GoViralNaija Exclusive: How Top Bloggers Get 93% of Their Traffic

When it comes to driving traffic to your blog, one of the most common mistakes people make is spending too much effort on things that barely move the needle. The entire goal of establishing an effective online presence, after all, is to one day cross the threshold where people find you more often — ideally far more often — than you spend time trying to find them.

Social networks, for example, can be a great way to drive traffic to your blog. But they are not the most dominant force out there. Similarly, advertising on social networks can be effective, but only for the length of time you are running them and spending out cash. It’s yet another machine which, with rare exceptions, does not compound upon its success. This is why the vast majority of top bloggers, even those spending a lot of time promoting themselves on social media, will tell you that social media is not where they get the majority of their traffic from.

 I watched Darren Rowse,  speak to this issue of — where bloggers get traffic — on his podcast, so I reached out to him to get more detail.

“Most bloggers that I talk with admit to focusing most of their promotional efforts on social media,” he said. “However, when you dig into where most established bloggers get the majority of their actual traffic, the answer I often hear is from Google. It seems to me that many bloggers are overlooking one of the biggest and most lucrative sources of traffic: search. The lure of viral traffic from social is strong but if bloggers put a little bit of time each day into their search strategy instead, I believe they would be far more successful.”

Search engine optimization, or SEO, is really the only traffic-driving force that has the potential to one day cross the bell-curve and work passively in your favor. The chances of someone stumbling across your social post from a year ago and sharing it with their audience, for example, is highly unlikely. And yet year-old blog posts constantly find their way to the top of search queries and continue to bring in big ticket traffic for websites that understand the value of quality content.

For example, according to a study by Hubspot, “66 percent of marketers say improving SEO and growing their organic presence is their top inbound marketing priority.

So, what are the steps to creating content with an SEO strategy in mind?

1. Start with relevant keywords, and search for the low-hanging fruit.

You need a firm grasp on what people in your industry or niche are searching for in order to create successful content. A few ways you can do this:

• Use Google’s keyword planner, or a tool like Ubersuggest.
• Search keywords on Quora, and look for what questions people are asking.
• Do a few web searches with those related keywords to see who is currently dominating the first two pages of search.

Once you have a sense of what people are searching for surrounding your area of expertise or interest, you can start to cater your content toward the keywords that are not as competitive. For example, ranking on the first page for “social media” is going to be much harder than if you were to try rank for something more targeted like “real estate social media strategy.”

2. Create long-form content for better searchability.

Marketers often talk about how today’s online readers have short attention spans, but I don’t buy this for a minute. Readers don’t hate long form content, they hate bad content. They hate bad content even more when it’s long. If the content is great content, then they want even more of it.

A study by Buzzsumo found that long-form content between 3,000 and 10,000 words ended up performing the best online. In fact, according to the study, “There are 16 times more content with less than 1,000 words than there were content with 2,000+ words.”

What this means is that trying to stand out with short-form content in a world of saturated short-form content is extremely difficult. However, if you come in wielding long-form, keyword specific, valuable content, you are far more likely to rise to the top of the rankings and accumulate more organic search traffic. Just make sure it’s great content people actually want to read.

3. Establish a network of backlinks from other websites.

If understanding the landscape is step one, and creating valuable content is step two, then step three is expanding your reach and having other blogs and websites point to your website via backlinks. According to Hubspot, “Companies that blog have 97 percent more inbound links.”

Here are a few ways you can get websites and content publishers to link back to your content:

• Reach out via email to relevant content publishers in your space or market, and let them know about your content piece. Ask them if it’s a good fit for their audience, and if so, to feel free to share it.
• Create a similar piece of content for another website, and link back to your own content as an added resource or reference.
• Quote or otherwise include relevant content creators in your space in your content, and when you publish it, tag them in your social media posts with the article. Do you think they’ll share it? Of course they will!

The key is to get what you’ve created in front of the right people, whether that’s through email outreach, social media or even good old fashioned networking.

With SEO there’s bad news, and there’s good news. The bad news is that SEO is a long-term strategy, which means you’ll need to do a lot of work for a long time to get consistently great results. The good news is that because it’s a long-term strategy, most of your competitors won’t focus on it, and then you win.

