Because I write a lot of articles, I do quite a bit of research. I try to read as much as I can in the field of article marketing because it is how I make my living. I’m also very good about keeping records. I take notes on articles and keep records on how my articles perform. Each day, I log the page views, number of Ezines published, and URL clicks. By keeping track of these details, I can see which articles are working for me and which ones are not.
The quality of an article really has little to do with the number of page views generated. It is the title that initially draws in your readers. Your title is the advertising for your article. Always be mindful of that, you need a title that compels people to read your article. Spending time coming up with a good title is time well spent. A good title will draw in four to five times the readers as the same article with a so-so title.
Certain words or phrases tend to attract readers:
Secret – It appears that everybody likes a secret. My ‘secret’ articles get four times the readers of my ‘non-secret’ articles. Whenever possible, try to use the word ‘Secret’ in your title.
3 Steps, 3 ways to – It appears that people are looking for articles that provide step-by-step instructions. My step-by-step articles have generated twice the page views of the average article over the same periods of time.
Of course, there are many other words and phrases that attract readers, but, I’ll cover them in other articles.
There is another point that I want to make. One of the Ezines published research on article readership some time ago. They indicated that longer titles trend to attract more page views. This is the exact opposite of what I would have expected. I thought that a short and concise title would get better numbers, but apparently, this is not the case. Whenever possible, use a longer, more descriptive title.
I used this information to craft the title for this article. I wondered what kind of page views I would generate if I used a rather long title, with the words Secret, and Steps. I’ll let you know how this works out in a future article.
Page Views vs. HITS: (Definitions)
HITS is so 1990's as HITS has also been knows as: How Idiots Track Success. If you have 3 images on a page, you might be generating 4 hits each time someone views your page. Therefore, it's largely a useless number. (1) Page View is equal to one view of your page. If you get 100k page views, you could say that someone pulled down and looked at 100k pages of your content. Bottom line: You want to grow your page views.
The Page View Secret Formula
Your total page views in a given time period is directly related to the number of quality original articles / pages you have available in your website or article inventory and you can increase your leverage by the uniqueness/quality/exclusivity of your articles.
Forget complicated or sneaky SEO strategies. For more details www.lazyman-article-guide.com.All you really need to do is focus on driving the number of pages of content you have by producing more quality original articles that are unique.Each article you have is an agent of yours...working for you, selling 24 hours a day. Want more traffic? Create more article agents.
The quality, relevance and uniqueness factor of your content either creates, enhances and builds trust with your user base and sites that refer traffic to you or it destroys trust. Raw quantity of pages of content alone is not enough. You must focus on quality original content if you want to build trust with your market.
Page View Analogies:
Here are two analogies to drive home Chris Knight's Page View theory 101:
Grocery Store: Have you ever gone to a small country-side grocery store that has perhaps 10k or 20k SKU's (products for sale)? While this might meet your convenience needs, it does not meet your variety needs compared to a super market that might have 100k SKU's in stock. Grocery stores know their SKU count because they are constantly trying to maximize revenue on paper thin margins and you can't drive sales if you only have a few thousand SKU's.
Chorus: You can't drive article marketing traffic success without more article agents selling for you. Therefore, create more articles and set a goal to have thousands of them as part of your business plan.
Search Engines: Ever surf a small search engine to do a general search? They might have a few hundred million entries, but never enough to rival the 20+ billion entries of the major players in the search engine space. For more details www.press-release-profits.com.The small guys get displaced and forgotten as consumers demand variety, thoroughness and choice.Chorus: You need more article agents selling for you. Write another 100 quality original articles before the month is over and put them to work.
Page View Creation Bottom line:
Total page views generated over a given time period is directly related to how many pages or articles of content that you have and your leverage factor is directly related to the quality and uniqueness of your content. 10, 100 or 1,000 articles may not cut it any more. You need thousands of quality original articles that work for you, 24 hours a day. Time to think bigger. Yes, it is possible. Yes, others have done this already. Yes, you can do it too! Get started today.
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