One of the easiest ways to steadily increase your visibility is by getting other blogs to link to you, but this often isn’t an option for people with awful blogs some. Luckily, there is a much easier way of getting natural backlinks without resorting to blackmailing and googlebowling your competitors – blog carnivals.
BLOG CARNIVALS? WILL THERE BE CLOWNS?
No way, inquisitive headline! A blog carnival is when a blogger decides they are too lazy to write a post but still wants to throw something up on their blog – it’s a compilation of links to other articles.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LINK LOVE
The great thing about blog carnivals is that you can easily submit your own posts for consideration on a blog carnival. To do this, just sign up at blogcarnival.com and search for a few blog carnivals that are coming up in your niche. Gather some select blog posts to use for said carnivals and submit them to it. Within a few days, the carnival will take place on someone’s blog and you’ll get an improved Technorati rank, more traffic, and a free backlink!
AND NOW FOR THE CATCH…
There is none. Sorry to burst your bubble, readers – I know you love paying money for things but blog carnivals are absolutely free (unlike real carnivals. Damn clowns peddling me out of my money with their rigged games) and require pretty much no effort to join.
By Schme Boyard on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
I really, really (really) want to pay $…AND I WANT CLOWNS! >:(
By Max Miroff on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
NO CLOWNS 4 J00!
By bloggernoob on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
clowns give me a hibby gibbies. good post. carnivals are a great source of free traffic and links
By Lost on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
Great tips.. thank you man!
By Journeyetc on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
Woa, the only useful thing I read on marketing blogs for weeks! Bookmarked your blog too! Keep them coming!
By Ned Carey on Jun 22, 2008 | Reply
I just started using them and have gottent a couple of links.
There is a downside, the deep deppression you can delve into if they don’t pick you blog for the carnival.
By Kevin S on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
Clowns suck.
Thanks for the great tip on improving backlinks, I”ll check this out.
By srinivas on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
thanks for the usefull information
By RichRomo on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
Saw your post on digital point and I clicked on your sig. Had never heard of blog carnivals and love the suggestion as unfortunately I fall into the category of people with awful blogs. I am amazed and impressed with the creative ways to get people to click on a link and I appreciate the lesson.
Thanks!
BTW- clowns are creepy and so are carneys! Ferris wheels too! Actually so are carnivals when you think about it.
By yin on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply
I f**king hate clowns!
By Keym4k3r on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
Just browsing digital point similar to RichRomo.
By swollenpickles on Sep 10, 2008 | Reply
I got a post of mine (the one I used in as my ‘website’ link here) picked up by a few carnivals. It was pretty cool, one in particular brought in a bit of traffic.
By panca on Nov 5, 2008 | Reply
well…I will check the link and try the tool, thanks for sharing the secret
By Marc Fav on Jun 23, 2011 | Reply
THANKS for the great tip. I just submitted a few articles and look forward to using the site in the future.
My blog is pretty sick, so I’m sure it will get picked, but many thanks to you my man for this great resource!
By AbundantJourneys on Oct 9, 2011 | Reply
A few years later…
Never heard of blog carnivals before. Checking it out now. Thank you for the tidbit.