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December 19, 2005

Who is reading Web Publishing Blog?

by Andrew

Judging from my stats there are a perhaps 10 to 20 regular readers to this blog. If you read this, please post a comment about what you do (domains, publishing, blogging, etc.) along with why you read this blog. If you have any suggestions, such as what content you’d like to see more of, please include it!

16 Comments »

  1. I read every post of your blog, I don’t even know why :D . I’m into monetizing my blogs, searching for the best methodes of generating content that the visitors want to read.
    I don’t know what knowledge you have, so it’s hard to say what you can offer us. I’m into these topics: SEO, blogging, copywriting, domains, traffic, AdSense and some other topics I don’t remember yet.
    I normaly wouldn’t answer at such posts, but you are in the same situation like I am: about 20 visitors daily, no feedback and with the time you loose the motivation because you don’t know if you visitors like what you write…
    I would suggest: write down the topics that you would like to write about fitting “web publishing” and only publish posts that fit to your topics.
    I’m doing this, I can’t say it makes me new daily visitors, but my existing visitors know what they should expect when they open my page.
    I’m not saying that you are writing on too many topics, I just hope it helps you. ;)
    Greetings from Austria!
    anty

    Comment by anty — December 19, 2005 @ 7:48 pm

  2. Great to see I’m getting a world-wide audience, heheh!

    I thought I would lose motivation to do the blog but I like the topic so much sometimes I have to tell myself to save my posts for the next day.

    Comment by Andrew — December 19, 2005 @ 9:18 pm

  3. I check in and read semi-regularly. I found this blog though your posts at http://www.websitepublisher.net .

    I’m a part-time web publisher still working a “regular” full-time job. My main online business is operating entertainment-related content sites, but I’ve also dabbled in domain sales and webhosting. I plan to quit the day job and go full time with my content sites soon.

    I read this blog because I like to stay on top of what’s happening in this industry but I don’t always have time to wade through all of the related forums and websites to filter through the information. You do a very good job of reading through them for me and you have a talent for filtering through all of the info out there and posting it in a well organized concise manner.

    Keep up the great work!

    Comment by John — December 19, 2005 @ 11:03 pm

  4. Thanks John!

    Comment by Andrew — December 20, 2005 @ 12:20 am

  5. I do websites, (theoverpass.net).

    I read this blog because it has some good information and its just so easy to get at since you syndicate the full articles by rss.

    Steve

    Comment by Stephen Taddei — December 20, 2005 @ 12:24 am

  6. Hey Andrew. This is Omar from WebbyMedia.com.

    I publish half a dozen websites (soon to be a dozen+) and I’ve got you tagged under my ‘Web Development’ folder in my reader.

    I’m ramping up my blog to write about my experiences and experiments in building websites. My blog is stale now, but there are over 40 articles on the back burner.

    Anyways, we share very similar views on building web businesses, so cheers to a succesful ’06!

    – Omar

    Comment by Omar — December 20, 2005 @ 12:32 am

  7. I do web design/development, domains and hosting. I have dabbled in SEO/SEM. I am just now getting into blogging myself. I will be launching a few blogs in January.

    I enjoy reading your blog. You have become my source for getting recent info in the industry.

    Comment by Tony — December 20, 2005 @ 12:34 am

  8. I a single, moderate sized site. I am not monetizing the site (compared to most other sites), but am comfortable with where it is at. I read this blog (along with many others) to keep up on the industry. Honestly, I don’t care too much about the domain name market aspect of things as it does not really relate to me.

    Comment by Steven — December 20, 2005 @ 1:43 am

  9. I’ve got your blog RSSed into Bloglines so I can keep up to date with as much web publishing industry news and hints and tips as possible and it’s always a well written, good read.

    Personally, I’m a developer by trade and through reading blogs such as this and lurking around Sitepoint, DigitalPoint and Chris Beasley’s Website Publisher forums I’ve started putting some blogs and sites of my own together to try and build up some different income streams.

    And yes we do have electricity and the internet in Northern Ireland;-)

    Comment by Alan — December 20, 2005 @ 3:54 am

  10. I read it daily. I think Aaron mentioned it on his SEObook Blog and that’s how I found it. You carry a lot of information that I think of as “ooooh, excellent point” or as “wow, why didn’t I think of that.” For those reason’s, it’s a great resource for me. I’ve just started blogging a month or so ago, so I’ll take all the inspiration I can get.

    I’d love your view of the new Seth Godin project called Squidoo. I call it “blog plus.” I’ve beta tested it and have a site at http://www.squidoo.com/debtfree I don’t think that its current state will be the same as it’s state in a year from now. I’d love to read your thoughts.

    Comment by chris — December 20, 2005 @ 8:54 am

  11. You post interesting topics that keep me coming back. I was doing a search one day about site content and driving traffic to my site and I came across your post on the website publisher forums. I run an equity research and education website (www.marketstockwatch.com) that produces massive amounts of high quality content (the majority to members only). I was researching if I should stay a subscription site or go an advertising route. Currently I am 100% subscription based and 0% advertising (a perk to my visitors).

    Comment by Chris — December 20, 2005 @ 8:56 am

  12. I am just starting out in web publishing(2-3 months). I have 3 sites up so far and have many more in the works.

    I found your blog through WebsitePublisher forums (this is Sean from there BTW) and I read it because the posts are interesting and seem well-informed.

    As far as suggestions go, I don’t really have any except keep up what you’ve been doing.

    -Sean

    Comment by Sean — December 20, 2005 @ 10:15 am

  13. Wait, I just thought of a suggestion: fix the comment box so it doesn’t float over the line in firefox. It’s annoying, heh.

    Comment by Sean — December 20, 2005 @ 10:17 am

  14. I’m using Firefox so I see it like this too. Let me see if I can get around to fixing it before the end of today ;)

    Comment by Andrew — December 20, 2005 @ 12:19 pm

  15. Andrew, I read your blog to keep up with internet news, in particular stuff relevant to a web publisher like myself. Also good to hear someone’s elses view on things. Sometimes there can be things you read on news sitees, but just miss the obvious points.

    Its very useful, keep up the good work!

    Happy Christmas!

    Cheers,

    Chris

    Comment by Chris — December 20, 2005 @ 2:48 pm

  16. Well I’m one of your 12 bloglines publishers… I’m here for the monetization and advertising info and you have some decent articles. Thanks.

    Comment by Doug — December 24, 2005 @ 3:31 pm

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