So for the last month or so I haven’t been checking my blog and making sure everything works right. I just assumed it all has because up to that point I had never had a problem…
I WAS WRONG!
That’s right, I should have been checking the blog because as it turns out my email subscription box (that gives away my free ebook) was not popping up when visitors came to my homepage. What does this mean? No subscribers for the last 30 days!
So I went ahead and saw this and fixed it yesterday, in one day I went from 888 rss subs to 896 thats alsmot ten new ones practically overnight! Who knows how many I missed because my subscribe section was not functioning properly!
I am so mad at myself for this but I understand these things happen, I encourage everyone to do minimally a weekly check to ensure everything is working, and don’t be afraid to be a good samaritan either, if you see someones blog not functioning right go ahead and email them letting them know, you may become a friend for life!
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We all have our moments like that.
Sucks, but hey better late than never!
By the way, is that popup a WordPress plugin you are using or is it some custom code?
Thanks!
@Static, Its aweber bud!
http://ibb.aweber.com/
@Shannon Lilly,
Oh? Aweber has this features as well? I thought it’s only an email autorespondance, I’m going to read more about it and plan to sign up Aweber! Thanks for telling us about this Shannon.
Regards,
Lee
@Shannon Lilly,
Thanks! When I sign up, I’ll definitely sign up through IBB.
@Static, is aweber a plugin?
@paul,
Aweber is an email autoresponder, which mean a tool that helps to manage your email subscriber and send them an email automatically for every updates in your blog.
@Static, we all definitely have our momments
I think we should check our blog at least once a week, but I check it everyday to make sure everything goes well.
@Static,
I think TS pays for the tool. So far I don’t see any WordPress plugin could does this.
Regards,
Lee
@Make Money Doing Online Surveys, There is nothing wrong to be there. I regularly visit my blog. Its a good idea.
@facelift,
Definitely, check our blog 2times a week is ideal, but if you could check it in daily basis, then it’s a plus. We have the responsibility to provide our reader a better experience and comfortable circumstances when they read our blog, so that we can keep them longer.
yep, one of my site was down and had lost the article submission page. I don’t even knew for how long it was down, must have been weeks… so its good to check the sites as regulary as possible.
@uttoransen,
Wow, lost most of the traffic, I guess.
@Free Credit Card Reports,
yep, lost lots of traffic, the site am talking about gets around 1200 uniques a day, am sure many got frustrated, as we have lots of members too…
being lazy is crime if you got responsibilities online,
one should check one’s blog every week so that to know that everything is working allright.
I check my blogs every day. Maybe I’m a bit paranoid about them
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@Best CSS Gallery,
Paranoid and excited with the stats and comments.
ya buddy i completely agree with your comment. Me too check my blog daily and do the changes that requires..
@Healthier Licorice, Its always good to be there.
Your thinking is very close to my thinking i am also in favor checking the blog every week of every day. its very beneficial for our blogs as well as us. Nice thinking.
@Pat Testers, I think Your thinking is totally great thinking!
I don’t know what is the other peoples opinion about it but in my point of view checking the blog from time to time it makes you a responsible moderator in other peoples view & also the visitors will be in contact with you & there will be definitely a boost in the traffic!
@hotels in cancun, You have very good point of view I am agree with to be a responsible moderator we must update our blog with in time.
I check my blog daily.:)
Do you have an interesting blog or website that you check everyday? What is it and what’s it about?
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What a great piece of information…This is exactly what i’m searching for. Really nice post, and by the way, nice blog. Thanks for sharing.
Man that sucks big time!
@paul, It takes only a few minutes a day to check your blog, just to ensure it’s in good condition and give better experience for your readers when they step in your blog. It’s not a big deal to spend a few minutes a day, right?
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Actually I thought I remember it working
@paul, yea me too
I guess I need to start checking all of my sites everyday
@earn money writing,
You must check it everyday.
the blog from time to time it makes you a responsible moderator in other peoples view & also the visitors will be in contact with you & there will be definitely a boost in the traffic!
@mediums,
I agree with you, we need to check and approve others’ comment. Otherwise your first time reader will not be coming back anymore. Btw, there is a WordPress plugin that helps you to notify your reader that you’ve approve their comment via email, so that they aware about their comments in your blog and they will come back to chat with you.
Regards,
Lee
@Make Money Doing Online Surveys, Ya i think your thinking is really nice for newbie..
I don’t even knew for how long it was down, must have been weeks… so its good to check the sites as regulary as possible.
at least two times in a week
@Market Research Reports,
Two times a week is ideal, but I check my blog almost daily. I just want to ensure that my blog is in good condition 24/7.
Regards,
Lee
@Make Money Doing Online Surveys,
Even I also do the same, but those who are busy. They should check atleast 2 times in a week.
Right “earn money writing” . we need to check our site daily.
@Market Research Reports,
Absolutely, for those who are not that busy, then they should check it daily to ensure that their blog is in good condition. But for those who have 100 blogs? Then they should spend some times to check or hire someone to work for them.
@Make Money Doing Online Surveys,
Right dude they can hire someone to work for them.