Scandal: Blogger In Jail For Blackmail

Jaydeep Ghosh, who posts on fashionscandal.com, has rejected charges but has been denied bail.

A Delhi lifestyle blogger has been arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 2 crore from industrialist Jaidev Shroff, who is locked in an ugly divorce battle with art patron and socialite Poonam Bhagat.

Jaydeep Ghosh, who is in judicial custody, demanded the cash to remove slanderous articles on Jaidev from his website and cancel a planned release of a staggering 300 more, according to the Kherwadi police’s report.

Jaydeep was arrested from the Khar office of United Phosphorous Limited, the Rs 2,000-crore company that Jaidev heads, with Rs 60 lakh, which was supposed to be the first instalment in the extortion scheme, Mirror has learned. The arrest took place on April 27, but the details have emerged now.

Jaydeep has been booked under sections 384 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 120(b) (conspiracy) of the India Penal Code and provisions of the Information Technology Act. He has rejected all the allegations.

This is the latest chapter in the confrontation between Poonam and Jaidev, who have made a series of explosive charges against each other. Last year, Poonam had accused him of stealing her jewellery.

Jaidev, who filed a divorce petition in the family court in October 2015, had previously alleged in a police complaint that Poonam, in collusion with a certain ‘Bengali baba’, had administered intoxicants to him in a bid to poison him.

Jaydeep’s arrest stems from a probe in another alleged blackmail bid targeting Jaidev. Jaidev has told the police that in January this year, he learned from Poonam’s friend that she had asked Bangalore businessman Girish Kumar to illegally access Ukrainian model Natalia Kapchuk’s Wikipedia page and post false details about Natalia and Jaidev.

After Jaidev’s tech team started investigating the matter, he got threat calls from a man who identified himself as Girish Kumar. The caller threatened to ruin Jaidev’s reputation if he was not paid Rs 5 crore. Jaidev does not have a recording of this conversation.

On March 1, Jaidev approached the Kherwadi police and later a magistrate, which ordered the registration of a first information report. Girish secured anticipatory bail from the Karnataka High Court. “We don’t have anything to say on this. I deny all the allegations,” Girish, who runs an anti-piracy firm called Aiplex, told Mirroron Monday.

Poonam, too, confuted the claims against him. “This is an absolutely false case against Girish Kumar. Aiplex is one of the leading anti-piracy software companies in India. We had hired its services for removing a defamatory video against me called The Greedy Wife. I wouldn’t recognize the man if he sat beside me,” she said.

While cops investigated Jaidev’s claims against Girish, the industrialist has said in his complaint that he received another extortion demand, this time from Jaydeep, who had allegedly posted damaging articles on the Shroff family on the site fashionscandal.com.

Jaydeep, according to the complaint, demanded Rs 2 crore to stop writing about the family. He allegedly also promised to hand over 300 unpublished articles.

Jaidev recorded the conversation and persuaded the lifestyle blogger to collect the first part of the payment from his company’s Khar office. The trap, as cops have described it, worked and Jaydeep was arrested.

Jaydeep, in his bail application through advocates Rizwan Merchant and Swapna Kode, claimed Jaidev had falsely implicated him to settle scores with Poonam. The application said Jaydeep was simply being made a scapegoat and that the material gathered by investigators “failed to make out even prima facie involvement of the applicant in the alleged offence”.

But the judge said the accusations against Jaydeep appeared to be serious in nature and cops should be given time to learn more about a person called C Albert whose emails formed the basis of the alleged articles written by Jaydeep. The judge noted Albert had not been traced yet.

Jaidev’s lawyer, Zulfiquar Memon, refused to comment, saying the matter was sub judice.

Gist: Timi Dakolo shares makeup free photo of his wife Bukola

Timi Dakolo’s wife, Bukola is a beauty and he never seizes to show her off. He shared this flawless makeup free photo of her with a deep message attached.

