Calling on Your Expert Advice: I've Hit a Rankings Plateau | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

Hi Everyone!

I've been part of this community and challenge for almost 2 months, and I am grateful for everything I've learned as well as the new contacts I've made. When I joined the Yakezie, my Alexa ranking was 1,342,157 (7/21/11). Today, it's 635,476. What I'm hoping to gain from this post is your input on how to enhance my ranking and ultimately, my blog. I've hit a plateau in terms of my ranking, and I'm looking for some suggestions from you experts out there on how to keep up the momentum.

So please feel free to check out my blog and offer your suggestions–anything is welcome including constructive criticism of my design, layout, post content, etc. I want to hear what you have to say!

Thanks in advance for any information/help you are able to provide.

Happy blogging!
~HH

I joined in the beginning of July (I think) with an Alexa rank of 5 million+, and now I'm at 190k.  All I did was follow the mantra of posting regularly (I usually do 3-4 per week),  and selflessly promoting others by tweeting their posts, retweeting their tweets, commenting on blogs, giving +1s on G+, voting on Tip'd, etc.  If you do most of the things consistently and you have pretty good content, you should start seeing the rank drop again.  I think the best thing I did was to actually communicate with people, not just tweet or leave silly comments like "nice post, keep it up". Just have patience and keep at it. 

Post edited 12:06 pm – September 15, 2011 by BThappyhomeowner

Thank you all for such quick responses!

@Sustainable–will do for sure.  I comment regularly on non-Yakezie blogs but I know for sure that I'll be picking up the slack ASAP around here.

@Eric–nice work! Thanks for your feedback.

@OneCent–I couldn't agree more.  I in no way want to seem selfish in terms of asking for help with my own ranking, I'm just new to all of this and am very curious because of the impressive amount of information all of you have to offer (not to mention these fantastic blogs I'm finding daily!). I will definitely figure out how to join one of the teams you've mentioned; I didn't know if you had to be at a certain ranking first in order to do so.

@20s–Certainly will do; thanks!

@Money–I'm working on being more consistent here for sure; thank you!

Post edited 1:15 pm – September 15, 2011 by Eric J. Nisall

Actually, I joined the day after you did, so I did some checking and found that you are doing pretty well in other areas.  Your PR is 2 and the site has a MozRank of 4.30 which is almost identical to mine, plus you got that post on Amber's "Balance Series" so you're on the right track, so keep working and your Alexa should start to fall in line.

OneCentAtatime said:

I am no expert, but got benefited by doing what SPF and Eric said above. I see you missing from summer or fall teams. Thats a great opportunity loss. Talk to Suba and get yourself in one of the teams.

 

Even in falls teams, the bottom line is helping others first.

Agreed. These avenues really do help with building your blog and you end up with some from great friends too. I suggest you give them a try.

Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog said:

The problem I have with Yakezie is that it's not an accurate reflection of a blog's traffic.

Yakezie has nothing to do with a reflection of a blog's traffic.  Yakezie is a network of bloggers.

Alexa ranking is what you should question, not this great network.

Looks like you got some great advice already, but it's pretty simple. Write quality content, participate in these forums, comment on other blogs, and selflessly promote others. That alone should get you below 100k. :)

This is why I'm so happy to be part of this community…thank you to all of you for the great feedback. 

Suba is awesome and has added me to the Fall group list, so I'm now officially part of team 3 (woot, woot!). 

I like what everyone has said here so far. Specifically, the things that have made my Alexa drop the most were as follows –

1) joining Yakezie, which you've already done, just keep up getting involved,

2) HOSTING (not just submitting to) financial blog carnivals, and

3) hosting a giveaway on my site (or some other event that gets people involved – I did the Tour de Personal Finance in July and got a great response!)

Also – would HIGHLY recommend you buy your own domain. I use Blogger/Blogspot hosting as well, so can offer any help you need. Also, would recommend editing your html design to get rid of the Nav Bar.