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Kung Fu Jedi said:
Thanks for your constructive criticism but my Google Stats of 7000+ hits, from 95 countries, in the last month say otherwise.

Move along.
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:lol

I got about the same last month, too. But sometimes I can't help feeling like Wordpress's built-in stat-tracking is broken... which is why I made a sitemeter account, to see if they match up. So far they seem to.
 
Ether_Snake said:
No one is reading your stupid blogs!
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100k unique visitors monthly.




don't want to seem like e-penis or bragging and my blog isnt a personal one rather a few friends writing about games, AND it's been going two years... but if it shuts him up...
 
Kung Fu Jedi said:
Thanks for your constructive criticism but my Google Stats of 7000+ hits, from 95 countries, in the last month say otherwise.

Move along.
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Probably spam bots looking for email addresses:p
 
I've been kind of "neglecting" both of my blogs. At one point, I was posting once a day, but, I kind of been absorbed in life, that I haven't been posting as much. I've been writing on paper more, too. There is some hidden greatness, about taking a pen, and writing on a piece of paper, that no computer can take away from me. I'll start posting more, probably around the end of this month. I finally figured out how I'm going to write my story. Backwards! Lol.
 
Oldschoolgamer said:
I've been kind of "neglecting" both of my blogs. At one point, I was posting once a day, but, I kind of been absorbed in life, that I haven't been posting as much. I've been writing on paper more, too. There is some hidden greatness, about taking a pen, and writing on a piece of paper, that no computer can take away from me. I'll start posting more, probably around the end of this month. I finally figured out how I'm going to write my story. Backwards! Lol.
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I actually write out a lot of my blog posts on paper first.
 
CajoleJuice said:
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I got about the same last month, too. But sometimes I can't help feeling like Wordpress's built-in stat-tracking is broken... which is why I made a sitemeter account, to see if they match up. So far they seem to.
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It's totally messed up. I personally use shineystats and I'm quite happy with what they are offering :)
 
Hey, another one of these!

Some folks might remember mine... at least back when I used to post here a lot more. I linked to a recent post the other day, about my Wii NiGHTS and Rock Band impressions, which got a decent amount of hits, which means I should really post more!

http://fort90.com/journal/

All I can say is that blogging can be extremely rewarding. It started out as a hobby for myself and has reaped massive rewards. As its been said many times before, the key is consistency and focus. I myself was a video game journalist, one that only wrote for one outlet... Nickelodeon Magazine... which I still write for, and its awesome and all, but it's also a rather niche audience. I then began to post on message boards, and certain folks, such as editors, liked what they saw, and decided to investigate. Which then led them to my blog, where they could get a firm grasp on how I write and what I know. And that in turn led to jobs! Right now, I write for a bunch of folks... Gamasutra, GameSetWatch, plus more.

For any aspiring writer, a blog is an absolute must. It's like a resume that one is constantly updating. Oh, and as time when on, as people continued to read what I wrote, I began to speak with all types of folks, not job related, and made good friends as a result.

Though back to the occupational aspect, it played a large part in what I do now, which is blogging full-time! Though this one is about cell phones...

http://blog.zedge.net/
 
The Barker's Blog

The Barker's Blog is the official blog of freakStomp Novelties, a start-up T-shirt and novelties business my friend and I recently began. Don't worry, I'm not trying to sell you anything through the blog. It's hosted by The Barker, a sideshow huckster whose style is reminiscent of The Crypt Keeper mixed with Stan Lee. We have a regular "Freak of the Week" featurette spotlighting real human oddities from the past, with original illustrations by RelleR, the freakStomp artist. There are also going to be contests where we give away freakStomp merchandise (once we build enough of an audience), behind-the-scenes artwork from our upcoming original illustrated story (which the blog will peripherally tie into), and other interesting happenings. Every Monday through Friday there'll be something neat and carnival/circus-related for you to look at or read - one day last week, for instance, we featured a sideshow-themed Little Rascals short called "The Kid From Borneo."

We just launched the blog in September, so there isn't a ton of stuff up yet. I set the blog to show all posts, so you won't have to click around - you can read it straight off the one page.

