eXtra For Every Publisher

Mark at 45n5 has created a great little list of the top one hundred blogs relating to making money online. The list currently only has seventy-three blogs but Mark is adding more as people submit their sites.

eXtra for Every Publisher is currently sitting at sixty-one, not the greatest, as I’d like to be better than half way up the list, but give me a little time, and I will get there.

Currently, the list only uses Google PageRank, Technorati, and the very hated, Alexa. I am hoping Mark will add more things to the tool so that sites rank where they should be, rather than higher due to weird Alexa stats.

The great thing about the idea is that the more traffic it gets, the more traffic is filtered down to the people on the list, and the more people promote it, the more links Mark gets. So it ends up being a win-win for all involved.

A very cool list, and one I am glad to be part of. Check it out at 45n5.com/top100.

Ack! I have slipped down to 103 thanks to all the new competition that has been added. I knew I had a long climb to do well in this niche, but I don’t think I deserve to be ranked so low on the list.

If you’d like to help Xfep do better, please favourite this site on Technorati, link back to me or one of my posts from your site, or browse my site using the Alexa toolbar (I wouldn’t make anyone do that).

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I took Aaron Brazell’s Self Importance Test, and I found out that according to him, I am most like Darren Rowse. To me that is a pretty major compliment, even if it is coming from a test that amounts only to link bait.

Here is what the answer said:

You are most like Darren Rowse!

You are like Darren Rowse. You are relatively mild mannered, confident in how you operate and choose not to “rock the boat”. Your ego does not flair often. Instead, you choose to assist other bloggers as much as possible. In some cases, you may find it to be your mission in life. You do not participate in a large amount of social networking and if you do, you’re not particularly aggressive about “friending” people. To you, it is a waste of time that could be used for more productive things.

I enjoyed the little test, and I think it was very smart of Aaron to create it, as I am sure he will receive many links. Matt Mullenweg, of WordPress fame, took the test and got Jason Calacanis, despite being one of the possible results.

Take the test and let me know your results.

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If you use FeedBurner for your RSS feed managment, you might be in for quite a shock, despite you not wanting to show your audience how many subscribers you have, you may be showing your competition how well, or how poorly you are doing.

FeedBurner provides a small chicklet which shows your current subscriber rates on your blog. Many prominent bloggers love to show off their feed counts, and display the badge prominently. The service is FeedCount, and if you have enabled it, anyone can view your current subscriber rates.

• Feeds on FeedBurner are usually formatted as http://feeds.feedburner.com/feedname
• To view the FeedCount badge, add ~fc/ before the feedname
• The new url should then be formatted like http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/feedname

If the FeedCount service is inactive, then you will come to an ugly page telling you so, but from my tests, most people using FeedBurner have activated the FeedCount service.

Here are a few examples of sites where you can see their feed count.

Problogger.net - he shows his feed count publicly, but it can be a good check to make sure it is not a faked graphic. Like we had any doubt.

The Blog Beat

Self Made Minds

Blogging Fingers

So if you don’t want to show off such numbers, then deactivate the FeedCount service or if you are so inclined, post the graphic on your blog, and proudly display how well you are doing.

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I just wanted to let everyone know that I have made a Facebook Group for all of those out there that are envious of John Chow or have been inspired to try to follow his example.

From my note on Facebook:

This is a group created for all those that want to or already have started a blog about blogging to make money online ala John Chow. We can come together, support each other, and shake our fists in frustration at how much John Chow is making

Join the group if you are interested, and hopefully, working together, we can start to bolster our blogging income.

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If you are hoping to get some free advertising on a prominent blog, The Blog Beat has you covered as they run a contest to earn one of two 125×125 pixel advertising spots on their site. eXtra for Every Publisher is entering the contest in hopes of increasing its audience, and if you have a blog that could use the highly focused traffic The Blog Beat brings in, I suggest you enter as well.

Here are the details:

You have the opportunity to be entered to win one of two advertising spots on The Blog Beat for the months of October & November.

Where Are The Ad Spots? The advertising spots are the banner after the first article and a 125 pixel x 125 pixel image on the right side of the blog. One winner will get the banner ad for the first month while the other gets the 125 button ad, and then switch for the second month.

How Do I Enter? Simply link to The Blog Beat from your site. This link could be to The Blog Beat homepage or an article, it just needs to be a link. When the contest ends, I will randomly pick two winners.

With some great tips, and imagery in their posts, The Blog Beat is a great site, and one I highly recommend for bloggers learning the ropes. Check out their full site as well as their archives, and if you are interested in entering the contest, you only have until September 23rd.

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