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30 Responses to “Welcome to Readers of the Wall Street Journal” - Add Yours

• RT the fitness guy

  January 15th, 2008 10:09 pm

  There is also a very active community of fantastic readers like myself!

  We are waiting to pick apart your comments!

  :-)

  RT

• Rhea

  January 15th, 2008 11:23 pm

  Or not.

• Mike

  January 15th, 2008 11:24 pm

  $250K is a nice income from writing a couple of blogs :)

  I have enough trouble just trying to read all of the stuff you write. Are you sure you don’t have your son helping you out?

• Dave

  January 15th, 2008 11:27 pm

  Not a bad write up on the WSJ, Mr Rowse!

  I question, were you approached prior to it being written (in part it reads like an interview, in part like its information gleaned from reading ProBlogger)?

• Darren Rowse

  January 15th, 2008 11:28 pm

  Mike – no… unless he’s sneaking out of his cot at night!

• Search◊ Engines Web

  January 15th, 2008 11:43 pm

  Here is the reference for those who did not understand the mysterious title

  Darren Rowse, the Melbourne, Australia-based writer of ProBlogger.net, a popular blog that teaches other bloggers how to make money, earned roughly $250,000 in 2007 off ads on three blogs he writes. Mr. Rowse says he makes the most off traditional display advertising, where advertisers pay a fee to appear, but he also has used affiliate ads and Google AdSense.

  Mr. Rowse says publishers should experiment with several types of advertising and use an analytics program to figure out which ones are most effective. Once they do that, bloggers should, for the most part, rely on just one or two advertising programs “so they don’t clutter the site,” he says. Bloggers should be careful to pick advertising that doesn’t appear to taint the content or reputation of the site, he adds.

  Mr. Rowse says certain types of advertising can be most effective for certain sites. For instance, affiliate programs, such as Amazon’s, tend to work best on sites with loyal followers who trust their blogger for recommendations. Sites with lots of general search-engine traffic but fewer devotees may do better with a contextual ad program, such as AdSense. Regular display ads can also be very effective, he says, depending on how well the ad matches the site’s content.

• Michael

  January 15th, 2008 11:52 pm

  Very nice article. That is impressive. Would love to see the traffic bump today…

• Mike - Twenty Steps

  January 15th, 2008 11:55 pm

  Nice write up and they didn’t slap an ever so fashionable “nofollow” on the link. Happy days all round :)

  It would be interesting if you could report back how much traffic you get as a result of the link, Darren.

• Neil Duckett

  January 16th, 2008 12:03 am

  Pretty massive exposure hitting the WSJ Darren, well done to have such a wide spread, reputable reputation, it`s a credit to you.

• Hyder

  January 16th, 2008 12:08 am

  Nice writeup. Congrats on the recognition.

• Craig Harper

  January 16th, 2008 12:27 am

  Hey Darren,
  Or should I say Mr. Rowse [sic].
  Congratulations!
  It’s not every day you get mentioned in the Wall Street Journal.
  Keep up the great blogging mate.

• DefogMyBlog

  January 16th, 2008 12:45 am

  Congratulations. Well deserved recognition.

• Affiliate Confession

  January 16th, 2008 1:15 am

  Congratulations Darren on the mention in a major media outlet like the Wall Street Journal. Wonder how many more visitore that will bring?

• Mark@mytropicalescape

  January 16th, 2008 1:33 am

  Darren – congratulations! You certainly deserve the recognition.

• David W Zemens - 1955 Design

  January 16th, 2008 1:40 am

  Although 250k is good money, I don’t think most of us realize how much time Darren puts into his work.

  Congratulations on the WSJ article!

• Frugal Dad

  January 16th, 2008 1:42 am

  Now that’s big-league media coverage – well-deserving, I might add. I have now made Problogger.net my source for blogging tips when starting up my own blogs.

• Jeff - buzzmyblog.com

  January 16th, 2008 1:59 am

  Wow Darren! Congratulations on the mega-exposure from such an elite and reputable source! You are truly my inspiration.

  Jeff
  http://www.buzzmyblog.com

• Lawrence Cheok | A Long Long Road

  January 16th, 2008 2:20 am

  Very timely article, Darren.

  I have just learned something about blogging today – timing. Thanks :)

• tinymeme

  January 16th, 2008 2:46 am

  congrats on the write up Darren

• Ruchir

  January 16th, 2008 3:05 am

  Congrats on appearing in the Wall Street Journal!

• Justin McKean

  January 16th, 2008 3:12 am

  Great article. Congrats from a newbie to the field.

• Adam Singer

  January 16th, 2008 3:35 am

  great to see you get a writeup in the journal, darren, recognition well deserved !

• Jay Groce

  January 16th, 2008 3:49 am

  Just think. I once left a comment on that guy’s blog, and now he’s all famous and stuff. Congrats on the exposure man. You deserve it.

• Abhijeet

  January 16th, 2008 4:36 am

  Congrats Darren….your achievements are unparalled and unprecedented

• Santosh Puthran

  January 16th, 2008 7:55 am

  Congrats …. Darren. Your achievements are great.

• LC

  January 16th, 2008 8:00 am

  Darren , you work so hard and give up so much good stuff, the publishing Gods are looking out for you! Congratulations!

• Darren Rowse

  January 16th, 2008 8:52 am

  thanks everyone for your kind words and congrats.

  Now – lets get back to blogging :-)

• DaveGuy

  January 16th, 2008 12:56 pm

  Great exposer! I’ve just started the blog monetize thing and I feel like I’ve stumbled onto a gold mine.

  Congratulations and here’s to learning a ton about making money with my blogs.

• Bill Mossburg

  January 16th, 2008 3:23 pm

  I love the Wall Street Journal. For my own reasons I always loved to read their coverage of business failures for their witty and accurate stories.

• Louis

  January 16th, 2008 6:33 pm

  Congrats Darren. I believe a few (hundred) more have just joined the problogger fanbase.

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