I am busy today working on “stuff’ so I am stealing a post from my business blog which is equally important for my personal blog readers. I am sharing a tool which I think you will find very useful, plus it’s free, got to like that!
I first learned about Lijit at a blogging conference in February. I didn’t pay much attention because I thought it was a paid service. As a small business owner who needs to manage expenses like everyone else, it did not seem like a must-have. But as the posts started stacking up on my blog there were times when writing new posts that I wanted to link to an older post, and that started to be a pain. So I went over to the Lijit website and checked it out. And you know what? It’s free!
Lijit is a free search tool that can be easily added to your blog, and you can set it up to search any site you have, but not only that but you can add blogs on your blog roll too as well. That is part of the concept, to provide search to sites that you trust. People don’t have to worry about what is going to be on the other end of the link that they click on. The search results will be from a trusted source and it provides further legitimacy (get it…lijit..) to your content and the content you endorse.
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OK, I’m sold. I was recently considering adding a search widget to my blog. As always, thanks Andi!
Thank you for the tip, xv.
Andi, thanks for giving Lijit a try and for writing a very useful post. I spoke at the Blissdom conference back in February and perhaps I should have stressed the free bit a little more.
Giving your readers search results they can trust is definitely one part of our value but I believe that the detailed stats we provide is another part. Our search stats tell you what your readers are searching for, where they’re coming from, and what searches they’re doing that return no results. This is a great way to find out more about your readers and how to better serve them.
If you (or any of your readers) have questions about Lijit, feel free to send them my way. I’m tara [at] lijit [dot] com. Thanks again for your support!