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indy107
May 19, 2009, 12:43:14 PM5/19/09
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Boreas
May 27, 2009, 11:40:30 AM5/27/09
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You've really kept up here indy, how is traffic and everything with
the blog?
On May 19, 12:43 pm, indy107 <ch...@grovenet.net> wrote:
> http://magicofbelieving.com/the-magic-of-writing-goals/
the blog?
On May 19, 12:43 pm, indy107 <ch...@grovenet.net> wrote:
> http://magicofbelieving.com/the-magic-of-writing-goals/
chuck
May 27, 2009, 11:57:32 AM5/27/09
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I was just reading some of my older articles - and damn! some of them
are really good! Did I write that? But - the traffic doesn't reflect
it - at all.
So I've made some changes. Changed the theme. Added twitter. Getting
more involved in forums.
I've noticed a lot of the originals have dropped out. Sad. This group
has the potential to really help. But I'm with it for the long run.
Boreas
May 28, 2009, 9:03:11 AM5/28/09
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Chuck, I like the layout, but there isn't really a logo that speaks to
me. I liked it better with the hat and the rabbit, because that said
magic.
The Logo now doesn't grab me, I would take something like the bridge
maker as an example:
http://www.thebridgemaker.com/
I found that website when it got 1000 diggs for some article or
another, that wasn't really much of an article, but just two sentence
paragraphs. What did work is that it was fast to read, and the layout
is not too cluttered.
What I notice in the logo is that it stands out, the font is unique.
The layout grabs me, and it has a "start here" article.
Start here articles are essential. It is all about what you are
providing.
Well, I don't know how I am for advice, but hope that helps.
Paul.
me. I liked it better with the hat and the rabbit, because that said
magic.
The Logo now doesn't grab me, I would take something like the bridge
maker as an example:
http://www.thebridgemaker.com/
I found that website when it got 1000 diggs for some article or
another, that wasn't really much of an article, but just two sentence
paragraphs. What did work is that it was fast to read, and the layout
is not too cluttered.
What I notice in the logo is that it stands out, the font is unique.
The layout grabs me, and it has a "start here" article.
Start here articles are essential. It is all about what you are
providing.
Well, I don't know how I am for advice, but hope that helps.
Paul.
chuck
May 28, 2009, 6:38:30 PM5/28/09
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Boreas wrote:
> Chuck, I like the layout, but there isn't really a logo that speaks to
> me. I liked it better with the hat and the rabbit, because that said
> magic.
>
> The Logo now doesn't grab me, I would take something like the bridge
> maker as an example:
> http://www.thebridgemaker.com/
>
> I found that website when it got 1000 diggs for some article or
> another, that wasn't really much of an article, but just two sentence
> paragraphs. What did work is that it was fast to read, and the layout
> is not too cluttered.
>
> What I notice in the logo is that it stands out, the font is unique.
> The layout grabs me, and it has a "start here" article.
> Start here articles are essential. It is all about what you are
> providing.
>
> Well, I don't know how I am for advice, but hope that helps.
> Paul.
>
>
Why does it seem everyone's website looks better than mine! Man that is > Chuck, I like the layout, but there isn't really a logo that speaks to
> me. I liked it better with the hat and the rabbit, because that said
> magic.
>
> The Logo now doesn't grab me, I would take something like the bridge
> maker as an example:
> http://www.thebridgemaker.com/
>
> I found that website when it got 1000 diggs for some article or
> another, that wasn't really much of an article, but just two sentence
> paragraphs. What did work is that it was fast to read, and the layout
> is not too cluttered.
>
> What I notice in the logo is that it stands out, the font is unique.
> The layout grabs me, and it has a "start here" article.
> Start here articles are essential. It is all about what you are
> providing.
>
> Well, I don't know how I am for advice, but hope that helps.
> Paul.
>
>
a NICE layout (The Bridgemaker) !
But it is also bought and paid for. I use the free templates. And when
I find some I really like, I have no idea how to
code or personalize them.
I really liked the old theme, but was suspicious of it. First, when I
first set it up, all the ad code was (by default) set to pay the theme
designer. So if you changed nothing - any ads clicked on would pay the
designer. Oh sure - you could insert
your ad code, but he didn't go to any trouble informing you of the
fact. Kinda sneaky if you ask me. Second, I was getting absolutely 0
Google Search Engine traffic. After almost a year I would think I would
get 'some'. And my traffic was almost nonexistent. So I felt it was
time for a change.
I really like the Start Here page too. I'm going to keep looking for a
theme I really like and I'll incorporate the Start Here page. Thanks
for the advice.
