problogger.net— Over the weekend I ran an ?open mike? discussion which asked the question of How do you find Readers for Your Blog?
Jan 30, 2007View in Crawl 4
As usual, Darren Rowse taps into the bogging community to find some great nuggets of wisdom. Only someone like Darren, with his massive reach can do this, but I really appreciate that he uses his position in this way. It makes great reading, and you know it's not just his ideas. Love it.
Unfortunately the problem goes beyond this. Bloggers are looked down upon by the Digg community in general, despite whether or not the article on the blog is original and intriguing content or not. Resorting to this kind of "trickery" is often a necessary evil for smaller, less known websites. If the site is on Wordpress, Blogger, or even resembles either of those two, and contains ads of any kind, it will usually not receive much positive feedback.Granted, a lot of blogs are using Digg as link-bait, or simply as a way to garner attention - but not always. There is good content out there written by unknown people, and sadly, they don't always get the kind of respect they may deserve.
www.eJabs.comI created my site about 3 months ago. Yesterday (1/30/2007) I reached my highest traffic day yet. I had 208 hits from 70 unique visitors, and made $2.41 from Google Adsense & Referrals. I enjoyed this article and think most of these are good ideas. I can list several things as a new "start-up, first-time" blogger that have boosted my traffic. 1. Master your blogging software (I use WP), and discover the best SEO & traffic building plugins (Ultimate Tagging Warrior, Sociable, etc.) 2. Page layout and design (it has to look semi-professional for readers to "enjoy their experience) 3. Social networking 4. Commenting on others sites 5. Join Digg, Del.icio.us, Red-dit, and Feedburner!!! 6. Have your feed address channeled through Feedburner.These 6 things have gotten my traffic started...we're on the up & up baby!!Matthew Jabswww.eJabs.com
Thanks for the advice; your comment has been duly noted. My advice to you is to post your comments in a more constructive manner. Not everyone knows as much as you may, so please stick to comments with the purpose to educate. Avoid writing anger-motivated, rude, poorly written comments, and you'll probably feel much better!Thank you,Matthew Jabswww.eJabs.com
alicamJan 31, 2007
As usual, Darren Rowse taps into the bogging community to find some great nuggets of wisdom. Only someone like Darren, with his massive reach can do this, but I really appreciate that he uses his position in this way. It makes great reading, and you know it's not just his ideas. Love it.
hello2usirJan 31, 2007
And how much did he pay you?
ascendantJan 31, 2007
OMGHI2U!!!
tymeJan 31, 2007
I believe you mean "open mic", since last time I checked it wasn't called a mikerophone....
etruscanJan 31, 2007
Unfortunately the problem goes beyond this. Bloggers are looked down upon by the Digg community in general, despite whether or not the article on the blog is original and intriguing content or not. Resorting to this kind of "trickery" is often a necessary evil for smaller, less known websites. If the site is on Wordpress, Blogger, or even resembles either of those two, and contains ads of any kind, it will usually not receive much positive feedback.Granted, a lot of blogs are using Digg as link-bait, or simply as a way to garner attention - but not always. There is good content out there written by unknown people, and sadly, they don't always get the kind of respect they may deserve.
ejabsFeb 1, 2007
www.eJabs.comI created my site about 3 months ago. Yesterday (1/30/2007) I reached my highest traffic day yet. I had 208 hits from 70 unique visitors, and made $2.41 from Google Adsense & Referrals. I enjoyed this article and think most of these are good ideas. I can list several things as a new "start-up, first-time" blogger that have boosted my traffic. 1. Master your blogging software (I use WP), and discover the best SEO & traffic building plugins (Ultimate Tagging Warrior, Sociable, etc.) 2. Page layout and design (it has to look semi-professional for readers to "enjoy their experience) 3. Social networking 4. Commenting on others sites 5. Join Digg, Del.icio.us, Red-dit, and Feedburner!!! 6. Have your feed address channeled through Feedburner.These 6 things have gotten my traffic started...we're on the up & up baby!!Matthew Jabswww.eJabs.com
ejabsFeb 6, 2007
Thanks for the advice; your comment has been duly noted. My advice to you is to post your comments in a more constructive manner. Not everyone knows as much as you may, so please stick to comments with the purpose to educate. Avoid writing anger-motivated, rude, poorly written comments, and you'll probably feel much better!Thank you,Matthew Jabswww.eJabs.com