What I’ve learned in my second year of blogging我所了解，在我的第二個年頭的博客

When I did this當我這樣做 last year去年 it was fairly well received.這是相當好評。 So here I am, a year later, doing it again.所以我在這裡，一年後，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，我會分享非常每統計關於本網站（除具體的財務細節） ，以及更重要的是，一切我已經學會（重點無論如何）在過去的一年。

I’m going w/ the same format again, for the same reason (I’m lazy).我會瓦特/相同的格式，再次，出於同樣的原因（我很懶惰） 。 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.在談到懶惰的，我已在這個職位我的草稿有待完成，自八月初開始-實際二年馬克。

1. What I’ve done是什麼我已經做了
1. Stats統計
2. What I’ve learned是什麼我已經學會
1. SEO徐
2. Find a Mentor找到一個導師
3. Your Niche is Different您的利基是不同的
4. Advertising廣告
5. Write more content, then some more, and then some more寫更多的內容，那麼多一些，然後多一些

What I’ve done是什麼我已經做了

Stats 統計
Here’s an overview of the statistics for Simple Help from the last year.這裡的概述了統計簡單幫助，從去年。 Even after 2 years, I can’t go a day without checking Google Analytics.甚至後二年，我不能去，每天未經檢查的Google分析。

1. Visits and Pageviews - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 訪問量和綜合瀏覽量-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

As the graph below illustrates, there was a significant drop in the middle of Dec. 07.作為圖下面的說明，有一個顯著下降，在中東的12月7日。 I was quite sick, and the site went down for 2.5 days.我很生病了，和網站下降了2.5天。 Such is life.這就是生活。

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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).所有在所有我很高興與增長相比，第一年（ 1104495訪問， 1756518頁的意見） 。 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，今年有多少頁的意見，每次訪問的，這點我沒有-輕微。 Last year it was 1.59 page views per visit, this year it grew to 1.72.去年是1.59頁的意見，每次訪問，今年增長到1.72 。 I attribute this to 2 complete site re-designs and the use of the i屬性，這2完整的現場重新設計和使用該 Related Posts plugin相關文章插件 (and the （和 Related Posts for your Feeds plugin相關職位，您的供稿插件 ). ） 。

2. Traffic sources - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 交通來源-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

Similar to last year, search remains my #1 source of traffic.類似去年，搜索仍然是我的＃ 1來源的交通。 By far.到目前為止。


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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，而不是顯著變化是，在簡單的幫助的第一年，這是對的頭版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.這是我的屬性，以兩件事-1 ）我停止“寫作d igg”和2 ）這是很多的努力上了頭版。 One of my silly goals in my first year was to get on the digg.com front page twice in one day.我的一個愚蠢的目標在我的第一年，是要對digg.com頭版兩次在一天。 The second time I accomplished that goal, my previous hosting provider told me in no uncertain terms that Simple Help had to move.在我第二次完成這個目標，我以前的託管服務提供商告訴我，毫不含糊地指出，簡單的幫助了動議。 It was at that point I went from shared hosting to a dedicated server.這是在這一點上我去了從共享託管到一個專用服務器。

Last year, digg was my #2 source of traffic, this year, it’s #8.去年， digg是我＃ 2來源的交通，這一年，它的編號8 。 Which is kind of interesting in and of itself - a lot of people will claim that digg has no long-tail.這是種有趣的，並且其本身-不少人會聲稱d igg沒有長期的尾巴。 Not entirely true.不完全屬實。


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You’ll also note that images.google.com is my 6th highest source of traffic.您還注意到， images.google.com是我的第六最高的來源交通。 If that’s not a glaring hint as to why you should use the alt and title tags, I’m not sure what is.如果這不是一個明顯的暗示，以為什麼您應該使用Alt和標題標記，我不知道是什麼。

3. Traffic sources - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 交通來源-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

Once again, Google reigns supreme.再次， Google的至高無上的。


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4. Top Content - 08/01/07 - 07/31/08 最熱門內容-0 8/01/07- 07 /31/08

My 5 most popular posts in the last year were:我5最受歡迎職位，在過去的一年是：

1. How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Windows如何轉換。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和攝像頭作為一個議案，檢測和記錄安全照相機
4. 15 Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed 15 Windows資源管理辦法相比，及檢討
5. How to completely wipe all the data from your hard drive如何徹底清除所有數據從您的硬盤驅動器

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.只有一個這些員額（如何徹底清除所有的數據從您的硬盤驅動器）沒有其實我寫在過去的一年。 The other four are from the first year.其他四種分別是從第一年。 Also noteworthy is that my most popular post, accounts for almost 10% of my traffic.還值得注意的是，我最熱門的職位，佔近10 ％的我的交通。 That’s one post out of six hundred.這是一個員額出600 。


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What I’ve Learned是什麼我已經學會

SEO 徐
If I had to guess, I’d say there are a billion sites on SEO (search engine optimization).如果我猜，我會說有1億網站上徐（搜索引擎優化） 。 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.應該有一個新的規則-如果您的網站沒有獲得一對夫婦的十萬訪問通過搜索引擎，每月，你不能啟動或運行徐的網站。 My suggestion?我的建議呢？ Review some of the tips on one established SEO site (say檢討部分的秘訣就一個既定的徐網站（說 Matt Cutts馬特cutts or或 the seomoz blog該seomoz博客 ), implement those tips, and then stop. ） ，實施這些提示，然後停止。 The time that some bloggers spend reviewing SEO “tips and tricks” never ceases to amaze me.的時間，一些博客花檢討徐“的技巧和竅門”從來沒有停止amaze我。 Use that time to write an article instead.使用時間來寫一篇文章。 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”您的網站是，如果你沒有的內容，沒有人去來。 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，最徐網站剛剛採取的內容，他們發現在另一個徐的網站，重新詞，它（那些並非完全懶惰） ，並公佈它。 Do you really need to read the same 10 tips 50 times?你真的需要閱讀相同的10個秘訣50倍？

