In a web forum, there is a discussion about Oprah and some recent guests on her show. I have, thus far, successfully resisted the urge of asking the question, Who is Oprah? I think it would be funny, but the forum is question is sometimes oh-too-serious about stuff, so, you know, must resist the urge to entertain…

Anyway, one way of getting traffic is by appealing to the baser instincts. An example of this would be putting up a photo of a nude woman, like this:

Nude Woman Posing Naked on the Beach

Oops. Sorry about that sheet of frosted glass getting in the way. Better luck next time!

Another method of generating traffic would be to write articles based around keywords used by your demographic in searching for the stuff you sell. That sounds like complicated stuff. Website log analysis. Keyword research. Demographics. Target audience. Is your head hurting yet?

Well, another, perhaps less effective method is to ask your readers. This would be heavily slanted since most people really don’t know what they want until they actually come to the point where they need it, otherwise they think they need this when really all they do is want this, but really they need something completely different.

But, it’s easy, so, you know, easy is good. So, I asked my Twitter followers what I should write about today. Normally, this generates a number of responses. Unfortunately, Twitter seems to be having issues tonight, so the responses are rather scarce. How inopportune timing since I want to finish this blog post tonight, not whenever it is that Twitter is fixed and running up to snuff again.

Up to snuff? Why is that considered good? Have you seen what the stuff can do to your mouth? Is that something to which to aspire?

Anyway, I have no doubt completely let down my Twitter followers by not taking any of their suggestions. Here is what they had to say…

@jerzegurl of the Bluestockings blog was quick to suggest that I write about whether the Technology Gap is replacing the Age Gap. That is a mighty interesting topic, and one that I have touched upon before (many moons ago, not on this blog). However, it would require too much heavy thinking for the night and it’s been a long day and I’m tired and I don’t have the energy to put into it right now. But, perhaps that can be saved for a rainy day.

@YUDU, in a shameless act of self-promotion, suggested that I blog about the ePublishing marketplace, www.yudu.com. Like I’m going to fall for that trick and give the site a link or something.

@ChimeraCrochet, who sells handmade goods, suggested that I blog about the CPSIA. Been there, done that, never even received my lead-tainted t-shirt.

@publicrelations, another shameless self-promoter, suggested that I write about her. Why do these people think they can fool me so easily? Like I’m going to link to her blog, Ladies of Liberty, or something. You’ve got to get up pretty early in the morning to trick me into just giving away links like that. I know their game!

Also, Awake in Rochester has a prayer request for a friend with cancer and also needs help coming up with something to blog about. Maybe she can write about yudu.com, because I’m not going to be tricked into mentioning them and giving them a link!

Oh, and don’t forget about my new business community and garden blogs. Both of them have Top Commentators spots wide open!

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