April 19, 2008
Hi everyone.
It’s been some time since Ive posted a performance report. The migration to ePN has set me back. Not only did I have to update to ePN but I had many sites that needed updating to BANS V3. On top of that I have 20+ blogs filled with links built over a 4 year period with the flex tool. I’m still not done. Once I get into a site I tend to do more than I’m there for.
As for the sites I have started for the 12 week course I don’t have accurate stats for earnings and clicks. Hopefully that will be straitened out soon. Thing like this tend to come out in the wash. I don’t really expect much from my newer stores. I haven’t been doing much marketing during the migration.
Site 1: Lionel Train Auctions ( Sitemap )
| 9 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Slurp | 131+90 | 3.59 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 05:03 |
| Googlebot | 104+10 | 1.91 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 02:28 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+18 | 2.30 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 08:28 |
| Alexa (IA Archiver) | 7+5 | 156.01 KB | 19 Apr 2008 - 05:13 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 3+3 | 85.32 KB | 14 Apr 2008 - 17:07 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ’spider’) | 2+2 | 55.60 KB | 14 Apr 2008 - 15:04 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 2+2 | 57.45 KB | 14 Apr 2008 - 05:02 |
| Google Sitemaps | 2 | 56.56 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 21:46 |
| Ask | 1+1 | 28.07 KB | 09 Apr 2008 - 21:44 |
Site 2: Asus Ecobook ( Sitemap )
| 8 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googlebot | 134+16 | 2.01 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 04:41 |
| Yahoo Slurp | 82+56 | 1.60 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 01:51 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 19+5 | 321.88 KB | 16 Apr 2008 - 08:44 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 13+4 | 141.10 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 04:24 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+11 | 1.41 KB | 17 Apr 2008 - 07:27 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘robot’) | 0+5 | 655 Bytes | 18 Apr 2008 - 04:47 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ’spider’) | 2+2 | 47.69 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 01:16 |
| Google Sitemaps | 2 | 42.72 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 21:46 |
Site 3: Backup Power Generators ( Sitemap ) Age 3 weeks
| 5 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googlebot | 93+9 | 2.16 MB | 18 Apr 2008 - 16:16 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+16 | 2.14 KB | 17 Apr 2008 - 11:47 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 2+2 | 72.90 KB | 13 Apr 2008 - 12:44 |
| Google Sitemaps | 2 | 72.90 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 21:46 |
| Yahoo Slurp | 1+1 | 36.54 KB | 17 Apr 2008 - 23:18 |
Site 4: Gadget Niche Store ( No Sitemap ) 289 visits in April.
This is funny. This site is one of my V3 beta testing sites. When I went update it during the release of V3 I had issues and had errors when I tried changing it. I hade done some experimenting with it and didnt want to lose what work I did because I knew I could repeat what I did. So I put it back to beta. This store has made a sale every day after the 1st week of beta. See for your self. The site has no content but a RSS feed. Makes me wonder.
| 7 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Slurp | 152+93 | 5.07 MB | 18 Apr 2008 - 22:34 |
| Googlebot | 83+12 | 2.74 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 01:44 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 12+4 | 408.06 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 04:19 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+15 | 1.92 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 08:08 |
| Alexa (IA Archiver) | 10+3 | 330.71 KB | 14 Apr 2008 - 18:12 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 3+3 | 110.44 KB | 13 Apr 2008 - 22:02 |
| The web archive (IA Archiver) | 0+1 | 131 Bytes | 12 Apr 2008 - 22:26 |
Site 5: Antique Collectible Auction ( Sitemap ) 4 Weeks old
| 7 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Slurp | 207+135 | 8.55 MB | 16 Apr 2008 - 09:28 |
| Googlebot | 174+14 | 4.34 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 04:10 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+29 | 392.11 KB | 19 Apr 2008 - 06:05 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 17+5 | 482.12 KB | 16 Apr 2008 - 15:25 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 2+2 | 68.33 KB | 13 Apr 2008 - 11:42 |
| Google Sitemaps | 3 | 87.71 KB | 13 Apr 2008 - 17:27 |
| The web archive (IA Archiver) | 0+1 | 131 Bytes | 13 Apr 2008 - 03:57 |
Site 6: Cafe iPhone ( Sitemap ) ( Blog ) 389 visitors April, No sales in 2 months
This is a site I put up around Christmas 2007. It converted a little then got buried in the sand box. I have been inspired by Wordpress over the last month, so I decided to add a wordpress Blog to this site in hopes of wrapping bans around it some day. In a highly competitive category I need something special for this one. I’m a iPod nut. I import accessories for them to sell. I also repair and hack Ipods and Iphones on a blog. I started hacking electronics years ago starting with Ham Radios and CB’s. I plan on re-writing some content and adding it soon. Like the rest of my sites little or no marketing has been done for it in some time. The site also has issues with speed. Thats on top of my to do list.
