About 3/4s of my traffic comes through my blog, mostly via Google, so I'll make a few suggestions based on my own experience.
If your goal is primarily to increase traffic to your software then writing about life as a developer could have limited appeal. In a way you're not "pre-qualifying" the traffic; you are currently looking for people who are interested in software development and controlling their shopping budget. You might consider writing more targeted posts on shopping and budgeting, and not try to cover software development as well. I think it would give your blog wider appeal to a more relevant audience. I noticed that your posts are very long. You could consider splitting them up into smaller parts. Google places a high value on content freshness and frequency of updates. 3 smaller posts make for more readable chunks (for attention challenged people like me), and the more frequent posting increases your visibility. If you use a site map lodged in Google webmaster your posts should be indexed very quickly, and you will have more of those "long-tail" entries for search traffic. Networking with bloggers in the same "space" can be really beneficial. If you read SEO / marketing style blogs the writers are always referring to each other's posts, linking etc. It increases traffic all around and the incoming links are also important for credibility with Google. James -------------------------------------------- James Bishop Optimism Apps http://www.findingoptimism.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
