What I’ve learned in my second year of blogging我所了解，在我的第二个年头的博客

When I did this当我这样做 last year去年 it was fairly well received.这是相当好评。 So here I am, a year later, doing it again.所以我在这里，一年后，做一遍。 As usual I’ll share pretty much every statistic about this site (except specific financial details), and more importantly, everything I’ve learned (the highlights anyway) in the last year.一如以往，我会分享非常每统计关于本网站（除具体的财务细节） ，以及更重要的是，一切我已经学会（重点无论如何）在过去的一年。

I’m going w/ the same format again, for the same reason (I’m lazy).我会瓦特/相同的格式，再次，出于同样的原因（我很懒惰） 。 Speaking of lazy, I’ve had this post in my drafts waiting to be finished since the beginning of August - the actual 2 year mark.在谈到懒惰的，我已在这个职位我的草稿有待完成，自八月初开始-实际二年马克。

1. What I’ve done是什么我已经做了
1. Stats统计
2. What I’ve learned是什么我已经学会
1. SEO徐
2. Find a Mentor找到一个导师
3. Your Niche is Different您的利基是不同的
4. Advertising广告
5. Write more content, then some more, and then some more写更多的内容，那么多一些，然后多一些

What I’ve done是什么我已经做了

Stats 统计
Here’s an overview of the statistics for Simple Help from the last year.这里的概述了统计简单帮助，从去年。 Even after 2 years, I can’t go a day without checking Google Analytics.甚至后二年，我不能去，每天未经检查的Google分析。

1. Visits and Pageviews - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 访问量和综合浏览量-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

As the graph below illustrates, there was a significant drop in the middle of Dec. 07.作为图下面的说明，有一个显着下降，在中东的12月7日。 I was quite sick, and the site went down for 2.5 days.我很生病了，和网站下降了2.5天。 Such is life.这就是生活。

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By Month 由本月

All in all I’m pleased with the growth compared to the first year (1,104,495 visits, 1,756,518 page views).所有在所有我很高兴与增长相比，第一年（ 1104495访问， 1756518页的意见） 。 One of the things I wanted to increase this year was the number of page views per visit, which I did - slightly.其中一件事我想增加，今年有多少页的意见，每次访问的，这点我没有-轻微。 Last year it was 1.59 page views per visit, this year it grew to 1.72.去年是1.59页的意见，每次访问，今年增长到1.72 。 I attribute this to 2 complete site re-designs and the use of the i属性，这2完整的现场重新设计和使用该 Related Posts plugin相关文章插件 (and the （和 Related Posts for your Feeds plugin相关职位，您的供稿插件 ). ） 。

2. Traffic sources - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 交通来源-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

Similar to last year, search remains my #1 source of traffic.类似去年，搜索仍然是我的＃ 1来源的交通。 By far.到目前为止。


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One rather significant change is that during Simple Helps first year, it was on the front page of Digg.com一，而不是显着变化是，在简单的帮助的第一年，这是对的头版digg.com 16 times 16倍 . 。 In the second year - not once.在第二年-不只一次。 This I attribute to two things - 1) I stopped “writing for digg” and 2) it’sa lot harder to get on the front page now.这是我的属性，以两件事-1 ）我停止“写作d igg”和2 ）这是很多的努力上了头版。 One of my silly goals in my first year was to get on the digg.com front page twice in one day.我的一个愚蠢的目标在我的第一年，是要对digg.com头版两次在一天。 The second time I accomplished that goal, my previous hosting provider told me in no uncertain terms that Simple Help had to move.在我第二次完成这个目标，我以前的托管服务提供商告诉我，毫不含糊地指出，简单的帮助了动议。 It was at that point I went from shared hosting to a dedicated server.这是在这一点上我去了从共享托管到一个专用服务器。

Last year, digg was my #2 source of traffic, this year, it’s #8.去年， digg是我＃ 2来源的交通，这一年，它的编号8 。 Which is kind of interesting in and of itself - a lot of people will claim that digg has no long-tail.这是种有趣的，并且其本身-不少人会声称d igg没有长期的尾巴。 Not entirely true.不完全属实。


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You’ll also note that images.google.com is my 6th highest source of traffic.您还注意到， images.google.com是我的第六最高的来源交通。 If that’s not a glaring hint as to why you should use the alt and title tags, I’m not sure what is.如果这不是一个明显的暗示，以为什么您应该使用Alt和标题标记，我不知道是什么。

