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It’s a vicious circle – to get more web traffic, you have to be listed high in the search results: to be listed in the high search results, you have to get lots of web traffic. Sadly, the days when rich content alone attracted web visitors are no more.

Search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques are what makes a website appear among the first pages of a search engine. The ways to do this vary from paid and legitimate to almost illegal.

Among these techniques, writing keyword-rich content, link building and article submission were the most practiced for a long time. This was until blogging became such a huge hit that it gained popularity as a priceless SEO tool for the masses.

A blog, short for weblog, can be created for any purpose, whether personal or business. An enjoyable and worthy effort, a blog can bring you lots of traffic and gives you the freedom to discuss whatever you like. You can have your blog inside your website or completely separated from it.

Since your blog is your own, you can include links to your site in each and every post. If your blog is within your site, this is a great way of incorporating links that will boost your search engine ranking. If it is outside your site, this is an excellent way of getting one way links.

Reciprocal, or exchanged links, are capable of boosting your site up on the search engines, but one-way links are invaluable for this purpose. Blogging can build traffic in two ways – people will follow these links directly from your blog, and they will make sure that your site figures prominently in searches.

The content is another key. If your blog is within your site, this is an excellent way of making sure that you have keyword rich content. Of course, since blogs are much more informal and reads more like a chat than articles, incorporating key words can be a daunting task, but once you manage it, your ranking will definitely improve.

Another great thing about blogs is that people can tell you exactly what you are doing right, or wrong. If you listen, you will pick up ways of making your site better and more useful. You can also interact with potential customers and build contacts, an essential part of any business.