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Sometimes One Authoritative Link is All It Takes

How a Link can Build Traffic

This one is still very true, but these days, it is one link in mainline media is what causes the big bumps like the Carrick effect

I have learned about the Digg Effect from John Chow and his initial success posting about pop-up urinals in Vancouver (I am not making that story up). In the Ottawa Financial Community, there is one member whose link to you on his site drives significant traffic: the Canadian Capitalist.

I learned about the Digg Effect fromJohn Chow, who initially gained success by writing about pop-up urinals in Vancouver. However, in the Ottawa Financial Community, when the Canadian Capitalist mentioned you on his site, traffic increased significantly.

I want to dub this traffic increase, “The Capitalist Effect“. I discussed this with Michael James on Money and he has noticed the same thing as well. The red circle highlights the day he mentioned my “So I should Divorce my Wife” post, in his This and That #102 .

Canadian Capitalist Effect big traffic from a link
Canadian Capitalist Effect

The same thing happened to this site when I added a Comment to John Chow’s monthly gloating about how much money he makes, and how little I make, so Traffic comes from being known by the “Big Boys” and sometimes even the “Intermediate Guys” too!

As a courtesy, here are ALL the member of the National Capital Financial Bloggers Association:



N.C.F.B.A.

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