what a waste, he could have made more than USD10,000 per year from adsense alone and subsequently more every year.
Andrew Ooi
· 2 years ago
Yeah. But it's a good example. If you are a web designer.. just throw in some effort to get up some cool wordpress theme and you have a money maker !!
NikShikin
· 2 years ago
Hm.. Good example for a successful designer.. But, what a waste?
Tim
· 2 years ago
It's really a good idea to boost our blog popularity by design free quality wordpress themes. But might take longer for me, because design is not my profession :)
--blog for dream--
Philip Yong
· 2 years ago
Well, i sold my blogspot blog for RM200. heh not a lot but not bad for a blogspot blog. heh
Jeremy
· 2 years ago
Wow.. USD10,000 for 5 months work! For me I think it is a very good beginning. Its around 2K/month.. not bad.. convert to RM.. around RM6XXX/month. it is more than what a manager can claim to earn every month.
Good Job for Bob! Anyway.. where he sell out his blog? I mean the promotion part? Thru website or personal?
Fahmishah
· 2 years ago
if he monetize his blog and friendly SEO i'm sure he will get more than that
colbert low
· 2 years ago
wow not bad. USD10000 is enough to finance my wedding dinner this dec....sigh
Edward Khoo
· 2 years ago
USD$10,000 is definitely underrated, if he wait for 6-12 months later I am sure the price will be double
Jeremy
· 2 years ago
Hi Colbert,
So nice! Congratulations! Next month is my wedding to!! hehe!
If the $10,000 can go into my pocket.. wow! what a fat ang pow!
kucau
· 2 years ago
thanks for the mention liew. well, personally i believe bob didnt wait longer becoz he couldn't maintain the blog anymore. beside that, he has another blogs/sites to run , im sure he will sell those sites when the ranking is good.
kss
· 2 years ago
it is a good site which i wish i could afford to buy. i hope the new owner will update it regularly as the themes are great!
Neo
· 2 years ago
Liewcf, how much you want to sell yours?
iCalvyn
· 2 years ago
english not good is just a minor problem, as long understandable and 1 more important is need to have good content.
If the grammer not good, don write too much, more picture will do, "PICTURE WORTH THOUSAND WORD",
my english not good too, so i rather put more picture for my reader, more easy to understand
Michael Woo
· 2 years ago
Yeah I saw the website - I think he priced is a little low lar I think he can get another $5k on top of $10k
But it's incredible - his blog is a pr6 blog. I think you can get alot more cash for PR6..
Probably he just needs the cash..
Brooks
· 2 years ago
USD$10,000?? wah awesome.... someday i can do it so.... i believe...n_N someday...haha
KCLau
· 2 years ago
That's pretty low. The blog rank high in search engine for "wordpress theme"
Moses Francis
· 2 years ago
dang..maybe i can make more..hahaha, but true releasing wp themes is a good way to rank high in Technorati ;)
Syahid Ali
· 2 years ago
maybe bob is planning another world domination. even the price is a little bit underrated, that is quite an achievement. still, making EXCELLENT themes seems a good way in boosting someones blog rank, especially Technorati. Put your link inside the themes and watch the rank shoots up.
dicky
· 2 years ago
Wow, USD10,000. I doubt how his technorati rank so high? how he can get such ranking between 6 months? A lot of things have to learn.......
Ainuddin
· 2 years ago
$10,000 is not a good price for a blog with very big potentials because there are so many one-way in-bound links from blogs using BOB’s free WP templates.
Early this year I sold SEOgeek.com for a good price. Attractive prices are being offered for AdsenseForDummies.com and 1stGirl.com (both bought from auctions) but I don’t think I want to sell them since the domains themselves by the nature of their popular names for online dating and Adsense are getting good traffic without any SEO stuffs at all.
baloot inc
· 2 years ago
i also would like to thanks to BOB because of his template. i also use his template at my money making blog.
my English is not good also BOB... it takes time to fluent English....
uner
· 2 years ago
eventhough it's underpriced, still 10 grand in USD is not a small amount..
azamzaki
· 2 years ago
Congratulation to Bob The site owner , its very good idea to gain popularity fast :). I salute you
Moses Francis
· 2 years ago
@dicky:
It's very possible to climb technorati rank even in 1 month.
Rice Blogger
· 2 years ago
his idea is great...
jared l.
· 2 years ago
it's just awesome work!
i'm sure more folks will start to give a shot on producing templates...
azlan a.raof
· 2 years ago
his English is not very good? are u sure?
Friedbeef
· 2 years ago
good job by him... 10k USD is a lot of cash :)
fazlee
· 2 years ago
still cant believe it... 5 month? well done...
gaman
· 2 years ago
Yea the blog costs as much as a Kancil. It's amazing how one's digital "residue" could be value as much by those who understand its value.
Anyhow, it's strange the blog doesn't show up in the offcial Technorati top 100 list.
