Blogging Zoom: Did It Do The Job?
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Show me the numbers
This my current stats:
Blogging Zoom sent me 39 visitors so far(Google Analytics). Depending on how much traffic you already get, it could be a drop in a bucket. But for me, that is good.
My post John Chow is Losing $2082.49 only got Zoomed 2 times yet it sent me 7 visitors which is in first place with my A Real Review of Income 4 Beginners(Z5).
My hottest was Recruiting Bloggers, Advertising And Better Affiliates Program which was Zoomed 7 times but sent me 5 visitors.
But my biggest indirect performer so far was Activating Adsense in Feedburner which was Zoomed 6 times but it only sent me 2 visitors. I also wrote indirect because I think it was StumbleUpon because of it may have been found from Blogging Zoom. SU sent me 49 visitors. I can't prove it but I can't even remember if I was ever StumbleUpon before. Paid StumbleUpon advertising does not count.
Recommendations
So far, the 2 things(related) I don't like are:
- Forcing the 350 characters for the long description
- Not showing how many characters(350) was written
I understand perfectly(Vic, Court) the rational behind it but sometimes you may not care about being index on Google via Blogging Zoom. You may just want to be read by the other Blogging Zoom users. It could be a simple post and I don't want to "rewrite" it again for the description. And looking at my stats, It's hard to say that I saw a huge difference so far. But I do like the additional traffic. 
I would recommend that you add a check box that would disable the 350 characters minimum. Doing so, I think more people would submit post and yes, with a single line like in the beginning. You could add a small text on the impact of disabling the 350 characters. Just call it an extra that is strongly recommended. 
Or least add the number of characters like in the summary. It may help if people see that they are close to the 350 mark.
Conclusion
I know, you don't want to be another Digg and it's okay because you are supporting small bloggers like me with Blogging Zoom. I would recommend Blogging Zoom to other bloggers.
I also found 2 articles on the Universal Thread that could be interesting for Blogging Zoom and my fellow bloggers using it.
Want search engine traffic? Pen a blog Why 350 characters is important for longer post
Digg to sell for $300 million? Really? Are any shares of Blogging Zoom available?
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Frank C said:
I agree on the word count script. That would help determine where you are in the character count.
November 8th, 2007 at 1:00 pm -
A Blog about Nothing said:
As far as I’m concerned it did the job just fine. I installed on 11/4 and as of checking my Google Analytics today (11/8) thus far BZ has sent 52 visitors. That averages 13 visitors a day and as BZ grows I expect my readership to grow as well.
I like the 350 character limit, but I do agree about not being able to see how many are already typed. That gets to be a “little” annoying.
November 9th, 2007 at 9:34 am -
James - DigitalKeyToInfo said:
The 350 character min. is one of the important differences between Blogging Zoom and other social bookmarks or social networks.
The traffic you get from a zoom may eventually be just a small part of the traffic you may get in the future as it increases your SE ratings. Write that paragraph with the idea of sending anyone that reads it to your page to read the rest of the information you have and you will see more traffic now and later.November 9th, 2007 at 10:42 am -
Steve McGrath said:
I know that and understand it. What I did proposed was an optional check box to bypass it.
For example, I just did a short post about Friendswin Video Resume. The information is short but useful and it would be like rewriting a second post just to get the 350 characters. But in that case, I don’t even care for SE result. I just wanted to informed others but I won’t submit it. You could if you want
But I won’t mind submitting much longer post and write 350 characters.
But like many, the 350 characters counter should be at least be there to help us.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:56 am -
Fred @ Newest on the Net said:
Would someone please explain what the 350 word minimum does for SEO purposes?
Thanks,
FredNovember 9th, 2007 at 1:07 pm -
Steve McGrath said:
It’s not word but 350 characters or about 50 words.
Court in a reply on his blog:
“Now, in order for us to get your content ranked in Google, the 350 characters comes in. 350 characters is actually only about 50 words.”November 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm -
lissie said:
I think the 350chars is a great idea – yes its a pain but it encourages you only to submit your best work- which works for real readers as well as google! BTW I am surprised that you have got so much traffic but have obviously zoomed little except your own submissions
November 13th, 2007 at 9:44 am -
Steve McGrath said:
I can understand the “best work” part and that’s why it’s not a problem to write the 350 characters. I’m talking about very short post that may give information
Btw, I don’t zoom everything I read. I often see visits in my own post but no zoomed. One thing people forget is the plugin in the post which I would help getting zoomed more.
Like many, I should zoom more November 13th, 2007 at 10:02 am
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