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Anyone actually get traffic from BlogCatalog?

Posted by vocino • 9/19/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogcatalog, nofollow, referrals, traffic

I'm just wondering if anyone actually sees any real hard numbers coming from BlogCatalog. There are nofollow links all over the site, so participation is definitely not contributing to an overall wider plan.

Are there any metrics that suggest continued effort being put in this (and similar) sites?

btw, I have donated to the site, since it's extremely cheap -- I would be interested in hearing opinions on any/all levels of participation.

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9/19/07

CreativeBlogger

If you look at my sites, you will see that the answer is a resounding yes.

If you install a 'recent viewers' widget to your blogs, you will see who has visited you too.

I have also donated to the site.

I think in terms of promotion, you join and you make yourself known and then your blogs have to work for you. If they are dull, you may get one visit but no more, but if theya re intresting, people will come back to see what else is happenning.

So yes this site works very well, but then it's up to you and the quality of your blog. We can't blame anyone else if no one wants to read what we have to write about except ourselves.

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1. 9/29/07
  
  AppleMan
  
  I don't actually install the recent viewers. I just go and look at it in the widget selector on blog catalog's make a widget page. that was i don't take up space and loading time on my blog.
9/19/07

bloggingmix

www.bloggingmix.com
Google analytics reports that BlogCatalog is the 3rd source of traffic for my blog. Google (organic), StumbleUpon and BlogCatalog.

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9/19/07

CreativeBlogger

I visited your blog, it looks very interesting and well laid out.

So your 'post' just got you a visit.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  bloggingmix
  
  Thanks. I'm going to check your blog now.
9/19/07

gerryPlanetEarth

According to thegoodknife(BlogCatalog's Lead Programmer) there are 80,000 members in the Blogcatalog community(www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/how-many-members-are-there-here)....The amount of potential traffic possible from that number alone is staggering....

In addition to the traffic potential and most important is the quality of the members and the blogs they produce...The blogcatalog community truly has a global flavor to it that is especially apparent in these discussion forums...

There are literally thousands of brilliant authors, photographers,bloggers,technical experts,site/traffic developers and members from all over the world...

The quality of most blogs in this community is a great resource that is easy to access due Blogcatalogs well thought out user friendly features that are superior to many other internet communities....

The discussion forums is a great feature that allows for the members to interact, exchange views and share information with each other as well as socialize....

The public/private shout box feature is a tremendous tool as is the Broadcast feature...

Like anything else however Blogcatalog is only as good as its user....

I personally enjoy being a member of Blogcatalog and treasure the friendships and aquaintences of the people throughout the world I have gained by being part of the Blogcatalog community...

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9/19/07

jungl

Yes I get traffic from blogcatalog.
2,5% of my traffic comes from BC.

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9/19/07

ThriftShopRomantic

Yes, I get some traffic from BC. It's not a huge chunk, but I get more referrers from it than any other directory I'm in.

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9/19/07

Manictastic

My blog is completely living of BlogCatalog. Ofcourse I only get around 10 to 20 visitors a day.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  CreativeBlogger
  
  ha same here!
9/19/07

RevJim

I actually get more traffic from BC than from Blogmad, where surfing for credits seems to be a waste of time anymore. (I have 110 credits there, and, no matter how I adjust my credit allocation, no hits)

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9/19/07

purdles

I do too. But I think, as others have said, the community you form kind of lives and grows on its own, and your traffic comes from that, regardless of the nofollow tags - although I guess it would be nice if they were not there.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  CreativeBlogger
  
  I don't what is meant by the nofollow thing? I can get to anyones site from this site?
2. 9/19/07
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  Nofollow is something for search engines. I tells them not to count the link in their calculations, though some do to greater or lesser extents.
  
