April 2008 Most Popular Posts
So long, April. And what a month it was. My net worth numbers are already up, so you know how I fared from a financial standpoint. How did you favorite llama-featured financial blog do this past month? Fantastic beyond my wildest dreams. For the month of April, Llama Money received a whopping 25,416 unique visitors. That’s up from 1067 UV’s in March - a 25 fold increase. I can thank a whopping 21,535 of those visitors from the excellent utility StumbleUpon. It seems SU’s users liked a couple posts on the site, and came over in droves. That leaves a cool 3,881 visitors from other sources - still way, way up.
Here is a list of Llama Money’s most popular posts for April 2008:
Dollar Bills: Why we still have them
I ended the month with 45 RSS subscribers - that’s up from 28 last month. Still moving forward, though I’d love to see things move along a bit more quickly. If you’re a reader ( new or if you’ve been around for awhile ), please consider subscribing. Llamamoney.com has both RSS and Email subscriptions, so you don’t have to worry about missing a new post.
Llama Ads
The time has finally come to offer ads here at Llama Money. With much improved traffic, a PR rating of 3, and Alexa rating of 280k, it’s about time. There are currently two ad slots for sale - 125×125 banners that are featured at the top of my sidebar. The cost? $10 per month. Less than fifty cents a day. Peanuts, really. If you would like to be featured on Llama Money, please use this link - the signup process is simple.
Overall
What a great month. Everything is looking up for Llama Money, and I expect May to be even better. Thank you all for reading - this site wouldn’t have a purpose, and wouldn’t exist, if you guys didn’t read. Thanks.
Popularity: 18% [?]
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Congratulations buddy. Speaking of Stumbleupon, you should consider adding a stumble it button at the end of your posts to make it easier for folks to stumble your content. Maybe a digg button too?
25,416 uniques? Damn, you’re a big shot now
May 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Congratulations on the growth and keep the quality posts. I am in a similar position to you and I think pf blogs tend to grow a bit slower than other MMO blogs. Good luck with the ads and how come you haven’t signed up with Adsense? Also how long did it take for the PR to get to 3?
I have to take a more active front with SU. Heard a lot of good things about it.
Cheer,
Andy.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Big shot ? HAH not just yet. One good month does not a big shot make
Let’s get a couple more great months under the belt and then maybe.
Thansk Andy. I haven’t added Adsense here because I’m trying to keep ads at a very, very small portion of the space for now. I love Adsense ( makes me some nice extra coin on other sites ), but for now, I prefer growth on this site. Sending readers away for ad revenue isn’t in my plans for now.
A couple banner ads won’t hurt me, because I get to pick the sites, and can choose ones that I want to promote. Eventually Adsense will find a home here, once traffic is more substantial / regular. I’m just trying to be patient.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Oh sorry, and PR3 just hit ( was PR2 about 2 months ago ) the last week or two. So about 6 months I guess. I need to focus on hunting down links more, so I can keep that moving.