6 steps to a higher rank on Del.Icio.us

Now Del.icio.us.com is a wonderful source of free traffic to your site. But it can do only that much and for you to get the best out of this very good tool you need to peek into the psychology of the del.icio.us.com users and use this knowledge to your advantage. If you use the tips given below you will definiltely see the difference in the traffic that you generated previously and afterwards.

1. Listing helps: When you are telling your users about a bunch of things then instead of putting them in plain prose, lay them in a list and preferably in a numbered list. This promptly attracts the attention of the visitors and you will get a surge of traffic.
2. Number your list in the heading: Like I have done above "6 steps to a higher rank on Del.icio.us", you should also make a similar heading and announce to your potential readers, what exactly he is going to get after he has read the article. "6 steps..." or "10 rules..." or "5 tips..." etc.
3. Write articles that promise to guide: Articles that promise to guide your reader to a desired goal are definitely more popular and therefore, attract more traffic. The average del.icio.us user is looking for a Tutorial to a task and your heading should sound like one.
4. Promises...Promises: Make tall promises in the heading itself. The heading of your article should convince your reader that this is the sure shot solution to his problem and he will definitely visit the link. Therefore headings like "6 steps to a higher rank on Del.Icio.us" surely is designed to attract readers. Your content of course, should complement this and should not be a damp squib.
5. Techno Jargon: Del.icio.us users are more inclined to be technically minded so if your heading and the article has a bunch of technical keywords then it is surely going to attract more visitors than any other article on the same topic devoid of the technical jargon. Articles should have words like "AJAX, CSS, RSS, SOAP, OLAP" etc. interspersed in it so as to get the attention of the majority of del.icio.us users.
6. Humor: Humor is the best medicine as they say, it is also a sure way to attract more people to your website by way of putting up a humorous link in del.icio.us.

I am sure if you are able to follow the above rules then you will see a surge of traffic to your website via this internet directory. namely del.icio.us.

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