My Journey on Triond – From Beginning Up Til Now
A casual Triond post where I tell what I have learned over time about using Triond and becoming successful on it.
The first lesson I learned as a newbie to online writing was that the content we write in the cyberworld is born at the bottom of a waste paper basket- containing hundreds of thousands of posts (good or bad) on the same topic! Our job as a newbie online writer is not just to write but also to poke around, do stuff to gain the initial visibility.
The ultimate goal of online content writers is to get organic traffic to our articles – i.e traffic from the search engines. Bad news is that it is only a beginner writer’s fantasy-dream to be able to get type of traffic with the very first article he or she manages to get published. Good news is that the journey to the ultimate goal of getting organic traffic could be very short, depending on how serious the writer is and consequently how much time he or she puts in to learning this.
I, for one, have not put in required time ever since I started out as an online writer, so I am still very far from my target. I do see that I have progressed though and am learning more every day.
When I first started using Triond and read articles that we are supposed to add up friends here to start getting views, I added 3 pages of friends (12 friends per page x 3 pages = 36 friends in total) . My views were still 0-1 per day on average.
Then, I started commenting, and the days I commented on articles, my views would go up to 10 or so and then dropped back down in days of no commenting.
I added more people- many more. Reached 14 pages of friends, and then about 50 pages of friends. This started giving me 5-6 views a day on average, without commenting on any article.
So there you see, Triond friends definitely are a help for beginners- beginners who are not getting views! That’s because, a newbie on Triond is usually a newbie to online writing as well, and has basically no idea about SEO techniques and all that stuff. It is when you start writing and reading other people’s content (the experienced online writers), that you start understanding ways to improve yourself. I am still standing in the beginning of a long road, but I am definitely enjoying the learning process.
Recently, I started using *drum roll* Triendster ! I used it to get my Triond friends go up from 50 pages to 80 pages. With this done, my views have increased from 5-6 a day average to 20 a day average. Far too less than many people here! For me though, it is a start. I know I can make it – using the lessons learned and with consistent work and effort.
Having views from the Triond community only, is definitely not the type of traffic I am looking for. My aim is search engine traffic. But in my opinion, it all adds up ! The great part of having more friends on Triond is, I am exposed to my friend’s work on my Dashboard Feeds. When I look through their work, I learn what they are writing and how successful they are with what they are writing. Analysing the statistics of fellow Trionders, I learn.
I have even noticed quite a few of people here who cheat. They either simply plagiarize (copy paste) or spin articles and then use tricks to get views to their articles. For example, I have come across a group of people who have heaps of spun content that makes little sense even to themselves surely- and they are earning more than a dollar a day (as noted from the screen-shots they proudly display on Picable). It is disturbing for me because they are *apparently* Muslims, and our religion Islam forbids us for earning money through unfair means. The tricks they are using are certainly unfair. Among the tricks they are using are:
*misleading links on social networks that re-direct to their articles
*spinning articles to the extent that the content does not make sense, and giving attractive, misleading titles to these articles
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November 20th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Is triendster worth it?
November 20th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
interesting share
November 20th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
@JMorgan071 : The full version worth $60 is not worth it, for a person like me. However, the owner of triendster says that by using it to the full potential (i.e using it on articles with affiliate links etc.) , it can lead to a greater outcome. Affiliate marketing is not for me though.
November 20th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Thanks for stopping by, JMorgan071 and Kristie Claar
November 20th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Great article. Twenty views every day may seem little at first, but if you keep writing evergreen and organic articles, you will get organic traffic. Keep on going and you’ll meet your goals!
JMorgan – Triendster is worth it in the beginning when you don’t have any friends, and are looking for views. However, if your articles are total crap you won’t find much success with Triendster.
November 20th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Keep up the good work! I’m sure if you keep writing good articles like this one, you’ll get plenty of views every day!
November 20th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
thanks for sharing
November 20th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Stay true to yourself – put in the time and effort and you will be rewarded.
November 20th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Very well said. Triond.com is an interesting journey for sure!
November 20th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Congrats, all the same.
November 20th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Thank you. I am also new here and I found this informative. What is Triendster?
November 21st, 2011 at 12:05 am
What people would do for money right, I am interested in the triendster too. I hope to be able to get my view up too.
November 21st, 2011 at 5:28 am
You have made valid points of trionders and their writing
November 21st, 2011 at 12:43 pm
keep up a good work dear
November 21st, 2011 at 9:25 pm
I think Triond is a good place for beginners in online writing as far as gaining good friends who are willing to support each other.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 am
Thank you so much JayNovels, Armiella, CletaB, beingwell, Aroosa Gloomy for the encouraging comments !
Thanks for stopping my everybody else.
@ Rachel Saunderson: Triendster is a “bot” which makes the process of adding Triond friends easier. It is not illegal like other bots, because it does not directly help in increasing views, it just adds Triond friends for us. These Triond friends would look at our work only if they are interested. Here is where you can find out more about triendster: http://www.the-triendster.com/
November 23rd, 2011 at 7:14 am
Yeah,good sharing.I”m a newbie too.Just joined almost 2 months ago.I also wanted to get more traffic from other sites,but failed to do so.I don’t really know how to promote Triond to other people.I just made a blog to promote Triond,but seems like nobody interested yet.huhu.Well,never mind that.I enjoy writing in Triond,cause it’s easy and I can socialize with many great people here.-)
November 25th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Writing for pleasure and social connections is the main goal for me. I do not want to spend my time pretending to read other people’s articles just to leave a comment that shows I didn’t read it at all. Many writers spend much time and effort to write good content. It is embarrassing to see so many people leaving two word comments under an article that was in depth and of quality. This is not true feedback. This doesn’t tell the author what they got from the article, or their thoughts on the subject. If money is the goal, Triond writing will probably take up too much time for the money it provides. When money is the only interest, the writer’s articles will suffer and it compromises the Triond site, putting it even lower in the search engines because corporations don’t want to bother with it. I like Triond because it is user friendly, and I like to share real information. It will take all of us to make it a well-paying site, however.
December 3rd, 2011 at 6:40 am
I like it! great one
December 10th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Thank you for posting this article. I think it is helpful.
December 19th, 2011 at 9:53 am
What you say is true, which makes me want to learn how to optimize my readership through search engines. I me why should poor content get read more than mine just because I don’t know how to take advantage of these techniques.
December 27th, 2011 at 4:51 am
Never give up.. Try your best.. You will shine.