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09.24.07
The Wordpress Dashboard - Another Potential Traffic Source
 By Alister Cameron
Here's a cool "secret source" of blog traffic I discovered some time back…
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post and thought it might have been of interest to the readership of Weblog Tools Collection (a very high-traffic site for Wordpress coders and plugin junkies). So I emailed Mark Ghosh about it, and he soon after linked to the post I mentioned on my blog.
As soon as he was linking to me, my blog experienced quite a nice healthy flow of high-quality traffic from him. Very nice.
But as I was studying my blog traffic stats, and pondering the quantity of traffic I was seeing from WTC, I couldn't help feel pretty jealous of Mark's traffic. I mean, he's right up there for popularity.
I wondered why his site was so popular…
First up, he deserves the popularity for the quality, timeliness and consistency of his content. I mean, if something happens of any consequence in the Wordpress world, he's going to post about it. He's like Lorelle that way. They rock!
But then the penny dropped!
If you're a Wordpress blogger (the software, not hosted at Wordpress.com), I'm sure you're familiar with the pile of links that appear at the bottom of your dashboard. Here is how they appear on my (and probably your) dashboard right now:
Now, these are links I actually click on. I really do notice them and I regularly click through to the full posts. I'm wondering if you do too? And if you and I are typical of Wordpress bloggers who are not averse to clicking those links too… how much traffic does all that clicking add up to?!
To help in the math on all this, does anyone have an accurate figure of the total Wordpress installs out there?!
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About the Author:
Alister Cameron is an accomplished web designer and internet marketing
consultant who turns established subject-matter experts into expert bloggers. Alister's clients are using blogging and social media to leverage their offline expertise in the online world, and engage Alister to build their blogging platform or social network; to train them in writing and online marketing strategy; and to help them stay up with the latest developments in blogging and online marketing. Alister's blog is a rich tapestry of advice, anecdotes and reflections from the frontline of professional blogging, social media and search engine marketing, and never without generous dollops of humor and wit.
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