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18 Easy Ideas for a More Interactive Blog

18 Easy Ideas for a More Interactive Blog Blogging is a form of social media and for social media to be successful you need interaction. A non-interactive neglected blog will simply die out and become oblivious to the cyber world. Blogging became popular in the late 1990s and is one of the most effective ways of social networking. Although blogging started out more as an online personal diary, the importance of blogs today for all businesses is significant. Below are some ideas for you to help make your blog more interactive so it can reach its full potential. 1. Ask for Comments - At the end of your posts, ask readers to share their ideas, suggestions and opinions on the post. You will be surprised at how big a difference this little detail can make. 2. Make Leaving Comments Easy - Don't ask visitors for their life history just to leave a comment. Just have them leave their name, email and website URL. You also might want to consider not having a ca

Study reveals busiest day for holiday searches

Study reveals busiest day for holiday searches A study conducted by search marketing agency Greenlight, has revealed the busiest day for holiday searches, reports travelmole.com . The study found that the most travel-related queries on Google were on Mondays and gradually decreased towards the weekend. Greenlight tracked, recorded and analysed the behaviour of consumers online in May for its latest sector report. For the week beginning May 14, which was selected at random, the busiest day for holiday searches was Monday. Wednesday was the next busiest, after which searches declined until Sunday. "Saturdays see the fewest holiday queries and Sundays have only slightly more, yet the amount travel companies spend on paid ads on Google at weekends suggests they are over estimating how many customers are searching for holidays on Saturday and Sundays," noted the report. http://www.tourismupdate.co.za/NewsDetails.aspx?newsId=64399 I'm prote