I like creating websites. And I like making money from my websites and telling people how I do it. Until now I have shared posts relating to this on Pingable. From this point forward I will no longer have posts about making money online on here, I will put them on my new site Make Money Online, which is a site dedicated to this topic, with a particular focus on things relevant to New Zealanders. Small market I know… but a nice domain I think.
The focus of Pingable will now primarily be on creating information and resources for Web Developers and Designers. If the stuff about making money is more to your interest jump over to Make Money online, and subscribe. If you want more lists, resources, and content for web design in particular WordPress, then here is the place to be.
Some interesting stats about this blog:
I am in the Alexa top 100,000 sites for the first time…and I achieved this by posting only once a month for the last few months. My rank is 86,000 right now.
I have passed 50,000 spam messages on this blog. Do follow blogs are fun aren’t they? At the same time I have had just over 1200 legit comments.
My post 25 Amazing Free Photoshop Graphics has been viewed more than 31,000 times. A record for me.
Cheers for reading.
Justin from Airsoft Rifles
That’s interesting how you are diversifying your blogs, and how you are focusing on the New Zealand market. I doubt anyone else is doing that, so it should work out well for you.
50,000 spam comments, that’s a lot! Well you can put me down as legit, thank you very much.
KingMoney from Social Networking Cartoons
Ok, I get that you wont post the money making ideas in this blog. But why do you have to target only NZ people? Here a lot of us got helped (international).
Anyway will check your blog again. Wanted to mention that a lot of you money making ideas were realistic and applicable, and I myself could reap some benefits. Thanks to you.
Simon
When I say focusing on the NZ market, I mean it’s a .net.nz domain, so It will do better in google.co.nz. So I will put some stuff on there that is more relevant to NZers. The info will still be generic and useful to anyone though. The most current post over there is a huge detailed complete guide to creating a Ebay Niche store, which is useful for anyone…there isn’t even an Ebay NZ…there is a another company that dominates the nz online auction market. Anyway thanks for the comments.
Roger Hamilton
Wow.. 50 thousand spam messages?
bill from IT Governance
I think its a good idea to separate out content based on Niche, then maybe have an aggregator site that links out to all of your niche sites.
Mark from Irish Jewelry
I think this is a good move. Having your key words in your url should only help your blog. And it should be fairly easy for you to rank with a smaller market. Good luck!
King from Car Hire Sanford
Are you moving the category because of the keyword advantage in your domain? Anyhow, i think this blog was doing more than ok.
Simon
Yeah, that’s totally it. I am moving over to a domain with a keyword advantage. It’s a lot easier to rank with your main keyword as the domain name.
kouji from haiku poems examples
50,000… crap. that’s a lot. do follow blogs do appear to be tricky.
still, i appreciate that you’re continuing to stick with the do follow.
John from Maryland Real Estate
Congratulations on 50,000 spam messages. You know if you have a successful website if you are receiving 50,000 spam messages. LOL
Chris from Denver Gay Real Estate
50,000 spam messages huh? That definitely is not a small number but even then you still have a healthy amount of legit comments.
Sad to hear you will be removing the money making tips from this site but I am still interested in hearing about your Website Development tips. Thanks for keeping us updated!
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Definitely a good idea to start a new blog for your make money online posts. It’s best to have a new blog for specific niches.
Name from exotic home accessories
That is a lot of spam. How do you weed them out? Congrats on your other site. I am new here but will surely come back for more of your articles.
mira from Wholesale Amish Furniture
Sounds like a post to checkout if its been viewed so many time. Be right back.
Kevin from Great Wall of China Facts
WOW. I am shocked that you have 50k spam comments. I bet most of them are spambots.
mira from hirsutism
Making money online must be the most abused SEO term these days. Nice to know u r jumping off the bandwagon.
David from solar panel
I checked some of your post’s comment and i found most of them are not spams.You did a good job.
Goca
I hate those spam messages!! U get 50k spam? Man..that is really bad
Joe from Eiffel Tower
50k spam comments?!?!?! MAN! I can’t believe that.
Robert from Bad Credit Loan Services
Congrats on your new venture, and congrats on reaching the alexa 100,000. I have been reading your blog for quite some time (and i love your keyword love.) Its sad to know you are still receiving so many spams, even though you are do follow and allowing keywords. Maybe some spammers are just too stupid, wasting their time and others time.
Caroline from payday cash advance
Interesting that you focus on NZ as it has such a small population/potential market. BTW I used to live in Wellington as a very young child:)
Susan from New Wordpress Themes
I like your move – I think it will be great to divide the two subjects.
Wow, 50,000 spam??! That’s nutty!
Jane from pool heater
Great idea to divide and conquer. I shall be following developments of your NZ money making blog with interest. Some interesting stats there and congrats for making it to the Alexa top 100K
Myron Tay
50k Spam? I feel happy that I get 5 spams a week. It makes me feel like they care.
steve from Healthy weight loss
50,000 spam comments that is crazy. I also do follow and I’m only at 4,000.
Good luck with the new blog. New Zealand may be a small market but it is an active one.
Does anyone know how to turn on do follow are a certain number of comments?
Nick from whiplash compensation claims
Congratulation on getting in the Alexa top 100,000 – maybe the only helpful point gained from the 50,000 spam comments.
Best wishes with the new website – its definately an advantage to have your main keyword in the domain name.
Kermit from Minneapolis MLS
If you only post once a month, to what do you attribute your success?
