Comments on: Wanted: More Traffic, More Subscribers http://webexdesign.com/blog/2007/08/23/wanted-more-traffic-more-subscribers/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts http://webexdesign.com/blog/2007/08/23/wanted-more-traffic-more-subscribers/#comment-190 Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:38:16 +0000 http://webexdesign.com/blog/2007/08/23/wanted-more-traffic-more-subscribers/#comment-190 I agree. I did read somewhere that bloggers do that to increase the actual clicks to their site so that the can give that number to potential advertisers (that they get x number of clicks a day). That makes me feel a little used. Plus it backfires -- as you said, if something doesn't grab me in those first few sentences, I don't click over, and if I stop being motivated to click over enough I delete their blogs from my feed reader. Not to be obnoxious -- there are just multitudes of good blogs to read, so I can't keep up with the ones that don't interest me enough to click over. I do, however, click over when the full post is allowed on the feed reader when I do want to comment, which is more often when I can see the whole post on the feed reader. I agree. I did read somewhere that bloggers do that to increase the actual clicks to their site so that the can give that number to potential advertisers (that they get x number of clicks a day). That makes me feel a little used. Plus it backfires — as you said, if something doesn’t grab me in those first few sentences, I don’t click over, and if I stop being motivated to click over enough I delete their blogs from my feed reader. Not to be obnoxious — there are just multitudes of good blogs to read, so I can’t keep up with the ones that don’t interest me enough to click over.

I do, however, click over when the full post is allowed on the feed reader when I do want to comment, which is more often when I can see the whole post on the feed reader.

]]> By: Qtpies7 http://webexdesign.com/blog/2007/08/23/wanted-more-traffic-more-subscribers/#comment-28 Qtpies7 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:53:03 +0000 http://webexdesign.com/blog/2007/08/23/wanted-more-traffic-more-subscribers/#comment-28 I agree, I really hate it when the posts are cut short. I don't want to make ANOTHER click. And I am on high speed DSL! However, lately I have been a little curious about using that feature on my blog because when I write longer posts you can't see the other new posts I wrote. And there are posts I want people to see that may not be seen because a long post just gets in the way. Now I understand the reason using that, but I still don't like it as the reader. I agree, I really hate it when the posts are cut short. I don’t want to make ANOTHER click. And I am on high speed DSL!
However, lately I have been a little curious about using that feature on my blog because when I write longer posts you can’t see the other new posts I wrote. And there are posts I want people to see that may not be seen because a long post just gets in the way.
Now I understand the reason using that, but I still don’t like it as the reader.

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