Comments on: How to Find Your Reader’s Questions and Improve Your Blog http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:34:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Answer a Question - Rediscover Your Blogging Groove Day 2 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1470113 Answer a Question - Rediscover Your Blogging Groove Day 2 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:35:40 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-1470113 [...] update - thanks to Brody for reminding me of a technique to help you find questions to answer - check your blog’s search engine referral statistics to see what keywords people are using to find your blog. You’ll find that many times it is questions that bring them in - and that they’re questions that are ready made topics to write about. I’ve written about how I do this using the 103bees metrics tool previously. [...] [...] update – thanks to Brody for reminding me of a technique to help you find questions to answer – check your blog’s search engine referral statistics to see what keywords people are using to find your blog. You’ll find that many times it is questions that bring them in – and that they’re questions that are ready made topics to write about. I’ve written about how I do this using the 103bees metrics tool previously. [...]

]]> By: No, I Won’t Have Your Baby and Answers to Other Popular Questions » Technology, Blogging and New Media http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-888526 No, I Won’t Have Your Baby and Answers to Other Popular Questions » Technology, Blogging and New Media Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:18:48 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-888526 [...] Several weeks ago, Darren Rowse posted about 103bees which is an interesting service that logs the questions people ask the Googles and Yahoos of the world that result in visitors to your site. Intrigued, I installed the tiny bit of javascript on my blog and have occasionally checked in on it. It’s interesting, though. I could write whole posts providing answers to the questions that land people right here on Technosailor. [...] [...] Several weeks ago, Darren Rowse posted about 103bees which is an interesting service that logs the questions people ask the Googles and Yahoos of the world that result in visitors to your site. Intrigued, I installed the tiny bit of javascript on my blog and have occasionally checked in on it. It’s interesting, though. I could write whole posts providing answers to the questions that land people right here on Technosailor. [...]

]]> By: Kate http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-769511 Kate Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:51:22 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-769511 Hi! I'm the one who searched for "blog ads how much" (just so you know, I had quotes around the "how much" which pushed your site up toward the top of google's results). I spent hours reading your site that day, and now (several days later) I'm back. I hope to start my own blog someday, and although my primary motivation is the love of writing and sharing ideas, it wouldn't hurt to make a few bucks either. Thanks for all the helpful tips! Hi! I’m the one who searched for “blog ads how much” (just so you know, I had quotes around the “how much” which pushed your site up toward the top of google’s results).

I spent hours reading your site that day, and now (several days later) I’m back. I hope to start my own blog someday, and although my primary motivation is the love of writing and sharing ideas, it wouldn’t hurt to make a few bucks either. Thanks for all the helpful tips!

]]> By: Vertel Google wat je al weet | Webcraft webdesign en webdevelopment http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-765264 Vertel Google wat je al weet | Webcraft webdesign en webdevelopment Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:01:02 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-765264 [...] Op zich is dit geen wereldschokkend inzicht. Toch verbaast het me telkens weer hoe dikwijls in websitestatistieken zoektermen opduiken die als vraag geformuleerd zijn. Zozeer zelfs dat er al tools opduiken die je vertellen met welke vragen je bezoekers zitten. Maar de vraag waar het bij zoekmachines toch vooral om draait is: welke woorden zullen er voorkomen in een tekst die de gezochte informatie bevat? Met dat in het achterhoofd vind je waarschijnlijk sneller en meer dan door een vraag letterlijk te formuleren. [...] [...] Op zich is dit geen wereldschokkend inzicht. Toch verbaast het me telkens weer hoe dikwijls in websitestatistieken zoektermen opduiken die als vraag geformuleerd zijn. Zozeer zelfs dat er al tools opduiken die je vertellen met welke vragen je bezoekers zitten. Maar de vraag waar het bij zoekmachines toch vooral om draait is: welke woorden zullen er voorkomen in een tekst die de gezochte informatie bevat? Met dat in het achterhoofd vind je waarschijnlijk sneller en meer dan door een vraag letterlijk te formuleren. [...]

]]> By: Rob Lewis http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-760736 Rob Lewis Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:50:10 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-760736 Another similar tactic that you can use is to track what searches are being made on your own site - I use the search meter plugin: http://www.thunderguy.com/semicolon/wordpress/search-meter-wordpress-plugin/ which shows what people are searching for on my site, and how many pages they found using their term. If the same term comes up regularly but there are no results on my site, then I can fill that gap. Rob. Another similar tactic that you can use is to track what searches are being made on your own site – I use the search meter plugin: http://www.thunderguy.com/semicolon/wordpress/search-meter-wordpress-plugin/ which shows what people are searching for on my site, and how many pages they found using their term.

If the same term comes up regularly but there are no results on my site, then I can fill that gap.

Rob.

]]> By: Weekly Brief http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-760282 Weekly Brief Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:45:40 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-760282 [...] ProBlogger explains how to find questions your visitors have with 103 Bees. It will really work when you have a considerable amount of organic search traffic. [...] [...] ProBlogger explains how to find questions your visitors have with 103 Bees. It will really work when you have a considerable amount of organic search traffic. [...]