He wrote;

“THIS IS THE MR TIMIEBI DAKOLO I JUST ARRANGED THIS ROOM.. RESPECT MY EFFORTS NA… I BOUGHT A LOT HANGERS.. PLEASE ARRANGE YOUR CLOTHES LOOK.. IT LOOKS INNOCENT BUT IT COMES WITH THICK SILENCE AND CERTAIN THREAT..AND BABY YOU KNOW I AM TRYING. BUT IT PASSES THE MESSAGE PERFECTLY..”

lIFESTYLE: 5 Changes That Your Body Suffers Without S*x

When we take time without having sex, our body begins to undergo some changes that often go unnoticed. Some people notice these changes, but they never imagined it was because of the lack of sex.

Do you want to know how a woman’s body reacts to the lack of sex?

Here we reveal to you what changes your body has when you do not have sex for a long time!

1. You lose your sexual desire

When your body stops having sex, your body stops producing dopamine, a hormone that activates sexual desire and produces pleasure. It is a vicious circle: if there is no sex, there is no hormone, if there is no desire hormone.

2. Heart problems

The heart suffers. Studies have confirmed that abstinence or lack of sex causes heart problems. It has been considered as an excellent cardiovascular exercise. For this reason, lack of sex causes the heart to weaken and not work at 100%.

3. Change of mood

When we have sex the body also secretes oxytocin, also known as the love hormone. When you do not have sex, there is no production of this hormone and your body undergoes drastic changes of mood. In addition, your memory fails and you do not make the best decisions.

4. You have more stress

Helps release tension and stress. This is why you become more irritable when you do not have an active sex life. In addition, you are at higher risk for anxiety episodes.

5. You do not have good defenses

The immune system begins to fail. The substances secreted by the body when you have an active active superpower barrier in the body making it stronger and resistant to diseases.

Gist: Actress Claims Ghanaian Actors Are Selfish

Ghanaian actress Kafui Danku has described the players within the film industry as selfish blaming their lack of assistance for every other’s act as a contributory aspect to the decrease from the film industry.

“We are and possess been so selfish, I’ve existed for some time. It might not be for long sufficient nevertheless I have witnessed and experienced many issues which may be so peculiar. Anytime we modify, we shall possess a better day if not ‘Ye be br3’ [we will suffer]”.

“I believe products or brands compliments one another. Lots of actors usually don’t market a movie when they won’t star in it. Some who even celebrity in the video clip won’t promote it.

“But to become sincere as soon as we all promote it and perhaps I break up even more than the next era, I will invest my stars effectively however when you don’t assistance all of us shed since it a chain reaction,” she lamented.

The actress who doubles being a manufacturer also informed Delight News’ MzGee, her co-workers should not be troubled in the outcome with their selfishness and disunity within the movie industry.

“They can’t be concerned actually it’s getting an impact on us all that is why a Ghanaian business can market an abroad actor and display off them within our facial appears because they know we’ve been not united,” she talked about.

The celeb talked about “People say, you didn’t inquire me for the movie elite, really? You need an inquire? Could or not it’s an occasion? You want an invite to assist your own company but you go to the tunes honors?

It’s a disgrace. Answer is actually becoming dispersed, it’s in addition however an additional ways of support.

She claimed that a number of from the film industry people will would prefer to promote abroad movies also as its peoples over exactly what’s theirs.

When fifty shades of grey was exhibiting carried out they offer you with an inquire to go to and find out, when Angelina Jolie’s ‘Salt’ was exhibiting carried out Angelina Jolie offer you with a ticket to appear and find out?

When Beyonce was anticipating an infant you positioned her photograph, she doesn’t have any concept you may be discovered, Kafui Danku was expectant, you could not even congratulate her, Gifty Anti – was expectant among each one from the issues, you could not even congratulate her but Beyonce d33 oye wo sibling, it may be preposterous.

Kafui and Yvonne Okoro dismissed one another in the lately held women of honor awards. Their consider action confirms rumor the business is loaded with cliques.

Although celeb confessed she and Yvonne unsuccessful to swap pleasantries, she refused of a clique.

I don’t learn about cliques. All I’m conscience is I didn’t say hello, she might have also talked about hi there. In this post our business is in the women of honor program and on this web page our business is usually yelling along with our seams and preaching about women advertising women on our social web sites web sites but we won’t even say an easy hello there to one an additional. I’m accountable and so I don’t understand why I did not say hello there to her there’s not any help and sure it breaks my heart, it’s so dreadful.

