Comments on: Optimising your Blog for your Readers http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/ Advice, coaching and FREE email course to show you how to use your Business Blog to develop your reputation online and market your business Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:46:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-308711 John Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:38:29 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-308711 I like the way you think, especially on the comments/interaction with your visitors. Usual people have to pass trough serious trials to learn this. To learn that it's more important to focus on quality than quantity. To talk with your visitors, and to interact with people that have the same interests as yours. I like the way you think, especially on the comments/interaction with your visitors. Usual people have to pass trough serious trials to learn this. To learn that it’s more important to focus on quality than quantity. To talk with your visitors, and to interact with people that have the same interests as yours.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-265640 Lisa Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:43:26 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-265640 Mark, Do you reccomend blogging about subjects that are unrelated to the business you are trying to promote thereby drawing people to read about something interesting without being "sold" to? I'm confused about what to do.. thanks. Mark,

Do you reccomend blogging about subjects that are unrelated to the business you are trying to promote thereby drawing people to read about something interesting without being “sold” to? I’m confused about what to do.. thanks.

]]> By: Optimizing your Blog for your Business @ Better Business Blogging http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-235741 Optimizing your Blog for your Business @ Better Business Blogging Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:08:08 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-235741 [...] The 3rd part of the series and a lot of what I have been talking about in the first two posts on Optimising your blog for Search Engines and Optimising your Blog for your Readers, will be relevant here. In fact, it probably all is. Generally, when it comes to our businesses, our online relationships with our readers and with the search engines are inextricably linked in todays world. [...]

]]> By: Optimising your Blog for Search Engines @ Better Business Blogging http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-202308 Optimising your Blog for Search Engines @ Better Business Blogging Tue, 20 May 2008 01:20:38 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-202308 [...] Warning - Long Post (even for me!) Remember that when it comes to “Optimising your blog”, looking at the factors which will be picked up by the Search Engines is only one part of the equation. You also need to consider optimising the blog for your readers and for your business objectives - creating a blog which happens to rank highly for certain relevant key word phrases is going to be of zero value to you if you can’t back that up with things that your readers are interested in. (We looked at Optimising for your Readers in part 1 and optimising for your business comes in part 3). [...] [...] Warning – Long Post (even for me!) Remember that when it comes to “Optimising your blog”, looking at the factors which will be picked up by the Search Engines is only one part of the equation. You also need to consider optimising the blog for your readers and for your business objectives – creating a blog which happens to rank highly for certain relevant key word phrases is going to be of zero value to you if you can’t back that up with things that your readers are interested in. (We looked at Optimising for your Readers in part 1 and optimising for your business comes in part 3). [...]

]]> By: Christine Sawyer http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-179930 Christine Sawyer Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:27:02 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-179930 Hello Mark, I understand. My question how do you proceed to filter/moderate comments before they actually appear. Like you mention, ways of posting comments I know on Blogger are that they have to sign in, and as a blogger, either I moderate (decide to publish or not) or if I don't moderate a spam or stupid comment can be posted and I can only erase it after the fact when I see it and it shows one comment has been deleted by administrator. Can you expand on how you can have visitors not sign in and you can still filter/moderate before it is published... Thanks One unrelated question: can you talk one day of the benefits of Wordpress on my own website, versus Blogger also hosted on my website. I have heard Wordpress is better but side-by-side comparisons I saw on the web don't seem so clear (and it seems things are changing quickly with new updates)... Thanks in advance on helping on that... or may be you can show links to valuable recent reviews... Christine PS: I don't know what Captchas are (as well, sorry!) Hello Mark,
I understand. My question how do you proceed to filter/moderate comments before they actually appear. Like you mention, ways of posting comments I know on Blogger are that they have to sign in, and as a blogger, either I moderate (decide to publish or not) or if I don’t moderate a spam or stupid comment can be posted and I can only erase it after the fact when I see it and it shows one comment has been deleted by administrator. Can you expand on how you can have visitors not sign in and you can still filter/moderate before it is published… Thanks
One unrelated question: can you talk one day of the benefits of Wordpress on my own website, versus Blogger also hosted on my website. I have heard Wordpress is better but side-by-side comparisons I saw on the web don’t seem so clear (and it seems things are changing quickly with new updates)... Thanks in advance on helping on that… or may be you can show links to valuable recent reviews…
Christine
PS: I don’t know what Captchas are (as well, sorry!)

]]> By: Mizpah Magazine http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-179843 Mizpah Magazine Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:16 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-179843 I've been trying to convince my colleague on Mizpah Magazine of this for months, but she is convinced that seo is bad for writing quality! Captchas are this day a fact of life, a must use? I’ve been trying to convince my colleague on Mizpah Magazine of this for months, but she is convinced that seo is bad for writing quality!
Captchas are this day a fact of life, a must use?

]]> By: Mark White, Blog Consultant http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-170366 Mark White, Blog Consultant Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:47:41 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-170366 Christine - I may have used slightly wrong terminology here, I'm afraid. I meant that rather than filtering or stopping comments by using CAPTCHAs or requiring commenters to sign in, it is better (from a reader's perspective) to allow all comments to be submitted easily and then for the blogger to filter/moderate them before they actually appear on the blog. In this way, the blogger doesn't have spam comments but equally readers can leave comments without having to jump through hoops. Christine – I may have used slightly wrong terminology here, I’m afraid. I meant that rather than filtering or stopping comments by using CAPTCHAs or requiring commenters to sign in, it is better (from a reader’s perspective) to allow all comments to be submitted easily and then for the blogger to filter/moderate them before they actually appear on the blog. In this way, the blogger doesn’t have spam comments but equally readers can leave comments without having to jump through hoops.

]]> By: Christine Sawyer http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-169378 Christine Sawyer Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:31:10 +0000 http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/business-blog-design/optimising-your-blog-for-your-readers/#comment-169378 I am not sure what you mean by "do the comment moderation behind the scene". Could you explain? I am using Blogger. Thanks I am not sure what you mean by “do the comment moderation behind the scene”. Could you explain? I am using Blogger.
Thanks

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