I don't know if Milenyo had anything to do with the fact that rankings on Pinoy Top Blogs (PTB) were reset a few days earlier than usual, but since the hit-counter was suspended anyway (I'm not sure why), there won't be any commentary on Unique Hits (UH) and This Month's Hits (TMH) for last month.
Instead, I'll focus on how blogs that shot up on PTB on the basis of one post last August have fared versus newcomers to the September Top 50 (some of whom seem to be SEO magicians). Traffic for basang panaginip, for instance, has fallen to a level where Rickey can already change his "Oh no! This pesky wet dream is catching up again. Where art thou Le Superstar Fabuleux?" slogan to something else. And Raincontreras.com has dropped out of the PTB 50 altogether.
Meanwhile, Mukamo, SELaplana, Pinoy BSN and Our Awesome Planet have moved up. Of the four, the first three joined PTB only last month, while the fourth has been part of PTB since last year. What do they have that others don't? An active forum, e-marketing experience, and a chatroom for the first three (not to mention search-engine-friendly posts), and authentic passion for blogging and great photos for the fourth.
If you don't even know what SEO is, it may not make sense to imitate the first three, but if you just keep on blogging about what you really love, you'll eventually find your audience. Or you can blog about what you love and then start learning what you can do to attract an audience. That's what I did with this blog and "Talumpati." I thought the hits would stop coming after Buwan ng Wika, but it looks like the need for speeches in Filipino is still going strong even though I'm not blogging as much as before.
The following are the raw data as of 26 September 2006:
Instead, I'll focus on how blogs that shot up on PTB on the basis of one post last August have fared versus newcomers to the September Top 50 (some of whom seem to be SEO magicians). Traffic for basang panaginip, for instance, has fallen to a level where Rickey can already change his "Oh no! This pesky wet dream is catching up again. Where art thou Le Superstar Fabuleux?" slogan to something else. And Raincontreras.com has dropped out of the PTB 50 altogether.
Meanwhile, Mukamo, SELaplana, Pinoy BSN and Our Awesome Planet have moved up. Of the four, the first three joined PTB only last month, while the fourth has been part of PTB since last year. What do they have that others don't? An active forum, e-marketing experience, and a chatroom for the first three (not to mention search-engine-friendly posts), and authentic passion for blogging and great photos for the fourth.
If you don't even know what SEO is, it may not make sense to imitate the first three, but if you just keep on blogging about what you really love, you'll eventually find your audience. Or you can blog about what you love and then start learning what you can do to attract an audience. That's what I did with this blog and "Talumpati." I thought the hits would stop coming after Buwan ng Wika, but it looks like the need for speeches in Filipino is still going strong even though I'm not blogging as much as before.
The following are the raw data as of 26 September 2006:
| AU 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 - 9 11 10 8 19 23 12 15 13 16 - 14 - 17 34 28 - 20 18 26 24 21 29 31 27 35 32 41 - 45 - 33 37 38 40 39 46 42 25 - 47 48 | SE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 | NAME OF BLOG Rickey Bryanboy: Le Superstar Fabuleux Motorcycle Philippines Basang Panaginip Pinoy Cook laurganism.com eRadioportal Blog Mukamo Inside PCIJ: Stories behind our stories Retzwerx - Ang Inyong Pinoy Big Blogger pinoy.rickey.org Philippines For Men Starmometer Kiven Pinoy Tech Blog Chikadora Leon Kilat: The Cybercafe Experiments Blogged SELaplana Quezon.ph Pinoy BSN GPCarreon Photojunkie Composed Gentleman Our Awesome Planet Kwentong Tambay Ellen Tordesillas Filipino Librarian EntrePinoy Atbp The Sunday Punch Macalua.com Manila's Daily Grind Splasher WeddingsAtWork.com News Blog Pinoy Travel Blog Skirmisher Touched by an Angel Walk this Way CATS ME IF YOU CAN Notes from the Peanut Gallery 1001lives sacha chua :: wiki buhay sa korea [m]channel! Make Poverty History Ivan About Town Now What, Ca t? ederic@cyberspace Stepping on Poop Batangbaler |
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