Hosting
I had to decide whether to stay with the the old hosting company or move. I had to re-organized and re-group similar blogs together. The ones that have been receiving more traffic from US are moved to a US server. The ones that are still in infancy stage are group together while the one that are already making money need attention to grow.

Seems like there are many blogs involve, but there’s only a few actually

New Domain
There’s also a domain that needed a new name. After a while, a personal blog tends to head towards a specific niche. So in order for it to grow further, I decided that it needed a new domain name. Hence Comics & Games dot com. That way, if in the future I decide to sell it, it will be much easier. This took a while, as planning is quite crucial. Maybe I’ll do a post of domain migration later.

The niche may not be as profitable as Cyza’s Chemical Engineering, but as long as I can maintain the traffic, it will do just fine as I am blogging about what I like. And in October 2009, after marketing related affiliate products on that blog, I got my first affiliate commission from Commission Junction. Although a small amount, but it is a start.

Most of my time was spent on this particular blog and it was fruitful. Alexa rank has gone up. Traffic has doubled and Page Rank is now 2.

If you look at the statistics of the most viewed posts on the left, you will know what I mean. And that does not include the main posts yet. I have a few anchor posts that will be the main pillars of the blog, and those will only be posted in the first quarter of 2010.

New Niche
There’s also a new niche that I am experimenting. Will blog about this in detail later. It’s a video blog, however  copyright may be an issue. Not be my cup of tea, but it is already making money. May consider to sell it. Anyone interested?

Joint Venture
There’s one project with another blogger that started in August 2008. A blog specific to Johor Bahru, although I am not from Johor JB Cool is currently looking for guest bloggers. So, if there’s anyone interested, let me know

And a few other things. I am also considering to build my own list. Have been blogging and making money for quite some time, but no list yet. Most IMs says that the money is in the list, but I don’t have any yet. You can still do it without a list, but having one does make it easier

Happy blogging!

Since I do touch on categories such as blogging tips, traffic and also page rank, at least I can show you that whatever tips that I gave you – works.

If it works for me, on a non niche blog, it will work on you too.

Page Rank

Didn’t expect this to be so soon after the algorithm changed. Got PR2 in less than 2 months. Since I got it fast, I could loose it the same way too.

Alexa Rank

For Alexa, you can refer to my Alexa review post.

Traffic Stastistic

Traffic has started to increase. Looks like when I decided to concentrate on onpage optimization first, has started to pay off. Can’t wait to see more traffic when the offpage optimization process starts. I have started with a social bookmarking site, more about this later ok

Other rankings? How about Technorati?

Although I have a Technorati account, I haven’t been paying much attention to it. Technorati calculates Technorati Authority and also Technorati Rank. Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has. Technorati Rank shows you how far are you from being number one. More on how to use Technorati for your blog later. Currently my authority is very low :

View blog authority

PR, Alexa and Traffic might not be so important for some people. Some IMs also do not care for PR nor Alexa. Their main concern is targeted traffic and most have a list of emails to market their products. Only minisites are required and a list of emails to direct the traffic to. I am beginning to explore that area too myself , but for those who are making money online through advertising, links selling, adsense etc .. etc .. these 3 (and a few others) are important.

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Don’t worry, my personal blog will not move anymore. This site is permanent unless I forget to pay my renewal fees