Comments on: Blogs increase newspaper traffic online http://www.tomrafteryit.net/blogs-increase-newspaper-traffic-online/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: neil http://www.tomrafteryit.net/blogs-increase-newspaper-traffic-online/#comment-96434 neil Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:39:37 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/blogs-increase-newspaper-traffic-online/#comment-96434 Aside from blogs on newspapers' sites, independent blogs will often give their personal opinion/summary of a story, then link to an online newspaper article (or several), clearly sending some traffic their way. If newspapers would allow bloggers to send trackbacks to an article published online, and encouraged their journalists to comment on bloggers' views on the journalist's article, it would greatly complement the relevance and interactivity of their service, and I think, increase traffic to their sites. Aside from blogs on newspapers’ sites, independent blogs will often give their personal opinion/summary of a story, then link to an online newspaper article (or several), clearly sending some traffic their way.

If newspapers would allow bloggers to send trackbacks to an article published online, and encouraged their journalists to comment on bloggers’ views on the journalist’s article, it would greatly complement the relevance and interactivity of their service, and I think, increase traffic to their sites.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.tomrafteryit.net/blogs-increase-newspaper-traffic-online/#comment-94599 Gavin Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:09:23 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/blogs-increase-newspaper-traffic-online/#comment-94599 Have been taking notes on Jarvis for 5 years hehe :-) Have been taking notes on Jarvis for 5 years hehe :-)

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