Once again, am I popular?

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 1:20 am

And as another month bites the dust like an old man who left his pacemaker batteries at home, I ask the same question I did last month.I had...Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits

2132 145841 2413 1812 6202 6989 On another note, The Keenspace Conspiracy is getting all kinds of referalls from places that don't have links to it, even though it's not on the drop down--does anyone have any idea why this is? I'm not complaining of course, just baffled.And on yet another note (I'm startin' up a melody here fer chrissake), I can't remember how to register for the drop down--help?------------------
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Steve Tonks · Post by **Steve Tonks** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 2:29 am

You register for the dropdown on the Tagtorial.------------------
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Screwball McGoo [gDC] · Wed Nov 01, 2000 5:52 am

It's called the newsbox and it works like a charm. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tim Broderick:
 Hi Nate:You've got something on your site that's messing up your stats. You shouldn't have more visitors than pages. At the very least, they should be even. In other words, if a person visits your site and looks at one page, then that's 1 visit and 1 pageview. Everything else is meaningless.So as far as how you're doing, you have at most about 58 readers a day. Compared to Sinfest, that sucks. But you don't want to compare your comic to Sinfest - apples and oranges.You want to figure out how to compare your results to your previous results - and that means setting goals and figuring out realistic ways of meeting those goals.Maybe this month you put the dropdown on your page and set a goal of an average of 5 more pageviews a day. Is that reasonable? I don't know. I can tell you this: I intend for Odd Jobs to be something to supplement my income when I retire. That's more than 25 years from now. The internet hasn't even figured out how to get people to pay for content yet (content that doesn't involve porn that is). In the meantime, persevere, study your craft and improve in the areas you feel you want to improve in. Oh, and make get a paying job

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Lee Herold · Post by **Lee Herold** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 6:17 am

Nate, just put***keenspace_dropdown***wherever you want. Preferably somewhere on your website, though.

Matt Trepal · Post by **Matt Trepal** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 7:03 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by rtist54:
 Hey, I'm lucky if I get 58 visitors a day!!!!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Me, too. That's more than double my numbers, although mine did go up all through the month. October was my first full month on the Space, and I also got in on stuff like the Party 2001, Conspiracy, KS Top 100, and the newsbox. As I did I noticed that my numbers went up. I also learned that in the webcomic industry (and there's an oxymoron), there is no such thing as too much self-promotion.So read <A HREF="http://fightcastorevade.keenspot.com" TARGET=_blank>my comic</A>, dammit!Matt------------------
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ZOMBIE USER 68 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 68** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 7:47 am

No need to sweat about low numbers when you're first getting started, folks. AiS only had around 30 readers a day in its third month. Now it's through month 9 and getting 270 or more readers a day. If you've got a good comic, people will eventually start to notice it.Erm... that's not to say that AiS is any good...------------------
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Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 8:23 am

Tim:
the reason Nate is getting more visits than page views is pulled image files.
Nate has an image file that is being pulled by other sites. Possibly a top 100 list.I recommend any pulled files be placed on a seperate server. That's what I do. My newsbox, banner and button files get pulled off my @home site.------------------
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Tim Broderick · Post by **Tim Broderick** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 9:34 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Nate:
And as another month bites the dust like an old man who left his pacemaker batteries at home, I ask the same question I did last month.I had...Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits

2132 145841 2413 1812 6202 6989
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Nate:You've got something on your site that's messing up your stats. You shouldn't have more visitors than pages. At the very least, they should be even. In other words, if a person visits your site and looks at one page, then that's 1 visit and 1 pageview. Everything else is meaningless.So as far as how you're doing, you have at most about 58 readers a day. Compared to Sinfest, that sucks. But you don't want to compare your comic to Sinfest - apples and oranges.You want to figure out how to compare your results to your previous results - and that means setting goals and figuring out realistic ways of meeting those goals.Maybe this month you put the dropdown on your page and set a goal of an average of 5 more pageviews a day. Is that reasonable? I don't know. I can tell you this: I intend for Odd Jobs to be something to supplement my income when I retire. That's more than 25 years from now. The internet hasn't even figured out how to get people to pay for content yet (content that doesn't involve porn that is). In the meantime, persevere, study your craft and improve in the areas you feel you want to improve in. Oh, and make get a paying job <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">------------------
Tim Broderick
Someday, all jobs will be<A HREF="http://oddjobs.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank> Odd Jobs</A>

Rtist54 · Post by **Rtist54** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 10:09 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tim Broderick:
 Hi Nate:
So as far as how you're doing, you have at most about 58 readers a day. Compared to Sinfest, that sucks. But you don't want to compare your comic to Sinfest - apples and oranges.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hey, I'm lucky if I get 58 visitors a day!!!! I'm jealous, if I were you, I'd be happy. But I guess I'm too new to know what's really up. Stop by people.
Paul Roustan------------------
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Damonk13 · Post by **Damonk13** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 11:29 am

I'm curious -- what would you think is a good daily avg. for a Keenspace comic?------------------
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Tim Broderick · Post by **Tim Broderick** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 5:19 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lazy:
Tim:
the reason Nate is getting more visits than page views is pulled image files.
Nate has an image file that is being pulled by other sites. Possibly a top 100 list.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yup, that's what I meant, but you said it far more plainly than I. And what Capheine said is really true. When I started Odd Jobs I was thrilled to get 150 readers a week. I hit more than 800 last week. A lot of that's due to a couple of people (Clan of the Cats and Wandering Ones) linking to Odd Jobs cause they liked it and felt their readers would too. We're kind of in the same genre - story strips - so it works. Seek out strips that are similar to your own and make contact. Nate, Questionable Tales reminds me a bit of Krazy Kat - you might want to talk to Jim from Algernon's Dilema - his strip reminds me of Lil' Abner. I'm not saying ask for a link, but ask for feedback and advice. Keep making these kinds of links and your comic will grow.------------------
Tim Broderick
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