Comments on: What Makes a Blog Successful? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: onthegosoft http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-905794 onthegosoft Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:50:16 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-905794 I think that what you referred to are the right ingredients for KEEPING people on your blog - once they got there. People come to hear your side of the news on a niche, so giving them fresh and interesting story would help. To get new visitors, it's quite the same as any other website: - Search engine traffic (SEO and link popularity) - Word of mouth - giving a reason for people to tell their friends - Advertisement Why should blogs be all that different than other websites? I think that what you referred to are the right ingredients for KEEPING people on your blog - once they got there. People come to hear your side of the news on a niche, so giving them fresh and interesting story would help.

To get new visitors, it’s quite the same as any other website:
- Search engine traffic (SEO and link popularity)
- Word of mouth - giving a reason for people to tell their friends
- Advertisement

Why should blogs be all that different than other websites?

]]> By: My Blog Blueprint: Part 3 | dBlogIt by Dustin Boston http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904395 My Blog Blueprint: Part 3 | dBlogIt by Dustin Boston Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:35:41 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904395 [...] don’t want to reinvent the wheel so I will use those qualities as a basis for this blog. As Lorelle pointed out there are many other criteria for a successful blog. Due to the now-forming nature of this blog [...] [...] don’t want to reinvent the wheel so I will use those qualities as a basis for this blog. As Lorelle pointed out there are many other criteria for a successful blog. Due to the now-forming nature of this blog [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904046 Lorelle VanFossen Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:07:41 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904046 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904013" rel="nofollow"> Nikki Rose Ty</a>: Indeed it is misspelled, as are some other words in the comments I quoted, which makes the quoted admonishment for proper spelling and grammar rather interesting, don't you think? When quoting others, I let their words, spelled right or not, typically stand. It's their words. I like them to speak for themselves. @ Nikki Rose Ty:

Indeed it is misspelled, as are some other words in the comments I quoted, which makes the quoted admonishment for proper spelling and grammar rather interesting, don’t you think?

When quoting others, I let their words, spelled right or not, typically stand. It’s their words. I like them to speak for themselves.

]]> By: Nikki Rose Ty http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904013 Nikki Rose Ty Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:36:08 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-904013 A blog that meets all these criteria can still fail to attract a large audience, and that is the secret ingedient. <<< Ingredient is spelled wrong. Just thought you would like to know. A blog that meets all these criteria can still fail to attract a large audience, and that is the secret ingedient. <<< Ingredient is spelled wrong. Just thought you would like to know.

]]> By: The Ultimate Guide to a Wildly Sticky, Successful and Outstanding Blog - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-901433 The Ultimate Guide to a Wildly Sticky, Successful and Outstanding Blog - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:25:10 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-901433 [...] Know that readers know a lot about what makes a good blog tick. They share if you take the time to ask. What Makes a Blog Successful? [...] [...] Know that readers know a lot about what makes a good blog tick. They share if you take the time to ask. What Makes a Blog Successful? [...]

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]]> By: Blogging Yourself Into a Job: Is Your Blog Your Resume? « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-284305 Blogging Yourself Into a Job: Is Your Blog Your Resume? « Lorelle on WordPress Fri, 18 May 2007 06:00:20 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/what-makes-a-blog-successful/#comment-284305 [...] What Makes a Blog Successful? [...] [...] What Makes a Blog Successful? [...]

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