  I'd like to see the links in the feeds have the nofollow removed, but I can see where in a forum they might help to reduce the shenanigans somewhat and relieve the moderators of a good amount of mindless policing.
9/19/07

naren

hahahahah what a question yaar look @ my profile and my blogs stats in it, i have over 4000+ friends and nearly get 40% of the visitors

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9/19/07

DaneMorgan

Oh, and to the point of the thread. Yes i see traffic coming to my blogs from BC. I would also caution any one who says that this is not their largest source o traffic to look at the quality of the traffic before making any real value judgments. I can have a handful of BC / Bz members visit a blog and get comments, emails and other actions where a thousand Stumble visits might yield nothing at all.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  robwatts
  
  Great point Dane, I see that all of the time. SU visits are great for the exposure they bring but that's usually about it.
  
  Feedback and interaction is where it's at.
2. 9/19/07
  
  naren
  
  well i agree with you DaneMorgan! but the thing is iam talking about Blogcatalog and the traffic i get from it
3. 9/19/07
  
  legbamel
  
  BC may not be my biggest source of traffic, but several of the folks who visited my blog from here turned into regular readers and commentors. That's what I want from a directory - not one-shot clicks but interaction and repeat visits. In that category BC leads the pack for me.
4. 9/19/07
  
  naren
  
  same for me too!
9/19/07

crkian

I get traffic from here, usually 30-40 a day from various places

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9/19/07

Ankitshukla1

yup me..........

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9/19/07

alappuzhakaran

Yes.! yes.! and a big Yes!

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9/19/07

Pingable

The recent visitors plug-in shows members who visit, it doesn't show members who have been referred directly from the BC site though. i.e. came to my site as a result of being listed here. So plenty of bc users have been to my site, but the stats on my profile suggest that not many of them were referred from here directly. I do think that BC is one of the better sites for blog promotion though, even though I haven't been here long, especially for me, seeing as bloggers are the main target audience of my particular blog.

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9/19/07

clioandme

Yes.

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9/19/07

pointlessbanter

I do as well...

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9/19/07

Fartmachine

yep

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9/19/07

monkeytale

Yup...15-20 visits a day and it seems to be increasing, slowly but surely.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  Manictastic
  
  You only have 20 a day? Damn, your blog must stink
9/19/07

crpitt

Not many, but i spend more time here so they don't need to come and visit

Maybe i should go missing and see if they come and find me?

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1. 9/19/07
  
  monkeytale
  
  I'd look for a collapsed tent...lol
2. 9/19/07
  
  crpitt
  
  your my biggest BC fan
9/19/07

Kamal911

BC helps!

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9/19/07

peecha

Just a little bit... Average 10-20 visitors a day from BC

flickzzz.com

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9/19/07

niralanbobalan

Yes, I receive visitors from blogcatalog. Then, I will add them to my friend's list and send them a message thanking for their visit. I will also visit their blog.

Blogcatalog really helped in my blog.

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9/19/07

RecycleCindy

Yes I have gotten some traffic from BC. Also I have had to opportunity to see and read some interesting sites because of BC. Therefore I feel that participation here has been very useful.

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9/19/07

talkingidiot

got over 80 visitors from blogcatalog the other day out of slightly over 200 visitors, that's according to feedburner.

girls-101.blogspot.com

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9/19/07

suburbqueen

I do not get tons of traffic from BC, but what I do get is good, quality visits. Those that return more than just once.

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9/19/07

ritubpant

i get about 8-20 a day

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9/19/07

Vaughan1

In total I get about 110 visitors a day spread across 4 blogs but Im not sure how many are from blogcatalog.

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9/19/07

Nicholebeard

yes, yes ,yes I get lots of traffic

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9/19/07

n8

Sure do. BC is my #4 referrer as far as Google Analytics is concerned.

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9/19/07

stocktube

i've to admit i rarely get any traffic from blogcatalog ... but then that was not the main intention of me joining this community ...

cheers ...

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9/19/07

kaybday

Are you labeling your posts with good keywords?

