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7:52 pm
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Post edited 8:23 pm – July 4, 2011 by Suba @ Wealth Informatics
I finally got the mega round up done – took me 12 hrs… Whew!!!
Here is the link if anyone is interested -
http://brokeprofessionals.com/…..ie-network
For this round up I visited EVERY one of the Yakezie members and challengers site. I have some comments if anyone cares :)
1) Thanks for all those who sent me you favorite link. I really appreciate it. I selected some other posts for my future round up to show my appreciation.
2) PLEASE PLEASE have an archive page. How do you think a new visitor is going to go through more than the top 5 posts that are in the front page? I can click the previous or next button but to be honest I didn't go beyond 5 previous pages.
3) PLEASE have a search functionality. If I am interested in searching for posts and see if you write on topics that interests me, a LOT of blogs didn't have an archive AND a search bar. How can new visitors see what you usually write?
4) A lot of people do have search bar and among these a good number of them have configured it to search the whole wide web!!!!! WHY? If i want a general google search I will go to google.com, configure your search bar to search "your" site…
5) Make sure you sidebars works fine in all browsers. A couple of sites had popular posts bar and a few of these didn't have archives or set up their google search properly, so I was relieved, but their sidebar links to popular posts all point to the main front page :(
I tried to balance out the number of saving tips for each category – grocery and saving money on gas seems to be the most covered topics :) understandble. But after I had a few of them even if you had a gas mileage saving tips post, I tried to look for your next popular saving money post. So in case some people are wondering why chose that particular post… That is why I asked to send me a post in the forum :)
I always wanted to compile a list like this for my own good. Hopefully this will be helpful to others. If I have missed any one let me know I will add.
And please consider setting up your search bar properly and have an archive, I don't think it will hurt in anyway AFAIK. What am I missing here? I am curious.
Thanks!
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9:59 pm
July 4, 2011
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Great call out…I just realized I don't have an archive on The College Investor…but my search works as I use it all the time.
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7:03 am
July 5, 2011
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Very good points Suba! Thanks for putting this together. I think that since we all spend a great deal of time on each of our own sites, mistakes that are obvious to others can go unnoticed to us.
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7:30 am
July 5, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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I just realized that I never set up search or archives for my new site (although, I do have a category list). I'll make those change when I get home.
Thanks for listing out ways that we can improve our sites!
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8:13 am
July 5, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics said:
I finally got the mega round up done – took me 12 hrs… Whew!!!
Here is the link if anyone is interested -
http://brokeprofessionals.com/…..ie-network
For this round up I visited EVERY one of the Yakezie members and challengers site. I have some comments if anyone cares :)
1) Thanks for all those who sent me you favorite link. I really appreciate it. I selected some other posts for my future round up to show my appreciation.
2) PLEASE PLEASE have an archive page. How do you think a new visitor is going to go through more than the top 5 posts that are in the front page? I can click the previous or next button but to be honest I didn't go beyond 5 previous pages.
3) PLEASE have a search functionality. If I am interested in searching for posts and see if you write on topics that interests me, a LOT of blogs didn't have an archive AND a search bar. How can new visitors see what you usually write?
4) A lot of people do have search bar and among these a good number of them have configured it to search the whole wide web!!!!! WHY? If i want a general google search I will go to google.com, configure your search bar to search "your" site…
5) Make sure you sidebars works fine in all browsers. A couple of sites had popular posts bar and a few of these didn't have archives or set up their google search properly, so I was relieved, but their sidebar links to popular posts all point to the main front page :(
I tried to balance out the number of saving tips for each category – grocery and saving money on gas seems to be the most covered topics :) understandble. But after I had a few of them even if you had a gas mileage saving tips post, I tried to look for your next popular saving money post. So in case some people are wondering why chose that particular post… That is why I asked to send me a post in the forum :)
I always wanted to compile a list like this for my own good. Hopefully this will be helpful to others. If I have missed any one let me know I will add.
And please consider setting up your search bar properly and have an archive, I don't think it will hurt in anyway AFAIK. What am I missing here? I am curious.
Thanks!
