It’s time for another weekend of “Ask My Readers”. It’s been an amazing week for me on and off the blog.
Technorati Top 10K Blogs
thoushallblog.com hit the 300 subscribers count and made into the top 10K blogs amongst the millions of blogs tracked by Technorati.
It’s indeed another milestone for this blog that has only been in existence for six months. It’s ever so sweet to hit all the goals that I have set for myself and definitely make my journey into the blogosphere even more meaningful.
All these will never be possible without your continued support – my valued readers. I guess it’s appropriate now for me to say “Thank You”. I’ll make every possible effort to make your time worth while here.
I’d also like to congratulate my new online buddy, Alex from Blogsessive who made it to the top 10K at about the same time. Keep it up, buddy and let’s work toward the top 5K.
Question of the Week
I’m in the midst of working on a little project here so my question of the week would be somewhat related to it and here’s the question
If you have the privilege of donating your monthly online earnings for one month, which charity organization would it be?
I hope you do take the time to answer the above question as your suggestion means a lot to me and the project I’m undertaking right now.
Around the Blogosphere
Before I wrap the week, let me just give you a quick run down of what’s interesting across the blogosphere.
Internet Marketing Top Blogs
Gyutae Park from Winning the Web has just recently created a buzz with the launch of the Internet Marketing Top Blogs which claims to be the ultimate ranked list of the best Internet Marketing blogs in the industry and pretty much is direct competition to 45n5 Top 100.
It’s the equivalent of 45n5 Top 100 but takes into consideration many other factors such as Feedburner, Alexa, Compete, Technorati, Google PR, Yahoo links, StumbleUpon, delicious, outgoing links, and user votes to accurately rank each blog on the list.
It’s much more competitive to reach the top 100 but it’s the best of its kind if you ask me.
thoushallblog.com which is ranked at 26 at 45n5 Top 100, was debuted at 114 but as more authority blogs are added to the list, its ranking has dropped to 150 at the time this writing.
If your blog is yet to be listed, email Gyutae and tell him Yan sends you over.
Link Building with EzinePress.com
One of my online friends, Brian Hawkins has just launched EzinePress – a site dedicated to providing up to date news and resources that will help ezine publishers run and market their publications.
eZinePress.com will help boost selected publications by highlighting interesting features, spotlighting selected newsletters and linking to interesting articles.
If you have any interesting articles on your archive, why not submit them for review? Link building has never been easier with EzinePress.com
Suzanne Franco – The Next Blogging Idol?
Lastly, don’t forget to support Suzanne Franco – self-proclaimed Online Marketing Extraordinaire – in her quest to be the next blogging idol. She is currently positioned at #11.
Even the elusive John Chow is supporting her. The least you can do is to subscribe to her RSS and help her to be the next blogging idol. Here I wish her all the best and I urge ya to do the same.
Till we meet again…and I love you all.
Happy Sunday
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Yan, it’s been such a crazy weekend, that I finally managed to answer some of my comments. Thank you for your kind words and kudos on the top 10k.
Considering the quality of your blog, it was only a matter or time. And yes, top 5k it shall be! :)
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Hey Alex
Thanks for dropping by despite your crazy weekend. The same respect is given when it’s due. I have a lot respect for you too as your blog is one of those blogs I’ve been following since the first day I setup my blog and the truth is I’ve learned a lot from you, no doubt about it.
All the best, buddy and have a nice weekend ahead.
Yan
Congratulations on the stats! Hopefully I can join you on the technorati top 10,000 soon!
Suzanne has been doing a fantastic job and it’s great to see that John Chow got behind her and supported her. She will do great because she is not only active with other bloggers but she really does care, she doesn’t just pretend.
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What a nice compliment Tom … Thanks! *SmiLes* Suzanne
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First off, congratulations on reaching the top 10K in Technorati. It’s always a big milestone.
now, If I could donate, I would donate to Global Warming and Poverty in Africa organizations.
Global Warming because I can really experience the difference in weather in Vancouver and also, I went on vacation this year to Taiwan and went sightseeing and if those area’s disappear, it would be a big shame.
