With all the Google updates and increasing competition for rankings, getting traffic to your blog can be tough. One strategy for promoting your blog that is usually overlooked though is joining blogging communities (also known as blog directories).
Blogging communities are basically just websites built for blogs of all different kinds of niches that help you get more eyeballs on your valuable content.
You can submit your blog and the community will get to see your posts. Some of these sites even use RSS to promote your posts as they are published.
This is a relatively new strategy for promotion for me that I just kind of recently stumbled upon that seems to be very powerful as long as you write good content.
Not only is it powerful when you use these communities, but after doing some research, I found there are hundreds of these sites built for bloggers.
If you want to boost your blog rankings, you better take a look at these blogging directories and start promoting. Here is a list of over 50 blogging communities or directories that I found:
1. Best Of The Web Blogs
A blog directory that is organized by categories. You can get your blog reviewed and listed here.
http://blogs.botw.org/
2. Bloggeries
A database with a clean design that's goal is to help you find new blogs. You can also submit yours here and know that the directory is human edited for better quality.
http://www.bloggeries.com/
3. Scoop.it
A popular site that helps you publish, discover and curate content to get more online exposure.
http://www.scoop.it/
4. Inbound.org
Built as a community of inbound marketers. The goal of Inbound.org is to allow you to become a better marketer by sharing and discussing ideas, finding jobs and events, and building up a professional profile.
http://inbound.org/
5. Hacker News
Calls itself an open-source clone of Trello (or github.com). You can build up a profile and submit collections of articles here, so it can be seen by its strong community.
https://news.ycombinator.com/
6. Blog Catalog
You can submit your blog here where sites are listed by category. People can also search for blogs in this directory.
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
7. Blogarama
A clean website that allows you to submit your blog to its directory. Users can post reviews and find blogs by search or category.
http://www.blogarama.com/
8. Slashdot
You can submit stories here. It mostly focuses on science and technology. Stories come with a comments section for feedback.
http://slashdot.org/
9. Blog Hub
Blog Hub is a blog search directory or blog search engine. It isn't the prettiest site in the world, but it can help your blog.
http://www.bloghub.com/
10. Regator
Regator curates the best articles and blogs from around the internet. You can submit your blog for review and once accepted, your latest posts will be featured on their website.
http://regator.com/
11. Ice Rocket
Backed by Mark Cuban and based in Dallas, TX, IceRocket has a high-priority indexing queue for blogs that you can submit to.
http://www.icerocket.com/
12. Blog Lovin'
It's a site that helps you discover new blogs and get yours discovered by others. You can follow and like blogs kind of like a social media platform.
https://www.bloglovin.com/
13. Eatonweb
Another blog directory that measures and ranks the best blogs. Where will your blog rank?
http://portal.eatonweb.com/
14. Ontoplist
Ontoplist helps you find new blogs to follow and even search for specific articles.
http://www.ontoplist.com/
15. BlogTastic
BlogTastic is a small site that you can submit your blog to. Blogs can searched for using tags here.
http://www.blogtagstic.com/
16. Blog Search Engine
Here you can search for blogs and subscribe to a blog topic RSS feed of interest to you. And of course, you can submit your blog.
http://www.blogsearchengine.org/
17. Globe of blogs
You can search for blogs by topic, author, title, location, etc. here. It's a great place to submit your blog.
http://globeofblogs.com/
18. Bloggernity
It is a bloggers hangout and directory on the internet.
http://www.bloggernity.com/
19. Bloggapedia
Another blog directory you can submit to.
http://www.bloggapedia.com/
20. Spillbean
Spillbean.com is a good place to submit your blog or find others where everything is categorized by different topics.
http://www.spillbean.com/
21. Blogging Fusion
Here you can browse, search, review and rate thousands of blogs.
http://www.bloggingfusion.com/
22. Blogflux
Blogflux is just a simple blog community with 157,056 blogs as of writing this article.