| 11 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 217+51 | 5.70 MB | 18 Apr 2008 - 20:58 |
| Googlebot | 177+15 | 2.76 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 02:15 |
| MSNBot | 136+22 | 2.98 MB | 18 Apr 2008 - 05:29 |
| Yahoo Slurp | 85+55 | 1.93 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 05:23 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 15+14 | 386.52 KB | 17 Apr 2008 - 22:11 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ’spider’) | 4+15 | 123.79 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 02:52 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+19 | 2.43 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 21:25 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘robot’) | 1+8 | 46.31 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 02:40 |
| Alexa (IA Archiver) | 6+2 | 139.46 KB | 16 Apr 2008 - 20:53 |
| Ask | 4+4 | 131.28 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 18:38 |
| Google Sitemaps | 2 | 66.21 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 21:46 |
My plan is to build or re-build two more sites for the 12 week course and catch up this coming week. I can’t remember when we started but time must be getting short. Hopefully the end of the month my statistics will fix themselves. The stores I have worked on here haven’t performed to my expectations. This is due to the lack of marketing I am sure. I’m a one man show and can’t afford to pay for marketing.
So I thought I would post some stats from a site that has consistently made money for me since the 1 st week I put it up. I haven’t been able to figure out why its working, but it has mad at least $400 a month since Christmas 2007. I wont reveal it but the stats should give those wondering if bans works some confidence.
Mystery site: 1127 visitors $345.00 for April to date. The site only has 33 backlinks and I never submitted it to any directories. The SE’s have certainly picked this site up though. Its #1 thru 4 on page 1 for 11 different Long Tail Keywords. I’m sure if I could learn to make a nice template I could push sales over the top.
| 12 different robots* | Hits | Bandwidth | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Slurp | 79+58 | 1.95 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 05:07 |
| Googlebot | 117+13 | 1.98 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 01:25 |
| MSNBot | 65+52 | 1.65 MB | 19 Apr 2008 - 03:49 |
| Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) | 0+24 | 3.07 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 18:34 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘robot’) | 13+7 | 266.31 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 18:39 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) | 10+7 | 238.82 KB | 18 Apr 2008 - 04:24 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ’spider’) | 12+4 | 182.22 KB | 19 Apr 2008 - 01:40 |
| Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) | 6+5 | 155.15 KB | 14 Apr 2008 - 16:30 |
| Voila | 5+5 | 166.42 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 22:23 |
| Alexa (IA Archiver) | 5+2 | 131.79 KB | 08 Apr 2008 - 04:08 |
| Ask | 3+3 | 118.14 KB | 07 Apr 2008 - 23:53 |
| Google Sitemaps | 3 | 103.49 KB | 15 Apr 2008 - 21:46 |
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I still have some sites to move and update to V3 this week. Plus who knows how many blospot blog links. Once thats done its back to promoting. I’m kicking myself for not learning Wordpress earlier. I like Blogspot because its easy and seperate from my server, but WP, What can I say ? Learn it if you havnt already. WP is more like a real site and teach’s you much more. Mini sites are next for me.
Have a great day :-)
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I was wondering in your traffic stats, under hits, what do the 2 numbers represent? i.e. xxx+xxx. I think I know what the first number is but I’m not sure what the second number represents.
the 2nd # is the # of times the crawlers have accessed your robots.txt file.. “I THINK”
Sorry about the bad grammar guys. Just noticed. I hope to update my post once the ePN numbers are straitened out.
Bill
Great sites Bill - way to go!
A $400 per month site - I’m in awe and working hard to get one of those myself. Thanks for the encouragement.
Jamie