I am getting frustrated with blogging

[stephen todd]

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Hmm...is there a thread where there is a benchmark for how much traffic in a well read blog? Have always wanted to know the statistics.

And would also like to know the benchmarks for the different types of blogs: personal and public (big time).

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the best thing for you to do is google a search like "online web traffic tool" or something similar

you'll find several - usually on SEO company sites

these tools look at the alexa traffic rankings as well as backlinks and indexed pages in search engines, etc. to give an estimate of site traffic

results vary wildly but if you can test against a site who's traffic stats you have access to, you can settle on a good one and use that for future research

I don't see any other way of estimating traffic - too many variables - I've had blogs with less than 100 visitors a day - and blogs with over 1,000 visitors a day

[flashgordon]

I don't think there is any benchmark. It depends largely on the niche. Some blog niches have tons of traffic built in (celebrity, gossip, tech, SEO, etc.), while others don't (social activism, particular sports, town life, etc.). It has to be a personal thing. If you are blogging simply to get readers, then one reader is a success. If you are blogging for money, then anything under 1,000 is not going to be successful.

[trimandtrendyFf]

am blogging for money.....i guess i still have a very very long way to go

[stephen todd]

Re. If you are blogging for money, then anything under 1,000 is not going to be successful.


as domains only cost 10 dollars a year, and you can host 20 or more domains using an 8 to 10 dollar a month add-on hosting account, you could go the quantity route - i.e. lots of domains making say 5 or 10 dollars a day each

it doesn't take long to get a new blog site online if you use a tried and tested template - and you can bang out 2 or 3 posts per site per day, provided you launch blogs that have plenty of content available - i.e. there is a constant stream of new articles on sites such as ezinearticles that you can re-post

I'm talking about daily andsense income here - and the occasional clickbank sale

you will of course have to do blog marketing - i.e. spend time each day getting links back to your blog sites from blog comments, forum posts, etc.

[EverythingEverywhere]

Traffic is not the holy grail. Followers is. Develop a mail list, get subscribers. Traffic is just a means to an end.

[~kev~]

Originally Posted by trimandtrendyFf

hi guys,

This is actually my 9th month in blogging, but right now i am getting frustrated.
My sites are still not getting enough traffic. All i get is beween 50 to 60 daily. i am really tired.

This is why most sites close before they are 1 year old. People get tired, give up and most of them close their blog. The numbers I have heard are along 85% - 90% of all sites will close before they are 1 year old.

When your site reaches 1 year old, traffic will start to pick up, when the site reaches 2 years old, its going to pick up even more. After 3 years, you shoul be going good.

But, most people are not willing or patient enough to dedicate 2 - 3 years of their life on a blog.

[trimandtrendyFf]

Thanks a lot. I would also take that into consideration

[klutze]

Patience is very important. I am two weeks into my first blog and I can defiantly say its discouraging to see very little activity until I realize that it only has been two weeks. I keep reminding myself that content is king and eventually everything will begin to fall into place!