http://www.blogflux.com/
23. Blog Listing
Here you can submit your blogs to directories with good Pagerank.
http://www.bloglisting.net/
24. Spread My Blog
50 random blogs will be shown every time you reload the page, so you can discover more blogs and get yours discovered.
http://www.spreadmyblog.com/
25. Top Blogging
This directory is sorted by unique visitors.
http://www.topblogging.com/
26. Million Blog List
They call themselves a “blogosphere experiment”. There goal is to see how long it will take to get 1,000,000 blog to list with their site.
http://www.millionbloglist.com/
27. Buzzer Hut
You can submit and advertise your blog here for more exposure.
http://www.buzzerhut.com/
28. Ave Blogs
Just an average directory with a submission service. Not was popular as some of the others.
http://www.aveblogs.com/
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29. Wil's Domain
It includes a blog directory, job search and even classified ads.
http://www.wilsdomain.com/
30. Blogs Rater
Blogs are carefully reviewed before they are admitted on this site. This is great for higher quality blogs.
http://www.blogsrater.com/
31. Blogo Wogo
Another directory for bloggers where people can also review your posts.
http://www.blogowogo.com/
32. Get Blogs
It's a blogging directory of over 11,000 weblogs in over 190 categories. It's also human edited.
http://www.getblogs.com/
33. Total Blog Directory
A very nicely designed blogging directory with lots of categories.
http://totalblogdirectory.com/
34. The Ageless Project
This site is mostly for personal blogs that aren't as business oriented. Its goal is to prove that the creative side of the internet is ageless by asking for your birth date when you submit for review.
http://jenett.org/ageless/
35. Blog Rate Directory
It has submission for bloggers, reviews, tools and even a forum to help with all your needs in one blog community.
http://www.blogratedirectory.com/
36. Blogdire
Blogdire is another blog directory and search engine with 680 blogs as of writing this article.
http://blogdire.com/
37. Blogbar
Their primary objective is to list high quality blogs in their directory.
http://www.blogbar.net/
38. Blogadr
Blogadr is a free blog directory that is human edited.
http://www.blogadr.com/
39. A1 Web Directory
This directory is organized by continents and topics.
http://www.a1webdirectory.org/
40. Blogs By Country
Blogs are listed here by country.
http://www.blogsbycountry.com/
41. Blogit
Blogit is a small community of bloggers.
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/
42. Blog Rankers
These blogs are classified by country and categories. The home page has a ranking of the top blogs on the site.
http://www.blogrankers.com/
43. Web-dir
Web-dir has been around since 2003 as an information directory where you can submit your site.
http://www.web-dir.com/
44. Loadedweb
Available in multiple countries, Loadedweb is a purely geo-centric directory of businesses, blogs and even Twitter users.
http://us.loadedweb.com/
45. Blogville
You can search for blogs here by keywords, URL or using an advanced search.
http://blogville.us/
46. LS Blogs
LSBlogs is an established blog search engine and directory. Submit blogs, blog hosts, tools and related sites here.
http://www.lsblogs.com/
47. Blog Dirs
Another plain and simple blog directory for you to submit to.
http://www.blogdirs.com/
48. Bloggernow
Bloggernow is a place to search for latest blog news, political and entertainment topics.
http://www.bloggernow.com/
49. Blogs Collection
Search for blogs by category or country here.
http://www.blogs-collection.com/
50. Blog Top List
Includes blog ranking, categories and more.
http://www.blogtoplist.com/
51. Blog Top Sites
Another blogging community with a pretty good amount of traffic.
https://www.blogtopsites.com/
52. Blogs Rating
They call themselves one of the largest and most reputable authority review sites of blogs.
http://www.blogsrating.com/
53. Blog Web Directory
It's a searchable directory of weblogs selected by humans to ensure the highest quality results. There are also ratings and reviews.
http://blogwebdirectory.com/
54. Bloggers Directory
It's more local and country based than most other communities or directories like it.
http://www.bloggersdirectory.org/
55. Blog Announce
They say they are one of the strongest directories rated by Aviva.
http://blogannounce.info/
56. Blog-directory.org
This directory has a great Pagerank of 6 and pretty good traffic on top of that.
http://www.blog-directory.org/
Conclusion
There are plenty of great blog directories and communities to submit your blog to that will help you get discovered by more people. Submitting to these sites could have a big impact of your traffic and branding if you take advantage. For more blog promotions sites, read more here.
