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December 31, 2007

How to drive blog traffic

Memo to self: The next time blog traffic is slow, do one of two things. Link to a post that discusses the constitutionality of the federal income tax. Or post incorrect information about iPhones. Then spend rest of day moderating comments.

Posted by Jay Hancock at 3:30 PM | | Comments (1)
        

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C'mon, Jay. As a blogger, there are always two good ways to bait the commenters. So-called "link-baiting."

1.) Write a post that says something bad about an Apple product.
2.) Write a post about a political candidate, especially one with a powerful Internet support system, e.g., Ron Paul.

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Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

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