Category Generating Traffic

A new year and new beginnings!

Here's why the longtail keyword strategy may be facing new challenges.

Why isn't your new site bringing that promised traffic? Here's what could be wrong.

If you rely mostly on Google for traffic, getting posts to show up in the search results is key. You could have the best content out there, but if Google doesn’t put it in front of their users, you won’t…

A few days ago, I was approached by someone who wants to get into the web publishing business. His idea was to invest money into content and instantly create two websites, each one with 30 posts. He was hoping that…

Thinking of launching a new niche site? Wondering if your topic of choice is too narrow, or perhaps you’re casting your net too wide? The way I see it, in order to choose the right size of niche you need…

Having decided to audit one of my sites for internal linking patterns, I decided to give two different tools a test – Screaming Frog‘s free software (downloadable and free) The Site Audit tool by Ahrefs (online and paid). What I…

If you're serious about blogging, you need a social media strategy. Here's how to make the most of social media efforts to promote your blog.

Don't give up on blogging too soon. Whatever you do, you have to reach a critical mass of quality content before you can start seeing results.