Dead Rooster Hits Another Milestone
Photo credit: Urban Mixer
It has been quite a year for me. I have been on TV, worked behind the scenes on a nationally televised commercial, and my blog, Dead Rooster, was featured on CNN.
And, now, yesterday, September 23rd (which happened to be my birthday), I reached a personal goal I set for myself when I started this blog on January 1st 2008: To make the Alexa Top 100K within the first year of operation. And, I did it with three months to spare!
Alexa rates web sites according to their popularity based on the amount of traffic they receive. You can see these rankings on every web site you visit by downloading the Alexa toolbar (which only takes up a tiny amount of space at the bottom of your browser):
Yahoo is #1, Google is #2, Ebay is #18, Amazon is #32; and trailing slightly behind is Dead Rooster at #98,727.
Haha! Okay, so I’m not Amazon dot com yet. 
You may not think that the top 100,000 most popular web sites on the net is anything special, but when you consider there are literally BILLIONS of web sites, it is quite a big deal to a lowly blogger like me.
Thanks to everyone for visiting Dead Rooster and helping me to hit my goal!
Next stop, the top 50K.
Comments
Comment from lvs
Time: September 25, 2008, 12:10 am
You inspire me! Congratulations!!
You achieved this one before schedule…but as readers of your blog we want to know your next milestone. Do let us know
William McCamment reply on September 25th, 2008 4:53 am:
Thank you!
My next goal is to hit the top 50K.
Comment from POTPOLITICS™@DO FOLLOW
Time: September 25, 2008, 1:06 am
William Happy Birthday breaking 100k is awesome.
I’m at 101K right now and the blog is 6 months old.
One thing I did notice is the shady offers I get now.
Oh well we’re rolling now.
You will be in 50K soon enough
Hope you had a great Birthday
William McCamment reply on September 25th, 2008 4:54 am:
Thanks, John!
I’ve been keeping an eye on your Alexa rating. I wasn’t sure which one of us was going to get there first; I think I beat you by one or two days.
Comment from Bill Libbey
Time: September 25, 2008, 8:03 am
Congratulations William (and slightly belated Happy Birthday!) I do not want to ever know my Alexa rating, if I even register lol. But way to go – I’d say that’s a mighty impressive accomplishment. Probably has something to do with the fact you can actually write :>)
William McCamment reply on September 25th, 2008 9:28 am:
Your blog is pretty new–I wouldn’t worry about Alexa ratings yet–just keep using your talents and the traffic will come.
Thanks for the kind words.
Comment from Kirsten
Time: September 25, 2008, 8:54 am
Congratulations!! I’m trailing right behind you at about 300,000!
My goal is to get a rank at all on google page rank. I’m still a big fat zero! 
William McCamment reply on September 25th, 2008 9:31 am:
Kirsten, I know you will get a PR soon because your blog is well-written and getting more and more popular every day. It takes a few months before Big G doles out rankings. It took me four months before I got one.
William McCamment reply on September 27th, 2008 4:52 am:
EDIT: Go look at your PR now! You’ve made it!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Comment from Jenn
Time: September 25, 2008, 9:27 am
Wow– go, Rooster, go!!
(Everybody– let’s do The Wave in Rooster’s honor!)
WHEEEEE!
William McCamment reply on September 25th, 2008 9:31 am:
Thanks, Jenn!
And, thanks for your continued support!
Comment from Wayne
Time: September 25, 2008, 2:24 pm
Holy crappers Batman! That’s incredible news and I must say inspirational to us bloggers that so far have only dreamed of having a blog with that level of notoriety. Congratulations and I can’t wait to see what happens next year for you. Wow!!!
Comment from Brian Fitzpatrick
Time: September 26, 2008, 10:06 am
A hearty congratulations! You’re having a heck of a year!
Comment from POTPOLITICS™@DO FOLLOW
Time: September 26, 2008, 6:45 pm
Hey Bro hate to double dip but It’s Friday night and I came by to congrat you on your new PAGE RANK of 5. Google took care of me across the board what a great day for many reasons.
HAVE a great weekend
William McCamment reply on September 26th, 2008 9:34 pm:
Congrats on your PR4–however, I think you jumped the gun on my 5, it still registers a 4 for me. Maybe next time.
Comment from muskrat
Time: September 26, 2008, 8:25 pm
congrats! good pic of fireworks, too!
William McCamment reply on September 27th, 2008 1:10 pm:
Thanks! I can’t take credit for that though, I didn’t take that photo.
Comment from muskrat
Time: September 27, 2008, 5:44 am
i uploaded that program, and i appear to be in the 4 million range. ah well; it’s been 4 months. 100k is amazing for one year, i think!
Comment from Static
Time: September 27, 2008, 6:13 pm
Congrats! And happy belated B-day!
I think my blog ranks in the top million… somewhere (probably among the third world blogosphere). My goal is to make the top 999,999! 
William McCamment reply on September 29th, 2008 4:47 pm:
LOL! To infinity and beyond!
Thanks, Static!
Comment from Daisy the Curly Cat
Time: September 28, 2008, 3:14 am
Congratulations! It looks like you are down to 98,150 now, too!
William McCamment reply on September 29th, 2008 4:50 pm:
Thank you, my fuzzy friend!
Comment from Milena
Time: September 28, 2008, 6:53 pm
William, felicitaciones! So glad you’ve come this far and I’ll be happy to see you go farther. Your blog is great and deserves recognition.
Comment from Renée aka Mekhismom
Time: September 29, 2008, 4:27 pm
Congratulations! It has been quite a year. Perhaps when I break 100,000 I will do a similar post. I don’t know that it will happen this year. But hey, you never know.
William McCamment reply on September 29th, 2008 5:04 pm:
You are heading toward 100,000 in a quick hurry. I’m not surprised–with a blog named Cutie Booty Cakes, you gotta be good!
Comment from Canucklehead
Time: September 30, 2008, 8:26 am
Add my congrats to the bunch – I’ve only managed to crack the top 50,000 for a day or two a couple of times. It doesn’t look like I’ll make it but I certainly hope you do. All the best!
William McCamment reply on September 30th, 2008 9:31 am:
Thanks, CH!
You look like you are doing pretty good with the Alexa rating too! Congrats!
Comment from Julius Bloop
Time: October 3, 2008, 1:27 pm
that is really impressive, man.
keep up the good work!
William McCamment reply on September 24th, 2008 6:40 pm:
Thanks, Joe! Don’t think I haven’t noticed your blog is not too far behind!
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