How did AmitBhawani.com get started?
This question was regularly asked - History of this blog, how many visitors i get & what are my plans. Here is a small answer to the same. First of all i started a personal blog at a .info domain name ie ‘amitpatel.info’ which was just going fine and was kind of a mfa[made for adsense] site. While the last seo meet organized by me in New Delhi - India i thought of going for a new domain name which would be a .com , brandable and something which can be a kind of portfolio website.
I registered the domain name on my birthday and started the blog on 04-04-2007 and added a total of 3 blog posts within the first week which includes a happy birthday, seo meet story & Tips for Getting Quick Visitors from Search Engines. If you see the WayBackMachine web archive results for this domain name it would show that this blog was updatd around once a week and we didnt have a lot of content, but i used to write some random stuff in order to update this blog with different topics.
In the beginning i use to blog about some personal topics and reviews of some products & services i used but didnt go for professional blogging because i didnt believe a personal domain name would reach a huge audience and i wanted to make sure that the other projects i was working on would reach the top and i tried to ignore this blog, but in October 2007 when i recieved around 9000 visitors i felt that this blog has now started ranking for some content which was posted months back and i guess its the right time now to start working on this.
From Nov 2007, i seriously started blogging at AmitBhawani.com and by the month end saw a 3x increase in the traffic. I was into many other business like Web Development, Search Engine Optimization & Web Hosting. Hence, i didnt have much idea on how to quickly gain blog readers except getting top search engine rankings and gaining organic traffic. I tried to optimize the blog to the best and maintain top search rankings in order to gain a lot of free traffic and was slowly getting successful in these experiments.
By the end of 2007 this blog started recieving around 1500 visitors every day, though the feed readers were very less because the most traffic was from search engines ie completely free and no investment. With the gain in traffic, i started setting up feedburner email subscription options and also other feed readers options for the blog readers to easily subscribe to this blog and recieve the latest updates. The FeedBurner Subscription box was setup on 07-09-2007 with just 3 readers and at the end of the year 2007 this blog had a total of , not such a big number but still we should be happy with the results you get.
Blog Feed Readers 2007 End :
By the beginning of 2008, i started writing reviews of several web services, internet tools, laptop guides, mobile phone & digital camera reviews and tried to setup a blog which had a wide variety of information along with some tech news. Slowly the traffic started increasing along with the feed readers and this gave me a idea to get a custom blog design which i got inspired by another blog and implemented the design, after few days i recieved multiple complaints on going for a lighter theme, which was activated.
Blog Feed Readers 2008 November 15 :
Now after around a years time of serious blogging, you can see that the blog has reached almost to my targets of high traffic, high amount of subscribers and many mentions around the web and also in offline media. This blog was mentioned month back in Times of India - Pune Edition, Eenadu Newspaper and in many blog meets. The subscribers have been growing on an average of around 50 readers every day from the past 4 months and by 2009 end iam sure this blog would cross 20000 readers who mainly subscribe to this blog using email subscription form and get the updates regularly.
This blog now recieved xxxxx visitors everyday and has multiple blogs with a total readership soon to reach 5 digits in total. The Traffic is also increasing with every passing month and you can see the more traffic you get the better revenue you can expect from a blog and i hope this blog reaches 4 Digits Alexa rank by the end of 2008 year.
Our Company : We run 2 companies ie Digital World Solutions[Web Development + Seo Company] & HostBrains Softwares Pvt Ltd with a team of 9 which handles all our different websites & blogs and from 2009 we would be launching 50 serious blog on multiple topics and try to achieve all our targets in a planned manner. Our team includes Content Writers who write for our network of blogs , Trained Professional SEO team who handle the SEO part and Content Management Guys who look over all the blogs in terms of setting up schedules, updating the content, managing and upgrading regularly. If you are interested in setting up serious blogs then you can always contact us and get professional services, because you never lose money when you invest online unlike offline business, because in offline business you can expect 5-50% maximum returns , but in Online ventures you can always expect 100%-1000% return with your website’s becoming your assets.
