Google sending a good amount of traffic to an article I wrote less than 24 hours ago.

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I submitted an article on Medium at around 4am this morning GMT. It's now 20:45pm. I published the article on Reddit to 2 subs, and got some good upvotes. That's all I did.

Here's the article: https://codeburst.io/building-a-node...h-2fbf16cfba3a (I got featured on CodeBurst, and assigned as a writer ... they operate on Medium)

I checked the stats of that article and it shows nearly 200 visitors has been sent from Google. I've never seen this happen before, not this fast. I've had it happen the day afterwards, but traffic has always been low. Yet, it now overtakes the traffic from Reddit - and don't ask me where the email traffic is coming from because I couldn't tell you!




I've just submitted to write for Digital Ocean, but after seeing this stats I think I'm going to stick with Medium and eventually start promoting my own site/services in articles. I can't be bothered to keep a blog. Medium is fine. This is more about enjoyment than it is about making money.

Does anyone experience anything like this from Google on Medium? I think I'm onto something.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
    Since posting it's now gone up to 315 from Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Good on you!

    It goes to show that your best chance of getting viewers to read your information is to write about things that are of interest to your audience and then promote it as well. Had you not published it on two places in Reddit you may not have had anywhere near the traffic you're getting.

    Some marketer much smarter than I (whose name slips me now) said: "Content is king, but distribution is queen and she wears the pants in the family!"

    To your IM success,

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
      Thanks Steve, very true words there. I love that quote too.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Widmer
      Haha! Love that quote.
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  • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
    Great job!

    I have a writer who then posts to Medium for me and about one out of 7 to 10 are a hit, the rest get decent traffic.

    Way to go.

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  • Very good, within few minute for received more traffic form, I have few fresh article I will look forward the same which you did.
    Thank You



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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
    It's still going. It's on 635 from Google and still going up. This is crazy.
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  • Profile picture of the author one3rdnerd
    I definitely think that it is a good growth hack strategy. Medium has a lot of attention and if you gain traction you can generate good amounts of traffic. Definitely, one of the best platforms to gain authority in your field.
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  • Profile picture of the author chenbui
    Great job! I think your content is good and long enough. Submit post on Reddit is a good way to get traffics.
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