Comments on: Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Orchis Tower » Blog Archive » Daily Reading http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-472599 Orchis Tower » Blog Archive » Daily Reading Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:54:22 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-472599 [...] Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success (Avinash Kaushik, Occam’s Razor) - Helpful thoughts about Blog Metrics [...] [...] Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success (Avinash Kaushik, Occam’s Razor) - Helpful thoughts about Blog Metrics [...]

]]> By: BuzzGain » List of 20 blogging objectives and how to measure them with examples http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-472343 BuzzGain » List of 20 blogging objectives and how to measure them with examples Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:26:21 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-472343 [...] As I started to write this list, I found it to be more of a why blog list than a list of goals for your blogs. Also since there are personal and corporate blogs, I put a P against goals that are personal in nature and C against those that are more corporate. Feel free to add / change etc. The best post on blog metrics actually comes from another friend Avinash Kaushik. [...] [...]
As I started to write this list, I found it to be more of a why blog list than a list of goals for your blogs. Also since there are personal and corporate blogs, I put a P against goals that are personal in nature and C against those that are more corporate.

Feel free to add / change etc. The best post on blog metrics actually comes from another friend Avinash Kaushik.
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]]> By: The Knowledge Blog » Blog Archive » Seen in passing http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471686 The Knowledge Blog » Blog Archive » Seen in passing Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:11:57 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471686 [...] Blog Metrics; for those who need to see ROI . [...] [...] Blog Metrics; for those who need to see ROI . [...]

]]> By: You Just Might Digg This! « Technogenii’s Blog http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471669 You Just Might Digg This! « Technogenii’s Blog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:47:31 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471669 [...] What makes a blogger credible? What gives them authority? How do we measure their success? In a blog post entitled Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success, Avinash Kaushik, a Web Analytics Practitioner, writes about 6 ways to measure the impact of your blog. In summary, they are: [...] [...]
What makes a blogger credible? What gives them authority? How do we measure their success?

In a blog post entitled Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success, Avinash Kaushik, a Web Analytics Practitioner, writes about 6 ways to measure the impact of your blog. In summary, they are:
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]]> By: faizal kamal http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471279 faizal kamal Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:53:25 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471279 Amazing . . . . Best Analysed . Its clear, easily understandable. Everybody can succeed if read this article, i will sounding to every my Friend for read your good article. Best Regard Thx Congratulations for this article. Amazing . . . .

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]]> By: WebTools For Teachers 08/27/2008 « WebTools For Learners http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471194 WebTools For Teachers 08/27/2008 « WebTools For Learners Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:43:29 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471194 [...] Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik The true value of blogging analysed! [...] [...]
Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik

The true value of blogging analysed!
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]]> By: How Interactive is Your Blog? Measure It! : Business Blog Consulting http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471118 How Interactive is Your Blog? Measure It! : Business Blog Consulting Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:23:40 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-471118 [...] Do you measure a successful post by the number of readers, bookmarks added to del.ic.ious, diggs, comments, number or quality of backlinks, or a combination of all the above? Some metrics have a place in your blog marketing scorecard, like number of comments. And some do not, like number of trackbacks (unless you like counting spammers — and that you could do all day!). Because the last thing you need is just more data for the sake of data. Avinash Kaushik came up with some really nifty blog success metrics that really resonate with me. I bet they’ll resonate with you too. They are: [...] [...]
Do you measure a successful post by the number of readers, bookmarks added to del.ic.ious, diggs, comments, number or quality of backlinks, or a combination of all the above? Some metrics have a place in your blog marketing scorecard, like number of comments. And some do not, like number of trackbacks (unless you like counting spammers — and that you could do all day!). Because the last thing you need is just more data for the sake of data.

