My last post “Top 4 ways to piss me off with your blog” to my surprise and delight went hot and made the first page of Sphinn today. This is one of the cooler things that happened to me this week/month/year/(decade?) especially because several bloggers that I read on a daily basis, and respect, were some of the ones who are reading and sphinning my posts. Thanks guys (*cries* You like me! You really like me!)
So now what? For me and this blog I’m going to continue to try and write good content and throw some link-baiting titles in, when I can, for good measure… but that’s it.
I think a lot of first time bloggers/webmasters who find some quick/overnight success try and make as much money off it as possible (and this could be why so many of the blogs out there piss me off.) They throw up tons of ads, affiliate links, etc… and forget about the people. I have seen it happen so many times.
A great site starts getting a little more traffic than what they are used to and BLAM it gets overrun by all kinds of crap that I don’t want/care to see and the content suffers - and in turn loses the traffic that it had from being a great site and fades from memory.
So to anyone who finds a little overnight success: It’s just one day/week don’t forget how you got there - so you can stay there.