Trackback is a way of blogs communicating with each other. This is from Wikipedia.org

"if a blogger writes a new entry commenting on, or referring to, an entry found at another blog, and both blogging tools support the TrackBack protocol, then the commenting blogger can notify the other blog with a "TrackBack ping";

the receiving blog will typically display summaries of, and links to, all the commenting entries below the original entry. This allows for conversations spanning several blogs that readers can easily follow."

You can learn more about Trackbacking by visiting this site at....

http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/trackback.html

The two major search engines you need to submit your blog to are of course Google.com and MSN.com. All the other search engines are a waste of time. So are those websites that state they will submit your website or blog to thousands of search engines for free or a one time fee.

They are useless.

Just submit your blog to....

Google.com

http://www.google.com/addurl/

and

MSN.com

http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx

Another great free way to get traffic to your blog is to submit your blog to all the best blog directories and rss directories.

There are two great websites that are free that deal with this.

The first one is.... http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/

This is a website that gives you a list of all the RSS directories out there that you can submit your blog to.

The next site is.... http://www.lights.ca/weblogs/directories.html

It gives you a list of blog directories.

If you want to keep getting more and more repeat traffic from loyal visitors, the best way to do this is to setup an opt-in list or newsletter or some sort of way to capture peoples email addresses.

You can setup a mailing list easily with a service like Aweber.com.

The best way to run a mailing list like this is to send out a weekly newsletter, but if that sounds like too much trouble, setup a mailing list where you email people everytime a new post is made in your blog.

Having an online newsletter is very beneficial to blog traffic. People will email your newsletter onto their friends and you will get even more traffic.

So how do you get reciprocal links? Easy! Submit your links to directories and add link sites.
Here is what you do.
Go to Google.com and type in
"Add Link" "target market"
then
"Submit Link" "target market"
If you don't know what I mean, here is an example.
"Add Link" "gardening"
"Submit Link" "gardening"
Do that exactly as it's typed and see what you get.... If you did it correctly, you should have a listing of websites that accept link submissions in your target market.

This is a great way to get not only more readers for your blogs, but recognized as an expert in your field. By posting helpful suggestions in forums in your market, you will get a lot of good attention.

I'm not going to get into a whole lot about this subject as it's pretty easy to get started.

1) Find forums in your niche

2) Read some of the back posts and see whos the boss, who posts good content and what the rules are

3) Start posting with informative information and include your little RSS byline at the end of your post or in your signature file

What most people have a problem with is not writing good posts, but finding the forums to post in.

Now that work is done for you. Just enter the topic your newsletter is on into the website address below and you will find all the forums you could possibly want on those subjects.

http://www.link-advantage.com/search

While search engine ranking is important, getting people to your website and having them leave straight away is a waste of your time, so designing a website that is also appealing to the viewer and is easy to read is essential.

Don't use bright colors, lot's of graphics, tons of links or anything like that. Keep it simple. Make it easy to navigate and easy to find all your articles on your blog.

Also check to make sure all your links are working in your site.