Brucified on Twitter

I've had a Twitter account for months now, I just haven't used it. That's not unusual for me. As a webmaster I'm always quick to signup for, check out, and later declare as a waste of time, the latest web 2.0 social media type websites.

Yesterday I decided to revisit Twitter and, as luck would have it, I also found this post at Smashing Magazine - 99 Essential Twitter Tools and Applications. I gave the article a quick perusal and decided that there wasn't anything there that I needed; but that could change.

I have, however, found TinyURL quite useful on Twitter. You're only allowed 140 characters in a Twit (Twitter post) and TinyURL turns long URLs (Uniform Resource locator) into Tiny URLs (duh) leaving you more room to actually write... er, twit... tweet? I'll figure it out.

Anyway - Here I Am.

Creating a High-Traffic Blog

I found a great article on building a high-traffic blog over at ProBlogger. It’s more of a macro (big picture) look at achieving mass traffic than a tutorial. It was written by Skellie of Skelliewag.org, another blog I’ll be adding to my favorite links.

...very highly trafficked single-author blogs are knocking the ball out of the park in at least two of the following three core areas:

* Search
* Social media
* Evangelism

The last one is a must. Waves of social media traffic come and go and search engine traffic can disappear with the next Google algorithm update. If readers evangelize your content, as they do for Steve Pavlina, Leo Babauta, Yaro Starak, and you have probably done for Darren Rowse (by recommending him to a friend, or linking to one of his articles with a glowing recommendation) you will find it difficult to receive anything but huge traffic.

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