Traffic Bug

Day 08 - Getting noticed is crucial to any new site. Without getting noticed, Google won't know your site exists and you won't get visitors. So you need to promote your blog. Today we introduce you to a brand new tool called Traffic Bug which takes all of the hard work out of the initial promotion of your site.

GuruBob explains how indexing and ranking works, what the difference between the two are, and why they are so important to the success of your site. Also explained is the Googlebot that goes out to websites to look for new content, how to influence the Googlebot, and what you can do in Google to see where you're site is appearing in Google search results.

Mike from Traffic Bug introduces the service, and gives a detailed outline of what Traffic Bug is able to do for you automatically. Features of Traffic Bug include automated social bookmarking, RSS distribution, search engine submission, and directory submission. Mike then shows you how to follow the right steps to get your free Traffic Bug account created.

To demonstrate just how easy Traffic Bug is to use, Mike walks you through the steps of setting up your first site in the system, as well as entering in related URLs to your main site.

Objective For The Day - After today you will have a good understanding of how ranking and indexing works, and the importance of the initial promotion of your site. You will have created your Traffic Bug account, and will have both submitted your domain URL (as a website), as well as the URL of your first blog post (as a related URL).