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Determining Your Website’s Traffic On The Social Web

September 2, 2009 · Comments

The social web has almost relegated website traffic to a shoulder shrug of a statistic for some. But the number of people of visit your website or blog is an important measure of your reach or exposure. However, many people make a mistake in analyzing or even determining a website’s traffic. And the social web is partially to blame.

RSS feeds change not only the metric, but the information you’re looking for. Here’s why:

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Spreading The Joy Of RSS

February 22, 2008

The day I took the time to sit down and learn RSS and RSS feeds changed my life. No, there weren’t angelic choruses accompanying beams of light breaking through Moses-like parts in the ceiling. But converting to feeds as a web hyper-user literally trimmed an hour and a half to two hours a day off [...]

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It’s Always More Fun To Share With Everyone

January 3, 2008

My two-year-old son loves the movie “Curious George.” This means we watch it at least once a week. If it weren’t for the fact that I really enjoy the music, mostly original tunes by Jack Johnson, I’d be sick of it by now.
For Christmas, Grant (read: My thoughtful wife, Nancy) got me the “Curious George” [...]

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10 Must Read Blogs For 2008

December 21, 2007

Last Friday, I asked each of you the following question:
If you could put 10 RSS feeds in a folder called “MUST READ” that you check first and always, which 10 would you choose?

There were a few responses in the comments section. I got a few more via email and still more from friends on Twitter [...]

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10 Steps To Manage Your Feed Reading Time

December 20, 2007

Two weeks ago I looked up from my feed reader and realized I’d been checking feeds for an hour and 12 minutes, non-stop. I was at work. There was a lot to do. And I wasn’t finished.
“Enough,” I thought. “I have got to get a grip on this. But how?”
RSS feeds can make surfing the [...]

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RSS Feeds: Who Are Your Must Reads?

December 14, 2007

I’ve popped a question on Twitter a couple of times this week asking folks for suggestions on organizing my RSS feeds. My current list includes 305 feeds and has become an overwhelming challenge from a time management standpoint. While there were some great suggestions, links and advice shared, I decided to try and solve the [...]

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Dumbing It Down: RSS Feeds For The Rest Of Us

November 2, 2007

About two minutes into a sales presentation for a recenlty-monetized feed subscription service, I looked around the room. Deers in headlights. Crickets chirping.
“Hold on!” I said, raising my hand. “Give me 60 seconds.”
I then turned to my clients and explained what an RSS feed and RSS feed reader were. The room lit up with it-getting [...]

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