Should online article submission sites expand categories to serve all the possible web surfers coming in? Recently it has been discussed that the top articles in each category should appear on the pages along with each article, which is shown as web surfers surf into the online article submission site. This is a good strategy for a high-traffic or an online article submission site with massive amounts of articles. However for most of the little article sites out there with under 10,000 articles, it would not help them. What about an online articles submission site with over 100,000 articles on it, would it make sense to have the most viewed articles at the bottom of those pages? Sure it would, it is a smart move and helps the surfer find what they are looking for. Similarly Amazon dot com has such artificial intelligence which does this. They sell more books this way by anticipating what the surfer or book buyer would like based on their search inquiries. Many online article writers have been asked to give their summation from a writers standpoint as to if this strategy makes sense. I agree with all commenters thus far, as they all have made good points and actually things I have observed myself. It is great that when we put all our minds together and discuss these things how much information we can put forth on a new innovation so quickly. This high impact Blog discussion is like a Think Tank really, as it talks about issues never yet addressed in the history of the Internet and brings up issues with the evolving of a fast moving niche in online e-commerce. Thus wanted to make a point as I see this new strategy is being currently beta tested with the number one premier online article submission site of all time. In reviewing this new strategy I see my articles in so many categories, when clicking thru them all. Of course it is a numbers game. I see articles I have had up for a while (advantage) and new ones too, that I would not expect. Eventually perhaps these categories may be broken down and spread out with more sub-categories to further give advantages to additional worthy articles and to other information to serve the writers and the readers. Additionally as a number game goes. With 3838 articles and 990,000 article views total means the average article has 257 article views. The top being 17,000 and the bottom being "one" because I just posted it, you are reading it now, which makes it more than one. It all seems to be a numbers game really. Therefore those are favored who write the most articles and write them most often and stick with it the longest. This is very interesting from a case study point. Consider things like this in 2006. |
