Advice on getting on recommended blogs lists
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Please could someone give me advice on how to improve my chances of getting on the recommended blogs list under ‘travel’. I always use the ‘travel’ tag when posting and limit each post to 3-4 tags. Thanks!
My blog is https://rachellishman.wordpress.com
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hello there,
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http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/traffic-dos-and-donts-a-checklist/
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6 Ways to Make Google Your Blog’s Best Friend > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-make-google-your-blogs-best-friend/
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Thanks very much for all the advice and tips I really appreciate it. I’ll get reading!
The main query I have though is regarding the Recommended Blogs tab on the left-hand side of the WordPress reader (there are about 25 listed under Travel)
Is this list chosen by WordPress staff or linked directly to the ‘Freshly Pressed’ feature?
Thanks again for your time.
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That list is generated by Staff and we have no input into the selection of blogs that are recommended there.
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Figure there are perhaps ten million blogs here that use the Travel tag (that’s an educated guess). To get in the recommended list, attract the attention of staff, feature content those individual editors like, and wait. Eventually you might beat out the other ten million for a place on the list.
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