WordPress How To: Greet Site Visitors Automatically
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could greet a site visitor based on where they came from before they landed on your site? How about if you could encourage folks to Digg your site or vote it up? Better yet, what if you could customize those messages to cater to each sites unique demographics? Now you can!
I found this neat plugin called WP Greet Box that does just that. It allows you to customize your message depending on what site the visitor came from when they landed at yours.
“This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it.
Another example, when a visitor clicks through from Twitter, they will see a message suggesting them to twit the post and follow you on Twitter. You can also set a default greeting message for new visitors (not matching any referrer URLs) suggesting them to subscribe to your RSS feed. Having these targeted suggestions will help your blog increase exposure, loyal readership, and reader interaction. Best of all, this plugin is compatible with WPMU and various WordPress cache plugins (so you do not have to sacrifice speed).”
Currently the following referrers are installed by default, but you can easily create your own if your favorite referrer is not on the list!
1. bing.com
2. blinklist.com
3. blogmarks.com
4. del.icio.us
5. delicious.com
6. digg.com
7. diigo.com
8. facebook.com
9. flickr.com
10. friendfeed.com
11. furl.com
12. google.*
13. linkedin.com
14. ma.gnolia.com
15. mister-wong.com
16. myspace.com
17. netvibes.com
18. newsvine.com
19. plurk.com
20. reddit.com
21. search.live.com
22. search.msn.com
23. search.yahoo.com
24. simpy.com
25. stumbleupon.com
26. technorati.com
27. twitter.com
28. youtube.com
Check out WP Greet Box and start greeting your site visitors today! This plugin is definitely on my “To Do!” list!
At your service,
Judith
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