How to get your blog on TechMeme

TechMeme is the definitive aggregator of prioritized tech news and blogs. It is the first site I look at every morning. So how do you get your blog on TechMeme? In many ways it is the same approach you would use to be ranked highly on Google or Live Search. In a word, Links.

Here are some things you can do to get noticed on TechMeme, Google, Reddit, and Digg.

1. Write interesting, provocative, and timely stuff. Quality writing does get noticed.
2. Write on a hot topic of the day, and add your perspective. Give examples from your on experiences.
3. Link to other sources, news sites and blogs, that add perspective to the story.
4. Link to TechMeme to lead readers to other perspectives on the subject.

The biggest factor in high ranking on TechMeme or Google is high quality inbound links. Attracting links is an art, but there are some things you can do to improve your chances.

1. Link to high quality sites and bloggers. They will sometimes link back to you when you have written something that really adds to the conversation.
2. Comment on news sites and blogs. Add some insight to the conversation, and leave a link back to your blog.
3. Become an expert source on very specific topics. Writers are always looking for expert sources, or even very opinionated sources. When they happen to write a story on that topic they will probably link to you.

Blogs are a conversation...a two way multi-way conversation. As Robert Scoble always says "join the conversation". It is much easier, and more fun, to join an existing conversation. Add perspective, humor, and insight. Stay focused on things you know, where you can add value. Comment a lot on news sites and blogs and people will start noticing you. Everyone has life experiences and things to share. Jump in and join the conversation.

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Comments

[Greg Linden]

Huh, I tend to avoid topics that are covered well elsewhere. Unfortunately, yes, that does mean that my weblog tends to get featured less on sites that track buzz like TechMeme.

Interesting question there. Should you write about the hot topic of the day and add your two cents? Or provide information that cannot easily be found elsewhere?

I tend to only read weblogs that are unusual and useful -- providing helpful information that cannot easily be found elsewhere -- but that kind of weblog clearly requires more work for the author.

[choff]

Thank you for your article