Comments on: Introduction to Advertising Optimization – Traffic

By: Mack

Mack — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:40:12 +0000

I just wanted to first start off by thanking you for this series. I know that I haven’t been to your site in a while, because the last time I checked it was a long time ago when you had the tan layout, and so now that I have more time to focus on developing my blog I fear it’s went in the wrong direction. So I’m doing my best to make sure that I start over, without starting over if you know what you mean. I’ve lost a few readers because I haven’t been able to focus, and that’s hard when you’re life’s taking a toll, so I’m glad I have friends and family to support me now.

If you have any advice that you could offer a college student it would be greatly appreciated as I’ve always valued your opinion, and your writing style.

By: Yong Kiong

Yong Kiong — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:07:10 +0000

I totally agree with you. It is almost pointless to have all the advertisements you think will make you money on your site or blog when traffic coming to it is not even worth mentioning. I have first hand experience since i placed my ads in 1st before i go into how to generate traffic to the site. It is relative, more traffic = more clicks on ads. Simple as that.

By: MisterSteve

MisterSteve — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:20:36 +0000

Excellent post, excellent blog. I have been following you since I started and I have kept a record of all the methods I have used at http://money-man.blogspot.com/ Basically everything I learned here :P

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By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:45:40 +0000

amin b nagpure - there are two links in the above post to some traffic building strategies (here and here)

By: amin b nagpure

amin b nagpure — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:32:26 +0000

your tutorials were not useful.

you haven’t said about any methods to increase traffic

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By: Pascal

Pascal — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:22:23 +0000

Darren, thank you for your continued effort! Much appreciated. Are you also going to cover the quantity of ads, or maybe the ratio of ads to content (real estate used, or words)?

By: John Hood

John Hood — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:22:49 +0000

To quote the maxim – content is king. Any earnings from affiliate links is the proverbial icing on the cake!

By: Dale Estes

Dale Estes — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:33:45 +0000

Yes you can have the best looking site in the world but with out traffic it will not generate any income.Traffic is the number 1 challange if you are trying to have a income from blogging.I have talked to many folks and all they talk about “I can become rich from throwing a blog together”.LOL

By: Pat Ashley

Pat Ashley — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:09:50 +0000

Absoulutely correct, Darren. Without traffic, nothing else matters. In my opinion traffic can only be generated by content with quality, AND freshness. You may have a website with a lot of quality writing, but if it hasn’t been updated in six months, you can expect traffic to go downhill after a while – not to mention Google ranking. It all comes down to (for me) quality content, and consistent freshness – which is exactly what you do!

Yes, one could generate traffic by artifical means, such as advertising, but getting people to come back time after time means having something there people want – quality content.

By: dbs

dbs — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:09:44 +0000

And do you really want the topic of your post “Blogging for beginners” – which sounds like an interesting thread and section – just to be a link to your graphic? :)

Proofreading and keeping flow on the site is critical to a successful site, ya know *ducks, running*

By: raising4boys.com

raising4boys.com — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:00:44 +0000

Yeah, all the perfect ad positioning in the worl dwon’t help if you don’t have any visitors to click on your ads. The nice thing is that, once you’ve created a successful site, the whole ‘building a user-friendly interface’ thing is done, and you can just build on it (or modify it) for subsequent sites.

By: theladderproject

theladderproject — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:46:34 +0000

Gaining More Blog Readers Using 10 Helpful Weblog Tips

So I know I haven’t posted recently as I have been busy with the site’s new design and quite frankly,…

By: katiebird

katiebird — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:35:16 +0000

I think I’m at an even earlier stage. I’m just starting my 3rd month as a blogger. And my low but steady traffic level is just fine.

Last week I finalized a design I like. I still have to develop a FAQ to help explain policies (comments by registered users only). I’m still getting used to writing posts regularly and I’m not real consistent about afternoon/evening posting. And I think I’ll be a bit more confident about it all once some of those things are sorted out.

I’m really enjoying the process. And while I know a lot of people are ready to move on, this series is just perfect for me.

Thank you.