http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog News and updates on the Initial Traffic web site and services. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:30:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I would like to create a category for Do Follow Blogs. These are blogs that remove the "rel=nofollow" tag from the hypertext links in the comments section. The advantage of the "do follow" approach is to reward contributors of comments with a link back to their site that will carry some ... http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/do-follow-blogs/ I noticed that most site submissions to this directory don't qualify since they are not following the submission procedure. After entering your site details, I require you to email me to request inclusion. This is so I can tell if your submission has been done by a robot or a human ... http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/problems-submitting-sites/ One way to increase traffic to a site is by giving away code that people will want to add to their websites. This code would then create a link back to my site. I thought I would call my code widgets. Examples of this kind of code are: hit counters, ... http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/traffic-widgets/ Recently I implemented an RSS feed on the home page for the latest sites list. This is automatically generated but subscribers don't know this since all they see is feed.xml I use a method known as htaccess to transparently re-direct requests for this feed to a script that generates it. http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/blunders-and-updates/ One problem with promoting a directory is that it is difficult to list it in directories since they are rival sites. http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/promoting-a-directory/ If your website is new or lacks visitors you will be keen to increase your website traffic so one way is to submit your url to directories. http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/increase-website-traffic/ I am pleased to announce the completion of the new directory. Now sites that are accepted following submission are listed in the categorized directory. http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/new-directory/ Welcome to Initial Traffic .com! This site has just launched and we have the basic pages in place to accept new sites for listing on the home page. Of course, this site is itself a new site but we have a network of external resources to drive links and traffic to ... http://www.initialtraffic.com/blog/welcome-to-initial-traffic/