Thanks for your time, and if you check it out I hope you enjoy it.


*Oh, forgot to add - we'll also be launching a podcast within the month, called The freakStomp Revival Tent.
 
Whoa. Someone on the CAG forums just posted a link to a story in my blog and it asploded!

Turns out it was my heads-up on the TRU B2G1 deal, though it just points back to the original sources for the story. Still, someone thought it was "proof" of the deal and thought it was worth posting anyway. It's flattering. :lol

But before I go preen my feathers, I wanted to say that the second month is, indeed, better than the first. Traffics gone up a decent amount the past few days, for no real explicable reason. I'll certainly continue to write, but I sure hope it gets me some attention soon like yours did, FortNinety.
 
Thought I'd bump this with a little bit of a personal blog-related evolution. The faculty at my university are currently on strike, and I was planning on covering it on my personal blog that has always had a certain amount of attention (I know, for example, that the Administration at the university read it on occasion). However, in discussing it with some of the Students' Union Executive (Who I also happen to know personally), I ended up getting drafted to handle the official StrikeBlog.

The ASU StrikeBlog - http://www.theasu.com/strike/

It's been a really unique experience, because it's all about testing your blogging skills. There's a lot of question-answering, some PR-shilling, and in general a sense of responsibility. It's really different than "Hey, I can post my opinion about THIS TV show today!" I kind of like it: I've actually had some parents email me and I've enjoyed handling their questions in a way that's halfway between personal and professional correspondence.

Has anyone else ever taken their blogging skills and applied them to a new project somewhat out of their control?

[PS: Thanks to anyone who might have gone to Hey! Nielsen to vote for my TV blog in their Blog Contest. I was sitting in 3rd Place on Sunday, which is kinda cool even if I don't stay there!]
 
On my emeraldcity blog we are posting our first issue now... peep it out if you like comics let me know what you think!
 
Iamthegamer said:
Think again, BIATCH!
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Pitchfork? Hey man, you're moving up in the world! It's an impressive review too: I still can't tell the songs apart over my various listens (I've been too busy to really sit down and JUST listen to it), but I would tend to concur with your analysis.
 
Memles said:
So, what's new in the GAF Blogosphere for everyone?
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On the advice of some of the posts here, I switched to using SiteMeter for tracking stats on my blog. Getting very different, and higher, numbers than from Google Analytics. Very interesting that they should give such a difference in numbers.

Oh, and did anyone else make a post for "Blog Action Day" a few weeks back?
 
Memles said:
So, what's new in the GAF Blogosphere for everyone?
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To be honest? It's stagnating a bit. I only have myself to blame for not really updating much, but school is raping me right now, and a lot of the rest of my free time is spent actually playing games!
 
Belfast said:
To be honest? It's stagnating a bit. I only have myself to blame for not really updating much, but school is raping me right now, and a lot of the rest of my free time is spent actually playing games!
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I officially hit a wall where I really had to shift focuses: I no longer have time to blog about every little TV news story, so I've relegated myself to episode reviews that I'm able to write either while watching or right after watching the episodes - this is the luxury of writing about a non-interactive medium. When it comes to games, I can see how it would be difficult to write while having so many to play.
 
Memles said:
I officially hit a wall where I really had to shift focuses: I no longer have time to blog about every little TV news story, so I've relegated myself to episode reviews that I'm able to write either while watching or right after watching the episodes - this is the luxury of writing about a non-interactive medium. When it comes to games, I can see how it would be difficult to write while having so many to play.
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Indeed. And even though I enjoy writing about games the most, I'll be honest...I'm a pretty big fan of entertainment in general, so maybe I should look into writing about other things, too.

If someone offered me a "real job" writing about TV, movies, animation, manga, etc. I'd snap it up in a heartbeat, even if video games are my first love.
 
http://elitefreeware.blogspot.com/ is my blog,is about free software, i have been posting 2 times a day since last week,its been working great since freeware stuff is the one of the things i really like,very few people visit it (i have google analitics) but i am gonna keep at it anyway, its not gonna make rich anytime soon...but i enjoy it,plus it helps me trying to improve my writing.
 
