The year was full of excitement and very satisfying overall. Here's a quick look at some of our blog metrics:
» DI made it to the Technorati Top 100 Favorited Blogs in 2006 - Current Rank is 50 based on 139 Technorati members who have added this blog as their favorite.
» We had ~12 million page views in 2006. Search engines and Digg were responsible for most of the traffic but the interesting part is that 7% visits were direct (from bookmarks, desktop shortcuts or directly typing the blog URL)
» Feedburner says that we have some ~6600 RSS subscribers. Alexa Rank varies every single day and today it says 3,082.
» Most of the traffic originates from US, India, UK, Canada and Australia.
» Internet Explorer is still the most popular browser among our blog readers. Firefox comes a distant second followed by Opera and Safari.
» Though Google Adsense was responsible for most of the blog income, Feedburner has delivered some amazing results in the last three months. See the earnings graphs for 2006 from (a) Adsense and (b) Feedburner.
What's next ?
• Planning to start a video podcast at DI but not sure how soon will that happen.
• Highlight blog posts from new or lesser known bloggers.
• A dedicated Q & A series to solve the techie problems of non-techies.
What else would you like to read here in 2007 ?
Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/12/last-12-months-at-digital-inspiration.html
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
All kind of tricks, hacks, to amaze my friends with them.Useful tips ..
Written on 31/12/06 2:31 PM
Highlight blog posts from new or lesser known bloggers ----- That's a novel idea Amit. Kudos!
And, many thanks for posting the stats when many other "so called" pro's just skim through some good numbers, you gave us the real data. Deserves credit.
Cheers!
Mani
Written on 31/12/06 2:35 PM
Congrats and Thanks Amit for such a wonderful year!
Written on 31/12/06 2:40 PM
Hey Amit
This Post truly inspire me a lot! It tech me How one can grow up in what they are doing if they are "Consistent" in what they are doing!
I wish you all the Best for the Year 2007
Linu
Every Day Space
Written on 31/12/06 4:44 PM
Well, what can I say ? You capped off an amazing year for DI.
Regarding highlighting lesser known blogs, when will you start considering?
I am a 14 year old from Kerala, India. Here's my blog-Digital Dreams
I have some questions -
1. How do you have different ad positions for main page and item pages? Is it by ItemPage tags?
2. How did you create these graphs? They look awesome.
I know you won't reveal all these, but you have been more open than most others. You revealed your Javascript trick for AdSense unit only after 1st post, etc. So I expect you to reveal at least some of these. Please!!!
Written on 31/12/06 5:16 PM
Congrats on some impressive statistics and I wish you much success in the new year. You gained my support and respect when I emailed you a while back to let you know that I liked the site and your response was not only kind but friendly as well. I look forward to watching this site grow with your plans for the new year.
I think the podcast would be cool and if it will have any content in it that your page has had in the last year it will surely be something to see.
I don't know that I have ever seen nor heard of any sites that have highlighted the blogs of other bloggers, new/old/or lesser known alike, however I do like the idea of giving some recognition to those folks.
The Q&A thing would be cool and I would most definitely like to offer any help in getting that going or helping out with answering some questions.
You seem to have it all set...Happy New Year to you and yours...and thanks for the selfless work you have done with DI.
Written on 31/12/06 6:33 PM
Congratulations for your 2006 stats, keep up the good work and all the best for year 2007.
spidey.
Written on 31/12/06 10:27 PM
Congrats Amit. Here's wishing a very happy and prosperous new year to you and your family.
Do consider me for posts from lesser known bloggers highlighting.
Written on 1/1/07 5:59 AM
Congratulations, well deserved success and a great example for all. Thank you so much for being such a nice person also. Blessings for the new year ahead.
Written on 1/1/07 7:06 AM
congrats and wishing 2007 be as successful..
Written on 1/1/07 12:01 PM
congrats and wishing 2007 be as successful..
Written on 1/1/07 12:03 PM
Wonderful site..
Awesome articles..
Truly Inspiring :)
thank you for your nice articles.
.......Long Live DI .......
Written on 1/1/07 12:31 PM
congrats for the same, way to go!
and
wish you a happy new year!! :)
Written on 1/1/07 1:17 PM
Excellent Work. I am a diehard fan!
Ajith
Written on 1/1/07 1:19 PM
That is quite impressive. Let everything multiply this year for you. Wishing all the very best.
I have sent a mail requesting you for a B-School Blog Hunt. Please give me a reply if you find time. I had already contacted some of the other bloggers and few have agreed. Some top Indian News Channels and Newspapers will be covering us throughout. Judges confirmed are Aaron Wall of SEObook.com. We all have to contribute towards the Indian Blogosphere.
