By: Cary
Yep, I’ve been using Auto Links for about the last 8 months, and it can save you a whole lot of time…not to mention those easy Amazon Affiliate links. I wouldn’t blog without it — in fact, I’ve had...
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I dumped my stats (hit, subscriber) for the quoted reason. It just seems like another ego badge that I don’t necessairly need to display. I don’t think it adds or detracts to the quality of my blog…...
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The only reason I can thnk of it being useful, is to alert new visitors that the site may be popular, and therefore interesting or useful. Other than that, it’s an ego booster; like BlogTopSites (which...
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I use the FeedBurner badge, but I always just kind of thought of it as a quick way to see how many subscribers I had — saves me from having to log in to FeedBurner just to see how my stats are looking....
View ArticleBy: Alan Pritt
The Feedburner stats are animated so immediately draw the eye. The fact that the number changes, I think will press people to investigate more. Personally I quite enjoy checking out your new ‘score’!...
View ArticleBy: Graham English
It seems to me that subscriber counts provide social proof. If you want more subscribers, then building social proof will influence more visitors to subscribe. It’s text book Cialdini. Plus, when I see...
View ArticleBy: othniel
Well, I’m kind of new to blogging as a whole. I’m coming from the world of regular html and javascripts (being a web programmer). But if you ask I’d say that its not for ego although it cannot be ruled...
View ArticleBy: Pat Ashley
My take would be this, if I’m logging onto your site for the first time: If you have thousands of subscribers, like Darren does, it adds credibility to your site; conversely, if you have very few...
View ArticleBy: Delaney
Graham’s “Social Proof” comment beat me to the same response. Robert Cialdini outlines 6 principles of influence and one of them is the concept that seeing other people do something makes us more...
View ArticleBy: Brion
I think its essential for a blogging website to keep that stuff public. On a normal blog, it should be private… But a blogging site is really a good source of information for us… You know your readers...
View ArticleBy: Blog Traffic King aka Yaro
As Graham and Delaney stated, it’s all about SOCIAL PROOF. Anyone with a reasonable feed subscriber count and wanting to grow their blog readership would be crazy not to display it. Sure it’s an ego...
View ArticleBy: Sean
Just a heads-up: The new version, v1.0rc1, is now available for download. Oh, and the plugin has been renamed to aLinks. :) http://www.headzoo.com/alinks - Sean
View ArticleBy: V7N | Adsense - Ethics and Money : Blog Archive Andy Beard
[...] Here is what Darren wrote about Alinks last year. Rachel also points out a helpful WordPress Plugin – Auto links which will automatically link to URLs when you mention certain keywords. This is...
View ArticleBy: RSS-to-Email Comparison Review - FeedBurner, FeedBlitz, Zookoda, AWeber
[...] emails actually look quite professional by default, and new subscribers will count toward your Feedburner stats which is [...]
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[...] FeedBlitz is a paid service that you can tie into FeedBurner (although they are entirely separate companies). Your FeedBlitz subscribers will count toward your Feedburner stats. [...]
View ArticleBy: Cary
<p>Yep, I’ve been using Auto Links for about the last 8 months, and it can save you a whole lot of time…not to mention those easy Amazon Affiliate links.</p> <p>I wouldn’t blog...
View ArticleBy: Devin
<p>I dumped my stats (hit, subscriber) for the quoted reason. It just seems like another ego badge that I don’t necessairly need to display. I don’t think it adds or detracts to the quality of my...
View ArticleBy: Victor
<p>The only reason I can thnk of it being useful, is to alert new visitors that the site may be popular, and therefore interesting or useful. Other than that, it’s an ego booster; like...
View ArticleBy: Cary
<p>I use the FeedBurner badge, but I always just kind of thought of it as a quick way to see how many subscribers I had — saves me from having to log in to FeedBurner just to see how my stats are...
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