I get tons of traffic from Blog Catalog--this is one of my top three referrers, with Google being my best. CNN is starting to refer a lot too because of some of the health articles I do. I'm speaking mainly about Covering Florida. I have a strange situation with my blogs--CF gets far more traffic, but Creative Writer US has a higher rank at Technorati even though this blog gets far less traffic than CF. Go figure.

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9/19/07

robwatts

I get a few visits too, sometimes I get comments as well which is always good.

A lot of the stuff I yack about is a little on the tech side so I also accept that some of it might be a little over the heads of some of the more random browsers.

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1. 9/19/07
  
  Norski
  
  I'm impressed! I've never had a browser visit me: It's always been some human, using a browser.
  
  IA must be more advanced than I thought!
9/19/07

zawadi

If the only traffic I received was from Blog Catalog, I would not even Blog lol. I got 90% of my subscribers from BC.

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9/19/07

PierceThis2

I'm new to blogcatalog and do hope that it will bring traffic to my blog. I am wondering if I need to do postings in order to get traffic. Any idea?

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9/19/07

Norski

Yes.

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9/19/07

mobiwan

Yes for me too. I sponsor the Mobile tag here and that drives some traffic as well. In fact I just re-upped my sponsorship for 1 year so yeah, it's working for me.

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9/19/07

cjbart

Well, more comments from a new member....
I am fascinated by the Visits I have received.....
But is there a way to see when they arrived. is it weekly, daily ???
Appreciate anyone explaining..
Thank you all for this activity

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1. 9/19/07
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  That's probably something you should be able to see in your own reporting system, if you have one set up. There you'd be able to find the Blogcatalog referrers and then see what pages a person viewed, and length of time they were on.
9/19/07

GFG

yes...

check out those who viewed me
fishforfood.blogspot.com

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9/19/07

brigid

The widget seems to indicate that I have gotten traffic. Not sure how much, though. ^_^;

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9/19/07

taylorblue

Yes I have...I get quite alot of visitors from Blog Catalog to my entertainment blog!!!

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9/19/07

MeghnaK

If not, the entire crowd would have been somewhere else, isn't it?

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9/19/07

bnsullivan

Yup, I do get traffic from BC. Most of that comes from post tag SERPs within BC. (Interesting.)

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9/19/07

fossfor

I use google analytics, and get about 5% of my traffic from BC. BC is quite chatty and friendly so I like it with or without lots of traffic
Cjbart - try the Blog Catalog visitor widget, you add it to your blog and it shows you who visited. You can also sign up to google analytics, it's quite easy to use

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9/19/07

cymrusteve

Yes, BlogCatalog is a big factor me. Lately I've been less active on these discussion boards and my daily traffic has decreased significantly.

Wish I had an extra hour or so to be more visible here again....

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1. 9/19/07
  
  Shinade
  
  Hi Steve long time no see. that's the same for me. When I was more active here I got more traffic. But, I have been so busy lately that I almost can't keep up anywhere. But, yes I get great traffic from BC. I haven't actually checked my stats but just this past week I have picked up several new members through BC!! So I am a happy camper:)
2. 9/19/07
  
  cymrusteve
  
  Long time no see indeed! Glad you picked up a few new regulars - it's a great bunch of bloggers here. Even when you've had some time away, it still feels good when you come back.
  
  Keep up the good work!
  
  --Steve
9/21/07

Importjap

I do get some BC traffic and I'd like to thank all BC members who have visited my blog recently and any who visit in the future. Thankyou very much to all of you and I hope to read you all soon!

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9/21/07

DrowseyMonkey

I don't donate to the site, but I do get traffic from BC, not a lot but I'm not really looking for a lot. I guess it depends on the type of blog you have, I'm not out to make money from my blog so maybe that makes a difference.

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9/24/07

CompleteLoser

Never had traffic from here....

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9/24/07

KashmirZ

i am

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9/24/07

Msterilinn

I am definately getting visits... and I just joined up quite recently.

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9/24/07

crisoli69

Yes a lot!!!
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fameineua.blogspot.com/

please comment
i would thankful

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9/26/07

JayneM

I'd say less than 5% of my traffic comes from BlogCatalog, but the people who DO come tend to stay longer than, say, SU or technorati visitors.