Find a Mentor 找到一個導師
Without question, my absolute #1 suggestion is to find someone already established in your niche, and befriend them.毫無疑問，我絕對＃ 1的建議是要找人已經建立了在您的利基，和他們交朋友。 I cannot possible emphasize this enough.我不能盡可能強調這不夠的。 The那個 How-To Geek如何到發燒友 writes PC tutorials, just like I do (though he has a more heavy emphasis on Vista), and has shared countless tips with me.寫電腦教程，就像我（雖然他有一個更重於Vista的） ，並分享了無數的要訣與我。 Without question, Simple Help would not be nearly as popular as it is today without him.毫無疑問，簡單的幫助不會近受歡迎，因為這是今天沒有他。 The hard part is, of course, finding someone that’s willing to share information with you.辛勤的一部分，當然是找有人認為的願意分享這些資訊，與您聯繫。 I’ve been unbelievably fortunate.我一直在令人難以置信的幸運。

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.類似徐rant （以上） ， 不要浪費你的時間閱讀“親博客”網站。 Here’s why - they generally offer suggestions that may not even apply to you.這裡的原因-他們普遍提供的建議，甚至有可能不會適用於您。 A blog that focuses on collecting coins has a completely different audience than a blog that focuses on photography.一個博客，重點是收集硬幣有一個完全不同的觀眾比1的博客側重於攝影。 The differences can be in gender, age group, geographic location - the list is endless.分歧可以在性別，年齡組，地理位置-名單是無止境的。 What applies to one site does not necessarily apply to another.什麼適用的一個網站，不一定適用於另一個。 Again, find someone successful in your specific niche, and find out what has worked for them and what hasn’t.再次，發現有人成功的在您的特定小生境，並找出哪些工作，為他們有什麼不是。 You’ll find that information way more valuable than what you would on a “pro blogging” web site.你會發現信息的方式更有價值，比什麼，你會在一個“親博客”網站。

RSS subscribers don’t matter 訂閱的RSS並沒有此事

This one might be a tiny bit controversial.此一可能是一個小小的位具爭議性。 For my site - a computer tutorial blog - RSS subscribers don’t matter, at all.為我的網站-電腦補習博客性- RS S訂閱並不重要，在所有。 Remember - your niche is different.記得-您的利基是不同的。 Everywhere you go you’ll read about how to increase your RSS subscriber count.到處您去，您閱讀有關如何提高您的RSS訂戶。 Take a step back and ask yourself - “for my site, does the number of RSS subscribers matter?” Here’s an example.採取退後一步，問問自己-“我的網站，請問有多少的R SS訂閱此事？ ”這裡的一個例子。 Darren Rowse, of ProBlogger.net, has 47,189 RSS subscribers (as I write this, Aug. 23rd, 2008).戴倫盧維思， problogger.net ，有47189的RSS訂閱（正如我寫此文， 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訂閱，比我做的。 However, in the last 30 days, problogger.net has had 767,118 page views (according to然而，在過去30天內， problogger.net已767118頁的意見（根據 SiteMeter sitemeter . 。 Over the same period of time, Simple Help has had 796,178 page views.較上年同期的時間，簡單說明了796178頁的意見。 Slightly more page views, 14x fewer RSS subscribers.略多頁的意見， 14x較少的RSS訂閱。 So before you spend too much time trying to increase your RSS readership, ask yourself, does it really matter for my blog?因此，之前你花太多的時間設法增加您的RSS讀者，問問自己，是否真的事， 我的博客？

Social networks are a waste of time 社會網絡是一種浪費時間的

What the heck, another controversial one.什麼赫克，另一個有爭議的一個。 I publish my posts via我出版我的職位，通過 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. ，我有一個to limit a search 。頁， Facebook的網頁（ 2實際上） ， friendfeed帳戶， last.fm …你的名字，我有一個網頁或帳戶的服務。 Not a single one of them drives any significant traffic to my site.沒有一個單一的，其中一人驅動器的任何重大交通到我的網站。 StumbleUpon is an exception, and I’m not sure if it even counts as a social network. stumbleupon是一個例外，我不知道，如果它甚至計數作為一種社會網絡。 But again - consider your sites topic.但同樣地-考慮您的網站的話題。 If you write about FaceBook apps, you may get a tonne of traffic by creating a FaceBook group.如果您寫Facebook的應用服務，你可以得到一噸的交通通過創建一個Facebook的集團。

Advertising 廣告
Here’s my experience with advertising.這裡是我的經驗與廣告。 When your site becomes popular, advertisers find you.當您的網站成為受歡迎的，廣告客戶找到您。 They’ll even bid against each other.他們將出價，甚至對對方。 Until then, stick with AdSense, Kontera, Tribal Fusion - whatever.直到那時，堅持與AdSense ， kontera ，部落的融合-不管。

Write more content, then some more, then some more 寫更多的內容，那麼多一些，那麼多一些
Just write more.只寫更多。 Not everything will be popular, in fact most of it probably won’t.並非一切都將受到歡迎，事實上，大部分的，它可能不會。 But the more content you have, the more it’ll show up in Google, and the more visitors you’ll get.但更多的內容，您擁有的越多，就會出現在Google ，和更多旅客來港您會得到。 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，如果你寫的東西您認為是絕對了不起的，和旅客不立即防洪您的網站-不要壓力。 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，我寫個月和個月前，所有的突然變得非常受歡迎的關於stumbleupon ，或顯示在一個非常受歡迎的博客-駕駛的交通你所希望的。