Comments on: Is Your Blog “Petting Traffic”? http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/ Wed, 23 May 2012 04:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Swafford http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-4407 Barbara Swafford Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:51:23 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-4407 Hi Natural, You know, sometimes I thinks it's better not to know your stats, page rank and/or number of feed readers, as you can get hung up on the numbers, which in turn could stifle your creativity. It all takes time, and lots of it. And, like you say, hard work. Hi Natural,

You know, sometimes I thinks it’s better not to know your stats, page rank and/or number of feed readers, as you can get hung up on the numbers, which in turn could stifle your creativity.

It all takes time, and lots of it. And, like you say, hard work.

]]> By: Natural Woman http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-4401 Natural Woman Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:28:04 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-4401 Hmmm..this post makes me feel pressure. I don't know why, but I don't know what SEO or page ranking is, I don't even know what my stats indicate about my readers. Not sure if this is good or bad. I do know what my subscriber number is, but I look at that maybe once a week. I guess I'm scared to look at the numbers because I will then try to be all things to all people if I lose a few or gain a few. Everyone can't be pleased. I have more readers or subscribers than I ever thought I would.... It's a lot less stressful for me to just be myself and stay away from competing, but I do submit my posts to digg and stumble because I like sharing, having reader and I like when they comment. You are correct with this statement: But to optimize your content and get noticed…now, takes some homework. It takes hardwork! Are you ready for a speeding ticket? I don't like speeding tickets. :) Thanks Barbara. Great post, I love your blog. <em>Natural Woman's last blog post..<a href='http://valeriemorrison.net/blog/free-stuff/' rel="nofollow">Free Stuff!</a></em> Hmmm..this post makes me feel pressure. I don’t know why, but I don’t know what SEO or page ranking is, I don’t even know what my stats indicate about my readers. Not sure if this is good or bad. I do know what my subscriber number is, but I look at that maybe once a week. I guess I’m scared to look at the numbers because I will then try to be all things to all people if I lose a few or gain a few. Everyone can’t be pleased. I have more readers or subscribers than I ever thought I would…. It’s a lot less stressful for me to just be myself and stay away from competing, but I do submit my posts to digg and stumble because I like sharing, having reader and I like when they comment.

You are correct with this statement: But to optimize your content and get noticed…now, takes some homework. It takes hardwork!

Are you ready for a speeding ticket? I don’t like speeding tickets. :)
Thanks Barbara. Great post, I love your blog.

Natural Woman’s last blog post..Free Stuff!

]]> By: Barbara http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-591 Barbara Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:54:37 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-591 Hello Asako, I would doubt that anyone has every page of theirs ranked high with any of the search engines. Most of the time, a handful of good posts is what draws readers to a site.......they become loyal readers, as they want to read more. I just checked Technorati, and they are now tracking 108.3 million blogs. Getting your blog found, becomes more competitive by the day (or maybe by the hour). Is making money from a blog, a bubble that has burst? I don't think the bubble has burst, but it may be less inflated, as readers become blind to ads. However, with the being said, even though more blogs are born everyday, so are new readers/visitors....readers/visitors who haven't yet developed ad "blindness". Hello Asako,

I would doubt that anyone has every page of theirs ranked high with any of the search engines. Most of the time, a handful of good posts is what draws readers to a site…….they become loyal readers, as they want to read more.

I just checked Technorati, and they are now tracking 108.3 million blogs. Getting your blog found, becomes more competitive by the day (or maybe by the hour).

Is making money from a blog, a bubble that has burst? I don’t think the bubble has burst, but it may be less inflated, as readers become blind to ads.

However, with the being said, even though more blogs are born everyday, so are new readers/visitors….readers/visitors who haven’t yet developed ad “blindness”.

]]> By: Asako http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-590 Asako Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:24:01 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-590 Hmmm, maybe, we just have to forget the page ranking on Google, as you said in the recent post. If we go back the history, blog was a log of personal matters to organize the information for the person. It was re-invented as a money making engine in the last few years, and everyone started talking about how to build a traffic. Maybe, that was a bubble. If there is 10M blogs, I guess it is really difficult to be on top of everyone in the Google ranking. Good advice. I should re-think my blog site strategy. Hmmm, maybe, we just have to forget the page ranking on Google, as you said in the recent post.

If we go back the history, blog was a log of personal matters to organize the information for the person. It was re-invented as a money making engine in the last few years, and everyone started talking about how to build a traffic. Maybe, that was a bubble.

If there is 10M blogs, I guess it is really difficult to be on top of everyone in the Google ranking.

Good advice. I should re-think my blog site strategy.

]]> By: Barbara http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-587 Barbara Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:58:55 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/is-your-blog-petting-traffic/#comment-587 Asako, Based on what I think you are saying, I don't necessarily find this as true. If I duplicate the same search terms, my readers have used, it takes me to the post...not the home page. However, speaking of site maps, I recently added the Google sitemap (from Google.com) to my OM blog. It states to add the meta code before the first </head>. I didn't have a </head> on my main index page (I don't have a single post page), so I added it to my header. When I did that, it caused the problem you are speaking of on the three posts I published after adding the Google sitemap. I have since deactivated the Google sitemap, as I am already using a site map plugin. Update: That wasn't it, so I reactivated the Google sitemap. I'm in the process of trying to create an offbeat post, to test this theory. I'll let you know if that is what caused my problem. Update: my pages are indexing correctly, so it may have just been a "time" issue with Google. Keep me posted on your research findings. Asako,

Based on what I think you are saying, I don’t necessarily find this as true. If I duplicate the same search terms, my readers have used, it takes me to the post…not the home page.

However, speaking of site maps, I recently added the Google sitemap (from Google.com) to my OM blog. It states to add the meta code before the first . I didn’t have a on my main index page (I don’t have a single post page), so I added it to my header. When I did that, it caused the problem you are speaking of on the three posts I published after adding the Google sitemap.

I have since deactivated the Google sitemap, as I am already using a site map plugin. Update: That wasn’t it, so I reactivated the Google sitemap.

I’m in the process of trying to create an offbeat post, to test this theory. I’ll let you know if that is what caused my problem. Update: my pages are indexing correctly, so it may have just been a “time” issue with Google.

Keep me posted on your research findings.

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