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Re: Is Social Media Marketing Sustainable?

Maki — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:23:56 -0000

It can definitely be a viable career option. As you've said, I'm sure startups and PR firms would welcome an experienced social media expert. I'm not sure it'll pay too well though. But if you're doing it for a good cause or if you truly believe in the brand/product/service, it would blend well.

I'm a social media marketer but I primarily use it for my own online properties... the payoff is a LOT higher over the long run and you don't have to work with irritating clients with enormous expectations (I've done consulting/linkbaiting work before.)

Alternatively, flying solo and working very closely and selectively with high quality/high priced clients is lucrative in many ways, although you'll have to really develop your personal brand/credentials/recommendation networks well from the onset.. :)

Re: Technorati Favorite Exchange

Maki — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:08:25 -0000

Thanks for participating in the exchange, Venu! Just faved you and linked you up in my post :)

If you haven't faved me yet.. here's the link to do so..
http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.dosh...

Re: Making Money with your Wordpress Blog

Maki — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:51:39 -0000

Thanks for the mention Adam, and you're welcome!

Re: My Favorite Wordpress Plugins - II

Maki — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:00:09 -0000

Great list of plugins, Vinod.. I found some interesting ones I've not seen before :)

Re: Technorati Link Exchange

Maki — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:05:55 -0000

Thanks for participating in the experiment, Vinod!

Re: Speed Linking Slow Linking

Maki — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:50:06 -0000

Hi! Just discovered your excellent blog a few days ago and have been following it through my feed reader daily. Thanks for your thoughts on speedlinking.. I actually do enjoy reading link posts because of their brevity and usefulness. No matter how much I try to read, there always seems to be some super article I've missed or overlooked.

I also agree that adding more unique content or opinion to other the other blogger's post is a great way to add value for your audience. You might also get some new readers from the blog you quoted. :)

Re: Speed Linking Slow Linking

Maki — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:50:06 -0000

Re: Linking Strategy – Link to Feeds

Maki — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:49:58 -0000

Very interesting link strategy which should be pretty effective if the blog in question has strong and impressive content. The feed reader doesn't have a chance to be wowed by aesthetic factors like site design or navigation, which can be a good or bad thing depending on the blog in question.

Looking at my feed just reminded me that I need to get the images properly aligned with the text. :)

Re: Linking Strategy – Link to Feeds

Maki — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:49:58 -0000

Re: Wikipedia NoFollow Plugin? WikiDigg?

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:30:32 -0000

From a micro point of view of an end-user, I actually like browsing or looking at Wikipedia and I don't really mind not using nofollow when linking to them.

However I do understand your reasoning and let me be the first to say that a plugin would be very helpful indeed for some of us who are concerned with Wikipedia's eventual domination of the SERPs.

Re: Wikipedia NoFollow Plugin? WikiDigg?

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:30:32 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:40:53 -0000

I've come to this a little late but I've just added your blog to my technorati favorites. Would have done it anyway without any incentive because it's a pretty damn good read. :)

Re: Technorati Favorites

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:40:53 -0000

I've come to this a little late but I've just added your blog to my technorati favorites. Would have done it anyway without any incentive because it's a pretty damn good read. :)

Re: Exactly Why Nofollow at Wikipedia is bad

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:27:42 -0000

Somehow I can't imagine the scenario occuring for two reasons:

As far as I know, each Wikipedia article about an event or personality contains a link to the official website. Having the link to the author (or scientist's website) may ensure that the specific Wikipedia page must kept up to date with author's official website. Many pages are structured using heavy quotes from the official website, which is seen as a definitive resource.

I'm sure any dedicated journalist would have been taught to 'always go to the source' when writing their news article. It's sorta like college essays, you might interpret the facts wrongly but resources exist for verification.

Wikipedia is also an open-community project: I've seen several pages go through many revamps because of neutrality issues. Many authors edit and argue about a specific page. This helps to somewhat reduce the likelihood of a complete blunder by one individual.

I'm just curious about the actual process of being widely accepted as a legitimate Wikipedia editor. Are there any specific requirements? Or does it result from in-group validation?

Re: Exactly Why Nofollow at Wikipedia is bad

Maki — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:27:42 -0000

Re: 10 Article Killers – Free Article Marketing Ebook

Maki — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:17:56 -0000

Thanks for this .. I've just signed up under your referral, hopefully I'll get to take a look at the Ebook soon. Seems really interesting.

Re: 10 Article Killers – Free Article Marketing Ebook

Maki — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:17:56 -0000

Thanks for this .. I've just signed up under your referral, hopefully I'll get to take a look at the Ebook soon. Seems really interesting.

Re: Join MyBlogLog Community Graphics

Maki — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:20:57 -0000

Hi Andy,

Not sure if you've mentioned this earlier .. but are there any ostensible benefits for having more MyBlogLog users in one's community?

I'm not quite sure I understand why so many bloggers are pushing for more of their readers to join their communities.

Re: Join MyBlogLog Community Graphics

Maki — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:20:57 -0000

Re: Join MyBlogLog Community Graphics

Maki — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:06:45 -0000

Hi Andy,

Just wanted to thank you for your comments. I think I got a better idea of how MyBlogLog communities work. :)

Re: Join MyBlogLog Community Graphics

Maki — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:06:45 -0000

Hi Andy,

Just wanted to thank you for your comments. I think I got a better idea of how MyBlogLog communities work. :)

Re: How to Force People to Read Your Comments Policy

Maki — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:23:51 -0000

I didn't notice anything unusual when I was writing this comment.. I just visited your comment policy and a message indicated that a cookie was set for 60 days.

Was that what I was supposed to see?

Re: How to Force People to Read Your Comments Policy

Maki — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:23:51 -0000

I didn't notice anything unusual when I was writing this comment.. I just visited your comment policy and a message indicated that a cookie was set for 60 days.

Was that what I was supposed to see?

Re: Ultimate List of DoFollow & Nofollow Plugins – Banish Nofollow From Comments and Trackbacks

Maki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:03:57 -0000

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the great list of plugins. I noticed that you nofollowed your blog title link.. any reason why?

