Blogger Head To Head Round 4; It’s The Kids, This Time

Posted by Melvin 19 November, 2008

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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.
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    17 Comments

    Comment by scott
    2008-11-20 02:44:07

    haha, I read both of their blogs :D

    2008-11-22 09:34:15

    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 :D

     
     
    Comment by Hussein
    2008-11-20 04:52:28

    I like how Ganesh answer the question.

     
    Comment by Dan
    2008-11-20 08:56:20

    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 :P

     
    Comment by Ganesh
    2008-11-20 14:24:38

    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.. ;)

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-21 10:15:36

    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…

     
     
    Comment by Harish
    2008-11-20 14:26:39

    Ah this time ganesh and rajaie.Both of them have equal blogging skills I guess

     
    Comment by Make Money Online
    2008-11-20 14:44:31

    Thanks for featuring me, Melvin!

    -Rajaie

     
    Comment by Ajith Edassery
    2008-11-20 17:04:29

    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

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-21 10:31:59

    Sure, I’ll take time to compare 60’s.. :-)

     
     
    2008-11-20 20:25:55

    Intersting reading, better format would have made it easy to the eyes ..however great post as always

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-21 10:17:27

    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…

     
     
    Comment by Rockstar sid
    2008-11-21 19:13:17

    We need this head-to-head blogging clash every week :( Enjoyed this post :D

    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 ..

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-22 22:49:07

    Well I am banned from Adsense for gaming them a year ago so I cannot use it. :-)

     
    Comment by Ganesh
    2008-11-24 13:59:51

    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.

     
     
    Comment by How to Blog
    2008-11-29 04:36:06

    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

     

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