Monthly Archives: March 2008

What Makes A “Good” Blog, Good?

This question has been brought up on many other websites and blogs and all have different points to ponder. For example, Jakonrath.blogspot.com says the first point is “Content Is King”, while Problogdesign.com says that “Better Looking Blogs, Grow Faster”. My personal spin on it is that both of those blogs are right and wrong at the [...]

Posted in Contemplation, How To | Tagged Blog, Good | 4 Comments

The Keyword Search-Engine Checklist

To target a keyword for search engine exposure, we first need to understand how to do it effectively. My previous post asked readers 5 questions about how they blog, where their traffic comes from, etc.. and 4 of the 7 responses said that Google provided them with the greatest amounts of hits after Stumbleupon. So in [...]

Posted in Increase Traffic | Tagged Google, Seo | 1 Comment

Open Visitor Discussion: Blogging Questionaire

I’ve decided to ask my visitors a simple question, in anticipation of their responses.What Drives the Most Traffic To Your Site?? (Excluding the most likely obvious network: Stumbleupon) Do you include social network icons at the bottom of your posts? If yes to question 2, how many? On an average week, how many “Organic” hits from Google do [...]

Posted in Increase Traffic | Tagged Questionaire, Traffic, Visitor | 8 Comments

Your Subscribers Don’t Hate You – Their Daily Routines Do!

Nothing in blogging can compare to the feeling of gaining a couple more RSS subscribers each day… or the feeling of losing the ones that you gain the next day. An interesting comment I observed yesterday was one from Adam Pieniazek (who blogs over at AdamPieniazek.com surprisingly ) My subscriber count looks intact but [...]

Posted in Increase Readers | Tagged Feedburner, Rss, Subscriber | 6 Comments

Feedburner Error – Subscriber Count at 0 – March 24th, 2008

I signed on to my feedburner stats this morning and found my subscriber count at 0!!! Did I just kill my blog with yesterdays article or do other people have the same thing.. The screenshot to the left is what I saw! Do you have the same problem with your RSS Feed? *Update* – Around 3:00P.M the statistics [...]

Posted in Increase Readers | Tagged Feedburner | 12 Comments

Think Of The Sidebar’s Feelings…

Your sidebar can make or break your blog. If you infest it with useless widgets, random buttons, and links to blog directories.. Whats separating you from a person that doesn’t care how their blog looks? Do you really care about how your sidebar looks? Most templates now a days, have half of the screen to fill [...]

Posted in Blog Design | Tagged Sidebar | 7 Comments