Pimpmypagerank discovered the importance of Shoutbox to his blog in earning more repeat visitors.

By adding a shoutbox to your blog or website, you offer a simple interactivity to your site that keeps visitors coming back.

I’ve discovered that since adding shoutboxes to a couple of my blogs, my instance of repeat visitors has increased dramatically. (LINK)

It might be true that Shoutbox has influenced his traffic but I think the most valuable repeat visitors are those coming to your site to read you posts. However, visitors through the Shoutbox can also read your new posts while they return to check for the response to their comment on the box.

Anyway, I can try pluging in a Shoutbox to this blog.

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