Comments on: Is Your Blog on CNN’s home page? Mine is

By: SEO Final Steps: Content Promotion for Local Blogs : HyperlocalBlogger

SEO Final Steps: Content Promotion for Local Blogs : HyperlocalBlogger — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:40:03 +0000

[...] outside.in I’ve written about outside.in many times before, so this is probably not new to anyone. In a nutshell, you can add your blog into outside.in’s system to increase exposure. Your blog posts will show up on outside.in itself, and may show up on its partners’ sites, like local media outlets and even CNN. [...]

By: Bloggers We Love: Christy Frink and Morgan Levy | outside.in blog

Bloggers We Love: Christy Frink and Morgan Levy | outside.in blog — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:41:21 +0000

[...] traffic both from our core site and from our ecosystem. “I saw the referrals coming over from CNN and that was really exciting. We like what you do to support the hyperlocal blogging community and [...]

By: David Brazeal

David Brazeal — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:00:40 +0000

This is a great post, and a great catch, Matt. Thanks!

By: Lauren Sperber

Lauren Sperber — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:19:37 +0000

Glad to help! There will only be two jumps if you’re using feedburner or something similar that rewrites your permalink URLs–but you’re completely right that most savvy bloggers are using feedburner. I googled up a guide to turning off the feedburner links: http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/blogging-tip-turn-off-feedburner-redirect-in-rss-feeds/

We’ll be really interested to hear bloggers’ feedback on this implementation. Let us know what you see as you keep an eye on your stats.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:58:37 +0000

Thx for catching that, Lauren — that’s what happens when I blog at midnight. Should be all fixed now and the full article readable.

Interesting on the API 301. I’ll watch that. I don’t think the engines will always follow two jumps like that, 301 or not. But worth keeping an eye on.

@Justin — don’t know, will be watching stats in the days/weeks to come for sure.

By: Lauren Sperber

Lauren Sperber — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:45:29 +0000

Matt, thanks so much for sharing our integration with your readers. I noticed that you’re missing an end ” in your first link, which is stripping out part of your second paragraph.

Also, our API redirect is a 301, which should pass on SEO juice.

@Dustin: The headlines update throughout the day as new stories come in, so your stories may have been out of rotation when you checked.

Lauren Sperber
Outside.in Product Manager

By: Justin, Neighborlogs

Justin, Neighborlogs — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:09:27 +0000

How’s the CT, Matt?

By: Esther Tseng

Esther Tseng — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:08:49 +0000

No wonder! I’ve been wondering why these Cnn.com referrals have been coming in.

By: Dustin DeKoekkoek

Dustin DeKoekkoek — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:12:17 +0000

I noticed a link from CNN the other day and couldn’t figure out why as well. Nothing came up from my site for my zip code when I just tried though.

By: Steve Sherron

Steve Sherron — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:46:56 +0000

You know Matt, I’ve also been getting traffic from CNN and could not figure it out. I just typed my zip code into the widget and one of my local stories popped up as the second story about a local doctor. Thanks for solving that mystery for me.