Thoughts and opinions on web development
While it is true that there are good works that never really get rewarded, isn’t it really uplifting to get one for whatever it’s worth? Sometimes rewards do not even come in material things as they can come with a show of appreciation, respect, and recognition. In the online world where blogs are literally slugging it out for the readers’ attention, what significant importance would getting an award have on a blog? [Read more…]
Many blogs appear to very popular and they have the numbers to prove it. They have thousands of followers, commenters, social network friends, and just about everything that matters in the online popularity contest. Do blog owners of sites that don’t have these numbers hang their heads in shame or do they move forward and see a goal beyond the numbers?
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There is a driving force behind every media and technology user. One force that has risen to extraordinary heights is the blog. It ventured where no other form of media has dared entered and made its mark as a writing form that will not be ignored. [Read more…]
When we speak of blog traffic, we refer to readers and visitors to our blogs. Is any kind of traffic good for a blog or is there some kind of traffic that can actually work against it. Have you ever thought of what kind of traffic you are attracting?
The simplest definition of blog traffic is the number of visitors a site gets which can be measured for a particular period of time. However, it is not merely information on number that is being offered here but the general profile of what kind of visitors seek or find the site as well as the frequency in which it happens. Traffic is what every site or blog needs to survive online. Without it, the site or blog is good as non-existent.
1. Organic Traffic
Organic traffic is the kind of traffic obtained from search engine results. The higher the ranking of sites or posts in these results, the more probability there is for such sites or posts to be found. This is a highly desirable kind of traffic since it shows that both the search engine and the user think that the site is able to provide relevant content. This means that an individual is looking for a specific information and found the site after typing in the keyword and was presented as one of the possible and nearest choices. The searcher will determine the relevance of the site depending on its offered content.
2. Viral Traffic
Viral traffic is the kind of traffic that is introduced, triggered, and moved by the use of various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Stumble, and Google Plus, among others. The idea about the site is not obtained from any regular search results but rather from actively participating and promoting the site over social media. The limitation in this is that sites or posts going viral is not assured since only a very few offer content that is automatically passed on to others without prior request. This is sometimes referred to as referral traffic.
3. Paid Traffic
It is just as it name implies. Traffic may come from paying for advertisements to be placed on other sites. Success would largely depend on advertising on the right niche as ads irrelevant to a specific audience may not serve the desired purpose.
The kind of traffic a site gets will provide a clue on what has to be addressed on a particular site. It would be best to understand its relevance.
Teresa is a researcher-writer who covers a wide range of topics in search of useful information.
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What would it be like without social media? What kind of life would people be leading if there was no such thing to be part of daily living of humans? Will we be better off or find ways to have them anyway?
Imagine a life that is led in a rather old-fashioned way where they may be computers but no such option as using them for social interaction and networking. Imagine computers without Internet connection and merely as a modern version of typewriters. Imagine computers as purely an office equipment, an iPhone only a stylized version of a landline phone, and no other gadgets with Internet capability has ever been invented yet. Will the term “social media” have a different meaning from that which we know of now?
With all the human preoccupation with online networking where humans are not the only ones connected but groups, business entities, and sites, it is almost impossible to think of how socialization will occur without it. We must however remember that people have survived before without it. There might be a big difference though with people who have never experienced it and those who have experienced it and are forced to scale down. After all, how can something be missed if there is no prior experience about it.
Without social media, humans will definitely find some other way to do something similar. The advantages people experience today because of technological advancement are quite many. One has to step back once in a while though to appreciate what we have.
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Teresa is a researcher-writer who covers a wide range of topics in search of useful information.
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