Re: Ultimate List of DoFollow & Nofollow Plugins – Banish Nofollow From Comments and Trackbacks

Maki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:03:57 -0000

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the great list of plugins. I noticed that you nofollowed your blog title link.. any reason why?

Re: Google Reader | FeedBurner Stats Show Significant Market Share – Google Reader Now #1?

Maki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:04:56 -0000

TechCrunch's gain is phenomenal, to say the least. I gained around 30% more readers from Google Reader and almost every blog I've visited today seem to have reported similar increases.

Very cool. :)

Re: Google Reader | FeedBurner Stats Show Significant Market Share – Google Reader Now #1?

Maki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:04:56 -0000

TechCrunch's gain is phenomenal, to say the least. I gained around 30% more readers from Google Reader and almost every blog I've visited today seem to have reported similar increases.

Very cool. :)

Re: Shoemoney Nofollow Plugin

Maki — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:10:11 -0000

Whoa .. Andy. Didn't expect to see this coming.. this is probably going to stir up a lot more controversy. :)

I'm pretty ambivalent about the whole Shoemoney issue but I see where you're coming from on this.

Re: Shoemoney Nofollow Plugin

Maki — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:10:11 -0000

Re: Sponsored Reviews Now Live – In Depth Review

Maki — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:54:16 -0000

Thanks for the review Andy, I was thinking of writing one myself but you beat me to it :)

Anyway.. I just signed up for Sponsored Review. One question: How did you get paid $98 for this review when SR has stated that "This advertiser will pay between $5 - $50 for completed reviews."?

Did you just enter $150 in your "Set Your Bid Price" section and submitted it anyway?

Re: Sponsored Reviews Now Live – In Depth Review

Maki — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:54:16 -0000

Re: Sponsored Reviews Now Live – In Depth Review

Maki — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:27:22 -0000

Oh.. so that's what happened... thanks for clarifying. The payout for Sponsored Reviews is definitely attractive, IMO.

Re: Sponsored Reviews Now Live – In Depth Review

Maki — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:27:22 -0000

Oh.. so that's what happened... thanks for clarifying. The payout for Sponsored Reviews is definitely attractive, IMO.

Re: Do People Use Feed Counters to Show Off? Top 10 Ways to A Massive Subscriber List

Maki — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:25:32 -0000

Andy, Thanks for participating. Your answers were insightful as always.

I think interactive memes like this are a great way to have a joint discussion on a specific topic. Hopefully readers from each of the blogs I tagged will intermingle among all of the blogs participating in the meme and some of them might decide to subscribe after reading the specific points stated by each blogger.

Yet another way to a massive subscriber list :)

Re: Do People Use Feed Counters to Show Off? Top 10 Ways to A Massive Subscriber List

Maki — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:25:32 -0000

Re: In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent

Maki — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:09:22 -0000

Andy, in your opinion what factors determine which blogs show up in the "Related Blogs" section when one does a search for a specific keyword phrase?

For example, when I do a search for make money online my blog shows up in the related posts section, alongside several others.

Re: In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent

Maki — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:09:22 -0000

Re: In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent

Maki — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:05:18 -0000

In any case, my blog is no longer listed in the "Related Blogs" section. Looks like they rotate the sites featured..one of the websites currently listed isn't even a blog. :)

Re: In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent

Maki — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:05:18 -0000

In any case, my blog is no longer listed in the "Related Blogs" section. Looks like they rotate the sites featured..one of the websites currently listed isn't even a blog. :)

Re: New Look But a Few Teething Problems

Maki — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:37:15 -0000

I think the previous look felt a bit more spacious.. now most of the content seems to be bunched up on the left side of the screen which makes it kinda squeezy..

It's easier to get to the comments section though..

Re: New Look But a Few Teething Problems

Maki — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:37:15 -0000

Re: Maki From DoshDosh on 10e20 – Reddit – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About It

Maki — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:36:22 -0000

Thanks Andy! It was fun writing for 10e20.. Chris Winfield is a great guy and they have some pretty good articles on their blog.

BTW.. I love how you've placed the social buttons on the right of the post.. great location!

Re: Maki From DoshDosh on 10e20 – Reddit – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About It

Maki — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:36:22 -0000

Re: Blogcatalog Slam Dunks MyBlogLog?

Maki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:05:07 -0000

I've never really liked Blog Catalog.. submitted several fine blogs to them previously but they weren't listed for some reason.

I'll didn't know they started social networking.. probably a good time to check them out again.. thanks, Andy!

Re: Blogcatalog Slam Dunks MyBlogLog?

Maki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:05:07 -0000

Re: Bloggers Choice Awards – Blog Awards Go Social

Maki — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:58:47 -0000

Just tried voting for you Andy, but they seem to be down at the moment .. will probably try again tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I've not been nominated so Blogger's Choice won't be able to bait a link out of Dosh Dosh. :)

It's depressing though, to be the only one left out lol

Re: Bloggers Choice Awards – Blog Awards Go Social

Maki — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:58:47 -0000

Re: The Ultimate Way To Show Reader Appreciation

Maki — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:10:44 -0000

Just testing out comment section. I liked how you placed the trackbacks below the comments. Easy to click through to another blog after placing a comment on the post.

The Ajax edit comments will definitely be something that is pretty helpful. [ Just trying out the Quicktags :) ]

Re: The Ultimate Way To Show Reader Appreciation

Maki — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:10:44 -0000

Re: The Ultimate Way To Show Reader Appreciation

Maki — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:17:02 -0000

I do think so too.. the spam/comment guidelines creates a lot of clutter and can be a little too serious or intimidating. Perhaps moving them to the bottom or just linking to the comment policy will be good ehough.

I do love threaded comments though.. somehow I can't get it to work properly and look nice on Dosh Dosh, which is really a pity because it approves interaction among commenters by a great deal.

Re: The Ultimate Way To Show Reader Appreciation

Maki — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:17:02 -0000

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Maki — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:09:40 -0000

It's an honorable initiative that deserves some exposure but I would rather see a one-day post by all bloggers on the topic of violence/gun control etc.

I understand that public mourning (silence) is meant to promote introspection, empathy as well as respect towards the victim's families but I think collective thought and energy directed towards preventing future incidents is more beneficial.

