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nicpelI find it curious to examine, after 4 months, what are my top performing articles on AC and to try to understand why.
Number 3 is 20 Things You Must Eat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This one benefited from getting Tweeted by a very popular AC writer with a lot of Twitter followers soon after publication. Yet it also continues to get steady hits long after that. Perhaps name-checking so many Philadelphia restaurants and types of local food has something to do with its lasting popularity. Traffic to the article has increased this summer as well, probably as there are more tourists visiting Philadelphia at this time of year. It also received a high upfront pay from AC when I first submitted it, so there must be something about the piece which is just what AC wants.
Number 2 is Bad News, A-Team Fans: No Dwight Schultz nor Dirk Benedict in A-Team Movie, which was just a quickie piece I wrote after seeing fans react to the announcement that their cameos had been cut from the firm. I later updated it when it turned out their cameos remained, but only after the credits. Not all movie-news articles do well, but I guess a lot of people were searching for this info (and continue to search for it). I also linked to it on several A-Team messageboards and communities.
Number 1 is Etiquette for Shopping at and Browsing Craft Fairs and Dealers' Halls, which I find amusing as it's a rather snarky piece I wrote about my experiences dealing with annoying customers. It was doing okay page-view-wise, but rocketed up after being selected as a Featured Article in the Crafts & Hobbies section of Associated Content. Since then it continues to get some modest daily views.
Looking at these results, there's no real consistent theme for me as far as what has performed best to date on the site. Certainly getting featured either on-site or by another popular AC contributor helps, as well as providing entertainment news on a non-saturated subject. I'll continue to keep looking at what are some of the better subjects to write about that will provide solid, steady traffic.
Number 3 is 20 Things You Must Eat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This one benefited from getting Tweeted by a very popular AC writer with a lot of Twitter followers soon after publication. Yet it also continues to get steady hits long after that. Perhaps name-checking so many Philadelphia restaurants and types of local food has something to do with its lasting popularity. Traffic to the article has increased this summer as well, probably as there are more tourists visiting Philadelphia at this time of year. It also received a high upfront pay from AC when I first submitted it, so there must be something about the piece which is just what AC wants.
Number 2 is Bad News, A-Team Fans: No Dwight Schultz nor Dirk Benedict in A-Team Movie, which was just a quickie piece I wrote after seeing fans react to the announcement that their cameos had been cut from the firm. I later updated it when it turned out their cameos remained, but only after the credits. Not all movie-news articles do well, but I guess a lot of people were searching for this info (and continue to search for it). I also linked to it on several A-Team messageboards and communities.
Number 1 is Etiquette for Shopping at and Browsing Craft Fairs and Dealers' Halls, which I find amusing as it's a rather snarky piece I wrote about my experiences dealing with annoying customers. It was doing okay page-view-wise, but rocketed up after being selected as a Featured Article in the Crafts & Hobbies section of Associated Content. Since then it continues to get some modest daily views.
Looking at these results, there's no real consistent theme for me as far as what has performed best to date on the site. Certainly getting featured either on-site or by another popular AC contributor helps, as well as providing entertainment news on a non-saturated subject. I'll continue to keep looking at what are some of the better subjects to write about that will provide solid, steady traffic.
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Date: 2010-07-22 06:52 pm (UTC)