Comments on: Four Weeks Of Blogging http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: empaboopten http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-89273 empaboopten Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:41:36 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-89273 <p>Good day! Check out a marvelous search engine – <b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/var/www/html/links.php</b> on line <b>17</b> P.S. Yahoo – everything will be found! Google: nothing was really lost…</p> <p>See you!</p> Good day! Check out a marvelous search engine – Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/links.php on line 17 P.S. Yahoo – everything will be found! Google: nothing was really lost…

See you!

]]> By: Dan Seitz http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-82 Dan Seitz Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:30:42 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-82 <p>1) Hey, you can always count on me to reply with a long-winded comment on your console posts! That should be reward enough. ;-)</p> <p>2) Happy to bounce some traffic your way.</p> 1) Hey, you can always count on me to reply with a long-winded comment on your console posts! That should be reward enough. ;-)

2) Happy to bounce some traffic your way.

]]> By: Kourtney Moore http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-79 Kourtney Moore Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:45:02 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-79 <p>I found this post to be both helpful and encouraging. (And so you know, I found this through Google.)</p> I found this post to be both helpful and encouraging. (And so you know, I found this through Google.)

]]> By: Lyndon Antcliff http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-76 Lyndon Antcliff Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:55:30 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-76 <p>How do you eat an Elephant?</p> <p>One bite at a time.</p> How do you eat an Elephant?

One bite at a time.

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-75 Robert 'Groby' Blum Fri, 23 Dec 2005 01:18:53 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-75 <p>I think that having a back catalogue of data certainly makes search more important. I started pretty much from scratch, with a total of 6 articles posted before, so Google hasn't been to keen on indexing me.</p> <p>Even then, most of the topics I write about are really well covered - so most of the time, I'm not exactly #1 on the results.. Part of 2006 is focussing this blog on a particular topic. I'm simply spread out too much to get consistent hits.</p> <p>And yes, problogger helped immensely - for a few hours I've been seeing about 6 times regular traffic. It's going to be interesting to see when it tapers off to normal levels. If it follows the same pattern as stevepavlina.com and googlemapsmania.com, it will be a couple of weeks before he's completely vanished from the referrer list.</p> I think that having a back catalogue of data certainly makes search more important. I started pretty much from scratch, with a total of 6 articles posted before, so Google hasn’t been to keen on indexing me.

Even then, most of the topics I write about are really well covered – so most of the time, I’m not exactly #1 on the results.. Part of 2006 is focussing this blog on a particular topic. I’m simply spread out too much to get consistent hits.

And yes, problogger helped immensely – for a few hours I’ve been seeing about 6 times regular traffic. It’s going to be interesting to see when it tapers off to normal levels. If it follows the same pattern as stevepavlina.com and googlemapsmania.com, it will be a couple of weeks before he’s completely vanished from the referrer list.

]]> By: Stuart Robertson http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-74 Stuart Robertson Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:56:48 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-74 <p>After a long period of neglect I've been updating my blog on a more regular basis and keeping a closer eye on my stats. I noticed that most of my traffic is from search engines -- from the <a href="http://www.designmeme.com/articles/" rel="nofollow">CSS articles</a> I published from 2002 to 2004. You're running WordPress -- so you might want to look at the Google Maps plugin.</p> <p>I'm sure the link from problogger will help your traffic too. :-)</p> After a long period of neglect I’ve been updating my blog on a more regular basis and keeping a closer eye on my stats. I noticed that most of my traffic is from search engines — from the CSS articles I published from 2002 to 2004. You’re running WordPress — so you might want to look at the Google Maps plugin.

I’m sure the link from problogger will help your traffic too. :-)

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-72 Robert 'Groby' Blum Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:16:56 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-72 <p>Siel, Michael: Thanks for your encouraging words. I'll definitely keep at it. Lots of plans for the next year. Hopefully, somebody will consider them quality content ;)</p> <p>Have a merry Christmas, and happy holidays!</p> Siel, Michael: Thanks for your encouraging words. I’ll definitely keep at it. Lots of plans for the next year. Hopefully, somebody will consider them quality content ;)

Have a merry Christmas, and happy holidays!

]]> By: Michael G. Richard http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-71 Michael G. Richard Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:04:53 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-71 <p>As others much wiser than I have said, content is king.</p> <p>Just keep producing good content, do it consistently and write with personality, and if you keep at it long enough, people will come.</p> As others much wiser than I have said, content is king.

Just keep producing good content, do it consistently and write with personality, and if you keep at it long enough, people will come.

]]> By: A Story about the Importance of Checking your Blog’s Stats: Blog Tips at ProBlogger http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-70 A Story about the Importance of Checking your Blog’s Stats: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:50:57 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-70 <p>[...] obert Blum emailed me this morning to let me know of a post he’d just written titled Four Weeks [...]</p> [...] obert Blum emailed me this morning to let me know of a post he’d just written titled Four Weeks [...]

]]> By: green LA girl http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/four-weeks-of-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-69 green LA girl Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2005/12/22/#comment-69 <p>Well, congrats on the decision :) And welcome to serious blogging! Glad I'm sending some traffic your way!</p> Well, congrats on the decision :) And welcome to serious blogging! Glad I’m sending some traffic your way!

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