That's just me I guess :)

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Maki — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:09:40 -0000

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Maki — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:59:36 -0000

I understand what you mean, dan1el. I'm personally not against the One Day of Silence day at all.. Lorelle has written beautifully about this subject, particularly about how silence is collective empathy/remembrance and is not just a passive way of dealing with the incident or the topic of violence.

Collective actions by a large number of participants can effect social change. The U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s is a good example of what happens when groups of people share similar objectives and speak out at the same time. There's power in collective social behavior.

What would happen if everyone blogged about their personal experiences or thoughts on violence in that one day? I'm sure this would have a large impact on numerous blog readers or internet users out there. A permanent post on a blog can lasts for years and the act of sharing or the statement against violence extends indefinitely across the social conscience, at least on the internet.

I totally respect the One day of Silence movement but given an option I would rather have a one day of protest. But like I've said, it's just my pro-active personality and this has always been my way of dealing with stuff like that.

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Maki — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:59:36 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:59:17 -0000

Thanks for the tip, Andy!

The whole Technorati favoritee experiment has actually split into two: One which was the massive reciprocal favoriting over at my post and the other was a link train (started by Gary Lee) which included both favoriting and links.

Things were complicated when most participants on my post started interlinking to other blogs, exactly the same way I did it on my blog... in some way everyone got some link love.

On the other hand, a large amount of the link train participants (100 perhaps?) didn't link back to Dosh Dosh so that the list you've put up doesn't include them as well.

Automation saves time but I don't like it because it seems so detached from interaction. The other bloggers could just import the OPML and likewise be done with it. They don't even need to visit the blogs they favorite (let alone link to it), which is wierd to me.

I prefer if they actually visit or take a look at the blog, which might encourage them to subscribe or become regular readers. Some of the bloggers who visited my blog for the exchange have linked to my other articles just because they were prominently featured in the sidebar. I'm also sure the jump in RSS subscribers isn't a coincidence as well.

I actually think most of the participants on my list are enjoying themselves tremendously.. it's probably the first time on their blogs that they are getting an influx of daily visitors while that one particular exchange post is chalking up large amounts of comments. It's all very exciting for them.. according to the enthusiastic emails I've been getting from so many.

Don't get me wrong. OPML is all nice and such but its kinda cold at the same time, IMO. -)

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:59:17 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:40:15 -0000

I love the idea of build-your-own-aggregators/trackers and like you said Andy, it is a rather prime opportunity for more bloggers to be aware that there is such technology out there.

I still do however think that actual visitor traffic and interaction is most important, even though the ultimate goal (at least for me) was to break in and measure the traffic benefits of the Top 100.

The reason why I didn't put convenient 'Fave this blog' buttons next to each blog link in my post was because I wanted each person to head over and interact with the other blogger. Perhaps appreciate the site design, check out the monetization tactics, do some SEO digging, look at the sidebars, read some other posts etc. The more convenient the process, the less actual interaction is involved. It'll merely become a technical game if you just need one or two clicks to favorite 500 bloggers.

I guess the next step is to encourage all the bloggers to display the Favorites widget which shares posts from their favorites on their blog. I've been doing that since I started the experiment and honestly, it's received a lot of click throughs from me, especially if the headlines were interesting.

I'll mention the Tech faves widget when I make my post on the traffic results next week and I'm sure a lot of the participating bloggers will put it up, which will be all the better for everyone involved.

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:40:15 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:42:56 -0000

Well, Andy.. this lazy method of favoriting seems to have worked for you.. you've jumped up to #61 and are in no danger of being eliminated by other blogs. =)

The Technorati widget seems to be the most universal and user-friendly way for everyone to display posts from other blogs they favorited. You've mentioned RSS style displays for favorites.. did you write anything previously about it?

Maybe a short idiots guide on how to set it up for blogs on all platforms would be very useful. I could link to it next week and at least the various participants reading my blog could have the option of choosing between either the widget or a RSS style setup or whatever alternative options(besides the widget) you think will be good..

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:42:56 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:49:51 -0000

How about "Doshy Faves" or "the Dosh Posse/Crew"? Or something obviously a little more democratic .. :-)

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:49:51 -0000

How about "Doshy Faves" or "the Dosh Posse/Crew"? Or something obviously a little more democratic .. :-)

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:18:07 -0000

Yup.. Andy's technique does work! But Vlad, if you have the time, please do try to visit the blogs that favorite you, like check them out and say hi or something .. I'm sure they'll appreciate it :)

I've imported Andy, Gary, Garry and some other participating members' OPML in order to make sure that I don't miss out anyone.. I haven't seen any great increases in my number of faves though... maybe in time to come.

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:18:07 -0000

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:27:10 -0000

Vlad,

The only way I can think of is to get their Technorati username and plug it in.

For example, here's mine:
http://feeds.technorati.com/faves/kawaiikuma?fo...

Repace 'kawaiikuma' with the username of the person who favorited your blog and you're done!

Re: Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

Maki — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:27:10 -0000

Re: Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals

Maki — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:59:19 -0000

Paul,

Are you referring to trackbacks on Dosh Dosh or are you referring to links? All the links in my post are NOT nofollowed. They do pass Google juice to everyone who has linked to me.

If you've read my post, you would know that I did not institute any rule that bloggers participating in my experiment should practice interlinking. Nor did I encourage that.

The idea was based on a reciprocal relationship between me and the readers of my blog. It wasn't even really a meme.

The massive interlinking you've seen was initiated by the bloggers involved on their own accord and I believe it was rather generous of them to do so.

Re: Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals

Maki — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:59:19 -0000

Re: Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals

Maki — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:24:04 -0000

Thanks for the explanation, Paul.

Some clarification here: By 'interlinking', I am referring links between blogs participating in the experiment. Not referring to links between myself and the blogger who is participating in the exchange.

As you've probably noticed, many bloggers have started linking to other bloggers participating in the exchange, probably motivated by my practice in the post itself. This accounts for the increase in backlinks for most blogs participating in the exchange.

I did suggest that blogs could link to me to get a link back, but what I meant to say in my original comment is that if other bloggers want to participate in the exchange, they are not required to link to one another.

