23rd
October
2008
Some time ago I “accidentally” discovered a quite funny report featuring a squirrel (of all things) offering loads of optimization tips to improve your website’s conversion rate - and then totally forgot about it and so didn’t share it with you!
Thankfully, the guys at Conversion Rate Experts have updated their web site, and reminded me about their great viral article (it was written to coincide with the launch of the free Google Website Optimizer, but …
Popularity: 19% [?]
posted in Traffic, Strategies |
7th
August
2008
During the last week, I’ve been updating one of my long established business web site directory. As well as a much needed theme makeover, I’ve killed off all the directory pages that point to dead links - that was fun - over 1000 pages removed, and all done by hand.
But one thing I discovered while doing this task made me feel quite ill, and makes me wonder why we tolerate this type of …
Popularity: 21% [?]
posted in Traffic |
1st
July
2008
Internet Marketer Rob Toth had a drama with PayPal recently, when they shut him down after using (what they called) some “misleading” wording on one of his sales pages. Basically, they thought he made some income claims which were a bit misleading.
Now I’d seen the page, and the product (Buy Now Wizard), and actually wanted to buy it myself when I had a spare $67. But then he pulled the page to get PayPal off …
Popularity: 11% [?]
posted in Traffic, Software |
18th
April
2008
Just a few days ago (April 15) Alexa made an announcement that their “new” ranking system was now available.
If you don’t already know, for years Alexa has had a toolbar that users can download onto their web browser. As these users surfed the web, the toolbar sent data back to Alexa to help determine the “popularity” of web sites across the globe.
The big problem with the Alexa measure of popularity is that it …
Popularity: 16% [?]
posted in Traffic |
27th
December
2007
My Christmas present to myself was a Squidoo lens (or two). What on earth is that? Well… it’s a free page which focuses on the keyword of your choice, and allows you to build backlinks to your sites and generate some extra targeted traffic! Check out my first impressions on Squidooing and decide whether you should have a go at it!
Popularity: 23% [?]
posted in Traffic, Linking, Advertising |
1st
November
2007
Yeah… I know what you’re thinking… they’re gonna be auto-generated “visits” by bots or something like that… not real people coming to my site! Well guess what! You’d be wrong on that score! I WAS one of the visitors!
Popularity: 9% [?]
posted in Traffic |
15th
September
2007
BlogRush is the name of a new free service just launched by John Reese (of income.com fame). The BlogRush widget will help any blogger generate more targeted traffic and readers for their blog without spending a cent!
Popularity: 15% [?]
posted in Traffic |
11th
July
2007
There’s one huge question from usability expert Jakob Nielsen if you are using a blogging platform (like WordPress) to publish your web site… Is the material you are posting adding to information pollution, or are you building sustainable value?
Popularity: 20% [?]
posted in Traffic, Article Marketing |
6th
July
2007
How many times have you purchased something from eBay lately, and what was it that you bought? Do you think eBay is a place where you can only pick up cheap second hand items? Maybe it’s time you looked more closely at the world’s largest on-line marketplace and see what it can do for you!
Popularity: 25% [?]
posted in Traffic, EBooks |
14th
June
2007
Jack’s climbed right up on his soapbox with this rant and rave… and rightly so! Find out what got well and truly up Jack Humphrey’s nose a few days ago!
Popularity: 18% [?]
posted in Traffic |
