w3cdesign
msg:1583045 | 5:17 am on Mar 21, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Hi Annej, I've read just recently that Google are indexing according to website structure, as far as how a site is structured for usability and accessibility. You will find your getting more visits but it's up to your users to decide what they want and don't want. The good thing is the more people that see your site the more the word will start to spread about it. Another good way of getting people's attention is give something for free, whether that be information or a gift, whatever, it will peak their interest. The word FREE is a powerful motivator.
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Don_Hoagie
msg:1583046 | 6:24 pm on Mar 22, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Annej, have your usability changes also increased your SE rankings? Perhaps you are now being highly ranked for some terms you had never been ranked for before (and have no interest in being ranked for)... could be that new demographics are getting to your site for the wrong reasons, which would explain both the increase in traffic and the short sticky time.
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annej
msg:1583047 | 7:42 am on Mar 23, 2006 (gmt 0) |
I'm not sure. I first noticed I was getting more pages visited and thought it might be the usability improvements. But it turned out I was getting more unique visitors as well.
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le_gber
msg:1583048 | 10:02 am on Mar 24, 2006 (gmt 0) |
what are your logs telling you? Do you see an increase in the number of keywords? Any increase in the number of referral form one search engine or the other?
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annej
msg:1583049 | 5:54 pm on Mar 24, 2006 (gmt 0) |
No significant difference. Ithink there are just too many other factors. I'm adding content all along. Then there are more people on the web all the time searching for things. I guess I'll just have to be satisfied that I've made the site more usable for my visitors. One thing that has been very interesting is to see what people search for through my site search. I am using that to help me decide what sorts of articles to write in the future. That is a new tool I didn't have before I added a site search to increase usability.
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