Not really I am a big fan of long titles but well the part 4 of the blogger head to head has already come. This time the kids teenagers will take the centerstage. Not only they are young kids, but they are young and competitive boys out there who are not afraid with jumping into the online world. Rajaie is a guy from Rajaietalks which I believe has taken his blog into the next level w/his killer posts as well as hardcore tactics to increase his backlinks and gain readers as well. Ganesh on the flipside, from Blogsmartly is as impressive. He’s been busy w/school now but his presence is always felt with his comments and useful insights.
Anyway enough with the praises from me and let’s jump to their interesting tack on things.
| Rajaie | Ganesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Describe yourself in less than 5 words? | Humble, Friendly, Adventurous, and Outgoing | studious kid with a taste for books and computers. |
| What is your favorite breakfast? | Some eggs, bacon, sausages,
and waffles. On normal days I like to have some |
Idly and Sambar (its the common breakfast in South India) |
| Why did you choose a saturated niche? | At the time I started blogging, I didn’t have the slightest clue of what a niche was! Hehe, but I could say that I chose this niche because I enjoy blogging about it |
There were so many blogs giving blogging tips. But most of them wrote and re-wrote the same old content. I wanted to start a blog that gave *smart* tips on how to blog. I wanted to write content which would really be useful to the readers. |
| Any story behind choosing that domain name? | To be honest, I actually forgot why I chose www.rajaietalks.com for my blog. I guess it had something to do with me just talking about anything I had in mind. |
I wanted a domain that instantly made it clear to the visitor that this wasn’t just any ordinary blog. 😉 |
| How many uniques are you getting monthly? | It varies between every month. In September, I got over 60,000 uniques, but last month I got about 6,000+. |
Around 500. |
| How many hours do you spend with it? | I actually spend hours and hours a day online, but less than 2 hours blogging. I’ve been trying to focus on my blog mostly these past few weeks, but I always seem to be distracted by other things online. |
When I first started blogging, I used to spend long hours. Now, I usually spend 2-3 hours everyday blogging. |
| Do you read other blogs feeds? How many do you track? | Of course! 🙂 About fifteen or so, I try to keep it to a minimum so I don’t spend too much time reading other blogs instead of doing actual work. |
I don’t use the feed reader. I prefer receiving updates via email. I subscribe to around 10-15 blogs. |
| How do you split your time with school and blogging and being a son? | Ahhh, this is a hard one. I try my best to finish my studies and homework before surfing the Internet. But no matter how hard I try to finish early, it just seems as though there is never enough time on my hands! |
Ah! That’s a bit difficult. Since school and studies take up almost 12 hours daily, I usually spend 3 hours in the evenings and 1 hour in the morning for my blogs. As for my other activities like playing sports, games, reading, etc. I do them on weekends. |
| Any other ventures aside from blogging? | No, not the moment. But once I can figure out a schedule that will help me maintain my blog and keep up with life, I am planning on jumping into affiliate marketing, site flipping, and whatever else I seem to find interesting |
I’m currently exploring microblogging sites like twitter and plurk. I’m planning on building sites that aren’t as time-consuming as blogging. |
| What makes your blog unique from others? | It’s written by me | I really put a lot of work and planning into my posts, so I guess I write unique (and perhaps enjoyable) posts. And there’s also the fact that I’m 14 which creates some buzz around the blogosphere. |
| What’s the biggest goal for this blog? | To become one of the top “make money online” blogs that actually teaches its readers how to make money online |
I want to build up a large subscriber base and provide useful and top-notch content for all of my readers. That’s my biggest goal. |
| Give me a blog you admire and why? | Copyblogger. I simply love it because of the awesome style of writing Brian and the other authors have |
ProBlogger. Because Darren gives some of the best tips on blogging and his blog shows that it is possible to make a living out of blogging. His blog was a big inspiration for me to start Blog Smartly. |
haha, I read both of their blogs 😀
I like how Ganesh answer the question.
Its good to get into the heads of some fellow bloggers – albeit I don’t think Ganesh was aware that he was to describe himself in 5 words 😛
Its cool to see myself being mentioned on a blog. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to participate in this one, Melvin.
@Dan – I had to describe myself, didn’t I? I guess just five words were not enough to tell myself.. 😉
Ah this time ganesh and rajaie.Both of them have equal blogging skills I guess
Thanks for featuring me, Melvin!
-Rajaie
14 year olds really rock! Wonder why they didn’t go for a name related to teen & blogger or blogging 🙂
Cheers,
Ajith
PS: When do you compare two 37 year bloggers? roflmao
Intersting reading, better format would have made it easy to the eyes ..however great post as always
Its all fine with me. This head to head is really for you guys and although it requires a lot of work from me, seeing how its faring makes me feel good…
been working on its format for years! In writing it, it looks great and when published, it is crapped! i guess have to edit the css more…
Sure, I’ll take time to compare 60’s.. 🙂
We need this head-to-head blogging clash every week 🙁 Enjoyed this post 😀
I have been visiting both the blogs from long time and enjoy every post they write (Except the paid reviews)
If I would be given a option to choose one of the fav blog then it would be Rajaie talks because he has a great writing skill and also Ganesh does write enjoyable post but I assume he has quite a few things to learn..
Also I don’t understand why both the blogs (Even Melvinblog) don’t use adsense or other contextual ads on the blogs coz private ads are not the only way to make money from the blog :S ..
me too! Both bloggers have a whole heap of potential! Would love to see where they both are in a couple of years time if they continue 😀
Well I am banned from Adsense for gaming them a year ago so I cannot use it. 🙂
Good to know that you are reading my blog. I guess I still need to learn a lot of things and will continue going along the path.
I haven’t been monetizing my blog because I’m not much into making money from adsense or other stuff but sure, I’ll try them and see whether they’re good for my blog or not. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Hey Melvin, I’d love to get in on one of these blog interviews at some point if your interested. Send me an email at mastersofseo@gmail.com if your doing another one.
Jonathan Muller