I haven't ever got 1000 diggs, but I have had several articles get over
1000 hits a day.
glowing...@gmail.com
May 28, 2009, 7:49:47 PM5/28/09
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Chuck, are you still getting zero google traffic? That really seems suspicious.
It looks like there is a book called "Magic Of Believing" which totally dominates Google. I wonder whether that has something to do with it-- maybe your site is blacklisted because google assumes when people search for that phrase, they're searching for the book? Damn, I sure hope noone writes a bestseller named "Glowing Face Man" (unless of course that author is me).
What's really weird is, when I searched for "magic of believing lou holtz" (without quotes), you still didn't show up, even though your own advertisement at the Steve Pavlina forums came in 3rd place. Now that's just not kosher! What the heck is going on?
-Glowing Face Man
http://www.glowingfaceman.com
It looks like there is a book called "Magic Of Believing" which totally dominates Google. I wonder whether that has something to do with it-- maybe your site is blacklisted because google assumes when people search for that phrase, they're searching for the book? Damn, I sure hope noone writes a bestseller named "Glowing Face Man" (unless of course that author is me).
What's really weird is, when I searched for "magic of believing lou holtz" (without quotes), you still didn't show up, even though your own advertisement at the Steve Pavlina forums came in 3rd place. Now that's just not kosher! What the heck is going on?
-Glowing Face Man
http://www.glowingfaceman.com
glowing...@gmail.com
May 28, 2009, 7:57:05 PM5/28/09
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Actually, I just looked at your page source and I think I might've
figured out the problem. In your HTML header you have this line for
some reason:
<meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />
That line tells Google (and every other search engine) that you don't
want to be listed!
Remove that line at all costs... it appears to be in your homepage as
well as all your individual posts, meaning NONE of your content will
be indexed.
figured out the problem. In your HTML header you have this line for
some reason:
<meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />
That line tells Google (and every other search engine) that you don't
want to be listed!
Remove that line at all costs... it appears to be in your homepage as
well as all your individual posts, meaning NONE of your content will
be indexed.
Daniel Goh
May 29, 2009, 1:42:29 AM5/29/09
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I'm still around actually *waves*. Still reading the updates from the google groups but haven't updated my sites for quite a while.
Your consistency is respectable mate. I'll be back ;)
Your consistency is respectable mate. I'll be back ;)
Boreas
May 29, 2009, 12:32:04 PM5/29/09
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Geez, nice catch GFM! Chuck, with that line you definitely will not
get google traffic. Have you got your site signed up with google
webmaster tools? Google "Google webmaster tools" and get your site
integrated so you know what is getting indexed. Submit a sitemap. All
this is critical.
On May 28, 7:57 pm, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:49 PM, glowingface...@gmail.com
get google traffic. Have you got your site signed up with google
webmaster tools? Google "Google webmaster tools" and get your site
integrated so you know what is getting indexed. Submit a sitemap. All
this is critical.
On May 28, 7:57 pm, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
<glowingface...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I just looked at your page source and I think I might've
> figured out the problem. In your HTML header you have this line for
> some reason:
>
> <meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />
>
> That line tells Google (and every other search engine) that you don't
> want to be listed!
>
> Remove that line at all costs... it appears to be in your homepage as
> well as all your individual posts, meaning NONE of your content will
> be indexed.
>
> -Glowing Face Manhttp://www.glowingfaceman.com
> Actually, I just looked at your page source and I think I might've
> figured out the problem. In your HTML header you have this line for
> some reason:
>
> <meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />
>
> That line tells Google (and every other search engine) that you don't
> want to be listed!
>
> Remove that line at all costs... it appears to be in your homepage as
> well as all your individual posts, meaning NONE of your content will
> be indexed.
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:49 PM, glowingface...@gmail.com
chuck
May 29, 2009, 6:00:56 PM5/29/09
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Boreas wrote:
> Geez, nice catch GFM! Chuck, with that line you definitely will not
> get google traffic. Have you got your site signed up with google
> webmaster tools? Google "Google webmaster tools" and get your site
> integrated so you know what is getting indexed. Submit a sitemap. All
> this is critical.
>
>
Hey guys,> Geez, nice catch GFM! Chuck, with that line you definitely will not
> get google traffic. Have you got your site signed up with google
> webmaster tools? Google "Google webmaster tools" and get your site
> integrated so you know what is getting indexed. Submit a sitemap. All
> this is critical.
>
>
Thanks for taking am interest in my site! I really appreciate it!
