Blog Stats March 2009
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Table of contents for CAN Blog Stats 2009

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Blog Stats from February 28 to March 28, 2009
This is a monthly feature here where I measure my 3 blogs’ progress. My goal with this series is to provide 100% transparency for my readers and advertisers. You can browse current and past entries in the CAN… category. First I list the CAN data for each blog. Then I reflect with a few notes. You might define what I do here as “de-bugging” for my blog the same way the amazing product Frontline keeps the fleas and ticks off dogs.
Legend
C = Circulation, or backlinks
A = Analytics, or number of visitors
N = Net, or the amount of money earned by the blog
Circulation (# of Google backlinks)
Postcards from the Funny Farm: 218
Damien at the Speed of Life: 21
Dynamite Lesson Plan: 14
The Damien Riley Podcast: 0
Analytics (# of visits last 30 days)
Postcards from the Funny Farm: 6,074
Damien at the Speed of Life: 606
Dynamite Lesson Plan: 903
The Damien Riley Podcast: 368
TOTAL: $235.38
Notes: Circulation dropped quite a bit. I know this is affected by 2 things: Other people linking in to my relevant content or me doing guestblogs and linking back to myself. I did only one guestblog last month and didn’t really work the seo angle to make my posts “discoverable.” As a result, my network of readers did not link back as much. This did not affect my net so I don’t really regret it. I do know however that a site will not get ad offers if its circulation continues to sink. Therefore I must concentrate on backlinks in April.
Analytics also dropped for all a little. Postcards was pretty much flat. The podcast rose almost 20%. That is encouraging. I work hard to keep that blog presentable and I create what I feel are entertaining and quality podcasts each weekend. As for the rest, I need to make a 3 day a week Entrecard drop. This has brought me some traffic and I feel it is a good way to bring the analytics for next month. I will also continue to blog-hop via Google Reader. This isn’t bringing me much traffic but I am connecting with friends and that is always a good thing in this networking occupation.
Net: THIS ROCKED!!! I improved my income from last month by over 200%! This is due to the fact that I checked my opps multiple times a day every day. And, when I had a decent opp, I always took it. I feel there is nothing more I can do to make sponsored post dollars. I can only hope the opps keep coming in and I’m willing to seize every chance to make dollars blogging. For this reason I am not setting a goal for net in April.
Want more blog stats fun? Check out my post on Net Goals for April.
The comment box is waiting for you. You’ve seen my results and read my notes, what do you have to say? Is there something I missed you’d like to discuss? How were your CAN results last month?









