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sensuouscurmudgeon on "Posting Rate to traffic increase - Clarification"

sensuouscurmudgeon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:03:32 +0000

To some extent your traffic depends on how the search engines position you when someone searches on a topic you've written about. Obviously, the higher your blog appears, the better it is for traffic. No one reveals the inner secrets of how the search engines do these things, but frequency of posting is probably a positive factor. None of that will matter to your fans, who have probably bookmarked your blog and routinely visit, without consulting search engines. It all depends on the behavior of each visitor. I don't think there are any sure-fire answers. But posting frequently is probably a good thing to do.

progressivetimes on "Posting Rate to traffic increase - Clarification"

progressivetimes — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:33:35 +0000

Greetings,

I have a question for some of the more experienced bloggers out there. I've been doing a lot of reading that says that some of the most successful blogs are those that post most often, or at the very least, there is a correlation between the amount of posts one creates a day vs. traffic. It's not uncommon for 5-10 posts per day. 25+ on huge sites.

Now, I don't post everyday. In fact, I usually only post once or twice a week and I'm still a beginner here. But as I continue on I find that a large percentage of views do not come from my most recent articles, but rather things that I've posted in the past that people find their way to via searches.

My question is... does the correlation in posts to traffic occur (generally) because that generates more views every time you post a new article, or is it because the cache of old posts and resulting things to be searched grows and the number of hits rises as a result. Put another way, does more posting reach more people instantly or eventually catch more searching people with a bigger net?

I imagine the stats would reveal this pretty easily. Any direction would be great. Thanks.

sensuouscurmudgeon on "Verifying Google Webmaster goes bust..."

sensuouscurmudgeon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:31:06 +0000

Don't make it a page. Make it a post, and there's no need to make it private. Just give it a publication date of a few months ago. No one will see it but Google.

You set the publication date while in the edit screen. Off to the right is an option that says: "Publish immediately Edit." Use the edit button and give it a different date. Be sure to hit "OK." Then post the thing. All the post needs is a title which is the string of stuff Google gave you. The body of the post can say virtually anything, or just the word "test." Doesn't matter. It'll always be there for Google to see.

swhowie on "Verifying Google Webmaster goes bust..."

swhowie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:58:44 +0000

I'm having the same problem. It looks like the filename is actually a directory on my address bar when I view the page as I'm sure it's autogenerating the page to be viewed. I don't know what to do about it.

olahandford on "Verifying Google Webmaster goes bust..."

olahandford — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:39:03 +0000

Hi, have the same problem. The same answer from google
'We've detected that your verification file returns a status of 404 (Not found) in the header'

Changed my page to be public and no difference. Any other sugestions what I could do, please?

tellyworth on "Verifying Google Webmaster goes bust..."

tellyworth — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:21:44 +0000

"The page with the google HTML is currently up as a private page"

That's your problem. It needs to be accessible for Google to fetch it. You can delete it once you're verified.

progressivetimes on "Verifying Google Webmaster goes bust..."

progressivetimes — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:53:24 +0000

I am a bit confused and I thought I should turn my requests to a higher power. Naturally I am trying to verify my blog (progressivetimes.wordpress.com) with Google Webmaster tools. Now I've seen the various posts, and the FAQ page

http://faq.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/how-do-i-verify-my-site-with-google/

I am by no means an expert, but the directions seem pretty straight forward yet following them leads me to no avail. The page with the google HTML is currently up as a private page. Each time I am getting a google error that is saying:

Last attempt Feb 26, 2009: We've detected that your verification file returns a status of 404 (Not found) in the header.

Normally I'd just shrug and say I'm S.O.L. but all evidence points to this working for everyone else so I wonder if I am making some kind of mistake. Did something with WordPress.com change recently that would impede this process? Any direction would be divine.