Is your blog collecting dust and not getting enough traffic?

Sometimes, search engine spiders don’t visit your site even after it has been up for a month or two. When you are trying to get your blog seen by lots of people, for what ever the reason, getting traffic to your blog is everything.

Expecially when you have a product or service to offer, if you don’t get traffic to your blog then you aren’t getting the word out to the people who would be interested. Without traffic you can’t stay in business very long. It’s as simple as that. So when all else fails it’s time to Pimp Your Blog, One of the easiest ways to grab the traffic to your blog is to use any or all of the many free methods available to you such as Blog directories and submission sites, RSS Feeds, and Pinging Services.

Take time this week to post your blog to as many places as possible and see if that doesn’t help you generate the traffic.

Blog Directories & Submission Sites

BlogVille – a directory of blogs based on keywords

http://blogville.us/submitexpress.php

Read a Blog – Submit to a Blog Search Engine

http://www.readablog.com/AddFeed.aspx

Blogs – have your blog featured on Blogs.com

http://www.blogs.com/submit

**Blogged -  blog directory 100′s of catagories

http://www.blogged.com/submit_your_blog.php

BlogDex – submit your blog

http://blogdex.net/add.asp

Blogdigger

http://www.blogdigger.com/add.jsp

BlogWise – rss feed submission for blogs

http://www.blogwise.com/submit

EatonWeb – submit feed for blog directory

http://portal.eatonweb.com/add.php

Blog TopList -submit your blog to the toplist

http://www.blogtoplist.com/submit-blog.html

BlogLines – submit your blog to a huge directory

http://www.bloglines.com/

BoingBoing – submit your blogs for a blog review

http://boingboing.net/suggest.html

Weblog Directory – free weblog directory

http://www.weblogalot.com/Ping/

BlogPulse – add your blog to be indexed by BlogPulse for free

http://www.blogpulse.com/submit.html

BlogCatalog – The Ultimate Blog Directory http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/submit_blog.html

FeedMap – Local Blog Directory

http://www.csthota.com/blogmap/submit.aspx

BlogSearch – blog related blog submissions

http://www.blog-search.com/blog-submission.html

Feedgy – submit your RSS feed or Blog

http://www.feedgy.com/Submit.aspx

 Zimbio

http://www.zimbio.com/company/bloggers

RSS Feeds
 

Getting backslinks to your blog is the best way to gain new readers. A great tool you can use is RSS feeds . RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication. It?s a way to let the search engines and blog hosts know when you update your blog on the spot. The real beauty of RSS is that it helps you to promote your blog’s content, and increase your blog’s traffic.

Blogz – a blog specific search engine add your weblog & feeds

http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/add.php

Blog Digger – submit your rss feed

http://www.blogdigger.com/add.jsp

RSS Mountain – The largest RSS directory

http://rssmountain.com/submit_anonym.php 

RSS Network – automated feed submission tool

http://www.rss-network.com/submitrss.php

Userland – submit rss feeds

http://aggregator.userland.com/

Postami – submit rss feeds

http://www.postami.com/rss.finder/submit_feed.php

NewsMob – submit rss news feeds

http://www.newsmob.com/index.php?m=c

Feed See Submit Your RSS or Atom News Feed

http://www.feedsee.com/submit.html

DevASP – add feed listing

http://www.devasp.com/search/AddRSS.asp

ASP Index – submit RSS feeds

http://www.aspin.com/func/addres/rss-support

Feedbees – submited feed with your google ads

http://www.feedbees.com/add.php

FeedListing   Feed listing by reference

http://www.feedlisting.com/submit.php

Feeds4All – submit RSS feeds

http://www.feeds4all.com/AddRSS.aspx

List of Pinging Sites and Services:
 

If you’re new to blogging and don’t know what pinging means, pinging basically means that when your blog is updated, a “ping” is sent out by the service to let pinging sites know that your blog has been updated. People who are visiting sites with pinging services will then see your blog flash across the side of the screen as “newly updated”

**FeedShark – Ping your blog, feed, or podcast for free!

http://feedshark.brainbliss.com

Technorati – submit your blog

http://www.technorati.com/ping/

King Ping – ping to 60 sites

http://www.kping.com/

**Ping Goat – Blog and Ping Service

http://pingoat.com/

PinGates

http://pingates.com/

Ping.In

http://ping.in/

Auto Pinger

http://autopinger.com/

FeedBurner

http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home

IceRocket

http://www.icerocket.com/c?p=addblog

Blo.gs – ping your blog

http://blo.gs/ping.php

**Ping-O-Matic – Pinger

http://pingomatic.com/

BlogCensus – submit your blogs rss feed

http://www.blogcensus.net/

Feed Burner – an advanced feed management technology http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home