I’ve been writing the Traffic Growth series for ten weeks now. The first question was “How much traffic can I get through viral methods?”. The answer to that is “a lot more than before”. I’ve demonstrated that it doesn’t take a huge amount of work. I’ve shown that actively socially networking, and providing decent content, [...]
Less big social networking site spikes means less traffic. But it means more valuable traffic. And it means a better opportunity to analyse the traffic. The value of blog commenting continues to develop. And the traffic potential of Friendfeed is also clear.
Referral traffic is approximately 75% of the site’s total on a normal week. Even [...]
This was supposed to be a more active week both blogging and networking. Then the computer needed a reformat. And then the external hard drive with all my backups died. So I pretty much lost everything and have spent the last three days trying to piece back together as much as I could. It’s been [...]
Survived a long flight, recovering from jet-lag, but reasonably pleased at the way that traffic numbers have held up. It’s clear that content remains king when it comes to blogging. That audience, even if small, can keep things ticking over even when I’m not actively social networking myself.
An established audience of regulars, even if small, [...]
Slightly later update on traffic growth as I’m travelling in the US at the moment. Overall figures have been high over the past week, heavily impacted by StumbleUpon. The commenting strategy I outlined last week has also had impact.
It’s been far and away the busiest week in pure numbers. That’s largely due to consistent [...]
It’s been a busy week, with the move to WordPress, a complete redesign, and consistent posting. It offers a good comparison to last week’s analysis of a low activity week. Traffic from both social media sites and general flow is up, and a landmark on Sunday with the first 1,000 visitor day, but bounce rates [...]
