DISQUS

Holly · 1 year ago

I'm definitely going to look into Traffic Jam. I tried Blog Rush, it did nothing and I recently tried Ad Gridwork which also did nothing!

Holly · 1 year ago

I'm definitely going to look into Traffic Jam. I tried Blog Rush, it did nothing and I recently tried Ad Gridwork which also did nothing!

Mark Blair · 1 year ago

Wow, that activation process is a really well done. I think we are going to see a lot of plugins like this in the future. I know mine will ;-)

If any fellow readers out there are using a different WordPress address than their blog address, they are going to have it tank as the page redirects during activation use not-quite-the right parameter.

I've emailed Pawan about it but if you have this trouble, just go to lines 117 and 118 and change get_bloginfo('siteurl') to get_bloginfo('wpurl') and you'll be good to go.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

I thought a few people would like it if they took the time to take a look - I was really impressed.
I have actually hit a bug as well, and have emailed Pawan about it. He is looking into it.

Mark Blair · 1 year ago

Wow, that activation process is a really well done. I think we are going to see a lot of plugins like this in the future. I know mine will ;-)

If any fellow readers out there are using a different WordPress address than their blog address, they are going to have it tank as the page redirects during activation use not-quite-the right parameter.

I've emailed Pawan about it but if you have this trouble, just go to lines 117 and 118 and change get_bloginfo('siteurl') to get_bloginfo('wpurl') and you'll be good to go.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

I thought a few people would like it if they took the time to take a look - I was really impressed.
I have actually hit a bug as well, and have emailed Pawan about it. He is looking into it.

Linda Buquet · 1 year ago

Hi Andy,

I was surprised I was getting traffic and being listed at Trafficjam since I took the BW widget down quite awhile ago. I never had Blogrush on my forum BTW, it was always on the blog and

I felt I gave it a pretty good shot, but just didn't get enough traffic to justify keeping it up. I'm getting enough traffic from the Jam though that I'm considering putting it back up.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

Linda I would look on it as PPC - and make sure the traffic goes to a page that converts.
My CTR at one time was as high as 0.5% without using the plugin, now it is down to below 0.1% also without a plugin.

The aim now is to get it up to 1% :)

Linda Buquet · 1 year ago

Hi Andy,

I was surprised I was getting traffic and being listed at Trafficjam since I took the BW widget down quite awhile ago. I never had Blogrush on my forum BTW, it was always on the blog and

I felt I gave it a pretty good shot, but just didn't get enough traffic to justify keeping it up. I'm getting enough traffic from the Jam though that I'm considering putting it back up.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

Linda I would look on it as PPC - and make sure the traffic goes to a page that converts.
My CTR at one time was as high as 0.5% without using the plugin, now it is down to below 0.1% also without a plugin.

The aim now is to get it up to 1% :)

xbrain · 1 year ago

Andy, I hope that you will cover more on the Entrecard thinggy

xbrain · 1 year ago

Andy, I hope that you will cover more on the Entrecard thinggy

Mike - Twenty Steps · 1 year ago

I've been waiting for this post since you mentioned it the other day and I'm not disappointed. What a great alternative spin on the whole BlogRush/TrafficJam thing.

Gonna have a proper look at Pawans plugin over the next couple of days with a view to reintroducing BR.

I'm still not convinced, though, about the quality of the traffic BR sends through. I found it didn't really hang around as long as other traffic sources to the same articles (i.e. StumbleUpon, Digg, Sphinn, etc.). How does it perform for you, Andy?

Mike - Twenty Steps · 1 year ago

I've been waiting for this post since you mentioned it the other day and I'm not disappointed. What a great alternative spin on the whole BlogRush/TrafficJam thing.

Gonna have a proper look at Pawans plugin over the next couple of days with a view to reintroducing BR.

I'm still not convinced, though, about the quality of the traffic BR sends through. I found it didn't really hang around as long as other traffic sources to the same articles (i.e. StumbleUpon, Digg, Sphinn, etc.). How does it perform for you, Andy?

Diane Scott · 1 year ago

Hi Andy, excellent post thank you! In fact, I'll be commenting and referencing this information (why reinvent the wheel) most likely today. Always love to send others off to great sites for excellent input.

I'm a big fan of BlogCatalog, too. Very friendly bunch with (so far so good) the right attitude for using such a resource.

Also, and this hasn't much to do with anything, but I had to control/alt/delete my IE twice coming to your page. It just froze up completely. Finally settled for writing the url down and coming in via Firefox - which (yeah!) worked like a charm. Our blog is just the opposite working best in IE, Opera, and even to some degree Safari. Hates Firefox, but we really like the template so...

Sorry to ramble, and again thank you for outstanding information. Off to check into TrafficJam!

Diane Scott · 1 year ago

Hi Andy, excellent post thank you! In fact, I'll be commenting and referencing this information (why reinvent the wheel) most likely today. Always love to send others off to great sites for excellent input.

I'm a big fan of BlogCatalog, too. Very friendly bunch with (so far so good) the right attitude for using such a resource.

Also, and this hasn't much to do with anything, but I had to control/alt/delete my IE twice coming to your page. It just froze up completely. Finally settled for writing the url down and coming in via Firefox - which (yeah!) worked like a charm. Our blog is just the opposite working best in IE, Opera, and even to some degree Safari. Hates Firefox, but we really like the template so...

