Monthly Report

OMG, is already July. Shitto!

I still remember writing May’s monthly report not long ago.

June has been a great month in terms of traffic for ahbing.com. One of the pillar posts (KK Food) has generated lots of traffic, as expected :) However, that posts makes me slack off a whole week cause I *think* I deserve a long rest after devoting so much time on it.

Most of the effort gone to another website of mine, Manyholes.com (expecting to launch this month)

Overall Traffic


Visits: 5,362 (+2,224 visits)
Average per day: 178 visitors
Pageviews: 8,182 (+3,098 pageviews)
Average Time on Site: 1 minute 46 seconds (+1 second)

Not surprisingly, the traffic bump is the result of KK Food post. It gained so much traffic and viral among friends and almost everyone is talking about it.

“Ui, your KK food post is very nice oh!” even people I never met before said this to me ^^; But what you don’t know is, most of the comments are negative wan la… “Ngai diao you… you make me HOME SICK!!! ARGHHHHH!!!! T_T ”

Glad to know this post has such huge impact on you :)

With the sudden surge of traffic, I hope to capitalise this traffic to increase more loyal readers. So I added a RSS banner at the end of each posts, but it didn’t work out too well. My RSS reader is still on 80 readers mark.. for half year already. What is RSS?

What Did I Learn From This KK Food Post

  • Readers want food and map in same page. Must keep it simple stupid.
  • Readers loves lists post, especially resources post.
  • Good shits spread like viral.
  • Majority of my readers do not use twitters, or do not know how to capitalise on it yet.
  • I failed to convert readers to long term readers. But that’s okay, this is a personal blog, not trying to build a brand here.

Largest Source of Traffic

Facebook.com 1,753
Google.com: 1,698
(Direct) 1,075
Feedburner (RSS) 137
Yahoo.com 96

Result is similar with every month. Facebook is where most of my readers hang out, not surprisingly traffics are from there.

Blog Posts Written on June

Bwak! Bwak! Bwak! Bwak! Bwak! (Translate: Ah Bing Ate Frog Porridge)
I Looked Like Gerald Butler The Day I Turn 25 (With A Mole Too!)
Top 15 Best Food at Kota Kinabalu (Ultimate Guide to KK Food™)
Tales of Four Virgins – Expedition to Sydney (Day 4)
2+2 Kundasang Trip: The Amazing View and Awesome Experience
Ahbing Haz New Gadget: Blackberry® Bold 9700 2 Review
These. Are My Books (Excluding Comic, Of Course)

Could have written more posts—but if you’re following me at Twitter, I occupy most of my time with sports and night clubs. Leaving me 4-5 hours working hour daily – and I choose to spend most of the time on my projects. I probably only spend 5-6 hours each week on this blog.

Largest Referring Websites

Jackiemiao.my
Everydayfoodiluvkk.blogspot.com
Weiyin85.blogspot.com
Flaneganb.net

My Next Plan

  • Change header – I am going to raise the sexiness of my website to another level. I want to put my face BIG BIG on my blog, so my mum knows this blog belongs to me.
  • Add ads space – Haven’t decide which sort of ad size to put. Advertisers stopped approaching me also.. it’s a good news la. I don’t want too many ads taking up my blog space. Keep it simple :)
  • Add a column for sponsorers – My first sponsorer, My-Ads.com.my. I will make a special box for others sponsorers as well.
  • Another pillar post – This is going to be fun! I am spending majority of my time outdoor starting next week, to gather more photos and information for next pillar posts ahead. I am going to introduce all cool and interesting KK stuffs for you.

And Finally

…. Argentina will win this World Cup.

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It has now been 3 years since I blog at ahbing.com. For the first 2 years, I kept this blog low-profile, and only friends and family know the existence of this blog. This blog is an online journal to keep them updated, and I have fun updating it.

Low traffic has never been a problem to me. I receive 10-20 visitors per day 2 years ago, and I force them to read my stuffs, lol.

And now, I am taking this blog to another level. I am writing more frequently and create more entertaining and useful contents for readers. 50% are still personal stuff though.. this blog is about my lifestyle after all.

Okay here’s the report!

I don’t have any subscriber or traffic goals so this report is purely just interesting for me to look at, as I hope it is for you as well.

