No Visitors On My Blog
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I noticed when the end of October hit, visitors to my blog slowed down, and now there’s no one visiting, at all. What can I attribute this to?
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You’ve set a static page (about) as your homepage which likely tends to decrease the number of visitors by letting your blog out of global tags. It’s not advisable to do that since blogs behave differently than websites in term of content updatability.
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First off I suggest you familiarize yourself with the differences between pages and posts (if you have not already): http://support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ .
Using pages for your content has drawbacks you need to be aware of:
1. Pages will show up lower in search engine results because search engines place lower emphasis on pages. Pages are meant for static content. For some types of sites, this may actually be the best way of presenting the material though.
2. When you publish a post, wordpress automatically “pings” all the major search engines to let them know you have published a new post so that they can index it. When you publish a page, wordpress does NOT “ping” the search engines. You will have to ping manually at a service such as pingomatic.com.
3. Only posts show up on an RSS feed, pages do not. That means people cannot subscribe to your blog so that they are alerted when you add something new.
4. You can assign categories and tags to posts to help the search engines properly place you in search results. Pages cannot have tags or categories as they sit outside the blog structure. Since pages cannot have categories or tags, you are not included in the wordpress.COM global tags pages which for most people are responsible for bringing a lot of visitors to their blogs.
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Aside from the Novels, what about converting all pages to posts? Will that help? Anyone?
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I’d suggest to have short posts functioning as highlight to your pages (with links to your specific page/s plus tags and categories of course). Provided, you’ll have a good chance to have your blog well-indexed either from tags or search engines.
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Later today, or this evening, I think, I’m going to simply convert the pages into full posts, leaving the Novels as they are, though. And see if that works.
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It’s done, but I left the Novels as pages, and added a Comments/Feedback page for anyone who desires to make a general comment, and for me when I need to announce something. Thanks for the help, guys.
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Okay, I decided to delete that Comments/Feedback page. No point when anybody can leave a comment under any post or page. I momentarily forgot about that.
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I’d like to suggest that you join online forums and groups to encourage some traffic. Here are some to get you started.
An online community for writers and readers of speculative fiction. Mailing lists, forums and other resources for various genre of fiction writers http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Writers_Resources/Fiction/
Science fiction and horror writers http://www.critters.org/index.ht
The best SF and fantasy genre online writing workshop on the web
Other Worlds Writers’ Workshop http://www.otherworlds.net/
Hatrack River Writers’ Workshop is a free online forum that includes peer critiques of short stories and novel fragments for writers of science fiction and fantasy.
http://www.hatrack.com/writers/index.shtml
Zoetrope Virtual Studios is an online workshop for a wide range of fiction, including short stories, novellas, poetry, and screenplays. http://www.zoetrope.com/
Writing.Com is the online community for writers and readers of all interests and skill levels. http://www.writing.com/
We’re a community of young writers, both new and experienced, dedicated to improving our writing. http://www.youngwritersonline.net/ -
Allowing comments in more places on your blog will increase your readership. Particularly if you REPLY to comments.
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In light of this new comment from raincoaster, it looks like I’ll probably put back that Comments/Feedback page then. Thanks.
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@shawnfrancis
Hello there. :)What I posted in my comment above was aimed at cultivating a readership through networking in online groups and forums. (This would be in addition to networking in general social networks, which have many categories and sub-categories, and smaller social networks which are subject targeted.)
I agree with ranicoaster that increasing places to comment on any blog is a good strategy when it comes to holding the attention of readers who have already found it.
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What I meant was, don’t try to drive all your comments to one page, but allow them on every post and page. But it certainly won’t hurt; I’ve got nearly 200 comments on my About page, for example.
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Of course, I allow them on every post and page, and hopefully my wording in that Comments/Feedback page says all “general comments” can be made there. If someone wants to comment about a specific post, obviously, they know they can do it at the bottom of whatever post they’re looking at. I hope. Anyhow, check out the page, raincoaster, and let me know if it implies anything other than what I intended.
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i suggest spreading out information, so repeat yourself on pages and posts . also link to your blog in as many places as possible.
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I actually do have links to my blog on several horror related sites, unfortunately, not many people seem to use them. I attribute that to being a fledgling author, though, with very little product on the market. Hopefully, in years to come that will change.
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When did you create your blog, and please give the URL Code for you site so i can see, if not please tell me the Exact Hits of stats you have for your blog.
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