Today everyone under the age of 30 are users of social interactive sites such as twitter and Facebook. Many experienced Internet marketers have dismissed this as something that they need not do. To some extent I think this is a mistake because whether you like it or not all blog owners are actually involved in at least two types of social activity, social media traffic is important. The first is interaction in the form of comments; your traffic to the blog by its very definition is social media, because it is humans visiting your site. The third potential for interactive traffic is subscriptions from RSS feeds.

Boosting your social media traffic

If you can demonstrate to Google that you have social interaction and traffic they will increasingly view this is a more natural interaction than linked keywords, and boost your social media rankings

How can Google tell how much traffic you are getting?

At the risk of telling my grandmother how to suck eggs, you need to be tracking how much traffic you are getting, where the traffic is coming from and the pages that are being visited on your website. The most common way Internet marketers use to track this is Google analytics! It’s not rocket science to make the leap that if you’re tracking your traffic in Google analytics then so is Google. You can prevent Google from getting your traffic data by switching to Clicky analytics.

There are several methods of traffic generation using both paid and free methods, although free traffic generation is essentially an oxymoron; you either pay for traffic in time or in money or both. Some blog owners find that it is easier and quicker and more effective to pay for. However there are other methods other than pay per click, you can pay for tweets, Digg submissions, Stumble, blog reviews. One of the best methods of generating traffic is to make your own videos and submit them to you Tube. All of the above methods will show Google you are trying to generate traffic to your website. All Google is looking for is some form of proof that the site is run by humans for humans and what better methods than social proof.

Social Interaction and social media traffic

Any form of interaction with your readers is by nature social. They can tweet about your site; share in its social sites and new comments. By getting them to upload a link to your article Facebook you are killing two birds with one stone, you are getting evidence of a social activity and a comment. WordPress has many available plugins to make this process automatic. Facebook’s commenting system can be used on HTML site as can DisQus.

Always add an RSS feed to your blog not just because it provides evidence that people like your blog content and are prepared to subscribe to it, but a lot of people are looking for content and when you look up RSS feeds for certain keywords nothing comes up at all. It is a good way to get your content syndicated on other blogs.

Adding widgets to your bog can also kill two bids. Now you can add a widget from Ezine Articles onto the sidebar of your blog. That encourage your readers to at least click on your articles, and if they really like your style they can add your content ot the blog, potentially increasing your followers.

Make 2011 the year you increase your traffic, page rank and use different social media techniquesyou will see a difference in your profits.Read more about social media traffic here.
Social media website content can come in many shapes and forms:

Text – text is often used to put across opinions or write blog posts.
Images – images and photos can display anything from holiday photos to shots by professional photographers.Sharing your images is social media.

Audio – social media lets you create podcasts for users to download.This means that your users can use social media to listen to your posts.

Video – video sites mean that you’ll be able to record a video of your child’s birthday for friends all over the world to see.Another method of utising social media.

Use all the social media available and you will increase your traffic because your pages will be more relevant to a wider range of users.Ignore social media at your peril, because if you are not using social media your competitors will.