I have always felt that way…let people have access to you. I thought having search site and archives would be helpful. I am glad that it worked for you too.
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8:43 am
July 5, 2011
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Oh my gosh Suba, absolutely great job and great points. What a great post for everyone to reference!
I went to share the post, but there are not any socializing icons I can find. I still shared, but it is a little harder without the buttons. Or maybe I am just blind?
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10:39 am
July 5, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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Thanks everyone. I had the social media buttons but that was one of the plugins I disabled when the site started looking funny after the new wordpress update. I will have to go through the plugins and see which one is the problem. I am in the middle of moving hosts so I can't do before settling in.
@Kris, thanks for sharing. Sorry about making it harder. I will get it restored as soon as I can.
Thanks!
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10:49 am
July 5, 2011
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Today's post on my site is about your post! It's fantastic and hopefully brings you some new traffic.
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11:24 am
July 5, 2011
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Melissa (Mom's Plans)
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Suba, Thanks for all of your hard work! I am going to mention the post in my Friday round up, so hopefully you will get more traffic that way too.
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2:55 pm
July 5, 2011
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If you want to search a site that doesn't have a search bar you can do so through Google.
For example, the search "yakezie site:tightfistedmiser.com" will return pages about Yakezie but only from my site tightfistedmiser.com. It is a little more trouble than using a search form on a site but it is handy when the site doesn't have one for you to use. I would still recommend people include a search function on their site.
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4:06 pm
July 5, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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The Saved Quarter said:
Today's post on my site is about your post! It's fantastic and hopefully brings you some new traffic.
Thanks a lot Penny!!! I just checked your post an hour ago. I appreciate the support!
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4:06 pm
July 5, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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Melissa said:
Suba, Thanks for all of your hard work! I am going to mention the post in my Friday round up, so hopefully you will get more traffic that way too.
Thanks Melissa, you guys are awesome!!!
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4:13 pm
July 5, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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TightFistedMiser said:
If you want to search a site that doesn't have a search bar you can do so through Google.
For example, the search "yakezie site:tightfistedmiser.com" will return pages about Yakezie but only from my site tightfistedmiser.com. It is a little more trouble than using a search form on a site but it is handy when the site doesn't have one for you to use. I would still recommend people include a search function on their site.
I actually have a custom google search for yakezie (including member and challenger sites)
http://www.wealthinformatics.com/yakezie
But for some reason a lot of the posts I found by visiting the blogs didn't show up in the search. So after a couple of hours of doing that, I dropped it and just started visiting the sites one by one in order. I know it doesn't make sense why a post that is there in the blog won't show up, but it didn't so I took the long route :) .
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5:35 pm
July 5, 2011
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Wow, great list. Nice way to promote everyone you visited!
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5:38 pm
July 5, 2011
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That must have taken all weekend! Awesome stuff!
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9:19 am
July 6, 2011
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Suba
Thanks again for doing such an awesome round up. It was an awesome idea. I am sorry to hear you had such difficulty getting the links.
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9:33 am
July 6, 2011
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You did a great job. I hung my head in shame as I was missing the basics from my blog (search and archives), but I add them them.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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9:49 am
July 6, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I wasn't complaining Miss T, I was just highlighting how a new visitor would feel visiting our blogs. It is very difficult to get new visitors (for me) so I would do anything to keep them coming back again. And without making it super easy for them to know what I write about, they might just leave. I spend a lot of more time on a site trying to find things. But my husband and sister, they give the site like <30 secs to tell them why they should spend their time on this blog. I have seen they are the typical "new visitors". We put all the effort into content, I just wanted to make sure we give people a chance to find them easily too…
I had a great time visiting all the blogs, now I am subscribed to all of them too. So it was time well spent…
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9:51 am
July 6, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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Marissa said:
You did a great job. I hung my head in shame as I was missing the basics from my blog (search and archives), but I add them them.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Marissa, don't feel bad. All of us made a lot of blunders. Thats how I learned :)
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10:47 am
July 6, 2011
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I am late in reading this thread, nice surprise to see my one of the best posts listed. Thanks a lot! You really did put a lot of work
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