Comments on: Include Your Blog’s Audience Into Your Posts With Polls http://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Proxorhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-31152 Proxor Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:55:09 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-31152 Great info for bloggers. Thanks! Great info for bloggers. Thanks!

]]> By: Abdullahhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-24271 Abdullah Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:34:45 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-24271 There is a lot's of info for bloggers keep it up...!! thanks There is a lot’s of info for bloggers keep it up…!!
thanks

]]> By: Abhishekhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-19153 Abhishek Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:33:51 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-19153 This is a lovely idea...I am definitely going to incorporate that sooner or later in my blog...I think it make the site more interactive and enjoyable..Thanks for sharing this post... This is a lovely idea…I am definitely going to incorporate that sooner or later in my blog…I think it make the site more interactive and enjoyable..Thanks for sharing this post…

]]> By: bradbloghttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6191 bradblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:17:39 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6191 @ ZK - Cool. Glad somebody has the backbone to disagree with me :D - Most people fluff it up and make it nice. Not you. You give cold hard opinions. I like it.@ Tek - Then you'll love the one at the end of the post. lol. :)@ Melvin - Sounds like a plan, there are many poll providers on the internet. Take your pick!@ SEOcialize - Wow. You hit the nail square on the head. You are most likely right with asking 2 different questions in two different forms (text & a poll) - made me realize that the question wasn't needed. Oh well, Live and Learn, right? :)@ Hugo Santos - Care to provide a link? I'm curious.@ Play - Great. Glad you speak your mind. :D@ Lancashire - I'm not sure if it was, I think I saw a "naked" version of it that you could modify for your own use.. Then again, I just went with the first design I could find for exemplary purposes.@ Erwin - Personally, I'll almost always participate in a poll.. its 2 seconds out of my day, and I can get a feel for what the general audience of a website feels about something. @ ZK – Cool. Glad somebody has the backbone to disagree with me :D – Most people fluff it up and make it nice. Not you. You give cold hard opinions. I like it.

@ Tek – Then you’ll love the one at the end of the post. lol. :)

@ Melvin – Sounds like a plan, there are many poll providers on the internet. Take your pick!

@ SEOcialize – Wow. You hit the nail square on the head. You are most likely right with asking 2 different questions in two different forms (text & a poll) – made me realize that the question wasn’t needed. Oh well, Live and Learn, right? :)

@ Hugo Santos – Care to provide a link? I’m curious.

@ Play – Great. Glad you speak your mind. :D

@ Lancashire – I’m not sure if it was, I think I saw a “naked” version of it that you could modify for your own use.. Then again, I just went with the first design I could find for exemplary purposes.

@ Erwin – Personally, I’ll almost always participate in a poll.. its 2 seconds out of my day, and I can get a feel for what the general audience of a website feels about something.

]]> By: Erwin Tanhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 Erwin Tan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:44:40 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6171 Never use it on my posts yet but I think it will only work well if the topic really interest the readers.<em>Erwin Tan's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/erwintan/~3/468659706/' rel="nofollow">Unleashing The Niche Genius In You</a></em> Never use it on my posts yet but I think it will only work well if the topic really interest the readers.

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]]> By: Dennis Edellhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Dennis Edell Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:20:37 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6084 Mike - and this is somehow a bad thing?<em>Dennis Edell's last blog post..<a href='http://www.directsaleswebmarketing.com/would-you-like-to-sponsor-my-best-blog-review-contest/' rel="nofollow">Would You Like To Sponsor My *Best Blog Review* Contest?</a></em> Mike – and this is somehow a bad thing?

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]]> By: Lancashire SEO guyhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6061 Lancashire SEO guy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:37:54 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6061 I've seen this poll plugin in a couple of places but it'll never be any real use until it's totally skinnable by the user. However, your advice is generic and sound and whilst a poll doesn't make a news story in itself, it's a useful tool in helping the audience get involved, just like comments etc. It all helps!<em>Lancashire SEO guy's last blog post..<a href='http://www.pelotoninternet.com/why-olderpeople-dont-get-meta-tags/' rel="nofollow">Why older people don’t get Meta tags</a></em> I’ve seen this poll plugin in a couple of places but it’ll never be any real use until it’s totally skinnable by the user. However, your advice is generic and sound and whilst a poll doesn’t make a news story in itself, it’s a useful tool in helping the audience get involved, just like comments etc. It all helps!

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]]> By: Play Games Win Prizeshttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6044 Play Games Win Prizes Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:47:30 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6044 My opinion is that I just think polls are another way to just gain some commotion to a blog post when other posts do not do too well. Nothing against you though, but I just wanted to point that out.-Mike My opinion is that I just think polls are another way to just gain some commotion to a blog post when other posts do not do too well. Nothing against you though, but I just wanted to point that out.

-Mike

]]> By: Hugo Santoshttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-6030 Hugo Santos Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:35:28 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-6030 I saw once a good use of polls from bloggernoob. He used them on a domain contest with extreme success. :) in the end i guess the use of polls is worth it if you have active readers...<em>Hugo Santos's last blog post..<a href='http://bloggervenue.com/emergency-room-final-considerations/' rel="nofollow">Emergency Room Final Considerations</a></em> I saw once a good use of polls from bloggernoob. He used them on a domain contest with extreme success. :)
in the end i guess the use of polls is worth it if you have active readers…

Hugo Santos’s last blog post..Emergency Room Final Considerations

]]> By: SEOcialize - Search Engine Optimizationhttp://bradblogging.com/increase-readers/include-your-blogs-audience-into-your-posts-with-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-5972 SEOcialize - Search Engine Optimization Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:47:50 +0000 http://bradblogging.com/?p=568#comment-5972 Polls work when information on group behaviour is essential to understanding context, meaning that without the poll, the article, post or web page in question could not be fully understood. For example if I run a website about widgets and am looking for information on how many people have found a particular widget function useful, a poll will give this information quickly and simply, and provide real value to the user.If however I'm reading an article about widgets and there is a generic poll amounting to something like "What do you think?", this is less effective because the poll is inessential. After all, the main purpose of a poll is not to express what you think - but to see what everyone else thinks about something you have an interest in.Finally, polls that make you click a link to see the results are a bit irritating, give me a nice graphical representation right there on the same page, and I'll probably be that much more interested.Cheers, - Your local neighborhood SEO :)<em>SEOcialize - Search Engine Optimization's last blog post..<a href='http://seocialize.com/2008/11/client-education-1-guaranteed-rankings/' rel="nofollow">Client Education 1 - Guaranteed Rankings</a></em> Polls work when information on group behaviour is essential to understanding context, meaning that without the poll, the article, post or web page in question could not be fully understood. For example if I run a website about widgets and am looking for information on how many people have found a particular widget function useful, a poll will give this information quickly and simply, and provide real value to the user.

If however I’m reading an article about widgets and there is a generic poll amounting to something like “What do you think?”, this is less effective because the poll is inessential. After all, the main purpose of a poll is not to express what you think – but to see what everyone else thinks about something you have an interest in.

Finally, polls that make you click a link to see the results are a bit irritating, give me a nice graphical representation right there on the same page, and I’ll probably be that much more interested.

Cheers,
- Your local neighborhood SEO :)

SEOcialize – Search Engine Optimization’s last blog post..Client Education 1 – Guaranteed Rankings

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