My blog traffic is continuing to grow nicely. It looks like I'm on track to top 10k for the month, which is pretty damn cool. I also conducted my first interview for my blog and it went very well, and I've had a ton of positive feedback from it. A lot of other sites picked up on the interview so that helped traffic and created some new contacts.

As a result, some of my blog stories are going to start showing up on another site. I'm not getting paid for it just yet, but they have been talking about finding other ways to compensate me, which is fine too.

So basically, things continue to go well. Now if I could only find a way to turn this into a full time job... ;)
 
ditto with the blog traffic growing. I'm consistently getting at least 20-30 page views a day (i get more than that usually, but it doesn't fall below that range) after a couple of months of starting it. It took me about 2 YEARS to accomplish the same with my normal web site.

my blog is living in conjunction with my normal site, and actually my normal site has seen more traffic since i started the blog.

I guess indirectly, I got more pagerank or something after posting like 9000 articles in my blog heh.

so, i'm pretty happy with it. hope to see it grow larger as people find more use in the content i have displayed.
 
Things are looking up for my blog, as well. Traffic is getting steady and the content is getting good. In fact, I just broke 30k views today, so that was a big milestone for me.

The most rewarding thing for me has been the amount of different authors I've been able to converse with because of the blog. I've had the fortune to interview some of my favourite authors and it never loses it's magic. Probably the coolest thing to happen recently was the chance I had to spend an afternoon with Fantasy heavyweight Steven Erikson! I had some jealous readers after that!

The most difficult thing for me these days is just finding the time to create good content for the blog. With the semester ending, a web site to build and a new job I'm hoping to land, things have been hectic! And that's not even to mention The Orange Box, Super Mario Galaxy and Final Fantasy Tactics PSP!

For those who haven't seen it, you can find my blog, A Dribble of Ink, HERE!
 
My pageviews used to be at about 130 a day, but recently I got offered a bi-weekly column on gamesetwatch (HDR Knowledge, for anyone who actually reads GSW), where I syndicate my blog editorials, and my readership has jumped to almost 300 daily now.

Plus, I even got a moneyhat offer!

(plus, I found a bunch of other blogs have been linking me, including Level Up, Kotaku, artfulgamer, and brainygamer....that's fucking cool)
 
If you want to expand your blog with being a talk host.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ente...edType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&sp=true

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anyone with dreams of being a talk radio star -- ranting about sports and politics, chatting with callers, sharing recipes or car-buying tips -- can play host on their own show, right on the Web.

BlogTalkRadio, Talkshoe and Skypecasts are among the Web sites that have become popular for would-be radio jocks, and all it takes is a computer and a telephone.

"You can create a show within five minutes and be on the air within 15 minutes," said Alan Levy, the CEO of BlogTalkRadio, a site he started shortly after his father fell ill with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2006.

At first, Levy created a blog for his father, allowing him to easily keep in touch with family and friends. Later, Levy decided he wanted something more than a blog.

"I wasn't feeling like it was a conversation -- it was all text." So he came up with the idea of creating broadcasts for bloggers, and BlogTalkRadio was born.

With BlogTalkRadio, hosts use a telephone and computer to create live, call-in shows. Unlimited participants can join, and the service is free because it's advertising-supported. After airing, the shows are archived and become available as podcasts for other listeners.

So far, nearly 46,000 shows have been created -- with subjects ranging from entertainment to politics to sports and lifestyle. Actor Brad Pitt, politician John Kerry, baseball player David Wright and author Jodi Picoult are among those who have been interviewed.

"Some shows are good, some aren't so hot," said Levy. "The cream rises to the top."

Around 350 shows are on the air each day, some hosted by established bloggers, like Ed Morrissey (www.captainsquartersblog.com) or Flylady (www.flylady.net). Others are from people who are just beginning to gain a strong following on the Web site.

"There's a whole network of budding stars," says Levy, who himself hosts a program.
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Odd bump, Ripclawe, but I'll take it.

