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I got really busy at my real job for about a week there. And in that week I only published once (and totally stopped commenting on other blogs). The results from the Alexa rankings and hits on my site also collapsed. From 60 to 80 a day down to a lowly 10 per day. My Alexa ranking also stalled at about 450,000 (and in fact even went up a little )

This week I've been busy posting, commenting and generally getting out there, but I can't seem to shift my page hits.

Anyone else ever been in a slump? I know its only been 10 days, but its still pretty depressing looking back at my 200+ hit spikes. How do I get out of this?

Thanks

Post edited 5:54 am – December 22, 2010 by Craig – Free From Broke

Keep pushing, it will change.  I've had months where things seemed stangnant and then – Bam – traffic moves again.

Remember, blogging is a marathon not a sprint.

I was getting 150-220 a day in September and October and now am barely hitting 90-100.  It might just be the season.  And like the others have said, concentrate on just keeping up the momentum.  I started making the most progress when I stopped checking my stats every day and just concentrated on writing and commenting.

I think it's the holidays too. A lot of people are traveling and the office is pretty bare. No enough office workers dreaming about not working.

I was in a long stagnant moment, but kept pushing through it…and did it. But now I am in another one like you. Just know that you just have to keep your head on blogging, networking and getting your name out there. Basically what everyone has said. 

We can do it, one day at a time.

Hey uhnw,

Perhaps you can focus on other goals besides the ranking?  For me, I still have some to hack away.  But thinking forward, eventually I will stall out, too.  I'm thinking I need another metric to gauge myself and keep myself going…  My guess is when you get your mojo back, the ranking will take care of itself.  Good luck!

uhnw said:

I got really busy at my real job for about a week there. And in that week I only published once (and totally stopped commenting on other blogs). The results from the Alexa rankings and hits on my site also collapsed. From 60 to 80 a day down to a lowly 10 per day. My Alexa ranking also stalled at about 450,000 (and in fact even went up a little )

This week I've been busy posting, commenting and generally getting out there, but I can't seem to shift my page hits.

 

Anyone else ever been in a slump? I know its only been 10 days, but its still pretty depressing looking back at my 200+ hit spikes. How do I get out of this?

Thanks

I agree with what everyone else says – keep on going.  Here are a few other thoughts too.

If you are thinking long term, learn about SEO.  I am not saying you should write keyword driven posts, but make the most of the tags and such so search engines can find you.

Speaking of search engines, have you submitted your site to all the search engines?

Watching your Alexa ranking climb can be fun and rewarding.  However, don't fixate on it.  My Alexa ranking is way better than many people who have a heck of a lot more traffic than I do.  It is through the help of my Yakezie friends that my Alexa climbed.

There will always be times in life that you can't participate as much as usual.  Once your site is longer established, it's published content can take care of itself and you will still get plenty of traffic.  But if you are new, it can affect you a lot more if you can't comment and such.  Give yourself a break, don't stress out, and your traffic will bounce back when you have some more time.

Here is how you submit your site:

Add your URL to google: http://www.google.com/addurl/?…..ue=/addurl

Add your URL to bing: http://www.bing.com/webmaster/…..age.aspx 

Add your URL to Yahoo:  http://siteexplorer.search.yah…..om/submit/

We've had our ups and downs as well.  3 days ago we had our highest page visits (153) and today we're barely scraping over 30.  Like our stock portfolio and buy/hold strategy we simply soldier on and assume things will get better as long as we stick to our strategy.