Is Your Blog Popular On Domaining.com? Content Kings Identified!

Posted by Steve under General on Monday, November 30th, 2009 11:56 am

Cybertonic does an outstanding job with the services they provide to domainers. Recently, Francois sent out an email about editing feeds that you see on domaining.com. Additionally, you can add feeds from your favorite blogs on the internet. These are awesome features, that most visitors fail to use.

Yesterday, I went through and edited feeds that I did not want to see anymore. There is nothing more frustrating to me on domaining.com, than a blogger who just spams the site with useless or irrevelent content to make a name for themselves. So I have eliminated those sites now, and it’s nice to be able to do so!

Anyway, as I looked through the edit your feed page, I found some interesting data. It lists how many articles a blogger has published in a 30 day period, list the average amount of unique clicks to articles via domaining.com, and lists how many people have opted to remove your feed.

What I find interesting, is bloggers who publish a few quality articles in a 30 day period do very well with unique visitors from domaining.com. While those who are serial bloggers, have a lower performance click thru. Although, those serial bloggers receive consistent traffic from domaining.com.

Is your blog popular on domaining.com? Let’s see who does a good job at delivering effective content. Who is content king? As Rick Schwartz says, “The numbers do not lie”.

TOP Article Bloggers: (2-19 posts)
1. WannaDevelop.com 3 Articles 347 Unique Click Average
2. RicksBlog.com 14 Articles 265 Unique Click Average
3. RickLatona.com 8 Articles 176 Unique Click Average

TOP Serial Bloggers:  (20 or more posts)
1. Fusible.com   66 Articles   135 Unique Click Average
2. TheDomains.com   51 Articles   132 Unique Click Average
3. ElliotsBlog.com   51 Articles   121 Unique Click Averge

If you want to see how effective your blog communicates to domaining.com visitors, then go to the edit your feed button. It is located at the center top of the page. If your blog is not listed, it means you have to work a little harder at delivering quality content.

28 Responses to “Is Your Blog Popular On Domaining.com? Content Kings Identified!”

Elliott Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Your post doesn’t take into account that sponsored headlines, which are paid listings (or those chosen by Francois), can’t be filtered by visitors and they are counted in the # of clicks. As a result, those will receive more clicks whether they’re good posts or not since they stay at the top of the site.

Also, popular sites like TheDomains have a lot of subscribers and type in traffic, so they will obviously get less hits from Domaining.com, since people have already visited.

The numbers certainly don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole truth either.
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Agree 100% Elliott.

It does not take into effect of RSS subscribers either. It is just interesting data based off what Domaining.com provides.

Obviously, traffic each site gets would say it all.

Thanks.
Jeff Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
YA but eliots blog is one example were he just posts a good headline then 200-300 words of fill crap about him and his wife eating dinner most of the time. Hence the super low repeat viewers, once is enough cry the poor masses!
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 13:10 pm
@Jeff

It is not such a bad thing that elliott shares his personal life with readers. In matter of fact, it is a golden rule in blogging to do so. The funny thing is you keep on going back for more content each and every time.
Bill E. Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 13:18 pm
I never noticed this feature before. Pretty cool and some of the data surprised me. Thanks for posting it.
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 13:22 pm
@Bill

No Prob.
Jeff Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 13:39 pm
@steve

actually no, I go to domaining.com looking for news an general insite about domains. Eliots blog is not a resouce of anything other then selling his own domains, or mini posts with little substance and the numbers show I’m not the only one.

Steve can I call you by your given name? Eliot )
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 13:45 pm
@Jeff,

You can call me whatever you like, Donald Duck would work. I respect your point of view about Elliotsblog.com. I am like you and like to get exactly as you explained when I go to domaining.com.

However, as a blogger, it is absolutly boring to deliver consistent news without sharing/adding your own personality to the blog. You have to be able to do both without taking away from the quality of content. And that is a hard thing to master my friend.

Bloggers are just happy to get readers period!