Do let me know if you run a blog and are looking for different ideas and also ways for increasing your traffic, we are always happy to help you out and also offer free suggestions but only if you are going to believe us and implement them.
Remember how you bought amitpatel.info ? MO :p Really u came a long way dude!!!!
@ Anurag Bhateja - Amitpatel.info was kind of my first domain i ever registered and i had to send the funds through money order to you and get it done, now i run my own domain registration & web hosting company
Thanks for the comments
many of ur blog posts are very much top in (1st page) in google…how is this possible..please tell us some tips to do that?
@ Charan - Thats the advantage of blogging, and if you continiously keep blogging and updating with the right steps in SEO, you can obviously see the results in increasing order.
Though you can read some of these articles for more helpful tips -
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/how-to-blog-create-blogs-make-money-blogging/
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/link-building-ideas-for-bloggers-websites/
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/how-to-get-blogging-ideas-finding-the-best-topics/
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/what-is-the-best-niche-for-your-website/
Do let me know if you have any other queries!
Amit I am just complimenting you! I hope you didnt mind it at all.
Amit,
After Delhi SEO meet, I am regularly following your progress. Its awesome. Keep it up!
Amit not trying to flatter you, but sincerely you have been a role model to me mate. Looking forward to learning a lot from you.
Hey dude how many worshipers you have :O hehe good going… This is nice to see you progressing so perfectly.
good going. . inspiring story
Hey Amit! I seriously like your blog and I am a regular follower of it. Just want to thank you for this nice story.
That would be great to see my friend at 4 digit alexa… all the best
wow, you trafficult increased so fast!
Amit,your blog is very nice you covering all aspects of technology and the posts on security are very useful to PC users.
Nice work man..
Really Impressive…
thanks for sharing you success story , amit . indian bloggers like you and amit agarwal are an inspiration to us .Can you write more seo articles for us pls ?
Now that’s called true blogging… It’s amazing how you have turned a personal domain into Pro blog which attracts thousands of hits everyday..
I am sure your parents never expected your name to be chanted by several 1000’s of readers each and everyday
Again I would like to wish u lots of success both in offline and online world and I hope u will be the best Pro blogger in India by this year end
Amit, you are really cool & I was totally impressed with the way you write the articles. Hats off to you buddy. Your articles are very useful.
I own a technology blog named “Tech Thunder” on Blogger
Url: http://techthunder.co.nr
Signup: 4 months ago
Started Blogging: 4 months ago, but was writing articles twice in a month.
Now I write articles daily.
Visitors/day: About 300 pageloads.
Most Visitors from: Google & Social Bookmarking Site.
Pls visit my blog and suggest some good tips so that I get many visitors.
“I HOPE YOU WILL LIKE MY BLOG”
@ Tech Thunder - First and foremost thing i would recommend you is to go for a self hjosted blog than a blog spot or a .co.nr redirected name. We do offer setting up services, though you have written good content and setup a nice organized blog.
Thankz a ton for replying…
I will surely opt for paid hosting service, but still there is some time.
I wanted to know how I can increase my blog visitors?
Wish You a Great Success For Your Future Projects
Hello amit,
you didn’t say how much you make through all of your sites and with this site alone,
because this site has excellent alexa rank
@ Seenu - I will post the income stats most probably next year, you can have a guess that its in some xxxx$/month from this blog! Will post all stats when the time comes
one more question,
ru from hyd?
Hi,
Amit, tremendous and inspiring work. Long way to go. Keep it up.
Saketh
@ Seenu - Yes iam from Hyderabad, you can find more information on my contact page.
@ Saketh - Thanks for the compliments.
Hey amit I have a doubt ,for related articles links I search in my blog using search which is not google custom search ,I want to add Google custom search to my blog then I loose the option to search within my blog as I have no Navbar how to deal with this.my blog is http://computersservicing.blogspot.com/.If I added Google custom how can I search for my posts having google don’t allow to search in google custom search.And also I want suggestions on my blog from you regarding content,design.