Simon
Hey Kermit, well firstly I don’t think this blog is much of a success…it doesn’t make much money. But if you want to know how I keep getting more traffic and getting a better Alexa rating, that is because I write articles with keywords which I have researched in the title, to try and pull search traffic for that term. I then build a few backlinks with that keyword in them. That way I get consistent traffic from google week in week out regardless of me posting or not. When I do post, I try and write for social media sites like stumble and DZone, so that brings more traffic. I don’t want to have to worry about writing to this site, it shouldn’t be a chore to have a site like this…so I don’t want to be in a situation where I feel I have to post to pull regular traffic. After 5-6months of felling like you have to post you get tired…unless it makes you a lot of money, and most blogs don’t make lots of money.
Stephen from Manzanillo Mexico
That number of spam comments is unbelievable. How do you handle it all?
Thanks for the link to your new site. I just found your site and the resources you have on it through Grizz I believe. I’m new to all of this, and am learning a ton!
Thanks so much for putting so much work into creating an excellent resource for those of us who know enough to understand how much we don’t actually know.
Simon
Hi Stephen, It’s not that hard to keep a handle on it. Akismet gets most of it. I get the rest. From time to time a spam comment may sit on a post for a while, but when I check my email I get it all. WordPress also allows you to blacklist IP’s so if you are getting a flood of spam from a certain IP address just blacklist it.
pete
I have a question. Why the comment love thing? Is this to weed out the spammers?
Simon
Hi Pete, The plugin I use is Keywordluv. I have a clear comment policy relating to that so people know where they stand if they are trying to get a do follow backlink. Keywordluv increases the amount of comments you get because people can get a backlink that can target a keyword, which is great for SEO. For example if I have a site about selling T shirts, I can leave a comment that gets a backlink with the term Buy T Shirt, and if the commenter gets enough of them, they will start ranking in google/search engines for the term “Buy T Shirt”…which brings targeted traffic…which is valuable. So to answer your question, no, it’s not to stop spammers, it is to encourage comments, in a way that benefits both me and the person who leaves a comment.
Richard E from Cheap GPS Systems
Simon, sorry I just don’t get it. I know how this blog is helping me, but I don’t understand how the Keyword Luv plugin is helping you? How will improving your Alexa rating help you financially?
And why do you want to anchor the name Simon here?
Sorry for the elementary questions…I just am trying to understand.
Thanks
Richard
Simon
Hi Richard – The Alexa rank itself doesn’t make me more money, it is just an indication of increasing traffic, or in many cases more people reading more pages, as people go deep browsing to find posts to leave comments on. But all the comments people leave adds to the content of this blog in a big way, and it adds more terms and words to pages, which add more terms which get indexed and bring long tail search hits, which brings more Google traffic. I am also ranking, albeit poorly, for some of the keywords people are leaving as their keywords, because of keyword density which brings the odd visitor also. So essentially instead of having to post often to keep fresh content coming onto the site, the 12-20 new comments a day are adding 500 + words to the site a day…New content, More search traffic….higher Alexa…+ I have never been concerned with giving out links. Having 100+ outbound links may lower the value of authority passed to the sites, but it doesn’t lower the ability of the page they are on to rank well. I swear this plug-in is a win – win for everyone!
Srini
Excellent point, The same happened with me, when my main blog got a lot of traffic, I decided to move my make money online content to a separate blog and now I have terrific rankings on both the blogs.
No one will buy my blog with my name as the URL where as my money blog can be effectively sold at a later time if I decide to exit.
mike from accept online payments
sounds like a smart move. ill be sure to check out your other site. i sure would love to have a nice little supplemental income, especially during these tough times.
Norhafidz from Make Money on Internet
Nice strategy Simon, making a more concentrated content is going to give more enjoyable experience for you and your readers
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Hello! simply super resource
latif from debt management
Wow.. i was worring about my post frequency for a blog, which is twice a month and people use to tell me its dead then, even PR3. your achievement is ray of hope that still there is room, as to making making jargons by writing 5 times a week
matt from cool stuff
That’s impressive only posting once per month and getting that high on Alexa.
Jenni from Tigi Bed Head
“I am in the Alexa top 100,000 sites for the first time…and I achieved this by posting only once a month for the last few months. My rank is 86,000 right now.”
That’s impressive. How did you achieve this?
James from women fashion dresses
This blog is one of the best I have read on making money online. Real-life tools and not just theory (as most of the blogs about it). Thanks for writing it. I’ll keep reading your new one.
Simon
Jenni, it’s because of most my traffic is search traffic now, znd that will keep coming regardless of my posting.
ebay
Simon, that is a great explanation of keyword luv and why you have a do follow blog. I wish more bloggers felt the same way as you did. I always try to add valuable content to whatever thread I contribute.
Abdulrehman from Make Money on the Internet
Wow, 31,000 hits to one post is seriously remarkable. The highest I’ve ever gotten is 16,700 to one post to date!
andy from Annual Credit Report
50k+ spam comments? Did Askimet catch most of it automatically or did a lot of junk get past Askimet and you had to separate the wheat from the chaff?
diseño web
I thinks that Alexa is not a good reference, because only have the date of persons that have the toolbar. Almost all are webmasters, is not a really data
Mexabet from Quality web directory
It is always a good idea to stay focused on some subjects and move unrelated topics elsewhere. I will stick here, as a web developer.
David from Chicago Collection Agency
I will have to check out the new site as I really enjoyed your blog posts about making money online. What will be the focus of this blog from now on?
Simon
@ David – General web development – SEO, WordPress, design, graphics, tools etc