Comments on: Website Traffic Series Part 5: Pulling an April Fools Prank

By: medyumon

medyumon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:52:00 +0000

This type of trick can only be practiced for blog which has already has strong base in the net..do yall think this an be used for new blogs? maybe readers will run away after thanks.

By: Yuxxon

Yuxxon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:39:00 +0000

i tried !! but no

By: Stefan Wurzon

Stefan Wurzon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:10:00 +0000

You know John cow uses sitepoint to get traffic,he doesnt sell it the blog.It is has technique to get good traffic

By: faathiron

faathiron — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:51:00 +0000

daniel, okay..maybe i should start thinking something creative…

By: Daniel Scoccoon

Daniel Scoccoon — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:57:00 +0000

@xumb, not much you can do about it, except forget fair game and publish your prank earlier. But I don’t think this is a cool idea.

By: xumbon

xumbon — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:26:00 +0000

daniel, yeah didn’t really put much thought in it. my mistake! will come up with a better one next year! but, like you said, people are gonna be expecting it huh? so what can we do about it?

By: Daniel Scoccoon

Daniel Scoccoon — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:40:00 +0000

@Faathir, larger blogs and websites do have a higher chance of getting traffic, but if you get creative enough both with the prank and with the promotion behind it, I think even a small blog could end up with a lot of traffic. All it takes is a link from a popular site after all.

By: Fastgoneon

Fastgoneon — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:21:00 +0000

i not really agreed of cheating the reader
somehow, thats april fool purpose right?
for fun!

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Brad Blogging.com – Daily Blog Tips For The Masseson — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:33:00 +0000

Everybody has their price, its just a numbers game.

By: jobon

jobon — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:12:00 +0000

I don’t think that it is nice to do an April fool prank on our readers..

By: Rockstar Sidon

Rockstar Sidon — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:08:00 +0000

You know John cow uses sitepoint to get traffic,he doesnt sell it the blog.It is has technique to get good traffic

By: xumbon

xumbon — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:04:00 +0000

yea, i did mine, but the traffic was so-so. why do you think?

By: faathiron

faathiron — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:00 +0000

This type of “trick” can only be practiced for blog which has already has strong base in the net..do y’all think this an be used for new blogs? maybe readers will run away after that.. LOL

By: Daniel Scoccoon

Daniel Scoccoon — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:05:00 +0000

@Ajith and @Traveler, yeah I could have played the number smarter .

By: Traveleron

Traveleron — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:47:00 +0000

lol idk this might be a double post was typing something bout y not make the number bigger? lol 1-2million since is onli a prank lol

By: Ajith Edasseryon

Ajith Edasseryon — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:03:00 +0000

But why did you settle for such a peanut offer of a hundred and 68K? I guess it’s a 2mln blog.

By: Daniel Scoccoon

Daniel Scoccoon — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:14:00 +0000

@Rajaie, still it should produce decent results though.

By: Rajaieon

Rajaieon — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:10:00 +0000

Another great idea, although it’s takes a really good imagination and a lot of time and work to come up with one that will fool others.
The problem is that once people are reminded from another websites that it’s April, then it will be very hard to make yours realistic.