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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Maximize Adsense Revenues

As I have stated over and over again here, that content is KING. Good content will attract traffic to your site and some of those will click on your Adsense Ads giving you revenues. Good content means having multiple pages of content focussing on your chosen niche topic. These topics can be anything like babies, baby photos, pets, automobile tires or Adsense like mine. So the first step obviously is to find out your niche topic and then religiously post information on your website regularly. The benefits of having good content are many, some of them are:

• If the visitor likes your content then the probability of him lingering on longer at your site is quite high and in the process he might click on those strategically placed ad units.
• Search Engine spiders will crawl your site easily and more visitors will get to reach your pages.
• If you have rich content, then most visitors will make it a point to revisit as reading all information in a single visit is not possible. The subsequent visits will also ensure a steady traffic. If your site has more data in the next visit your site might become a regular feature for many netizens.
• This loyal set of visitors will then subscribe for the RSS feeds from the website and also recommend your site to their friends.
• Other sites or blogs will link to your site to provide good content to their own readers.
• Your site will as a consequent of the above will get a prominent rank in most popular search engines and therefore get even bigger traffic.

The key to create good content website is to get the attention of your reader and then provide him with good information in a lucid way to get his undivided attention for as long as possible. The main things to remember here are:

• Write medium sized articles which the reader is able to read in about 5 minutes. But keep in mind that it should not be so short that it just gives an overview of the topic and the reader is forced to whet his hunger for knowledge in the field from another source. You will lose an potential regular reader this way every time a new won visits your site.
• Create a bunch of articles around a topic covering all the aspects and allied subjects. This will provide information not only on the core subject but also cover allied subjects thereby, attracting even more visitors.
• Categorize your articles and place the category list on the first page itself. This will make the job of a potential visitor easier as he does not have to sift through all your articles to search the ones he wants to read.

The content rich site thus created will be able to catch a lot of new visitors, but to get a loyal audience you will need to put up such good content on a regular basis. This will inturn result in a marked increase in your adsense revenues.

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