]]> By: Markus Merz http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-758126 Markus Merz Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:30:16 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-758126 @Dude: Check out all he other 103bees features. There are loads of deeper SE traffic analysis possibilities around the main areas top landing pages, phrases, keywords, and questions. It would be hard to start describing all possibilities here. @Dude: Check out all he other 103bees features. There are loads of deeper SE traffic analysis possibilities around the main areas top landing pages, phrases, keywords, and questions. It would be hard to start describing all possibilities here.

]]> By: Dude Hyderabadi http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-757633 Dude Hyderabadi Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:51:19 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-757633 Hi Darren, That's a very useful application for sites like yours where ppl want to know things. But if you have stuff online that people still look for but don't exactly search using questions... say review of a new album.. or college admissions.. which other analytics do you think is useful ? Google analytics or Feedburner analytics or 103bees ????? Thank you.... Hi Darren,

That’s a very useful application for sites like yours where ppl want to know things. But if you have stuff online that people still look for but don’t exactly search using questions… say review of a new album.. or college admissions.. which other analytics do you think is useful ? Google analytics or Feedburner analytics or 103bees ?????

Thank you….

]]> By: twins15 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756923 twins15 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:11:45 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756923 Thanks for the link... definitely a nice resource! Thanks for the link… definitely a nice resource!

]]> By: StrangeProgress http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756545 StrangeProgress Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:27:10 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756545 That does look pretty sweet. Making search referral log trawling easier. I think with a bit of tinkering you could get a similar system out of Awstats? Would need a few additions to the core scripts though, so probably easier to use something like 103bees Matt That does look pretty sweet. Making search referral log trawling easier.

I think with a bit of tinkering you could get a similar system out of Awstats? Would need a few additions to the core scripts though, so probably easier to use something like 103bees

Matt

]]> By: MM http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756488 MM Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:52:27 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756488 What is "googe" adsense? What is “googe” adsense?

]]> By: HART (1-800-HART) http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756223 HART (1-800-HART) Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:12:59 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756223 Good Find! Although, I don't think I'll get as many results in 2 days as you did in 2 hours .. I've installed it on my 3 highest traffic blogs, to check it out. Could be interesting! Good Find! Although, I don’t think I’ll get as many results in 2 days as you did in 2 hours .. I’ve installed it on my 3 highest traffic blogs, to check it out. Could be interesting!

]]> By: Deb/Jersey Girl http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756201 Deb/Jersey Girl Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:05:05 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756201 Very cool to see. I like to see what keywords bring people to my site and am always surprised by a few. I love the question idea.... Very cool to see. I like to see what keywords bring people to my site and am always surprised by a few. I love the question idea….

]]> By: David Krug http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-756161 David Krug Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:43:39 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-756161 Darren, This is something similar to what I"m doing over at 901am, with our Ask 901am section. It's all data I'm mining from search results on a couple of blog related sites. :) Darren,
This is something similar to what I”m doing over at 901am, with our Ask 901am section. It’s all data I’m mining from search results on a couple of blog related sites.

:)

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755990 Andy Beard Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755990 If they have found you with those questions in the SERPs, it is most likely you have already answered that question to some extent. Good to know, but maybe what you really need is a special contact form that people can send you questions through, with no specific requirement to an email response. This would be like the AskDatabase, and many marketers use this process to gather material for ebooks. It is one thing I do intend to add to my own blog If they have found you with those questions in the SERPs, it is most likely you have already answered that question to some extent. Good to know, but maybe what you really need is a special contact form that people can send you questions through, with no specific requirement to an email response.

This would be like the AskDatabase, and many marketers use this process to gather material for ebooks.

It is one thing I do intend to add to my own blog

]]> By: Alex Becker http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755929 Alex Becker Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755929 yea this is a good source of content. yea this is a good source of content.

]]> By: Adnan http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755725 Adnan Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:06:52 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755725 That is very cool actually. I havn't got round to checking out 103bees.com but maybe its time to give them a go. That is very cool actually. I havn’t got round to checking out 103bees.com but maybe its time to give them a go.

]]> By: Chris http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755663 Chris Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:27:30 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755663 Darren, the compilation you're missing is actually in the pipeline. A tool will be added that will let you identify the most popular question topics! Darren, the compilation you’re missing is actually in the pipeline. A tool will be added that will let you identify the most popular question topics!

]]> By: ShoeMoney http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755592 ShoeMoney Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:36:10 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755592 Very neat Darren. I have been trying to work in a Q&A from my blog. Thanks! Very neat Darren. I have been trying to work in a Q&A from my blog. Thanks!

]]> By: Ian Robertson http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-755456 Ian Robertson Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/07/how-to-find-your-readers-questions-and-improve-your-blog/#comment-755456 this is usefull, sometimes I'm at a loss to write something and wish that someone would ask a question. This seems to take care of that. this is usefull, sometimes I’m at a loss to write something and wish that someone would ask a question. This seems to take care of that.

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