Avinash Kaushik came up with some really nifty blog success metrics that really resonate with me. I bet they’ll resonate with you too. They are:
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]]> By: What we’re reading, week of 8/11 « i On Nonprofits http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-470826 What we’re reading, week of 8/11 « i On Nonprofits Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:35:38 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-470826 [...] From TechSoup… The Value of a Blog Becky Wiegand discusses some nonprofits she’s worked with to launch blogs, and asks the big question – “how do you calculate the value of building personal rapport with constituents?” She points us to a lengthy post at Occam’s Razor on useful metrics for evaluating blogging success. [...] [...]
From TechSoup…
The Value of a Blog
Becky Wiegand discusses some nonprofits she’s worked with to launch blogs, and asks the big question – “how do you calculate the value of building personal rapport with constituents?” She points us to a lengthy post at Occam’s Razor on useful metrics for evaluating blogging success.
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]]> By: Bookmarks for August 8th through August 10th | clutterlovers http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-469581 Bookmarks for August 8th through August 10th | clutterlovers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:20:57 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-469581 [...] Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushi... - Blogs are not websites. The old school model of content creation, content consumption and content distribution does not apply to blogs. (Neither do [...] [...] Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushi… - Blogs are not websites. The old school model of content creation, content consumption and content distribution does not apply to blogs. (Neither do [...]

]]> By: garesi.com » Ask Mr.Kudungga: How Can You Measure the Success of Your Blog? http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-468112 garesi.com » Ask Mr.Kudungga: How Can You Measure the Success of Your Blog? Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:18:41 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-468112 [...] Avinash Kaushik has six excellent recommendations on how to measure your blog’s success and Darren Rowse has a collection of 18 markers you can use to track progress. Both of the articles contain useful tips on how to quantify success into numbers you can record, monitor and improve. Don’t forget that the main question you need to answer is always this: What do I want to get out of maintaining this blog? Seek to answer that question everyday and you’ll find that success is something that is easy to attain over time. [...] [...] Avinash Kaushik has six excellent recommendations on how to measure your blog’s success and Darren Rowse has a collection of 18 markers you can use to track progress. Both of the articles contain useful tips on how to quantify success into numbers you can record, monitor and improve. Don’t forget that the main question you need to answer is always this: What do I want to get out of maintaining this blog? Seek to answer that question everyday and you’ll find that success is something that is easy to attain over time. [...]

]]> By: Measuring blogs: The New, the Best, the Odd, the Linked and the Forgotten < life under electronic conditions http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-467591 Measuring blogs: The New, the Best, the Odd, the Linked and the Forgotten < life under electronic conditions Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:05:40 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-467591 [...] But then again this comparison is fundamentally flawed because both media - the magazine and the blog - are consumed in very different ways. Magazines come in issues. This sounds simple, but has serious consequences for measuring reach. Here, only the last issue counts. It does not count how often older issues are read. Blogs are different. First, there are no issues but only atoms - single entries, which are updated in a more or less regular way. But when counting the reach or success of a blog, there are at least five types of blog posts that are important to measure: [...] [...]
But then again this comparison is fundamentally flawed because both media - the magazine and the blog - are consumed in very different ways. Magazines come in issues. This sounds simple, but has serious consequences for measuring reach. Here, only the last issue counts. It does not count how often older issues are read.

Blogs are different. First, there are no issues but only atoms - single entries, which are updated in a more or less regular way. But when counting the reach or success of a blog, there are at least five types of blog posts that are important to measure:
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]]> By: social media - metrics to know and metrics to skip - FAQ #2 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-467465 social media - metrics to know and metrics to skip - FAQ #2 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:26:11 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-467465 [...] The recommendations made in the blog post linked to below are most certainly interesting. Nevertheless, do they matter to your enterprise with 50 people or your department with 300 employees within the larger firm? Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations for Measuring Your Success [...] [...]
The recommendations made in the blog post linked to below are most certainly interesting. Nevertheless, do they matter to your enterprise with 50 people or your department with 300 employees within the larger firm?

Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations for Measuring Your Success
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]]> By: Tom Desrosier http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-466117 Tom Desrosier Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:42:38 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-466117 This was absolutely worth the read! One question... How do you know if your content, that is what you write about, is getting attention? Unique isn't necessarily an asset if folks don't gather around your pickle barrel to hear your latest golden nugget. Can you write good content and still not get traffic? Thanks Tom http://www.dare2believe.com This was absolutely worth the read!

One question… How do you know if your content, that is what you write about, is getting attention? Unique isn’t necessarily an asset if folks don’t gather around your pickle barrel to hear your latest golden nugget.

Can you write good content and still not get traffic?

