Comments on: Content And Usability Before Blog Promotion

By: Peter Lee

Peter Lee — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:38:46 +0000

You’re right. Content before everything else. I think you have to be ready before you can think about focusing on blog monetization. So it’s a good idea to publish more posts first which also will help in you link building and SEO efforts too. That also helps in building your name in your blogging community.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:47:31 +0000

@Mrs. Micah — I agree. There’s no point in doing any more than the basics until there’s more content on the blog.

@Four Pillars — Thank you. Yeah, it takes a while to gain traction with search engines.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:47:44 +0000

Good post – I suppose it is worth learning about some seo when starting a blog but you won’t see the results for quite a while.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:59 +0000

I sometimes get contacted by newer bloggers who are concerned about SEO. I try to help them set up some of the basic things which will make their blog more available to search engines as they build content (an SEO plugin, Sitemaps plugin), but I don’t think it’s ethical to contract for anything further, since there’s really no content to find yet.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:57:54 +0000

@James — I takes a while to get your traffic up, just hang in there.

@LifeRamblings — You’re welcome.

@BigBadBully — Exactly, only start marketing when you have something that readers want to come back to!

By: BigBadBully-V

BigBadBully-V — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:33:48 +0000

Hey, yeah this all sounds like me! This week I made an effort to optimize my blog by getting the design, content, plugins, etc. in order. I’ve noticed a big difference already. Marketing isn’t so hard when you have something some people might want to come back to and read. Great post!

By: liferamblings

liferamblings — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:32:07 +0000

Great tips for a newbie like me.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:05:18 +0000

Great advice. These are all things that I’m going to focus on.

I’m pretty new and have been a little disappointed by my traffic, although not discouraged. Everything I’ve read suggests that persistence is key, so I won’t be giving up any time soon.