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How to Get Depressed

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Do you want to become depressed? Or at the least, disillusioned?

Read other peoples statistics. That is probably one of the easiest ways. I check my stats daily (a few times, OK?) as I’m sure most of you do. I don’t usually give any numbers if I’m writing about them, I normally use percentages to demonstrate trends or fluctuations.

I read 2 different posts by different Bloggers today, one has been blogging for a few years, the other less than a month. Both have numbers that I would die for.

The one who has been around for a while has feed subscribers in the thousands, and I’m quite sure they are loyal and the number of readers is in the thousands daily. I’m hoping that if I’m still around the same amount of time, I will have such good numbers.

The one that depresses me is the latter of the two. He’s been around for less than a month, and he has (according to him) numbers that would put him on the “B” list at least. The numbers he is giving are astounding if true. He seems to get as many visits a day as I get in 4 or 5.

I’ve been around for a little over seven months. As far as I know, my content isn’t all that bad, and I do all the pinging and SEO and linking to others as much as anyone. I just don’t seem to be getting the results that others seem to be getting.

It is possible that my niche is that much more restricted than theirs? I’m sure there are more than just a couple of hundred people a week looking to work at home. Maybe, I lost my direction and drifted to far from topic. Possibly I’m just not knowledgeable enough on the subject.

What do you think I need to work on? How can I improve my standing? My statistics?

May 31st, 2006 at 11:58am | Posted by Joe | Attitude | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

The Value of Links

Why is it good to get a little leak from a major blog?

Do you really need an answer?

The other day I submitted a post for inclusion in Darren’s (ProBlogger.net) writing project on Habit’s of Highly Effective Bloggers*. He included a link to my post along with about 80 something others.

The link was shown on Saturday and my Unique Hits went up 50% and Page Views up 100% for the day. That shows not only the effect of having good solid links to other blogs, but that a good referral will allow more people to browse through your site.

The more exposure you get on other blogs increases the likelihood that you will get more visits and possibly more return visits if they like what they see. This is one reason I am such a big proponent of LLV, if you leak a link to someone else, they most likely will do the same for you.

What Comes Around, Goes Around… One Good Turn Deserves Another… What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander… Tit for Tat… (add your cliche here…)

Don’t forget Blog-Tipping Day, June 1.

In Looking up the links, I found a referral on Darren’s blog to The Retrospector** who compiled a list of the most popular habits. Some interesting results.

Related Articles:
* Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers (ProBlogger.net)
** The 50 Habits of Highly Effective Blogging (The Retrospector)
My Contribution to the Highly Effective Blogger Project

May 30th, 2006 at 09:58am | Posted by Joe | Linking | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Memorial Day… Never Forget

Remember…

May 29th, 2006 at 09:43am | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Holiday | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post