Aside from good design standards meta tags, keywords, W3C compliant code there are a myriad of steps you can take to increase visitors to your website. There’s a lot of info on how to boost your traffic all over the web, the following tips are what I’ve noticed are working for me.

Must Have SEO Plugins For WordPress

There are a number of bloging CMS’s out there for you to choose from. I prefer and use WordPress for anybody interested in having more control over look and options.

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Use Flickr & Google Image Search To Boost Traffic

Use of desciptive image names along with width & height attributes make your code more SEO compliant. In addition to adding compliant code, alt & title tags to your images there are also a couple neat tips you can use to help spread the word about your website.

How to opt in for Google’s Advanced Image Search

1. Sign in to Webmaster tools
2. Click the site for which you want to enable enhanced image search.
3. On the Diagnostic tab, click Enhanced Image Search.

Flickr Optimization

Since Yahoo’s inclusion of flickr pics to it’s image search it has become a no brainer to use these tactics to boost search engine traffic.

Optimize Your Flickr Images For Better Traffic

Use Google Alerts To Track Popular Keywords

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Use News Aggregators To Keep Up On New & Upcoming Content

Boing Boing, A Directory Of Wonderful Things
I read Boing Boing non stop. The site is constantly updated by it’s founders with new and interesting webby tid bits.

Reddit
I subscribe to Reddit for the sheer volume of content they provide. Reddit is a user driven social network. Topics are broader than that of Boing Boing due to the user base, but this is a great resource for interesting news stories.

Google News
I use Google News to stay current with global events as they happen.

Web Communities That Syndicate Your Content

Syndicated content is a great way to get your site out to the masses. The following sites accept RSS feeds from your site that syndicate under your profile. I’ve had good luck with all the following.

My Blog Log
A user fueled must join community!

Bumpzee
Similar to My Blog Log and quickly catching up in popularity

Outpost Earth
I found Outpost earth a few months back. It’s not the biggest social networking site out there, but it is gaining steam. I’ve seen a significant boost in traffic from this site over the past month and a half.

Blue Dot
Blue Dot is a combination of a social bookmarking and social networking service. I started using Blue Dot about a month ago in hopes to get more of the myspace crowds attention. Low and behold someone saw it. Blue Dot is now one of my leading traffic sources. You can synchronize your del.icio.us bookmarks with it as well which is a big plus.

Widgets That Work

The following is a list of widgets you can put on your site to help fuel new readers.

My Blog Log Widget
A must have!

Bumpzee Widget
A must have!

Twitter Widget
I was wary of this at first as I didn’t see much use in this widget, but comments are searched regularly. Twitter traffic is on the up and up.

ClustrMaps Widget
This is a neat widget that displays where your readers physically come from in the world. Global maps are displayed monthly on your site with this widget.

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