August is considered as a lucky month for most people because it is the eighth month of the year. However, I can say that August is neither a lucky nor a bad month for me. Almost all aspects of my weblog’s statistics have increased by the end of August which was a good thing. I still managed to earn a gross income of $100 per day despite of experiencing a 16% drop in earnings. My earnings have been dropping for the last 2 months and it makes me wonder sometimes if making money through blogging is slowly becoming a history. But then again, as long as I maintain an average of $100 per day, my earnings are not that bad and blogging is still a good way to make a comfortable living.

To start off with my statistics, my Alexa rank increased from 1,449,608 to 1,223,093. The increase in my Alexa rank is not really impressive but I haven’t really done any extensive promotion for my blog so there’s not much to expect. My Technorati rank also had a slight increase from 33,762 to 30,951 in rank and 159 to 165 in Technorati authority. Here are the statistics from the top 3 major search engines:

Google Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: 83 (increased from 72)
Indexed Pages: 123 (increased from 104)

Yahoo! Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: 14,773 (increased from 9,854)
Indexed Pages: 136 (increased from 97)

MSN Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: N/A
Indexed Pages: 245 (increased from 129)

The feed readers of my blog increased from 94 to 132. The increase in my blog’s feed readers is a sign that more people are becoming interested in my posts. I’ve only managed to publish 6 posts in the month of August but all are of high quality. This is a proof that quality is still more important than quantity. Make useful and interesting articles rather a bunch of useless posts and attract more readers.

Last month, I established some plans on how to increase my blog’s statistics and I’m happy to say that I’ve successfully executed the plans. This is most likely the reason for the increase in Alexa and Technorati ranks, backlinks, indexed pages, and feed readers of my blog. I will continue doing them and see how it goes in the long run. I just hope I can find more time to promote and increase the popularity of my blog.