I looked at my code last night and saw the noindex/nofollow line....
but right underneath that is my Platinum SEO plugin that reinserts the
follow/index..........so I wonder if one cancels out the other. I had
also submitted a sitemap before with the old theme.....not yet with the
new one. It did not seem to help.
I just looked at my Analytics from Sep 1, 07 to today. 15000 visits.
26000 page views. 50% bounce rate.
Referring Sites 83%, Direct Traffic 16%, Search Engine 1.24% (182
visits) Google/Organic - 50 visits.
50 hits out of 15000 is from Google? That's bad.
If you google magic of believing, there is a magicofbelieving.net that
shows up on page 1. It's a generic joomla site - but they are on the
first google page? I just did a dnScoop comparison - they have a
pagerank of 0, with 1 inbound link, and a Alexarank of 20,000. I have a
page rank of 0, 106 links, and a Alexarank of 5,900 - but yet they are
on page 1 and I don't show up at all? What the heck?
I'm not doing something right. I know Magic of Believing is a popular
book, that's where I took the name. It's what the whole site is based
on. I thought I could tap into the same type of traffic by having a
well planned website in the middle of all that Magic traffic. But so
far - it ain't workin!
glowing...@gmail.com
May 29, 2009, 8:12:08 PM5/29/09
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Whether or not the SEO plugin inserts a "follow/index" tag, I'd still
take out the "noindex/nofollow" tag.
I don't know how google's bots work, but they probably turn away from
your site as soon as they see noindex/nofollow, without even waiting
to read the next lines. After all, you've asked not to be listed, why
would they even parse the page? Anyway, there's no reason to include
that line.....
take out the "noindex/nofollow" tag.
I don't know how google's bots work, but they probably turn away from
your site as soon as they see noindex/nofollow, without even waiting
to read the next lines. After all, you've asked not to be listed, why
would they even parse the page? Anyway, there's no reason to include
that line.....
ch...@grovenet.net
May 29, 2009, 8:50:06 PM5/29/09
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Since the theme I'm currently using is supposed to be SEO friendly, I can only assume it is one of the plugins that is inserting the code. I looked in my header.php and did not see it. Maybe I'll try turning off all the plugins, and then trying one at a time until it shows.
Thanks man
On Fri 05/29/09 6:12 PM , "glowing...@gmail.com" glowing...@gmail.com sent:
Whether or not the SEO plugin inserts a "follow/index" tag, I'd still
take out the "noindex/nofollow" tag.
I don't know how google's bots work, but they probably turn away from
your site as soon as they see noindex/nofollow, without even waiting
to read the next lines. After all, you've asked not to be listed, why
would they even parse the page? Anyway, there's no reason to include
that line.....
-Glowing Face Man
http://www.glowingfaceman.com">http://www.glowingfaceman.com
Boreas
May 30, 2009, 3:15:24 PM5/30/09
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GFM is right Chuck, you need to delete that tag, then you will start
getting 60% of your traffic from google, I am almost certain of it.
Google webmaster tool can also give you crawl stats, for how many
pages are indexed and when.
------------- Paul.
On May 29, 8:12 pm, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
getting 60% of your traffic from google, I am almost certain of it.
Google webmaster tool can also give you crawl stats, for how many
pages are indexed and when.
------------- Paul.
On May 29, 8:12 pm, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
<glowingface...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whether or not the SEO plugin inserts a "follow/index" tag, I'd still
> take out the "noindex/nofollow" tag.
> I don't know how google's bots work, but they probably turn away from
> your site as soon as they see noindex/nofollow, without even waiting
> to read the next lines. After all, you've asked not to be listed, why
> would they even parse the page? Anyway, there's no reason to include
> that line.....
>
> -Glowing Face Manhttp://www.glowingfaceman.com
> Whether or not the SEO plugin inserts a "follow/index" tag, I'd still
> take out the "noindex/nofollow" tag.
> I don't know how google's bots work, but they probably turn away from
> your site as soon as they see noindex/nofollow, without even waiting
> to read the next lines. After all, you've asked not to be listed, why
> would they even parse the page? Anyway, there's no reason to include
> that line.....
>
chuck
May 31, 2009, 12:56:43 AM5/31/09
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Boreas wrote:
> GFM is right Chuck, you need to delete that tag, then you will start
> getting 60% of your traffic from google, I am almost certain of it.
>
> Google webmaster tool can also give you crawl stats, for how many
> pages are indexed and when.
>
> ------------- Paul.
>
>
Good lord. When I upgraded to WP 2.7.1 - it automatically set the > GFM is right Chuck, you need to delete that tag, then you will start
> getting 60% of your traffic from google, I am almost certain of it.
