Comments on: Hitting Singles or Hitting Home Runs

By: Jim Smoot

Jim Smoot — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:08:01 +0000

Search engines are probably the best way to send a lot of traffic to your site, but it certainly isn’t the only way to build readership. It is just another tool in the kit.

What I like about focusing on niche keywords is that the traffic you do get is more targeted.

The more people I can bring in from a variety of sources, the faster my overall readership will grow.

The bottom line is still about making sure you have something to keep them coming back, regardless of how they got there.

By: N4news

N4news — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:02:16 +0000

Bob, absolutely agree with You.
But why not changing some words in Your article to synonymous good less-searched-keywords from time to time?
50 one-time Googlers can become into 4-6 subscribers.

By: Bob Younce

Bob Younce — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:47:57 +0000

I almost hate to admit this, but I’m less concerned about keyword density and selection in my blog posts than I am in other sorts of Internet writing. The fact of the matter is that I get maybe 25% of my traffic from search engines, and it’s much less sticky than other forms of traffic.

I’m better off getting 5 new subscribers after posting a great article than I am getting 50 one-time Googlers (or Stumblers, for that matter.)

Just my $.02.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:22:42 +0000

I hate when I swing for the fences and I wind up fouling one off.