Comments on: Urm… Great http://h4x3d.com/urm-great/ online portfolio of Julian Klewes Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jez http://h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-989 jez Mon, 07 May 2007 20:17:13 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-989 woooha, massive commenting session going on here, thanks for this mammoth, I just finished reading it for the second time and I think <h1>You are right</h1> <em>I need to re-do the navigation and some more user interactivity</em>. My only problem is, that I want to keep my site as it is without throwing too much ugly (unconfigurable) widgets on them. It kind of pains me to add mybloglog or similar. maybe I should add I do follow-plugin to encourage people to comment. Afterall they can benefit from my various PR4 and PR5 sites. hmm I think I might have to reconsider various changes over the next few weeks! thanks <a href="http://garryconn.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Garry</a> for this kind of wake-up call! woooha, massive commenting session going on here, thanks for this mammoth, I just finished reading it for the second time and I think

You are right

I need to re-do the navigation and some more user interactivity. My only problem is, that I want to keep my site as it is without throwing too much ugly (unconfigurable) widgets on them. It kind of pains me to add mybloglog or similar. maybe I should add I do follow-plugin to encourage people to comment. Afterall they can benefit from my various PR4 and PR5 sites. hmm I think I might have to reconsider various changes over the next few weeks! thanks Garry for this kind of wake-up call!

]]> By: Garry Conn http://h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-990 Garry Conn Mon, 07 May 2007 20:05:59 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-990 Jez, You are welcome. You are one of the top commenters on my site... so I would have to ask you, "Why do you comment on my site?" take your answer and implement that reason on your site! For me... if you want my opinion... I went to your site today to contribute back for what you have contributed on my site... But, I find it very difficult to navigate on your site. I find it hard to get a big splash in my face about what your write about, who visits here, and what people say. On my site... I put this information so much in your face it makes you cross-eye'ed. Within two seconds on visiting my site... you know these facts: What the site is about Who visits the site What they say or think about the content How often they visit/comment Your site is very creative... and extremely unique... and with a little re-map on how you control the flow of your traffic, you can and <strong>WILL</strong> see a big difference. I enjoy your site a lot and enjoy getting to know you as a person... and I think if you put yourself in your readers shoes... you will see a few things that you can do differently. I hope that I am not offending you... I am really honestly trying to help you continue your success with your site. I just wrote about post about this topic to.. Recognizing what works and what doesn't. You have traffic! Awesome... score... check that part off your To-Do-List... Next task... Retaining readers.... Done!! The same people visit everyday! Congrats!!! Next task... Why don't people comment? Hmm... question, question, question anything and everything! Why don't people comment? Is this important to you! Do you want people to comment... SURE YOU DO!!! We all love comments! How do you get them... put yourself in your readers shoes... One: It needs to be easy to comment. Two: There needs to be incentive to comment Three: Your site needs to be a visual representation of your volume. If you site is busy with daily traffic, it needs to reflect that. MyBlogLog widget does a great job of this for me!!! I turn my latest ten within the hour! I have 10 new faces on that list every hour! Now that's a visual representation of volume! Four: In your post, you are NOT talking to everyone... you are talking to ONE person... the reader needs to feel you are speaking to HIM and no one else... I hope this helps! Keep up the great work, and I am excited to learn that you have traffic... that my friend is the hard part.... everything else gets easier... :) Jez,

You are welcome. You are one of the top commenters on my site… so I would have to ask you, “Why do you comment on my site?” take your answer and implement that reason on your site!

For me… if you want my opinion… I went to your site today to contribute back for what you have contributed on my site…

But, I find it very difficult to navigate on your site. I find it hard to get a big splash in my face about what your write about, who visits here, and what people say.

On my site… I put this information so much in your face it makes you cross-eye’ed.

Within two seconds on visiting my site… you know these facts:

What the site is about
Who visits the site
What they say or think about the content
How often they visit/comment

Your site is very creative… and extremely unique… and with a little re-map on how you control the flow of your traffic, you can and WILL see a big difference. I enjoy your site a lot and enjoy getting to know you as a person… and I think if you put yourself in your readers shoes… you will see a few things that you can do differently.

I hope that I am not offending you… I am really honestly trying to help you continue your success with your site. I just wrote about post about this topic to..

Recognizing what works and what doesn’t.

You have traffic! Awesome… score… check that part off your To-Do-List…

Next task…

Retaining readers…. Done!! The same people visit everyday! Congrats!!!

Next task…

Why don’t people comment?

Hmm… question, question, question anything and everything! Why don’t people comment? Is this important to you! Do you want people to comment… SURE YOU DO!!! We all love comments!

How do you get them… put yourself in your readers shoes…

One: It needs to be easy to comment.
Two: There needs to be incentive to comment
Three: Your site needs to be a visual representation of your volume. If you site is busy with daily traffic, it needs to reflect that. MyBlogLog widget does a great job of this for me!!! I turn my latest ten within the hour! I have 10 new faces on that list every hour! Now that’s a visual representation of volume!
Four: In your post, you are NOT talking to everyone… you are talking to ONE person… the reader needs to feel you are speaking to HIM and no one else…

I hope this helps! Keep up the great work, and I am excited to learn that you have traffic… that my friend is the hard part…. everything else gets easier… :)

]]> By: jez http://h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-991 jez Mon, 07 May 2007 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-991 hey Garry, thanks for your kudos, I really appreciate it. It's quite funny, thousands of people go to this page everyday but only a handful leave comments. Is that a current trend or do you have any idea how to change it? Your site gets so many encouraging comments, I am almost jealous :O hey Garry, thanks for your kudos, I really appreciate it.
It’s quite funny, thousands of people go to this page everyday but only a handful leave comments. Is that a current trend or do you have any idea how to change it?

Your site gets so many encouraging comments, I am almost jealous :O

]]> By: Garry Conn http://h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-988 Garry Conn Mon, 07 May 2007 18:51:21 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/urm-great/#comment-988 Making server changes are a big pain in the butt. Not too worry about the income loss, you will make up for it in the future being on a better server. The site looks great, I love the design and the efforts you put forth to make your site stand out! Keep up the great work man... you have something different. Making server changes are a big pain in the butt. Not too worry about the income loss, you will make up for it in the future being on a better server. The site looks great, I love the design and the efforts you put forth to make your site stand out! Keep up the great work man… you have something different.

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