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Promote it if you want readers.

You may have a blog, and that blog may be full of very interesting content, but it's not serving much of a purpose beyond honing your writing skills and allowing you to get something off your chest if other people aren't reading it.

As with getting visitors or potential customers in any other aspect of your online business, it is going to take some promotion.

There are a ton of directories and search engines specifically catering to blogs, and it is probably in the best interest of your blog's readership to get it listed in as many as possible. There are a few key places that I would recommend starting with:

1. Technorati

I like to think of Technorati as kind of the Google of the Blogosphere. When I think of search, I think of Google. When I think of the Blogosphere, I think of Technorati. It carries the brand that blog enthusiasts know. I believe this is the premiere place to have your blog appear.

2. Google Blog Search


If Technorati is the Google of blog search, then where does that leave Google Blog Search? Well, technically that title belongs here, but I think that Google would do better to brand itself as the place for blog search if it had a link to it on its home page. Nevertheless, it's blog search with Google behind it, and many people no doubt use it to find blogs frequently. You'll want yours to be found here.

3. Blogpulse

Keeping with the major search engine analogies, I guess you could consider Blogpulse the Yahoo of blog search. It's still a very big name in blog search and a place where you will likely acquire a lot of traffic, and maybe it's just my opinion, but I feel like Technorati has the stronger brand. I don't think you should play favorites, though. Get listed here too.

4. Icerocket

So that must make Icerocket the Live.com or Ask.com of blog search. Hint: Ask.com has a blog search hat you should appear in as well. Icerocket, much like BlogPulse and Technorati has popularity in the Blogoshere.

5. 2RSS.com

I included 2RSS.com in this list for the simple fact, that it is a place for RSS feeds, and typically feeds come along with blogs, so you should be promoting these too. There is a good number of other RSS directories as well, so let's let 2RSS.com be representative of the others.

I guess in the end this is really more of a starting point than a true top 5 list, because by no means am I saying that you should just submit to these and leave it at that. Are there any blog and/or RSS directories you prefer personally - from the user's perspective?

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Chris is a content coordinator and staff writer for SmallBusinessNewz and the iEntry Network. Subscribe to SmallBusinessNewz RSS Feeds.

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I submit all my blogs (i

I submit all my blogs (i have 3) to Blog Catalog, not only is this a high PR blog directory, but it also has social media aspects to it.

It allows for community building, networking, and sharing of your content. A must join for all bloggers. I have met most (if not all) of my blogging friends through my participation at BC. I should mention that in any social media site you join, participation is key.

Missy.

Good one!

Thanks Missy, that is another good one. Participation should be a priority with any social network.

Places to Submit Your Blog

Very useful article.  Thanks Chris and Missy.

Nice article. Thanks

Nice article. Thanks

Blog Directories

This is definitely a good start with these five blog directories. Anybody can direct me to a more comprehensive list of high PR blog directories where I can submit my weblog? I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks.

RE: Blog Directories

Lee Odden has a pretty good list going here.

Also...

Digg  is also important because you get a backlink to each individual blog post, if you submit to the 'submit news' section though it is of course technically a social bookmarking site and not a blog search engine

Thanks for this great advice

Thanks for this great advice we'll be submitting today!

your blog

One day I came across your blog and then sign up for your newsletter. I enjoy reading every article 

Thank  you, liz

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Thank you. Glad to have you aboard!

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