Comments on: Grow your traffic by over 300% for FREE within 3 months http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/ Sharing lessons learned in business and online marketing Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bloguri mai bune | Blogul lui Bobby Voicu - alpha beta version http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-7098 Bloguri mai bune | Blogul lui Bobby Voicu - alpha beta version Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:49:17 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-7098 [...] Am pornit de la ideea ca daca reusesti sa readuci un anumit procent din vizitatori in permanenta, iti poti creste traficul zilnic numai din repeat visitors. Vedeti mai multe detalii aici [...] [...] Am pornit de la ideea ca daca reusesti sa readuci un anumit procent din vizitatori in permanenta, iti poti creste traficul zilnic numai din repeat visitors. Vedeti mai multe detalii aici [...]

]]> By: Self Made Minds » Blog Archive » Customising Ads to Your Visitors http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-3991 Self Made Minds » Blog Archive » Customising Ads to Your Visitors Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:09:08 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-3991 [...] have Adsense and other CPC ads in prominent positions. Scott did a great post (ages ago) on how to increase your traffic by 300%, this is the sort of traffic that you can [...] [...] have Adsense and other CPC ads in prominent positions. Scott did a great post (ages ago) on how to increase your traffic by 300%, this is the sort of traffic that you can [...]

]]> By: Scott http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2263 Scott Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:16:36 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2263 Personally if the site can at least get a few hundred a day, there is no hard and fast rule but perhaps at least for the first 6 months keep it ad free and build content. Personally if the site can at least get a few hundred a day, there is no hard and fast rule but perhaps at least for the first 6 months keep it ad free and build content.

]]> By: Tom LeDree http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2259 Tom LeDree Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:00:07 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2259 My Current Returning Visitors is 23.77% I'm happy with this as my blog is only just 2 months old. After reading this post I have added a "Bookmark This Page" Link at the top of my blog and at the end of each post. I hope this will help. I'm also now thinking about removing my adverts until the site has more users. When do you think is a good time to put ads on a site? (how much traffic/age) Thanks My Current Returning Visitors is 23.77% I’m happy with this as my blog is only just 2 months old.

After reading this post I have added a “Bookmark This Page” Link at the top of my blog and at the end of each post. I hope this will help.

I’m also now thinking about removing my adverts until the site has more users. When do you think is a good time to put ads on a site? (how much traffic/age)

Thanks

]]> By: Neale http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2139 Neale Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:40:32 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-2139 Interesting I never thought of the expoential groth of retaining a few of those new visitors each day as most of my sites are notgeared to return visitors thanks for the thought :) Interesting I never thought of the expoential groth of retaining a few of those new visitors each day as most of my sites are notgeared to return visitors thanks for the thought :)

]]> By: Business Education http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-1319 Business Education Mon, 28 May 2007 08:35:26 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-1319 Thanks for sharing. I interested to try favicon, but maybe later because right now i just concentrate with SEO. Thanks for sharing. I interested to try favicon, but maybe later because right now i just concentrate with SEO.

]]> By: Nathan Burgess http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-906 Nathan Burgess Wed, 02 May 2007 13:22:58 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-906 Thanks! I'll plan on adding the alt text to each "mapped" link today. Thanks! I’ll plan on adding the alt text to each “mapped” link today.

]]> By: tecwzrd http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-905 tecwzrd Wed, 02 May 2007 12:24:50 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-905 Glad to help :D See you already optimized all the images below 80K (gif was a great choice) and load times are around 20-30 seconds for a 56k connection. The images still look great and I don't think you could get them any smaller without sacrificing quality. Only thing left to add is the alt="text" between Glad to help :D See you already optimized all the images below 80K (gif was a great choice) and load times are around 20-30 seconds for a 56k connection. The images still look great and I don’t think you could get them any smaller without sacrificing quality.

Only thing left to add is the alt=”text” between

]]> By: Nathan Burgess http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-897 Nathan Burgess Tue, 01 May 2007 21:16:03 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-897 I greatly appreciate your advice (Scott and tecwzrd). I will start implementing some of the suggestions immediately. Thanks! I greatly appreciate your advice (Scott and tecwzrd). I will start implementing some of the suggestions immediately. Thanks!

]]> By: tecwzrd http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-891 tecwzrd Tue, 01 May 2007 17:48:09 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200704/grow-your-traffic-by-over-300-for-free-within-3-months/#comment-891 Scott touched on some key issues but from a designers point of view the site needs some drastic improvements. First off, considering you are selling a product you might want to abandon the Google AdSense or at least place it at the bottom of the page. All your pages don't just use images for links but the whole page is one HUGE image i.e. <a HREF="http://www.brandedmugs.net/index.jpg" rel="nofollow">main page at 221.52 KB</A>, <a HREF="http://www.brandedmugs.net/catalog.jpg" rel="nofollow">catalog page at 153.05 KB</A>, & <a HREF="http://www.brandedmugs.net/humor-page-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">humor page at 471.15 KB!</A>. These pages take 45+ seconds to load on a 56k and could easily be optimized individually. Your sample images look photoshopped and not like actual photos or text on the mugs. I found alt text for each major image but if you insist on using an image map you can <a HREF="http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_24_providing_text_equivalents_for_image_maps.html" rel="nofollow">add them to image maps</A> for each link. I would redesign the site using mostly text where you can and optimize each image separately and try to get your load time for each page to 30 seconds or less on a 56k. Sites like <a HREF="http://www.sitereportcard.com/data/336577ad27d86e95da4ee75b375f412f_ma.php?PHPSESSID=462d278b1189c4385948f09d65d3f1d4" rel="nofollow">www.sitereportcard.com</A>, <a HREF="http://www.creatingonline.com/site_promotion/website_checker.htm" rel="nofollow">www.creatingonline.com</A>, & <a HREF="http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/" rel="nofollow">www.websiteoptimization.com</A> are all good sites for checking code and how to optimize a web site. Your prices are reasonable but as Scott mentioned if you can branch out to other items (specifically ones that <a HREF="http://www.coffeecupsandmugs.com/Catalog/travel%20mugs" rel="nofollow">travel easily</A> I think you could do better. Scott touched on some key issues but from a designers point of view the site needs some drastic improvements.

First off, considering you are selling a product you might want to abandon the Google AdSense or at least place it at the bottom of the page.

All your pages don’t just use images for links but the whole page is one HUGE image i.e.
main page at 221.52 KB, catalog page at 153.05 KB, & humor page at 471.15 KB!. These pages take 45+ seconds to load on a 56k and could easily be optimized individually. Your sample images look photoshopped and not like actual photos or text on the mugs.

I found alt text for each major image but if you insist on using an image map you can add them to image maps for each link.

I would redesign the site using mostly text where you can and optimize each image separately and try to get your load time for each page to 30 seconds or less on a 56k.

Sites like http://www.sitereportcard.com, http://www.creatingonline.com, & http://www.websiteoptimization.com are all good sites for checking code and how to optimize a web site.

Your prices are reasonable but as Scott mentioned if you can branch out to other items (specifically ones that travel easily I think you could do better.

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