My list of favorite blog directory

Blogarama - currently have 69,661 blogs and blog resources listed.Add Yours Now!

Blogcatalog - is the premiere social blog directory on the internet. Whether
you're looking to promote your own blog or find blogs on various topics, this
site is for you.

Bloggingfusion - is a premiere blog directory on the internet. They(966 blogs) submitted and growing rapidly. bloggingfusion bloggers get more exposure. Whether you're looking to promote your own blog to increase revenue, backlinks, readership or improve your search engine visibility, this blog directory is for you. Submit your blog today and increase your traffic &
exposure. Blogging Fusion Blog Directory is search engine friendly and updated often.

Bloghop - Their mission is to match blogs with readers! If you're searching for a blog, you can tagsurf to blogs that match your interest. If you're a blogger — add your blog here and make sure to include a good description.

Blogroll
- list your blog according to

Blogrush - The fastest and easiest way to instantly drive a flood of targeted readers to your blog... Absolutely free

Blogtoplist
- Get live statistics over your blog
- Reach thousands of new readers
- Get ranked by a new unique way 100%
- Free to submit your blog(s)

Fuelmyblog - A spam free community exclusive to bloggers, every new blog added is reviewed by a human before being accepted. Once a member, you gain access to new readers, fresh conversation, fun, help, advice and the chance to test products and win prizes.

Technorati - Currently tracking 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged
social media.

Topblogarea
- It's 100% free to sign up
- Get thousands of new visitors
- Use our free blog tools
- Free Statistics over your blog

Topbloglists - is a top sites directory. Topbloglists have almost three dozen categories to accommodate your choice(s).Ranking of pages is done according to the number of unique visits each blog receives. Anti-cheating measures are in place to prevent dishonesty.
At the beginning of each week, we reset everyone to zero. The averages carry
over from week to week.

10 ways to improve your blogs's ranking

Here are some of the ways on how you can improve your blog ranking for you to have a higher traffic.



1. Tag clouds and tag pages
2. Add a “Related Posts” feature your older posts.
3. Top Ten posts feature to display most popular posts
4. Add “next” and “previous” post buttons
5. Build in bound links
6. Title tags – use SEO Title Tag plugin for WordPress to assign unique title tags to individual posts.
7. Claim your blog at Technorati and use Technorati tags
8. Use “sticky” posts that always appear at the top of the page as a way to add a keywords-rich introduction to category pages. Adhesive plugin works for this.
9. Use the Buzzlogic tool to find out which bloggers are most influential in conversations – refer to them and try to get them to link to you.
10. Get into other bloggers’ blog rolls.

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Earning free traffic by joining a forum
Free automatic search engine registration and url submission service
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Earning free traffic by joining a forum

A lot of blogger say that by joining a forum or discussions that is related to your blog can help increase a traffic to your blog. I would like to try this and Alexa will be my first target since there you can find a lot of topic and maybe I can see one that is related to my blog.