Comments on: Blog Traffic Terms Defined - Because Knowing What the Heck You’re Talking About is Always a Good Thing

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:27:26 +0000

@Dorothy - if you sell something or have downloads you want to track, goals are great. Whatever your big conversion click is, you want to track that with a goal.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:22:31 +0000

Thanks, Michael. I started looking at my Google Analytics Stats about 4 weeks ago, and you clarified some of what I guessed, but wasn’t sure. Maybe a future post can talk about setting goals in Google Analytics? Do you find that a useful tool?

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By: Bill Caskey

Bill Caskey — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:44:05 +0000

Michael, Sat in w/my colleague Joe Kelner today on your call. As sales consultants, I wonder how much good twitter/stumbleupon might do. But I am using (or should I say ‘underusing?’) LinkedIn. Since I have a podcast and blog, it seems that I should be using my limited # of connections to invite to partake of our content.

Thanks for jarring some things loose in my brain.
Bill Caskey

By: pelf

pelf — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:09:30 +0000

Finally somebody has a glossary of terms for these bombastic words!

By: How to Measure Blog Traffic: Web Analytics

How to Measure Blog Traffic: Web Analytics — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:24:26 +0000

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By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:24:02 +0000

@Barry - glad to help. Links are always welcome!

@Mark - Yeah those are important metrics, for the reasons you specified. I put a lot of importance on bounce rates and visits per referrer. It’s how I measure the effectiveness of my social media participation, which is a big part of my traffic in addition to search traffic.

By: Mark Eckenrode

Mark Eckenrode — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:45:28 +0000

swell list, michael. no rocket science degree required.

one of the metrics i always look at is a combination of the two you listed: page views/visitor

how engaging is my content and am i providing enough internal linking for them to get a “full picture”

By: Barry Wise

Barry Wise — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:47:34 +0000

Thanks for explaining those - now I have somewhere to send my clients when they have questions

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:16:15 +0000

@David - Thank you. Search keywords may come up simply because these things are all intertwingled, but that’s really more of an SEO issue. Search traffic comes from search optimization, but spending time discussing keyword research is best left for another SEO seminar.