Top 10 Lists Are A Great Way To Promote Your Site About People
Everybody loves Top 10 Lists
Everybody loves Top 10 Lists. They are easy to read and understand. If you look at the homepage of Digg for example you will always see at least a few Lists that show up at the top. Lists are perfect for attracting user attention.
Lists are easy to write because of their structure. Your blog or site is probably focused on something. Make a list about it. Or if you want to give a dry blog a "personal touch" you can make a list of your favorite Classic Erotica Movies. The more granular the list, the more interesting it can be.
It's usually easy to make a list on blog software, and it's always better to add photos. You might want to get advanced and get a backlink out of your list as well - the best site for listmaking is Ranker.com. Their traffic has been growing heavily each month and they also allow you to add quality links back to your site when you make a list (and on your profile when you set up your account). You can make lists very quickly using autosuggest and they add images automatically.
Let's take an example using Ranker.com. Say I wanted to promote my site about Famous People List and rankings. I could make a list of famous Playboy Magazine models. I would add a link to my site to the list, getting a free backlink, and my list would show up on the Ranker People category page. I could then either link to the list as a blog post, or I could embed a widget of the list on my blog, giving my blog content as well as distribution on Ranker.com.
Lists are a fun and easy way to quickly create content that everyone can relate to. Whether you post the list on your own site or use a 3rd party site like Ranker to get distribution and links, you should consider this promotional tactic.