Blog Tweaking
March 5th, 2008 by Mike W. Read more about Articles, Blog Marketing, Site DesignYou may have noticed a month or so back that we briefly experimented with appending some “related post” links at the end of each entry. With a total disregard to building up the story, I’ll tell you the ending right now:
No change in page views.
The average user page view had no change, which was surprising, but the data doesn’t lie.
Relatedly, we have tweaked the blog again. Although there are several concurrent changes, I’m going to revisit this topic in a week or two and report any significant changes, if any. Hopefully, we can come to a few conclusions that will help you tweak your blog.
Have you performed any tests on your blog around increasing page views, RSS feeds, or email updates? If so, let us all know and perhaps we can gather some useful conclusions as a community.
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Mike is an internet marketer at MindValley responsible for running marketing tests, designing product launches, and leading an eCommerce project.
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