Overall Traffic

  • Visits: 3,138 (+531 visitors)
  • Pageview: 5,084 (+530 pageviews)
  • Average Time on Site: 1 minute 45 seconds

Largest source of traffic

  • Google: 1,332
  • Direct: 652
  • Facebook: 339
  • Feedburner (RSS): 205
  • Yahoo: 75

Last month I promised to post a few pillar posts but in the end I was too caught up with my other projects. Should not be any problem posting it this month. I also skipped so many competitions I wished to join, those prizes can reach RM10,000 if I win everything. 1) Pizza Hut RM2,000 and 2) Maggie Mee RM8,000.

I joined another competition call Borneo Bloggers. This competition obviously only open for Borneo bloggers – and the grand prize is RM10,000. Ahbing.com is one of the nominated blog, but the voting process is too mafan so I didn’t campaign for it at all. I will earn back the grand total of RM20,000 in World Cup also anyway (MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA). or the other way round.

By the way, Borneo Bloggers is giving out RM750 to one lucky voter. Go simply cast a vote and you might win yourself a prize. You can pick any blog to vote, I don’t mind (really) Cast your vote here.

Blog entries I wrote during May 2010

I need to increase my posting frequency because the pending posts are pilling up. I know I said this many times… hahahha. Well at least I am keeping up with my posting schedule, which is at least twice a week. If you see I did not post more than once a week, I am probably in love with someone (hence the time for that partner).

Top referring websites

  1. Weiyin85.blogspot.com
  2. innit.nuffnang.com
  3. borneocolours.com
  4. Jasonphoon.com
  5. yipiyaya.blogspot.com

#1, #4 and #5 are personal blogs, which the other two are community-based sites. I can foresee traffic coming from forums because I’ve been hanging out there lately.

And Finally

What else are you interested in? Let me know so I can include in the next report. I was thinking, maybe I should put up two ad slots for people who are interested in advertising here. Was approached by a few (3 only la) people requesting for ad space. But I didn’t want to clutter up my sidebar. Well, maybe give it a try, won’t do any harm.

Ahbing.com is only monetize by Nuffnang ad, where the main reason I put up is because of the great community. Other than that, this site is negative outflow.. taking up my time, effort, and money o.O

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It has now been 3 years since I blog at ahbing.com.. For the first 2 years, I kept this blog low-profile, and only friends and family know the existence of this blog. This blog is an online journal to keep them updated, and I have fun updating it.

Low traffic has never been a problem to me. I receive 10-20 visitors per day 2 years ago, and I force them to read my stuffs, lol.

But.

This blog is heading new direction, I am bringing my blog to open public.

And along the way, I want you to enjoy and witness the growth of this blog. What do you think? :) I hope you enjoy this idea.

I don’t have any subscriber or traffic goals so this report is purely just interesting for me to look at, as I hope it is for you as well.

Overall traffic

  • Visits: 2,607
  • Pageview: 4,554
  • Average Time on Site: 2 minutes 5 seconds

Largest source of  traffic

  • Google: 918
  • Direct: 619
  • Facebook: 509
  • Feedburner (RSS): 54
  • Yahoo: 51

I am doing a few pillar posts here in upcoming weeks, so I am expecting a huge increase in traffic. (if no increase in traffic.. then… I will cover my face, or expect you to forget what I said).

Blog entries I wrote last month (April 2010)

  1. Noodge: Noodging the Noodge (repeat 3 times)
  2. Boys Gaga feat. Bryance (video)
  3. Ancestor Day at Tanjung Malim, Dad’s Kampung
  4. Tales of Four Virgins – Expedition to Canberra (Day 2 Part Two)
  5. I Think You Are Doing It All Wrong
  6. Fish Mart Sakuraya At West Coast Plaza
  7. Sugar Fix: Bella Italia Desserts
  8. Gadget Review: Dell Inspiron 13
  9. This Is How Real Men Drink Beer (and Eat Cheese)
  10. Botak Jones: Biography (fake) and Reviews
  11. I Gotta Feeling Parody (video)
  12. Tales of Four Virgins – Expedition to Sydney (Day 3)
  13. 47 Life Lessons You Should Learn Before End of The World (at 2012)
  14. Come, We Go Have Party At Library

I aim to write 2-3 posts per week, and on rare case I write only 1 entry. If you happen to catch me write only 1 post per week, I’m probably in love with someone.

Top referring websites

  1. Hongkiat.com
  2. Sharon-yan.blogspot.com
  3. Weiyin85.blogspot.com
  4. Jasonphoon.com
  5. Ying-tze.blogspot.com

And Finally

What do you think about this report? I hope you enjoy reading this post as much as I have fun compiling it. If you like to know more about the “behind the scenes” in ahbing.com, leave me a message k? Facebook a.. MSN a.. comment box below a.. Skype a… even ICQ also can.

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