Comments on: Houston This Blogger Has a Problem http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:25:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tiffany Silvers http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Tiffany Silvers Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:53:07 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-1535 This is an interesting topic that I have not read a lot about. It'll be interesting to see and hear more about this from you and other bloggers. I'm kind of interested in what I should do if this would happen to my blog. This is an interesting topic that I have not read a lot about. It’ll be interesting to see and hear more about this from you and other bloggers. I’m kind of interested in what I should do if this would happen to my blog.

]]> By: James http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 James Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:46:45 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-1297 What was the average time people spent on your site? What benefit do you derive from people staying on your blog longer? I suppose that the more important metric would be how many of these visitors become *repeat* visitors. What was the average time people spent on your site? What benefit do you derive from people staying on your blog longer? I suppose that the more important metric would be how many of these visitors become *repeat* visitors.

]]> By: Chelle http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Chelle Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:05:24 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-1292 I think the more content you build up the better - and where the visitors come from matter too - I think for a blog to make money search engine traffic is very critical. Sites like SU don't really bring the targeted visitors - just curious ones :) <abbr><em>Chelles last blog post..<a href="http://www.itmightbelove.com/2008/09/18/5-ways-to-change-someone/" rel="nofollow">5 Ways to Change Someone</a></em></abbr> I think the more content you build up the better – and where the visitors come from matter too – I think for a blog to make money search engine traffic is very critical. Sites like SU don’t really bring the targeted visitors – just curious ones :)

Chelles last blog post..5 Ways to Change Someone

]]> By: Max Miroff http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Max Miroff Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:27:02 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-185 "My unique visitors was more than my page views the past week." ^^^^ = physically impossible, just to let you know ;) Unique people can't visit a site but not contribute to pageviews, so they would at least have to be equal. “My unique visitors was more than my page views the past week.”

^^^^ = physically impossible, just to let you know ;)

Unique people can’t visit a site but not contribute to pageviews, so they would at least have to be equal.

]]> By: onlinetreason http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-180 onlinetreason Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:23:35 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-180 Writer Dad- I know what you mean. I get a lot of stumble upon traffic but none of it ever stays. I'm actually getting a lot more traffic from twitter since I have figured it out even better. I'll make sure to post on it in the coming days. Jason-I loved your comment. It is always good to learn off other blogs so that you can use what you learned on your main one. Your balance rate is actually looking pretty good so in no time you shouldn't have them on a problem with that. Thanks for being part of this blog. Writer Dad- I know what you mean. I get a lot of stumble upon traffic but none of it ever stays. I’m actually getting a lot more traffic from twitter since I have figured it out even better. I’ll make sure to post on it in the coming days.

Jason-I loved your comment. It is always good to learn off other blogs so that you can use what you learned on your main one. Your balance rate is actually looking pretty good so in no time you shouldn’t have them on a problem with that. Thanks for being part of this blog.

