Question 1: Which of the areas discussed in today's task are you most interested in studying about your niche, and why? (These are content, reader engagement, design monetization, traffic & SEO)
I have been keeping many of the blogs in my niche in my RSS feed to study them further. I am especially curious about those that are quite successful. I look at their comments to see what people are saying which helps to find out how the readers are engaging with the blog author. A lot of times I see the same people commenting, which means that author as a following. This increases their traffic, which is another thing I study other blogs for. Readers are also more likely to follow you on Twitter and retweet you about your newest post on your blog. My next focus will be studying them for how their SEO is doing.
Question 2: What's one thing you could do to improve your blog after studying the top blogs in your niche?
I'm still a bit new in trying to become a successful blogger, but I'm finding that the more you interact with other bloggers the more likely they are to interact with you. Right now my focus is finding thoughtful blogs and leave comments there often. I feel this will bring more traffic. I'm at the beginning stages of SEO, so I feel like that is a huge portion of what I need to learn.
*You can see my answers to this question here.*