Thanks for sharing your perspective.
Shane Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 14:05 pm
I will be the first to admit I got off track but it takes a while to get back in the flow of blogging after 2 years. I got that email from Francois saying to either get back on track. At first I took it personal and then realized he was right. Keep it to domaining and I will and have. My clicks doubled in just the first few days since I started putting better content. It takes a while to figure out what to share and what to keep to yourself. I just ask myself would I want to read this? My first group of posts, no. From now on? I hope so
Phil Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 14:56 pm
@Jeff,
I agree with you. Elliot baits readers on a daily basis and provides little substance to any reader. He just regurgitate stuff that is already written or tries to get traffic to his failing websites. Today, he blogged about blocking other domainer feeds. It is just egotiscal to see a domain blogger advising readers to block other domain blogs. I have lost respect for him ages ago. He writes “With so many projects going on, it’s good to be able to cut through the BS and get the news I need when I want it.”. Perhaps he should block himself. What a loser!
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:07 pm
@Phil,

I do not mind if readers of the blog post their comments on services or individuals they dislike. However, it must be done tactfully. There is no need to call anyone a loser on this blog. As I stated earlier, anyone can call me anything they want, but I will not tolerate this language used with other individuals. Elliott is a friend of mine, it is unneccessary to use those words. He appreciates constructive critisism and usually makes adjustments. But you have crossed the line my friend with that last sentence.

Enjoy the blog. Share your comments. Keep it professional.

Thanks.
Troy Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:09 pm
Finally! I can block the Frager Factor.

It is currently the #1 blocked blog on Domaining.com FYI
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:16 pm
@Troy,

LoL. Owen is a good friend. Not very many people see the genius traits that he possesses. Call to action domains are the future. He has been providing social proof of this trend for years. He does it with quite a bit of small blog posts that clutter domaining.com. His content is not aimed at domainers. It is aimed at endusers, and if a few domainers can learn a thing or two in the process, then that is a bonus.

Having said that, I only read articles that are of interest to me that he publishes.

Thanks for the info.
Elliot Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:29 pm
What Steve didn’t happen to mention is that Andrew at DNW has 92 posts with an average click rate of 85. There are others with lower rates of return as well, but Steve listed Mike, me and Fusible.com as examples. I clearly think this indicates that people are visiting via means other than Domaining.com. I also think that there are plenty of people who find my blog useful. My blog has an Alexa ranking under 30k as does Mike’s and Andrew’s. I list names for sale on my blog because they sell. If people weren’t buying, I wouldn’t list them. Like

In any case, you are free to block whatever sites you’d like. Maybe you should block all of the sites and focus on building your business rather than being critical of other people. I guess it’s more fun slinging mud on someone’s blog than it is to get work done.

Ironically, both Phil and Jeff have simply “http://”
Elliot Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:31 pm
Ironically, both Phil and Jeff have simply “http://website”
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 15:58 pm
@Elliott,

The term Serial blogger was not used in a negative form in my blog post. How else do you state someone who posts several of blogs post without being long winded? The top three were configured by Unique Click average numbers, not by the amount of blog posts.

If by blog posts, DomainNameWire.com would take the trophy!

It is definitely clear that the majority of traffic that comes to all bloggers sites is outside of domaining.com. People love to read content, and the search engines help them find it.
Phil Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 16:03 pm
@Elliot,
Alexa ranking is nothing to boast about. Google “fake alexa ranking” or something similar and you will see how easy it is to fake these rankings. Blogs that depend on fooling advertisers fo there moneys always seem to fake their Alexa rankings. Its so damn easy to do. When was the last time you posted anything sensible on your blog?
Elliot Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 16:51 pm
@ Phil

Let’s start by you telling me who you are and what you’ve been doing. What forum handles do you go by? I’ve been blogging about what I am doing in the business of domain investments and development and have had a pretty fair amount of success.

As far as “fooling advertisers…” many of my advertisers have been renewing monthly or every 3 months, depending on the advertiser. If they weren’t satisfied, they could cancel any time. I haven’t had a single advertiser cancel in a few months. In fact, they continue to renew, and one of the larger advertisers emailed me today about renewing for 2010.

BTW, there are no affiliate link banners on the site. All are paying advertisers who are not paying for performance.

In any case, I am not going to debate some anonymous person who spends his time trolling domain blogs.
Mike Cohen Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 19:09 pm
Interesting topic here…

Rick Schwartz’ blog is the #1 most popular and original domainer blog and my personal favorite, which is no surprise as to why it gets 200+ average clicks from domainers on domaining.com on average per each post. My site gets the same average and is probably one of the more popular ones focused on domain development, even in non-sponsored headlines days. Original content and consistency does pay off

http://www.domaining.com/feed/rick-schwartz/
http://www.domaining.com/feed/wanna-develop/

Thanks to Francois for making the statistics available. It is very insightful for users and especially advertisers.

