You’ve got some search engine traffic and links from other websites. How do you go about letting your own network know about your content? Find out how to tell your friends, fans, and followers about your site.
What I have learned today
A selection of articles to help website owners and developers
How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 2 – Get found from links on other websites
As part of your overall website or blog traffic strategy, you should be getting links from other websites. There are effective and ineffective ways to do this. Here are some guidelines for getting links from other websites.
How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 1 – Get found by the search engines
First of a series of articles answering the question… “How do I get more people to read my blog?”. This article explains how to get more search engine traffic. Start boosting your blog visitors by getting more search traffic.
Forex Ninjas in your Analytics? – You have Referrer Spam!
Have you checked your Google Analytics traffic stats recently and noticed a bit of traffic from some unlikely sources? When checking your referrers (which sites have sent you traffic) have you spotted sites such as www.forex-ninjas.com and www.rock.to? If so, then you have had some referrer spam. This traffic is no good at all to you and isn’t actually the result of them visiting your site at all. Confused? Read on…
Know what people are saying about you on social media?
It’s important to know what people are saying about you, your company, and your products on Social Media platforms such as Twitter. I had a gripe on Twitter some time ago, and it looks like Brittany Ferries are on top of their Social Media tracking… A good approach to Social Media monitoring.
Spam – Whose problem is it really?
Spam is a problem for all website owners. Captcha works to some extent, but might also be preventing many real visitors from contacting you. Here’s a solution that might be better for your conversion rate whilst still cutting out most of your spam…
Top reasons to host your blog with your main website
Do you run your blog on a free platform such as WordPress, Blogger or TypePad? Here are 12 good reasons to host your blog content on the same website as your business website rather than on independent blogging sites.
WordPress.com attracts 200 million visitors a month
According to Quantcast, the website audience measurement company, wordpress.com is now the 19th most popular site for US visitors. This is likely to improve further as more businesses start to realise that WordPress is a credible web development platform.
Domain Names – who controls yours?
Are you in control of your domain name? Can you log in to your domain registration and point your domain(s) to whichever server you choose? Here are a few reasons why you might want to take more control… Who controls your domain… and business?
Beware Twitter Phishing
I have recently received an attempt at phishing – to obtain my Twitter username and password. I’ll tell you what happened and how you can avoid falling foul of these scams…













