“Read, and you will be well read.”- No Idea

Behind Those High PageRank, Alexa and Technorati

I was once an SEO slave. I wrote deceptive titles to get highly ranked on Google, Yahoo and Live. Honestly, it was just another intelligent cut and paste job.

Popularity is Bad

I was once ranked below 200,000 in Alexa. It’s nothing if no one really reads my blog.

I was once given a Google Page Rank of 6. What’s the point if sapiens doesn’t understand a word I wrote.

I was once in the top 200 sites in Malaysia. Popularity will fade away.

I once received 3,000 unique visitors a day for the entire month. It’s pointless if they don’t leave comments.

I already hit 400,000 visitors and almost fried my bandwidth. It’s an insult, 65% of them scattered away within 5 secs.

I wrote NoktahHitam for my kins. I wanted to embed the repulsive me into words. The kind of words that would require them to think. I could be asking too much.

To all those ranks, hits and traffic I’ve gained, F* it.

ps: I realized aeropama’s writing is just like NH’s, only in Malay

pss: I admire SembangKomputer’s effort. Computer is not about Myspace, Friendster and Facebook.

14 October '08 | Web Development | Fave it! | Go to Comment Form

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arep wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 1:40 am

errr… nak tau gak.. kalau dapat rank tinggi dapat apa??? reward kepuasan or material?

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:54 am

kepuasan nafsu. material? bahagi dgn effort ko, mungkin tak berbaloi.

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arep replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:00 am

oic.. cam tu.. patutlah ada ads macam2.

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asx wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 1:46 am

dapat traffic . traffic = money .

btw , aku pernah cecah page rank 3 saja . =(

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:53 am

cube kau tulis pasal diri sendiri, mesti bole sampai 4.

kalau gile duit, bole la nak tules utk dapat ads. Tp not worth it compare to the effort you put in.

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asx replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:00 am

Hmm , tak suka sangat sebenarnya tulis pasal diri sendiri . Rasa macam judge diri sendiri pula .

Pasal duit , siapa tak suka duit , tapi tujuan utama aku buat blog bukan sebab duit , cuma sampingan . Kalau dapat , dapat lah , kalau tidak , biar saja .

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:02 am

aku rase ko kene cari peminat lagi. If you have the time, read Guerrilla Marketing. If you understand the book, you could easily implement it elsewhere :grin:

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asx replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:08 am

thanks . nanti kalau ada masa , aku try .

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Mr Am wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 2:02 am

http://www.noktahhitam.com
http://aeropama.com
http://sembangkomputer.com

all of them are great blog from great blogger.. Really, i read all of them everyday..

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asx replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:30 am

aeropama ,aku baru jumpa hari ini . *hahahaha .

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Mr Am replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:00 am

Salah satu blog hot tu.. :up:

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rham replied on
October 14, 2008 at 11:31 am

boleh aku tambah list?

aku cadangkan
http://www.mohdismail.net
http://kennysia.com

cuma bagi aku kennysia dah merepek dengan entri yang x berapa menarik perhatian.,mungkin dah sampai zaman kejatuhan kennysia kot.Haha popularity will fade away.

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:39 pm

No offense, I dont think they are ‘that’ good. They had an early start, hence the popularity.

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|1f34|-|1r3 wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 4:46 am

fuh..ramai jugak peminat aeropama kat sini ni..hehe…aku gak watak picisan…sedih :cry:

depends atas ko nyer motivation utk blogging…kalau ko nak wat duit..traffic kena banyak la beb…kalau ko nak meracun minda cam NH ni….xyah SEO pon xper..tp kena ada gak la promosi sket…btol x eddie ? :evil:

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smaelz replied on
October 14, 2008 at 8:26 am

Jgn risau.. aku pon watak picisan gak.. tp aku single lg.. haha

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aeropama dot com replied on
October 14, 2008 at 9:44 am

klu blog meracun mental, memang perlukan trafik yg byk. tanpa trafik tiada erti blog kau. tapi kalau trafik tinggi, lebih 65% berambus lepas 5 saat, memang objektif nk meracun fikiran pembaca tak tercapai sangat…

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Mr Am replied on
October 14, 2008 at 11:14 am

Biasanya, blog jenis meracun fikiran ni.. memang selalunya hot.. Biasa la, lumrah manusia..

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Sebenarnye care tulesan meracun, mende yg diracun tu mende baik. Tp kalau bounce rate tinggi, sape yg nak makan racun?

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm

akoo pun watak picisan. berbelog sekadar nk tgk komen orang. komen gila di galakkan.

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bongkersz replied on
October 15, 2008 at 1:51 pm

fuh… aeropama.com watak utama.

aku tak check lagi bounce rate blog aku, tapi aku tulis mostly untuk syok sendiri, tak kisah sangat lah.

it’s disheartening (and insulting) sometimes when think you write good stuffs but no feedbacks.

