How can people find my blog besides telling them?

[hurricane197]

I started a blog and I want to share it with others. I'm not interested in trying to make money from it.
The details are a very personal, sensitive topic and I wish to remain anonymous. How do people find it? Just hope someone stumbles across it? I'm using blogspot.....

[Marybeth]

i've been looking for a new blog to read........

[KR]

I blog too, but I do feel like sometimes it's kinda pointless to do it when no one's reading it. -.- I think you should just post the link on all the sites you use like facebook or myspace and just keep at it, with or without readers ^.^

[Kee]

Hoping that someone will stumble across your blog isn't an effective marketing strategy. If you're anonymous with your blogging, then using various promotional methods shouldn't affect that aspect. Also, popularity is not just measured in total number of unique page hits or number of followers. You should look for ways to retain readership, beyond a one-time visit. Just visiting and commenting on other blogs helps (popular ones or not). Yet marketing your blog effectively will take time and effort, just like with developing blog content. Check out the following posts for some ideas:

Google (your blog host) has plenty of suggestions here --
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bi...swer=42377

"Why My Blog Gets No Comments"
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/qa-why-my-b...-comments/

"Daily Blog Tips (Website Traffic Series - 20 articles, see links at bottom of the initial post)"
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-tra...galleries/
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-tra...promotion/
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-tra...ig-events/

"How to Find Readers For Your Blog"
http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-re...your-blog/

"Kick Your RSS: Jumping on the Syndication Bandwagon"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/...bandwagon/

"Search Engine Optimization for Blogs - SEO"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/...for-blogs/

"Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for Bloggers"
http://www.problogger.net/search-engine-...-bloggers/

"Using Social Media Sites to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic"
http://www.problogger.net/using-social-m...s-traffic/

"21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/...te-sticky/

"9 Things to Do to Make Sure that Your Next Blog Post is Read By More Than Your Mom"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/...-your-mom/

"How Not to Promote Your Blog: Top 10 Broken Promotion Strategies"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/...trategies/

"Three Simple Actions that Doubled My Website Traffic in 30 days"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/...n-30-days/


NOTE: Some web sites or forums have guidelines (like Yahoo! Answers) regarding advertising and/or soliciting via posting external links. Posting against site rules can get you classified as a spammer and/or banned. So, posting your blog link "everywhere" without restriction is not an effective strategy. Again, see the links above for more productive methods. You can post a link to your blog in your Yahoo! Answers Profile and the Yahoo! Profiles.

You may want to post future blogging questions in the Computer & Internet > Internet > Google category or the Computer & Internet > Programming & Design category.