]]> By: Houston This Blogger Has a Problem http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Houston This Blogger Has a Problem Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:23:33 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-147 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...] [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> By: Jason http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Jason Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:21:13 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-144 With two of my blogs I used to get hits that would then quickly run off. After a while I started to write not only better articles and more of them, but I also wrote better titles. I'm not sure, but I am guessing that this has a lot to do with it. I also keep my sidebar fairly clean and the popular links clearly visible. I'm now down to a 57% and 64% bounce rate on the two sites. Not great, but better than the 80-90% I was seeing. My third blog is another story. The first two blogs are things I am learning about (sustainability and teaching). Sustainability is important to me, but I've never pretended to be an expert. I'm learning a lot, but my lack of expertise comes across in the posts. I still get more traffic to this site than my other two combined and more repeat users as well. Teaching is also important to me. It is my second career, but I will not finish school till next year, so I don't have the expertise there either. My third blog though, is a technology blog. It is only about a month and a half old. My first career was as a tech and later some programming. I now do freelance stuff to help pay my way through my masters program. I worked in the industry for more than a decade. I know what I'm talking about a lot more often and I am sure that shows. I had one stumble that I stumbled myself, got 2000+ hits off of it and <30% bounce rate. It was a well written article with a good title, a good catch paragraph, and it happened to be about stumble upon, so it was ripe for that site. I get an average of 43% bounce rate on it in the last month. Unfortunately, I also don't seem to have as many repeat visitors as I'd like, but I think that a major reason for this is that it is so new. I'm sure that as time goes on and people learn more about it, that my repeat traffic to this site will increase. And I am also sure that the traffic in general will out perform my other sites. I'm not sure why your visitors are not sticking around. You seem to know what you are talking about. Perhaps it is because you have the entire blog on your front page. I find that when users don't bounce that they go to my front page and no where else. I also have the entire entry on my front page. I've considered putting teasers on the front page, trying to push people further into the site, but I'm worried that they would then just leave because they can't stay on one page. My plan is to have other areas of the site for them to explore and other tools for them to use. I just have to develop them in all my available free time. Speaking of time. I've spent a lot of time on this site. I was just going to check my email and then write a couple entries, when I saw a message from you on entrecard and thought I'd stop in to say hi. Now I need to go and write a blog on my own site ;) With two of my blogs I used to get hits that would then quickly run off. After a while I started to write not only better articles and more of them, but I also wrote better titles. I’m not sure, but I am guessing that this has a lot to do with it. I also keep my sidebar fairly clean and the popular links clearly visible. I’m now down to a 57% and 64% bounce rate on the two sites. Not great, but better than the 80-90% I was seeing.

My third blog is another story. The first two blogs are things I am learning about (sustainability and teaching). Sustainability is important to me, but I’ve never pretended to be an expert. I’m learning a lot, but my lack of expertise comes across in the posts. I still get more traffic to this site than my other two combined and more repeat users as well.

Teaching is also important to me. It is my second career, but I will not finish school till next year, so I don’t have the expertise there either.

My third blog though, is a technology blog. It is only about a month and a half old. My first career was as a tech and later some programming. I now do freelance stuff to help pay my way through my masters program. I worked in the industry for more than a decade. I know what I’m talking about a lot more often and I am sure that shows. I had one stumble that I stumbled myself, got 2000+ hits off of it and <30% bounce rate. It was a well written article with a good title, a good catch paragraph, and it happened to be about stumble upon, so it was ripe for that site. I get an average of 43% bounce rate on it in the last month.

Unfortunately, I also don’t seem to have as many repeat visitors as I’d like, but I think that a major reason for this is that it is so new. I’m sure that as time goes on and people learn more about it, that my repeat traffic to this site will increase. And I am also sure that the traffic in general will out perform my other sites.

I’m not sure why your visitors are not sticking around. You seem to know what you are talking about. Perhaps it is because you have the entire blog on your front page. I find that when users don’t bounce that they go to my front page and no where else. I also have the entire entry on my front page. I’ve considered putting teasers on the front page, trying to push people further into the site, but I’m worried that they would then just leave because they can’t stay on one page. My plan is to have other areas of the site for them to explore and other tools for them to use. I just have to develop them in all my available free time.

Speaking of time. I’ve spent a lot of time on this site. I was just going to check my email and then write a couple entries, when I saw a message from you on entrecard and thought I’d stop in to say hi. Now I need to go and write a blog on my own site ;)

]]> By: Writer Dad http://franklinbishop.net/houston-this-blogger-has-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Writer Dad Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:53:18 +0000 http://franklinbishop.net/?p=44#comment-130 This happens to me with all my stumbleupon traffic. I too have to figure it out, or resign myself that it's the nature of the beast. The average time spent on my site is over five minutes, with multiple page views. StumbleUpon? I'm lucky if I get a second. This happens to me with all my stumbleupon traffic. I too have to figure it out, or resign myself that it’s the nature of the beast. The average time spent on my site is over five minutes, with multiple page views. StumbleUpon? I’m lucky if I get a second.

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