Two years back when I was starting a blog I had no expectations set. I started to write (mainly in my Tamil Blog) just because everyone else is doing so. With time, I learned that I need to put more effort and time to become a successful Blogger.
As of now
- Feed Count: 110
- Daily Unique Hit: 800
- Daily Hit: 1000
- Ad sense Revenue/Day: $2
- Alexa Rank: 236,188
Mistakes that I did (Still do) in my blog is, I don’t allocate much time for blog as I’m working full time in another company.
Blog readers expect you to write quality articles, at least 4 – 5 per week, but in my case sometimes I won’t get to write even a single article in a week.
Another mistake I’ve done is, keeping the blog in sub-domain. For about one and half year I had my blog in a sub domain. Once I moved the blog to root, traffic started to crash 😀
I think Search Engines also taking root more seriously than the sub-domains.
New Year will start in 15 days. I don’t want to make the same mistake that I did in my blog in 2008 and here in this blog I’m setting expectations for 2009.
In the end of 2009, my blog will
- Feed Count: 1000
- Daily Unique Hit: 4000
- Daily Hit: 6000
- Ad sense Revenue/Day: $10
- Create a Good Community around the Blog
- Alexa Rank should be Below 80,000
We’ll again meet with another post in 2009 for review.
PS: This post is part of a Group Project Initiated by Daily Blog Tips
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ravishankar says
mayu, my wishes 2 reach ur goal.
if i have more proof that search engines favour the root domain, i gotta worry too 🙂
to build a community and reach ur goals, i strongly suggest u focus on some topics of global interest and move things of personal interest to another blog.
for example, a blog post on vaaranam aayiram could alienate non-tamil readers.
good luck
Mayooresan says
@Ravi
Thankz a lot !
Even Daniel at DailyBlogTips.com also recommends to have the blog on root. 😀
I’m now mostly focused on Sri Lankan users and Tech related articles. Can’t help some movies stuffs are coming in between 😀
Can’t think of a new blog as I don’t have enough time these dayz!
MJ says
Wish you all the success in year 2009..
Mayooresan says
@MJ
Thankz a lot
ravishankar says
Thanks for the tip mayu. Taking your advice i have started a new blog at http://ravidreams.net you have certainly inspired me to be a better blogger in many ways!
Mayooresan says
@Ravi
Awesome!!! Hope to see more and more posts from you. Count on me, you gonna crash down with traffic 🙂