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Right now, the great majority of my traffic is from Google. However, I've been trying really hard to diversify. What are some techniques that might help me break away from a heavy dependance on search engines for nearly all of my traffic? I know word of mouth is a biggy, but what are some specific ideas to encourage that?

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Most sites that rely heavily on one channel need a simple plan to reduce risk and build durable reach. correctly flags the dependency problem; and have already touched on outreach and brand items. The next step is to turn those ideas into repeatable channels you can test, measure, and scale without chasing every shiny tactic.

Pick three distinct channel types (owned, earned, paid) and create one small asset tailored to each. Examples: an email welcome sequence (owned), a guest article or co-created resource with a niche influencer (earned), and a low-cost social or community ad test (paid). Make each asset short, focused, and share-ready so you can judge which channel brings not just clicks but users who engage or convert.

A lightweight 30-day workflow that works: week 1—audit current sources and set baseline metrics (sessions, time on site, conversions) and tag campaigns with simple UTMs; week 2—produce and adapt one core piece of content for the three chosen channels; week 3—launch outreach and small paid tests while adding visible share/referral hooks on landing pages; week 4—review results, double down on what shows engagement, drop what doesn’t. If you need low-friction incentives, compare digital rewards (exclusive content, badges) to physical swag for cost-effectiveness before spending on merchandise as suggested.

Troubleshooting tips: if a channel gives traffic but no engagement, check messaging mismatch, landing page experience, and tracking errors. Avoid spammy tactics that burn community goodwill. For and others asking for help, use the 30-day workflow above and report the baseline numbers first—that makes targeted advice possible. Long-term growth favors a few well-measured channels over many half-tested ones.

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Member Avatar for Slashdoc

One thing I tried is commenting on relavant blogs (and including your URL, of course). Pretty soon your site gets noticed by someone who posts it on their blog. Then it spreads very fast as more and more bloggers pick it up.

I usually check on Google Blog search to see what people are saying about my site. I guess you could do something like:

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&scoring=d&q=daniweb+-site%3Adaniweb.com&btnG=Search+Blogs

(amazing how many splogs there are also)

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Thanks for the tip. I never even heard of Google Blog Search before :)

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If people find your site usefull and exclusive to the subject they will naturally recomend it to their friends and the friends to their friends and so continues the endless chain reaction of word of mouth advertisment. Another very good tool for viral marketing is to have Daniweb merchandise and that too reasonably priced so that people can afford it. Since Daniweb is an IT community stuff like Daniweb branded mouse pads, mouse, pens etc wouldnt go amiss.

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Very interestingly.
You can more in detail tell as it to do?
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Help me pls.

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