There are several aspects that make social networking sites much better than normal Web sites.You can speed up the process of indexing your site by submitting forum and blog sections of your site to blog directories & normal directories, social bookmarking sites, use pings and off line methods. All these little things can help drive more traffic to blogs. See it in this slideshow

1. 12 Popular Methods you can
Use to Drive Traffic to your
Social Networking Site

2. 12 Popular Methods you can Use to Drive Traffic to Your
Social Networking Site
 Submit your RSS feed to major news sites
 Add a relevant link directory
 Use ping sites like pingler.com
 Announce a Contest to create a viral marketing campaign
 Distribute your site to traditional directories like DMOZ
 Distribute to as much RSS Directories and Search engines as
you can.
 Put comment in other blogs relevant to your niche
 Go off-line
 Add a link to your blog within your e-mail signature block.
 Use Usenet. Find a relevant group on Google groups, Yahoo
groups, MSN group
 Use Forums
 Bookmark or tag your site
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3. Submit your RSS Feed to Major News Sites
When you distribute your
own RSS to My Yahoo! it is
usually listed in Yahoo. If
you distribute your blog
RSS to Google’s Reader the
Google Blog Search will
index your site.
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4. Add a Relevant Link Directory
Although it may take more
time than simply submitting
to an internet search engine
one time, this method is
probably the easiest method
to drive traffic towards your
site.
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5. Use ping sites
Ping sites like pingler.com.
Ping your site each time you
have a new post.
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6. Announce a Contest to Create a Viral Marketing Campaign
Announce a contest on your site to create a viral video about your online
community. It works great, so your members will create a viral content for you
and you have to put all videos on your YouTube account and create links back
to your site.
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7. Distribute your site to traditional directories like DMOZ
Directories (specifically
DMOZ) boost relevance
with Google. DMOZ is
very picky, so don’t be
impatient and resubmit it
or you’ll go to the end of
the queue.
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8. RSS Directories and Search Engines as you can
Distribute to as much RSS Directories and Search Engines as
you can.
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9. Put Comment in other Blogs Relevant to your
Niche
Don’t simply leave brief
feedback like “I like it”
Leave concise replies
that will force viewers
to think about “who
authored this?”
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10. Go off-line
Use newspaper ads, public
bulletin boards, business
cards, even stickers to let
as many people as possible
know your site exists.
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11. Add a Link to your Blog within your E-mail
Signature Block
Add a Link to your Blog within your E-mail Signature Block
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12. Use Usenet
Find a relevant group on
Google groups, Yahoo groups,
MSN groups or from any of the
thousands of other FREE group
services and find like minded
people and talk to them. Make
certain your use your site URL
like it’s your name.
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13. Use Forums
Forums are among the best
places to go for advice. Go to
forums and find problems to
solve.
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14. Bookmark or Tag your site
Sites like http://Del.icio.us,
Technorati and many others
have a social feature that
allows you to place your
article under keywords or
“tags” that anyone
interested in that tag can
see.
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