Bill Gates Talks To Reddit Users About Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates communicated with Reddit users for a Q&A session. There are different type of questions he was asked but Gates answered them. Even he discussed about his new role at Microsoft that will be much more hands-on than past few years since he left the post CEO to concentrate on the charitable foundation he runs with his wife Melinda Gates.

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Gates expressed that he will work closely with Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella in an advisory role, but also cleared that two-thirds of his time will be spent on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and only one-third on Microsoft's new profile.

“I will focus on product work mostly, make sure we pick ambitious scenarios and that we have a strong architecture to deliver on them. I encourage good work (hopefully),” he wrote.

His main areas of focus will be on connected devices and well-integrated software.

“I am excited about how the cloud and new devices can help us communicate and collaborate in new ways. The OS won’t just be on one device and the information won’t just be files — it will be your history including being able to review memories of things like kids growing up. I was thrilled Satya asked me to pitch in to make sure Microsoft is ambitious with its innovation. Even in Office there is a lot more than can be done.” he expressed about his new role.

He added that “We need to have trust in the way information is protected and gathered. There is a role for the government to try and stop crime and terrorism but it will have to be more open. I do think terrorism with biological or nuclear weapons is something we want to minimize the chance of.”

Bill Gates has been doing remarkable jobs and took beneficial decisions for Microsoft since decades and hope that he does  continue the same pace with Microsoft.

How To Get Traffic From Reddit To Your Website

Reddit is a social sharing platform for news and entertainment. It was founded in 2005 by  Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman. The name Reddit is a combination of “read/edit” and “read it”. The users of Reddit are known as “Redditors” which itself is a combination of “Reddit” and “Editors”. Reddit is a platforms where users submit content in the form of either a link or a text, which can generate huge traffic to your website and give your product and service a massive exposure, popularity and followers.

Reddit’s blog shows the detailed report on traffic stats for the year 2012:

• 37 Billion Pageviews
• 400 Million Unique Visitors
• 4 Billion Votes
• 30 Million Posts
• 260 Million Comments

You can be a part of this huge statistics and if you do it in the right way.

The things your have to keep in mind when submitting to Reddit should be helpful and add value. Always focus on the factors not only when trying to get traffic, but also to the content you write. People like good content which helps them and updates them in a regular basis. 

Here are some points which can be kept in mind while sharing on Reddit :

 1. Know Your Readers :

Reddit has different sub categories known as “subreddits”. Some of the popular categories are - technology (/r/technology) online marketing (/r/webmarketing or /r/ppc) cute things (/r/aww), strange things (/r/wtf) and even strange cute things (/r/awwwtf) and many more.

So you you have to search for your blog readers in some of the 221,986 subreddits. Though it is time consuming job but interesting too.

2. Let Readers Know You :

After your search is over and you are able to gather some people who love to read your content or buy your products or services, start interacting with them. Put comment on submissions and give helpful advice to your readers. Here is a site where you can find good comments in /r/bestof.

With engagement of people, you will definitely establish a good reputation and once you have done that you can slowly start to promote or endorse your products and services. The readers  will come to know you from your previous helpful comments and engagement conversations with people. Always keep in mind one thing that you need serving quality and valued content.

3. Choose Your Timing :

Choose your timing right so that you won't miss the people who will see your content and get themeselves involed in reading your content.

According to an infographic about “Social Timing” by KissMetrics the best time to submit your link on most social networks is before 5PM EST. This is also the time when most people are actively browsing Reddit. So make use of the timing factor and share your content.

4. How To Submit On Reddit

If you have an account on Reddit then login and share else create an account by registering yourself and start sharing. Once you have created an account and found your subreddit pages, you can submit your link. Go to your subreddit’s page and click on “Submit a new Link”.

The most important step is the next one. You have to choose an awesome title. Use a simplified and catchy title so that people can easily know what you want to say on that content. Like in the below example we have shared the link for "How to deal with 404 error page". It describes the issue with recovery statement.

Once you entered all the details, click on submit button and here you go online on Reditt.

5. After Submission: 

Make sure you are monitoring the comments to your submission time to time. If people raise any question about your link, just respond to them. Sharing your comment will prove your credibility and will increase your blog viewers accordingly.

Hope the above guide will help you increase your blog viewers gradually. If you find anything interesting which can be added to the above steps too, share your views and comments.