All the best,

Mike
Steve Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 19:47 pm
@Mike,

This is interesting data if you understand how to read it. It is one tool to help advertisers make a decision. However, as Elliott said earlier, it is not whole truth. There is definitely more to the equation when you take into effect the amount of daily/monthly traffic, and type of clientele that visit the site that will determine the true value for advertisers IMO.
JR Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 00:36 am
I blocked frager factor right after this post.

http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2009/09/six-figure-offer-for-owens-blog-com.html

Such a crock of **** this guy is.
Francois Carrillo Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 05:20 am
Something is sure, the average amount of clicks has dramatically fall down (I will say +70%) in one year while the audience has grown.
It look likes readers start to be tired to read similar posts again and again (mainly the ones about views). I also think many no longer want to spend so much time reading as they use to do in the past, many understood the money is not earn reading but working…
And I cannot blame them as myself I will say I only read at best 3 or 4 posts daily when I use to read 4+ times more last year.
There is so much sources of distractions that did not exist before:
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN, … that you cannot longer give as much attention to bloggers, your time is limited!
And new communication channels are coming like the Google Wave that may also affect our behavior.

…

This is why at a moment you need to filter and only look at the essential or at your prefered blogs, and as everyone is a world, it’s better each one decide for himself what he want to read and what no, and not Francois for you.

…

A dozen of members blocking a feed is nothing compared with the number of registered users.
It will be interesting to see within 3 months these numbers.
I think the positive point is maybe it should push some bloggers on focus on quality versus quantity, and also on focus much more their post on domaining, because it is mainly what our members want to read.
Mike Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 06:00 am
This feature was needed months ago.

I hope you go ahead and remove domaingang from the iistings all together. You don’t find the onion on techcrunch and you shouldnt find domainggang on domaining as many mainstream media sites look to it for news. Most don’t know the stupid inside “jokes” domaingang posts. Most of their posts are not even funny so really whats the point everyone is a ***** from them be added in the long run.

As for the talk about Elliots blog he spends most of his time with “mini posts” and times them to appear on the front page of domainging at peak viewers times. Trust me its like clock work.

Nothing much to say either just plugs for his crappy sites which make pennies a day and are always for sale.

“question, are links good? what is seo?” that is the type of junk he posts and Im glad to be able to filter that out forever.
Acro Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 11:49 am
Hey Mike – whoever you are under the cowardice provided by anonymity – DomainGang.com is a unique project in the domaining world that people who simply regurgitate news via self-patting blogging have failed to see the need for. I am glad you don’t like DomainGang and frankly, go ahead and block it now that you can. To speak on behalf of Francois – a smart individual – sounds moronic. Incidentally, Domaining.com supplies 25% of our daily traffic – the rest is type ins.
Steve Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
@Acro,

I enjoy the humor of DomainGang.com. Although, I do believe you crossed the line with the DNForum.com joke IMO. Continue to do what you do my friend, apparently many of us enjoy it. The stories you construct from scratch take talent! As a writer, I appreciate the effort taken to supply the articles you provide.
Acro Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 13:17 pm
Hey Steve – the idea is simple, really: those that enjoy reading Blog A versus Blog B will continue to do so, while not reading Blog C and Blog D. I have a bone to pick with those that ostensibly proclaim that DomainGang does not belong in the Domaining.com RSS feed. To those, I’ll say “block us, or get a life”. Humor is an acquired taste. Not everyone shares the same flavor or ability to grasp other people’s sense humor. Without tooting my own horn, I believe that article quality on DomainGang beats the Onion any given day. I stopped reading the Onion years ago because it became mainstream. Perhaps a better analogy would be MAD magazine. It never got old for its readers. Again, thanks for the words of support and for keeping an open mind with regards to what constitutes writing.
Alex Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 17:42 pm
I think the point the guy was trying to make is you should not mix real news and blogs with one which come so close. You guys use real names and stories more than once. Outsider would have a hard time telling them apart.

As for the onion… You don’t reeeally think your as funny or better? I really hope not… Unless you Also think your a 6 foot blond with perfect hair and teeth also and ride the short bus to school still )
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[...] Francois himself hit the nail on the head when he wrote (about the feed block feature): “I think the positive point is maybe it should push some bloggers [to] focus on quality versus quantity, and also [to] focus much more their post on domaining, because it is mainly what our members want to read.“ [...]

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