Comments on: Traffic Trolls – Creating Controversy to Increase Blog Traffic http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:12:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WordPress.com New Feature: Feed Stats « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-1005231 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:09:39 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-1005231 […] Traffic Trolls – Creating Controversy to Increase Blog Traffic […]

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]]> By: Negative Comments: Tear Your Hope Apart « Blog Your Passion http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-962204 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:08:36 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-962204 [...] Is the purpose of the comment to attract attention to themselves and their blog? [...]

]]> By: Mean Spirited Comments and Blogging « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-953207 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:43:41 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-953207 [...] get a strong enough reaction, you might blog about them. Some trolls use inflammatory comments to attract attention to themselves and their blog. I think of this as the “Howard Stern Effect”. The more outrageous people are, the more [...]

]]> By: 10 Newest Ways to Increase Blog Traffic http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-900822 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:33:07 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-900822 [...] Controversy: Writing something controversial can bring a lot of traffic. Although it can create negative impact among few readers because [...]

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]]> By: Blog Struggles: Taking The Moral High Blogging Ground « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-711536 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:14:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-711536 [...] as many do, which side should I take to generate enough attention to bring in the links and traffic? Some days, I feel like the ethics we once so proudly affirmed [...]

]]> By: Number One Rule in Blogging: Play Nice or Pay : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-706345 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:17:23 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-706345 [...] are constantly at risk of plagiarism by blockquoting each other’s work. We love saying inflammatory things that brings a lot of traffic and attention, but sometimes lawsuits and laws. There is a growing [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-672117 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:36:15 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-672117 @Reed:

Many share your feelings on this subject, but others treat comments like letters and email, correspondence, thus deserving of a “dear sir” and signature. In general, each blogger has to decide for themselves on what they will or will not allow in their comments.

For most, a signature link in a comment is the least of the damages a commenter can do on a blog.

]]> By: Reed http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-672070 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:15:02 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/traffic-trolls-creating-controversy-to-increase-blog-traffic/#comment-672070 It’s worse if they try to start a controversy through a comment on your blog and then link drop in the comment. Link dropping is one way to commit blog suicide. For one thing, it tells everyone you have no other way to get traffic to your blog besides blatantly throwing your link around. Comments like that should just be deleted, they aren’t professional and often lack depth. If you just plain don’t like something and want to start a controversy by expressing your opinion, at least have the dignity to keep it from looking like a strategy to pull the thunder away from someone else’s blog. Your a blogger not a thief.

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