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Re: Metrics that Trump Alexa Ranking and PageRank

Sire — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:51:25 -0000

Congratulations on the Alexa rating, and on Holly sharing her more important statistic. Even though you haven't quite managed to kick the habit is no reason to quit trying. You put your mind to it and I'm sure you will be able to do it.

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supersawsaw — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:52:22 -0000

whoah!!! that's one mean feat. breaking the 100k alexa is not easy. Though upon checking, it's now at 160k. But even at that level, that's still quite a feat. the compete.com metric shows that your traffic is also steadily increasing and most of your visitors are coming from NA.

Ang galing! And congrats for quitting the habit. Keep blogging!

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jangeronimo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:08:20 -0000

Flash in the pan lang po yan. Katulad ngayon I'm mostly in my FB farm
nagtatanim ng patatas at nagmamakaawa sa mga kapitbahay na regaluhan ako ng
baka at manok. Ahehehe.... Oo nga po, mahirap din to blog in English. Di
ka pa nakakapagmumog sa umaga kailangan nang makipagtalaktakan in English.
Nakakapagod sa panga. LOL

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fielsvd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:26 -0000

Congrats jan on your best Alexa rating day! wow!!! ang galing!!! and most of your comments are from foreyners, hehe. tumatagaktak ang mga english...

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Rocky Garcia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:16:40 -0000

Thanks for your encouraging reply Jan. I've made a print of your blog as a thanks giving!

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jangeronimo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:52:53 -0000

The challenge now is to keep the momentum going. Keeping what works and thinking ways to improve on weaknesses. Lots of stuff still need to be done... Thanks for the encouragement, Blake. :)

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jangeronimo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:45:16 -0000

It's good to have specific goals like reaching the 100k mark - makes you on your toes and creative in thinking of ways to improve the blog. You know, tactics and strategies. :)

Re: Metrics that Trump Alexa Ranking and PageRank

Blake Waddill — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:14:06 -0000

Congrats on your best Alexa rating day! I remember the first day I cracked the top 100,000 I was so excited. Since then, I've noticed it has been easier to keep people coming back.

You are right that blogging is a marathon. One good day doesn't make your blog, but it also doesn't mean it's the only good day you're going to have.

You've been putting out a lot of great content. I'm sure soon you'll be breaking the top 100,000 daily. The longer you stick at it, the better.

Best of luck with kicking the smoking habit. It is one of the hardest things in to do. I know a lot of people who ease their way off of them, but they always seem to start back up. I think cold turkey is the way to go. Even though you'll be miserable for 3-7 days, when you're done you'll it will have been worth it. It shows that you REALLY want to quit.. not just forcing yourself to cut back.

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Holly Jahangiri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:09:02 -0000

Ahhh, is that what it is?

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Holly Jahangiri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:07:51 -0000

Okay, I just have to say it: That was gross. Effective, though. Have you ever seen the photos of the man who had his entire lower jaw and larynx removed due to cancer? He continued smoking through his trach tube until he died. This isn't it, but close enough: http://post.portlandmercury...

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http://www.millionaireacts.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:49:02 -0000

Congrats Jan! Me too, I'm happy as my alexa rank keeps on increasing these past few weeks. Most are coming from search engines with some forums and direct traffic as well. :)

The challenging part is to pass over the 100k alexa rank. You are running ahead towards that rank. I hope I can also achieve it. :)

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jangeronimo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:08:22 -0000

I've infected some of my friends with my fascination with Alexa ranking. I know it's not a very accurate gauge of web search traffic, but in the absence of a more reliable traffic monitoring site it will have to do.

I'm a bit hesitant to trumpet it as it might be construed as bragging. Well, in a way yeah, it's a little of that. It's just so hard when the blog doesn't even pay for coffee and the cost of electricity that little good news about web traffic always proves to make up for all the aggravation we put up with just so we can blog. :)

The days since your last smoke. Money saved. Approximate time added to your life. These are the more important statistics. I'm glad you liked that. :)

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darbs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:54:37 -0000

Ya, the Alexa thingy. I am a little allergic to it.

This is I think because I am more than happy enough to see Wordpress blogstat and more than happy enough to congratulate those who made to the top.

