Most of my referrals come from Google searches. Most popular are my Exclusive Kerry-Thorne divorce papers and The Boring Side of Bob & Tom.
So, I was thinking. If you really want to drive hits to your site. Post phrases in your articles that are highly searched on by Google. You can look at http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html to find out what the most popular are. Then, you can throw in words like euro 2004, harry potter, and wimbledon to toss your blog a few bones here and there.
Of course, you could always try being very interesting, writing about breaking news, or being witty, but that takes too much work! I mean, for most people, 5 minutes in the microwave is too long to wait, why should your blog be any different?