Archive for April, 2008
Using Stats to Improve Your Traffic
I’ve always been a stat junky.
I love checking my RSS feed subscriber numbers, my AWeber subscriber stats, Google Analytics account, etc. multiple times per day.
I’ll admit, I might need therapy. :)
However, if you really take some time analyze your traffic stats and even stats from other sites (I’ll explain that part in a bit), [...]
Uh Oh! Your Site Looks Un-Trafficked
When you’re first starting a website, it can be tempting to seek new advertisers, build a community (forum) and add other features/additions that can generate revenue and make your site look appealing.
The problem is, if you don’t have enough traffic, your site will end up looking vacant, smallish and unimportant.
So I thought I’d make a [...]
SiteSell Says Blogging is a Mistake
SiteSell recently launched a new site called Blog or Build? — their definitive answer to those who ask the big question…
“Blog or Website?”
From a business standpoint, the page is brilliant. SiteSell sells websites, not blogs. So of course it makes sense to push the benefits of a website and display blogging in a [...]
How I Gained 200 Blog Subscribers Fast!
As I wrote in another post, you cannot assume your blog readers know how to use RSS.
Even though you’re comfortable with it, the majority of web surfers simply don’t understand it.
So if you use Feedburner, make sure you also offer the “Subscribe by Email” feature in addition to your RSS feed.
This will allow people to [...]
YouTube - Your Ticket to More Traffic?
I just logged into my YouTube account today and noticed my videos have handy little “Add to MySpace and Facebook” buttons below them.
Now anyone who likes your mini flick can post it on two of the most popular social networking sites with greater ease.
I’ve toyed with using another video hosting service because I’d like to [...]
Reporting Content Thieves to Google
I always say… You know you’ve made it when people begin copying your work.
And thanks to services like www.copyscape.com it’s much easier to spot offenders these days.
Plagiarizing used to really bother me, especially when the search engines weren’t as smart as they are today. It used to be much easier for thieves to steal your [...]
A Fix For Google PageRank Junkies
They’re everywhere…
Blog posts, forum questions, emails, website articles, etc… all about improving your PageRank.
Google is clearly the front runner in driving free, targeted website traffic, so everyone wants their site to rank well in any measuring tool Google produces.
First of all, I’ve seen no indication that your PageRank affects the amount of traffic Google [...]