@ Venkat - You can install google adsense custom search box with results from your own blog, that can help you monetize the searches as well as get results from your blog. I did find you promoting your blog , though i would suggest you to go for a self hosted blog like mine, you can email me if you need help on that.
hey amit i remember ur thread on DP … if am not wrong then u had set a challenge with members to get max visitors in a month or few target … i do not remember perfectly but surely would like to say u rock man
… with the way u brought this blog and also i liked ur dir too gii.in with lots n lots of info on it too
One more thing i wud like to ask …
which niche u wud suggest to gain gud results or traffic and ofcourse $$$ too
@ Puneet :
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/first-30-days-100-days-challenge/
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/january-traffic-stats-google-wins-again-1000-google-visitors-daily/
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/february-traffic-subscribers-month-end-stats/
The above posts were referred to the traffic challenge i started and even reached them quickly. Thanks for the compliments though.
Also regarding the niche, any niche certainly works and pays good if worked on seriously and targetted for long term
Thats a nice story
your blog has achieved a great success in short time….
keep going
Congrats Amit…..
May sucess arrives to you lot…
Dear Amit,
I am from Bangladesh. I read your blog regularly. I have been trying to make a simple blog in blogger. But is it possible to come successful in monetizing a website if it is in Blogger? Actually I am not from a well-to-do family. So I could not take any professional training from any institution. Whatever about website or blogging I have learn, is from internet. I have indomitable willpower, but limited monetary capability. I have been able to learn to make a blog in blogger. I have got an adsense account. But, I hardly get any traffic, as, my blog cannot be found in search engines. Is it possible to learn SEO without taking any institutional training or spending money? Is any website advice available from where I can learn SEO and increase my page rank in google search? I am really pleased to notice that your website comes in the first page in many google search! I would remain ever grateful if you kindly answer my questions.
Thanks in advance.
Sohag
Its Possible i have learn SEO by myself, Its not difficult, All it takes is focus, time and smartness, Money is not the issue!
If deep down you know you want it, You will get it!
Amit You tell the rest!
@ Sohag : Never tell that you dont have the money to learn things, its the dedication and your seriousness which matters because internet is a place where you can find huge information completely available free of cost.
Monetizing a blog spot is also easy but you need to have a professional looking blog, good amount of feed readers, rankings etc for getting decent traffic and then mint money from them.
I will try to make some really useful posts on seo in december which you can read on daily basis and learn a lot of stuff. Subscribe to this blog’s feed and i will make sure you can learn SEO from the beginner level to the experts level.
Amit I am eagerly waiting for your articles on SEO,
Dear Amit,
Thanks a lot for your quick response. Also thanks to the other Sohag who also responded to my query!
Everyday, I open your site with the hope that I will be able to learn something new and know something new. Actually, I have been inspired by witnessing the huge success of your blog. Now I know how to create a blog, but what I do not know is, SEO which is a must to reach a blog to the readers. It is truely a good news for us that you are going to write some SEO article in December!! We believe you are an expert in this field. So, my earnest request is, please write the SEO articles from the “abc level”….followed by “xyz level”….so that many more AMITs can take birth from within your fans!!
Thank you again.
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Good stats and an inspiring story Amit!
Amit, I can say is, you did very well from the start, and I’ve been in here on and off, Amit’s guide actually got something that really make me keep coming back.
Question is : Hey Bro, Amit, What ingredient you put in the sticky post? Making me keep coming back to check your post all the time.
Amit yours is one of the most inspiring success stories i have seen
good luck man!
Congrats and it has been a long journey.This story shall give enough inspiration to all fellow bloggers.
It’s great to hear how other blogs get started. Your persistence has obviously paid off. Thank you for sharing your story.
Way to go, I plan on having my blog alot more popular then it is. Started off to be way personal (and for the most part still is) but im working on writing other bits and pieces of information and now Im offering guest bloggers as long as it’s an article of something of my interest which is a huge area IMO… GREAT JOB and KEEP IT UP
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