Why I Left Your Blog Within 10 Seconds
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I usually leave the majority of the blogs that I visit within 10 seconds of visiting it. Keep reading if you want to know how to get me and everybody else to stay just a little bit longer on your blog.
Each day I visit dozens of new blog and I also visit everyone that comment on my blog. What do I do once I visit a blog?
- I immediately peek at their Alexa Rank and Page Rank. I observe the amount of traffic they are getting by doing this. I have the Alexa Toolbar installed so that is quick and easy.
- The next thing I do is I scroll down their page - observing the amount of comments they receive and the quality of their post. By observing how much comment and the quality of their post - I can predict what kind of content they write and the activeness of their blog.
- During the first and second process I also take note of their theme - if it look simple and easy to navigate or not.
Why did I do the followings? Well keep reading. During my observation of their blog activeness and traffic rank, I will calculate in my head if it is profitable for me to bookmark their blog or not and revisit.
Lets say I visit a blog with high amount of traffic with excellent Page Rank and Alexa Rank. Now if that blog doesn’t receive a lot of comments - I say it is profitable. I will bookmark it, visit it daily and comment on it. Why? Because I will get more chance of being notice by their readers and since they get very little comments - I might just build a relationship with them
When I say profitable I am not just talking about traffic but content. If they have content that doesn’t interested me, then I won’t come back. So try to keep your front page full of useful posts.
I have found many blog like this and I visit these blog everyday to comment and be active in it 
Now why would I care if their blog look ugly or not? I honestly hate to visit blogs that look ugly - I really do even if their content are great. However- I will bookmark an ugly looking blog or poorly layout blog if it have quality and useful content 
How can you get your visitors to stay at your blog longer?
1. Alway put your best content on the front page. I alway post great content What if you just don’t have anything great to say for the day and have to post something for the day?
Install the WP-Sticky Plugin
Showing people awesome content for their first impression will make them want to further explore your blog and just might bookmark you
2. Get a new and better looking theme already! There are a lot of free and great looking themes out there. Click here to check out some of the best theme. I highly recommend you visit SoloStream- this guy give you some awesome looking themes free.
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Bubs said:
How many seconds are you going to stay on my blog?
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 pm -
Dana Wallert said:
Great post…although you didn’t mention it until the end…I think this is absolutely key when trying to build traffic from StumbleUpon too! I know when I’m stumbling for the 6th straight hour or so, I don’t stop long enough to even see if there’s good content if the site just looks overcrowded or overadsensed…much less give a thumbs up
Great tips Sean!
September 24th, 2007 at 12:44 am -
WarriorBlog said:
@ Bubs - LOL not too long but I left a comment
@Dana - Thank Dana!
September 24th, 2007 at 12:53 am -
Bubs said:
Thanks for the tip about the title but why would you recommend taking the date out?
September 24th, 2007 at 1:33 am -
Admin Sean said:
That just my opinion
because you can use that space to say something catching and valuable. I also do not think having your date in the title is necessary AT ALL.September 24th, 2007 at 1:38 am -
dandellion Kimban said:
…a blog with high amount of traffic with excellent Page Rank and Alexa Rank. Now if that blog doesn’t receive a lot of comments - I say it is profitable.
Which means you don’t come for the content or sommunicating but to leave a comment which will be noticed, and which will stream some traffic to you?
Though I agree that theme and navigation are important for the first contact with the new visitor, who needs a visotor like that?September 24th, 2007 at 1:55 am -
Admin Sean said:
Of course I comment on blog with lots of comments - I visit many other blogs like Problogger, JohnChow, DailyBloggingTips, and yes - I do comment on them too
just for communication.September 24th, 2007 at 2:01 am -
Thomas Sinfield said:
Great post! These are a lot of the things I have been trying to implement with my new blog.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:14 am -
Catherine Lawson said:
Hey Sean - I better not encourage too many commentors on my blog then, or you might stop dropping by!
By the way, I find it really confusing that you’ve kept Robbing Craigslist on the front page. I just thought you’d been lazy and not done a new post!
September 24th, 2007 at 5:04 am -
Marko Novak said:
Oh…that’s way you comment on my blog!
September 24th, 2007 at 5:09 am -
WarriorBlog said:
@ Catherine: Yeah I am using a plugin to keep it on the front page. I want to give as many people the ebook as possible. Good way to get a little extra traffic
@Marko: Well that is one of them but if you don’t have anything interesting I usually don’t say anything.
I visit many other blog with lots of comments and comment on them as well - I don’t just comment on blog with little comment (which is a great way to build relationship if you ask me :-))
September 24th, 2007 at 5:27 am -
john said:
Nothing! Is what I thought. So it’s about pageranks, comments and stuff like that, bad! It’s not about having something to share or to talk about, no original content just a holder for ads.
