Symptoms of this disorder include writing for search engines instead of humans (you know, posts with the same keywords 400 times, all in bold and in header tags), going more time tweaking your templates the more time you spend writing content, Remove Background Image making every post you write a link to your "make money online" page which is filled with affiliate links, verifying your page ranking every morning before moderating your comments and sending hundreds of emails to other bloggers you don'tOK - again,
SEO isn't bad, search engines can actually be a rich source of traffic for your blog - but SEO is also enhanced by quality content, well coded sites and the best sites rank well in SEs because they are linked for quality. Remove Background Image 3. Social media selling – this is something most bloggers go through at one time or another. They hear about the masses of traffic a site like Digg or StumbleUpon can send and they write post after post specifically in hopes of getting on the front page of social bookmarking sites. You know the articles I'm talking about - 419 Stupid Britney Spears Quotes,
10 Ways to Skin a Cat…. Really!, Ron Paul (insert anything here)…. These types of posts can drive a lot of traffic to your blog, the problem is that it can be a pretty empty experience if you haven't worked on your blog design and figured out how to keep readers. It can also frustrate your regular readers who want substantial publications. Remove Background Image Finally, traffic can be quite destructive (both to your servers and the comment areas of your posts - especially if you attract 10,000 angry little Digg users to your blog). Sure – write a few posts and experiment with social media, but don't be obsessed.