Blogworld - Things I Learned.
Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Simon Chen1. Track ALL your RSS feeds. Use Feedburner.
2. One of the most useful web analytics resources (and it’s free) is Website Grader. Avinash spoke of it during his presentation. Everyone should use this.
3. Alexa rankings are considered by most of the web savvy folks as useless. I agree. Compete is much better due to the fact that they pull data from ISP’s, their toolbar and various opt-in panels (as opposed to Alexa, who depend only people installing the Alexa toolbar).
4. If you run a Wordpress blog, an important plug in is the General Stats plugin, which can be found here.
5. Download and install The Buzz Monitor, “a very useful tool for communities and organizations interested in tracking blogs, podcasts, videos, photos that talk about a specific issue”. Developed would you believe by The World Bank. Amazing.
6. Google Webmaster Tools - provide a list of keywords that Google thinks describe you. Plus a host of other things. Critical and very useful tool. More here.
7. If you use iGoogle, there is a plugin which allows you to see all you Google Analytics Key data in one place, without having to log into the GA interface. Very cool. And a clever way for Google to promote the use of iGoogle.
Let me know if you found some or all of these tips helpful. They certainly were to me.
Follow Up - I should point out by the way, that these 7 tips I picked up just from Avinash Kaushik’s session alone. I’ll be posting the full video clips of 3-4 more sessions as soon as I kick Google Video into gear. The last 3 uploads had a heart attack and didn’t take. Standby…
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November 13th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Hi Simon
I’ve heard / tried all with the exception of Buzz Monitor & will check that out (and w00t I scored a 98 on my “web grade”).
I just wonder how reliable Compete would be in Australia (for sites targeting Australia), given they get their information from US ISPs? It would certainly be good to see a similar (free) service here.
November 13th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I agree - it’s a pity that Compete doesn’t cover Aus only sites. And well done on your web grade score!
November 13th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
General stats is completely OTT
It even confuses me so am not sure it’d have much joy with a regulare user… or perhaps that says more about me…
Totally agree about compete though - I can vouch, for example, that the US stats for edublogs.org on compete are pretty much accurate.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Fair comment James, as you are the Wordpress guru here in Australia and if it confuses you, then what hope have mere mortals like us have? I’m still going to install it though as I want to see just how OTT it is!
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November 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for sharing this. Blogworld was great, but I couldn’t be in every session obviously. It’s really helpful to be able to check out the other sessions like this.
November 21st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Jeff, thanks for the comment. And I’m glad you like some of the video content. We’re exactly the same age, but I just can’t find the passion for gaming as you have. I bought my 7 year old son a Nintendo Wii for his birthday and I just cant get my head around it! He on the other hand has become an expert. Keep in touch. I’ll see you at Blogworld next year.