So it's more high quality traffic.

The biggest reason I keep it on my site though is that I use it to find other blogs myself, and it's a great resource for that!

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9/26/07

Profitline

Blogcatalog was number 4 in my list of traffic being driven to my blog

www.etienneteo.com/

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9/26/07

CreativeBlogger

I think it's great, I'm getting more traffic from BC everyday. I don't make any money from my blogs, but being read is enough.

It's nice to know people enjoy your work and I can see from the widgets that I have return readers and I am getting more comments now which are always great.

If anyone has any tips on how to make adsense work that would be helpful, meanwhile my plan is to remove them as all they do is take up space.

My dream analysis site is now a top 10 neighbourhood and I am chuffed about that as I guess the front page exposure I get from that position may now also help with more viewings. It's all good.

BC is an amazing resource.

www.dreamanalysis.blogspot.com

Note: I am fortunate in that I am mentioned on the front page of a few top ranking sites (blogdumps,searchwarp.com,problogs) basically it's the content that will keep the readers coming. Great sites like this help facilitate that.

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9/28/07

libdrone

I am getting some visitors from BC. More importantly to me, the BC visitors seem to stick around and comment and then come back again. I think that getting people interested in your blog who become regular visitors is much more important that how many quick hits you get.

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9/28/07

izzy69rocks

A very BIG YES.....

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9/28/07

crystalcash

According to Google analytics 8.5% of my traffic comes from Blog Catalog. When I'm active & I comment more often it goes up much higher. Blog Catalog rocks.

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9/28/07

kingtang

I do get some... only. Most of it from Google search

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9/29/07

Ankitshukla1

Yes i get much from this.... shows my google analytics.

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9/29/07

CommonDialog

I would love to put the Recent Visitors widget on my Wordpress blog, but the software is nice enough to strip out any JavaScript scripts. Does anyone else have this problem? Or perhaps a solution for it?

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9/29/07

CallCenterVet

My stats indicate I have 12 referrals from BC in the past week. But then again I haven't been actively participating in discussions lately. I believe it has something to do with that.

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9/29/07

individualsole

Not as much as I other referral sites.

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9/29/07

marguerite

I also get traffic from blogcatalog mostly from people browsing tags here. I get more traffic from blogcatalog than mybloglog which is a very similar site. At BC the community is very participative.

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1. 9/29/07
  
  bnsullivan
  
  Marguerite, what you say reflects my experience exactly.
9/29/07

Kayley

I just joined yesterday and already have people coming to my blog, so hopefully I think it will generate a fair amount of traffic.

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9/29/07

caseyfern

The more I get participate, the more I get active in discussions and groups, the more people that I visit and talk to, the more my traffic rises. The more I sit on my derriere and do nothing, the more nothing happens. Strangely reminiscent of real on-the-ground life, eh?

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9/29/07

dotartdude

I get more traffic. Also, I get more comments.

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10/06/07

marenda

i get traffic from here too

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10/06/07

Empath

I have been getting an average of 15 unique hits a day - which I believe are primarily from BC

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10/06/07

Empath

I also get comments, here...

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10/06/07

acousticguitarist

not much really but I've encountered some very nice people and it's a great way to distract myself from the 15 or so websites that i've got to build and developing the products that I'm creating :-)

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10/06/07

tenshi319

look at all who answered this post this looks like good traffic.

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10/06/07

windyridge

Yes, Since I have become active in BC I have been getting lots of hits from here.

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10/08/07

EelKat

First thing I did was install the recent viewers widget... I can see on a daily basis how many visit my blog, and what time they visited... my answer... yes! I get a lot of visitors from here

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10/11/07

shiidenu

The recent viewer widget is the answer... You can get the number of visitors from BC.

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10/11/07

lafrance

Hello!
got to agree yes I do get traffics however google search still rank #1 than BC.
Pierre

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