Comments on: March Traffic Levels

By: Copy student

Copy student — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:27:37 +0000

I came to your page after reading a category blog post from Ray Edwards back in December 2007. It takes you to the old page. I’d bet that is what is skewing your numbers.

By: Copy student

Copy student — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:27:00 +0000

I came to your page after reading a category blog post from Ray Edwards back in December 2007. It takes you to the old page. I’d bet that is what is skewing your numbers.

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:03:21 +0000

Great observation, Joe. But I wonder… am I really more passionate about one topic versus the other?

I don’t know. I’m too close to tell.

I have noticed the first 3-6 months of writing for a new topic are always the easiest. After that, you really have to dig deep to keep the flow of content coming.

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:03:00 +0000

Great observation, Joe. But I wonder… am I really more passionate about one topic versus the other?

I don’t know. I’m too close to tell.

I have noticed the first 3-6 months of writing for a new topic are always the easiest. After that, you really have to dig deep to keep the flow of content coming.

By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:35:46 +0000

Ryan,

You are an excellent writer, there is no doubt about it. This blog, that blog, whatever blog would benefit from your skills.

But…

You have to consider that perhaps your writings on the other blog have more “niche” appeal because of your slightly higher passion for that niche?

Not in a bad way, but we all tend to write “just a little better” on topics that we have intimate knowledge or experience with.

By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Ryan,

You are an excellent writer, there is no doubt about it. This blog, that blog, whatever blog would benefit from your skills.

But…

You have to consider that perhaps your writings on the other blog have more “niche” appeal because of your slightly higher passion for that niche?

Not in a bad way, but we all tend to write “just a little better” on topics that we have intimate knowledge or experience with.

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:28 +0000

Stephen – Good observation. Although I’ve never linked from this blog to my other blog (that I can remember). And as far as I can tell, there are only two regular readers from this blog that visit the other one regularly.

Andy – I don’t know what the traffic levels are on my old Typepad blog. I don’t monitor them anymore. You can see the old blog here:

http://ryanhealy.typepad.com/

I migrated from the Typepad blog to this one in January. Since most of my readers are subscribed to my email list, all I did was start directing them to the new blog.

In discussing my traffic, I was actually comparing the traffic levels of RyanHealy.com to another blog that I write in a completely different market.

By: Ryan M. Healy

Ryan M. Healy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:00 +0000

Andy – I don’t know what the traffic levels are on my old Typepad blog. I don’t monitor them anymore. You can see the old blog here:

http://ryanhealy.typepad.com/

I migrated from the Typepad blog to this one in January. Since most of my readers are subscribed to my email list, all I did was start directing them to the new blog.

In discussing my traffic, I was actually comparing the traffic levels of RyanHealy.com to another blog that I write in a completely different market.

By: Andy Havens

Andy Havens — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:11 +0000

Your writing is MUCH better on the other blog and I haven’t seen it. Now I’m mad. Here I’ve been reading this crummy blog only to find out you put the quality stuff on a typepad blog. Hmmph! I want a refund!

On the other hand… it could be something as simple as reader habits. Your other blog has been established longer and folks sometimes just don’t like to change.

I’m not sure what you mean by a bigger market – maybe you could elaborate.

God bless,

Andy

By: Andy Havens

Andy Havens — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:00 +0000

On the other hand… it could be something as simple as reader habits. Your other blog has been established longer and folks sometimes just don’t like to change.

I’m not sure what you mean by a bigger market – maybe you could elaborate.

God bless,

Andy