Questioned what she produced from the present movement of nude pictures of her colleague Christabel Ekeh, Kafui inquiries the consumer loyalty of great buddies.

I discovered some photographs on Facebook, I kept scrolling, I can’t say much. There are people in the industry who definitely are her friends. I’m sure within the business there’s an individual you telephone, you’ll find people within the company you’re chillier with, normally when its Salma Lord forbid, I’ll check up on her but our company is on hi there – hi their stuff probably she is aware of what she actually is undertaking, I never would like to interfere.

Gist: Notorious Female Thugs Get Mercilessly Beaten After Drugging their Victim (VIDEO)

A video has surfaced online showing two women being harassed after they drugged a man in Thika town with the aim of stealing his valuables.

Othe reports, however, indicate that the accomplices entered a house on Sunday morning and sprayed a chemical which made the occupants doze off.

In the clip that is doing rounds on social media, an irate man can be asking the two where they come from before descending on them with slaps and punches.

one of the ladies, who is dressed in a red dress and a denim jacket explains that she lives in Dandora though her home is in Makueni.

The other woman said her name is Stacy, adding that she comes from Kahawa West. She asked the mob to forgive her since it’s her first time but her pleas fell on deaf ears.

Here is the video:

 

Gist: Vera Sidika Shows Off Her Designer Bag Worth 520,000 Kshs (Photo)

Vera Sidika is at it again, exposing her past messed up relationship with Nigerian ex boyfriend Yommy. When we thought she had landed the perfect man, taking her to trips to Dubai, expensive shopping, been ridden in the most luxurious cars, it turned out to be a toxic relationship.

SO many women envied her life, little did we know what she was going through with the man she now calls psycho.

The socialite recently went on a social media rant to further expose him and how he lives a fake life. She further made it clear that he is just a wannabe and not as rich as we think he is.

To make him look bad, she posted their conversation about money claiming that she is richer than him.

We just hope the gifts aren’t coming from another messed up man that’s treating her like trash only to shut her up with an expensive lifestyle. Being a socialite is indeed hard.

News: Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Endorses Raila Odinga For Presidency? (PHOTO)

National Super Alliance (NASA) loyalists have been pushing a narrative that Asian tycoon Jack Ma has endorsed its presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

To make the narrative believable, the group has been sharing a photo that shows Ma, who arrived in the country on Wednesday last week, wearing a NASA cap.

The photo which was shared by many netizens, including ODM’s Communications Director Philip Etale, has left a section of Kenyans with more questions than answers.

But has the e-commerce mogul, who’s currently China’s richest man with a fortune of $30 billion, endorsed Raila Odinga? Not quite.

Reports indicate that comedian Maurice Ochieng, popularly known as Mdomo Baggy, meet Jack Ma at a top city hotel where he was having a meeting and requested for a photo.

Somehow, he managed to convince the billionaire to put on the NASA cap.

Lifestyle:Masturbation Addictions, How to Break Free

Before i begin, i’ld like to let you all know i was once a victim of a very bad addiction, precisely masturbation. I masturbated for almost 5 years before finally, i got set free from that shackle of sin. Believe me when i say i thought i could never let go of that unholy habit as i would literally masturbate about 10 times daily. There was no porn site i didn’t know of, porn dvds i had as many not until i finally broke out of the habit.

How did i become free?

Many times i cried to God for help but at a later time i’ll find myself back to my puke. I was depressed, angry and even suffered inferiority complex due to this habit but thank God for Grace. I gave my life to Christ early 2016 and have taken it back countlessly not until this year i decided to put all my focus on him and build a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit as he is our (believers) greatest advantage. You will agree with me that when you put all focus on something, you will find out other stuffs become irrelevant. I became steady in my prayer, church and spiritual life, always making positive confessions about myself everyday. I wake up and say to myself; Sin has no power over me i’m the righteousness of Christ Jesus and frankly speaking, i’ve taken God seriously and i discovered I’ve totally forgotten i was a chronic masturbate not to talk of how to masturbate only because i put all focus on God, the one who gives us rest. Those who indulge in such habit not just masturbation but many others like smoking, drug addiction, promiscuity and many more i’ll urge you to make God your focus and the Holy Spirit your best companion and if you do this with all sincerity, i can vow that you won’t know when that bad habit will drop off. You must not go for any laying of hands to be made free.

