Some Traffic is Better than No Traffic
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Recently I changed around some of our social bookmarking links. I removed digg and reddit completely and added sphinn and plugim. The removal of digg was a simple decision, we are banned. Reddit was also removed because none of our articles ever got votes. It was basically a waste of space.
I was talking to Matt of Blogging Fingers about this briefly. He is also considering switching to social bookmarking sites that are more blogger friendly. He asked how much traffic we received from Plug-Im. I answered that we get several visitors per article.
That’s pretty low.
Five is Better than None
It is low, but if you consider what we removed for it, it’s 500% better. I can’t remember the last time we received traffic from a reddit article.
Another plus is that nearly every plug-im article that is submitted from our blog gets to the front page. This gives us maximum exposure for each article on that website.
Better yet, you don’t even need to be logged in to vote. Don’t forget to give us a plug!
Limit Your Bookmarking
This is a great follow up for Clean Up Your Blog. The more bookmarking you offer, the less chance I am going to vote for your blog. If you have 10 sites and each have one vote, that isn’t going to help you. It’s better to focus on one or two, rather than twelve. By promoting one service you have a better chance of getting featured which in turn should result in 10x traffic you would receive.
Make sure to list the ones that are going to give you the most traffic.
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Emma said:
Hey I gave you a plug. I think I may be becoming a groupie.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:00 am -
Matt said:
lol thanks for the plug. we can always use groupies. Now, carry my keyboard! 😛
August 24th, 2007 at 12:02 am -
Matt Jones said:
Thanks for the mention 🙂 I’m not entirely sure I agree with you, I’m somewhere in-between.
While what you say that some traffic is better than none is true, readers only have ‘so many clicks’ for to you to play around with. They just don’t click everything. Admittedly voting doesn’t send them off site but if they feel they have helped you they are less likely to comment or click something else, which could be more valuable. That button also takes up a little space on the site, which could be used for something else.
I’m really looking for something in-between Digg and plugim. Something that is really great if you get on the front page, rather than a front page being a daily affair and it not really meaning much. If your average articles get to page 1, think what your best articles could do. A tougher challenge with a greater reward is needed!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:35 am -
Lova Of Blogadollar said:
I’m planning to use digg / plugim / reddit / SU / MarkTD / Sphinn / Netscape / Slashdot / and more at the same time. I’m also planning to use forums extensively. All source of traffic are welcome. What do you think?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:15 pm -
Tay said:
Great article, very eye-opening. After reading this I’m adding to my to-do list to fix my social bookmarking buttons at the bottom of my posts. 🙂
August 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pm -
Matt said:
Matt- Im also looking for something a bit more inbetween but have yet to find something
August 24th, 2007 at 3:18 pm -
Matt said:
Sounds good blogadollar. Thats a lot of bookmarking though. If you are interested in front page status I would work on promoting one of those
Tay- Yeah some of these sites are just pointless to keep on promoting and linking to
August 24th, 2007 at 3:19 pm -
Missy said:
The one thing that keeps me from clicking on the DIGG button (many times) in sites and blogs, is the off-site gesture, i hate that. I don’t have time to go to digg, then type all that stuff in their site, then head back to the site i was on. Too time intense. It was cool that i clicked on your PLUG button above, and voila! instant turnover. (easy and quick) I’ve not heard of PLUG and don’t know what kind of return it gives, but i like the interface.
I’ll look into it further.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:39 pm -
Matt said:
Plug isnt much. I do like you dont have to login to vote. It automatically submits every post I write, etc.
The only thing lacking is the amount of traffic it gives. Several visits per article, but as I mentioned before, its better than nothing
August 24th, 2007 at 5:10 pm -
Jennifer said:
I like that you don’t have to log in. I hate logging in to a million things, so I don’t submit sites to very many of the other social pages. I don’t use them to find sites either though.
August 24th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
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