Travel Advisor celebrates its 100th article

100th article on travel advice

&nbsp ; This article is to take stock after these first 99 articles on the blog travel advice. &nbsp ; Blog statistics:

• More than 10,000 visitors on the blog, over 500 comments, more than 50 fans on Facebook and 60 on Twitter but I will work a bit more on social networks.

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• An average of 130 visitors / 110 unique visitors in June.

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• The blog has been PR4 since May 2012 // ranks below 200,000 traffic rank on Alexa worldwide and below 10,000 in France. More than 180 domains linked to travel advice and many PR2 pages (20+) and PR1 (30+).

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• The approximate distribution of the blog’s figures is as follows:
  • 55% Search engines (65% over the last 2 months)
  • 30% referring sites
  • 15% other direct accesses and campaigns

I would really like to reverse the trend, retain my readers and depend less on search engines or increase visitors from referring sites.

I had rather focused on quantity during these first months and I will rather prioritize quality in the coming months. This explains the higher percentage for search engines.

• A publication every 2 to 4 days since March.

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• Blog created 5 months ago (in 10 days) but the domain name has existed since August 2011.

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• Information on more than 20 countries.

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• I currently receive a lot of requests regarding link exchanges, sponsored articles and sponsored links, between 2 and 5 offers per week. The site is ranking better and better on search engines.

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• The investment in Euros I made over these 5 months was to pay for hosting and the domain name which is about 50 euros for 1 year, it has already roughly earned me at least 30 times my investment in the last 2 months. I find that not bad considering I did not intend to monetize my site before 6 months.

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Things to come:

• Creation of a Newsletter and a free E-book.

• A series of articles in several episodes about my upcoming one-month trip to Beijing and Japan.

• Creation of a new section :
  • The best travel advice
  • Site map
  • World tour

• The upcoming articles will cover the following topics :
  • World tour
  • Travel advice
  • Travel thoughts
  • Section on East Asia
  • Europe

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I thank the readers who have followed my blog and the loyal ones who have read me during these first months. I believe there will be many travel experience feedbacks and practical advice to organize these trips or advice for travelers.

Here you go,

Stefan Tanned

If you are preparing for your departure, take a look at our guide on going out in Vienna which complements the topic well. The feedback about his accommodation during also provides useful benchmarks to avoid unpleasant surprises. And to go further for inspiration, the article on 2012 travel advice review is worth a detour.