>
> Google webmaster tool can also give you crawl stats, for how many
> pages are indexed and when.
>
> ------------- Paul.
>
>
privacy setting to ON. I read on a few forums where GoDaddy
automatically sets all privacy functions on.
I thought I remembered changing this noindex tag before - but maybe I
didn't.
Anyway - it wasn't in a plugin, or a theme file, it was a setting in
Wordpress that was automatically adding the noindex meta tag.
thanks guys
Boreas
May 31, 2009, 8:42:09 AM5/31/09
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Nice! Resubmit your site map and let us know what your google traffic
looks like in 2 weeks or so.
Also, are you running ad free right now? A couple of inline (left side
of your layout ads) won't hurt. But of course, you've got to
experiment.
Can't wait to hear what your google traffic is going to be.
Paul.
looks like in 2 weeks or so.
Also, are you running ad free right now? A couple of inline (left side
of your layout ads) won't hurt. But of course, you've got to
experiment.
Can't wait to hear what your google traffic is going to be.
Paul.
glowing...@gmail.com
May 31, 2009, 11:55:43 AM5/31/09
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BTW, regarding ads, I did some work to set it so ads only appear on
GFM to people coming from search engines. People following links or
visiting directly, get 0 ads. This is awesome for many reasons. For
one thing, search engine visitors are the most directed anyway--
serving ads to "regular readers" is almost pointless since they never
click. It can even be counterproductive-- having your mom click your
ads twenty times because she loves you, is liable to get your ass
"smartpriced" ;) Second, it allows me to put LOTS of ads in there for
search engine visitors, without worrying about annoying my regular
readers. Third, the blog looks clean and nice to people like blog
carnival owners, wikipedia editors, stumbleupon-ers, etc. I'm
actually using blogger so I had to teach myself JavaScript to pull
this off, inventing the wheel from scratch, but for you WP people I'm
sure there's a plugin for it.
GFM to people coming from search engines. People following links or
visiting directly, get 0 ads. This is awesome for many reasons. For
one thing, search engine visitors are the most directed anyway--
serving ads to "regular readers" is almost pointless since they never
click. It can even be counterproductive-- having your mom click your
ads twenty times because she loves you, is liable to get your ass
"smartpriced" ;) Second, it allows me to put LOTS of ads in there for
search engine visitors, without worrying about annoying my regular
readers. Third, the blog looks clean and nice to people like blog
carnival owners, wikipedia editors, stumbleupon-ers, etc. I'm
actually using blogger so I had to teach myself JavaScript to pull
this off, inventing the wheel from scratch, but for you WP people I'm
sure there's a plugin for it.
-Glowing Face Man
http://www.glowingfaceman.com
Boreas
Jun 1, 2009, 10:19:12 AM6/1/09
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Neat Concept. Thanks for the tip GFM!
On May 31, 11:55 am, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
On May 31, 11:55 am, "glowingface...@gmail.com"
<glowingface...@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, regarding ads, I did some work to set it so ads only appear on
> GFM to people coming from search engines. People following links or
> visiting directly, get 0 ads. This is awesome for many reasons. For
> one thing, search engine visitors are the most directed anyway--
> serving ads to "regular readers" is almost pointless since they never
> click. It can even be counterproductive-- having your mom click your
> ads twenty times because she loves you, is liable to get your ass
> "smartpriced" ;) Second, it allows me to put LOTS of ads in there for
> search engine visitors, without worrying about annoying my regular
> readers. Third, the blog looks clean and nice to people like blog
> carnival owners, wikipedia editors, stumbleupon-ers, etc. I'm
> actually using blogger so I had to teach myself JavaScript to pull
> this off, inventing the wheel from scratch, but for you WP people I'm
> sure there's a plugin for it.
>
> -Glowing Face Manhttp://www.glowingfaceman.com
> BTW, regarding ads, I did some work to set it so ads only appear on
> GFM to people coming from search engines. People following links or
> visiting directly, get 0 ads. This is awesome for many reasons. For
> one thing, search engine visitors are the most directed anyway--
> serving ads to "regular readers" is almost pointless since they never
> click. It can even be counterproductive-- having your mom click your
> ads twenty times because she loves you, is liable to get your ass
> "smartpriced" ;) Second, it allows me to put LOTS of ads in there for
> search engine visitors, without worrying about annoying my regular
> readers. Third, the blog looks clean and nice to people like blog
> carnival owners, wikipedia editors, stumbleupon-ers, etc. I'm
> actually using blogger so I had to teach myself JavaScript to pull
> this off, inventing the wheel from scratch, but for you WP people I'm
> sure there's a plugin for it.
>
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