Comments on: Getting your Subscribers to visit your Blog

By: Justin Consuegra

Justin Consuegra — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:45:38 +0000

I know that for me, I want to be reminded to read a new article. So I will click to the site to see what it’s about. Rather than scroll down in my reader, therefore marking it read, and forget to come back later.

By: Paul.

Paul. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:26:03 +0000

I always visit the blog to read because I don’t like reading from the RSS reader.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:02:05 +0000

I hate to be a grammar pedant, but you said “might of missed”, rather than “might have missed” or phonetically similar “might’ve missed”

Great post otherwise

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:52:24 +0000

I really need to get around to adding that related posts plugin - do let us know if you notice an increase in page views since you installed it.

- Martin Reed

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:54:41 +0000

I have been having some problems on relying my traffic on feed subscribers, as people tend not to to that on most of my sites. I don’t really get and explanation for that, but the their numbers keep fluctuating chaotically.

So, do you have some advice on how to make people subscribe and then make them stick to your feed? I know, good content is a must, also the first impression on the site is important. But other from that? Maybe an article on this theme would be ok, ay?

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:40:50 +0000

I really rely on my feed reader. One of the things I have noticed about my own habits is that I regularly click through to the sites I really like. On the other hand the sites on the cusp of being deleted or only casualy read I just read the feeder until I either get more involved or delete them.

So, maybe if you can build some brand loyalty or interaction with the feed readers they will visit the site.

By: Scott, but not that Scott

Scott, but not that Scott — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:35:46 +0000

I would argue that a blog is better for interacting between you and the visitors. A forum is much better for visitor interaction between themselves

But if you can get an active forum going, that doesn’t need constant moderating, you have a money making machine on your hands

By: Scott, but not that Scott

Scott, but not that Scott — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:34:18 +0000

I am on the other side of the coin. I don’t want to take the time to load up a site unless the article is really good, or the community is very strong. Clicking through on everything I read, to me, is a misuse of my feed aggregator

By: Scott, but not that Scott

Scott, but not that Scott — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:33:04 +0000

I think it is really easy to get familiarity blindness when you’re blogging. I think that many new bloggers are grateful that people take time every now and then to go over the basics instead of delving into ever increasingly arcane detail

Personally, blogging is one of the few niches where I am comfortable with deep detail. I know that if I went to say, a car blog, I would be mystified by half of what they were saying, but many of their readers would find it too simplistic

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:14:28 +0000

I’m still building up a readership, but do have the issue that the subscribers aren’t coming to the site. It’s funny, since I generally click through to the site from my reader almost immediately to read the article in its native habitat. The reader for me is just a reminder, “There’s a new article here.”