If you’ve been paying any attention lately to the internet marketing arena, then I’m sure you’ve heard all about the changes going on over in the Google camp. Not only making changes to how they run Adwords, but also making changes to their search engine algorithm. So what does this mean for you?
Well, in the beginning, Google started out by putting heavy emphasis on the use of keywords on a site in order to decide what it should rank for. This allowed scammers to fool the system by shoving as many non-relevant keywords as possible onto their pages and they would instantly rank.
Soon after, Google realized their mistake and began putting more emphasis on the number of backlinks and later the number of quality backlinks that a site had. Though they soon found out that this too gave people a loophole that allowed them to rise in the rankings.
So once again, Google is changing it up. Now they have decided to add what they’re calling user activity into the mix. This means that no matter how many links you have or how great your content, if your site remains unchanged for weeks on end Google will probably pass you by.
Therefore, the more blog comments, retweets, and feed subscribers your site has, the better! If you can show Google that your site is in fact alive and well, you have a much better chance of moving up in the rankings.
So here are a few tips on improving your site’s user activity.
- Share your content with people in your circle of influence first. The people who already know, like, and trust you are more likely to leave you comments. So this would include your personal list, facebook friends, twitter followers, blog subscribers, and so on.
- Give you readers an incentive to leave you comments. Install the CommentLuv plugin which allows people to promote their latest blog post. Also install the No-Nofollow plugin which makes you comment links Dofollow so readers can get some link love
- Ask for the comments. You can do this by specifically asking what people thought about the content, or by asking an open-ended question that your readers are compelled to answer.
- Join a content syndication tribe. This is one of the best ways to ensure you get not only user activity, but also tons of free traffic to your blog. I recommend that you check out Tribe Syndication Association which is a wonderfully active free community. I also recommend Katie Freiling’s The Unified Tribe which is a paid service but will give you almost instant traffic.
- Last but not least, write content worth commenting. This goes without saying really, but you should be writing content that people are interested in reading. If you give them good stuff they will want to comment naturally.
I hope that gives you some ideas on how to generate the user activity you need on your site. If you can get this right, along with a good linking strategy and good content, there’s no reason you can’t get your site to Google’s #1.
If you would like even more information on Google’s new policy and how you can put it to work for you, check out The Perpetual Traffic Report today!
P.S. If you have anymore cool ways of generating user activity, I’d love to hear it, so don’t forget to leave me a comment and hit the green RT above 
I love the Unified Tribe and get a good bit of traffic from there. I will have to check out the Tribe Syndication Association.
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Hi Angel,
Again you are showering us with your Angel dust of knowledge and value!
I really enjoyed reading that and think the google changes are good!
It gets people interactive, giving and sharing more!
Keep up the fantastic work as always!
Bless, Bless!
Lavinia
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Hi Angel,
Great post as usual. I’ve been reading your blog for a while as your post are always informative. Thanks
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Hi Angle,
I am Gary Young and new to TSA. Your blog has great content.
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Hey Angel! First of all I have to say I love to see other people using the church theme. It is always fun to see how other people set up their blog. Second I just have to say that this is a great post. I could not agree more with joining a tribe and using comment luv. I think doing both of those things have helped me out alot. Great post!
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Hi Angel,
thanks for that very informative article.
The point you made about the user activity is very interesting.
Much appreciated.
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Hi Angel! The points you bring out about Google made it clear to me what is going on with them. Thank you so much for this. I know there were many changes, but not really why. You have answered my question. As far as joining groups, like Tribes, Masterminds, etc. I feel that it is the Only way to go. Joining these groups makes us accountable to one another to keep our blogs alive and moving.
Thanks Again,
Donna
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Hi Angel great Blog interesting to see how Google is evolving its ranking systems. I’ve recently joined TSA myself and I see there are a few syndicated ‘tribes’ emerging and building quality connections via comments, back links etc in the spirit of reciprocity
Thanks for sharing
Cheers Kiaran from Sunny Perth!
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Hi Angel,
5 great tips for getting traffic to one’s blog. I will have to check out the Tribe Syndication Association.
Thanks for keeping it simple!
Alan
Excellent advice Angel…thanks so much. I have noticed as I get incredibly busy and “neglect” my site now and again my articles quickly fall off the first page of google. I have known intuitively that what you say is the case but over the past 6 weeks I have seen these things to really be true by personal experience.
Thanks!
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I have certainly be paying attention to the changes that’s happening with Google and the search algorithms. You’ve obviously seen and heard of Ryan Deiss’ Perpetual Traffic Formula. Did you invest in his program? I did and it’s absolutely fantastic.
Great tips for getting people to comment on your blog and get that activity pumping… Seems to be working for ya too.
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