Statistic Q&A - My site

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by mikeboy, Jul 14, 2007.

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    Evening folks, It is 2 weeks before my most recent blog turns 3 months old. I have been gathering data with analytics, and this is what it looks like:

    since June 28:
    Total PageViews: 341,729
    Total Visits: 85,150
    Visitors: 30,761
    Sources:
    • SE: 40%
    • Ref Sites: 35%
    • Direct: 24%
    • Other: 0.16%

    Now, what I think is high, is the average time on site, which is 10 minutes 16 seconds.

    ATM, the daily stats keep rising, now its about 5-6,000 pageviews, 1500 visits and almost 1,000 visitors.

    My search engine source is slowly rising, now its at about 43%. And Alexa avg. of under 40k

    I have not spend any money at all on marketing, promotion or anything like that.

    The site is a niche (cartoon fansite) blog.

    What would be my best way to market the site? I have adsense running, but it does not go higher than $6/day, usually like $3-4 (1% CTR). YPN, PPP and that sort are not an option (site is in spanish) What else can I do? :confused:

    How do I go about advertising the site? I have a very tight budget, since my earnings are all I can spend.

    here si the url:
    Any ad placement suggestions?
    Between post ads are not really a good option, since people don't read past the first post and then jump into one of the pages.

    Thanks in advance
     
    mikeboy, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  2. Cybermonkey

    Cybermonkey Active Member

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    #2
    I would suggest to join a Yahoo groups and try to promote your blog there. Its free and it works. Good luck!
     
    Cybermonkey, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  3. gibex

    gibex Active Member

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    #3
    you need to promote your site. It's nice.
     
    gibex, Jul 15, 2007 IP
  4. 8everything

    8everything Peon

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    Ad placement is okay. You can probably get away with another ad unit if you blend it in with your right menu :)
     
    8everything, Jul 15, 2007 IP
  5. mikeboy

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    thanks for your input, Im joining yahoo groups! thanks for that suggestion. Please keep them coming
     
    mikeboy, Jul 15, 2007 IP
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    You shouldn't be worried about that, just concentrate on getting them to click on the ads
     
    skibladner, Jul 16, 2007 IP
  7. mikeboy

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    yeah, but if they don't read then they wouldn't see the ads, so that would just raise the number of impressions and lower my CTR
     
    mikeboy, Jul 17, 2007 IP
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    well, time on site has been raised, by about 50%, now its averaging at 15 minutes per visit. Is there a way to capitalize on this? what si the best way to take advantage of long periods of time on the site?
     
    mikeboy, Jul 22, 2007 IP