Thanks for subscribing to Dosh Dosh :)

Re: Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals

Maki — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:24:04 -0000

Re: Results: Top Wordpress Plugins (April 2007)

Maki — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:52:51 -0000

I was too busy and forgot to vote this round (sorry, Andy!) but I would definitely have gone for SEO Title Tag ... I love that Wordpress plugin so much.. :)

Re: Results: Top Wordpress Plugins (April 2007)

Maki — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:52:51 -0000

I was too busy and forgot to vote this round (sorry, Andy!) but I would definitely have gone for SEO Title Tag ... I love that Wordpress plugin so much.. :)

Re: StumbleUpon Quintuplet From The King Of Blogging Gobshites

Maki — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:08:28 -0000

Thanks for the mention, Andy!

I've signed up Pop Stumbler and am looking forward to trying it out. The signup process was terribly inconvenient and I wish they didn't bundle it alongside an opt-in newsletter although it'll be in their benefit to tap the StumbleUpon crowd.

I've read Tim's article, which does offer some useful information. He mentioned that StumbleUpon audiences are more likely to bookmark an article on Del.icio.us than Digg users, if I remember correctly..

Actually I think the reverse might be true. I'm a Stumble User and I rarely bookmark stuff on Del.icio.us because StumbleUpon itself is a bookmarking system, although it might not be as coherent or usable as Del.icio.us.

To me, Digg is the penultimate social media Midas. Frontpage items are always almost guaranteed heavy bookmarks, traffic, stumbles and most importantly.. links.

Re: StumbleUpon Quintuplet From The King Of Blogging Gobshites

Maki — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:08:28 -0000

Re: How To Launch a NSFW Site On Mainstream Video Sites

Maki — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:23:37 -0000

I liked the video. I'm sure Good Magazine would have gotten a lot more traffic if their URL was written on the woman's body instead of being placed as an afternote.

I was one of those who typed in her URL instead of Good Magazine's for some reason.. damn masculine reflex. ^-^

Re: How To Launch a NSFW Site On Mainstream Video Sites

Maki — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:23:37 -0000

Re: Converting Visitors Into Subscribers

Maki — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:28:02 -0000

I think this new design might appeal to most people because its feels more in-your-face. The large size makes it feel a little tacky but they'll probably do their job well enough.

All my feed subscription options are at the extreme right and I've left it there because the heat map tests I've done seem to indicate that they receive adequate attention, although not as much as the graphics I use within each post.

I really need to start flaunting my feed count as well. :)

Re: Converting Visitors Into Subscribers

Maki — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:28:02 -0000

Re: Adage Power 150

Maki — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:34:47 -0000

Andy, how was your blog included in the Top 150 list?

I would have loved for Dosh Dosh to be included in some way.. it isn't focused on advertising or search marketing but I do have a fair bit of social media marketing and basic internet marketing/blog-based marketing articles. Hmmmm.. ^_^

Re: Adage Power 150

Maki — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:34:47 -0000

Re: Why Blogs Suck

Maki — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:23:03 -0000

Great post, Andy.

I don't see the correlation between lead acquisition as universal. Perhaps it is only limited to the meta-blogging or marketing or business niche. The number of subscribers you have definitely do not determine the repeat visitors, money or social news prominence for all types of blogs.

Let's take a few examples.

Celebrity blogs are traditionally weak when it comes to subscriber figures. Yet their repeat traffic dwarfs sites like Problogger, which may have a lot more subscribers. If you want to talk about income, they make more money too.

Social news prominence isn't really about subscribers too. If you are talking about Digg, Reddit or StumbleUpon (i.e. the social sites that matter) its mostly the same people submitting the same websites. How many times have you seen people like mklopez submit stuff from Download Squad and Lifehacker? Hundreds.

RSS subscribership has also nothing to do with SU traffic, particularly when it comes to humor sites. And then we'll have to take into account how big blogs go into cruise control once they reach a certain level of popularity. Social aggregators like Tailrank, Megite and Techmeme pounce and promote their material consistently.

If you are offering totally free content of high quality, you should expect a much higher subscription rate unless your conversion of traffic into subscribers totally sucks, and lets be honest, mine currently does, and there is a high chance your's does as well.

I would only say that content quality is highly subjective. What you see is top quality stuff might be infinitely boring or incomprehensible to others (not that I'm saying it is).

We know you can get more traffic or attention by writing specifically for a certain crowd. As you've mentioned before in an earlier article, you could possibly have gotten a higher subscription rate if you wrote for a wider audience instead of those interested in technical and detailed analysis on specific topics, although that is truly your selling point. :)

I like the idea of treating the entire blog as a huge proposition, to build a list of supporters but then again... its not entirely necessary for the factors you've listed (income, repeat traffic and social media traffic).

Re: Why Blogs Suck

Maki — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:23:03 -0000

If you are offering totally free content of high quality, you should expect a much higher subscription rate unless your conversion of traffic into subscribers totally sucks, and lets be honest, mine currently does, and there is a high chance your's does as well.

Re: Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:42:37 -0000

A little offtopic rant: What was very annoying to me was that I didn't sign up for Widget Bucks and yet my email is somehow placed on their mailing list. I didn't opt-in or agree to any newsletter/notification and I'm getting the emails sent to their publishers.

I had to opt-out a few hours ago and hmmmm... that definitely didn't score any points with me.

Re: Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:42:37 -0000

Re: Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:24:34 -0000

I know its a JV thing but its just done in a completely wrong way. First of all, I didn't agree to any JV, but was simply emailed an account and some generic email template sent out to probably a dozen other bloggers.

I ain't complaining too loudly. I could have written a nasty blog post about it but I didn't.

I wouldn't have minded writing about WidgetBucks when it was launched but seriously, put some effort in pre-selling or pitching me.

Re: Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:24:34 -0000

Re: BlogRoll Circle Jerk? – If You Encourage Junk Comments That Is What You Get

Maki — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:37:25 -0000

Liz has a real charm to her and is a top-notch conversationalist. The comments on her blog reflect her commitment to her readers and a two way dialog.

