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- Aug 9th, 2007
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As a professional blog imitator, I cant help but notice all the stuff happening on the side columns on many blogs. In my spare seconds, I check out these sidebar features to decide what I NEED to add to my site.
My coolest find? Ironically the one I rejected for a long time. I just didnt see the need to have a few faces of my recent visitors. Well dont judge a book by it’s cover!!
Check out the far right column of this blog - MyBlogLog. It may just appear to you as a list of people who have come round this blog, (all those links go to people whose faces I have seen visiting my site.. this is my thanks back!) but it turns out… it is SO much more. This baby is so neat, I feel like a voyeur on my own site! Once you add the code to your site, they offer crazy stats on your site. I realize Google Analytics probably offers what they offer + more, but it cannot be as simple and easy to understand. Even from Google.
With the stats, I can tell which links were clicked on, and how many times. I can tell which pages were viewed. I can also tell on which sites people clicked to find me, and what time of the day. EVERYDAY.
Here is just a handful of searches on Google that resulted in a click to my site. This means I either showed up in the top 10 (or very near it!) for that keyword:
Google Search: how to email course
Google Search: sales page copywriter
Google Search: rich schefren negative
Google Search: adwords still good ?
Google Search: some easy online steps to make gold in wow (World of Warcraft?? How did that happen!)
Google Search: andrea yager
Google Search: the attention age doctrine part ii
Google Search: next internet millionaire trailer
Google Search: mailing marketing glossary 1
Google Search: adwords salary
Google Search: next internet millionaire reality show videosThis information may not excite you, but with the correct blog and a nice amount of traffic. it could be very powerful.
Since I started writing this post, I realized that feedburner also started offering these stats for free. I just turned them on, so I cant speak for them yet.
What cool sidebar features have you discovered, benefited from, recommend highly, or advise to avoid?
~~andrea
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Joanna Young (August 10th, 2007 at 10:42 am )
Hi Andrea, that was a cool idea to make the link to some of your mybloglog faces. I’ve been a fan of mybloglog since I started blogging - I think it helps to create a ‘cafe’ feel of a place where people can drop by, have a chat, wave to each other… and it’s nice to see who else is around - and to follow their profiles to their own blogs…
It also means that people will see your face on the blogs that you visit - and will click to see who you are and what you’re up to.
The search information is fascinating so just watch you don’t get addicted to checking it out! I use Hittail as a way of seeing search hits live - they also provide you with prompts for particular phrases that it’s worth writing about to pick up the ‘long tail’ of visitors. To be honest I’m not entirely sure of the science behind it but it’s a really neat way of reminding yourself what people (real people, not search engines) are looking for and interested in. I find this is great for overcoming bloggers’ block.
Best wishes with your blog
Joanna
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Rich Gilchrest (August 11th, 2007 at 12:30 am )
Andrea, you totally rock!
It’s kinda crazy what search terms can bring people to your site. I once had a comment about blogging money versus the salary of a McDonald’s manager. Next thing I know I have a dozen or so hits from search terms about salaries at McDonald’s. Now it’s your turn.
How much money does a McDonald’s manager make? I have no idea, and neither will the people who come to Andrea’s site to find out. What the will find here is much more interesting, however.
MyBlogLog is good, but can I recommend you check out BlogCatalog also? I get three times as much traffic from BlogCatalog, and I think it’s a better site.
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Neel (November 28th, 2008 at 7:51 am )
The search information is fascinating so just watch you don’t get addicted to checking it out! I use Hittail as a way of seeing search hits live - they also provide you with prompts for particular phrases that it’s worth writing about to pick up the ‘long tail’ of visitors. To be honest I’m not entirely sure of the science behind it but it’s a really neat way of reminding yourself what people (real people, not search engines) are looking for and interested in. I find this is great for overcoming bloggers’ block.
Best wishes with your blog
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