Just amazing…and another reason to have a blog

Posted by Kenton Newby in SEO, Testing and Tracking on Dec 5th, 2007 | 11 responses

Just some quick results from one of my latests posts (though I really shouldn’t be surprised).

1. I added a new post to my blog…brand new category.  The timestamp on it is 12:20pm.

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2. According to Hittail (www.hittail.com), I started getting traffic for that post at 2:27pm.

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3. And I’m #12 for "define Google Analytics bounce rate" (as of 5:30pm, same day). 

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Yeah yeah, not the MOST searched-for term, but to get on the cusp of page 1 for something in just a hair over 2 hours has to count for something.  And we’ve already seen that someone was actually searching for that term.

Finally, keep in mind that this is with a blog that hasn’t had much activity on it until recently.  Powerful stuff.

If you don’t have a blog you’re nuts!

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11 Responses to “Just amazing…and another reason to have a blog”

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  10. Johnnie from Auto Insurance Quotes says:
    June 20, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Ok, you’re right. I must be crazy to not have started a blog yet, but i have my doubts still. Yeah, it may be possible to rank for “long-tail” keywords but honestly, how much traffic should one expect from it.

    It may be beneficial since any reader that shows up to your blog may become a loyal reader, but i guess it all depends on what type of blog you have and the amount of traffic you’re expecting.

  11. Kenton Newby says:
    June 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Some other things about blogs is that they make it easy to add additional information down the road. You could have a blog that’s not updated very often, making it just about the same as a normal, static website.

    But people are looking for new, updated info too…for just about any topic. Having a frequently updated site also helps position you as an expert on that topic. Presumably, if you can continue to write about a topic over time, you must be serious about it and have some sort of expertise to offer.

    Ranking for long tail keywords is also useful but isn’t a silver bullet. You may only get a few visitors for some random long tail keyword, but if you have a large site full of useful content, those one-off visitors can add up over time.

    Just a few thoughts.

    Kenton

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