#1 Comment By Money Infant On March 12, 2012 @ 5:42 am
Holy crap dude is that a spike on TFB from Pinterest? So, spill the beans what have you been up to over there to create such a traffic tsunami? And how are the other metrics from that traffic?
#2 Comment By The Financial Blogger On March 12, 2012 @ 6:03 am
It’s crazy isn’t?
Unfortunately, it wasn’t for TFB. It was for [5]
I’d say that this traffic is better than Stumble Upon or Digg (e.g. they stay longer) but they don’t click on ads too much. I wish I had a cpm on this site at that time! The RSS feedburner jumped and I also got a lot of visit to its sister site: [6]
Overall, it was cool, but I wasn’t “ready” to benefit from such high level of traffic. At least, my super server didn’t crash 😀
#3 Comment By Money Infant On March 12, 2012 @ 6:58 am
Well then it wasn’t a complete bust. You know your server can handle the traffic and you are probably more motivated to be better prepared for the eventuality of future spikes like this…cloud…silver lining…haha.
#4 Comment By MyCanadianFinances On March 12, 2012 @ 8:19 am
Wow that is insane. It was obviously a huge shocker for you haha.
Keep it up!
#5 Comment By Aloysa On March 12, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
Oh… first I thought what the hell happened here? Who and what was pinned from TFB? A chart gone viral or what? Now that I’ve read the comments, it all makes sense. 🙂
#6 Comment By Fit On March 12, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
I think I need to come up with an awesome picture and link it to a pinterest account and my blog haha
#7 Comment By The Financial Blogger On March 12, 2012 @ 6:20 pm
@Fit,
that’s about what you need… hahahaha!
#8 Comment By Meiko On March 12, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
Hi Mike
I sent you an email! 🙂
#9 Comment By Entrustedin On March 13, 2012 @ 8:19 am
This sort of image is the dream of every webmaster but to built up such a good trafic is really a hats off work. good and Subscribed your RSS also keep on moving Dude..
#10 Comment By Invest It Wisely On March 19, 2012 @ 8:47 am
What was the image? 😉
I once got some reddits for an image, but not to that degree to be sure!
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#1 Comment By Money Infant On March 12, 2012 @ 5:42 am
Holy crap dude is that a spike on TFB from Pinterest? So, spill the beans what have you been up to over there to create such a traffic tsunami? And how are the other metrics from that traffic?
#2 Comment By The Financial Blogger On March 12, 2012 @ 6:03 am
It’s crazy isn’t?
Unfortunately, it wasn’t for TFB. It was for [5]
I’d say that this traffic is better than Stumble Upon or Digg (e.g. they stay longer) but they don’t click on ads too much. I wish I had a cpm on this site at that time! The RSS feedburner jumped and I also got a lot of visit to its sister site: [6]
Overall, it was cool, but I wasn’t “ready” to benefit from such high level of traffic. At least, my super server didn’t crash 😀
#3 Comment By Money Infant On March 12, 2012 @ 6:58 am
Well then it wasn’t a complete bust. You know your server can handle the traffic and you are probably more motivated to be better prepared for the eventuality of future spikes like this…cloud…silver lining…haha.
#4 Comment By MyCanadianFinances On March 12, 2012 @ 8:19 am
Wow that is insane. It was obviously a huge shocker for you haha.
Keep it up!
#5 Comment By Aloysa On March 12, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
Oh… first I thought what the hell happened here? Who and what was pinned from TFB? A chart gone viral or what? Now that I’ve read the comments, it all makes sense. 🙂
#6 Comment By Fit On March 12, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
I think I need to come up with an awesome picture and link it to a pinterest account and my blog haha
#7 Comment By The Financial Blogger On March 12, 2012 @ 6:20 pm
@Fit,
that’s about what you need… hahahaha!
#8 Comment By Meiko On March 12, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
Hi Mike
I sent you an email! 🙂
#9 Comment By Entrustedin On March 13, 2012 @ 8:19 am
This sort of image is the dream of every webmaster but to built up such a good trafic is really a hats off work. good and Subscribed your RSS also keep on moving Dude..
#10 Comment By Invest It Wisely On March 19, 2012 @ 8:47 am
What was the image? 😉
I once got some reddits for an image, but not to that degree to be sure!
#11 Pingback By Wealth Artisan on Pinterest — Wealth Artisan On June 29, 2012 @ 7:00 am
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