Comments on: 10 Useless Blogging Techniques “Gurus” Recommend

By: mk

mk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:35:02 +0000

yeah i agree with Mr.I, because most of bloggers doesn’t want to share their secrets to others but little bit

By: lawmacs

lawmacs — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:54:17 +0000

Nice post the internet is full of advice some woeks some don’t blogging takes time to get going unless you comes up with a brand new idea that grabs the public very brilliant post

By: Louise M.

Louise M. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:18:56 +0000

Right !

It’s a really corrupted attitude to write meaningful things on ones blog and then do really low and shameful choices to drive traffic and just consider readers as numbers.

I agree. It’s a real effort not to choose the easiest (still uneffective) way but it’s definitely worth it.

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:41:03 +0000

Most top bloggers do not offer everything. That’s right. Mostly, you will need to buy their book to learn more.
But recently, I have seen many people using 80-20 system. That is, they give 80% of content and sell rest 20%. This is beneficial for both us and them.
A good example is Yaro Starak. Even his free reports run into 50+ pages, more than many books!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:36:34 +0000

Well, every blog is unique. I fully agree with you that we should not “blindly” follow big boys but use own lessons to improve blogs.

By: Eddie Gear

Eddie Gear — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:16:15 +0000

Hi there,

A very interesting post. Every though I would agree with most of the points you have mentioned some of them don’t really agree to. It depends on the perspective you are looking at. You also mentioned “Everyone is trying to be the next pro-blogger or Darren Rowse and in the process, recommending what they think “should work” and not what “works“. A very important point to note is that if every one gave out their secret then nothing would make them stand out or make them be better than others. As per my study over the recent years, top bloggers don’t give away everything, but just that little bit of information that will get the readers coming back for more.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear

By: George Serradinho

George Serradinho — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:04:57 +0000

Hi,

I have a few things to mention here about your points above:

1. Comment on Own Posts – I have never done this and will never. That is like cheating, not cool.
2. Traffic Exchanges – I use Entrecard and I must admit that using this program has made me connect with many other bloggers with the same interest or who offer me important info. I don’t know if I will be using Entrecard for long, but I have met a lot of people.
3. Buying Traffic – I would never do that. I work extremely hard for my money and won’t waste it. I would rather look at my site and try to change things to get more visitors via search engines.
4. Partial feeds – I use to give partial feeds and had a site review suggesting maybe looking into why I give full feeds. My reason for full feeds is that a user can view the entire post and if they like it then they will visit and comment, maybe even look at other posts.

I think you have nailed the point here that we need to some how think out of the box and don’t always follow the BIG boys. I would say that we have to learn from our mistakes and try and be unique in our own way. Thanks for sharing this info, it was a great read

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:23:20 +0000

Seems funny but it’s true. I once encountered a post that had 30 comments and in commentators there were John Chow and Darren Rowse.
I don’t know much about Chow but Darren does not comment on blog posts! He shares posts on his blog or Twitter profile!
Clearly, the owner was faking because all other posts had no or 1-2 comments!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:20:44 +0000

First, link exchange is a waste of time. Second, wasting time on it is a bigger wastage! So, it is best to avoid them.
I agree with one way links point. Add Guest Posting to equation and you can build links pretty fast!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:16:57 +0000

Many people advice this to combat content theft (read more here: http://bloggingwithsuccess.net.....nt-thieves )
While this can be a good strategy in this case, you will lose many good subscribers. Instead, taking other anti-scraping measures is the best thing to do.