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 15, 2008 at 3:57 pm

it’s disheartening (and insulting) sometimes when think you write good stuffs but no feedbacks. << which one? Let me shake some booty~

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aeropama dot com wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 7:01 am

thanks dude sbb bagi aku backlinks… aku pula rasa tak puas kalau dapat hit yang banyak tapi bounce rate tinggi. rasa macam apa yang kau tulis tu sampah. padahal blog kita bkn 100% personal. aiyaa…

ps: aku perasan gak. ni sume gara-gara dok melekat kat blog ko hari-hari. noktahhitam.com + noktahhitam.blogspot.com = 85% aku baca + korek-korek coding ko

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:29 pm

+ loading.gif :arrow:

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:10 pm

No biggie. My blog is 70% personal. I’m just fortunate to have people reading this blog.

High bounce rate is SEO’s fault. The better the ranking, the worst bounce rate you’ll get.

Check out our WPThreadedComment, it says, ‘please wait a COMMENT’. Get that fix with an image or something

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aeropama dot com replied on
October 14, 2008 at 4:52 pm

70% personal? but your writing is awesome dude :up: berada di kelas tersendiri…

yup! rite now my bounce rate is 64.3%. 2/3 total visitor came from search engine.

done dude! thanks for inspired me. walahu… my loading image now replaced by new one. yepi!

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 5:23 pm

That’s unpleasant! After I ditched SEO, my bounce rate is 35-45% which is better than last time, 72%.

We both want our thoughts to be heard, so SEO have to be put aside. Unless you’re writing a splog.

bongkersz replied on
October 15, 2008 at 1:53 pm

So SEO kena buang? I need to uninstall my SEO plugin then, for I want to poison as many unsuspecting minds as I can reach out there. :grin: :grin:

So, buang SEO eh? Then hits from search engine will reduce? Anyway I think you are right, what’s the point of having so many hits when they don’t stay and read.

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MK replied on
October 14, 2008 at 11:51 pm

oh, now i get what bounce rate is about. siyes takde mase nak check benda2 ni suma.. busy.. :cry: :cry:

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love-n-hate wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 7:20 am

perlu ke rank? utk ape? dpt duit tak? kalau dapat, nak jugak!

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm

SEO la kot. i pun xreti sgt. jnji tulis!

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slumbeRAJA wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 7:43 am

setuju dgn apa yang noktah hitam cakap. btw bro, macam mana boleh dapat sampai 3k per day… blh ajar skit? dapat traffic half pun dh ok…

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Sekarang 500++ je. Kene rajin buat promotion. Rajin bertenggek kt blog orang lain. Needs a lot of hardwork.

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cik simpankira wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 7:49 am

aku suka pegi blog yang design nya cantik. hahaha.

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:26 pm

hye… ape url yg design nye cantik. nk tgk. tp wordpress ye. blogger i minat. i nk mencari sesuatu.

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cik simpankira replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:29 pm

wordpress xleh design cantik2. header boleh la cantik, atau letak pic cantik2, mcm Ayumi’s, Liyana Naznim’s.
tp blogspot byk la,.. cth nya Famia’s.

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:41 pm

NH ni cantik tak?

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cik simpankira replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:00 pm

cantik.
aku suka icon2 kau ni.

:XO:
yg ni cantik!

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Mr Am replied on
October 14, 2008 at 5:21 pm

Adeh. comey je ko tnye camni.. :P :roll:

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:07 pm

belog famia tue mmg cantik. apetah lg tuan dia :XO: wuuuuuuuu. jatuh chenta! :lol:

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cik simpankira replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm

hoh! aku dah jumpa dia!
kecik je org nye!

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:15 pm

sume org ko nak jatuh cinte

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aeropama dot com replied on
October 14, 2008 at 4:54 pm

sampai ke blog NH ko nak menyebarkan pheromone ko ET. ceit! dasar lelaki jalang :vangry:

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 5:20 pm

ET adelah seorg blogger yg tak reti tekan enter. Tgk paragraph die, tebal nak mampus. juling mate aku bace.

bongkersz replied on
October 15, 2008 at 1:55 pm

noktah hitam kecik orangnya? :P hahaha!

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smaelz wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 8:28 am

tulis pasal peribadi? tah la.. aku tgk org x berapa suka sgt kisah2 peribadi nih.. akunyer topik berunsur peribadi xder pon byk org baca..

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nikillas replied on
October 14, 2008 at 8:37 am

boleh je nak tulis pasal peribadi.. tapi kalau nak tulis.. jgn tulis banyak sangat.. mungkin orang akan bosan.. x gitu..?? kekadang citer la pasal isu semasa ke.. hape ke.. blog jana duit..?? blog aku x de jana ape2 pun.. hahaha.. 0 sen..!!

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smaelz replied on
October 14, 2008 at 9:36 am

ko mmg dah popular. lepas ko grad, ada domain sendiri, pastu letak ad.. mencurah2 la konyer sen..

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:14 pm

70% of NH is about myself. I guess you have to learn how to spin the story and make it interesting if you ought to tell about yourself.