Why die when you can live? May the good Lord strengthen you all, Amen.

PS: Don’t let the devil fill your heart with guilt after surrendering to God rather rebuke him for his greatest weapon is deception. Remember; Therefore now there is no more condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Adapted from @Chatflick (Nairaland.com)

News: BIAFRA Is a Fantasy – Charly Boy

Gossip: What Is This Ghanaian Actress Wearing?

Ghanaian actress and mother of twins, Nadia Buhari wore this body revealing dress to the Golden Movie Awards yesterday, and her look got her fans worried.
Read their comments below…

Gist: Daddy Freeze Mocks Mainland Lagosians over Flood

Daddy Freeze throws massive shade at resident of the Lagos mainland as he shared mocking photos on his social media pages.

Controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze has returned the favor of the snide comments thrown by Lagos mainlanders at the counterparts living on the Island.

About a week ago, residents of Lagos Island battled serious flooding situation in Lekki, Victoria Island part of Lagos.

Rather than pity their situation, the mainlanders made fun of them, alluding to the fact that their closeness to the sea caused the heavy flood.

Earlier today, Daddy Freeze shared a side by side photo of the flooding situation in Lagos mainland and Lagos island.

He wrote in the caption,

‘The mainland/Island war has taken another dimension!� – Even in times of extreme weather, �Island #swag remains intact! – #Island #Mainland’

 

Facts: WHATSAPP S*X

Many believe that thanks to Whatsapp relationships are running out, but the truth is that they are reinventing themselves and now the raised tone emoticons are a great ally.

Sex by Whatsapp is what is known as “sexting“, a practice that consists of sending messages or images with sexual content suggestive or explicit through social networks, in this case only by Whatsapp.

Like the “sexting” that is more global, sex by Whatsapp has some advantages and disadvantages that we then teach you to decide if you want to risk it or not.

The heater: The possibility of practicing at any time and place makes it ideal for those moments where the desire is stronger.

Better sex: This practice is associated with people who have little sexual intercourse, but who seek new help not to neglect their partner. A study by Drexel University in the United States indicates that those who use sexting are better dry in the sense that it enriches the person and the relationship.

It is different and fun: Sex by Whatsapp helps increase desire and is a preliminary of physical contact, as it is ideal for anticipation and for the imagination to make their own. This happens because it stimulates the brain and causes us to release chemicals related to attraction and sexual desire.

Disadvantages of sex by Whatsapp

Extortion: If the images fall into the hands of people we do not want, we can suffer extortion.

It becomes viral: One of the biggest risks of sex by Whatsapp is that the images become viral. This type of content could be published on sex portals or shared on social networks.

Legal issues: Sexually explicit images may be considered sexual harassment if the recipient does not want them. It may also happen that the person with whom we have sexted intends to make an economic profit.

Facts: Why Are Curvy Ladies Called S*X Goddesses?

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Facts: 11 Facts About The Female Clitoris

 

Among the reasons reported for not commenting on these issues with anyone, the women consulted for the research cite the lack of information available on the subject.

For the sake of women, therefore, it is necessary to stimulate discussion about the body and functioning of the female organism, and this includes – of course – the vagina. Check out some myths and truths about the appearance and functioning of this organ:

1. They have the ability to stretch

Truth! According to gynecologist Mariana Maldonado, the female sexual organ adapts to the shape of any object that is inserted into it or that has to pass through it, from an internal absorbent to a baby.

2. Having too much sex and going through a normal birth enlarges the vagina

Myth! The vagina is anatomically capable of expanding to accommodate small, large, thin, and broad things. The passage of a baby is perfectly possible and, after this happens, it returns to the normal form.

Following this reasoning, if the canal is able to stretch for a baby to pass and can resume the original shape in a matter of days, it is not an internal absorbent or a penis that will make it permanently wide.