3. Traffic sources - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 交通来源-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

Once again, Google reigns supreme.再次， Google的至高无上的。


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4. Top Content - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 最热门内容-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

My 5 most popular posts in the last year were:我5最受欢迎职位，在过去的一年是：

1. How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Windows如何转换。的FLAC文件。 MP3播放使用的是Windows
2. 10 Alternatives to iTunes for Managing your iPod 10替代的iTunes管理你的iPod
3. How to use your PC and Webcam as a motion-detecting and recording security camera如何使用您的PC和摄像头作为一个议案，检测和记录安全照相机
4. 15 Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed 15 Windows资源管理办法相比，及检讨
5. How to completely wipe all the data from your hard drive如何彻底清除所有数据从您的硬盘驱动器

Only one of those posts (How to completely wipe all of the data from your hard drive) did I actually write in the last year.只有一个这些员额（如何彻底清除所有的数据从您的硬盘驱动器）没有其实我写在过去的一年。 The other four are from the first year.其他四种分别是从第一年。 Also noteworthy is that my most popular post, accounts for almost 10% of my traffic.还值得注意的是，我最热门的职位，占近10 ％的我的交通。 That’s one post out of six hundred.这是一个员额出600 。


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What I’ve Learned是什么我已经学会

SEO 徐
If I had to guess, I’d say there are a billion sites on SEO (search engine optimization).如果我猜，我会说有1亿网站上徐（搜索引擎优化） 。 There should be a new rule - if your site doesn’t get a couple of hundred thousand visits via search engines, per month, you can’t start or run an SEO site.应该有一个新的规则-如果您的网站没有获得一对夫妇的十万访问通过搜索引擎，每月，你不能启动或运行徐的网站。 My suggestion?我的建议呢？ Review some of the tips on one established SEO site (say检讨部分的秘诀就一个既定的徐网站（说 Matt Cutts马特cutts or或 the seomoz blog该seomoz博客 ), implement those tips, and then stop. ） ，实施这些提示，然后停止。 The time that some bloggers spend reviewing SEO “tips and tricks” never ceases to amaze me.的时间，一些博客花检讨徐“的技巧和窍门”从来没有停止amaze我。 Use that time to write an article instead.使用时间来写一篇文章。 No matter how “SEO friendly” your site is, if you don’t have content, no one’s going to come.不管如何“徐友好”您的网站是，如果你没有的内容，没有人去来。 Besides, most SEO sites just take content they found on another SEO site, re-word it (the ones that aren’t totally lazy) and publish it.此外，最徐网站刚刚采取的内容，他们发现在另一个徐的网站，重新词，它（那些并非完全懒惰） ，并公布它。 Do you really need to read the same 10 tips 50 times?你真的需要阅读相同的10个秘诀50倍？

Find a Mentor 找到一个导师
Without question, my absolute #1 suggestion is to find someone already established in your niche, and befriend them.毫无疑问，我绝对＃ 1的建议是要找人已经建立了在您的利基，和他们交朋友。 I cannot possible emphasize this enough.我不能尽可能强调这不够的。 The那个 How-To Geek如何到发烧友 writes PC tutorials, just like I do (though he has a more heavy emphasis on Vista), and has shared countless tips with me.写电脑教程，就像我（虽然他有一个更重于Vista的） ，并分享了无数的要诀与我。 Without question, Simple Help would not be nearly as popular as it is today without him.毫无疑问，简单的帮助不会近受欢迎，因为这是今天没有他。 The hard part is, of course, finding someone that’s willing to share information with you.辛勤的一部分，当然是找有人认为的愿意分享这些资讯，与您联系。 I’ve been unbelievably fortunate.我一直在令人难以置信的幸运。

Your Niche is Different 您的利基是不同的
Similar to the SEO rant (above), do not waste your time reading “pro blogging” web sites.类似徐rant （以上） ， 不要浪费你的时间阅读“亲博客”网站。 Here’s why - they generally offer suggestions that may not even apply to you.这里的原因-他们普遍提供的建议，甚至有可能不会适用于您。 A blog that focuses on collecting coins has a completely different audience than a blog that focuses on photography.一个博客，重点是收集硬币有一个完全不同的观众比1的博客侧重于摄影。 The differences can be in gender, age group, geographic location - the list is endless.分歧可以在性别，年龄组，地理位置-名单是无止境的。 What applies to one site does not necessarily apply to another.什么适用的一个网站，不一定适用于另一个。 Again, find someone successful in your specific niche, and find out what has worked for them and what hasn’t.再次，发现有人成功的在您的特定小生境，并找出哪些工作，为他们有什么不是。 You’ll find that information way more valuable than what you would on a “pro blogging” web site.你会发现信息的方式更有价值，比什么，你会在一个“亲博客”网站。

