Sunday 29 May 2016

Tips on how to drive traffic to your blog using google alert

Having enough traffic is one of the major problems facing bloggers. A lot of bloggers have abandoned blogging due to the fact that they could not get enough traffic to their blogs so as to monetize them.
The story has not changed as thousands of bloggers are still battling with this evil problem of low traffic, with many bloggers still contemplating quitting blogging as they have not been able to get the desired traffic and their Adsense requests being rejected due to the low traffic on their blogs.
However, there is a way to beat google at their own game. How? You can beat google by driving traffic to your blog using google alert.

Tips on how to drive traffic to your blog using google alert

There are some steps to be taking to do this. The steps are outlined below:
  1. Have a specific topic in mind: To be able to use the alert, you must have a topic that you want to be alerted on. For instance as a tech blogger, I am always interested in technology news and inventions. So if I want to use this alert, I may want to be alerted on new technology posts.
  2. Go to google: To do this type www.google.com/alerts. After typing this, a dialog box will pop up with many options.
  3. Enter the search criteria in the "Search" box: The search box is represented by a mirror. Click this mirror and enter your search criteria. For instance, if I want to be alerted about blogging tips, I will type "Blogging tips" in the search box and press enter key
  4. Choose the desired options: Click the small blue triangle beside "Show Options" to expand it. Expanding this will show you more options that you can select from.
  5. In the "How often" option box, select "As-it happens"
  6. In the sources option box, choose whatever suits you.
  7. Then choose "only the best results" in the "How many" option box.
  8. Enter your email address in the "Deliver to" box
  9. Then click on "Create Alert".
  10. If there are blogs that have topics that meet your criteria, they will be displayed below the Create Alert button. If there are none, you will be alerted whenever any blog comes up with the search criteria that you entered
You may be wondering that how will this drive traffic to your blog. This is how to use these alerts to your advantage

Using the google alert to drive traffic

To maximize the alert, do these:
  • Visit whatever blogs you are alerted on Try to be one of the first few people that will comment on the blog if possible.This will make your comment to be on top of other comments for others to see.
  • Make meaningful comment on the blog. When I said meaningful comment you should know what that means. Comments like "Nice job", "Well done bros" and the likes will get you nowhere. You can add to what the blogger has posted or pick one of the points in the post and expatiate it. Make sure that your comment will have good points that will make people to want to know you. If you do this over time, people may click on your profile and be directed to your blog. If you are fortunate to have great contents on your blog, the visitors will be "addicted" to your blog and will always want to come back. This way, you would have been able to use google alert to drive traffic to your blog
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