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WF Articles and WF Blog Posts - Are They Working For You?

by Steve B
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I've been contemplating starting up a Warrior Forum Blog and submitting WF articles ($60/yr), but I am wondering if it is worth the effort? It seems to me that not very many WF visitors are reading blog posts or articles here. I could be wrong. Here's why I come to that conclusion:

Here are today's stats for the top bloggers (all those with over 100 posts):

# of posts # of comments
256 84
209 4
201 53
143 6
121 42
121 1
104 8

The average number of comments for all these top blogs is .17 (which means that roughly 1 post in 6 receives one comment). To my way of thinking, one comment for every six posts is not much interest for the amount of time it takes to write and post six blog entries. Yes, I realize that not everyone that reads a post makes a comment; however, this is the only hard measure of exposure that we have currently.

The WF articles section is not getting a lot of traffic either. When I checked today, the main discussion forum had about 1,000 visitors online, the WSO section had 4,500 and the "Articles" section had 16.

Page one articles (there were 60 of them) had an incredible zero replies - not one person making a comment on any article! For the sixty articles shown on page one, there was an average of about 20 views per article and the articles stretched over a period of three different days.

Now I realize that both the WF blogs and the WF articles sections potentially have other benefits than just WF readers and commenters. They can drive traffic to an owner's web site, potentially help in search engine rankings, give the author and his business some exposure and credibility, etc. There are probably more benefits and that is why I would like to hear from any of you that have experience with a WF blog and WF articles, either as an author or frequent reader.

What value have you derived from these parts of the WF? Are they a good and profitable use of your time? Have any of you tracked income made as a direct result of posting in these areas?

I think this is information others in the WF would like to know. Thank you.

Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author rooze
    I think you've very cleverly arrived at your own conclusion.
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  • Profile picture of the author scraig
    I think one of the other benefits not mentioned is that you can get a back link from a high PR site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      Comments aren't allowed on the articles, for the record. Has nothing to do with people liking or not liking the articles.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve B
        Tina:

        Thank you for that clarification. I did not know that, especially since replies are listed as a category on the results . Maybe the admins ought to take that column off rather than just putting a "0" in all the article replies.

        By the popularity of this thread, and the comments so far, it seems that there is not a lot of interest in this topic ... which is "telling" in itself!

        Are there any others that have experience in these two sections of the WF?

        Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Hi

    I'm glad you asked the question and great job compiling the stats because I have been wondering the same thing.

    I have read some warrior blogs and seen some great content.

    I don't usually go in the article forum but from previous visits (and checking now) it looks like a lot of spam articles get in there to publish affiliate links. I guess if people pay for the privilege of posting, then they must view it as a form of advertising?

    I guess if you are publishing articles and blog posts, you would want to drive traffic to them in your WF sig file.

    So, write an article on 10 ways to make quick cash, then put a link in your signature "FREE 10 Ways to Make Quick Cash" pointing to your WF article or blog post.

    Mahlon
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim Franklin
    I was thinking about that as well, and it does appear that at least at first blush, there is not much indexing going on in all that blog content, (and there is indeed some great content here,) Which is sort of a shame considering how many visitors might find the warrior forum if the blog section were setup in a more SEO friendly manner, (not sure but I suspect it might be done in a meaningful way without too much effort.

    I publish on a number of different places, still posts seem to pick up better than just about any other part of the forum, which is interesting, in and of itself.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Thanks Mahlon and Tim.

      Tim, maybe it's because there is so much traffic to the threads of the Warrior Forum. It has to be one of the most active forums around so I'm sure Google sees this as one of the important places to be for Internet Marketing.

      The WF touts itself as "The #1 internet marketing forum since 1997."

      Thanks for posting your comments.

      Steve
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