Thanks
Tom
http://www.dare2believe.com

]]> By: Blog statistics for CN Reviews: reviewing the first half of 2008 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-465787 Blog statistics for CN Reviews: reviewing the first half of 2008 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:50:14 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-465787 [...] With the close of the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, I thought I’d take the opportunity to look back at the first half of the year and measure some of our progress with CN Reviews. In summary, I’ve been pleased by our progress, but also feel like we need to restructure our blog and our focus to get better success in the future. One of my favorite posts of all time on blog metrics is from Avinash Kaushik of Occam’s Razor. He met with us in Palo Alto and gave us some great blogging tips (like focus on RSS subscribers). I have followed his six recommendations closely to evaluate our own progress on CN Reviews. [...] [...]
With the close of the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, I thought I’d take the opportunity to look back at the first half of the year and measure some of our progress with CN Reviews. In summary, I’ve been pleased by our progress, but also feel like we need to restructure our blog and our focus to get better success in the future.

One of my favorite posts of all time on blog metrics is from Avinash Kaushik of Occam’s Razor. He met with us in Palo Alto and gave us some great blogging tips (like focus on RSS subscribers). I have followed his six recommendations closely to evaluate our own progress on CN Reviews.
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]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-462224 Easton Ellsworth Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:53:02 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-462224 Researching ways to improve my own blog (which, hehe, is about blog improvement). Thank you Avinash. This is extremely smart stuff. I owe you one. Researching ways to improve my own blog (which, hehe, is about blog improvement). Thank you Avinash. This is extremely smart stuff. I owe you one.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-460404 Jeff Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:51:01 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-460404 I just got my new blog up and running, thanks for these great tips to help me measure success (or lack there of!) moving forward. Very useful stuff. I just got my new blog up and running, thanks for these great tips to help me measure success (or lack there of!) moving forward. Very useful stuff.

]]> By: What Wordpress Plugin’s Do I Use? | Creeva's World 2.0 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-458165 What Wordpress Plugin’s Do I Use? | Creeva's World 2.0 Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:26 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-458165 [...] blog metrics based on the blog metrics Avinash Kaushik proposed in this post, now with a widget! By Joost de [...] [...] blog metrics based on the blog metrics Avinash Kaushik proposed in this post, now with a widget! By Joost de [...]

]]> By: [scribkin] Scribkin’s WordPress Plugins - Let Me Show You Them http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-457219 [scribkin] Scribkin’s WordPress Plugins - Let Me Show You Them Sat, 17 May 2008 19:38:24 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-457219 [...] Provides blog metrics based on the blog metrics Avinash Kaushik proposed in this post, now with a widget! By Joost de Valk. [...] [...] Provides blog metrics based on the blog metrics Avinash Kaushik proposed in this post, now with a widget! By Joost de Valk. [...]

]]> By: 27 Resources for Evaluating Blogging ROI - KoMarketing Associates http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-456689 27 Resources for Evaluating Blogging ROI - KoMarketing Associates Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:16 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-456689 [...] Avinash Kaushik - Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success , November 19, 2007 Selected Quote: Measure: 1) Raw Author Contribution 2) Holistic Audience Growth 3) Conversation Rate 4) “Citations”? / “Ripple Index”? 5) Cost 6) Benefit / ROI.[...] [...] Avinash Kaushik - Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success , November 19, 2007 Selected Quote: Measure: 1) Raw Author Contribution 2) Holistic Audience Growth 3) Conversation Rate 4) “Citations”? / “Ripple Index”? 5) Cost 6) Benefit / ROI.[...]

]]> By: Is Your Blog A Success? | Ninja Success http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-454106 Is Your Blog A Success? | Ninja Success Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:58:12 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html#comment-454106 [...] A what point can you call your blog a success? Is it the number of visitors? When you reach a certain Google Page Rank? When you have hundreds of RSS Feed Subscribers? Or maybe you know your blog is a success when your Technorati authority is higher than your IQ! Kaushnick’s Blog, Occam’s Razor had a great article on defining blog success. In it he gives 6 tips for measuring the success of your blog. Here is a summary of his tips, and my thoughts. [...] [...] A what point can you call your blog a success? Is it the number of visitors? When you reach a certain Google Page Rank? When you have hundreds of RSS Feed Subscribers? Or maybe you know your blog is a success when your Technorati authority is higher than your IQ! Kaushnick’s Blog, Occam’s Razor had a great article on defining blog success. In it he gives 6 tips for measuring the success of your blog. Here is a summary of his tips, and my thoughts. [...]

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