How to get traffic

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   Trihorusposted 6 years ago

   Hello Hubbers!
   I wanted some help with getting traffic. I seem to get a spike in traffic right after my hubs are published. I share it with my friends, that's it. Most of my traffic comes from HubPages itself. Of the 900 reads I've ever gotten, 600 come from HP and the rest come from multiple sources: Facebook, Instagram, and as such. I've never gotten traffic from Google, even when I tried searching for my article specifically, it doesn't show up. After the initial surge of traffic from HP and from messengers and my  social medias, the traffic just comes to a grinding halt. I go from something hundred views a day to 4-5 views per couple of months. I would like to learn how to create backlinks to your article and get more traffic. Also, where and how to promote my article? How to make sure my article gets out there and is discovered. How to get at least a steady traffic? Anything you have to share from your experience or just anything will do. Thanks!

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      EricFarmer8xposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Having two Hubs on network sites is a good start. Your one Hub Everything You Need to Know on How to Wake up Early doesn't rank because of tough competition. There are many articles on this topic, and when I tried to find your Hub on the first 10 page results I could not find it.

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         Trihorusposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Hello Eric,
         Thank you! But I did check all those articles and mine has a better and thorough content than the rest. How can I improve its discoverability?

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            poppyrposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Offer some knowledge that no one else knows. I haven't read your article yet, but you could have "10 Tips to Wake Up Early." Maybe add some personal experiences (if relevant.)
            
            In answer to your original question, you're unlikely to make good money off this site if you don't have a good Google ranking. Not ALL your articles have to do well on Google but at least some of them must.
            
            I also got 10,000 views in one day once from posting on Reddit, but I was extremely lucky in that case. Try posting on Reddit, Pinterest, Flipboard, Twitter, and Instagram for extra exposure. Good luck!

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               Trihorusposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               Hello Poppyr!
               Thank you for your wishes!
               Yes, in that article, I have included my personal experiences and also several tips which I personally use and aren't quite there on google. I have included many points so I can't put a title like 'these many tips'. The article covers all aspects of making sure one gets up in the morning such as what to do the night before, or the next morning. So, the best title I could think of was that one. And, about ranking high on google, I understand that not all can, but I am really hoping for this one to do well.
               I have just now created a Pinterest account, but I'm not quite sure how do I use it to promote my article. Is there any link or any helpful resource to get me acquainted with promoting there?

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                  poppyrposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  Download the Pinterest app on your browser, then you can just click the Pinterest button while on your article page and it'll choose a picture to post (:

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                     Trihorusposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                     Okaay!

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            EricFarmer8xposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            I won't pretend like I am an expert at writing great Hubs but I am learning. I spent time reading advice posted on here, and I do some SEO research to get a better understanding of keywords, keyword research, and picking good topics. One of the things I know now which took me a while to figure out is that just because I like a topic or subject doesn't mean it is a good fit for HubPages. I am starting to research into topics that will do well here, and it is taking a lot of work. Out of my current 20 Hubs about three Hubs gets about 80% of my daily traffic and I use these Hubs as examples to base my future work off.
            
            As for improving existing Hubs, this is something I struggle with and I am not the best suited to answer this question. This related recent forum topic goes into that though.
            https://hubpages.com/community/forum/33 … vamp-oldie

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   erricraviposted 6 years ago

   Well, if your website keywords are not on Top of Google, then you cant get much traffic. First You have to increase the ranking of high search volume keywords. To increase ranking of your websites, you have to increase referral backlinks. You need to get backlinks from High DA PA Websites like Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Forbes etc.

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      Trihorusposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the suggestion, erricravi! I'm used to just sending my links with the caption asking my friends to read and share, but I'm not sure how do I generate backlinks via such reputed websites. Can you please elaborate on how to do that?

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         erricraviposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Just like you are using Hubpages, These websites are same. Make your reputation by posting, commenting, share article without giving any interlinking in starting. When your profile become popular you can give interlinking of your own websites. Another option is paid backlinks from these websites or Hire a PR professional. Apart from these websites there are lots of high domain authority free guest post websites, where you can get do follow and  indexe back links. Make sure don't forgot to check spam score of the guest post website, Because if any website have more than 3 spam score then it comes Google Maccabees Update 2018

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   Chriswillman90posted 6 years ago

   My advice to you would be to keep writing and don't worry so much about self-promotion. Just keep producing high quality, lengthy content and try to get those onto the niche sites.
   
   You only have four articles thus far so you're going to need a lot more before you start seeing more traffic, unless you're extremely market savvy with only a few articles.

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      Trihorusposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, I was just a little worried that all of my content will just initially get some traffic then stop getting any at all. And as for your suggestion, I will really just focus on creating content for now. Thank you, good day ahead!

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   jansharesposted 6 years ago

   Hi there! Here are some great tips from veteran hubbers. Steady traffic takes time, it will come.
   https://hubpages.com/community/forum/33 … re-traffic

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