Sorry to ramble, and again thank you for outstanding information. Off to check into TrafficJam!

Lincoln · 1 year ago

I've never used Blogrush so I wonder if I'll find any value in adding it now so my posts could get indexed by Trafficjam. It's the referrals aspect that bothers me the most. Am I going to have to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to build up referrals before I start seeing benefits? The ROI may not be worth it for those of us who have never used Blogrush up to this point.

Lincoln · 1 year ago

I've never used Blogrush so I wonder if I'll find any value in adding it now so my posts could get indexed by Trafficjam. It's the referrals aspect that bothers me the most. Am I going to have to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to build up referrals before I start seeing benefits? The ROI may not be worth it for those of us who have never used Blogrush up to this point.

Dev's Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Hello andy, I also checked the traffic jam site, and according to the alexa traffic stats, the site's traffic ranking is extremely low + it hasn't got much back links either and the site is zero PR, so how can such a site drive traffic..?? Or am i missing something here hmmmmmmmmm :D

Dev's Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Hello andy, I also checked the traffic jam site, and according to the alexa traffic stats, the site's traffic ranking is extremely low + it hasn't got much back links either and the site is zero PR, so how can such a site drive traffic..?? Or am i missing something here hmmmmmmmmm :D

Dev's Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Ahh i forgot to tell another thing, when i click the URL thats says "20 ways to make $100 a day online" on Traffic jam, it did not go to the said URL instead it went else where Lolz so i guess the site only use catchy titles in order to get clicks

Dev's Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Ahh i forgot to tell another thing, when i click the URL thats says "20 ways to make $100 a day online" on Traffic jam, it did not go to the said URL instead it went else where Lolz so i guess the site only use catchy titles in order to get clicks

Simon · 1 year ago

I like it, but I don't like it...

I like the idea that posts are aggregated for you based off a metric that measures the undercurrent of what's hot.

I don't like that "what's hot" is dependent on BlogRush, because it will never provide truly informed results in my opinion.

I think that once someone comes up with a better framework for collecting the needed data (maybe services like BlogCatalog are already capable of it, I'm not sure), then such a service could be very useful.

But whilst it's based off BlogRush, no.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

Simon there is a need for click data based upon a percentage of views.

MyBlogLog could certainly do it if their stats go back far enough, but currently their "what's hot" is not based upon niches and displays.

That means that on my profile what is hot is normally either porn or warez related, and I have no idea which of my communities causes it.

Simon · 1 year ago

I like it, but I don't like it...

I like the idea that posts are aggregated for you based off a metric that measures the undercurrent of what's hot.

I don't like that "what's hot" is dependent on BlogRush, because it will never provide truly informed results in my opinion.

I think that once someone comes up with a better framework for collecting the needed data (maybe services like BlogCatalog are already capable of it, I'm not sure), then such a service could be very useful.

But whilst it's based off BlogRush, no.

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

Simon there is a need for click data based upon a percentage of views.

MyBlogLog could certainly do it if their stats go back far enough, but currently their "what's hot" is not based upon niches and displays.

That means that on my profile what is hot is normally either porn or warez related, and I have no idea which of my communities causes it.

Lord Matt · 1 year ago

The seesion ID lark is easy to deal with. php does it for you if there is a cookies problem or if you choose to do all work via the URL. It's actually a security issue if you can grab a session ID from another user before it times out you gain control of their account. You can change the use of session id to never in the php configuration file. It's on as standby by default.

Lord Matt · 1 year ago

The seesion ID lark is easy to deal with. php does it for you if there is a cookies problem or if you choose to do all work via the URL. It's actually a security issue if you can grab a session ID from another user before it times out you gain control of their account. You can change the use of session id to never in the php configuration file. It's on as standby by default.

Sports Artist · 1 year ago

Traffic Jam is a great site. It helps me find the blogs fast and effectively. Its still improving but I feel it will be a great tool in the future. Soon everyone will be trying to figure out how to get ranked on trafficjam.com

Sports Artist · 1 year ago

Traffic Jam is a great site. It helps me find the blogs fast and effectively. Its still improving but I feel it will be a great tool in the future. Soon everyone will be trying to figure out how to get ranked on trafficjam.com

Norhafidz · 1 year ago

Definitely will try Trafficjam soon. I've been abandoned by blogrush, because they said my blog doesn't have quality contents :)

Norhafidz · 1 year ago

Definitely will try Trafficjam soon. I've been abandoned by blogrush, because they said my blog doesn't have quality contents :)

Jesse · 1 year ago

I like how you talk about the importance of headlines if you want to get people to click on your link. As the web gets more congested, this will be a good way to reduce the clutter. Thanks for the resource, i will definitely check out trafficjam to see how it works for me.

Jesse · 1 year ago

I like how you talk about the importance of headlines if you want to get people to click on your link. As the web gets more congested, this will be a good way to reduce the clutter. Thanks for the resource, i will definitely check out trafficjam to see how it works for me.

ritchie pettauer · 1 year ago

I totally agree with your thoughts on the "usability" of Blogrush & Co.; but it's a real pity that there is no such service for blogs in other languages - it's totally impossible to do this kind of rush-marketing if your blog uses a language other than English.

ritchie pettauer · 1 year ago

I totally agree with your thoughts on the "usability" of Blogrush & Co.; but it's a real pity that there is no such service for blogs in other languages - it's totally impossible to do this kind of rush-marketing if your blog uses a language other than English.