Comments on: Apparently, Partial Feeds Are a Reason Not to Read Your Blog http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog Fri, 18 May 2012 17:12:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Wizzer http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2220 Wizzer Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:04 +0000 http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog#comment-2220 I'd better not start on my thoughts about corporate "marketing" - suffice to say if most reasonable bloggers had a tiny fraction of their budgets the results would speak for themselves! I’d better not start on my thoughts about corporate “marketing” – suffice to say if most reasonable bloggers had a tiny fraction of their budgets the results would speak for themselves!

]]> By: Andy http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2219 Andy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:52:33 +0000 http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog#comment-2219 Methinks it's designers input! As well as lack of knowledge about what modern web users respond to. I know a guy in charge or online marketing and e-commerce for a major brand, and he sadly has little idea. A lot of the corporates really are behind the times...if they read John Chow they'd know smartly placed text ads work best! Methinks it’s designers input! As well as lack of knowledge about what modern web users respond to. I know a guy in charge or online marketing and e-commerce for a major brand, and he sadly has little idea.

A lot of the corporates really are behind the times…if they read John Chow they’d know smartly placed text ads work best!

]]> By: Wizzer http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2217 Wizzer Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:45:05 +0000 http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog#comment-2217 I have two blogs with the two columns - both focus on adsense revenue and affiliate sales rather than the content - and both perform OK ish. I must test by reducing one of them to one column. On a serious content blog - I agree totally - all the noise detracts from the message. Re affiliate ads - I'd like to think they flash because they've tested and they pull better but something tells me it's because of a designers input!! I have two blogs with the two columns – both focus on adsense revenue and affiliate sales rather than the content – and both perform OK ish. I must test by reducing one of them to one column. On a serious content blog – I agree totally – all the noise detracts from the message. Re affiliate ads – I’d like to think they flash because they’ve tested and they pull better but something tells me it’s because of a designers input!!

]]> By: Andy http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2215 Andy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:32:29 +0000 http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog#comment-2215 Hey Wizzer, yeh the ads can be a real distraction. I find those blogs with two columns of widgets/ads are even tougher to concentrate on, especially if they use animated ads. Which reminds me, why is it that so many affiliate programs insist on producing terrible flashing ads? It's a lose-lose situation - people ignore the ads and it cheapens the publisher sites. Hey Wizzer, yeh the ads can be a real distraction. I find those blogs with two columns of widgets/ads are even tougher to concentrate on, especially if they use animated ads.

Which reminds me, why is it that so many affiliate programs insist on producing terrible flashing ads? It’s a lose-lose situation – people ignore the ads and it cheapens the publisher sites.

]]> By: Wizzer http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog/comment-page-1#comment-2213 Wizzer Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:23:06 +0000 http://createbusinessgrowth.com/blogging/apparently-partial-feeds-are-a-reason-not-to-read-your-blog#comment-2213 Hey Andy, you're absolutely right - for me it's so subconscious I hadn't recognised I did it until I read your post. I've also noticed (ref magazines) that I have a real tendency NOT to finish reading the whole article getting distracted by images, other headlines etc as I lose interest in a piece if it's not particularly captivating. That leads on to blogs and websites with loads of ads and graphics in sidebars etc - are they a distraction from articles? Is that a good thing if they are there to monetize the site? Very thought provoking post Andy, thanks. Hey Andy, you’re absolutely right – for me it’s so subconscious I hadn’t recognised I did it until I read your post. I’ve also noticed (ref magazines) that I have a real tendency NOT to finish reading the whole article getting distracted by images, other headlines etc as I lose interest in a piece if it’s not particularly captivating. That leads on to blogs and websites with loads of ads and graphics in sidebars etc – are they a distraction from articles? Is that a good thing if they are there to monetize the site? Very thought provoking post Andy, thanks.

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