Today, we will be talking about a lesser known and perhaps a somewhat unorthodox method to grow your blog. This is one that I have seen being discussed quite often especially more recently. And it is one that I do somewhat believe in because I have had certain experiences myself. It is a method that can help you grow your blog and the crazy part is the one thing you need to do is nothing.
Now, I know some of you don’t particularly care about growing your blog. You are here blogging as a hobby or perhaps to improve your writing skills or even to just socialise with some new people. And that’s totally okay. There’s nothing wrong with that.
This post however, is for those of you who do want to grow your blog and hope to increase both traffic and following. So, without any more yapping from me let’s get into the actual method itself and realistically how likely it is that this method does anything really.
What Is This Method?
The method is simple, basically it’s that you share your posts and then log out completely or just don’t be active on the platform. I know that sounds a little odd and perhaps a little crazy so let me explain.
It started from the theory that every platforms algorithm is designed to make users spend as much time on the platform as possible. Platforms no longer want users, they want active users. However, most users aren’t going to be active on the platform if their content isn’t getting any engagement. Therefore, if you post and then logout or stop using the platform for a while the algorithm will push your content more so that you receive engagement on your post and are more likely to be active on the platform.
I hope I explained that well. As a writer, it’s the biggest irony in my life that I am not very good at communicating or even writing down my own thoughts.
Anyway, that is pretty much the method. It focuses on manipulating the algorithm to help get more traffic and engagement to your site. You don’t have to be logged out or inactive all day, only for the first hour.
But Does It Actually Work?
Yes, I think it does. You may be surprised by my answer but I’ve tried and tested this method (accidentally though) and it actually seems to work.
Some days, I publish my post and don’t check in till I wake up. And some days I check in a few minutes after posting. To my surprise, I always get more comments and likes when I’m not online after posting. I don’t know if it’s simply a coincidence because it’s happened so many times and with so many different posts on different topics as well as the same topics.
Final Thoughts
So yes, I do think this method works. However, I don’t think it’s effective on its own. You still need to be putting out content that is of good quality and encourages engagement. The algorithm can only do so much, if your post isn’t interesting to read or is filled with spelling errors/typos or is just not something people are interested in then people aren’t going to engage no matter what.
The opposite of this method is also effective where you are extremely active for the first hour after you post something. So keep that in mind too.
But at the end of the day, I do think platforms manipulate their algorithm to try to get users to be as active as possible. I mean, why wouldn’t they. However, these days WordPress seems to be taking a different direction where they scare away active users by making the platform less and less user friendly. Sorry, I had to throw some shade at WP. It’s been wonky again recently and it’s annoying me lol.
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