Website Review: JohnChow.com

March 6, 2007 | Comments (3) | Filed under: Reviews

For quite some time now, JohnChow.com has been testing a sort of social experiment within his blogging community in an attempt to see if he can improve his chances to make money online. His site, subtitled “The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul,” runs a series of posts with the headline: Review My Blog which has already reached installment 32. What’s the idea behind it? Well, it’s basically a mafia style “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” scenario. Anyone who follows a few simple rules will have their blog prominently featured on John’s very popular blog and all you need to do to get that link is send one right back to his site.

While I’m sure by now you’re thinking, wow, that’s a great deal for me and it really is. A link from his pagerank 4 blog is guaranteed to send you traffic, at least for the day or so it remains on his front page. At the same time though, it’s a great deal for John Chow as well. Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Technorati all use site links as a measure of the significance of a website. So, even though your site might not be the largest out there, no press is bad press when it comes to linking.

For those of you unfamiliar with JohnChow.com, it’s a little hard to explain the type of site he has running. For the most part, his content focuses on the business of the web, with some derivations into areas of fine dining and hardware reviews. What I think is the most refreshing aspect of his site, coming from a reader attempting to build his own online business, is his very candid posts. From reading his site I get the impression that he has a genuine interest in spreading whatever knowledge he has with his entire community. While other blogs might hint at ideas and techniques for making money, John consistently describes his ideas and lays them out for others to follow. I think this aspect alone is what has helped him build such a loyal community base in just the 6 months his blog has been actively updated.

Obviously, this post serves two purposes for Bookmark Bliss. Of course, the link back from JohnChow.com is a huge factor considering our site is still basically in its infancy, but as a resource, John Chow has been instrumental in ideas and techniques that are in use in this blog as well has thousands of others. If you’re just getting started in online business, I highly recommend adding John’s site to your list of bookmarks. I guarantee you’ll find something that will help you along the way.

We recently participated in the John Chow review my blog campaign and examined the John Chow Effect on our traffic.

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Nice review. I’ve always liked visiting John Chow’s website, he has a ton of useful information to share with people. His idea to trade reviews with people is pure evil genius

Steven Fields wrote on March 10, 2007 - 2:11 pm | Visit Link

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