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Weekly Round Up – Wordpress, Interviews, Skechers
Posted by Karen in Weekly Round Up, tags: Blogger Interviews, Skechers Shape Ups, twitter followers, USB Hub Malfunction, wordpress tipsContinuing in my popular series of weekly updates from the Blazing Minds blog where I list blog posts I’ve enjoyed reading as well as some of the stats for the week, such as the top 5 referring websites that have graciously sent me some traffic over the week.
Blog Posts I’ve enjoyed reading:
- 10 Dirty Little SEO Tips and Tricks – ExtremeJohn
- DIV Background Image for Wordpress Post – moralde.com
- Top 10 Twitter Follower Directories – TycoonBlogger
- Link Building Dos and Donts – Atniz
- Tis What Season? Guest Post – The Constant Complainer
- Just What Are They Laughing At? – Queen of Shake-Shake
- Ghost Sex – SpicyBugz
Top Visited Posts:
- Check Your SPAM in Your WordPress Comments!
- Latest Blogger Interview with Eve from Letters to Breathe
- USB Hub Malfunction and How I Fixed It!
- A Weekly Recap of Last Weeks Blog Posts
- Review: Skechers Shape-ups, walking on air!
Top Referring Websites:
- EntreCard – 167
- The Daily Meme – 50
- BlogEngage – 39
- CMF Ads – 29
- ExtremeJohn – 25
Top Search Terms:
- last.fm twitterfeed
- dofollow
- “keywordluv”+gifts+wordpress
- famous bear names
- this site uses keywordluv twitter
Top Search Engines
Top Commentators for the Week
- Extreme John – 7 Comments
- Dennis Edell – 6 Comments
- Mike – 5 Comments
- chandan@work at home – 4 Comments
- Hesham @ FamousBloggers – 4 Comments
Well there we are for another week, many thanks to the top 5 commentators 
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Continuing in my popular series of weekly updates from the Blazing Minds blog where I list blog posts I’ve enjoyed reading as well as some of the stats for the week, such as the top 5 referring websites that have graciously sent me some traffic over th…
Twitter: Ileane
(68 comments) says:
Hi Karen,
I think it’s pretty cool that you have more search engine traffic from Yahoo! than Google. Do you have a Yahoo! strategy that you would like to share?
I’ve got some work to do to get back in the line up for next week!
Thanks for the updates!
Ileane´s last blog ..Do Twitter Backgrounds Attract New Followers?
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I just submit my sitemap to Yahoo like I do with Google and other search engines, I suppose it’s just what people are searching for via certain search engines
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Twitter: ShotOfCoffee
(63 comments) says:
As always, thanks for including me. I’m glad that this blog has become one of my daily stops.
You are the only blogger I know that has more Yahoo traffic than Google. Looks like I’m going to go submit my sitemap to them today. Didn’t even know you could do that.
Mike´s last blog ..Poll: What’s Your Favorite Holiday Flavor Latte?
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I submit the sitemap via the XML Sitemap plugin for Wordpress, takes out lot of the work
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Twitter: Happymaker
(37 comments) says:
Thanks for another bitchin’ list, Karen! I became interested in learning more about link building after reading an article (dangit, who was it?) about a fellow who learned that social media wasn’t helping him too much, and that link building was driving 90% of his traffic. Can’t wait to read the Atniz article!
Heather Kephart´s last blog ..Facebook Dislike Button
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Thanks Heather, Atniz always seems to have some interesting article on her blog
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Thanks again!
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..3 Days Left – MaxBlogPress Christmas Deal Expires
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Twitter: NedCarey
(11 comments) says:
Thanks for the tip on Yahoo sitemap. I use the sitemap plugin but Yahoo wasn’t checked. Do you need the application ID for Yahoo to work?
Ned@Baltimore Investing´s last blog ..What is the Best Charity?
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
You’re welcome Ned, may I advise you to get yourself a Gravatar, it will make your blogging comments look much better
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Ned from Baltimore Investing
Twitter: NedCarey
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December 13th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I have a gravitar but it is not linked to that e-mail address. I just updated at the Gravitar site so it should show for both e-mails.
Ned@Baltimore Investing´s last blog ..Help Me Pick a Charity?
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The twitter directory list is quite nifty, I wasn’t even aware there were any yet.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..3 Days Left – MaxBlogPress Christmas Deal Expires
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Twitter: moonheart
(45 comments) says:
Karen I think you do not get much traffic from google, so you do not optimize your blog for google?
chandan@work at home´s last blog ..Useful tips for building backlink [Digg]
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Twitter: elmot
(2 comments) says:
great list and review of a whole week of posts
I am interested though with you getting more traffic from yahoo search engine compared to google, which is a different case for me, with google topping more of my visits and only a very few from yahoo.
elmot´s last blog ..A Meaningful Existence for Filipinos
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I have been asked this before, I’m not too sure why I’ve had more visits via Yahoo than Google!
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Twitter: JenaIsle
(5 comments) says:
Hi Karen,
This perked up my interest. I’ll have to visit the links. You have several visits from entrecard, as I do too. I have a high bounce rate however which they say is not good. I get around 90 % . What about you? How do you solve this problem? Thanks for sharing.
Jena Isle´s last blog ..“A Puppy, Not a Guppy” Book Contest
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Bounce rate is a bit of a problem with EntreCard due to users doing a “drop & run” just to gain credits, though some do take the time to read a post and I do find that using the “more” option on WordPress does improve the bounce rate, if a visitor is interested in the post then they click more and then they get the full post to read and comment on
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Twitter: FamousBloggers
(22 comments) says:
Wow! I am number 5 on comments
I didn’t expect that! thanks for the mention Karen.
Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..The BlogoGalaxy of Famous Bloggers on Flickr
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Twitter: gfserradinho
(28 comments) says:
Some nice posts and stats you listed above. I have not been here in a while and I guess I have loads of catching up to do.
George Serradinho´s last blog ..Report User Searches on your site using the Search Meter WordPress Plugin
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
(1093 comments) Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Thanks George, it’s great to see you back here and commenting
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Twitter: extremejohn
(165 comments) says:
I was pretty nervous when I didn’t think I was going to make the tops contributors list, happy that I was able to spin some comments off at the end of the week.
I am finally almost caught up now. Big thanks for the link juice on my post, you rock!
Extreme John´s last blog ..13 of the Best Wordpress Blogging Tips of the Week
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Twitter: NedCarey
(11 comments) says:
I find your top search terms list interesting. It’s not the type of terms I would expect that would drive people here.
I have a do follow blog but I haven’t had a lot of people find me that way. I searched for “dofollow” and your site didn’t come up in the top 100 so I am surprised that was a top search term for you.
Ned@Baltimore Investing´s last blog ..Help Me Pick a Charity?
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