I’m small-time blogger. I make a few bucks here and there, blogging reviews or adding some text links here and there. I’ve heard all the stories about bloggers like John Chow, who boasted recently of his $30,000 income for one month. One month! Incredible. I’d like to earn that. Who wouldn’t?

Running websites and blogs is becoming very high-tech. I’ve been trying to pay attention to my stats and search engine results, but I admit I am a real cheapskate– I use a little free web tracker. It only gives me information and stats for the first 500 visitors. I don’t think I’ll ever go “big time” for this blog, but stranger things have happened, so who knows! However, my home improvement blog and my travel blog are very popular. I am hoping that someday these blogs prove to be very successful. Lord knows, I spend enough time at them all day long!

So, I’m paying more attention to stats and information. Big-time webmasters use something called hosted web analytics. Now THAT’s what I’m talking ’bout! This is stat counter in hyperdrive!

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Someday I hope to be able to get this successful. I do watch my stats and I do pay attention to what brings visitors to my blogs. If you have a blog and you either want to increase traffic and/or make money from it, this is a crucial component of blogging. Blogging is more than plunking down your personal thoughts and opinions; it’s become much more sophisticated, and if you want to rise with the tide, you have to branch out a little. Either that or hire a webmaster and expect to shell out tens of thousands. :-p Better to use cool tools like Iwebtrack.