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 3:20 pm

mr kali xde kije skang. ajak dia la spin sama. hehe. lawak je nie!

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Extremist Thinker replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:28 pm

pasal peribadi nie… kalo ppuan tue hawt cam ladyeesah rmi la org ske bc. tp malang nye kita nie belogerz lelaki. (eh ko je lelaki) akoo jantina rahsia :razz: cuba ko tulis ape lelaki minat. lelaki minat duit, perempuan dan makan.

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smaelz replied on
October 14, 2008 at 12:33 pm

haha.. nak rahsia jantina ngan aku.. aritu dah bgtau kat ym.. anyway, ye la. kalu pmpuan hat tulis, ramai la laki duk ngomen2 tuk amik hati.. haha.. tackle jgn x tackle..

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nikillas replied on
October 14, 2008 at 4:39 pm

tapi kalau orang lelaki tulis pasal peribadi.. ada gak pe org pempuan nak baca.. hehe.. mana la tau kot2 nanti ada pulak ihsan atau blogger jadi teman sehidup semati.. haha..

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 5:19 pm

between you and me, more than 60% reading NH are girls.

bongkersz replied on
October 15, 2008 at 1:55 pm

yeah, between you and me.. I am actually a girl.. :oops: :oops:

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 15, 2008 at 4:00 pm

between you and me, I’m actually lesbian :eek:

NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 1:44 pm

A good combination is an interesting writeup and an interesting story. If you have both and can maintain that, you’ll be popular in no time.

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smaelz replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:05 pm

oohh.. thx for the tips.. I’ll use it wisely

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Terra wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 1:13 pm

Saya pun tertanya-tanya kenapa orang perlukan hits yang banyak (kecuali untuk dapatkan duit). Bagi saya, sekadar beberapa rakan blog yang sememangnya membaca apa yang ditulis sudah mencukupi…

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t.a.t.a replied on
October 14, 2008 at 2:18 pm

kemasyuran dan kefamesan? mungkin sebab tu kot? banyak komen tapi komen sekadar hahahahah, atau hehehehhe atau ooo? serupa tak payah.

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smaelz replied on
October 14, 2008 at 4:42 pm

mcm komplen aku jer.. sbb aku suka kata hoho pd mula2 ayat..

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 5:25 pm

You want people to visit your blog through your comment? Think and write a lengthy and brilliant comment. People will follow you.

Another way is to argue with them. They will get the,’apehal plak mamat ni..’ or ‘macam bagus sgt..’. They will then visit your blog. After the followthru execution, you must back your saying. If not, you’ll be another hated blog/ person. But if you can live with that, why not?

nikillas replied on
October 14, 2008 at 8:53 pm

Betul tu.. Kita akan berasa puas bila ada org sudi membaca artikel yang kita tulis.. Mungkin komen itu boleh dianggap sebagai satu penghargaan buat penulis.. BTW.. sejak aku mula berblog.. aku mula mendapat banyak info.. sebab untuk menulis blog, perlukan fakta.. bukan auta..

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smaelz wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 5:35 pm

ooo.. like lochoe style.. provoking people.. argument with certain type of language..

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Extremist Thinker wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 9:38 pm

susah nk reply. sbb xde butang reply dah!

@aeropama - haha. lawak ko. mane ade pheromone. akoo hanya memuji kecantikan kurniaan illahi je. kan perempuan suka dipuji. tp jarang akoo puji dalam belog sebab akoo kena sedarkan mereka dengan cara keji.

@noktahhitam - hehe. budak bio bang. biasa la akoo. kalo jwb xem lctrr pun mau tendang akoo. satu page 2 para. maka terbawak bawak ke alam belog.

@nikkilas - nickname ko dah mencermin ko perempuan. kalo NH 60% ko 90%

sape lagi perlukan komen? meh akoo kasik. ske betul akoo komen kat cni. masyuk.

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nikillas replied on
October 15, 2008 at 5:47 am

hah..?? mencermin kan aku perempuan..?? nikillas adalah songsangan nama aku je la.. nampak cam nick perempuan ke..??

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 15, 2008 at 6:12 am

agak lah.. memule aku igt ko pompuan, bile kuar gravatar, loh.. bold gile bubuh gambo balak. Setelah En Google menyuloh, baru aku tau ko ni lelaki :arrow:

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abdusfauzi wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 9:48 pm

i’m setting up a blog just to realize what’s in my thought nad my designs. hehe.. :smile:

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NoktahHitam replied on
October 14, 2008 at 11:30 pm

Good for you :arrow: :shock:

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MK wrote on
October 14, 2008 at 11:56 pm

big number makes me happy, of course. it means that a lot of people stop by every now and then, people that are interested in knowledge.

and oh, thanks for the backlinks ^_^

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MK replied on
October 15, 2008 at 12:02 am

i mean, backlink. uhm. grammar is important, remember

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taukey wrote on
October 15, 2008 at 11:21 am

erkk….i not a true blogger yet…..hence why i can’t get a lot of visitor. my bounce rate are higher as well…

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