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55%

55% -- website traffic increase for business websites with blogs (2009)

2009  · HubSpot

A 2009 HubSpot study found that business websites with blogs received up to 55% more traffic than those without blogs.

  • Traffic increase is 'up to 55%'
  • Cited secondhand from a 2009 HubSpot study
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55%
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2009
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business websites with blogs
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HubSpot Primary Tier C
https://planleft.com/blog/how-to-increase-your-website-traffic-by-93-percent/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2009 Channel: Wayback
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How to Increase Your Website Traffic by 93% - Plan Left
The argument for a well-maintained business blog has never been stronger. Two years of blog contributions to the Plan Left website provided ample evidence to support the claim that regular and frequent blogging can increase user traffic by up to 93%. There is absolutely nothing laid back about that …
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business websites with blogs: 55% website traffic increase. Source: HubSpot (2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-blogging-traffic-increase-2009
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-blogging-traffic-increase-2009" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>55%</strong> -- website traffic increase for business websites with blogs<br><small>Source: HubSpot (2009) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-blogging-traffic-increase-2009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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