Earnings from my sites hit their peak this month, setting an all time record. But sadly its not setting a trend, its the peak before the fall. It was a final fling before the full extent of the change in cookie at my major merchant comes into full effect. But before we talk about that, […]
If you follow your Google Analytics carefully (and you should), you will probably be horrified and dismayed by your site bounce rate. On the average blog, a bounce rate of 60-75% isn’t uncommon. That on the surface appears to be terrible. I remember thinking that there must be something seriously wrong with my site if […]
It’s that time when we take a look at our Alexa Ranking to see if we have made any improvement over last month. On June 12th, I wrote about the Alexa Ranking system and why it was important to bloggers. I recommended installing the Alexa Toolbar and see if this would improve Alexa Ranking. It’s […]
Every blogger concerned about their traffic and looking for attract interest and investment from sponsors should know and track their Alexa Ranking. It’s simple to use, and I’ll explain why you should get it now. Read on for the Guide to the Alexa Toolbar for Bloggers. Who are Alexa? Alexa.com are owned by Amazon. They’ve […]
This post is taken from Newsletter 5. How to set up and understand Google Analytics. We’ve looked before at statistics for your website and analyzing how your site grows. Now we need to look in more detail about your visitors – where they come from, how long they stay, what they look at, what they are searching for. This […]
Did you get the email from Pinterest about the new analytics for Pinners with their own website? It gives interesting info on the pins made from your site, popular pins, number of repins, number of views etc and is well worth taking a look at. Here is how: 1. Get early access to the new look […]
Today we are starting to think about Social Media. I remember it was only 6 years ago that someone complained to me that they kept getting invites from their friends to this stupid thing called Facebook. They were already registered on Friends Reunited, and had a MySpace. Why would they want something else? Well, we all know […]
This article is reproduced from the 2nd of my early newsletters. In the previous letter we looked at how to access some important statistics for your website, and I provided you with a simple spreadsheet to track your progress. Today we are looking at all of the important features on our website which we must have […]
Reproduced from the first ever newsletter I sent to my (few) early subscribers. Thank you for signing up to receive this newsletter – as I grow my blog and discover new ways to monetize it, or earn money online, I will share it here rather than bamboozle the readers on my sewing blog! So […]
