Comments on: Why do blogs have a higher failure rate than restaurants?

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:03:00 +0000

Yeah but for starters, people have to build some backlinks to connect with the search engine and then search engine will keep looking at your site for fresh content. I agree with Internet Marketing, even I think that too sometimes because there’s always a need for new articles in there to keep readers interested and get the traffic on so they can sell their products which isn’t bad imo.

By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:33:11 +0000

Good morning, Mel.

Welcome to our discussions.

I agree with your about abandoned blogs. With a website, if it wasn’t updated in a couple of years, it may not be so obvious.

However, with a blog, since it is shown in reverse chronological order, it’s immediately obvious if you haven’t written anything in awhile.

Even posting once or twice a month would keep a blog “alive.”

In the Internet Marketing world, some people feel like you’ve abandoned them if you don’t post every day, but that’s just not true in other businesses.

The best way to get people to visit your blog is to write great content that the search engines will index highly, at least in my opinion.

I’ve tried KeywordLuv and didn’t like it. I try not to use more than a few plug-ins.

I do accept some anchor text in comments, but it must be relevant to the discussion. Spam is always deleted.

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By: Vanderbilt Beach real estate

Vanderbilt Beach real estate — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:20:55 +0000

I am one of them who feels that the abandoned blogs may not just have the right content and up-to-date one. Since if your last post was made in 2007 or 2008, it’s possible that those posts may have been outdated by now with the world is going very fast. I also like the feature of having conversation going on with the blog admin on the blogs so it’s another aspect as well.

I do have a blog, and personal one, I know what I want to write but yes finding time is important for it however I would recommend those people who’ve already their blog established well and getting good traffic to add atleast 1 post each week? That’s not asking too much I think. It’ll keep people interested as well hehe.

I still have to build good backlinks for my blog so it can get cached and then wait for traffic to come. Sounds too much lol

Regards

Mel

P.S. I see that you do accept Anchor Text in your comments, so why don’t you install KeywordLuv? It’s good and it’ll force everyone to leave their name atleast while commenting hehe

By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:02:33 +0000

Good morning, Sire.

And that’s one of the main things I like so much about both of you!

Thanks.

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:25:34 +0000

No worries John, you know Mitch and I, we always aim to please.
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By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:24:50 +0000

Good morning, Mitch and Sire.

(I don’t know why my blog has started requiring me to approve your comments. Sorry for the delay.)

Now, that’s a horse of a different color.

I didn’t realize I could limit the number of reply levels. I might be happy with three.

If I ever get around to updating this blog to version 2.8, I’ll give it a try and see how it goes. It may not be a permanent change, but I will try it, since some of you like that feature.

(I’m still rebuilding websites and removing links to Amazon.com. It’s taking a lot of extra time that I already had scheduled for other, more important things. Updating this blog will just have to wait a bit – from the department of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”)

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By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:46:21 +0000

John, if you don’t like those skinny comments just set the number of levels that will thread to a lower number. I have mine set to five, you may be happy with three.
Sire´s last blog ..Get Your Twittley Action Into Gear And Watch Your Post Rock

By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:27:34 +0000

That part I can understand, but you can also limit how many threads there are, so just pick 3 or 4 and that takes care of that. For me, well, I guess this case I’m a masochist. lol
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By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:06 +0000

Good afternoon, Mitch.

You make some good points and I am thinking about it. Thanks.

Actually, my objection is more than just personal preference. What I really hate about threaded replies on blog comments is when the column gets so narrow that only one or two words fits and you see this long skinny comment that is hard to read.

That’s the main thing I want to avoid.

I’ll consider it, but I’m not promising anything.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:49:30 +0000

Yes, you can turn it off, John.

I actually think it is essential, and I wish you’d think about it some more. For instance, this post now has 22 comments. If I wanted to respond to the third one, although it would be goofy since I wrote it, and I wrote something now, I wouldn’t know it was for me because it was over a month ago, and I’d have no idea what it was related to. With the actual threaded reply, I could come back, see which comment someone said something on, and at least sound coherent.

If your posts only got 3 or 4 comments each, I’d agree with your statement. However, you sometimes get even more than this. Remember, though it’s your blog, it’s not always about the owner.
Mitch´s last blog ..June Statistics; The More Things Stay The Same

By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:48:17 +0000

Good morning, Mitch.

Can you turn off threaded comments in WP 2.8?

I know some people really like them for their blogs, but I really don’t.

You know, it’s one of those personal preference things. I can’t give any objective reasons for my dislike of it.

I think it’s essential for a forum, but not so much for comments on a blog.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:58:04 +0000

Yes, I meant something like the threaded comments plugin, although, with WP 2.8, it’s actually built in to the program, so you don’t need the plugin anymore.
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By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:25:24 +0000

Good afternoon, Mitch.

If by “reply” you mean the threaded-comments plugin, that’s not going to happen. I tried it and didn’t like it. If you mean something else, you’ll have to elucidate.

Other than that small point, I agree with you.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:18:37 +0000

Man John,

You really need to add the “reply” function to your blog, because I wanted to say something to that guy with the long name directly also.

Anyone who starts a new blog and works 9-5 on it for 6-12 months is wasting their time. Yes, one needs to decide if they’re going to work for themselves full time that they will put a full time commitment into it, but there are areas of, well, over excess that are just silly. Putting that kind of time into one blog is goofy; mixing it up into lots of blogs and websites,… more productive.

At least that’s how I see it.
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By: John Dilbeck

John Dilbeck — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:26:31 +0000

Good afternoon, Mike.

Welcome to our discussions and thanks for your comment.

I agree with what you said.

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