It'll be interesting to compare her model with Perez Hilton or entertainment sites in general. 600 comments is sweet but tiny compared to a single one word blog post by Perez which received 7217 comments. They are left by real people who don't want anything from his site (traffic/links).

Are they still junk? Maybe.

Celebrity blogs are a riot.. I don't think I've ever seen a celeb blogger actually leave a comment as a response to their readers.

Re: BlogRoll Circle Jerk? – If You Encourage Junk Comments That Is What You Get

Maki — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:37:25 -0000

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:36:43 -0000

And I recently started a series of articles on Social Media Marketing, which could use some attention too..since it ain't getting on Digg anytime soon. :)

Good links, all of them. I liked Mu's article a lot.

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:36:43 -0000

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:13:25 -0000

Hehe. Thanks Andy for the mention.

One question.. do you need to link to the Techmeme story to be connected to the original story (Mu's article)?

I know you can get included on the frontpage when Techmeme regulars link to your article.. just not sure what you need to do if you are not on the frontpage because of being linked-to but want to be counted as a related-story...

Should you link to the story on the frontpage and the Techmeme blurb?

Re: Social Media Playbook

Maki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:13:25 -0000

Re: Dear Digg – Please Ban My Site

Maki — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:38:12 -0000

Digg has flat out denied the existence of auto-bury in the recent Townhall meeting although I still see instances of it happening to many sites. Should we give them the benefit of the doubt and keep trying? It's hard to say. On the other hand, what evidence can we muster against them to confirm that hidden penalties exist?

Whatever evidence we have will not be definitive because their system is set up in a way whereby buries are not transparent. I.E Hidden factors can influence the visibility of stories. It's very easy for Digg to suggest that the story was buried by users, and indeed that's usually the response I get when I email Digg.

I'm irritated that my site is on the list as well although I don't really care too much about it. I don't think its a waste of time that people are voting and submitting your stuff...not every article has the opportunity to reach the frontpage although in the process of getting buried, you may get a few visitors in return.

Is that worth it? Maybe.

Re: Dear Digg – Please Ban My Site

Maki — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:38:12 -0000

Re: The Z list

Maki — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:26:34 -0000

Thanks for spreading the Z List!

Re: Do Kontera Ads Bother You?

Maki — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:25:48 -0000

I've recently set up Kontera on my blog and the earnings weren't that impressive. I'll probably leave it on for a while more so I can monitor the results and reach a decision.

I totally agree that they can go overboard with the number of ads. Way too many in a single post for me, sometimes.

Re: The Secret Of Getting “Ripped Off” on Oprah Show?

Maki — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:03:36 -0000

Did you get the review from Sponsored Reviews.com?

The same advertiser asked me for a review and I declined it as well... :)

Re: Technorati Favorites Race. I Am Not That Far Behind.

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:51:21 -0000

Hi Vlad!

Thanks for participating in the experiment. And I do agree that getting in early is important.

Just linked you up on my blog. Hope this will send some visitors to yours :)

Re: Technorati Favorite Exchange Day X: Appearing and Disappearing

Maki — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:20:17 -0000

Congrats on breaking into the Top 100, Vlad. It does feel good in someway, doesn't it? :)

Getting to be number one for Dosh Dosh might be a little difficult but it is a possibility. I do also agree that the entire Top 100 will be massively restructured.

Hopefully we'll see everyone in the experiment on the list, that would certainly be a sight to behold. :)

Re: My Ego Is Satisfied

Maki — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:08:42 -0000

Nice, Vlad!

I see you've usurped the place of NoFollow Grandmaster Matt Cutts..your training in DoFollow jiujutsu has indeed gone well :)

Re: Matt Cutts Last Day On Technorati Most Favorited Blogs?

Maki — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:22:52 -0000

Dugg!

I'm not sure Matt really cares but lets see.. :)

Re: Do Kontera Ads Bother You?

Maki — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:25:48 -0000

Re: The Secret Of Getting “Ripped Off” on Oprah Show?

Maki — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:03:36 -0000

Did you get the review from Sponsored Reviews.com?

The same advertiser asked me for a review and I declined it as well... :)

Re: Technorati Favorites Race. I Am Not That Far Behind.

Maki — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:51:21 -0000

Hi Vlad!

Thanks for participating in the experiment. And I do agree that getting in early is important.

Just linked you up on my blog. Hope this will send some visitors to yours :)

Re: Technorati Favorite Exchange Day X: Appearing and Disappearing

Maki — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:20:17 -0000

Re: My Ego Is Satisfied

Maki — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:08:42 -0000

Nice, Vlad!

I see you've usurped the place of NoFollow Grandmaster Matt Cutts..your training in DoFollow jiujutsu has indeed gone well :)

Re: Matt Cutts Last Day On Technorati Most Favorited Blogs?

Maki — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:22:52 -0000

Dugg!

I'm not sure Matt really cares but lets see.. :)

Re: How To Manipulate The Media & Get Free Publicity With Creative Marketing Ideas

Maki — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:38:03 -0000

Impressive work, Jim. :)

I've worked in PR before and yes, journalists love it when local citizens take things into their own hands, especially when it concerns a topic that is dear to the hearts of many.

Re: Five Reasons Why You Might Not Want to be a Top Stumbler

Maki — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:52:19 -0000

Interesting site... this is the first time I've come across it. The whole StumbleUpon top stumblers list is obviously hand-edited and I don't see any point to it. The whole thing is a carrot created to be dangled in front of stumblers, encouraging them to use the service...so eBay and possibly sell more sponsored stumbles (cynical but hey). :)

I wrote a similar post:
http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-become-a-top-stu...

Re: What Should You Trust?

Maki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:36:43 -0000

I think instincts are usually self-serving and are great for business decisions. Life decisions? Maybe not.

My instincts are always wrong when it comes to relationships. :)

Re: Join the Twitter Ranks

Maki — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:18:11 -0000

I love Twitter. I think it's a great way to personalize your website even further. Very good when you want your readers to be comfortable with you.

Re: 10 Things To Do After You Launch Your Blog

Maki — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:01:32 -0000

Nice post, Ben!

I think you could throw in the Top Commenters plugin to encourage comments.. and the Bumpzee widget for internet or affiliate marketers.

