have a post about earning money online. And your title is "Earn $1000 a day online". For experienced bloggers, this title will be unnoticed. They know that it will just be another scam or a post that doesn't even help you earn money. Earning $1000 a day online is possible BUT unbelievable. I'm not telling that posts like these are not true. But most of them really don't help at all. In short, it's an overused title. Don't write overused titles. Try to reconstruct them and make it believable.

My second tip will be putting some photos on your posts. Adding a photo helps a lot. Remember the saying "Action speaks louder than words"? It's the same as "photos tell it all". A good example would be this post I made - Latest Pinay Scandal. The title itself caught a lot of readers' attention. But others was caught by the picture. It doesn't really have to be this kind of topic and photo. My point is put a photo that stands by itself. Meaning that just by looking at the photo, the reader already understands what it is all about. Chances are, they'll click it and read for more.

After doing these tips, you have to submit it to blog directories, Digg, Stumble, and all groups and sites you know that gives traffic. In no time, you'll be getting comments, visitors and traffic.

Traffic TIps with A Contest

It's been a while since I posted an article about traffic tips. So I would like to share tip that some bloggers are using. Of course, there sites to help you gain traffic like Stumble, Entrecard and Sitehoppin, but there's also another way to increase it by making a contest. It doesn't only help your site to be productive but at the same time, you are helping others that are joining your contest. How are helping them? In every contest, there's a winner. And for every winner, there should be a prize. So you decide on what prize you are capable of giving. You can give credits from entrecard, or maybe a free ad of their site posted on your site or maybe some cash. You just don't give those prizes for nothing. In return, people will be returning to your site because of these contest. You can also create a contest that involves searching your site. This way, you let them read your site and maybe even attract them so they'll be back not for the contest, but for the posts you made.

I must admit, I'm one of those guys who sometimes visit a site, then leaves if nothing catches my eye quickly. And I'm sure there are a lot out there like me. By involving your site in your contest, you are allowing them to read some of your post. Chances are, they'll find something interesting. Just make sure that you have good contents.

Opinions on Strategies

What should be the best topic to gain more traffic to your site? Let me start by telling you this. Each of the readers are different. Some would like to read about sports, news, entertainment, money, etc.. In short, it's hard to please everyone. Is there a right or wrong? Still, we are not sure. One thing is for sure, whatever topic you are concentrating on, make the best out of it by making it interesting. I have read a lot of tips about this topic. They sounded that they know everything. Don't get me wrong, but I'm just one of those bloggers who also doesn't know what's the best topic for a blog. Is it money? Maybe for some. For now, I only write about things that I love and I am sure of. These are only my opinions. And I just share them to you.

One thing I don't like about other bloggers is that they sounded that they know everything on what's best and how to create a great blog. I just read a post a couple of days ago about this person who wrote about how to have a good blog/site or something like that. She was against a lot of things which I didn't agree on. She was also bias on what host your using and if you are monetizing your blog and other stuffs she doesn't like. She wrote that if she saw something that she mentioned that she doesn't like, she'll leave and never bother to read your post. The worst part is, she writes as if she forcing you to follow her tips. I didn't find it as tips but more like a discrimination.

I have some questions to ask.

1. Will you leave a site if you see that he/she is using a free host site?
2. Will you leave a site if it is monetizing the blog?
3. WIll you leave a site if it is using a template?
4. Will you leave a site if you saw some google ads in it?
5. Will you leave a site if you saw some youtube links?
6. Will you leave a site if it contains news or reviews or any helpful informations?
7. Will you leave a site if it is not a personal blog or experience?

Here are my thoughts and my "personal opinions".

1. There's nothing wrong about using a free host site. Some people find it easy using free host sites and some doesn't want to spend. If they want their own domain, it's really up to them. It's the content that really matters. Some free host sites are even more famous than those with their own domain name.

2. There's nothing wrong with monetizing your site. That's your blog, and if you want to earn with it, that's fine as long as contains good posts. People are after the posts not the things around it. Sometimes ads even helps your readers find what they are looking for.

3. There's nothing wrong to use a template. Some of the bloggers don't know how to use html codes.

4. There's nothing wrong about using the techniques and tips on where to place your adsense. It's called, strategy. You can find this strategy across the web which means, it's not illegal.

5. There's nothing wrong if you want to share a link from youtube. Maybe you shared it because it is needed.

6. There's nothing wrong if you write about reviews, news or informations as long as it is in your own words and not copied. I think it is even better that this is included in your blogs because you'll be able to help those people who don't know where to find this informations.

7. There's nothing wrong if you don't write your own personal experiences in your blog. You can write whatever you want. Some people may be interested with your personal life but some are not.


Again, these are just my personal opinions and it's up to you if you agree or not with my thoughts. You can't please everyone. And you can't let anyone decide what to do with your blog. All are tips and opinions only. In the end, you are still the one that should choose on which you would like to follow.

I would like to hear your comments. I know some might agree with me and some will not.