Best wishes from me again.
Written on 1/1/07 1:23 PM
It seems that the blog has passed a great year and is going towards another successful year. The statistics given in the site well-proves the success of the blog. I hope the blog will continue its ongoing success in the coming years.
Written on 1/1/07 4:42 PM
Wow, congrats for the stats.
Just don't loose you fine touch with DI. Keep up the good work in 2007.
Written on 1/1/07 5:25 PM
Hi Amit, you are doing a great job. Keep going.
Written on 2/1/07 1:59 PM
You are providing a brand new image to the way we think of Agra.Move over the Taj.Keep going.
Written on 2/1/07 2:07 PM
I think DI is the only Indian blog listed in the list, it's highly inspiring and proud. GREAT job!! :)
Written on 2/1/07 4:33 PM
pls consider translating DI articles in other Indian languages.
Written on 2/1/07 10:03 PM
Congrats for a gr8 2006. I'm sure 2007 will be better. U're my role model when it comes to blogging.
Written on 3/1/07 10:53 AM
Congrats Amit,
These stats are not very suprising considering the work you have put into blogging.Anyways regarding the charts,they are basically made by google analytics which is much better than any stats counter or any other services out there.
Written on 3/1/07 12:42 PM
Kewl...thrilled to see those stats!
Keep it up !
Written on 7/1/07 8:37 PM
Hi Amit, Are there any plans for shifting DI to New Blogger. It will be nice to browse older posts by categories with help of 'Labels' feature.
Written on 8/1/07 11:52 PM
Shrish - I will but current Google is now allowing Blog with thousands of posts to shift to the new blogger.
So we might have to wait for some more time.
Written on 8/1/07 11:54 PM
Nice stats > i will work towards bringing my skool to this stats
http://www.netskool.blogspot.com
Written on 10/1/07 1:14 AM
This is truly a great and inspiring blog.
Keep up the pressure for greater testimonies for 2007.
Would love to exchange links with you.
Written on 24/1/07 12:48 AM
Congrats and Thanks Amit for such a wonderful year!
I am webmaster of Article Directory.
Written on 27/1/07 6:47 AM
Good work!!! Its wonderful that you are maintaining the quality of the content. All the best!!!
Written on 30/1/07 9:53 PM
gr8 post and gr8 blog...
It is really inspiring for every one of us!! Congratulations for you and all the best for your future!!!
Written on 2/3/07 10:21 AM
You are doing a fantastic job amit. Being an Indian I am proud about your achievements.
-Prakash
http://prakashkadam.blogspot.com
http://digitallinks.blogspot.com
Written on 16/3/07 8:08 PM
Great work. Simply superb!
From the numbers, it seems that you've gone from 'runk' to 'raja' in a span of about 18 months.
You deserve credit for all this.
I must thank you for your services through your blog. It has become an indispensable need.
Good and dedicated work is always appreciated.
I pray that you continue to do better and better. All the very best!
You realise how it is like to be a less-known blogger. I am also one of them.
I am doing some serious work on Digital Dexterity
and hope to pull a feat similar to yours, although small.
I hope that you will comment on my work.
Looking forward for the same.
Good luck for the forthcoming years.
Written on 25/4/07 6:49 AM
Original content on blogs gets great traffic from search engines like google. But there is not much traffic from Yahoo! and MSN as compared to Google.
Written on 28/4/07 4:11 AM
Your Stats i just got stunned for almost one minute. Dude you are really good. Keep it up.
I have a site on Jewellery from Jaipur.
Written on 7/5/07 11:42 PM
Hi, Just wanted to know if you are using google analytics for the posted analysis?
btw, I have been using the same for my blog and have been amazed by it.
Written on 14/5/07 1:20 PM
These web stats. I think you are the first Indian Tech Guru getting such a huge no. of visitors. Nice work!!!
Written on 7/8/07 11:51 PM
Amit, Many congratulations. Your work is truly inspiring.
I read about blogging and you (an IITian who quit regular job to take up full time blogging !) in The Week mag about 1-1/2 yr back or so and have visited your site almost everyday typing directly in the address bar. The single most reason being that you write original stuff, and second there's so much useful info there.
Kudos.
Written on 19/8/07 10:25 PM
Hi Amit,
This is a cool stuff you are putting up. But since this is already into late 2007, any updates on the stats?
Thanks for the great inspiring moments shared though..
Cheers!
Sunny
Written on 5/9/07 7:41 PM