Re: Give Out Some Link Love and Remove NoFollow

Maki — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:21:28 -0000

Thanks Ben, for turning off NoFollow and sharing the link love!

Found the branding through comments article to be very interesting indeed.. I'm gonna write something about it on my blog :)

Re: You Don’t Have To Play With Yourself Anymore

Maki — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:00:29 -0000

Killer headline was my first thought as well .. I actually read the full post.. :)

Ben, are you using a WP plugin for the "Find What You're Looking For: You came here from www.google.com searching for..." notification?

Re: You Don’t Have To Play With Yourself Anymore

Maki — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:57:36 -0000

Yup.. the recommendations were blank. This is what I got.

"These posts might be of interest:

* No related posts"

The plugin looks very promising indeed. I've always been interested trying it out but didn't set it up because it seemed rather complicated.. or I'm just lazy.. :)

It's somewhat similar to the More Money Plugin I think.

Re: My Technorati Favorites Exchange Program

Maki — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:40:30 -0000

Thanks for participating in the exchange, Gaurav.. I just linked you up on my blog :)

Re: 2007/02/15/imeem/

Maki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:36:40 -0000

Imeem reminds me of Guba.. it doesn't really appeal to me at the moment. The blogs section on Imeem look pretty spammy and messy.

Re: 2007/02/16/google-reader-starts-counting/

Maki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:03:03 -0000

Awesome news to say the least. I've been waiting for Google to report statistics for a long time. :)

Re: Dell Rips Off Digg - Another Diggstorm in the Making

Maki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:40:38 -0000

Good controversial linkbait title you've got there, Pete. Don't think Dell really ripped them off but now you've got the fanboys firing on all cylinders..

Re: 2007/02/18/artslant/

Maki — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:01:15 -0000

I think it does look a little messy. I like the tag cloud for each section and ArtSlant reminds me a little of Upcoming.org

Re: 2007/02/18/you-got-comments-debuts-comment-tracking-for-myspace/

Maki — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:01:31 -0000

This seems interesting and I might be using it. I'm not sure about this but does anyone know if Co.comment works for MySpace?

Re: 2007/02/18/homeandtell-audiozue-wengomeeting-gamegum-youtube-sf-photobucket-remixed-sportsvite-sparkleroad-designrelated/

Maki — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:03:57 -0000

Just went through all the of startups on my feed reader.. I think Wengo Meeting, Game Gum and Design:Related are worth checking out.. the other companies didn't seem that extraordinary to me.

Re: 2007/03/11/youtube-blocked-inthailand/

Maki — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:54:42 -0000

I say .. Malaysia!

Re: 2007/04/30/technorati-favorites/

Maki — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:07:04 -0000

Yay! I saved a puppy from dying.. :)

Seriously, Mashable rocks..

Re: 2007/07/21/greasemonkey-stumbleupon/

Maki — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:30:09 -0000

Ok, this is awesome. Thanks Pete!

Re: Traffic Method #239 - Share.

Maki — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:06:11 -0000

Sharing traffic is something I definitely need to work on... great article, Tinu.

I've submitted it to Sphinn....so other people can read it too. :)

http://sphinn.com/story/4133

Cheers.

Re: The Ultimate Blogger’s Toolbox - More than 80 links to tools and resources to help improve your blogging experience

Maki — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:57:05 -0000

Jessica Alba? Yummy. Didn't know the anime images bothered you so much, Lincoln :)

BTW, nice collection. Stumbled ^_^

Re: What triggers you to donate?

Maki — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:35:03 -0000

I usually donate if I can trust that the money is going to the stated goal. I usually donate to larger charity organizations but I'll also donate to people who I find that I can trust, either through the way they behave and the integrity that have shown.

If they've helped me out by providing me information that I've enjoyed and used, I usually won't hesitate to donate.

It'll also help a great deal if the cause was a good one. :)

Re: 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write

Maki — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:47:05 -0000

This is an interesting idea sharing concept... I already see a few I could easily write about.. thanks Chris! :)

Re: Have Doubts About Making Money Online As A Niche Authority Or Super Affiliate?

Maki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:00:59 -0000

I think $10,000 a day is just absolutely insane. Really shows you how powerful the internet is when it comes to making some serious money.

Re: Google’s Search Results Defined Anna Nicole Smith’s Reputation?

Maki — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:24:10 -0000

Media molds and defines perception. The internet is currently the world's biggest free media and I guess no wonder that social figures and roles are reshaped by search engine results..

Re: Testing New Plugin to Reward Top Commentators

Maki — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:57:18 -0000

There's an element of competitiveness involved in using the Top Commenters plugin which can be fun or irritating.

I would love to be a top commenter of the month, but somehow I guess I do feel a little pressure (motivation?) to comment on every post that now appears on Marketing Pilgrim.

Discomforting? Not really. Fun? A little. :)

Allenation.com recently had a short discussion about this and Allen suggested that the plugin was a comment-incentive which made commenters comment out of their own beneficial interest, instead of adding to the conversation.

I don't entirely agree with him but I feel what he means.

Re: Testing New Plugin to Reward Top Commentators

Maki — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:25:55 -0000

I've been getting a lot of updates since I subscribed to the comments for this post. Looks like it's working! :)

Anyway, I thought about it and agree with Andy Beard that NoFollow might be better instead of Top Commenters.

Why? Everyone gets a benefit not just the zealous commenters. Someone might write an excellent comment that sheds tremendous light on an issue but write much less or nothing on other posts.

You know, the usually silent but very deadly type of commenter?

Of course, if you choose to run both No Follow and Top Commenters..you'll have the best damn blog in the world. :)

Re: Our "Not-Made-For-Digg" Pledge

Maki — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:14:50 -0000

I actually don't mind reading Made-For-Digg posts if they are funny and well-written.

But I do appreciate your gesture of focusing on quality content instead of purely digg-friendly stuff.

Re: Google’s Lasnik Wishes "NoFollow Didn’t Exist"

Maki — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:11:10 -0000

Thanks for the tip.. now I know what to avoid when I start buying links. :)

Re: Blogs That Probably Aren’t in Your Reader But Should Be

Maki — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:05:15 -0000

Didn't hear of OneBox... thanks!

