Getting Subscribers is Easy for a Blog

Apr 302010
 

First, may I say, getting subscribers is not easy. It takes work, regardless if you are managing a blog or not. If you are running a blog, a subscriber count could be the easiest thing to improve though.

When it comes to numbers for this site, I have three major goals that I try to accomplish. I try to get more unique visitors, I look for ways to keep them engaged longer (more pageviews per session), and I try to get more subscribers. I have the goals broken down in easy steps that I believe I can accomplish, and try to keep the three in sync.

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Google Webmaster Tools Adds Graphs

Apr 202010
 

Those of you that use Google Webmaster Tools, good news! They are now graphing top search queries, revealing clickthrough ratios.

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Looking at my old road rage site, MonkeyMeter.com, I found my best keyword was really “road terms”, and not road rage, though I get more hits for road rage type searches. When Google users search road terms, 7 out of 10 of them will visit my site. That’s a number I like to see. Continue reading »

Testing Your Journal

Mar 112010
 

I’m sure many of you have heard of testing a page or layout using two or more different styles. You can mix up the words, layout, anything. It’s commonly referred to as split testing. Many times though, the changes we make to our sites are not done is this fashion. We change the logo, or we change the wording to our tag line. There are all sorts of little things that we do that just don’t get the fair split test. Unless of course, you test your journal. Continue reading »

Did You Get Google Annotations Yet?

Jan 272010
 

Two weeks ago I wrote about how Google is slowly releasing annotations for their Google Analytics. Some of my sites had it, and some did not. Well, it appears all of them have it now. Checking Google’s Analytic blog, I saw no mention of it finalizing it’s release. Continue reading »

Annotations on Google Analytics

Jan 142010
 

It’s killing me!!! A new feature for Google Analytics is rolling out, and though they have given it to me on some of my accounts, they have not given it to me for Best Web Image yet.

Google is now slowly releasing the Annotations feature for their analytics. It allows you to make a comment about a specific date. This is something I have already been practicing using Microsoft’s Outlook Journal. I call it Journal Analytics. Continue reading »

Top Ten Blog Posts for 2009 on BWI

Dec 242009
 

Below are a list of the top blog posts that I wrote this year. Information was gathered using Google Analytics. I felt I needed to mention that I used Google Analytics because the first most popular post on this site for 2009 was bashing Google. I really like them, actually.

The list ranks the top first, and the items in bold, are ones that I personally prefer. Continue reading »

My Goal for 2010 is to Increase Goals

Dec 232009
 

Huh? The goal is to have more goals? You may be thinking this is a stupid idea. I don’t actually want more goals though. My primary goal for 2010 is to have my “goals”, that I defined using Google Analytics, to occur more often. My goal is to increase my goal count.

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I’m sure many of you have Google Analytics running on your site, and already know what a great resource it is. Are you using it to its full potential though? In my most recent post, Your Website is Better than You Think, I mention a potential goal for websites owners. That goal was to get your visitors to do something on your site. Continue reading »

How I Increased Traffic Over the Past Three Months

Dec 162009
 

Since mid 2008, I have made the habit of looking at the last quarter, and comparing that traffic to the previous quarter for this site. What I find is an average growth of 20%. That is especially nice as the numbers continue to get bigger. This quarter is looking like it will pull in a 30% growth rate over the previous quarter, and the main reason for this was not site improvements. It was because I started targeting other sources for traffic. Continue reading »

How Google Analytics Can Reveal Keyword Title Ideas

Dec 142009
 

The title of this post was partially developed by you! You may be asking at this point, why and how? To answer why, I’m trying to write content that my audience seems to like the most. To answer how, well that is what this post is about.

How Google Analytics Can Reveal Keyword Title Ideas

Using Google Analytics, I decided to look at the top content on this site to get some post ideas. I’ve done this before looking at my Feedburner statistics, and what tags are popular on this site. This method is a little unique though. I wasn’t targeting ideas, I was targeting what keywords within the titles were sparking user interest. Continue reading »

Feed Compare – Compare Your Feedburner Numbers

Dec 042009
 

Yesterday I received an email from one of you asking me where the graph came from on my recent post, Get Free Usability and Design Tips by Not Subscribing.

The graph came from FeedCompare.com. All you have to do is type in the Feedburner name into the form, and their you go, a two year history of numbers graphed just for you. Use BestWebImage to give it a try. When you do, make sure you look at the two year view. You can see why I am such a huge fan of my new method for getting “subscribers”. Continue reading »

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