Merry Christmas everyone. As we get ready to bid farewell to 2007, here’s a recap of the last twelve months at Digital Inspiration:
Site Stats – Digital Inspiration registered around 17 million page views in 2007. That figure was 12 million in 2006.
RSS Subscribers – We now have around ~17,000 RSS subscribers.
Blog Income – Like the year 2006, Google AdSense brought in the maximum advertising revenue – not quoting any specific numbers but they are in 5 figures USD monthly.
BlogAds and Adify (WPNI Blogroll + TechDispenser) also performed extremely well in 2007. The combined monthly revenue generated from these programs is around 25% of AdSense. FeedBurner Ads were however a big disappointment for 2007.
Tidbits:
1. Digital Inspiration moved from Blogger to WordPress this year.
2. The AdSense Sandbox tool (released in May ‘07) is now quite popular among AdSense publishers.
3. The ASCII Art project again received lot of attention especially among bloggers.
4. If you ever need help related to blogging, online monetization, web tools or software, please put that in the message board and I’ll definitely get back to you.
5. The Indian Blogger directory is now a one stop shop for finding the best blogs in India. The directory is frequently referred by journalists looking to find good Indian blogs belonging to a particular niche.
6. Events like BarCamp are the best place to meet fellow bloggers and readers offline. This year, I got to attend a couple of BarCamps where I talked about blogging – view presentation.
7. You can read my personal technology columns in Financial Express and The Hindustan Times – they appear every Monday in the print edition.
8. Times Online UK mentioned India Inc. (our sister blog) as one on the best business blogs in India.
9. Digital Inspiration now has over 4,500 articles, tips and tutorials. I am working on a solution to make it easier for readers to browse the archives.
10. Finally, if you are on MyBlogLog and Facebook, please consider joining the Digital Inspiration community there.
Thank you all for such a wonderful 2007. Going forward, what else would you like to see on Digital Inspiration. Always looking forward to your suggestions and comments.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/digital-inspiration-2007-year-in-review/1972/
Tags: announcements, feature, Blogging, Internet
Reader Comments
Congratulations!
I’m sure you’re going to reach bigger heights in ‘08.
Good luck.
Written by Shankar Ganesh on 12.25.07
And btw,
I think you should work on giving your blog a better design than what it’s currently having.
Something that’ll give it a more pro look :)
Written by Shankar Ganesh on 12.25.07
That is some going !! Merry Christmas :)
Written by Bhaanu on 12.25.07
A 5 million increase in pageviews. Amazing achievement indeed Amit.
Written by Syahid A. on 12.25.07
Good numbers there… u anyway rock. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL !!!
Written by Davinder on 12.25.07
I’d like to see some software and hardware giveaways once in a while.
Written by anonymous on 12.25.07
WOW!Mind blowing! Happy 2008 year ahead!
Written by Diya on 12.25.07
Man, I envy you. I wish I have this kind of traffic and revenue. I too would love to quit my job if I do. :)
Written by the extraordinary directory on 12.25.07
As usual,that’s great going….
Considering labnol.org as a baby(not really),it would be interesting to compare it’s stats with the blogspot blog.
Regarding FAN,the integration with Adsense could be the strong reason.Every other thing is just great!.
Will be anxiously waiting for that new ‘browse archives’.
Wishing you another successful year ahead..:),
Rohit
Written by Rohit on 12.25.07
I wanted to know how many page views you need before you leave your day job and do full time blogging?
Written by Asankhaya on 12.25.07
Thats a great achievement by an Indian.
congrats and best of luck for the coming 2008. :)
Written by Hitesh on 12.25.07
Thanks for sharing all the information and a very good new year ahead and hope this 17 million page views will convert in 34 million and more in 2008
Written by techie on 12.25.07
Congrats and Great show 2007 !!!!
Wishing you a very good 2008.
Cheers – Ranjith
Written by Ranjith on 12.26.07
Amazing stats Amit..Well done once again..
By the way, can you also tell me what percent of your traffic comes from Google search?
Written by Anand on 12.26.07
Congratulations and Good luck
Written by ma7moud on 12.26.07
Wow…
you are doing such a fantastic job.And you deserve lot more than this…
All the best for 2008.
Written by Saim Baig on 12.26.07
Great going Amit,
best of luck for next year :)
cheers
Written by Bhangu on 12.26.07
Hello All,
Wishing You a very Happy and more revenue generating New Year…
Written by WebTrooperz on 12.26.07
Great stats.
Best of for the next year
Hope you do well better than this in 2008
cheers
Written by Nihar on 12.27.07
Excellent shot Amit! Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year 2008.
And above all, I think that the faith you command in your readers, and vis versa, is the greatest achievement!
Written by Mohan on 12.27.07
Hi.. Congrats.. Keep Well. Great Work YOu did
Written by tamilnenjam on 12.27.07
Congratulations Amit. It is all your effort that shows.
Written by Rajesh Kumar on 12.27.07
congrats amit … cheers
Written by Fred on 12.27.07
An inspiring blog not just because of the stats but the nature of articles. There are lot of things I have learnt from you and your blog.
Good luck
Written by Ashish Mohta on 12.27.07
You could easily gather Amit that you are a role model for Indibloggers around :) What keeps me glued to your blog is the sincerity with which you write. I also have been admirer of the fact that you so eagerly share the secrets of your own success with your readers. Happy holidays and best wishes for a fantastic 2008 :)
Written by Debashish on 12.27.07
congrats buddy its wonderful achievement keep rocking for 2008 and wish you happy blogging
Written by sai krishna on 12.28.07
Started reading the blog earlier this year and is now regular viewing! Incredible stats and very impressive growth. As a UK outsourcing company we could do with recruiting some like you.
Keep up the good work.
Written by Juan on 12.28.07
Another great year for you Amit. The way you works and your ideas is really awesome and amazing. Wish you luck in coming years
Written by zaki on 12.28.07
Hi Amit,
Your Digital Inspiration is really Inspiring. I have been a very close follower or your blog.
Congrats and have a great 2008.
Regards
Written by Raj on 12.29.07
No doubt DI is the best!! But what I can see is the future whre people will choose careers in blogging.
Congratulations and Happy New Year!!!
Written by Raj Guru on 12.30.07
can you please confirm if when you say 5 digits for google if its xx,xxx.xx or xxx.xx – also, is this revenue chart from this labnol.org only?
thank you!
Written by mark on 12.31.07
Amit,
You deserve what you done, many of your pages nedds bit more attention in terms of seo to for more good rankings ;). samll changes.
Best of luck for 2008. Hope to see Better stats then this.
Written by Seo Consultant India on 12.31.07
Dear Amit
You had a great year man.
I wish you a great 2008 for you and digital inspiration.Got here by viewing your video on adsense blog.I am also using adsense.There is a new publisher program (banner ads only) from komli.Try it out somewhere in your site,it pays better than adsense.
You really inspire me……..
Written by Maneesh J on 01.01.08
Pretty impressive stats ! Congrats !!
Written by anandk on 01.01.08