tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post7677425209854176605..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Eight Easy Ways to Grow Your BlogMack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-21513772219503531392007-07-11T07:07:00.000-05:002007-07-11T07:07:00.000-05:00Hey Mack ... I love that you say "easy", but each ...Hey Mack ... I love that you say "easy", but each of these take commitment mostly in terms of time, but also in terms of thinking. In many ways, what you are saying is ... "this is the way to tend and grow your garden - virally". Nice.Gavin Heatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505818390611807191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-20459900136217618822007-07-10T21:31:00.000-05:002007-07-10T21:31:00.000-05:00Tom good point about search engines. The regular ...Tom good point about search engines. The regular posting leads to regular links, which boosts your blog's pagerank, which leads to more traffic. Great observation, I didn't really want to get into that because I was trying to keep the steps as simple as possible. <BR/><BR/>From my experience here, the word-verification eliminates almost all of the spam comments, I used to have to delete several a day, now it's maybe 2-3 a week. <BR/><BR/>As far as the blog directories, I think it helps some, but I've never seen a huge traffic uptick from it. I put it in the 'if you have time' category. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the feedback!Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-11584842957392011662007-07-10T17:14:00.000-05:002007-07-10T17:14:00.000-05:00Mack - read your article at MarketingProfs.com. Pl...Mack - read your article at MarketingProfs.com. Pleased that it was available since they usually lock up gems like this behind their subscribers only wall. I've been blogging for a while now and advise others on it so it's nice to find a resource that not only I can learn from but that I can point others to as well. <BR/><BR/>A few comments on your steps...<BR/><BR/>:: Step 1: I've found that another benefit of posting regularly is that I attract more attention from search engines which can, obviously, have a positive effect on your blog readership.<BR/>:: Step 2: With respect to comment spam, I'm using the Akismet plug-in on my self-hosted WordPress blog and find it does a good job in helping me manage the multitudes of comment spam I get daily.<BR/>:: I'm wondering what your feeling is about publishing your blog to the various blog directories out there -- Technorati.com, etc.?<BR/><BR/>Thanks ... TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com