Comments on: Digging Through the Noise Surrounding Caffeine and Mayday http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19327 Joe Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:41:32 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19327 It says here: "Mayday attempts to make long-tail searches relevant, while Caffeine tries to look into each online document...Ohye compares Caffeine update to having the ability to wash just a single shirt in a full load of laundry. Caffeine can increase document freshness by at least 50%, she says." Here's the page: http://makalay.net/google-tells-webmasters-to-prioritize-content<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19327','Joe'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19327','Joe','It says here: \"Mayday attempts to make long-tail searches relevant, while Caffeine tries to look into each online document...Ohye compares Caffeine update to having the ability to wash just a single shirt in a full load of laundry. Caffeine can increase document freshness by at least 50%, she says.\" Here\'s the page: http:\/\/makalay.net\/google-tells-webmasters-to-prioritize-content'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It says here: “Mayday attempts to make long-tail searches relevant, while Caffeine tries to look into each online document…Ohye compares Caffeine update to having the ability to wash just a single shirt in a full load of laundry. Caffeine can increase document freshness by at least 50%, she says.” Here’s the page: http://makalay.net/google-tells-webmasters-to-prioritize-content
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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19259 Mark Hansen Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:31:44 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19259 <a href='#comment-19258' rel="nofollow">@Mark S</a> - Yeah man! Makes a big difference! I have been able to get just about every site on a shared host down to the -2 second load time range... Not sure traffic is up due to it, but its a nice change for visitors.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19259','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19259','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-19258\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Mark S<\/a> - Yeah man! Makes a big difference! I have been able to get just about every site on a shared host down to the -2 second load time range...\r\n\r\nNot sure traffic is up due to it, but its a nice change for visitors.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Mark S – Yeah man! Makes a big difference! I have been able to get just about every site on a shared host down to the -2 second load time range…

Not sure traffic is up due to it, but its a nice change for visitors.

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]]> By: Mark S http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19258 Mark S Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:22 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19258 Sorry for the caps but, INSTALL A CACHE PLUGIN ON YOUR WORDPRESS SITES! Use WP-Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. I immediately saw my traffic go up after installing these. Even sites that didn't seem to take a hit are getting more traffic.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19258','Mark S'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19258','Mark S','Sorry for the caps but, INSTALL A CACHE PLUGIN ON YOUR WORDPRESS SITES!\r\n\r\nUse WP-Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. I immediately saw my traffic go up after installing these. Even sites that didn\'t seem to take a hit are getting more traffic.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sorry for the caps but, INSTALL A CACHE PLUGIN ON YOUR WORDPRESS SITES!

Use WP-Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. I immediately saw my traffic go up after installing these. Even sites that didn’t seem to take a hit are getting more traffic.

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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19025 Mark Hansen Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:05:48 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19025 <a href='#comment-19024' rel="nofollow">@Tao</a> - Not that bad really Tao... just some adjustments for user experience. In the end... its all a good thing anyhow! :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19025','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19025','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-19024\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Tao<\/a> - Not that bad really Tao... just some adjustments for user experience.\r\n\r\nIn the end... its all a good thing anyhow! :-)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Tao – Not that bad really Tao… just some adjustments for user experience.

In the end… its all a good thing anyhow! :-)

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]]> By: Tao http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19024 Tao Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:07:39 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19024 Gah! So much to think about. It's hard to know which way to turn. I pity the people who have 100's of sites!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19024','Tao'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19024','Tao','Gah!\r\nSo much to think about.\r\nIt\'s hard to know which way to turn.\r\n\r\nI pity the people who have 100\'s of sites!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Gah!
So much to think about.
It’s hard to know which way to turn.

I pity the people who have 100′s of sites!

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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19022 Mark Hansen Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:14:53 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19022 <a href='#comment-19021' rel="nofollow">@Greg</a> - For myself - I am focusing on making the visitors that ARE being sent, happier. - In analytics, find the highest "referral <> bounce" pages, and look at them to reduce bounce rates. (1 click = 100% bounce = bad) For me.. I am starting at the highest volume... if a page gets 200 clicks and has a 70% bounce, its my first priority. - Optimizing page for the keywords driving traffic - Optimizing layout for further clicks ONsite - If its an offer page, moving the offer to a second tier page, and noindexing it. Then funneling the visitors to the new offer page, versus offsite. Theres a lot to it right now... but have a pretty indepth psot started that will post next week. ANY results you find are welcome also! And... GOOD links definitely make life better! Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19022','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19022','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-19021\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Greg<\/a> - For myself - I am focusing on making the visitors that ARE being sent, happier.\r\n\r\n- In analytics, find the highest \"referral <> bounce\" pages, and look at them to reduce bounce rates. (1 click = 100% bounce = bad)\r\n\r\nFor me.. I am starting at the highest volume... if a page gets 200 clicks and has a 70% bounce, its my first priority.\r\n\r\n- Optimizing page for the keywords driving traffic\r\n- Optimizing layout for further clicks ONsite\r\n- If its an offer page, moving the offer to a second tier page, and noindexing it. Then funneling the visitors to the new offer page, versus offsite.\r\n\r\nTheres a lot to it right now... but have a pretty indepth psot started that will post next week. \r\n\r\nANY results you find are welcome also! And... GOOD links definitely make life better!\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Greg – For myself – I am focusing on making the visitors that ARE being sent, happier.

- In analytics, find the highest “referral <> bounce” pages, and look at them to reduce bounce rates. (1 click = 100% bounce = bad)

For me.. I am starting at the highest volume… if a page gets 200 clicks and has a 70% bounce, its my first priority.

- Optimizing page for the keywords driving traffic
- Optimizing layout for further clicks ONsite
- If its an offer page, moving the offer to a second tier page, and noindexing it. Then funneling the visitors to the new offer page, versus offsite.

Theres a lot to it right now… but have a pretty indepth psot started that will post next week.

ANY results you find are welcome also! And… GOOD links definitely make life better!

Mark

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]]> By: Greg http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/digging-through-the-noise-surrounding-caffeine-and-mayday.htm#comment-19021 Greg Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2320#comment-19021 Mark, I've been going back through my analytics to identify keyword combinations that I used to receive traffic on, to look for an opportunity to produce new, relevant content pages around those keywords. I've also been hearing rumblings about the ever increasing importance of links since the MayDay update. I think all this translates to more work on our end to try to regain the lost traffic. But I think the historical analytics can give you good insight on where those opportunities are.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19021','Greg'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19021','Greg','Mark,\r\n I\'ve been going back through my analytics to identify keyword combinations that I used to receive traffic on, to look for an opportunity to produce new, relevant content pages around those keywords. \r\nI\'ve also been hearing rumblings about the ever increasing importance of links since the MayDay update. \r\nI think all this translates to more work on our end to try to regain the lost traffic. But I think the historical analytics can give you good insight on where those opportunities are.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark,
I’ve been going back through my analytics to identify keyword combinations that I used to receive traffic on, to look for an opportunity to produce new, relevant content pages around those keywords.
I’ve also been hearing rumblings about the ever increasing importance of links since the MayDay update.
I think all this translates to more work on our end to try to regain the lost traffic. But I think the historical analytics can give you good insight on where those opportunities are.
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