Comments on: Blogging tips #4.8 – Avoid premature promotion http://www.thetlog.net/2005/10/15/blogging-tips-48-avoid-premature-promotion/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ken http://www.thetlog.net/2005/10/15/blogging-tips-48-avoid-premature-promotion/#comment-35524 Ken Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:51:29 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=128#comment-35524 I can understand the premature promotion. Does Google sandbox blogs like they do websites? I can understand the premature promotion. Does Google sandbox blogs like they do websites?

]]> By: Dehumanizer http://www.thetlog.net/2005/10/15/blogging-tips-48-avoid-premature-promotion/#comment-331 Dehumanizer Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:09:36 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=128#comment-331 Well, as I said, it's not the end of the world. It can just mean that the indexed version is, for a while, the "under construction" one. And it may make some visitors dismiss the partly non-functional blog and never return. Note that this can be just a matter of a day or two. It can be tempting to, after you've finished installing WordPress or Movable Type, promote the blog everywhere you want, even though there are no articles. But if you delay it until there are some, and until you have settled on a look, it's better. Also, there's an entirely different point: preparing a blog for some event. In such a case, the blog <i>should</i> be heavily promoted months <b>before</b> the event. But that's for a future part. :) Well, as I said, it’s not the end of the world. It can just mean that the indexed version is, for a while, the “under construction” one. And it may make some visitors dismiss the partly non-functional blog and never return.

Note that this can be just a matter of a day or two. It can be tempting to, after you’ve finished installing WordPress or Movable Type, promote the blog everywhere you want, even though there are no articles. But if you delay it until there are some, and until you have settled on a look, it’s better.

Also, there’s an entirely different point: preparing a blog for some event. In such a case, the blog should be heavily promoted months before the event. But that’s for a future part. :)

]]> By: Joe Anderson http://www.thetlog.net/2005/10/15/blogging-tips-48-avoid-premature-promotion/#comment-328 Joe Anderson Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:56:29 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=128#comment-328 I think I may have promoted my blog too early - but it paid off. In the first month of my blog had got 300 UV a month. Now I'm in the thousands. I think I may have promoted my blog too early – but it paid off. In the first month of my blog had got 300 UV a month. Now I’m in the thousands.

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