Comments on: Characteristics of Traffic Generating Posts

By: gendut

gendut — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:57:19 +0000

thanks for great eavaluation about traffic generation…. I see the progress in the grafik

By: Papa Razzi

Papa Razzi — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:41:46 +0000

I tried a list piller content post a few days ago, I think I did a pretty good job at it. Then I joined two reasonably big photographer net working websites and posted 2 blogs and 2 forum posts in the sites about the life of a photographer paparazzi with links back to the list blog post in my profile. I did get a surge in page views that lasted about 3 days but it went back down. I need a bigger archive maybe.

Still a baby paparazzi blog.

By: Millard

Millard — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:13:53 +0000

I finally got around to joining Twitter today. Thanks for the advice.

http://twitter.com/millclar

By: Robby G

Robby G — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:16:05 +0000

Impressive traffic. That’s what I want for Christmas. Wake up on Christmas morning and see my traffic hit the 8,000 mark!

Cheers!

By: Jendi

Jendi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:06:58 +0000

Question:
I had a stat graph like you showed in this post when I used wordpress.com. Now I use self-hosted WP.

Is there a way to use their stats? A plug-in?

Thanks for your help.
I can be contacted on Twitter @jendisjournal.

By: Dee Langdon - BloggerNewbie

Dee Langdon - BloggerNewbie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:58:30 +0000

Yes, everyone likes controversy, for every one commenter there were probably ten readers that just wanted to watch the shock!

By: Millard

Millard — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:40 +0000

Darren,

I really appreciate your post(s). This post will help a lot of people, especially me, and you are most kind to put in the effort.

By: mark_hayward

mark_hayward — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:36:25 +0000

hey Darren – interesting observations and thank you for making the stats data available as I was wondering how the post did.

As you noted, it was NEVER my intention to be controversial. In fact, I was shocked when I finally came back to the connected world after the weekend and fournd there were so many comments….

Funny, because I do everything in my power to avoid confrontation, but it does go to show you the “power” of the list.

By: Surender

Surender — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:14 +0000

Thanks dareen.
I have same story.
I will not mention the accurate day but want to tell.I posted 1 article on my blog and put some back links.After 2 hours i was surprised to found that 890 visitors are came from only 1 link.And 23 Email readers registered on my blog that time.
But this happened due to backlinks.

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0000

I have some great idea for a blog post and now the idea for “10 must follow people” combined to write one great post.

By: Craig Hitchens

Craig Hitchens — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:25:04 +0000

As a blogger myself I am very grateful for this insight you have here…has helped me a lot. Also I understand the importance of gaining quality oneway links for SEO etc. With this in mind I have created a bloggers link directory where you can get a permanent oneway backlink with 3 deep links as well. The directory is mainly aimed at bloggers but if you have a blog attached to your website or you have regularly updated content then that is ok too if you want to list in it.
Cost is minimal for now as the directory is new so jump in while it is cheap, just click on the link in my post. Just like to say thansk Darren for offering such a great analysis of the above case and it has helped me immensely. I hope my directory is able to help out some fellow bloggers!
Cheers.
Craig.

By: Aurelius Tjin

Aurelius Tjin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:17:31 +0000

Thanks for another wonderful post, Darren. I could indeed use a prepping up of my post to gain more traffic and beef up my blog’s PR. :)

By: uwak

uwak — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:53:54 +0000

great evaluation darren…………you have good analysis…!

By: Josh Self

Josh Self — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:51:24 +0000

Yea, I got alot of great ideas for my own Top 10 list from these posts over the weekend. Good job!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:49:33 +0000

Has anyone promoted there blog with adwords. Im think of doing that you can get some cheep clicks like 0.01 to .05 which is great for my blog and not much if your willing to promote your blog. Anyone please.

By: David Risley

David Risley — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:46:55 +0000

Very interesting. I think an important element to the popularity of that post is because it speaks to the human inclination to compete, rank and file. I’ve been seeing sites out there that rank Twitter users, assign values to your Twitter account, and all numbers of things. So, a post which lists the top Twitter users is bound to get attention. And, sure, its also going to be controversial.

The post is good because it sets a spark to the gas can which is normal human inclination.

Just my theory. ;-)

By: Tim Bowden

Tim Bowden — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:16 +0000

Since Friday I have noticed a huge drop in the number of visitors to my sites which is a little worrying, but has spurred me on to write a few more posts to publish throughout the week. I to have experienced the ‘list-post’ effect when I published one just a few weeks ago. It became my most popular post from day 2 of its publication and has remained there ever since. I must think of more……and quickly!!

By: Blog Help

Blog Help — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:12:49 +0000

Awesome post. I love using top 10 lists because they are easy to follow and people love reading them.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:33:14 +0000

Thanks for the tips, I’ll be sure to employ them in the future!

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:32:27 +0000

Darren, another great post. Thanks for sharing these tips, I’ll be sure to employ them in my future post.