Poverty in Africa organizations because i’ve always been shown that they’ve lived a hard life and I have an easy one so I now have a lot of sympathy for them and I want to help them.
Hi Trevor
Thanks for revisiting my site again and leaving a great suggestion. I’ll keep in mind of it.
Global warming is real and I hope citizens of the world is making every possible effort to preserve the depleting ozone layer. Though it’s easier said than done, the first step is to be aware of the problem.
Yan
Hi Yan,
Congratulations on the great Technorati Rank. You are running circles around most of us and it’s certainly not luck. You deserve the quick success. The effort you put into your site is obvious and anyone that follows your posts understands your social and marketing skills. Skills that are natural from truly caring about others. When I’m on my favorite blogs reading posts I see your comments more than any other blogger I know. Great job and congratulations.
It’s not a charity organization but I am really fond of the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett are exceptionally generous with contributions in the Billions worldwide through the foundation. Even though the foundation does not solicit donations I would contribute funds there because I feel they know how to make every dollar count. It may sound silly, but I think it would be cool to start the Brian D Hawkins Foundation some day.
Thank you for the nice plug for EzinePress.com. That was very kind of you and I appreciate it.
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Thank you for the nice plug for EzinePress.com.
You are welcome, Brian. That’s the least I could do for you. Good luck with your project. It’s an awesome idea actually.
It may sound silly, but I think it would be cool to start the Brian D Hawkins Foundation some day.
Hey, that’s one of my long term goal too. I hope God would let me use my hands to give free education & medical support to the needy in my country.
First off, congratulations on reaching the top 10K in Technorati. That’s great to hear! It’s always nice to see passion pay off, and breaking into the top 10K is certainly no small feat.
Now that you’re famous in the blogosphere though, any thoughts of writing an article with strategies on how to break into the top 10K? Oh, and not to forget, good luck Yan with the new goal (top 5k). :)
Thanks for your kind words, Valeria and also your continued support.
any thoughts of writing an article with strategies on how to break into the top 10K?
There is no magic formula here – it’s all about being active commenting and connecting with fellow bloggers. Something which you’ve been doing right now. I see that you are active in JC and Jeremy’s site.
Do ya actually get any traffic from them? or do you gain any loyal readers from them?
Yan
I get about 30 visitors from JC and 15 from Jeremy daily :)
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Congrats on the rating. As for the donation question, I would give to “Child’s Play Charity.” It’s run by the creators of Penny Arcade (a webcomic) and gives video games, books, and money to sick children.
(http://www.childsplaycharity.org/) I’m a moderate (slowly getting back to hardcore) gamer, and so I support this totally. :)
Thanks for the link, Corey. I’ll be checking it out.
Hey Yan,
Congrats on 300 subscribers and the top 10k Technorati! That’s definitely a great milestone to celebrate. Looks like you have a good thing going for you here on Thou Shall Blog.
Thanks for the mention of Winning the Web’s IM Top Blogs as well. It’s much appreciated! :)
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Thanks for including my blog into the list, GP. I hope I could get into the top 100 soon.
Oh ya, thanks for dropping by too.
Yan
Congrats Yan, This is a coincidence, I just donated to the Disabled Vets of America through CFC this week. Being a vet myself, I don’t understand how this country will let vets be homelesss among other things after all they went through.
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I can understand your frustration. We talk about love among us human but ignore the love for any living beings (aka animals).
Our love and care shouldn’t stop at human level, it should go above and beyond human-to-human relationship.
Congratulations for the technorati rank and the suscribers! Your blog is good so you only get what you deserve.
To answer your question “If you have the privilege of donating your monthly online earnings for one month, which charity organization would it be?”
I think it will be a charity for animals. Thet are a lot of charity I feel concerned, but I have a thing for animals and thinks humans doesn’t treat them the way they deserve.
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..thinks humans doesn’t treat them the way they deserve.
