BlogUpp! is yet another service aimed at bringing in some extra readers. This one is slightly different to the others - and I'm quite keen to see what it brings.
Firstly, it isn't promising thousands of targeted readers (and I'm looking at YOU here BlogRush).
Secondly you don't need to sign up for anything, you just generate the code and add it onto your site.
Thirdly - and this is the bit that I like - it uses the RSS feed on your blog to pull in your latest story, generates a thumbnail image of your site and posts that in the feed of other people using the widget. When you roll-over the thumbnail a preview of the article is shown and if you click it you are taken directly to the site (in a new window).
Nice one!
This looks like another one that will get the "one week to see what the results are" treatment.
Showing posts with label Boost Your Traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boost Your Traffic. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008
After a traffic increase? Some genuine things to try
After the previous two posts you may be asking yourself if it is possible to increase your readership and how should you go about it?
Well, here are some things that are worth trying.
BlogRush. You host adverts of other people blogs, they host adverts of yours. This has brought a slow but steady trickle of readers onto my blog. The good thing about this is because it ties in to your RSS feed to generate the links, the readers you get are genuine ones.
BlogCatalog. A social links site, and a pretty good one too. Join up and join in the discussions and before you know it you'll be hooked. This is bringing in an increasing number of readers and is certainly worth investing some time in.
Feedburner. Strictly speaking this may not boost your regular traffic but it certainly helps with your RSS feeds. If you are curious about how many RSS subscribers you have this will also allow you to track that. As this has been bought out by Google it may well end up integrated into Blogger.
Well, here are some things that are worth trying.
BlogRush. You host adverts of other people blogs, they host adverts of yours. This has brought a slow but steady trickle of readers onto my blog. The good thing about this is because it ties in to your RSS feed to generate the links, the readers you get are genuine ones.
BlogCatalog. A social links site, and a pretty good one too. Join up and join in the discussions and before you know it you'll be hooked. This is bringing in an increasing number of readers and is certainly worth investing some time in.
Feedburner. Strictly speaking this may not boost your regular traffic but it certainly helps with your RSS feeds. If you are curious about how many RSS subscribers you have this will also allow you to track that. As this has been bought out by Google it may well end up integrated into Blogger.
Anatomy of a Traffic Boosting Scheme
"Why post about things like T-2000?" I've been asked.
"Aren't you just boosting their popularity - and your own by signing up for them?"
These are good questions. To get the answer lets have a look at how these schemes work once you have signed up.
Step 1: The Bait
This step is important. If you want the traffic you must make people think that this has already worked for you and brought in millions of hits. You have to lie to get people to sign up via your referral link. If you tell the truth (as I have) you are unlikely to get any extra hits at all.
Step 2: The Wait
At this point you can let the "magic" happen. Providing your sales pitch is persuasive enough and you can get enough people sign up via your referrals link you should see a small boost in traffic. Maybe a dozen or so over a couple of months. If your referrals do the same your traffic will get another, slightly larger boost.
Step 3: The Disappointment
Mathematically the traffic boost should increase with each passing generation of referrals. But wait! You will only be on the list for six generations of sign-ups. The actual sign-up rates are so low (you may only get a couple) that the magic million figures are unlikely to ever be reached even if you follow the rules.
Why? Well, chances are that if you are seriously considering a scheme like this then you are on a low traffic site, probably with less than 50 hits a day. The actual percentage of your visitors who will actually want to sign up via your referrals link is even lower.
If you are assuming that you'll get additional traffic from search engines then think again. Any searches that would bring people to your site are so packed with other people doing the same thing that the chances of anyone clicking on your site are somewhere between low and laughable.
. . . .
So back to the original question. Why blog about this? Well, if you believe the majority of posts on this you'd imagine that you will be gaining millions of readers and making a fortune in advertising revenue. You don't find as many posts telling the truth about these schemes.
At best you may get a small boost to your site, but probably only a temporary one. At worst you could find yourself in violation of Googles Terms and Conditions for Google Ads and have your account closed losing you what little money you have gained.
Still think it is worth your while?
"Aren't you just boosting their popularity - and your own by signing up for them?"
These are good questions. To get the answer lets have a look at how these schemes work once you have signed up.
Step 1: The Bait
This step is important. If you want the traffic you must make people think that this has already worked for you and brought in millions of hits. You have to lie to get people to sign up via your referral link. If you tell the truth (as I have) you are unlikely to get any extra hits at all.
Step 2: The Wait
At this point you can let the "magic" happen. Providing your sales pitch is persuasive enough and you can get enough people sign up via your referrals link you should see a small boost in traffic. Maybe a dozen or so over a couple of months. If your referrals do the same your traffic will get another, slightly larger boost.
Step 3: The Disappointment
Mathematically the traffic boost should increase with each passing generation of referrals. But wait! You will only be on the list for six generations of sign-ups. The actual sign-up rates are so low (you may only get a couple) that the magic million figures are unlikely to ever be reached even if you follow the rules.
Why? Well, chances are that if you are seriously considering a scheme like this then you are on a low traffic site, probably with less than 50 hits a day. The actual percentage of your visitors who will actually want to sign up via your referrals link is even lower.
If you are assuming that you'll get additional traffic from search engines then think again. Any searches that would bring people to your site are so packed with other people doing the same thing that the chances of anyone clicking on your site are somewhere between low and laughable.
. . . .
So back to the original question. Why blog about this? Well, if you believe the majority of posts on this you'd imagine that you will be gaining millions of readers and making a fortune in advertising revenue. You don't find as many posts telling the truth about these schemes.
At best you may get a small boost to your site, but probably only a temporary one. At worst you could find yourself in violation of Googles Terms and Conditions for Google Ads and have your account closed losing you what little money you have gained.
Still think it is worth your while?
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