Site Analytics
Having received a great link back from Gyutae on his website regarding my previous post, it suddenly dawned on me that I don’t currently have any analytics software configured to track my visitor numbers on this website.
Looking through my options I have decided to go with Google Analytics. It is simple to see what data I need and I am used to the layout, having used it on various other websites.
There was one other major contender for use on this site, Mint. I currently use Mint on one other website and the statistics it provides are extremely useful and presented in a way that just makes sense. There are two things I really like, the first being the expandability of Mint, people are actively encouraged to use the API and develop their own peppers (plug-ins) for others to use. The other feature is that everything is displayed on one page and any navigation is performed via AJAX so you never actually leave the first screen.
As this website is in its infancy and I am trying my best not to spend any money, I’m shying away from the $30 price tag that comes with it. Although, give me a few weeks and I’ll probably go ahead and give it a whirl on here.
I’ve Won the Web
Yes, that is a picture of me. Back when I was posting regularly on ‘1 Man’, I voted for a guy named Gyutae Park in a competition against Tyler Cruz which you can read more about here or here.
I submitted my vote for Gyutae, based purely on the fact that he was giving away t-shirts to everybody who did so. Going into this competition as the under-dog, this method of giving away the T-shirts eventually led to him Winning the competition (as well as the ‘web’ *sigh*) by just four votes.
As a thank you to Gyutae, I’m posting this image of me produly wearing my Winning the Web t-shirt and I can honestly say that it is the first big of “swag” that I have received and would love to get some more sent over.
Both Winning the Web and Tyler Cruz are great resources for anybody looking at making money online as they feature invaluable tips for both bloggers and internet marketers in general.
Alexa Ranking
On the first day of the blog re-development I am looking at the Alexa Rank widget on the sidebar which is displaying a value of 6,939,528. All I can say is, ouch! I’m going to work hard at increasing this ranking and developing a well-produced blog that people WANT to visit time and time again.
There are several methods that I know of that will bring traffic to this blog and the next few posts will discuss the methods I have used and how effective they have been.
Welcome
Following the not-so-recent downfall of my previous blog ‘1 Man & His Blog‘, I have decided to rejuvenate my personal blog, which is surprisingly named after me, and begin to transfer traffic from ‘1 Man’ to here.
The posts are going to be extremely varied in nature and include a much wider range of topics than making money online. My initial aim is to begin posting from my return from holiday (12th - 26th July) where I am visiting Fuerteventura with my girlfriend, Emma.
As well as talking about making money online, I will be discussing my other websites and the sites I visit most often along with reviews of movies I watch, music I listen to and anything else that springs to mind.
If you wish to keep up to date with what I am doing, feel free to follow me via my RSS feed.
That’s it for now, take care.
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