As all my readers know, I am very open in sharing things that work for me. Things that didn’t work for me and I do not hold back when calling out something that I do not think is right.
Now I am no author, hardly a "writer" as my spelling and grammar are poor but one thing I do is Try and provide you my thoughts, idea’s and tell you how I feel about certain subjects.
The open book continues and the following are stats for DotWeekly.com since it’s Birth in 2008. Not even a full year old since my first posting on 01/14/2008. 11 months later, 612 posts and nearly 2,000 comments. Keep in mind from day one, DotWeekly had Never once paid for Advertising.
Monthly Stats
The most popular times for visitors spikes twice during the day. From 6-10 am and then again from 1-5 (Central Time) and drops off from that point in the day. The average visitor stays for just under 6 Minutes. A good thing, that’s an Average and the next highest number is that people stay for 1h+.
85.5% of readers use Windows for their operating systems with 2nd place being Mac with 8.3%. Browsers are in a dead heat with Firefox beating out IE with 42.3% to 40.5%.
77.9% of DotWeekly.com’s traffic is from Direct Navigation or Bookmarks. 10.6% of it’s traffic comes from Search Engines and 11.3% coming from Links (other external pages, not including search engines.
67.3% of readers "Add to Favorites "
It doesn’t get any more Open Book then that and the reason I do it, Is To Help! I hope DotWeekly.com has helped you in one way or another this year and you continue to use those things you have learned for a really long time.
2009 is only Hours away and nobody really knows what it holds for us. Will I continue to blog in 2009? I wish I could clearly say YES but I do not know. Times are tough right now and things are not looking good.
Thank you again to the 60,000 + Unique visitors and the 1,795,000 + Hits in 2008!
IT
Hi Jamie,
I always found useful information in your blog, a million thanks for generously sharing domain news and ideas with us. Please don’t drop your blog – if you do, all your readers will be very disappointed. Happy new year to you, we all hope for a better 2009!
**Jamie Says**
Thank you IT! I was thinking of charging my readers $35 a year but… JK
GoodKarma
I find your blog very helpful and best of all, it comes straight from what you want to say-and that the best part.
If you get a journalist to write, they tend to sway the facts and they know how to manipulate words.
Like us, we just shoot them straight!!
Keep it up.
Stevie
Wow,
Domaining.com accounts for a high % of your traffic,
Glad it’s still free now then
Happy new year.
Stevie.
**Jamie Says**
Maybe you misread the stats Stevie? Over 76% of my traffic comes from Direct Navigation. ie: typing http://www.DotWeekly.com or visiting from a Bookmark. Since my stories are posted on Domaining.com as LINKS, the traffic coming from Domaining.com would be in the 11.3 % section/range. Since Domaining.com is not the Only links from an external site to my site, I would say about 8% of my traffic comes from Domaining.com . The 2293 you see are links Back to DotWeekly.com From Domaining (basically stories I wrote).
Patrick McDermott
“Thank you again to the 60,000 + Unique visitors …”
I always new I was “Unique”.
Happy New Year!
Stevie
I read it wrong
I thought the Image was for 1 month making almost a 3rd from domaining .com
Have a good 1.
Stevie.
**Jamie Says**
No problem Stevie.
Ed - Michigan
Jamie, thanks for your DotWeekly. I learn from it.
It’s easiest for me to go thru Domaining, but I read your site quite regularly.
tell you wife thanks for sharing you with all of us.
(Oh, and thanks for handing the Lions their 16th loss in the culmination of a PERFECT football season.) Enjoy New Years Day.
**Jamie Says**
(as long as she can go shopping when she wants. lol) I was also happy to see the Packers break their own 5 game losing streak and helping the Lions on their record breaking year.
Thank you Ed! My wife says she is happy to allow me do something I love.
Asia SEO Guru
Im interested to know with that traffic volume, what kind of revenue are your deriving from your affiliate banners?
**Jamie Says**
Going with the fact that domainers are Cheap, revenue is and was very low. I do not have an exact number but I would say it is under $500 for the year. A couple sign ups from XSite Pro, 2 sign ups via HostGator, couple clicks to Godaddy etc. For some reason Domainers think clicking on ads is like they are cancer.