The CommentLuv WordPress plugin was great for increasing the traffic and the number of comments on our posts. But after two and a half years of use, we decided to uninstall it, mostly for SEO reasons. Here are the top 4 reasons for removing CommentLuv. Perhaps you should consider removing CommentLuv too!

The problem with traffic surges is that you never know what to expect. So how do you prepare for a sudden increase in traffic and make sure that your website does not become inaccessible?

The Top Commentator WordPress plugin is very popular both for increasing comments and rewarding faithful visitors. But there are some negative things about it as well, which have caused many bloggers to remove it from their blogs. So we ask the question: “Is The Top Commentator Plugin Worth It?”.

In this worsening economy, online contests provide websites with a cost-effective way to generate traffic, build a mailing list, and gain inbound links. But not all contests work… Here are 4 tips to make sure that your contest is successful.

It takes a considerable amount of time to build traffic via search engines, so it is understandable if you opt to use networking as a way to jumpstart your traffic and get noticed. However, if you plan on making money from your website, networking might be delivering you the wrong visitors.

One of our visitors raised an interesting question regarding the fairness of using search engine optimization techniques to manipulate rankings. He stated that companies with large budgets have an unfair advantage because they could pay for better SEO experts, and thus rank more highly for keywords regardless of whether or not they are indeed the best match. What do you think?

Have you ever spied on a competitor? Perhaps you’ve checked out their pagerank. Or maybe you have just peeked at their Alexa traffic stats. And are you irritated that they seem to be getting more traffic than you, while putting in less effort? Don’t despair, there is usually an easy explanation.

Search engine optimization experts will have you believe that the best way to increase your search engine traffic is through using their tried and true techniques. But did you know that you can actually increase your traffic without using SEO principles?