Some of the things people will post in order to get some blog hits are just downright shameful sometimes. There is a difference though when people are posting legitimately interesting material, and then those that are just attention #### who want some hits. Anyway, here's some of the more shameful ways to get noticed at FOX Sports Blogs...
5) Pretend you're a real athlete like Brian Urlacher - Even if you aren't trying to pretend to be someone else, but using an athlete's name, it's all shameless. Sell yourself and ideas on your own merit, and not someone else's name. Unless of course you're just a drop-dead die-hard, stalker of a fan, then I suppose some leeway can be given.
4) Add a counter with an initial count of several thousand - I like to use my own blog and LisaH's blog for a good idea on how many hits a relatively interesting blog can take in a day. I'm happy to say that mine took about 1500 hits in a 3 day weekend when I was posting a lot of articles. LisaH posts great articles just about every day, so she has a nice gross over 20000 hits now. However, when I see a site that's not remotely interesting, or has anything to say of importance, and maybe has 4 posts at the most, then I am not believing they already have several thousand hits. Be honest with yourself and start at zero. It's not a popularity contest. Write something decent to get some hits if you're interested counting. I just keep count to see what topics and articles people are reading the most. This helps me decide next time whether to write on that particular article and style. keep it real!
3) Make some really outrageously grandiose statement towards a rabid fan base - I call this the MSROGSTARFB . If you really want to get some hits in, and get put in the Top Comments section, then go tell some Oregon, BC, Nebraska, BoSox fans how you really feel about them, and put it in your topic in big capitalized letters with tons of emphasis. I guarantee you'll get a few hits. You can double your pleasure by responding back to their comments with insulting and ridiculously biased slants against their hometown teams.
2) Create a Top 5 List - People love seeing a short list of someone else's opinion. I guess we need it as confirmation of our belief systems. Luckily, very few of us agree on the same 2 things, much less 5, 10, 20, 25, etc things. This is the beauty of the Top List. It always garners a few opinions and comments with someone else's list. Even if no one responds, if you have a counter (see #4) you see roughly how many hits you get to read your new article.
1) Be a California Girl Blogger!!! - Yes, nothing will garner more visits than a chick speaking her mind. Granted some of the ladies can blog the guys right off of the net. However, there are a few of the shameless guys out there who resort to posting a hot blond avatar to try and convince the blogging sports world that they are a hot chick who knows her sports.
So, if you use these tactics in your blog creations, you will be guaranteed to grab automatic hits regardless of ability to write.
Honorable Mention:
- Make NFL your main category for your post - In order for your post to show at the top of the main page, it has to be in the NFL category. No matter if you're talking pro pigskin or not, the main point is to get yourself noticed immediately. I know that "BC Rules" and "BoSox are Champs!" always gets my attention up when I see it in the NFL category.
EDIT: My blog counter started around 2720 when I posted this. So, we'll put the theories to the test! Now go read a real posting in which I put a lot of work into, but quickly got knocked from the recent posts list :-(
NOW IM GOING TO JUMP INTO THIS REALLLY QUICK OK.... ITS SO FUNNY HOW OREGON GETS VERY LITTLE RESPECT!!! AND I KNOW WHY??? WE ARENT CONSISTANT ENOUGH YESSSSSSSSSS THATS WHY THIS YEAR IM SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT EITHER AT AUTZEN STADIUM OR SOME WHERE ELSE , WAITING FOR THE ROOF TO CAVE IN... BECAUSE IVE SEEN IT HAPPEN SO SO SO MANY TIMES!!! NOW question this saturday before the oregon vs ASU game >>>> ok GAMEDAY RETURNS FOR THE SECOND TIME this year!!! HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE THAT HAPPEN???? OHH YEA WE COULD GO DOWN IN A BALL OF FLAMES!!!!! AND GO 0-FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR!! BUT AINT IT FUN NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
"Some of the things people will post in order to get some blog hits are just downright shameful sometimes. There is a difference though when people are posting legitimately interesting material, and then those that are just attention BLEEP s who want some hits. Anyway, here's some of the more shameful ways to get noticed at FOX Sports Blogs..."
True enough and I generally agree...However, who gets to decide what is interesting?
Cygnus
Me personally I just like to end my pieces with a picture with a scantily clad female and see what happens in terms of the comments. That being said it does make sense to have a topic that's going to get the reader interested in what you've got to say.
Chimin' out.
Title gets it read... yours did. You make some good points though...
If you get something that gets recognized out on the front page or so, you will get more hits too... I think about a third of mine are from one post that made it on the front .
I definitely riled up some Red Sox fans with a few of my recent posts. It wasn't my original intent to do so, but I'll be honest, it was nice getting lots of comments for a change.
i was a bit surprised about the counter comment. it seems strange that someone would want to start a counter at anything other than "0". isn't there a sense of pride as the counter goes up from "0"?
Good post. I believe that if you write about what you know, and can back up, people will respond. It drives me insane when people do a few things...
1-Have a Title that looks like something you are really interested in reading, and then you get in there and the actual post has nothing to do with the title.
2- Bloggers who do not have the guts to leave a comment section. I get so worked up while reading their blog, and then boom! Nothing.
3-Someone who has facts that are wrong, and then refuse to fix them. Grrr!
Great post, and I think KSP has a good point. The title will get you to read every time.
As for the counter...why would someone not start at zero? Watching it go up is rewarding to the writer.
I didn't install my counter until I had 300+ comments, so I just added up the comments and started from there. It has since moved up considerably in 2 days, so I have had more hits than comments. Other than that I think I'm fairly safe here :o)
I ran across your post just after posting...wait for it...a top-5 list. In sel####efense, it wasn't actually intended to get hits, but more to hear people talk about something different than the usual stuff.
The idea of starting the counter at a number other than zero suggests a person with a comically low self-worth. I might need to try it.
I hope people haven't taken my post too seriously. It was very tongue-in-cheek, and in case you didn't notice, except for NOT being a california girl, I committed the very crimes I was complaining of :-)
However, I do believe there is a lot of validity to what I had to say. I accomplished successfully the experiment and point I wanted to make. I got 100 hits and 20 comments with little effort by just following the few simple, yet lame ways to get noticed.
I do have to add a correlary(sp?) to my original theory though. No matter if you follow the tips above, if you are posting on a busy day, even the best of articles get buried beneath the barrage of new posts filling the boards.
I AGREE BUT THE THING IS IF THE FOX EXECUTIVES DON'T KEEP YOUR BLOG ON TOP ...IT GETS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE ... FOR SURE IN THE NFL... GO TO TIGER VIDMAR ... KEEP TRUCKIN'
BTW, please go read my post about Scary Reality or Nightmare in sports. I put a lot of work into it, and it quickly slipped from the recent posts :-( Oh well, it proved my correllary.
As the famous song-writer wrote, "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste." OK, well maybe not wealth and taste, but I'm an orange blooded Longhorn through and through. Being an alum I have the right to diss and dismiss my 'Horns as I like. I also don't mind taking criticism from fans of teams that are better than UT is at any particular moment, and fans who can make an intelligent argument. So USC fans like LisaH are allowed to pick me apart.
