Blogging Experiment
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The document discusses setting up and maintaining a successful blog. It outlines an experiment to test factors that contribute to a blog's success, such as unique visitors, page views, and comments. The experiment's plan involves learning how to set up a blog, gathering and posting content, and analyzing metrics to understand readers and make improvements. Qualities of a good blogger are also discussed, such as writing skills, posting regularly, and sharing knowledge.
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Blogging Experiment
- 1. Blogging Experiment A Mind Boggling Experience
- 2. Blogging is an intellectually and emotionally overwhelming activity
- 3. Sharing the blogging experience Do you have what it takes to blog?
- 4. Outline Experiment Objective Context Overview Plan -> Do -> Check -> Act Qualities of a Respectable Blogger How Do I Start Blogging? For any questions, Im at http://MyHomeTown.SG . Register as a member and we can discuss about blogging there. Have fun!
- 5. Experiment Objective What makes a blog successful ? Unique Visitors Referrals Visit Depth Page Views Number of Singaporean Visitors Comments Visit Depth Building a Community
- 6. Context Overview BLOG 1 or Many Bloggers Text Pictures Videos Widgets etc Blogging Engine Your Readers Content Management WYSIWYG Editing Tag / Category Layout / Skins RSS Feeds Web Analytics Unique Visitors Page Views Referrals Manual Means Popular Forums Popular Blogs Word of mouth Search Engines Google Yahoo Meta Blog Aggregators MyHomeTown.sg Ping.sg / Tomorrow.sg Technorati MyBloglog Social Networking Sites 際際滷share.net Youtube Facebook Read, Analyse and Write
- 7. Context Overview Lets watch a short video clip on Youtube
- 8. Experiment Results Monthly Statistics on Page Views * As of 25 Jan 08 Entries Pageview Month 7,954* 9,405 10,362 13,520 11,102 4,603 239 6* 18 44 85 96 69 18 Jan 08 Dec 07 Nov 07 Oct 07 Sep 07 Aug 07 Jul 07
- 9. PLAN: Your Blog Ask Yourself How much resources (time and money) do I have? Who are my target readers? Is there an objective to start a blog? What should I do first? Read blogs (as well as comments) Find out where are the popular social networking sites Find a suitable blogging engine (know their limitation) Plan what to post Text, Pictures, Videos and other widgets Start researching for relevant materials!
- 10. DO: Setup, Gather, Post & Market Learn to setup and manage blog (Demo) Take pictures/videos and process them Research and Post Market the blog Register the blog at every likely social networking site Visit forums and post (signature links to blog) Through friends and colleagues Join Social Networking sites (Add signatures, widgets)
- 11. CHECK: Blog Results How do people get to the Blog? How many people come to the Blog and number of pages viewed? What are the topics they are interested in? Which layout would increase page views? What are the peak hours? What do they comment on? How to improve blogs rank or popularity in Bookmark Site/Blog Aggregator? etc.
- 12. What did they click to enter?
- 13. How Many Unique Visitors and Page Views? *28 Aug 2007 at 11:54pm *26 Jan 2008 at 10:48am
- 14. Where were the Visitors from? *28 Aug 2007 at 11:54pm *26 Jan 2008 at 10:48am
- 15. See Whos Online? * 27 Aug 2007 at 8:43pm
- 16. Would Frequency of Posts affect the web analytics?
- 17. Where did the Visitor go? Foreigner Example
- 18. Where did the Visitor go? Singapore Example Keyword search = cedele Using Google
- 19. Appearing in Google Search Keyword search = kfc hotline Using Google
- 20. What do Visitors Comment on? Recent Examples
- 21. At What Hours Would They Come?
- 22. Rank and Popularity in Technorati.com
- 23. Best Page Views Recorded
- 24. Other ways to attract Visitors
- 25. ACT: On the Results Find out why how visitors landed on the blog and try to repeat it with a similar entry Find alternatives when blog engines web analytics report is inadequate Understand your reader Pace and vary the following: the styles and types of entries the frequency of posting the layout of the blog
- 26. What it takes to be a respectable Blogger? Willingness to Share Clear and concise web writing skills Take and process good pictures Blog/Comment responsibly Practise Reciprocity Time and Diligence to post regularly Be knowledgeable ; Read!
- 27. Demo using Wordpress.com, photobucket.com as an example How Should I Start One?
- 28. BLOG or NOT TO BLOG? YOU DECIDE!
- 29. 油