Have you ever struggle with these questions?
- How many ads should you show?
- Should you add more ads or remove some?
- Should the ads be above or below the fold?
Allow me to use some example that I’m familar with.
I had been visiting LiewCF.com occassionally for some time. What struck me was the amount of ads simply increases each time I visit. Now on a 1024×768 screen, you will not find content above the first fold.
Problogger is a well-known site covering making revenue online. Its first fold is comparative cleaner and uncluttered. I found that over time, Darren has blend the ads with the content very well.
To be fair, I have my fair amount of ads, so this is not to judge or whistle-blow in any sense. From the revenue perspective both the examples are making much more than me.
The question, which only each blogger can answer, is how low would you sink?
What other good (or bad) example of ads plastered websites you have come across?
In a recent post the author mentioned that his traffic was badly affected when Google decided to reindex their search result.
Many had similar experience with what is now know as the Google dance. Never heard of it? More about Google dance here and here.
Here’s my definition.
Google Dance: An event that is held frequently when Google updates its search index and ranking. During the event, some people dance for joy which others jump up and down in exasperation.
Dropping out of search engine is consider the Top 10 Blog Disasters
The fact remains that Google is still a main source of traffic for many website. Because of the recent traffic surge , Google accounts for about 10% of traffic here. Typically it was about 30-40%.
What are some strategies to get more traffics from other sources and be less dependent on Google?
Nick at Performancing mentioned some Alternate Traffic and Information Sources. There are good but still confined to the social bookmarking, tagging, digg’ing “web 2.0″ish type activities.
What about increasing traffic from other sources beside search engines? Problogger has some interesting suggestions which include running paper ads!
The good old way I believe is still by writing quality content. Look at how Steve Pavlina increase traffic by 100+% by writing quality content. He claims that search account for 5% of his traffic.
What other methods works for you?
Take a look at this traffic stats from Google Analytics. Notice the big spike over 3 days last week. It is puzzling and I went to take a closer look.
I didn’t know what happened. Well, I suspect something but I can’t confirm if it the cause.
Looking at the visitor referring source breakdown for the 3 days that the traffic peaked, 79% are direct, 10.2% from Google.
Where did the direct visitor came from?
I suspected it was from my own del.icio.us posting. After reading 10 Tips for More Blog Traffic on Performancing which mentioned “Bookmark every article at del.icio.us” I tried it.
I think that was the result. But I am puzzled why the referrer did not show del.icio.us.
Do you have similar experience?
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