If only they believe in karma and reincarnation…
Well done hitting the 300 mark. I just hit the 300 mark on my blog 2 days ago (but since then it has gone down a little bit) as you know these things fluctuate.
I would give my entire online earnings to a charity called Teen Challenge which helps young boys who have gone off the tracks get their lives back together again.
Great question and congratulations again
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Hey Ryan
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into it. Do you have the link or something?
Yan
Hi Yan ~ Congratulation on the 10K and the RSS numbers! That’s awesome!
As for donating to a cause … a long time friend of mine’s son (Spencer) started http://www.teenwithadream.org when he was 14 years old while he was battling cancer (cancer survivor):
Teen with a Dream™ is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit charity founded specifically to enrich the lives of pediatric cancer patients—and the lives of their families—by combating the educational challenges and the effects of social isolation and loneliness during chemotherapy through specialized social, educational, and financial programs. They place laptops in pediatric cancer centers so students may continue a large portion of their education online (just one example of the great things they are doing for kids with cancer).
I can’t tell you how much your support of my quest to be the next Blogging Idol means to me … that’s way too cool of you … and won’t be forgotten … that’s for sure. *huGs* Suzanne
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Hey Suzanne
It’s the least I could do for you and hope my contribution makes a little difference in your quest. Remember, I’m the “future blogging idol” so I’ll pass the crown to your this time around…;)
Oh ya, thanks for the suggestion too.
Yan
Congrats on hitting 300 subscribers.
As for a charity, I give to various religious and children’s charities. I recommend closely checking out any charity you give to in order to make sure that they’re spending their money wisely and are promoting ideals that align with your own.
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Hey Frank
Glad to have you here. It’s been awhile, huh? Thanks for the tip, I’ll keep them in check.
Yan
I donate time & money close to home —– to trail building and land conservation efforts in the Colorado Rockies. I hope you can find something near & dear to your heart that will be meaningful to you.
Congrats on the milestones!
…I hope you can find something near & dear to your heart that will be meaningful to you.
You have your point. I’m looking into some charity organization where I could donate my paypal earnings. I’m not too sure if there is one that would accept paypal for donation. That’s the reason I’m soliciting some good advise here.
Yan
That’s a great achievement friend.
I’m still in the 40k+ rank. I don’t know why I am so slow even in Alexa.
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Thanks, Hussein.
Truth is you are now not as active as before. I remember when my blog was new, I could see you commenting everywhere (remember the time we fought for the top spot..that was fun, wasn’t it?) but now you’ve slowed down quiet a bit. Probably, that’s the reason I could think of.
Congratulations for hiting the 300 subscribers ! Its a great work.
Hey congratulations! Great to see how much progress you have made over 6 months – I’m sure you’ll make even more in the next 6 ;)
As for charities, I always have a hard time choosing one – but I think Id go with cancer awareness.
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Congratulations Yan.
Very well deserved!
Charity? No question, it would be one of the Cancer Research charities (probably the main UK one), for personal family and wider reasons.
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Hi Yan,
Congrats on the achievement. I think I fave’d your blog too!
Anyhow, my charity would be world vision. I already sponsor a girl from there but you can donate money without sponsoring anyone. They also have a water project that is worth donating too.
http://www.worldvision.com
Cheers,
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy
I’m leaning towards to World Vision too and I’ve been sponsoring one kid from a small island in Indonesia for the last 2 years. I think I might choose World Vision too.
Anyway, thanks for your suggestion and I’ve fave’d yours too (though I don’t see yours…;)
Yan
Hey, congrats on the 10k Technorati blogs mark! Not an easy mark to achieve so kudos to you, Yan!
I’ve also started to give Technorati (and Alexa’s rank, too) a higher weight when measuring a blog’s success – specially mine.
You’ve done a great job with your blog, keep it up!
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Hey Ikki
Thanks for your kind words and glad to have you back. Though Technorati isn’t going to bring much traffic for me, it’s a nice feeling to be with the best of the best.
Yan
Let me also add my heart felt congratulations to your success. As for donations, it would have to go to World Vision. I reckon they are doing an outstanding job the only thing holding them back is some local governments and donations.