I love Blue Hat SEO. :)

Re: SponsoredReviews Enters Paid Blogging Arena

Maki — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:35:58 -0000

I think Andy Beard's great review style and personal ethics is an exception to the rule when it comes to paid posts.

I've read a thousand other blogs with crappy reviews and its apparent that they are just posting the designated links and anchor text in order to get paid.

As an advertiser, I think you really need to pick the right blogs and writers. And of course, like everything else.. the more you pay, the more likely you are to get quality work in return.

Re: A Free Nintendo Wii for One Lucky Marketing Pilgrim Fan!

Maki — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:38:16 -0000

I bit. I just faved Marketing Pilgrim.. don't know why I didn't do it earlier, but this is a pretty good incentive/reminder to do it :)

Re: PR 8 Links from Google.com Only $1,995

Maki — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:14:11 -0000

It would be nice to get a link from the Big Daddy, even though its amongst 565 links.

Thanks for the tip, Scott.

Re: 200+ Internet Marketing Gurus on Twitter

Maki — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:00:51 -0000

Here's mine: http://twitter.com/doshdosh

Re: Feel Like Making Link Love

Maki — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:17:17 -0000

This comes a little late.. but thanks for the mention, Michel !

I really had no idea you actually read my blog. :)

Re: Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Maki — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:42:31 -0000

I think you're exaggerating the competitiveness involved. Sure, I like to get Digg frontpages because it helps to spread an important message I believe in but that's not my no. 1 priority.

And I do know other Top 100 users who continue to submit whatever the hell they like even if it has a slim chance of hitting the frontpage.

I have also seen many Top 100 users shouting and supporting the stories of their friends, why would they do that if they were truly as competitive as you claim? Because competition is not as pathological as you think.

How you use social media depends on your frame of mind. If you are just in it to boost your ego, you'll look for ways to feed that even if there isn't a user-ranking list.

The kind of digg user you portray in your article is not the norm. And why not talk about people who thoroughly enjoy and love the competitiveness of digg?

Why spoil the party for them?

Re: Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Maki — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:14 -0000

btw, I NEVER suggested that there wasn't a huge element of competition involved. Read my comment and you'll know that I'm saying that it's there but you're exaggerating it by suggesting that it affects all digg users.

It doesn't, not at all.

I happen to be one of those users who enjoy the competitive atmosphere. I have never denied that. But I always look out for and support content that I like by sharing it.

Competition and enjoying/using Digg is not mutually exclusive.

Re: The Z-list: Are You On It Yet?

Maki — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:13:23 -0000

Thanks for spreading the Z List, Everton!

It's really becoming a monster. I'm getting new incoming links every hour and I just love discovering so many new and great blogs .. :)

Re: Full Feed Or Partial Feed? What’s Your Flavour?

Maki — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:25:53 -0000

I remember Robert Scoble mentioning that people are more likely to link to a post if the blog in question was running full feeds. If your strong content is in the middle and end, full feeds will definitely be a great way to promote your post.

Some of my posts start slow but pickup with more heavy stuff so I like running full feeds. Don't want some readers to not click through just because the opening paragraphs or titles were not entirely interesting.

I think it also depends on your monetization goals. If you're heavily relying on contextual ads, you'll need readers on the blog, hence partial feeds will have to do.

If you're focusing on link selling, affiliate marketing and private advertising, I think it's more useful to run full feeds in the long run.

Re: Full Feed Or Partial Feed? What’s Your Flavour?

Maki — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:20:49 -0000

In my opinion your starting a post slow approach is bad as you only have a few seconds to get a busy and fickle readerâ€™s attention

I totally understand that.. but what I meant about starting slow is that it presents a summary but doesn't go into detail on some of the finer points, which might be more relevant and interesting for readers.

That's probably one of the weaknesses for partial feeds. You can milk an short summary but there's only so much you can include. Sometimes, it's a specific hook within the body of the post that really grabs the user's attention and makes her go, 'I want to blog something about that!'.

If you only rely your titles and opening paragraphs, you're giving them an either /or option. Either click through and read more or just forget about the whole post. Sometimes readers are undecided and giving them more juicy content leads to greater clickthrough and link potential.

Partial feeds have only one shot with the summary. If it doesn't work, you've just lost an incoming link and reader for a specific post.

I personally seldom visit other blogs to read posts, because I do it all in the feed reader. Like many others, partial feeds can be very irritating because it's inefficient from the perspective of a feed reader. :)

Re: Success – I’ve Broken 1,000 Feed Subscribers!

Maki — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:54:00 -0000

That's awesome, Everton! Your feedburner count chicklet looks really hot. And I think you deserve all of it.

Ah, if only I get to break the 1000 mark! That'll really put a smile on my face :)

Re: Success – I’ve Broken 1,000 Feed Subscribers!

Maki — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:41:46 -0000

Lol. I have 239 at the moment.. wasn't going to put up the feed count until I reached 500 but that might take some time.

I usually see a lot of people clicking on my bigass Feed icon everyday but oddly the feed count doesn't increase much. Oh well.

Re: What Features Would You Like Me To Add To/Remove From The Blog?

Maki — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:17:01 -0000

I've noticed that you recently turned on full feeds... awesome!

I think the avatars with comments thingy makes your sidebar looks a little too cluttered.

There's a top post plugin I think, not sure if you've seen it.
http://www.macalua.com/2007/02/01/top-posts-by-...

Also .. the links you under the Useful Links section. Did your sponsors specify sitewide links?

Re: What Features Would You Like Me To Add To/Remove From The Blog?

Maki — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:53:13 -0000

I was asking about the links because if they didn't specify sitewide, you could probably limit them to the homepage only and save some space. I don't know why they chose sitewide anyway. It's not really recommended for SERPs and PR.

Oh ok .. I guess the plugin doesn't work that well. Just wondering, do you actually get people clicking on the square adsense ads you put at the beginning of every post?

Another thing. I'm not getting any notifications via email when there are followup comments. Nothing in my spam folder too.

BTW, just featured your Typo XP Reloaded template on my most recent post. :)

Re: What Features Would You Like Me To Add To/Remove From The Blog?

