How to use Reddit to increase traffic to your HubPages
82A bit of history first
If you are looking for ways to help increase traffic to your Hubs then you have to start using Reddit.
After being on HubPages for 8 months and having written over 70 hubs I am finally getting into working on linking for my pages. Yes I know what the heck took me so long.
I was getting mediocre traffic up until I started linking and now that I have started uploading my url’s to sites and adding my links to related blurbs I have been writing on other sights, I am getting an increase of traffic.
It is not a massive increase but an increase never the less. Increased traffic means a higher chance of you making money with Google Adsense or Amazon and EBay depending on what affiliate account you are signed up for.
I realize that the more I do for myself the more I will get back on the internet. The topics you chose to write about will obviously make a difference and I imagine if you are one of the more popular writers here at HubPages you would get that much more traffic.
Now lets get started
Reddit has given me big surges in traffic for a few days after uploading my URL there and hopefully the people that find my first page decide to look at another page and another and so on.
I have noticed one thing with Reddit that I think is important to pass on to you. If you choose the proper category for the URL you are submitting you will get way more traffic than if you don’t pick a category.
At first I was not choosing a category and never really noticed much more traffic but when I started choosing a related category BAM! Big surges of traffic began.
It seems like common sense but is so easy to over look. Don’t make that mistake, select the proper category.
People interested in that category are obviously more likely to click on your link on Reddit to see what you have to say than someone who has no interest.
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Signing up and how to get to Reddit is easy
HubPages has a link to Reddit on every Hub that is created. Click on the “share” button just above your comments section and a bunch of links will pop up to choose from, Reddit is one of them.
Click on the Reddit link and you will be taken to the site. Before you can submit your Hub URL you must sign up at Reddit but rest assured it is quite easy to do.
Once you sign up you are ready to go and can submit a URL. Something you might want to consider when submitting URL’s is that you do not want to submit too many on one site in a 24 hour period or submit the same link to more than one or two sites a day.
I am pretty sure that will be looked upon as spamming. If you try to submit a 2nd URL on Reddit to quick after your first one you get a message saying to wait a certain amount of minutes before doing so.
Lastly but not least about Reddit.com
To submit your link once you are signed in at Reddit just click the "submit a link" banner on the upper right side of the page.
On the page you are taken too enter your URL in the spot marked “url”. If you like you can let Reddit suggest a title for you, just click on the suggest title button under the “url” box.
If you like the title then carry on if not then delete what is there and enter your own.
Important step to do. Go down to the box that has Reddit.com in it and either select a category from the popular choices below or type in your own category.
I like to use the ones that are available and relevant to my URL. At the bottom of the submit box there is the wording “are you a human?”, just enter the numbers and letters that are showing in the box available and click post.
That’s it now just sit back and wait for the traffic. Now of course nothing is guaranteed in life but hopefully you will get a surge of traffic like I have been getting lately from Reddit.
Good luck.
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Thanks so much for this useful article. I am going to go check out Reddit now and start placing links! Have a great day.
Travelinasia that is excellent. I am glad using reddit is working for you.
Somehow I all of a sudden started getting thousands of pageviews to one of my hubs, all coming from reddit? No idea how it happened .. lets see how long it lasts.
spirit whisperer thank you.
I have never used Reddit but after reading this very informative hub I will now. The reason I found you in the first place is because of a comment you wrote on billybuc's recent hub about his sister who died. You are obviously a very kind and caring person and those genuine human qualities are what in my opinion ultimately get you your views. Thank you.
Laura thank you. I think some people have had positive experiences using Reddit and some negative. I find that though with any site I use or write on. SOme people will like you and some won't.
Thanks for commenting.
G. :)
Grant's World--
I'd heard of Reddit, but never imagined how it could help increase traffic to my articles. Excellent idea! I'll sign up for that and see how it goes. It does sound like there may be some negatives, but as long as it drives traffic to my sites I can handle some negativity. (Voted up, useful, interesting.) I can't wait to read more of your hubs and learn more helpful tips!
