I have been working tremendously hard for the past few months to shape up this blog. A while back, I wrote a post outlining how I felt that this blog was severely under performing. In fact, being a finance student, I would have recognized this blog as having strong potential but being poorly managed, thereby making it a takeover target. Well, I decided to take matters into my own hands, and with some help from my small, but loyal group of readers, I have reached some great milestones.

Alexa Finally Likes Me!

I know that being in the top 100,000 sites is no huge deal, but it was a goal that I set for myself a while ago. I remember being in the millions and it seems like getting to this point was a great achievement. There were spikes in traffic along the way, thanks mostly to Stumbleupon, but otherwise I have seen a nice upward trend in traffic.

As far as the Alexa rankings are concerned, I truly believe that some of the tactics I tried that were specifically geared towards Alexa really paid off. I would recommend that everyone follow these tips, because they certainly had a hand in my ranking improvement.

And The 1000th Commenter Is…

I want to thank kitap for contributing the 1000th comment on this blog! Community is one of the things I hope to grow here at J David Macor.com and reaching this plateau is a sign that I am starting to be successful at it. I want to encourage everyone to respond to the dumb things that I say! Challenge me or cheer me on; whatever. Just participate!

Where I Go From Here: New Goals

So, this is still in fact just a milestone; it is not the end of the road. This site has far more yet to offer and I hope that you readers will stick around to see it. In fact, I remember how for the longest time, my readership hovered around 12… Those were great times. Speaking of readership, don’t forget to subscribe! Anyhow, lets take a look at the new goals I have set:

1. Break the 1000 reader barrier
2. Enter the top 75,000 in Alexa
3. Make it to the Digg homepage once
4. Average 15 comments per post
5. Sell my advertising spots

So, thank you for sticking with me through this whole time, and I look forward to an exciting future!