Comments on: An Interview (with Me) on Getting ‘Fast Traffic’ to a Blog

By: Sean Davis

Sean Davis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:10:26 +0000

You would think that by the time a blogger was able to interview someone like you (Darren) that they would already understand this process.

I haven’t been blogging for very long but it took all of like 2 days to realize that this wasn’t going to be a fast process. I am currently reading your 31DBBB eBook and I was just studying some of the other blogs in my niche. There were blogs that I saved, subscribed to, or immediately dismissed. I later found that absolutely every one that I saved had posts dating back to May of 2006 or earlier.

Whoever did this interview is trying to sell something to their readers. They know that people want results with no effort… so they thought they would come to you and get some goodies to take back and sell… like it was the next big thing.

I’m extremely happy to hear that “broken record.” I couldn’t imagine better answers than the ones you gave.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:49:38 +0000

Completely agree with the long term view and that to be succesful you need to add value.

By: neon

neon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:39:06 +0000

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By: C.A. Simmons

C.A. Simmons — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:22:08 +0000

Darren, you’ve finally done it. I’ve been following you for a long time and it hit me with this post. Like so many others, I’ve been looking for a “fast” way to generate traffic to my site but when I think about it.I notice that no matter how much I follow the trends I get all my hits to my best content.

Hmmm… I have planning to do.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:55:34 +0000

Given the line of questioning I’m so surprised the interviewer found he couldn’t use your answers. So. Not.

I appreciate the honestly and straight-shooting here.

By: Inchirieri Masini

Inchirieri Masini — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:01:48 +0000

I like this idea. I will recommend this article to my friends. Thank you

By: Curtis

Curtis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:48:31 +0000

Thanks for posting this; I enjoyed it.

But man, you were right. It sounds like the interviewer was only interested in doing research for how to get rich quick blogging.

You had great responses!

By: DanoSongs

DanoSongs — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:07:28 +0000

I have to disagree, if you write a blog post with keyword competition with no competition because of your blog PR, you can get a number 1 spot in Google as soon as the post is indexed. This can increase traffic as soon as the post is indexed.

Dan-O
http://www.danosongs.com

By: BVM

BVM — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:08:23 +0000

hi there do you know what kind of social marking that i need to gain more traffic visitor into my web page, ???

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:37:54 +0000

Great post, it really helped answer my questions. I am a 15year old blogger that started blogging some 1 month ago. I am not getting any search engine traffic but this article really motivated me. I will keep trying until one day I make money from it.
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Mohammad Afaq
http://afaqtrafficblog.blogspot.com

By: Sas

Sas — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:34:26 +0000

This blog is the perfect example of doing it consistently with a steady pace. Blogging can have a different meaning for different people. Ideally it should be an interaction and engagement with the reader.

By: seth

seth — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:34:20 +0000

Fast traffic is right! 6 months, a year that is fast traffic if you want it to be quality! I’m in the starting stages of my blog about blogging tips for political bloggers. I don’t want to saturate the blogosphere yet with links and social media sites until I know that I have tons of quality content. This way when they do come it will be targeted and hopefully the visitors will return. Long-term is the only way you can think about blogging successfully. Thanks for the thoughts… You were right about the interviewer not really getting the point!

By: joshi daniel

joshi daniel — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:51:40 +0000

Hi Darren,

this is a great post.

By: Shaun Rosenberg

Shaun Rosenberg — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:31:49 +0000

Great Post.

It seems like your interview wasn’t hyped up enough to be in that book, but what you said was so true,

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:58:43 +0000

Youtube is the fastest way to get free traffic…trust me on this!

By: Max Answer Analyst Video

Max Answer Analyst Video — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:50:31 +0000

Speed kills. Lack of persistance kills even more. Thanks for the encouragement on just putting up good content and becoming part of the internet community.

Max

By: JGaynard

JGaynard — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:29:24 +0000

Darren, thanks for the valuable self-interview.

I can see why the person who put you to so much trouble may not have wanted to use it. “Slow and steady wins the race” isn’t a palatable message to a writer who wishes to make fast money out of the nirvana of “fast traffic to a blog”. The presentation of the two mindsets, his or hers and yours, reminded me of Guy Claxton’s book “Hare Brain Tortoise Mind”.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:47:39 +0000

I completely agree with what you’ve said. It’s similar to my response when asked about website SEO. Content, content, content. If you don’t have good content (and changing content), you will never be ranked well and visitors will have no reason to return to your site. No fast-acting marketing scheme will get (and keep) visitors to your site if you don’t have anything worth reading!

By: Jez

Jez — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0000

It is possible to get sustained traffic fast, my blog/forum at sammynetbook.com picked up to 2000 U/Vs a day in month one and has now grown to around 4000 a day 3 months later from a standing start.

The secret in my opinion? Being at the right place at the right time. It didn’t take any particular great effort on my part, it was just a subject that hadn’t been covered and there was a demand for it.

It didn’t hurt that I also loved building the site and enjoyed chatting to every new member – it’s been a lot of fun :)

By: Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:19:50 +0000

Joy of joys. I wish other so called blogging experts will read this interview and stop trying to pull the wool over our eyes with this whole ‘fast track to success’ garbage. Any business takes time to develop and an online business is no different so thank you for stating the truth and the reality.