I've noticed a lot of people build great sites but get stuck in that "where's my traffic mode?" It happened to me and I eventually gave up. LOL But I do believe a lot has to do with uniqueness and creativity. Since search engines rank sites higher that have a lot of people linking to them, you have to create a site that other people want to link to.

Having a lot of content is definitely a first step but after that you need to sit back and say "OK, there are a lot of sites on my topic, so what am I going to do to separate myself from the pack so other people will want to blog about me?"

Lisa's site is a great example. Her 2createawebsite site is one of the few "how to create a website" sites that is openly honest and doesn't try to get people to buy everything under the sun. I started seeing a lot more sites like hers after she created it but I remember finding her site 3-4 years ago thinking "I've never seen anything like this in regards to website creation for beginners."

So you need to become THAT site for homeschooling. Again that's where you have to do your part in creativity and coming up with unique things other homeschooling sites aren't doing. Is there some kind of free report of PDF you can create to offer to your visitors? Who is your audience? What is the biggest problem you think your audience has? How can your site help them solve it?

Content is definitely the first phase but I think the creativity needs to kick in next. Do you know who your competition is? Are you familiar with the content on their sites? What can you do better?

A lot of this has to do with being in touch with your audience (I learned a lot from you Lisa!) and I think that's why a lot of people fail. They do very well at building the content and they love their topic but get stuck in the marketing phase.

And as far as search engine traffic goes, it's getting a LOT harder to get ranked well so I think it takes longer than it used to so be patient. The engines are just testing you out to see if you are building content continually AND getting other people to link to you. Gotta get those backlinks (other related sites to recommend you), otherwise search engine traffic will be hard to come by.

My issue is that I struggled with being creative and I think that's a big difference between those that succeed and fail. Hang in there though. You've got a great site, you just need to find other places to get your site out there and perhaps give away something useful to attract more people.