How do you drive traffic to a new niche blog?
lethain: The most effective way to drive traffic to a new blog is to write consistent, targeted and high quality content (keep your posts on-topic, especially early on), and to get to know the other people in the niche (they're not competition, but fellow members of a community). I really don't believe there are any other ways to attract high quality traffic.That said, I'd really recommend that you step back and figure out an agenda for your blog. Are you trying to educate readers? Learn by writing? Develop a reputation as a competent programmer or as a member of a community? If you go into blogging aiming at pageviews, you run the risk of writing junk simply because it appeals to readers from Reddit or Digg, but doesn't accomplish anything positive for your personal brand.