How to Get Traffic to Your Blog with Technorati

If you want your blog to rank higher in Technorati, then I will show you how to get more people to link to your blog and add you to the favourites on Technorati. The more links you get, the higher your rank will be on Technorati.
So What is Technorati?

Technorati is an internet search engine for blogs with a dynamic ranking system.

Technorati is like Google for blogs, this is a good thing because it is so much easier to rank well on Technorati since the majority of bloggers do not know how it is done.

How does Technorati work?
Technorati aggregates RSS (Really simple syndication) feeds in real time from the internet and sorts the posts it finds into categories using Technorati tags. After sorting posts into their proper categories Technorati offers visitors the ability to further sort the posts by freshness, by topic and by authority.

What are Technorati Tags?
Technorati tags are labels that writers assign to articles in order to tell Technorati what the article is about. Wordpress blogs uses plugins to make this task simple however wordpress version 2.5 has rendered most plugins obsolete. Technorati is now able to use an article’s category name as its tag.

What is Technorati authority?
Technorati authority is a system in which points are assigned to blogs based on the number of other blogs that link to it. When another blog links to yours you gain one authority point however subsequent links from the same blog do not give you additional points. Technorati ignores points older than 6 months.

How to get started with Technorati?
To add blog posts to Technorati visit www.technorati.com and create a free account. Once your account is set up you will be prompted to “claim your blog”. Follow the instructions provided by Technorati and claim your blog. If you’re running version 2.5 or later of Wordpress you don’t need to do anything else.

Follow the steps below and you will get a higher rank within a month if you continue to do this.
Step 1. Finding the right people.
Do some research before you start this. You need to find other bloggers that are interested in what you have to say and write about on your blog. Now head over to Technorati and browse for some high ranking blogs in your niche.

Use the search button to find blogs in your niche with a high authority of over 200 or click on “Popular” and browse through there until you find a blog in your niche. When you find the right blog, click on it. You can sort your research either by sorting by, highest Authority or by number of fans.
For this exercise I chose – Courts Internet Marketing School – How to make money Online.
It has an Auhortity of 2,262.

Step 2. Filter out the potential readers.
Having a look at this blog it has over 9822 blog reactions . What is blog reactions? Those are the blogs that have linked to Courts Internet Marketing School and the reason why they are good target is because if they are willing to link to this blog, then they might link to us. Click on view all , now we have a list of our potential readers and link lovers. Filter out which will more likely link to your blog. Now Courts Internet Marketing school is just an example you might want to find a less popular blog so you get more chance of being linked to. Choosing the right people is everything

So now click on “View all reactions” .

• Choose blogs with an authority of around 10-50 because if it is too low then that I assume that blog doesn’t have worthwhile content. Now some of those blogs with 1-10 authority might be new but I do not want to waste time and guess.


• Once you have chosen dozens of these blogs, you need to visit them and check them out. Look for their most recent posts and try to find a good one.


• Now that you have one chosen one good post from each of the dozens blog, you need to link to those post. Just link to them in anyway on your blog. What you can do is a “post of the week” thing in which you link to those profitable blogs. Most of them will visit you and half will link back to you.


• Do not link to the top blog just because others are doing it. In most cases they will hardly notice you and they are already popular. Link to the newborn blogs and they will gladly visit you and even link to you.


• Just make to link to all of these profitable blogs in your post. Dedicate one of your post a week for linking to others.That is basically it and remember choosing the right people is EVERYTHING in this technique.

If you want to find out more about how to increase your Technorati Authority then have a look at the following links below.

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Tips to make your Visitors stay Longer

If you want to make your visitors stay longer longer on your website , then it is crucial to make your home based business website more interesting.

The longer you can keep visitors at your home based business website, the faster you can develop a relationship with them. Once your website has captivated their interest, there 's every chance they may go on to buy your product or service.

Understand what your visitors are looking for.

Understanding what your visitors are looking for is crucial to the success of your home based business website. The best way to accomplish this is with a good Traffic analysis program like Google analytics, Statcounter etc. However you need to remember 2 very important points.

1. People use the Internet to look for information - so you need to provide what they are looking for.


2. The 10 second rule, even if you have the information, if your website is boring, your visitor will not wait around to look for the information.

So what information are we looking for that will help with point no 1

• What search terms do the visitors use the most to find your site?


• What might the people searching for these terms want?


• Do you have this information that your visitors are looking for displayed on your website.


• What path do they follow on your site? Can you guess where they want to go?

Have you ever gone to a website intending to browse for just a few minutes, but you end up staying for almost an hour. This is no accident -- such web sites are usually carefully designed to make lingering easy. That's because web site owners know that the longer a customer visits their web sites, the more likely they are to purchase a product or at least remember the company.

When it comes to your own home based business web site, you want to urge visitors to stay longer and return frequently

By implementing the following few tips, you will notice a huge decrease in the bounce rate on your website ( when visitors click out immediately).

• Provide good content - The most compelling reason for visitors to spend more time at your website is the magnetism of its content. Therefore, present them with captivating content that they can't find elsewhere and they'll have a reason to stay on your site a little longer.

• People will stay longer at your web site if you update your information on a regular basis, viewing the same old content can be a turn off for repeat visitors, therefore try and offer something new when they do, e.g. new, product information, graphics, offers, company news, links, etc.

• Offer your web site visitors a freebie for visiting your website, or get them to take the time to fill out your online survey. They'll be at the site longer and might buy something afterwards.

• Make sure all your web pages load fast or your visitors will leave fast. Time is precious; they won't waste it waiting for your site to load. Publish your web site professionally. People will get turned off and leave if they see a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes. Ensure that your site text easy to read. Most people won't strain their eyes trying to read text that is too small, light or bright.

The list above is only a very small amount of tips that you can use to make your website more interesting, one of the best ideas to always to bench mark your website against other websites that are using the same keywords as your home based website, or at least are in the same category as your website.

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