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Any comments/feedback appreciated on my first Blog

  • 04-05-2010 12:31pm
    #1
    CRenegade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭


    Hey,
    I've started a new blog a couple of months ago about surfing in Ireland. If any of ye have any comments to make on it to improve / make it more interesting, it would be great.

    http://www.surfaroundireland.com

    Cheers,
    Neil.


Comments

  • #2
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Thats a fantastic first effort! Looks good, well written, informative. And the surf forecast is a great bonus! ;)

    I have no interest in surfing, but found myself reading quite a few of your posts!

    Just keep it up - lots of new blogs are great for the first couple of weeks and then slowly die off!

    Are you getting much traffic to it?


  • #3
    CRenegade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭CRenegade


    Cheers for the positive feedback,

    Im getting an average of about 12 visitors per day. hoping that will increase over time.


  • #4
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    That really is brilliant! Is that from search engines or what?


  • #5
    CRenegade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭CRenegade


    AMPSound wrote: »
    That really is brilliant! Is that from search engines or what?

    About quarter from search engines, half from referring sites and about quarter direct traffic.

    Dont know what people usually strive for when getting hits, is it best that most of your traffic is from search engines or direct traffic or what?


  • #6
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Well I guess if you were plastering the URL around on printed advertising and stuff, direct traffic would be a good sign. If you are not doing that at all, lots of traffic from search engines is fantastic.

    All depends really. At the end of the day, traffic is traffic! :)


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  • #7
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Continuation of a conversation from http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66002985&posted=1#post66002985
    Ya think I could enhance mine more with wordpress?

    I think your blog looks quite good. It seems to have all the functionality that you need it to have. You could take the approach of "if it aint broken, dont fix it" and continue to improve your current site. Although, it would be worth spending 15 settings up a dummy Wordpress blog, finding a template, pasting a few of your articles in and seeing how it works/looks.

    If you suddenly find that it gives you way more options, then there's your answer! If not, well no biggy - stick with Blogger.


  • #8
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Love the lessons. Brilliant way of getting return visitors. Nice one! ;)


  • #9
    CRenegade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭CRenegade


    AMPSound wrote: »
    Love the lessons. Brilliant way of getting return visitors. Nice one! ;)

    Cheers man, I'm always looking at new angles to keep the blog interesting.


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