Do You Know Your Visitors? 5 Points to Consider

Yes this is the question of the day for you. Do you know your visitors? Do you know what exactly they are looking for in your blog? Do you know if you are writing articles for an advanced user or for a beginner?

You will always encounter situations when the post which you consider good is not appreciated by your readers and simple posts which you never gave importance to, becomes popular among your readers. That is why it is important to understand the psyche of the majority of your visitors and write accordingly.

1. Analyze Comments

This could be the first step in this process. Once in a while, lets say once every two weeks or in a month, sit and analyze the comments made by readers on your different posts. Also check the comments on the popular and most commented posts. Try and understand that what exactly in the post, the readers are appreciating. This will give you a good idea about your regular visitors.

Social Bookmark Buttons

Most of the mainstream websites, let alone blogs, are starting to use social bookmark buttons on their sites (the image on the right comes from BusinessWeek). While those buttons are not a guarantee to hit the Digg or Delicious front page they certainly help people that want to share your articles, making it possible to bookmark them directly from your site.

If you are not using those buttons on your site yet I suggest that you give it a try. There is a site called iFeedReader that automatically generates the buttons. All you need to do it to select the bookmark services that you want to include, provide details about your blogging platform and the site will generate a code that you can copy and paste inside your blog structure.

By the way make sure you avoid including all the available social bookmarks, you do not want to spam the reader with too many icons. Choose 2 or 3 of them and place them in such a way that it will not disturb readers that are not concerned with social bookmarks.