Mariana says, however, that there are some exceptions; If there is any complication during childbirth or if it is not properly attended, it may be that the woman is injured in the region of the perineum, the stretch of skin that lies between the vagina and the anus. According to her, the perineum is what gives muscular support to the region of the vagina and, when injured, can generate problems. In cases like these, there are repair surgeries that help resolve the issue.

3. Being long without sex makes a woman “return to being a virgin”

Myth! According to the gynecologist, it is possible that after a long period of time without having sex, the woman becomes more tense when it comes to sex. The nervous at the time H, whether the woman is virgin or not, causes the vaginal muscles to contract, which may give the impression that the canal is tighter, but the fact that the region has not been manipulated for a long time has not Causes it to undergo any anatomical changes.

4. They are all the same inside and out.

Myth! Contrary to what occurs in the creation of men, women are not encouraged to talk about sexuality or explore their own bodies. With this, many of them are too embarrassed to ask or search about their own anatomy.

This behavior causes many women to be insecure about the appearance of the vulva itself, ie the outside of the organ. The vaginas that are shown in porn movies and sensual essays are very similar to each other, but according to the gynecologist, the only thing that is the same for all is the inner part of the organ. She explains that, just as there are penises of varying shapes, inclinations and sizes, there are vulvas with smaller, larger lips of different skin tones and shapes.

So, no feeling that your little friend is the ugly duckling of the vaginas. Know your unique region and keep in mind that it does not need to follow a pattern.

5. The region has its own (and good)

Truth! According to the gynecologist, the organ not only has bacteria of the vaginal flora but also has organisms responsible for defending it and ensuring that there is a balance in the system as a whole. With this balance, good bacteria and those that can cause infections like Canadianism coexist in harmony.

This harmony, however, can be broken. “When this balance is broken, either because the immunity is fragile, because of a disease that favors this imbalance or because of poor hygiene habits, the woman may have some symptoms that something is not right,” says Mariana.

6. Doing internal washes is good for the vagina

Myth! The doctor says that the homemade showers are not indicated unless there is a medical recommendation for some specific reason. According to her, many women resort to this process on their own because they think that, in this way, they will be cleaner, but apart from the washing remove the bacteria that can be harmful to health, it also removes the defense of the vaginal region. “It’s a shot in the foot because it increases the chances of the woman having infections,” explains Mariana.

According to the doctor, cleaning can be done on the outside of the vagina, but never with the same soap used on the body or very elaborate makeup products. The ideal is to use a soap that is neutral so that the pH of the region does not become unregulated.

7. It is possible to lose an internal absorbent inside it

Myth! Did you put an inner tampon, forgot to remove it, and the cord disappeared?

Without panic, he sure is still there, just stood out of his reach. “We are not a bottomless bag, we are a bottomless bag. The absorbent will not get lost in a cosmic universe, “teases the gynecologist. If the cord broke or a piece of the absorbent got stuck and the woman can not remove it, it is important to get professional help.

8. The region has an odor that varies from person to person

Truth! Like all natural odors in the body, the vaginal region also has its own. “Our odors are also variable, some are more pronounced than others and the vagina would not be any different. It can vary from woman to woman and is also very influenced by inflammations that she can have and not even realize, due to an STD and to use inappropriate products such as talcum powder, deodorants and intimate protectors, “explains Mariana.

9. The vagina can be exercised

Truth! The pelvic region is composed of muscles and, like any other body muscle, it can be exercised. Techniques such as yoga and even tantra can awaken body awareness and help the woman to exercise the region. This ends up generating benefits for both sex life and health, since they help even those who have urinary incontinence.

10. So with the penis, the clitoris also has erections

Truth! The gynecologist explains that the clitoris and penis have the same embryological origin, that is, they are formed in the same way during the process of dividing the cells that create the human embryo. Depending on the sex of that embryo, the organ will develop in one form or another. “The clitoris has the same internal structure as a penis, but it is less developed. It does have an erection process, but usually this is not noticeable by the size of the organ, ” she explains.

11. The clitoris is exclusively for pleasure

Truth! Unlike men, whose sexual organ has other functions besides giving pleasure, the small clitoris is a very dedicated organ and only serves to provide pleasure to the woman.

So, do you still need more reason to understand, appreciate, and take care of your vagina?