Which of these top blogging communities is your favorite for getting discovered by more people?
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44 replies to "56 Blogging Communities For Getting Your Blog Discovered"
such a great list, i was vigorously searching for such an detailed list but didn’t get it, and finally i got your list, an awesome list.
Glad I could help
Beautifully written this post is very helpful for all thanks for publishing it on your blog.
Thanks for sharing these top blogging communities with us.Found them really useful for the branding of a site. 😀
Glad you liked them Rahul
Thank you so much
Very extensive list! I will definitely be trying some of these sites out. I am trying to master one social media outlet at a time before I go crazy with all the new sites. But these are excellent suggestions!
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Glad you liked them 🙂
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing such a good list of blogging communities to share your blog more.
If you want to increase blog traffic, listing your blog in these sites.
Glad I could help, Darsh.
Often do not know how to start working on the issue of social networks, but with all this information, I start making sure a good job of SEO. .. Thank you very much!
Glad I could help, Ami. I hope this post helps you get better results!
That’s great list.. Really useful for all type of bloggers and content marketers.
I’m always happy to help. I hope this list will help your blog.
wow such a great collection of blog community site, it is very helpful for me thannk for share it
I’m glad you liked the post
well since me and my team we have launched a new blogging community you might as well ours on your list too 🙂
come check us out at blogfort.com, we’re new but we know what we’re doing, every single feature and functionality that a blogger needs is available on our community.
it’s incredibly easy to join and is completely free.
Thanks for the recommendation, Gabriel.
It is a nice collection of blog community site, it is more helpful and useful for me thanks to share it
Glad I could help, Albert.
Very extensive list! I will definitely be trying some of these sites out. I am trying to master one social media outlet at a time before I go crazy with all the new sites. But these are excellent suggestions!
I hope you are very successful! Glad I could help!
Hey Justin, I am really thankful to you, thanks buddy for sharing such a big and good collection of high PR websites. You have made my work very easy…It has really helped me a lot…I’ll be waiting for your coming posts, please keep posting..
No problem, Susan. I’m glad I could help!
Very informative list. One can use your list and use to brand their website as well. Thanks for sharing the same with us.
I’m glad you liked it!
Really superb post. Thanks will surely visit each one to make my blog recoginzed.
Hope you find success!
Hey Justin
I am really thankful for your sharing spirit. This awesome article has just removed my procrastination to start a blog because you have just answered the most important question that I was seeking for answer. Keep it up
I think you have compiled the best list for blog promotion directories and portals, I really appreciate the effort as it saved my and will save time for thousands of others 🙂 Thumbs up Justin Bryant!
I think you have compiled the best list for blog promotion directories and portals, I really appreciate the effort as it saved my and will save time for thousands of others 🙂 Thumbs up Justin Bryant!
really good post.
Just a correction….
28. Ave Blogs
Just an average directory with a submission service. Not was popular as some of the others.
Should be: Not as popular as some of the others.
Thank you for your list.
Thank you Sooo Much Harsh
For Sharing.
I’m struggling to find a platform for sharing my articles and engage with other bloggers. Thanks for sharing
Really amzing list thank you justin for sharing these communities.
The list of blog communities is really helpful and now i am waiting more stuff like this . keep sharing
Great !!!
Nice information about blog promotion thanks for a really helpful article.
Thank for sharing these helpful communities list with us keep up the good work, I will definitely try it in my Marketing Strategy.
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