Comments on: You may be the most impressive part of RCG http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:55:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Special Tribute for RCG’s 3rd Birthday! | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-288367 A Special Tribute for RCG’s 3rd Birthday! | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:17:56 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-288367 [...] While RCG started out as an experiment to cheaply market my wife’s new real estate business, it turned into an epic personal journey that has allowed me to foster a fabulously healthy real estate community, learn a tremendous amount about building and marketing real estate websites, and make a living educating real estate professionals on how to improve their online marketing. [...] [...] While RCG started out as an experiment to cheaply market my wife’s new real estate business, it turned into an epic personal journey that has allowed me to foster a fabulously healthy real estate community, learn a tremendous amount about building and marketing real estate websites, and make a living educating real estate professionals on how to improve their online marketing. [...]

]]> By: Angie http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-277785 Angie Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-277785 Back at #5, Deborah says, <i>LOL….As a public speaker, I think you’re supposed to “just imagine everyone in their underwear”</i> The scary thing is, there may in fact be lots of folks clicking along at home dressed just this way. ;) The web may be interactive, but we can all be grateful that this it's not totally, um, transparent. Cheers, Angie Posting from work, and appropriately attired! Back at #5, Deborah says, LOL….As a public speaker, I think you’re supposed to “just imagine everyone in their underwear”

The scary thing is, there may in fact be lots of folks clicking along at home dressed just this way. ;)

The web may be interactive, but we can all be grateful that this it’s not totally, um, transparent.

Cheers,
Angie
Posting from work, and appropriately attired!

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276229 ARDELL Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:45:58 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276229 Sounds like the bigger you are the harder it is to grow at the same high rate. Sounds like a "Tipping Point" argument. Hard to keep getting more and more "Tippoint Points" that spur the same level of growth year after year. Sounds like the bigger you are the harder it is to grow at the same high rate. Sounds like a “Tipping Point” argument. Hard to keep getting more and more “Tippoint Points” that spur the same level of growth year after year.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276220 Dustin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:32:27 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276220 Most definitely! To give you an idea... Between Dec '07 and Feb '08, our visits were up 53% and our pageviews were up 59%. The difference was even greater last year: Between Dec '06 and Feb '07, our visits were up 81% and our pageviews were up 78%. Most definitely!

To give you an idea…

Between Dec ‘07 and Feb ‘08, our visits were up 53% and our pageviews were up 59%.

The difference was even greater last year:
Between Dec ‘06 and Feb ‘07, our visits were up 81% and our pageviews were up 78%.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276217 ARDELL Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:22:50 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276217 Dustin, I would venture to say that all or most real estate blogs pick up this time of year as more and more people think about buying and selling property. Wouldn't that be the case for all of RCG's experience? February being higher than November and December? Dustin,

I would venture to say that all or most real estate blogs pick up this time of year as more and more people think about buying and selling property. Wouldn’t that be the case for all of RCG’s experience? February being higher than November and December?

]]> By: Reba Haas http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276199 Reba Haas Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:02:42 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-276199 Very cool data, Dustin, thanks for sharing it. I've been watching as traffic to my own blog has been increasing over time and it's fun to see what RCG does in comparison. It's been a talked about item that there are many regular readers but it's nice to see that quantified. I've been honored to be part of it. Very cool data, Dustin, thanks for sharing it. I’ve been watching as traffic to my own blog has been increasing over time and it’s fun to see what RCG does in comparison. It’s been a talked about item that there are many regular readers but it’s nice to see that quantified. I’ve been honored to be part of it.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275813 Dustin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:17 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275813 RCG Fan: February was our best month ever in terms of that one particular stat. Nonetheless, here are some more data points for people who have visited RCG more than 200 times: Feb '08: 2,826 Jan '08: 2,495 July '07: 2,026 Jan '07: 1,384 July '06: 939 (I wasn't using GA in Jan '06) In terms of more data, I'd be happy to share more with you, but I'm not exactly sure what you'd find useful. Because RCG's directory structure is date based, the content drilldown doesn't get at the highest rated content very easily. The reason being that even if one post from "2006" did really well, the combined posts from "2008" are inevitably going to be attracting more traffic. It's possible to drill deeper than the year, but I'm not sure how that would help with understanding reader retention and loyalty. However, you might also find it interesting that the Seattle Bubble was the #1 referrer to the site in February having sent us 1,444 visits. While this is impressive, it's barely 5% of the organic traffic that Google sent us (26,813 visits). And it is more than a coincidence that the total search engine traffic, 31,468 is relatively close to the total # of visitors that came only once to the site (33,398) from the chart above since those are the users who are would seem most likely to visit once and never come back. RCG Fan:

February was our best month ever in terms of that one particular stat. Nonetheless, here are some more data points for people who have visited RCG more than 200 times:

Feb ‘08: 2,826

Jan ‘08: 2,495
July ‘07: 2,026
Jan ‘07: 1,384
July ‘06: 939
(I wasn’t using GA in Jan ‘06)

In terms of more data, I’d be happy to share more with you, but I’m not exactly sure what you’d find useful. Because RCG’s directory structure is date based, the content drilldown doesn’t get at the highest rated content very easily. The reason being that even if one post from “2006″ did really well, the combined posts from “2008″ are inevitably going to be attracting more traffic. It’s possible to drill deeper than the year, but I’m not sure how that would help with understanding reader retention and loyalty.

However, you might also find it interesting that the Seattle Bubble was the #1 referrer to the site in February having sent us 1,444 visits. While this is impressive, it’s barely 5% of the organic traffic that Google sent us (26,813 visits).

And it is more than a coincidence that the total search engine traffic, 31,468 is relatively close to the total # of visitors that came only once to the site (33,398) from the chart above since those are the users who are would seem most likely to visit once and never come back.

]]> By: RCG Fan http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275794 RCG Fan Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:30:38 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275794 What was the traffic for January? How does it compare? - Those are some impressive stats, you must have some really loyal readers. Would be interesting to see a content drilldown (I'm assuming that came from GA) and find out which bloggers and which threads those repeats come from - could teach us fans a lot about user retention and loyalty. What was the traffic for January? How does it compare? – Those are some impressive stats, you must have some really loyal readers.

Would be interesting to see a content drilldown (I’m assuming that came from GA) and find out which bloggers and which threads those repeats come from – could teach us fans a lot about user retention and loyalty.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275750 ARDELL Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:40:11 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275750 It works better if I picture everyone as David G. No one gets nervous talking to him. It works better if I picture everyone as David G. No one gets nervous talking to him.

]]> By: Deborah Burns http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275743 Deborah Burns Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:34:02 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2008/03/02/you-may-be-the-most-impressive-part-of-rcg/#comment-275743 LOL....As a public speaker, I think you're supposed to "just imagine everyone in their underwear" ;-) LOL….As a public speaker, I think you’re supposed to “just imagine everyone in their underwear” ;-)

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