Fake Entrecard Widget

If you are an Entrecard dropper, I think you also experienced what I have experienced. I clicked this fake Entrecard widget. A sign that has Z solutions in it. It's not illegal or anything but it's a way of spamming and cheating just to increasing traffic in your site. And most of all, it annoys a lot of Entrecard droppers for misleading them to that site. I have been a victim of this several times and I'm sure I am not the only one. So if you see this ad on a site, DO NOT CLICK on it. There are several ways of increasing traffic to your site but spamming and cheating is not the best way. In fact, it could be the downfall of your site. Once droppers discover this, it's the end and they stop visiting your site because they are all annoyed with your strategy. I would like to give credit Humane Blogging Tips for posting this on his/her blog. I have noticed this widget for quite some time now and Humane Blogging Tips gave me the urged to spread this.

My biggest question is, who are the people or person supporting this widget and placing it to their sites. If you are a regular dropper, you'll notice that it is spread around to different sites. I'm wondering if these sites with these widgets have only one owner. A blogger who created many sites and place this widget to each and every site he has. One thing is for sure, sooner or later, all Entrecard droppers will find out your fake widget and ban your site. It's just a matter of time.

Entrecard's Quick 300 Drops

As I continue blogging and viewing other people's blogs, I've seen sites that offers you list or sometimes bookmarks of blogs where you can drop your Entrecard. They provide you a list, all you have to do is click them one by one, then the sites open. Once it opens, you drop your entrecard. Then on to the next site you opened. Until you reached the last site from the list. According to them, you will be able to finish dropping within 15-30 mins. It could be an advantage for you if all you want is to earn credits. But if you want unique visitors to your site, I don't think that's the best way to use Entrecard. Why? Here's the reason. If you choose the quick 300 list, are you sure that those sites on the list will return your drop? I don't think so. Maybe a some. I have tried them out and if you'll notice, some sites are only made for dropping. No contents or what so ever but just the entrecard. Some sites that are made by others might drop on you or maybe not just because of the drops they're receiving are so many that your site will be the last on the list.

I'm not saying not to use this system. I, myself am using this system once in a while. If you are a person who doesn't care about a drop back and just wants credits, I highly suggest you use this system. But if not, there are other ways. You can still use this system, but not all. You can drop all the sites in your inbox, then drop some on the 300 list. This way, you gave a pay back for the people who are dropping you. It's important that there are people dropping you back to gain traffic.

Right now, I'm making my own list for people to use for a quick drop. I won't be making just one list of "300 quick list drop", but I'll be making sets of these so people can choose and will be fair. I already included my regular droppers for my site and I'm still looking for more, and I mean more sites to be included in my list. If you want your site to be included, just comment on this post and leave your URL together with the name of your site. I'll be releasing them as soon as I've finished the list.

Latest Pinay Scandal

Are you looking for another photo or video scandal? It's your lucky day because I'm here to help you. Yes, I'll help you. But not to find a scandal. I'll help you to stop looking for one. If you're not familiar with this campaign, I'll tell you what it is. The words "Pinay Scandal" has been one of the top keywords around the net these days. A campaign around the net was made to stop this search and to mislead surfers to other sites with the title "Pinay Scandal". And when they click the site, there's not a single scandal post. Aside from helping this campaign, it also does you a favor. How? It's simple. Men are men and boys will be boys or whatever. When they see the words scandal, sex, nude, or any word that they might think that have sexual contents, 80% they click it. Just like you. You are reading my post because of the title. I'm sorry but this is just one of my tips to increase traffic on your website. Go try it yourself.

Sitehoppin and Entrecard is Better Together

I recently joined sitehoppin. Another great site that helps you gain more traffic from your site. Just like entrecard, co-members visit your site. Here's how it works, you'll be hoppin' or should I say surfing the net. For every site you visit or hop you make, you earn 1 beer (points you earn). For every 10 beer credits you make, you automatically gain 1 visitor to your site. If you rate a site using Sitehoppin, you get 5 beer credits. 1 tagging or comments using the "tag" function, you'll get 20 beer credits. And it actually offers more. You can visit the site for more information.

As for Entrecard, it's almost quite the same. You earn 1 point for every drop you make on a site or blog. You also get 1 point if someone drops on you. When drop for them, your account will appear on their inbox which most likely, they'll drop on you back. What are the points for? The points can be used to place an ad on other blogs who are using Entrecard. This way, a possibility of visits can occur because of your ads. So you earn traffic with reciprocal visits and by ads.

The question is, do you think is better, Entrecard or Sitehoppin? For me, it's not what's better. As long as they are effective and are giving traffic to your site, it works for me. Instead of using them against each other, why not used them together and save time. One time, I was doing my usual dropping with Entrecard, and I dropped by a site that provided me this solution. I'm sorry, but I forgot the URL of the site. All I remembered was the name Josh(if you know the url, please feel free to comment and share it here). Anyway, credits belong to him. So said on his site, instead of using it separately, he used them together at the same time. How? Use your Sitehoppin account and hop manually. By hopping manually, you earn 1 beer credit by hopping, then you can drop 1 entrecard if the site has one. And you can rate the site too that earns you 5 credits. It's a fast way to earn credits for both instead of using them separately. And it's not really adviceable to use the slideshow of Sitehoppin unless you're doing other things. It's better to do it manually, because the credits come 5x faster than using slideshow. I hope this information helped you on how to work with your Sitehoppin and Entrecard accounts.