@Market Research Reports,
Yea, they can hire someone to work for them, but they have to spend some money on it. No matter what method we use, as long as our blog is in good condition.
I don’t know what is the other peoples opinion about it but in my point of view checking the blog from time to time it makes you a responsible moderator in other peoples view & also the visitors will be in contact with you & there will be definitely a boost in the traffic!
I’m going to read more about it and plan to sign up Aweber! Thanks for telling us about this Shannon.
@Hotel Melbourne,
I do have the same thought with you, I’m going to read more about Aweber and sign up for it. I believe that it could increases our sales and better connection with our readers too.
Regards,
Lee
I thought it’s only an email autorespondance, I’m going to read more about it and plan to sign up Aweber! Thanks for telling us about this Shannon.1
It should be checked at least once a week so you can keep your blog Up-to-date.
@kitchen taps, There is no harm to check it everyday if you have time for it. Its always beneficial to be there.
@Golf tours,
The more times you check, the better it’s. You’re right, there is no harm to check it everyday, as long as you have time to check.
It helps to be on top of things, but sometimes it can be a little much.Thanks for the info!
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I don’t know what is the other peoples opinion about it but in my point of view checking the blog from time to time it makes you a responsible moderator in other peoples.
Thanks for your ebooks
I thought it’s only an email autorespondance, I’m going to read more about it and plan to sign up Aweber! Thanks for telling us about this Shannon.
I don’t know what is the other peoples opinion about it but in my point of view checking the blog from time to time it makes you a responsible moderator in other peoples view.
Seems its all working now. I never thought you have this free book.
Yes it is very necessary to check blogs regularly and to update them. This help to create high credibility and will even help to check the weather everything is going fine or not.
@Gordano, agreed
It is very necessary to have check out at least once in a week so that we can see whats going on our blog & share the thoughts & feedbacks with the visitors & By the way by doing it we can feel our responsibility towards our blog!
@Gordano,
Yea, communicate with readers is one of the part of blogging and I feel cool to share experiences with them too. Our blogs are just like our brands, I feel proud to make my blog popular and known by everyone.
Regards,
Lee
It is very necessary for us to have frequent checkout on the posts published by us because by doing it we get to know about the activities on our posts & also we get the chance to share our thoughts!
Definitely buddy its essential to check your own blog daily, and it will help someone to put the right content that a visitor wants..
Many thanks for such a nice post. keep updating like that..
@Motorbike accident claims, Have you check your blog? If not visit there everyday and update it timely.
I Also Agree With you dear, even i am also checking blog twice a day, because i also had same experience as you have. my feedback button not working at that time and i have found that so many broken links are there in my blog, and so my visitors had problems, thank you so much sharing this wonderful tip.
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Ack! That’s a little scary! I’m glad you fixed it…good tip to remind us to check.
You have asked really a nice question that why we should not check out blog every day. We should check out blog every day and update also.
I thinks there is no need to do it every day but once or twice in a week its necessary.
@bingo play live,
Yea, it’s not a big deal to check only once in a week, as long as you don’t leave it until it dies. If you have more time, do a short check everyday, it takes you 2 minutes a day only.
It’s pretty weird that nobody told you that it doesn’t work. I’d expect someone to send you an email about that or something. Afterall it was the whole 30 day!
having a blog but not any frequent moderator to check it out is just like a kid left on the highway so in my point of view we should check our blog posts from time to time because by this way we get the chances to know the people’s review about ourselves & the skills which we have & some times we get some innovative ideas from our readers!
I didn’t log in all morning to find 4 comments awaiting moderation.The commentators were probably unhappy.
@earn money writing,
This was why I checked my blog everyday. Anyway, I believe that Shannon’s readers might be quite happy because Shannon set the comment system to auto approve.
Checking blog helps to increase the contacts and interaction between admin and user will be developed which helps to generate the income.
I think we should check our blog at least once a week, but I check it everyday to make sure everything goes well.
to get more updated news every one should check the blog regularly …helps to get more info abt the happenings
Do you have an interesting blog or website that you check everyday? What is it and what’s it about? Please help me – I’m bored at work
It is most important to make sure all your websites are working properly on a daily basis. There are so many little things that can go wrong. If you catch it early it can save you time and money!
If you want Google to give you better serps you should blog every day.
It is necessary to keep checking your sites and i am sure if you do so you would be able to rectify your mistakes and it will be very helpful in on-pages SEO, help to have proper density of keywords and all.
@Calvin Klein Underwear,
Absolutely, Google very concern about our page performance, Google will definitely piss off us if our blog dead for some days. Simply check our blog 2 times a week or everyday if you could do that, just spend 2minutes a day to check.
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However, he didn’t feel the same because he broke up with me last Saturday. We were not together for a long time, but despite the short time, I fell in love with him.
I write on and I know he checked even when we were together because I have this tracker on it. After the breakup, I didn’t write about him. I wrote other things but did not mention anything about him.
@Unique Gift Ideas,
Are you trying to spam the comment? =.=”
Regards,
Lee
I don’t know what to say really, I think what the guy was trying to get at was quality over quantity better yet I think you should just aim to have good content that hopefully readers find interesting.
Yes,I agree with you that we should check our blog daily.