So can’t thumb up or down that would feed the insanity wouldn’t!September 24th, 2007 at 3:57 pm -
Opal Tribble said:
I absolutely loved the sticky plug in, but it conflicted with one of the plug-ins I had already so I’ve pulled it until I find out what was causing the problem. It was a great way to keep posts up that I wanted to receive more attention.
I think of some blogs as a “resource blog” so although they might not get a lot of comments they do get a lot of traffic. I have one website that is like that. It does better than my main website, but it’s mainly a resource so people come to read not necessarily to comment.September 24th, 2007 at 8:43 pm -
Opal Tribble said:
Totally Off Topic
I checked out your About Page do you have a MacBook Pro. It looks that way from the picture. I absolutely love Halo but don’t get to play it as much.
Oh by the way I found you through Cath Lawson.September 24th, 2007 at 8:47 pm -
Admin Sean said:
Thanks Opal,
LOL, maybe I should’ve wrote this post a little different - Now everyone think I just visit their blog for the traffic
I only comment when I have something to say but not just for the sake of saying something.Stumbled and commented on your blog!
Take care,
SeanSeptember 24th, 2007 at 9:38 pm -
Opal Tribble said:
I understood what you meant.
I’ve seen you comment on a few blogs. That name sort of sticks out so I had to check you out.
I’m like you I only comment if I have something to say.September 24th, 2007 at 10:03 pm -
Nick Bakewell said:
Well I finally got my blog redesigned, so I hope it doesn’t fall under your ugly category anymore :-p
Good post!
September 25th, 2007 at 3:06 pm -
zaifulzin said:
you make me drop here almost 15minutes …thanks great posting
September 25th, 2007 at 4:56 pm -
Liudmila said:
So, if you choose your blog-friends only by Alexa-rank it says everything about you. Point. You could write no one word more in this post.
Add this to the list “why I don’t write comments”: I don’t leave a comment on a blog if I have to write “this word to control if you are a human”.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:54 am -
mlankton said:
Not to comment-jack, but I have a favor to ask:
If any of you, especially Sean, have a minute, stop by my site. I redesigned the theme this week, and I am happy with it, but I’m not sure if it’s what’s right for the site. The site is a portal, and the content is mostly capsule news relating to the niche. Is my site too dark to make readers come back? Are dark themes the kiss of death for a site that aspires to be high traffic?
Appreciate anyone who takes the time, use the contact form and tell me you thoughts.September 29th, 2007 at 2:05 am -
Simonne said:
Well, I’d say looking at Alexa rank and PR can make you leave some blogs too soon. Given the fact that Alexa displays the 3 months average, and that Google did not update the toolbar PR since May, I believe there are good blogs which cannot be recognized, due to the fact that they are new.
Anyway, your post made me think about how I’m doing the “screening”: I also take a peek at Alexa
, then I read about 3-4 posts before deciding if I’m subscribing or not.October 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm -
clangnuts said:
Don’t you ever read blogs just for the interesting articles?
You appear a little too focused on the business side of blogging, to see that some are just there to entertain you.
For me, and I suspect a lot of people, the content of the blog is what makes us read further, or leave immediately.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:37 am -
Strategic Internet Marketing said:
Sometimes, you cant judge a NEW book(website) by its cover(PR,Alexa).
October 30th, 2007 at 6:40 pm -
drt said:
I just cited your post in my Indonesian language blog. I thought, many of them would benefit from visiting your site.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pm -
drt said:
By them in my comment above I meant my readers.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:59 pm -
gucci said:
December 5th, 2007 at 2:54 am
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Smart3Up said:
Sean, now I’m reading this blog. Man, this is funny, but true!
December 7th, 2007 at 6:13 am -
James said:
Hi, Would you reccomend having a static page for the front page, so you dont have the issue of people thinking that your blog has not updated? With perhaps links to the posts that you consider most valuble?
Cheers,
JamesDecember 22nd, 2007 at 2:02 am -
Akhmad Bisnis Guntar said:
My blog is new and don’t have pagerank (and alexa) rank. I think you are going to leave my blog pretty quickly
March 19th, 2008 at 5:22 am -
Akhmad Bisnis Guntar said:
Anyway, I don’t think how many comment doesn’t necessarily mean that the blog is kinda cool. It’s just it lacks of marketing effort
March 19th, 2008 at 5:23 am -
Erikka Fasting Arone said:
observing the amount of comments received and the quality of the post is kinda hard effort I think.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:57 am -
Erikka Fasting Arone said:
taking note of their theme. Agreed !
March 19th, 2008 at 6:58 am
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