Cultural Learnings is currently going through the blog's lowest period statistically since its first month. This is unsurprising, considering the holidays, but I don't feel great about its future. I've got a few rather huge projects ahead of me (Thesis, Organizing regional debating championships, Grad School Applications), so my time with the blog will be sadly limited. This is unfortunate, as my 1st Anniversary is coming up and I had wanted to put something together (Might try to pull some swag out of my Warner Bros. contact for a contest).

I'm at one of those annoying life crossroads, and the blog is kind of floating around as something I know I wanted to continue but, at the same time, know how increasingly difficult that will become. I'm somewhat lucky in that the Writer's Strike will limit the amount of new television, so a lighter schedule is probably capable of being justified. At the same time, I want to be able to continue the blog no matter where next year or the year after takes me.

How goes the blogging for everyone else?
 
Most of the daily hits on my blog (800+) happen because I've made a few posts about celebrity penis.

Here's the typical list of search terms i get:

1 Y|M Josh Duhamel 515
2 Y|M ben affleck naked 105
3 Y|M bruce willis 33
4 Y|M ewan mcgregor 23
5 Y|M celebrity penis 17
6 Y|M "celebrity penis review" 9
7 Y|M jude law nude 8
8 Y|M bruce willis naked 8
9 Y|M "celebrity penis" 3
10 Y|M colin farrel naked 3
11 Y|M EWAN MCGREGOR NAKED 3
12 Y|M josh duhamel nude 3
13 Y|M Josh Duhamel 3
14 Y|M colin farrel 3
15 Y|M penis size proportions 2
16 Y|M Josh Duhamel penis 2
17 Y|M pendejitas 2
18 Y|M naked actor 2
19 Y|M daniel radcliffe ass 2
20 Y|M midget penis

:lol :lol :lol

Seriously. Midget penis. WTF.
 
Blackace said:
Hey this is the X to the Z, I am here to pimp your blog!

That would be a hawt hawt show...
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What we gonna do here is add some ANIMATED GIFS on each side, y'know, to give it some PIZZAZ

http://loldoogles.blogspot.com the first thing you will notice is that, barring the right sidebar, Waterblogged is entirely bare. I don't think I'll post anything until 2008, maybe start off with Five Reasons Why I've Chosen Not To Sleep Through 2008.
 
http://globalvariables.net/audio.out/


Yes, I posted it before. It's mostly house/techno from 1987 - 1993. I've republished the last 6 months of posts for anyone interested. A Guy Called Gerald, One Dove, PWEI, Renegade Soundwave, Tackhead, The Aloof, Sabres/Weatherall, Leftfield, Underworld et. al.

Fill yer boots.

It'll all be gone on the 2nd.
 
I can dream can't I?:lol

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003690041

NEW YORK Zach Brooks pocketed $1,000 this month blogging about the cheap lunches he discovers around midtown Manhattan ($10 or less, preferably greasy, and if he's lucky, served from a truck).

The site, Midtownlunch.com, is just a year and a half old and gets only about 2,000 readers daily, but it's already earning him enough each month for a weekend trip to the Caribbean - or in his case, more fat-filled culinary escapades in the city.

In the vast and varied world of blogging, Brooks is far from alone.

It's no longer unusual for blogs with just a couple thousand daily readers to earn nearly as many dollars a month. Helping fill the pockets of such bloggers are programs like Google's AdSense and many others that let individuals - not just major publications - tap into the rapidly growing pot of advertising dollars with a click of the mouse.

In 2006, advertisers spent $16.9 billion online, up steadily each year from $6 billion in 2002, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau. In the first half of 2007, online advertising reached nearly $10 billion, a nearly 27 percent increase compared to the first half of 2006.

Little technical skill is needed to publish a well-read blog, meaning just about anyone with something worthwhile to say can find an audience, said Kim Malone Scott, director of online sales and operations for Google's AdSense.

According to 2006 survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 39 percent of Internet users, or about 57 million American adults, said they read blogs, up from 27 percent in 2004, or 32 million.

