{"id":462,"date":"2006-09-26T15:18:32","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2006-09-26T15:19:02","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:19:02","slug":"blogoff-post-85-how-to-build-a-high-traffic-weblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/462\/blogoff-post-85-how-to-build-a-high-traffic-weblog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #85: How to build a high traffic weblog . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepavlina.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/how-to-build-a-high-traffic-web-site-or-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pavlina.com<\/a>, excellent advice on building a high-traffic weblog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here are 10 of my best suggestions for building a high traffic web site:<\/p>\n<p>1. Create valuable content.<br \/>\n2. Create original&#160;content.<br \/>\n3.&#160;Create timeless content.<br \/>\n4. Write for human beings first, computers second.<br \/>\n5.&#160;Know why you want a high-traffic site.<br \/>\n6. Let your audience see the real you.<br \/>\n7. Write what is true for you, and learn to live with the consequences.<br \/>\n8.&#160;Treat your&#160;visitors like real&#160;human beings.<br \/>\n9. Keep money in its proper place.<br \/>\n10.&#160;If you&#160;forget the first nine suggestions,&#160;just focus on genuinely helping people, and the rest will take care of itself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article is very long and very detailed. Read it all. I think this is remarkably good advice&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/sellsius 101\" rel=\"tag\">sellsius 101<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Steve Pavlina.com, excellent advice on building a high-traffic weblog: Here are 10 of my best suggestions for building a high traffic web site: 1. Create valuable content. 2. Create original&#160;content. 3.&#160;Create timeless content. 4. Write for human beings first, computers second. 5.&#160;Know why you want a high-traffic site. 6. Let your audience see the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2458,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2458\/the-peoples-choice-award-real-zillow-mortgage-predictions-the-real-fake-greg-swann-and-real-life-traffic-building-strategies\/","url_meta":{"origin":462,"position":0},"title":"The People&#8217;s Choice Award: Real Zillow mortgage predictions, the real Fake Greg Swann and real-life traffic-building strategies","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"As you know if you've been paying attention, Todd Carpenter exposed himself revealed himself to be the real Fake Greg Swann last night. I confess myself to have been totally sussed by the prank, despite Todd's having hidden several Easter eggs along his trail that, had I not been completely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2511,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2511\/real-estate-weblogging-101-wringing-actual-commerce-out-of-your-commercial-weblog\/","url_meta":{"origin":462,"position":1},"title":"Real Estate Weblogging 101: Wringing actual commerce out of your commercial weblog","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm engaged in a debate with Dustin Luther at his place, but the issues are important enough that I want to highlight some of my remarks here. The meta-issue: Is linking back and forth among real estate weblogs an effective marketing strategy for a consumer-focused, client-seeking real estate weblog, or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1930,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1930\/blogrush-viral-weblog-widget-promotes-for-added-traffic\/","url_meta":{"origin":462,"position":2},"title":"BlogRush: Viral weblog widget promotes for added traffic","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I added a viral blog widget called BlogRush to the sidebar. In principal, it should draw attention to BloodhoundBlog posts at weblogs were folks might not know about us. It's a rebuttable proposition, but one I'm willing to test. If it works, it should work for the entire RE.net. 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