December they say is a dead zone for blogging, and particularly so the week between Christmas and New Year’s. With that in mind I am quite pleased that on review Blog Income met its main goal for the month.
The goal for December was 200 visitors – DONE and bettered by 8. What was interesting about December is that the traffic by and large was very even. The search engine percentage however plummeted to an embarrassing 2%. I had previously noticed a month over month decline in search engine results and mentioned it in my reviews. Earlier this week I posted on bad links. My friend who found the bad links in the categories section thinks that this may have a strong bearing on the downward search engine results. Now it seems I also have some dead Contact Us, TOS and Privacy pages so those need to addressed. I’m thinking that this may have happened when I changed templates. Hopefully once all the links are live and pages are up, this statistic will improve.
Staying on the conservative Darren Rowse plan of 10% – 20% traffic growth per month the goal for January is 250. I’m going to stretch it to 300.
I did have a bit of an income in December – even Adsense delivered a smidgeon and an affiliate sale. As mentioned in my last review however, I have decided for the time being to put the earnings aside and concentrate on traffic. One thing at a time. When that gets good, then the next one.
A reader who had downloaded my ABC’s of Blogging for Money wrote way back in September
“Absolutely Great !!!!!
I have just finished reading your ABC's..........
I believe your book is the best and easiest to understand of all the info books on this subject that I have ever read over the past couple of years or so.” RD, Kitchener ON.
That same reader was very disappointed when the results for September were posted a few days later. Blogging is simple, but it is not easy. When I started this blog I had no idea where it would take me. I am not a guru, not even an expert (yet); what I am is an apprentice. My ABC’s e.book was borne of information gleaned from taking courses, this blog is borne of experience and gained knowledge and the desire to share and to learn.
Let’s grow and live an Awesome Blog Income Life!
Valentina
