Talk about a delicate topic.
It's almost akin to a discussion of personal hygiene products. It simply isn't talked about in polite society. It's a touch subject for many bloggers.
Well, it's time to break the taboo.
While many people claim to not care about their number of readers, most do. In a tone similar to those who say they only play games for fun, the actions are more important than the claims of innocence.
Most bloggers want more visitors to their blogs. They want more and more people to read their words of wisdom...or at least their thoughts.
There...I said it.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Bloggers swap links with other bloggers, occasionally for search engine purposes, but mostly to share visitor traffic. If the writer wanted fewer visitors, they would have no incoming links at all.
Keeping a blog in non-public mode is also an option.
Many search engine savvy bloggers make certain their blog has all of the mainstream search engine optimization practices in place.
Their title tag, which appears on the very top of the computer screen above the browser, will contain their most important search terms, called keywords.
Their incoming links will have a mixture of their blog title and their major keywords on the clickable link from other blogs. That is called link anchor text and is important in search rankings.
Once a week or more, the visitor conscious blogger will check the major search engine,s like Google, Yahoo, and MSN Search, for where their blog is ranked. They higher the better!
Their blogs will be listed in the main blog directories, in hopes of gaining a few visitors from there. I have a list of the major blog directories, placed high on my Resources list, to help those directory seeking blog owners.
More than once per day, the visitor oriented blogger will check his or her visitor counter. Eagerly seeking new sources of blog readers, the traffic origins are carefully examined.
The visitor log entrails are read and scrupulously contemplated.
Adding more interesting content, to the blog's daily posts and later to the archives, will add many more interested readers. The search engine oriented blogger, gets a boost in the rankings, from the fresh content as well.
I know that you, personally, are not interested in or obsessed with your visitor totals. Of course, you know several bloggers that are quite into their traffic counts.
I'm glad you aren't one of them.
Wink.
