One Year To Blogging Success
November 14, 2006 – 5:58 amby Darren
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I’ve heard “one year” bandied about as the time when blogs blossom. I can believe it. I can say for sure that “six months” was pretty insignificant. I also think the one year rule applies mainly if you’re promoting your blog as hard as you can.
Time heals all wounds…and helps blogs grow
Time is what your blog needs in order to become more deeply rooted in its’ community. Time is needed for the incoming links to your website to be counted. Time is what is needed for your community of commenters to blossom, further enhancing the quality of your blog. If you put together all of the ingredients, then time is the one thing that mix them into a perfect blogging blend which is bound to pay off for years.
The period of one year isn’t a magic formula
But it probably does make a great bit of sense. Even Technorati counts your links and compares it for the last year, so you would theoretically need to be around that long just to have enough links to be counted. It also takes time to be recognized, when you consider just how much competition you have.
I haven’t blogged long enough to see if this one year mark is significant or not
I’ve only been blogging since March, so I haven’t been around long enough to see what happens. I’ve noticed a nice upwards transgression occuring at the 6 month mark and beyond, but nothing dramatic. Lots of bloggers claim exponential growth, which would mean:
1) They’re a lot better at internet marketing than I am (maybe, but I already make a living from the internet)
2) Their blogs are a LOT better (could be)
3) They’re in a much more robust keyword environment
4) They’re lying in order to show off (probably)
Even if your traffic chart doesn’t go straigh up, the main idea is that it rises over time. Do you have more traffic and more revenue than you did one year ago? Those are the questions that have to be constantly answered
Do you think there’s a boost for a blog that is over one year old?
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5 Responses to “One Year To Blogging Success”
About 13 months for jrbtech.com before I saw some real traffic. Again, I messed up and switched domains and stuff so now I am back to sq 1.
By Jim Burnett on Nov 14, 2006
Ouch. Switching domains is not usually the best route to go. You could 301 redirect the old traffic, if it still exists.
By Darren on Nov 15, 2006
check problogger entry:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/17/top-100-blogs-have-an-average-age-of-338-months/
100 technorati need 33.3 months in average, to be in top 100. for me, I planned to keep blogging for the next 1.5 years (that;s when I finish my college study) to decide whether should I stop (and try other things) or continue.
By rangga on Nov 15, 2006
Blog relies on patience and consistency to build up
By ketyung on Dec 28, 2006