Congrats to your milestone Jan.

As a defense mechanism coping up the heartache of not making to the top, I should embrace wholeheartedly the most important of all...

This is the yardstick that proves to be more life-changing than Alexa Ranking and Google Page Rank:

* Your Quit Date is: Friday, December 08,, 2006 at 2:00 PM
* Time Smoke-Free: 1047 days, 16 hours, 3 minutes and 26 seconds
* Cigarettes NOT Smoked: 17,810
* Lifetime Saved: 4 months, 16 days, 1 hour
* Money Saved: $3,785.90

Thank you!

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jangeronimo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:43:40 -0000

Thanks a lot. It's heartening to note improvement - even slow, incremental improvements. Takes away the long hours I keep in blogging. I feel somewhat rewarded for the effort... Of course, I'd be glad to network with you closely. Just give me a shout-out anytime you need help with something. :)

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wchingya — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:39:50 -0000

Congratulation Jan! That's one great achievement. ^^ Each and every blogger should celebrate his/her milestone with the readers. I wish you much greater success ahead.

I owed my thanks to some really cool blogger friends who're there encouraging me along the way. I treasure them so much for being my readers / friends. If not because of them, I may not be where I am today and still persevering. It'll be a long way to go for me to reach my next milestone, but thanks for what you shared, hopefully we can support one another in various social network to step further ahead. Best wishes!

@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker

Re: Metrics that Trump Alexa Ranking and PageRank

jangeronimo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:26:26 -0000

You're a tough taskmaster, Jen. From one milestone into the next one. Holly's example is much more important. I will, Jen. I will. :)

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jangeronimo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:24:38 -0000

That's funny, friend... Ah well, it's so tiring I wish just to stare into nothing. Or perhaps sleep the whole day. Goodness gracious, this is a lot tougher than a day job. :)

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jangeronimo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:20:45 -0000

It's hard. I've been languishing at the 213k mark for the last two weeks. Then the line in front of me moved a bit forward. ahahaha. Thank goodness for that... Good luck on your efforts, Rocky! It's a bit fun, don't you think so? :)

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Jena Isle — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:59 -0000

Hello Jan, I can see that blogging is a passion for you, as our good friend Roy said : "You breathe blog." And it paid off with such an extraordinary feat...WOW! I've never gone below the 150,000 mark. Congratulations, now you'll have to match Holly's success in quitting smoking. You can do it!

Congrats too Holly.

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jangeronimo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:38:04 -0000

Novz: My excuse is that I have to check out the before PG50 figures just so
I'd have some fairly good idea how much impact our group effort at promotion
on our blogs.
Well, let's see. I'd just put back Adsense in my blog. So you've company
now in watching the cents go by. Ahahahaha.

We're having fun here in our group, aren't we? That's a good metric in
itself.

*If you've suggestions, and this goes to everybody member in the group,
please feel free giving us your mind. Just shoot an email to the group and
we'd take it from there.

*On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Disqus <

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fencesitter — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:33:06 -0000

Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it so many times. My favorite author said that. :)

Congratulations on the Alexa Jan!

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Rocky Garcia — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:46:05 -0000

Amazing! Congratulations to you! That is also my goal for my blog, to break the 100k mark. More power and blessings to you!

Re: Metrics that Trump Alexa Ranking and PageRank

jangeronimo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:42:55 -0000

"Once you get the win in one area you apply it to another."

There's a good idea. Thanks a lot, Karen. And for sharing it in Twitter, too! :)

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jangeronimo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:40:03 -0000

I agree, Rose. It's just that I do look at it at least once a day, note it down in my little excel sheet to mark my progress. It can grow old real fast, what with so many more important blogging issues a blogger has to contend with on a daily basis.

Thanks for the reminder. :)

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jangeronimo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:07 -0000

Someone said that he needed some bad habits to put some symmetry in his life. That still puzzles me, of course. Unless that's a weird way of saying, "I'm a cool guy with this list of virtues. Now pardon me while I foul up the air you breathe in my presence."

Yeah, I've read it too. Although I wish every browser has this built in so we'd have a more "accurate" reading.