Comments on: Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: What Do You Want? One-Shot Traffic Versus Easy Conversion : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-902430 What Do You Want? One-Shot Traffic Versus Easy Conversion : The Blog Herald Mon, 19 May 2008 20:29:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-902430 [...] article I wrote, Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content?, was about how to use your keyword, search terms, and most popular posts to determine which [...] [...] article I wrote, Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content?, was about how to use your keyword, search terms, and most popular posts to determine which [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-893849 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:23:50 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-893849 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-893754" rel="nofollow"> Jeffro2pt0</a>: When we meet, I'll have to tell you the real story behind this blog post. :D @ Jeffro2pt0:

When we meet, I’ll have to tell you the real story behind this blog post. :D

]]> By: Jeffro2pt0 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-893754 Jeffro2pt0 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:58:30 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-893754 I couldn't finish the article because I couldn't stop laughing! I couldn’t finish the article because I couldn’t stop laughing!

]]> By: Be Unique, Not Unusual « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-504057 Be Unique, Not Unusual « Lorelle on WordPress Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:10:39 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-504057 [...] writing articles about horse sex might be great for your search engine traffic, but honestly, do you really WANT readers like that [...] [...] writing articles about horse sex might be great for your search engine traffic, but honestly, do you really WANT readers like that [...]

]]> By: Terra http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-453489 Terra Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:47:50 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-453489 It is funny how we find these things. I found this old site because every time I do research for keywords for our horse site, that is, I go to searches that tell me how many people looked up what words in the previous month, and the figure I am putting down are from June 2007. I typed in horse and the list looks like this 1- horse racing with 14,166,116 searches, 2- horse betting - with 9,022,048 searches; 3- horse @ 7,112,128 searches; 4- horse sex @ 1884032 searches; the list alternates like every 4th one being related to horse bestiality. When you look up horses - it is maybe every 6th search is related to this subject It is shockingly sad! So, today I looked, and was truly amazed at what I was reading in the site lists! I hadn't realized that it was such a big .... uhk out there. I am happy to say that this site, and the article itself are on the first page of that search .... because maybe it will give ideas to others, who like me here in California are rather clueless, and give warning to those involved, that people are beginning to become more aware of this. And hopefully like a sleeping giant, the horse owners of the world will awaken and begin to move to protect our beautiful horse. The other factor I find difficult to swallow, looking at these figures is for those of us who are parents need to be aware that there are sites with content like that available onling. I didn't look at them, so I don't know how graphic they are, but .... I would never thought about it. But when your beautiful child loves horses .... they can find these sites. Make sure the blockers are on! It is funny how we find these things. I found this old site because every time I do research for keywords for our horse site, that is, I go to searches that tell me how many people looked up what words in the previous month, and the figure I am putting down are from June 2007. I typed in horse and the list looks like this 1- horse racing with 14,166,116 searches, 2- horse betting - with 9,022,048 searches; 3- horse @ 7,112,128 searches; 4- horse sex @ 1884032 searches; the list alternates like every 4th one being related to horse bestiality. When you look up horses - it is maybe every 6th search is related to this subject It is shockingly sad! So, today I looked, and was truly amazed at what I was reading in the site lists! I hadn’t realized that it was such a big …. uhk out there. I am happy to say that this site, and the article itself are on the first page of that search …. because maybe it will give ideas to others, who like me here in California are rather clueless, and give warning to those involved, that people are beginning to become more aware of this. And hopefully like a sleeping giant, the horse owners of the world will awaken and begin to move to protect our beautiful horse.

The other factor I find difficult to swallow, looking at these figures is for those of us who are parents need to be aware that there are sites with content like that available onling. I didn’t look at them, so I don’t know how graphic they are, but …. I would never thought about it. But when your beautiful child loves horses …. they can find these sites. Make sure the blockers are on!

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-421061 Lorelle VanFossen Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:45:50 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-421061 Donnie: Yes, they may have read the initial story because it was unusual, but after two years with this post on my blog, it remains the target of <em>search engine searches</em>. It continues to be the <strong>highest volume search term</em> and <strong>highest traffic blog post</strong> that brings visitors to this blog. They don't hang around here long, though. It's also the post from which the most traffic leaves the fastest. :D That means that the story wasn't unusual or interesting. It means that these people typed in "horse sex" and it brought them to the newspaper and now to my blog. They were looking for horse sex not attracted by the story. Big difference. Not a bad difference. Just a difference. Anything that brings you traffic brings numbers not quality. I'm going for quality readers not quantity. Donnie:

Yes, they may have read the initial story because it was unusual, but after two years with this post on my blog, it remains the target of search engine searches. It continues to be the highest volume search term and highest traffic blog post that brings visitors to this blog. They don’t hang around here long, though. It’s also the post from which the most traffic leaves the fastest. :D

That means that the story wasn’t unusual or interesting. It means that these people typed in “horse sex” and it brought them to the newspaper and now to my blog. They were looking for horse sex not attracted by the story. Big difference.

Not a bad difference. Just a difference. Anything that brings you traffic brings numbers not quality. I’m going for quality readers not quantity.

]]> By: Donnie http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-420884 Donnie Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:06:19 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-420884 People read the story because it was so <i>unusual</i>. If horse sex stories became as common as burgularies, people would eventually not bat an eye. Something like a supply/demand thing. People read the story because it was so unusual. If horse sex stories became as common as burgularies, people would eventually not bat an eye. Something like a supply/demand thing.

]]> By: David http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-275205 David Sun, 13 May 2007 19:55:35 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-275205 I think Digg is continuing the conversation. I think valuable but low volume content is being squeezed like your favorite niche items at a grocery store. I'm not sure this "efficiency" is progress. I think Digg is continuing the conversation. I think valuable but low volume content is being squeezed like your favorite niche items at a grocery store. I’m not sure this “efficiency” is progress.

]]> By: Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait at The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-214719 Blog Relationships: Fishing With Lures and Bait at The Blog Herald Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:30:25 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-214719 [...] Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content? featured an article by Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat called “Horse Sex Story Was Online Hit”, explaining how the newspaper’s annual evaluation of their most popular online stories, the guideposts for writing future news stories, found that an article on a man dying after having sex with a horse (and the follow up articles) was so popular “that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.” My essay was on how while such evaluations are indeed helpful to dictate future content, do you really want to build a blog audience of horse sex fans? Is that what your blog is about? [...] [...] Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content? featured an article by Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat called “Horse Sex Story Was Online Hit”, explaining how the newspaper’s annual evaluation of their most popular online stories, the guideposts for writing future news stories, found that an article on a man dying after having sex with a horse (and the follow up articles) was so popular “that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.” My essay was on how while such evaluations are indeed helpful to dictate future content, do you really want to build a blog audience of horse sex fans? Is that what your blog is about? [...]

]]> By: Hook, Line and Sinker: Luring Blog Traffic to Stay « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-189352 Hook, Line and Sinker: Luring Blog Traffic to Stay « Lorelle on WordPress Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:11:34 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/02/horse-sex-and-what-is-dictating-your-blogs-content/#comment-189352 [...] Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content? [...] [...] Horse Sex and What is Dictating Your Blog’s Content? [...]

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