Comments on: Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine Shares a Popular Post Case Study

By: Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware

Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:20:18 +0000

This is a very inspiring interview. I am quite surprised that they spend over 25 hours on each post. This explains how each of their post is of such a high quality.

By: umar

umar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:11:44 +0000

Yes you nicely described the way of effective ranking in google

By: Pete | The Tango Notebook

Pete | The Tango Notebook — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:18:15 +0000

I’m amazed that Smashing spends 25 hours+ per post! I was told to only post 2-3 times per week. Can you shed some light on this?

Thanks :)

By: jennifer888

jennifer888 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:19:42 +0000

Social Shipping is a wonderful idea! Americans, and citizens of other developed nations, need more opportunities to share their individual wealth across the globe.

By: bluetooth adapter

bluetooth adapter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:03:33 +0000

This is great! I’ve been religiously reading Smashing Magazine the past year and they are indeed a success story, one that certainly deserves a spot in your series.

By: Reza Winandar

Reza Winandar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:10:11 +0000

That’s makes sense, oldman said, “Content is the king”.

By: kav key

kav key — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:25:28 +0000

Content always give you the benefits, if it is original.

By: Viral Marketing

Viral Marketing — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:41:23 +0000

This is very interesting information. Especially the bit about where the traffic comes from. People tend to look for results from Google all the time, by building links etc, forgetting that the places that give you the links are also sources of traffic as well. Ezine articles and a couple of the other big article sites also perform a good duel function for me as well.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:39:15 +0000

Great post. In addition to great content, knowing and focusing on your core subject matter is key. Too often bloggers (I’m guilty as well) steer off the path of their expertise. Although the post may be well written, people come to your respective sites for xyz material. Define your site niche and focus, focus.

By: Ii

Ii — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:00 +0000

I love these interview posts, always quite interesting to see what works.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:46:08 +0000

Content is the king, that is it, and our problem is how to get great articles.

By: make money online no scams

make money online no scams — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:56:22 +0000

I really like the third answer about letting the content bringing in the traffic rather than trying to push it up through diggs, tweets, ect. Anyway excellent post very informative.

By: Andi | Web Marketer Depot

Andi | Web Marketer Depot — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:57:55 +0000

I still don’t get why you call it social shipping…? Is it just because you give free shipping to US and Germany?

Anyway, can’t wait for the Smashing Book. Already enjoyed your blog for almost a year now so I have a very high hopes for the book.

By: Diabetis

Diabetis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:55:48 +0000

I got a blog post that is bringing my old blog a lot of traffic.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:47:31 +0000

Very interesting interview. It just goes to show how important the quality of any blog post is. They make take a long time to put together, but the longevity they experience makes it worthwhile.

By: SeoNext

SeoNext — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:11:53 +0000

This is really an amazing interview.I think most of the traffic mainly comes from from search results.There are so many tools online to search the keywords.You can also use pain keyword research tool.Really an informative post.Thanks for sharing.

By: Carl Coddington

Carl Coddington — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:09:52 +0000

I only know of Smashing Magazine for their Top AdSense WordPress themes. I didn’t realize they posted regularly.

By: Frederick Townes

Frederick Townes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:05:09 +0000

Nice interview. Very crisp. I hope the next in the series will have a just a few more pointed questions. :) Oh and i have some space cleared on my shelf for the smashing book!

By: Alex Lim

Alex Lim — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:12:46 +0000

I can see that lots of people are very much overwhelmed with self-promotion activity via social media, leaving “quality” unattended. There are a lot of discussions about how significant social media is, indeed it is, but not as vital as “quality post” is. I think what people should focus on, is how they will get loyal visitors that will last long and not a temporary glimpse of attention. I can’t agree more to this passage, “Deliver quality and you’ll be rewarded with good reputation and good traffic”. Glad to read this post. Thanks!

By: needmoney.com

needmoney.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:06:02 +0000

1000000 unique views. So awesome. *daydreams*