Last Saturday I saw the number of subscribers to this blog grow by 400%. The reason for this was a mistake in a photo in a published post.
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I'm going to create a post that is not very typical for this blog. I'm going to tell you about a surprising effect that a mistake in a post caused and I'm not sure if it's good or bad. So I warn you that this is not one of the typical "10 tips for..." posts, but quite the opposite. I'd like to hear your opinion.
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New record of subscriber visits on a Saturday
I'll start with the result. This Saturday I had a 400% increase in jordan whatsapp number subscribers' visits over the average for this day. Typically there is a significant drop in traffic on the weekend, so I was very surprised to see the volume of users I was having on the blog. At first I didn't have any explanation, but @soniadiez , who is subscribed to the blog, notified me via Twitter that she had received my post with the photo in giant size in her inbox. Later, more people also notified me via email that something had gone wrong.
The error was caused by a giant photo
The mistake was very basic. Instead of reducing the image to the normal size of 660 pixels wide, I uploaded it in normal size. On the blog it appeared in normal size because it seems that WordPress automatically adapts the size to the dimensions of the design. Subscribers were not so “lucky.” They received the post with the photo in size 6,000 pixels. Apparently this created so much confusion for many of the readers that they clicked on the link in the title to see what was happening.
Ideas and thoughts to repeat this effect
It's amazing to see that a small mistake could have such an effect. It gives me a couple of ideas and thoughts that I'd like to share with you.