Search, Social and Direct Traffic – [TRAFFIC ANALYSIS]
18th of November 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Search, Social and Direct Traffic – [TRAFFIC ANALYSIS]

This morning I spent a little time doing some analysis (using Google Analytics) of the traffic coming into my main blog – Digital Photography School. My analysis was stimulated by a question from a reader who in response to last week’s two posts examining the place of Digg and Social ...more
Blog Promotion
How to Grow a Young Blog With StumbleUpon
20th of September 2008 Skellie 0 Comments

How to Grow a Young Blog With StumbleUpon

Skellie wrote this post. She writes plenty more advanced blogging tips and strategies at Skelliewag.org. You can also get to know Skellie on Twitter. It’s ironic that arguably the biggest challenges for a blogger come when they are least experienced–when their blog is just a few weeks or months old. ...more
Blog Promotion
What is the Real Value of a Social Media Visitor?
19th of September 2008 Skellie 0 Comments

What is the Real Value of a Social Media Visitor?

Skellie wrote this post. She writes plenty more advanced blogging tips and strategies at Skelliewag.org. You can also get to know Skellie on Twitter. Bloggers are fiercely divided when it comes to deciding the value of social media traffic. Some crave it or even become addicted to it, writing every ...more
Social Media
How Social Media Helped Me Get Unbanned from a Social Media Site in 1 Hour and 44 Minutes
1st of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How Social Media Helped Me Get Unbanned from a Social Media Site in 1 Hour and 44 Minutes

In my last post I wrote that I’d just discovered that StumbleUpon had banned me. I’m happy to announce that 1 hour and 44 minutes after posting that – I was unbanned. How did it happen? I put it down to Social Media. Here’s the story: I had a number ...more
Social Media
ProBlogger is Banned from StumbleUpon
1st of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

ProBlogger is Banned from StumbleUpon

This story has been updated at the bottom of this post. This morning a number of readers have emailed or tweeted me to let me know that when they try to bookmark a post on ProBlogger that it leads them to a page saying that ProBlogger has been banned from ...more
Social Media