One of the “secrets” to blogging and getting more web traffic/online exposure is by copying what other bloggers are doing.

In essence, you want to copy the “good” but not the “bad” of other blogs you are copying.

I don’t mean copying content here but copying great “ideas”.  For example, when John Chow started using Top Commentator plugin way back in about 2007, I started using it.  Of course, I think this plugin is great for attracting more comments because visitors are rewards for commenting on your blog.

I’ve actually stopped using that plugin on most of my blogs except this one because I feel comments should be “genuine” and people shouldn’t comment just to get something in return.  (But for this blog, that is okay so…)

Anyways, back to the subject of copying other blogs, you want to copy the great ideas such as:

• Wordpress Plugins – There’s a ton of new Wordpress plugins created everyday.  If you want to stay ahead of the blogging game, you should be using the best Wordplugins that can enhance your SEO, look and feel, and more such as comments.   Don’t simply copy and use what other bloggers are using.  Try them out for yourself and test to see if they make your blog better.   If they do, keep them, otherwise, throw them AWAY!

  For comments, I highly recommend Disqus.  Disqus lets you gather all of your comments from all of your blogs into one place.  Plus, Facebook and Twitter are integrated, meaning you can easily “broadcast” your comments all over Facebook and Twitter.
  Another advantage of using 3rd party comment system like Disqus is that it puts less load on your web server, bringing your overall server costs down.

• Site design and structure is another faucet of Wordpress that can highly enhance visitor experience, loading times, SEO, and a whole lot more.  You will probably notice that I tinker with my blogs very often including this one.  The search bar at the top was actually one of my ideas that I created.  I thought that blogs in general lacked an ability to search since many blog posts can be hidden and archived away.

  Anyways, copy the great ideas you find from other bloggers.  A lot of bloggers use free Wordpress themes and you can usually find the theme site by checking the footer of the blog.

• Have you noticed that virtually every top blogger has a Twitter button now?  If you don’t have one, go make one!

Well, there’s plenty more stuff you can copy from other bloggers without infringing on copyrights and whatnot.  It’s out there, you simply have to search for it.

This process of copying other blogs’ ideas have been an ever-building process for me, I do it on a daily basis.  I am constantly searching for new ideas that can bring more web traffic and make my blog even more popular.

I can go on and on about these things I find but the most important thing is to realize that some ideas may work for my blogs but not yours depending on the niche and target audience.  So, go out there, find new ideas, implement it and test it! blog, Blog DIY, Blog Training, bloggers, Blogging, blogs, facebook, faucet, game, john-chow, loading times, Make Money Online, marketing, rewards, search bar, SEO, SEO, server costs, Twitter, visitor experience, web server, web traffic, Webmaster Hack, whole lot, Wordpress, WP Plugins

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 am and is filed under Blog DIY, Blog Training, Blogging, Make Money Online, SEO, WP Plugins, Webmaster Hack, Wordpress, marketing.