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Thanks, Sire for your continued support. As I’ve just replied to Jeremy’s comment above, I might probably choose World Vision myself as I’ve been supporting it for the last 2 years.
Yan
I’ve lost count of the amount of years that I have supported them. I started of with one child and now I have two. I love it when you get updates and can actually see where your money is going
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Yan congratulations for reaching in top 10K.
BTW, do you get traffic from technorati? or it is just like page rank of google? traffic doesn’t come but it is just to show people that your blog is on top list.
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…BTW, do you get traffic from technorati?
The traffic from Technorati is minimum if you ask me. It’s just another social badge that boost your ego a little bit if you ask me. Isn’t it nice to know that your blog rank in the top 10K amongst millions of blogs.
Yan
@All
Thank you for your suggestion and support. In the mean time, if you do have a couple of minutes, I’d like to listen to what you have to say on this article -
http://smallbizbee.com/index/2008/11/17/joy-employment/
Cheers
Yan
I have left a comment on the post you mentioned above. Is that your site? or others?
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Appreciate your support, buddy. No, I just wrote that article and those who get the most unique visits in 24 hours win the $100.
Isn’t it a smart way of getting traffic? Of course, if there is a price to pay but I love his out of the box thinking.
Yan
It is indeed a good way and i have not thought of this before so it is out of box thinking
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We all learn new things everyday, don’t we? A bit of food for thought really..
Congrats on the milestones! Where on Technorati do we check these boards?
As for a charity, my first choice would most likely be Juvenile Diabetes…..I have a Niece AND Nephew (2 out of 5) born with it.
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Well, Dennis..you need to claim your blog and let Technorati track it. You can do it here.
Yan
My blogs are claimed. Am I supposed to see some sort of list somewhere?
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Dennis, the “boards” aren’t on Technorati; the list you want to see is on the link in Yan’s post. Technorati is just one of the sites whose criteria is used to create the list.
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Then the next logical question would be, why aren’t the Technorati Top 10K Blogs listed ON Technorati?
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Hey Dennis
Can you see the image above and you’ll notice a little button, next to my rank that says something like “Top 10K”….click on it and you’ll see the top 100 blogs on Technorati.
Hope it helps and that’s indeed a logical question…;)
Yan
My nomination would definitely be one of the charities working in the “Democratic” Republic of Congo at the moment (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/international/congo_donate.shtml). If you’ve ever seen the film Blood Diamonds with Leonardo da Caprio, you know exactly what’s going on there at the moment.
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Congratulations on reaching a huge milestone! To be placed in the top 10k blogs on Technorati is really quite an accomplishment. Good luck making the top 5k! Also, as far as which organization to donate to, I’d probably aim for something that benefits Africa, such as Children of the Nations. Thanks for posting the latest updates!
awesome, you made it on higher levels, good for you guys, congratulations, if you need a place to party just call us up here in Germany.
Yan ~ I just read about a great charity and you can watch a great video here:
http://www.standoutblogger.com/short-tidbits/invisible-children-lets-reach-outside-our-world-and-impact-another/
I thank Tom for putting this out there for all of us … it’s a cause for reflection for me … and I’m completely humbled … saddened … and ready to help. *huGs* Suzanne
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The stuff you come across, Yan. This is a good deal, and you know I wrote to try to get on the list somewhere. Not sure why I’d want to put myself through that, but hey, why not, right? Way to go; great success to you from this point on, but be looking over your shoulder because I’m coming! :-)
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Oh yeah, I forgot about my charity. At this point, it would be the Diabetes Research and Welfare Foundation, since I’m diabetic.
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what about back links???
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Nice post! I read somewhere that in order for you to make Technorati’s top list, you have to write multiple post (unless you try another method of advertising your blog). Most bloggers secret is to use an automatic blogging post software in which you prewrite the articles, then post and ping every 30 minutes to an hour. Maybe I should do that for more traffic.
Nice post. I have often thought about some of the points you bring up. The way you expressed it
really makes a lot of sense.
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