Bloggers R Us

If you want to have more people visit your blog, there are plenty of blog directories on the Internet that you can submit your blog to in order to attract and increase traffic. With the abundance of blogs available, the idea is to submit as wisely as possible as to prevent your blog disappearing in an Ocean Of Blogs.  Here are a few guidelines:

Topic:  Most blog directories are listed by the topics that submitted blogs that cover.  Be as accurate as possible, and when give the chance to choose sub-topics, do so.

Tags:  Goes without saying. When you have the opportunity to tag your blog, fill in all the blank spaces!

Quality Blog Directories:   There are always a number of directories that seem to be well-known for quality submissions and standards.  It may require more time than you planned, but the results are worth it.  For one, Blog Catalog is a free blog directory with numerous categories such as career and jobs, writing, Iraq, and others. It has features such as featured blogs, search blogs, and look into improving your blogging.  It is a great way to promote your own blog.  Another great place to add your blog is Blog-directory.org.  Not only do they have an extensive list of categories with sub categories, you can get your blog reviewed. For the most popular blogs, it shows the amount of hits that blogs have and if they have any reviews. As well as listing by category, the blogs are also listed by location.

Blog Directories with RSS Submissions: RSSTop55- Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites is a combination of blog directory submission and RSS submission.  There are paid submissions, if you desire, but there are plenty of free submissions as well. These blog directories have standards, and can rate your blog.  Don’t overlook the power of RSS.  Those with readers may prefer to subscribe to your blog rather than bookmark it.  Submit your Blog RSS every chance you have to maximize your reader base.

You never know what you will find when you browsing through the directories, and you may just find out information that you never knew. Some of the blog directories offer chat features as well, so that you can meet other people easily. If that isn’t your style, reviewing other blogs just very well may be. Some directories encourage members to review blogs.  This is a great way to mingle, meet other bloggers, get exposed to other blogging methods and tips, and even inspire and be inspired by other blogger’s content.

Manual or Automatic Submission: Often heard is the question of which one, manual or automatic submission of my blog?  Both could be of advantage and you don’t mind spending for paid submission.   Automatic submission may introduce your blog to the world quicker, and this is fine.  Manual submission has the advantage of giving you first-hand experience of what each directory is really all about: its features, it’s content, resources offered you may want to try out, and other areas of interest to you.  You may want to return or not return to a particular directory to submit another blog someday, knowing it will be reviewed, and has a clear place in the categories.

In summary, one way to generate traffic to your blog is make sure it is seen!  Submit, to at least, quality directories, choose topics and categories with care, and review other blogs!  Happy Blogging!

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