At 1220 today I googled "link:www.blogohblog.com" and observed "8,580 linking to www.blogohblog.com". I visit some of them to see their page source you would see "Designed by Blog Oh Blog" I'm selling many WP Templates at http://digitalproductscenter.com and observed the templates having many hidden links to the websites belonging to the makers of those templates. A very bad thing to do. So stay away from free and paid WP templates. Still a good buy if you care to look for those hidden links and remove them provided no copyright issue is involved.
Andrew Ooi
· 2 years ago
What's wrong with having a link back to the creators of the theme?
Nothing malicious there.
bob
· 2 years ago
Hola! thank you all :) $10K? not much la.. lol.. who want the tips to get high rank? just email me.. :) Bob
bob
· 2 years ago
@gaman - yes, my BOB not in list for top100. (technorati) why? Technorati is supposed to only count links from blog posts content and not from credit links :)
The API all same, but technorati had ways to split the TOP100. Technorati top 100 list is a quality blog. All of them not come from credit links but from post links :) So here i'm not proud of my Technorati rank at 44 when it sold. :) But i'm proud coz many people using my Wordpress Themes. It boost without 5 month :) Cool bukan? lol
Thanks Bob
Overclock
· 2 years ago
First time i heard the blog selling for 10K i think its very waste..But after i think again its one of good long term investment..
My prediction the new owner can recover his 10K around 8 month from now.. Its only if the new owner have good plan..
The blog has a good traffic & reader.. IMO its no problem to earn more than 1K a month.
Anyway congrats to blogohblog because got a new great webmaster..
Agen Iklan
· 2 years ago
Wow. I know Bob. He has a good deal. Congrat for him.
Ainuddin
· 2 years ago
Blogging is a tough way to make money online - the reason why I don't do much blogging except for linking purposes
An article "Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger" written by PayPerPost's CEO Ted Murphy reinforces my view.
it seem like my favorite wordpress theme blog already went out from malaysian hand... ermm...
bob, you should hold the blog more longer... longer = more money just my 2 cents :P
anyway, congrats... :)
speed
· 2 years ago
I think he done a good job in a short 5 month with such result. But, selling with that price is too low. he actually can invite people who know english to blog at his site
Daddy Keaton
· 2 years ago
So sad, he can hav partner to do all the writting or blogging. while bob just maintained n do more free theme..
anyway, since bob can do, i bet he can come up another new blog, with same concept perhaps ?
All Comments
But might take longer for me, because design is not my profession :)
--blog for dream--
Good Job for Bob! Anyway.. where he sell out his blog? I mean the promotion part? Thru website or personal?
So nice! Congratulations!
Next month is my wedding to!! hehe!
If the $10,000 can go into my pocket.. wow! what a fat ang pow!
If the grammer not good, don write too much, more picture will do, "PICTURE WORTH THOUSAND WORD",
my english not good too, so i rather put more picture for my reader, more easy to understand
But it's incredible - his blog is a pr6 blog. I think you can get alot more cash for PR6..
Probably he just needs the cash..
wah awesome....
someday i can do it so....
i believe...n_N someday...haha
Early this year I sold SEOgeek.com for a good price. Attractive prices are being offered for AdsenseForDummies.com and 1stGirl.com (both bought from auctions) but I don’t think I want to sell them since the domains themselves by the nature of their popular names for online dating and Adsense are getting good traffic without any SEO stuffs at all.
my English is not good also BOB... it takes time to fluent English....
It's very possible to climb technorati rank even in 1 month.
i'm sure more folks will start to give a shot on producing templates...
Anyhow, it's strange the blog doesn't show up in the offcial Technorati top 100 list.
http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/
I visit some of them to see their page source you would see "Designed by Blog Oh Blog"
I'm selling many WP Templates at http://digitalproductscenter.com and observed the templates having many hidden links to the websites belonging to the makers of those templates. A very bad thing to do. So stay away from free and paid WP templates. Still a good buy if you care to look for those hidden links and remove them provided no copyright issue is involved.
Nothing malicious there.
Please check this :)
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/yahoo.com
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/google.com
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/wordpress.org
The best Wordpress Themes blog is Small Potato
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/www.wpdesigner.com
The API all same, but technorati had ways to split the TOP100. Technorati top 100 list is a quality blog. All of them not come from credit links but from post links :) So here i'm not proud of my Technorati rank at 44 when it sold. :) But i'm proud coz many people using my Wordpress Themes. It boost without 5 month :) Cool bukan? lol
Thanks
Bob
My prediction the new owner can recover his 10K around 8 month from now.. Its only if the new owner have good plan..
The blog has a good traffic & reader.. IMO its no problem to earn more than 1K a month.
Anyway congrats to blogohblog because got a new great webmaster..
An article "Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger" written by PayPerPost's CEO Ted Murphy reinforces my view.
To read it click http://community.izea.com/blog/2007/11/google-g...
it seem like my favorite wordpress theme blog already went out from malaysian hand... ermm...
bob, you should hold the blog more longer...
longer = more money
just my 2 cents :P
anyway, congrats... :)
anyway, since bob can do, i bet he can come up another new blog, with same concept perhaps ?