Top 5 Referrers
I went back tonight and measured my top referrers with the highest bounce rate (in other words, I didn’t pay attention only to traffic numbers but the amount of time each reader stayed on average). What I came up with was exciting and I wanted to share it with you in what will probably be one of my shortest posts!
Blog Catalog: Holy crap batman. Without spending much time there over the past year, my profile there sent more traffic to Postcards than any other referrer. I was once a doubter, now I believe! … again ;)
BlogCritics Magazine: Anyone who writes for Blogcritics knows that it can be taxing. Not only do they require their posts a certain way in accordance with unwritten rules (not all the time, but sometimes) BUT, you are submitting your work to an editor who has the right to deny you being published. Imagine doing all the work a 300-600 word post requires and then get an email barring you from publishing it there. It kind of happened to me once. I eventually got it published after a rework 2 weeks later. These guys gave me a LOT of traffic with my 7 articles I have done for them. Needless to say I’ll be writing a bunch for them this summer.
Chawlk: This is one under the banner of 9Rules” that I wrote a few times on last year as well as did an interview with a co-founder Mike Rundle. In my short time with them, they really have sent a lot of relevant traffic my way.
Bumpzee: Though Bumpzee widgets slow my blog down and sometimes they are down for maintenance. They produced traffic for me, a lot of it.
And finally … Entrecard: No matter how painful it is to use this service … it werks.
For a while anyway I’ll be bannering these top referrers of the last years in my header. Check em out and see how they do for you.
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I need to get back into the habit of visiting these sites! It’s hard to make time for them since they seem to be so time-consuming, but they’re worth it!
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I know what you mean about time. I don’t usually sit down at my comp anymore without a todo list written on whatever’s handy (usually bills). Lately traffic and money are my priorities but sometimes just establishing a base of quality posts is a better dolist. You’re doing great at that!