Maki — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:08:53 -0000

Ah.. the benefits of a high trafficked blog. I'm envious, as usual. :)

lol, yes. That unit accounts for 80% of my adsense revenue which in turn is 70% of my total income, so it does pretty well!

Awesome. I guess you'll have to keep those ads up there then. I've been meaning to try them myself but I don't really like the way they kick out my cute little anime images. Oh well.

The comment notification works now, by the way.

Re: What Features Would You Like Me To Add To/Remove From The Blog?

Maki — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:23:08 -0000

Right .. they don't align well on my feeds. Should have done something earlier but I'm just procrastinating I guess. They look OK on the blog though.

Do you (or Ajay) know a fix for this?

Re: UK Media War Takes A New Turn

Maki — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:56:15 -0000

Everton,

Was always wondering .. what do people generally think of Virgin Media in the UK?

Over here in Toronto, most of us usually have a good impression of the Virgin brand because they seem kinda fun and hip.

Re: MYBlogEarnings For February 2007

Maki — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:11:29 -0000

Everton,

Thanks for the awesome report.. it's pretty inspiring, to say the least!

I've always suspected that you're earning a ton from Adsense. :)

Re: Sponsor My TypXP Reloaded WordPress Theme

Maki — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:11:51 -0000

Good to see you have it up on DP. I think some of them might be a little confused about the whole process. I think it's the first time any theme designer has sold sponsored links on a monthly basis, not to mention on a rotating 50% scheme. :)

Re: Connected Internet Is Two Years Old!

Maki — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:50:21 -0000

Ah.. still wet behind the ears then eh, Everton?

Look at you now: a savvy problogger that's raking in the dough.. Darren should be proud. :)

Congrats.

Re: Translators Wanted For Connected Internet

Maki — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:33:09 -0000

Manual translation seems like a great idea, Everton.. I could do Japanese, Chinese and French but translation is really, really boring to me and I don't have the time so I haven't even bothered to do it for Dosh Dosh.

Hope you find a great translator :)

Any updates on how removing the translation plugin has affected/not affected your SERPs ranks?

Re: MYBlogEarnings For March 2007

Maki — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:57:47 -0000

Very impressive, Everton .. Congrats! :)

Re: Congratulations Daniel On Becoming A Full-Time Blogger

Maki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:09:34 -0000

Ah.. Daniel's success is pretty inspiring for me and everyone else. He's kinda like a mini-me version of Darren Rowse (at least for now).. :)

Re: How To Get On The Reddit Homepage

Maki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:25:01 -0000

I actually prefer using Reddit over Digg but not everyone will take to it easily.

If you're starting out in Reddit, remember to submit as much as possible because it build up your editorial karma/power. Gaming it will be relatively easy if you have a large number of active Reddit users as your friends.

Re: Ashley Qualls – 17 Year Old Dot Com Millionaire

Maki — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:41:49 -0000

Thanks for the mention, Everton. You might want to note that Ashley doesn't sell MySpace themes... she gives them all away for free and includes detailed tutorials on customization as well. :)

Re: Cool Tools & Articles About: Wikipedia, Link Love, Site Popularity, Social Search Engines

Maki — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:11:12 -0000

Thanks for the mention, Josh. Just grabbed your feed :)

Re: The Proliferation of Blogs About Nothing aka The Vicious Cycle of Blogs About Making Money Online

Maki — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:05:28 -0000

"The purpose of these sites is to push affiliate programs and ad networks without offering anything concrete to anyone..."

I do agree with this part. I find that most 'make money online' blogs focus too much on just promoting advertising programs and far too little on long-term site building strategies.

The range of topics they cover is rather limited as well and only feature a cursory look at a topic in order to give them yet another opportunity to spit out a referral link.

Nothing really wrong with doing that, but I personally don't read blogs like that, nor do I find them helpful in any way.

Re: 10e20 Blog Update – Tamar Weinberg

Maki — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:16:57 -0000

I've enjoyed reading Tamar's posts on 10e20.. all the best for the new stint at Search Engine Roundtable!

Re: Reddit – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About It

Maki — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:53:15 -0000

Michael.. try getting one or two friends to vote for your article to see if it shows up on the New page. If it still doesn't show up, I would suggest sending Reddit an email to ask why.

In the long run, it'll be good if you could add more Reddit users as your friends and do some networking so people will naturally feel inclined to vote for your stories.

Re: Alexa and Technorati Trade

Maki — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:19:17 -0000

Hi Gary,

Just favorited you. Click to Fave me

You might also want to know that there's a massive Technorati faves exchange going on over at my problem. Perhaps you'll like to participate there as well?

Here's the link:
Dosh DoshÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange: An Interactive Experiment

Thanks!

Re: Technorati Rank For GarryConn.com

Maki — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:04:10 -0000

Already favorited you a while but haven't gotten faved back yet. :)

BTW.. not sure if you've read this but Andy Beard has a good article about How a PageRank can Kill Your BlogRoll

Re: Ultimate Technorati Faves Exchange

Maki — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:40:13 -0000

Thanks for participating in the Technorati Faves exchange experiment, Garry! :)

Re: Technorati Most Faved List

Maki — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:51:58 -0000

<img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="22" src="http://garryconn.com/images/windowslivewriterreportcheating-b05bwarning6.jpg" width="25" align="left" border="0"> Check To See If I Added You | Ask Garry To Remind Me

Re: New Site Design

Maki — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:37:31 -0000

I like the new design, Garry. Less cluttered, IMO... which is always good :)

Re: Alexa and Technorati Trade

Maki — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:19:17 -0000

Re: Technorati Rank For GarryConn.com

Maki — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:04:10 -0000

Already favorited you a while but haven't gotten faved back yet. :)

BTW.. not sure if you've read this but Andy Beard has a good article about How a PageRank can Kill Your BlogRoll

Re: Ultimate Technorati Faves Exchange

Maki — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:40:13 -0000

Thanks for participating in the Technorati Faves exchange experiment, Garry! :)

Re: Technorati Most Faved List

Maki — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:51:58 -0000

Re: New Site Design

Maki — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:37:31 -0000

I like the new design, Garry. Less cluttered, IMO... which is always good :)