Comments on: 5 Ways to Drive Visitors Away from your Blog

By: Gucci Scarpe

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:22:23 +0000

I realize people use google adsense on their sites for revenue but, imo, It distracts from the content and it makes it more difficult to read. I don’t use adsense on any of my sites. The KISS approach is usually the best.

By: John McClane

John McClane — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:12:18 +0000

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By: Kellie Dobbie

Kellie Dobbie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:02:22 +0000

I believe pictures and images is one way to spice up your blog. But large image files that takes an eternity to load is definitely a turn-off especially if you have a slow internet connection. Great tips (to avoid)!

By: Dean Saliba

Dean Saliba — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:06:27 +0000

Brillient post. I think the only thing I fail at is that I have one or two ads too many. But I’m always tweaking around and testing out new ad networks so that will settle soon.

I also don’t have pop-ups anymore because that really annoyed people.

By: Den

Den — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:02:23 +0000

Pop-up ads are really super annoying…

By: Doogie

Doogie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:03:06 +0000

What really irks me on blogs is poor layout – specifically when the text is small and there are no breaks between paragraphs.

Another killer is when all the posts are novelettes which require 10 minutes to read.

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:38:36 +0000

I’ve seen sites do all of those and yet still somehow make money. I guess some people aren’t driven away so easily.

I’ll put up with some of those (except maybe the sound one) for a good article but it does impact whether or not I share the link around on Twitter etc, thats for sure.

By: Tulsa Chiropractor

Tulsa Chiropractor — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:32:39 +0000

All good points, As always content is king, Always need to provide good relevant content. Thanks for the post!

By: Franky Branckaute

Franky Branckaute — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:51:46 +0000

Dave,

It is important to understand that the site is maintained by a publishing network and the authors have no impact on the ads on site. Could you please grab me a screenshot of your experience in Google Reader for this entry though as the lead image marginally slow is and we do not use Google Adsense on this feed either.

Greetings,

Franky.

By: Krish

Krish — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:53:34 +0000

Not responding to their doubts or comments will drive visitors away as you said.

By: Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:29:28 +0000

Oh boy is point one true.

I’ve reached the point now where I immediately bail out when sound starts blaring from my computer’s speakers.

The rule applies to auto-loading video clips – amazingly professional sites are driving me away with blaring video advertising clips.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:57:22 +0000

Too many ads is very bad, sure. To my mind, the best way to have many people visiting your project is interesting original content and no ads…

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:53:33 +0000

I read your post first via RSS (Google Reader). Not sure if you know this, but in my reader at least, all I saw was your image, the first two paragraphs, and a big Google adsense block. So for me at least, you violated your own rule #4.

By: Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:20:53 +0000

@Joe Boyle – You’re absolutely right! I couldn’t resist the Spinal Tap and Seinfeld references.

By: Joe Boyle

Joe Boyle — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:21:05 +0000

Great post. Did I notice just a tad bit of humor?

I can’t tell you how much hatred I have towards sites that have automatic audio clips that go on when you enter the site. Worst of all, they usually have the off button on the bottom of the website. It just seems spammy.

As soon as I hear an audio clip automatically play, I leave the site and never go back. It’s that simple.