This week is my turn to select the posts in the curated section for [Leofinance](https://leofinance.io/), and I am trying something different.

<center> ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQswSpHK8CWA3MQzPp9oMnizzjXzjMhurCVG5Jr48UGYX/image.png) </center>
<center> Image Source: [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/photos/trading-blockchain-cryptocurrency-6531134/) </center>

# External Content.

This week, I am attempting to select 100% external content for the curated section.  Posts about Hive, Leo, Cub, Polycub, HBD etc are great.  And these posts usually do pretty well as they are talking about something that we all here have in common.  They are common ground and about topics that interest most of us.  But how much external traffic do they generate?

Now, I am not saying for a second that these topics are not good ones to post about.  We definitely need content that is interesting and engaging for the community.  But we also need outward looking content, that puts the community into a position to have fresh eyes on it.  So, to do my little bit during my week as lead curator, I have decided that all the posts voted into the curated spots will be about topics other than Hive.  The internal posts will likely still do well, and be ranking in the trending section, so I'm sure everyone will still find them.

Also, announcement posts from @khaleelkazi or @leofinance will still appear, as Khal can put them in the key positions when he posts them.

## So, how are we travelling?

<center> ![traffic 2022.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSREyC8Jgt9yh47Qd8kbzUWYkUX61Pf5e3jGc4YiBRnhp/traffic%202022.png) </center>

This chart from [Simple Analytics](https://simpleanalytics.com/leofinance.io?start=2022-01-01&end=2022-05-04) shows overall traffic and page views since the start of 2022.  Aside from a big spike a couple of weeks ago, it is relatively flat overall.  The cause of that spike is unclear, its not from Google, or Twitter, or other noted external sources, but it also wasn't internal traffic.  I'm thinking it could have been Khal's Tik Tok work, or possibly some kind of bot indexing the site, I'm not sure.  

If we focus in on the biggest source of traffic (excluding internal traffic) Google, over the last month we see this:

<center> ![google traffic Apr.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmc5F2E79hgfNJHhX4qjkYry5Ra2YJCnPqNL6CXtYKduQz/google%20traffic%20Apr.png) </center>

These are the individual posts that brought Google traffic in to Leo:
<center> ![posts from google.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmW6sedFSv44Gpe2imL5TLPNukhZt8uEQFpXSD5kBxq2SL/posts%20from%20google.png) </center>

From this list, we can see that 3 of the top 20 posts are about Hive related topics.  One about Risingstar, one about Splinterlands, and one about converting Hive to Swap.Hive.  

## In good news:

In his [recent post](https://leofinance.io/@hitmeasap/keeping-positions-on-google-for-more-organic-traffic), @hitmeasap took a look at boosting Google traffic.  I'd highly recommend that post if you have not already seen it.  In it, he shared another site called [Ubersuggest](https://neilpatel.com/ubersuggest/) which I took a look at.

<center> ![ubersuggest.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSw5pn99mFJ7EwiCNbEpAVKFCvBBKbZra9MMw1oUVSrAE/ubersuggest.png) </center>
<center> Source: [Ubersuggest](https://app.neilpatel.com/en/traffic_analyzer/overview?lang=en&locId=2840&domain=leofinance.io) </center>

We can see that Leofinance.io has "GOOD" Domain Authority, "GOOD" Organic Keywords, and "AMAZING" rating for Backlinks. This gives us a great base to build on, and the website is poised to build more traffic from search over time, IF we keep building our base of SEO friendly, external facing content.  

With the Ad revenue model coming SOON<sup>TM</sup>, we are in a good place to build our traffic, and returns for Leo Power holders.

## In conclusion.

* @leoalpha, run by @jk6276 will be exclusively curating external content this week.

* We have a great base to build the site's traffic.

* If you want to get into the "Curated" feed, over the next few days, post about something other than Hive related topics.

* Check out [this post](https://leofinance.io/@hitmeasap/keeping-positions-on-google-for-more-organic-traffic) for more hints and tips.

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Thanks for reading,

JK.






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