That doesn't mean bloggers are suddenly flush with money. For every blogger earning a decent side income like Brooks, countless others will never earn a cent.

But with the right mix of compelling content and exposure, a blog can draw a dedicated following, making advertising a low-hanging fruit.

Google's AdSense is an automated program that places targeted advertising on sites big and small. Other programs such as PayPerPost are just as user friendly; bloggers sign up and advertisers cherry pick where they want to place ads based on categories and the number of impressions a site captures.

Getting paid might even help validate what may otherwise seem like a silly or obscure obsession.

For Samuel Chi, BCSGuru.com started as a way to demystify the convoluted universe of college football rankings for fellow fans.

Chi, a former sports journalist with training in statistics, posts his calculations every Saturday night during the season before official results are released on Sunday. Between Saturday night and Monday, about 4,000 sports fans log on daily to check out the "guru's" forecast.

This season, Chi made about $8,000 total from the blog; ticket brokers contacted him directly after word about his site got out. Google's AdSense brought in another couple hundred dollars for Chi, the owner of a bed-and-breakfast in Amelia Island.

BlogAds, which helps advertisers target relevant blogs for a commission, prices ads by the week, with sites tiered by the amount of traffic they get.

When the company started in 2002, founder Henry Copeland said it was mainly small advertisers selling T-shirts or promoting bands. Now he said "there's no big brand that doesn't advertise on everyday blogs."

About a third of BlogAds' 1,500 sites earn between $200 and $2,000 a month, Copeland said. Those sites get anywhere from 3,000 to 50,000 daily impressions.

Google's Malone Scott said access to advertising online is more democratic, since an ad click from a tiny site is just as valuable as a click from a site with a million readers.

Some advertisers have even found better response from smaller sites with more passionate, engaged audiences.

For ticket broker RazorGator, advertising on blogs like BCSGuru.com means reaching a very specific audience.

"We have found that more and more sports fans are turning to blogs and smaller fan sites to get their information so as an advertiser it makes sense to follow your audience," spokeswoman Toni Lamb wrote in an e-mail.
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Jumpman Jr. said:
I've got a Blogger question. It seems my site is also hosted on http://www.inblogs.net (at www.inblogs.net/luggagetuesdays), which apparently allows some countries to access "blocked" Blogspot sites. But is it part of Blogspot? Does it count towards my hit count, etc.? I also don't like that inblogs adds a pop up ad too.
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Not hosted but a redirect, this person got blocked from google adsense because it picked up their ad services. Its not a part of blogspot.

http://betabloggersresources.blogspot.com/2007/08/banned-from-google-adsense.html

Essentially, inblogs.net is acting as a middleman between a person browsing one of our blogs and the blog as it exists on blogspot.com. Specifically, inblogs is acting like a client browser. Like so:

A person using IE or Firefox requests http://www.inblogs.net/. Inblogs.net has a server-side script on it that acts like a browser. That script then requests a bloggers page from blogspot.com

In your case:
A person using IE or Firefox requests http://inblogs.net/betabloggersresources and the homepage of your site is returned. It is interesting to note that all other hyperlinks (HREFs) within the " inblogs.net version" of your blogspot pages then have the Referer link of http://www.inblogs.net/betabloggersresources

So inblogs.net is a server that puts together your page and then resends it out when people request it.
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My last semester was outrageous and I had to give up my blog pretty much in its entirety, but this time my courses aren't bad, so I think I'll start writing again, like tonight....

So, please ... stop in, read some stuff. Occasionally, it's worthwhile. I promise.

The Zenspace Chronicles

If it looks outrageous or shite over the next few days it is only because I'm thinking about toying with the format a little.
 
It's pretty weird how my average hit count kept constant even after a 19 day hiatus. I'll begin regular posting again soon.:D
 
i have won like 40 dollars since i started my blog in november of last year using adsense :lol only 60 more until i can receive the money.
 
Thanks Ripclawe. I owe a beer.

It just pisses me off that when you Google the name of my blog, several of the links offered are through inblogs.net.
 
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