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 Traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traffic. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008
Blogging, traffic and advertising
It has been a while since I posted about blogging, site traffic and ad revenue - so we are overdue an update.
Over the past year we have looked at various ways of increasing traffic, earning you a fortune in advertising revenue and so forth. The all have one thing in common - they don't work (at least, not for long).
So what can bring in the readers? Strangely enough - the content. Yes folks, that oft forgotten part of a blog - the articles themselves. An article that shows up near the top of a web search on a subject can bring in a large number of readers.
What else? Images. Yes, images can increase your readers. Google Image Search is the reason for this - and can help bring in a steady trickle of additional readers.
How about adverts? I'm going to go out on a limb here and state the bleeding obvious - don't bother. Really. They aren't worth the hassle unless you have a very large audience. Even with a couple of hundred hits a day the amount of revenue you get is minimal - we are talking anything from a couple of cents to a couple of dollars a month here.
Guys, there is no golden method here. Keep writing, hopefully some of your articles will show up on the radar, and the more you write, the more chance there is of this happening.
Over the past year we have looked at various ways of increasing traffic, earning you a fortune in advertising revenue and so forth. The all have one thing in common - they don't work (at least, not for long).
So what can bring in the readers? Strangely enough - the content. Yes folks, that oft forgotten part of a blog - the articles themselves. An article that shows up near the top of a web search on a subject can bring in a large number of readers.
What else? Images. Yes, images can increase your readers. Google Image Search is the reason for this - and can help bring in a steady trickle of additional readers.
How about adverts? I'm going to go out on a limb here and state the bleeding obvious - don't bother. Really. They aren't worth the hassle unless you have a very large audience. Even with a couple of hundred hits a day the amount of revenue you get is minimal - we are talking anything from a couple of cents to a couple of dollars a month here.
Guys, there is no golden method here. Keep writing, hopefully some of your articles will show up on the radar, and the more you write, the more chance there is of this happening.
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
There had been a few things that I was going to write about this weekend, but the dreaded "man-flu" kept me feeling sorry for myself and away from my keyboard, so here is a late weekend update of the posts that would have been.
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men - Episode 2
I was lucky enough to get an early viewing of the second episode and, I've got to say, I enjoyed it. I'm still not sure about the shaky-cam look to it as it doesn't really fit in with Star Trek, but that aside it is well worth a view. There will be a full review (with screen captures) later on this week.
Site Traffic Update
Well, far from getting banned from Google (although this site currently has a Google Page Rank of zero) I've ended up with a traffic increase, but not from T2000. In fact, I've not seen a single hit from their site. No, in a surprisingly ironic twist all my additional traffic has come from Google, to some of my earlier posts. And rather than doubling my traffic, it has nearly quadrupled it! I think there is probably a moral there somewhere.
RetroVaders Updated
In another surprising twist I've released a small update to RetroVaders. This was mainly to add a "deadzone" to the analog joystick routines, but I've also converted the sound and graphics formats to help reduce the file size of the game (for the Windows and Linux versions this has halved the file size). Download it from the usual place.
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Now that I'm feeling back to normal again (or as normal as I get anyway) I'll be looking to mix things up a bit over the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men - Episode 2
I was lucky enough to get an early viewing of the second episode and, I've got to say, I enjoyed it. I'm still not sure about the shaky-cam look to it as it doesn't really fit in with Star Trek, but that aside it is well worth a view. There will be a full review (with screen captures) later on this week.
Site Traffic Update
Well, far from getting banned from Google (although this site currently has a Google Page Rank of zero) I've ended up with a traffic increase, but not from T2000. In fact, I've not seen a single hit from their site. No, in a surprisingly ironic twist all my additional traffic has come from Google, to some of my earlier posts. And rather than doubling my traffic, it has nearly quadrupled it! I think there is probably a moral there somewhere.
RetroVaders Updated
In another surprising twist I've released a small update to RetroVaders. This was mainly to add a "deadzone" to the analog joystick routines, but I've also converted the sound and graphics formats to help reduce the file size of the game (for the Windows and Linux versions this has halved the file size). Download it from the usual place.
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Now that I'm feeling back to normal again (or as normal as I get anyway) I'll be looking to mix things up a bit over the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Keyword Frenzy
Hello.
You may be wondering about the large number of keywords for this post.
Well, there is a reason for that.
I'm trying to see if more keywords means more hits to this entry. Usually I'm fairly frugal about how many labels I add to each post, so I'm curious to see if that strategy is a good one or not.
It is worth noting that the most labels you can have is 20.
The results, as usual, will follow.
P.S. - While you are here why not have a look around - maybe you'll find something you like?
You may be wondering about the large number of keywords for this post.
Well, there is a reason for that.
I'm trying to see if more keywords means more hits to this entry. Usually I'm fairly frugal about how many labels I add to each post, so I'm curious to see if that strategy is a good one or not.
It is worth noting that the most labels you can have is 20.
The results, as usual, will follow.
P.S. - While you are here why not have a look around - maybe you'll find something you like?
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