Written on November 18th, 2008 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse

Search, Social and Direct Traffic - [TRAFFIC ANALYSIS]

Blog Promotion, Case Studies, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media 70 comments

This morning I spent a little time doing some analysis (using Google Analytics) of the traffic coming into my main blog - Digital Photography School.
My analysis was stimulated by a question from a reader who in response to last week’s two posts examining the place of Digg and Social Bookmarkingin a bloggers priorities asked me:
What […]

Written on November 13th, 2008 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse

Why Bloggers Should Consider Social Bookmarking Sites Like Digg

Blog Promotion, Social Media 55 comments

Earlier in the week I published a post titled Skip Digg: Not All Traffic is Created Equal. In that post I mentioned that I’d follow up the post with some arguements FOR using Digg by a top Digg user. Today social media expert Muhammad Saleem tackles that very topic.
You will probably be surprised to read […]

Written on September 19th, 2008 at 12:09 am by Skellie

What is the Real Value of a Social Media Visitor?

Social Media 47 comments

Skellie wrote this post. She writes plenty more advanced blogging tips and strategies at Skelliewag.org. You can also get to know Skellie on Twitter.

Bloggers are fiercely divided when it comes to deciding the value of social media traffic.
Some crave it or even become addicted to it, writing every post with an aim to hit the […]

Written on August 28th, 2008 at 06:08 am by Darren Rowse

A Downside of Getting to the Front Page of Digg

Search Engine Optimization, Social Media 54 comments

The Holy Grail of incoming links for many bloggers is an appearance on the front page of Digg. It has the potential to send tens of thousands of visitors and bring about a lot of secondary links from other sites who see it.
However the downside of a site the power of Digg linking to one […]

Written on August 9th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

How To Get to the Front Page of Digg - 6 Ingredients of a Successful Digg Campaign

Social Media 48 comments

“How do I increase the chances of getting a blog post to the front page of Digg?”

I’ve had questions about getting to the front page of Digg many times in the last few weeks so thought I’d put together a guide with a process for doing it. By no means is this something that will […]