Archive for November, 2007

What Causes Spikes In Visitor Statistics

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Thursday, November 29th 2007   
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I call it “spikey” traffic.
You see an instant increase (spike) in your visitor stats, only to see your visitor counts fall, in a day or two.
Today’s Lesson
What are the causes of spikes in your traffic or visitor stats?
1) You left a comment on another blog, and visitors are [...]

Does Your Blog Sell Itself

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, November 28th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons    Tags: , , ,

Starting, and maintaining, a blog, is like learning how to sell real estate.
How? You ask.
I will start with a short story.
Today’s Lesson
Years ago, a friend was starting a new real estate business. She had sold real estate in the past, but now wanted to have her own office. [...]

Blogging - Readership Takes Time

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, November 27th 2007   
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Today’s Lesson
If you read Darren Rowse’s blog at Problogger, he released a video, and answered the question, “How long did it take you to get 1000 visitors a day to your blog?”
His answer was, “approximately one year”.
Now, I’m assuming, he means a steady flow of 1000 visitors a day…not spikey traffic.
One [...]

Unique Visitors - An Analysis

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, November 26th 2007   
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Have you looked at your statistics to see how many “unique visitors” your have?
Is the percentage of your unique visitors high, or low?
Does it matter?
Today’s Lesson
Being analytical, I love to study my blog statistics.
One number that stands out, is my “unique visits”, or “new visits”.
For my [...]

Are You Avoiding Linking To Other Sites

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, November 20th 2007   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Linking    Tags: ,

Oftentimes, bloggers don’t link to other sites, as they fear their readers may like the “other” site better, and they may lose a regular reader.
Some bloggers won’t link to other sites, due to page rank…but that’s another story…….
Today’s Lesson
When I first started blogging, my second post was named “Give Credit Where [...]

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