Comments on: Are you making the most of your long tail? http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Angela Grant http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1017 Angela Grant Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:32:47 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1017 This is a very interesting post! I'm still learning a lot about blogging myself. This is a very interesting post! I’m still learning a lot about blogging myself.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1016 Mindy McAdams Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:13:31 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1016 Cyndy, I think that is the sweetest comment ever posted here. I'm really glad you're in the deep end, because lots and lots of people are learning a lot from your blog now! Cyndy, I think that is the sweetest comment ever posted here. I’m really glad you’re in the deep end, because lots and lots of people are learning a lot from your blog now!

]]> By: Cyndy Green http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1015 Cyndy Green Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:25:18 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1015 When I was new to blogging eons ago (December 10, 2006) I just thought I'd pound out some thoughts for a close circle of aquaintances. Then I saw an interesting issue on someone else's blog and left a comment - and was shocked when folks linked from there to me. When you popped over and left the comments and link to the cattle drive story, people began to notice...as they did with a link from Howard Owens. The dyamics of what links did was fascinating...but you are right on about the "long tail. In the last month a good batch of the new incoming are from google or other searches that find my blog due to content. Thanks for dragging me out and onto the waves. Would have stayed in the kiddie pool forever otherwise. When I was new to blogging eons ago (December 10, 2006) I just thought I’d pound out some thoughts for a close circle of aquaintances. Then I saw an interesting issue on someone else’s blog and left a comment - and was shocked when folks linked from there to me. When you popped over and left the comments and link to the cattle drive story, people began to notice…as they did with a link from Howard Owens. The dyamics of what links did was fascinating…but you are right on about the “long tail. In the last month a good batch of the new incoming are from google or other searches that find my blog due to content. Thanks for dragging me out and onto the waves. Would have stayed in the kiddie pool forever otherwise.

]]> By: Mac Slocum http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1014 Mac Slocum Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:17:47 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-long-tail/#comment-1014 Well put Mindy. I constantly have to tell folks that their home page is only one of many pages -- "doors" -- into their sites. Consistent posting over a long period of time creates thousands of entry points, and the more you have, the better your baseline traffic will be. <br/><br/>The "Diggification" (and, prior, "Slashdotification") of the Web puts a lot of emphasis on server-crushing spikes, but just as you noted, the true power lies in the thousands of older stories that are still enticing people to your site. Well put Mindy. I constantly have to tell folks that their home page is only one of many pages — “doors” — into their sites. Consistent posting over a long period of time creates thousands of entry points, and the more you have, the better your baseline traffic will be.

The “Diggification” (and, prior, “Slashdotification”) of the Web puts a lot of emphasis on server-crushing spikes, but just as you noted, the true power lies in the thousands of older stories that are still enticing people to your site.

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