Comments on: Benchmarking Your Blog Post Quality … So You Can Improve http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Blog Benchmarks - Bloggeries Blog Forum http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-717 Blog Benchmarks - Bloggeries Blog Forum Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:07:59 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-717 [...] Marketing rants, news and views - the Fire Horse Trail which was a response/continuation of this; Benchmarking Your Blog Post Quality ... So You Can Improve Here was my analysis; [...] […] Marketing rants, news and views - the Fire Horse Trail which was a response/continuation of this; Benchmarking Your Blog Post Quality … So You Can Improve Here was my analysis; […]

]]> By: Links of the Week 1-25-2008 | .EDU Guru http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-713 Links of the Week 1-25-2008 | .EDU Guru Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:54:56 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-713 [...] Benchmarking Your Blog Post Quality… So You Can Improve - Very admirable idea that’s worth some more thought. [...] […] Benchmarking Your Blog Post Quality… So You Can Improve - Very admirable idea that’s worth some more thought. […]

]]> By: Paul http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-715 Paul Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:34:31 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-715 You should include a tool like Arkayne in your analysis. It discovers relevant pages for any blog. Great tool for: 1. Determine your blog quality by the quality of those you are most similar to. 2. Determine the quality of your posts by the number of follow up clicks it generates for other posts. Arkayne provides both, for example: http://www.arkayne.com/info/?origin=13401 You should include a tool like Arkayne in your analysis. It discovers relevant pages for any blog. Great tool for:

1. Determine your blog quality by the quality of those you are most similar to.

2. Determine the quality of your posts by the number of follow up clicks it generates for other posts.

Arkayne provides both, for example:

http://www.arkayne.com/info/?origin=13401

]]> By: Jeff Quipp http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-714 Jeff Quipp Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:41:29 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-714 @ theGypsy - looking forward to your post expanding on this idea Dave! @ Matt - you are corect Matt ...thanks for adding. I'm hoping to delve more into each in my post on Monday. @ Kyle - fantastic point Kyle ... thanks for raising it. Agreed. Think I'll incorporate this into my next post on the subject too, but in reality I would give it 3 months. @ theGypsy - looking forward to your post expanding on this idea Dave!

@ Matt - you are corect Matt …thanks for adding. I’m hoping to delve more into each in my post on Monday.

@ Kyle - fantastic point Kyle … thanks for raising it. Agreed. Think I’ll incorporate this into my next post on the subject too, but in reality I would give it 3 months.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-712 Kyle Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:51:37 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-712 I think this is a very admirable idea... and you have presented a solid benchmarking statistics, but it's easier said than done to track all that... And when is the cut-off cause people could always bookmark something three months later. I would say one of the easiest and immediate metrics to track is site traffic spikes and what was the latest post that caused it. I think this is a very admirable idea… and you have presented a solid benchmarking statistics, but it’s easier said than done to track all that… And when is the cut-off cause people could always bookmark something three months later.

I would say one of the easiest and immediate metrics to track is site traffic spikes and what was the latest post that caused it.

]]> By: Matt Ridout http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-711 Matt Ridout Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:04:17 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-711 I would like to add a few metrics to your existing list Jeff; 1. SE positions for new posts 2. Time spent on site 3. Page Views 4. Referring traffic from each social site 5. Sales conversions? I have just finished a proposal about this subject for a client lol I would like to add a few metrics to your existing list Jeff;

1. SE positions for new posts
2. Time spent on site
3. Page Views
4. Referring traffic from each social site
5. Sales conversions?

I have just finished a proposal about this subject for a client lol

]]> By: theGypsy http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-716 theGypsy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:33:34 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/benchmarking-your-blog-post-quality-so-you-can-improve.html#comment-716 Ok, I'll bite.... though I'll need more room than we seem to have here. I shall email U in the AM.... Dave Ok, I’ll bite…. though I’ll need more room than we seem to have here. I shall email U in the AM….

Dave

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