Comments on: Converting Visitors Into Subscribers

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:47:03 +0000

Howard honestly unless you are throwing a lot of traffic at a site, it is extremely hard to split test results.

By: Howard White SEO consultant with LiveAdmins

Howard White SEO consultant with LiveAdmins — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:24:33 +0000

Thanks dude i will be incorporating this in the company’s blog and also press for this in the clients websites. btw should the site look more cleaner or the emphasis should be on usability and visibility

good job
Howard

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By: MichelleVan

MichelleVan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:18:28 +0000

Andy,I’ve heard this before, and so I started with left hand columns. Since I don’t know much css or html I wanted a layout that was simple that I liked – and that took me back to right columns. I’m just finding my voice still, but I’ve gone back and forth with where to put everything on my site. I just can’t get it exactly how I want it without learning css on top of everything else.WAUGH!

By: Fitness guy

Fitness guy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:08:11 +0000

I think the idea is sound but, It also seems to take away from the beginning of the post. On a 1024 screen res you don’t see much of the beginning of the article to spark interest and i think some readers would navigate away.

By: Net Monetization

Net Monetization — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:06:18 +0000

My Journey Through Haloscan and Trackbacking Hell…

Andy Beard recommended I start trackbacking. So being the adventurous sort I thought “hmmm maybe I’ll go to sleep instead”…

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By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:31:40 +0000

Maki I would hope yours is over 2K now

By: Maki

Maki — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:28:02 +0000

I think this new design might appeal to most people because its feels more in-your-face. The large size makes it feel a little tacky but they’ll probably do their job well enough.

All my feed subscription options are at the extreme right and I’ve left it there because the heat map tests I’ve done seem to indicate that they receive adequate attention, although not as much as the graphics I use within each post.

I really need to start flaunting my feed count as well. :)

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:32:25 +0000

I tend to think (but then I am biased) that my blog content is better than any email newsletter I have ever subscribed to, and I still subscribe to a lot.

Even with the email form before, my email subscribers are far fewer than RSS subscriptions.

In many ways I am in the blogging nice, though not totally, so there is high usage of RSS compared to email.

One negative factor is that every day it is a new 30K graphic to download.

I can’t help thinking it would be better to use a graphic background with a text overlay, but then it wouldn’t look quite the same.