--Laura
Thanks for the info. Never even heard of Reddit but now I'll have to go check it out!
Good information but Reddit is fickle. You may be blocked but don't be discouraged, wait a few weeks and you can get back on. Good hub.
Reddit is a good place to get some immense traffic but you need to get the category right and something catchy kabum you will see the surge of traffic heading to you.
Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try it now.
I bookmarked this because I'm motivated to try it. I'm really slow when it comes to promoting my Hubs, but I like your suggestion. Thanks. Voted up and everything else.
Man from Modesto I got the same message! Every time I try to post a new hub it says that. It took me almost an hour and all I was able to submit was 2 hubs. Digg.com is much easier.
This hub is very useful though thanks for writing it Grant's World. Voting up.
I used reddit to post my review for a movie. I then attempted to post another hub, and got "you are doing that too much. try again in 5 minutes." lol.
Nice information...trying exactly upon your method..?
thanks
Good hub! This information is really useful. I saw my traffic increase greatly by just posting 1 link on reddit. I appreciate your help and sage advice :)
Really helpful for new hubber.
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely going to start doing that. Good hub
Generally if the hivemind senses something is being submitted solely to promote and increase traffic, you can expect to be crucified and massively downvoted. Good luck.
A very useful hub. As a new hubber I'm still finding my way around and informative hubs like yours are really helping. Thanks!
Thanks for this useful hub, I used to post on reddit and I didn't know how to put the tags and I never got any traffic. but I will use the tags and see what happens.
These are good tips for Reddit, but I just want to warn you there are a hostile group of people on that site who complain about Hubpages. Today I typed Hubpages on reddit search to see what people were sharing there, and I came across a few well written articles that were down voted. I have not submitted any links there in over a year, and I never will again after seeing how people can be a bit disparaging on that site.
dtchosen thanks.
barbergirl I would only submit one URL per day on Reddit.
They don't like when you submit too many URL's in a day.
You don't want to end up being marked as a spammer.
One a day is fine.
Some sites you can submit more and some you can't.
Good luck.
Thanks for the tips. I just signed up for Reddit and I had a feeling that I was missing something... especially since none of my stuff was even getting noticed. Now hopefully I get what I was doing wrong so I can start submitting them in categories! Thanks for the help. By the way... do you know how often is too often for submitting. I tried submitting something and it said it was too early... and my last submission was 5 hours ago. Just curious if it is always that long of a wait.
Nice and informative hub. Thank you:)
Well this is very useful to me
meshadow yes bookmark or backlink everything.
Cheers,
G.
I have a question, do you recommend to bookmark each and every post that I have?
BkCreative thanks I am glad you enjoyed this Hub.
In the last few weeks I have started writing only from mon to fri and on sat and sun I work on linking.
Cheers,
g.
OK - I just have to make time to do this because I know it makes a difference. In fact I'll make it my goal this month to concentrate on driving traffic to my hubs rather than just writing - I need to do both, actually.
Thanks for the info - I will bookmark it so it will be a reminder.
Rated up!
mr daydream no problem I hope Reddit works well for you. I am noticing that some topics I post on Reddit definitely get more views than others.
Cheers,
G.
I need to increase traffic to some hubs that I published several months ago that have virtually stopped getting visits (maybe one or two views every coupla' months). I don't have many friends or family members who are literary gluttons so I get limited-to-zero support from those sources, and I don't always feel like posting url's all over the internet like I'm wearing a sandwich board passing out flyers.
I'd whether go to sites that are more worth while where I have a better chance at finding an audience. I'm averaging 45-70 page views per day (total), and that's for the hubs that normally bring in traffic. I'd like to extend some of that productivity to some of my underperforming hubs. I like how reddit.com sounds, I think I'll look into it. Thanks for sharing that bit of info wit' us.
DAYDREAM, BABY!
no problem wicklesscandles. I hope it works great for you.
Cheers.
I have not used Reddit much, but that is going to change now. Thanks for the info.
Grant's World Hub Author 5 weeks ago
Good luck Robert. Thanks for commenting.
G.