Posted on 06/05/2014 2:00:34 PM PDT by huckfillary
I started a WordPress Blog a few months ago and basically don't know what I'm doing. I can write, but am IT-challenged. Since I began the blog, I have not had one, repeat one, response. My stats indicate that I am getting "hits," but not one person has commented on my essays. I know I'm not Charles Krauthammer but I can't believe I have not had a single response. I can't help but think my settings or something need adjusted. Please advise. Thank you.
Not a response.
Ditch the blog, write your stuff right here.
Responses guaranteed.
I've never done one but have considered starting one myself. Pinging myself to the thread to see what responses you get.
A lot of your hits are the ‘bots that are reconning your site to see if it’s worth autoposting to.
>>Ditch the blog, write your stuff right here.
And get flamed for too many vanity posts, or for one misspelled word, or for grammar, or punctuation errors, or....!
I started a WordPress Blog a few months ago and basically don’t know what I’m doing.
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Well then. Ping the expert.
Freepmail me and I’ll help you. I charge.
If your settings are set to hold any comments for your inspection and if there are comments made to your blog posts then there is an area in the admin area where you will find the posts awaiting your perusal. You can them give them the OK which will automatically post them to your blog or you can trash them.
I post everything I write to freerepublic. But I also put it on artfuldilettante.com as well. I’m not a pro-—at writing or IT—so the blog isn’t 1/100th of where I’d like to take it, substantively or aesthetically. I’d like to transform it to a website with a reading list, links, etc., but I haven’t the know-how to do it. Please, go to the site, read my stuff, and let me have it. I really want some feedback.
Hey Laz.. what be that category for FReep editorial / self publishing?
OK, I clicked your blog.
I liked it. The spacing was good, the lines were clear, the black print on white background was perfect. I HATE morons who use a blue font on purple background or some such junk as that. Makes it too hard to read. And your margins were good. A very clean layout.
But only 4 blogs? Dude, you gotta get up in the hundreds, maybe thousands before you develop readership and responses.
And even then.
Many of those “hits” are bots
The different post titles on that bar at the top is a really nice touch, I have never seen that before.
I can never figure out how to post on here unless I’m responding to some other post like right now. Even when I want to post an article I’m only sporadically successful with it! Oh well, I hope huckfillary has better luck
Here are some suggestions.
- I see you’re adding a menu item for every post you make. You’re going to run out of menu slots before the blog ever gets big enough to make an impact. Adjust your settings so the home page lists *all* of your blog postings, newest to oldest. Then change your menu items so they correspond to selected categories or tags to narrow the selection down. At the very least, make some sub-pages to organize things more effectively.
- Use a search engine optimizer plugin, with plenty of keyword tags, to help your posts get visibility on Google and other search engines. Yoast Wordpress SEO is the one most people seem to use.
- Start a Facebook page and link in both directions to that. Share your posts on your own page, as well as others when it would be of interest to users. Be judicious and unobtrusive but don’t be intimidated by self-appointed spam police.
- Use Akismet to filter spam posts. I leave comments completely open on my site, without even requiring registration, to encourage easy participation. With Akismet I very rarely have to remove anything that slips through the filters.
- Pingbacks/linkbacks/trackbacks are an important source of readers. You’ll want to mix your own content with short links and reviews of related material on other blogs you like. This does not mean plagiarism! You’re giving the other author full credit and encouraging your readers to go and have a look. Typically WordPress will create a new link back to your own post in the comments or footer of the other site’s post.
- Keep at it. It takes a long time for a blog to build an audience. You need fresh and timely content, nice illustrations, and constant self-promotion on other appropriate sites.
Go to Google Adwords and see what people are searching for and use the high ranking keywords in your posts.
Use images. Name those images with keywords.
Post more.
You have no privacy policy. You can generate one and that gives you another page at least.
Add some meta tags and facebook tags.
Go and post a backlink on another site like WebDeveloper.
They have a section called website reviews where they allow posting a link to a site.
Which does not include exerpting your material here. Post the whole content.
Some folks hereabouts get pissy about that.
In the world of Cyberspace there are some deserts, keep going; in the desert, there are also some Oasis!
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