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The Importance of Natural Traffic

February 6th, 2008

In the domaining industry, we have a commonly used term called natural traffic, which is basically defined as traffic to the domain from people typing the address directly into their web browser. Bloggers will often refer to this direct traffic.
I think that as bloggers and veterans of the internet, we often forget that not everyone uses a feed [...]

Determine Your Website’s Value with DNScoop

February 4th, 2008

Blogging

Ever wondered about the value of your website? We’ve learned about the tremendous value a domain can hold, but a domain with an established website can hold even more value.
If you had a potential buyer for your website and were trying to determine the value, the buyer would take into account several key factors. [...]

Measure Your Blog Status With Rating Burner

February 2nd, 2008

Blogging

Ever wonder how your blog stacks up against other bloggers? There is a new website now available called Rating Burner that came up with a system to ranks blogs by their Feedburner feed subscription count.
While this is kind of a neat site, one problem that I have is that I don’t like that it [...]

Blogging Discussion: How Often Should You Post?

January 31st, 2008

Blogging

No matter how much you read about blogging, there are some things that can only be learned from experience. One of these things that seems to vary by niche is how often you need to post to retain an audience.
In my experience, content is always king and if your content is good enough, people will [...]

How To: Finding Success With Blogging

January 30th, 2008

Blogging

It seems to me that most people start out blogging with the idea of getting rich quickly. Heck, if you are familiar with the make money online niche, you can see that an entire niche has been thriving because of this mindset.
What I’ve learned in my two years of blogging is that set obtainable goals and [...]

Expand Your Blog’s Reach By Increasing User Interaction

January 28th, 2008

Blogging

When I made my recent domain change, one of the big reasons I cited was the brandability that could be gained with using a “better” domain name. Using a personal domain not only makes the domain/website difficult to sell, but it also limits the things you can do with it.
In the past I’ve had a [...]