RSS subscribers don’t matter 订阅的RSS并没有此事

This one might be a tiny bit controversial.此一可能是一个小小的位具争议性。 For my site - a computer tutorial blog - RSS subscribers don’t matter, at all.为我的网站-电脑补习博客性- RS S订阅并不重要，在所有。 Remember - your niche is different.记得-您的利基是不同的。 Everywhere you go you’ll read about how to increase your RSS subscriber count.到处您去，您阅读有关如何提高您的RSS订户。 Take a step back and ask yourself - “for my site, does the number of RSS subscribers matter?” Here’s an example.采取退后一步，问问自己-“我的网站，请问有多少的R SS订阅此事？ ”这里的一个例子。 Darren Rowse, of ProBlogger.net, has 47,189 RSS subscribers (as I write this, Aug. 23rd, 2008).戴伦卢维思， problogger.net ，有47189的RSS订阅（正如我写此文， 2008年8月23日） 。 I have 3,227.我有3227 。 He has 14 times (plus) more RSS subscribers than I do.他已14倍（加）更多的RSS订阅，比我做的。 However, in the last 30 days, problogger.net has had 767,118 page views (according to然而，在过去30天内， problogger.net已767118页的意见（根据 SiteMeter sitemeter . 。 Over the same period of time, Simple Help has had 796,178 page views.较上年同期的时间，简单说明了796178页的意见。 Slightly more page views, 14x fewer RSS subscribers.略多页的意见， 14x较少的RSS订阅。 So before you spend too much time trying to increase your RSS readership, ask yourself, does it really matter for my blog?因此，之前你花太多的时间设法增加您的RSS读者，问问自己，是否真的事， 我的博客？

Social networks are a waste of time 社会网络是一种浪费时间的

What the heck, another controversial one.什么赫克，另一个有争议的一个。 I publish my posts via我出版我的职位，通过 Twitter twitter , I have a MyBlogLog page, FaceBook page (two actually), FriendFeed account, Last.FM… you name it, I have a page or account on that service. ，我有一个to limit a search 。页， Facebook的网页（ 2实际上） ， friendfeed帐户， last.fm …你的名字，我有一个网页或帐户的服务。 Not a single one of them drives any significant traffic to my site.没有一个单一的，其中一人驱动器的任何重大交通到我的网站。 StumbleUpon is an exception, and I’m not sure if it even counts as a social network. stumbleupon是一个例外，我不知道，如果它甚至计数作为一种社会网络。 But again - consider your sites topic.但同样地-考虑您的网站的话题。 If you write about FaceBook apps, you may get a tonne of traffic by creating a FaceBook group.如果您写Facebook的应用服务，你可以得到一吨的交通通过创建一个Facebook的集团。

Advertising 广告
Here’s my experience with advertising.这里是我的经验与广告。 When your site becomes popular, advertisers find you.当您的网站成为受欢迎的，广告客户找到您。 They’ll even bid against each other.他们将出价，甚至对对方。 Until then, stick with AdSense, Kontera, Tribal Fusion - whatever.直到那时，坚持与AdSense ， kontera ，部落的融合-不管。

Write more content, then some more, then some more 写更多的内容，那么多一些，那么多一些
Just write more.只写更多。 Not everything will be popular, in fact most of it probably won’t.并非一切都将受到欢迎，事实上，大部分的，它可能不会。 But the more content you have, the more it’ll show up in Google, and the more visitors you’ll get.但更多的内容，您拥有的越多，就会出现在Google ，和更多旅客来港您会得到。 Also, if you write something that you think is absolutely terrific, and the visitors don’t immediately flood your site - don’t stress.此外，如果你写的东西您认为是绝对了不起的，和旅客不立即防洪您的网站-不要压力。 I’ve had things that I wrote months and months ago all of the sudden become hugely popular on StumbleUpon, or show up on a very popular blog - driving that traffic you hoped for.我已的事情，我写个月和个月前，所有的突然变得非常受欢迎的关于stumbleupon ，或显示在一个非常受欢迎的博客-驾驶的交通你所希望的。