{"id":4503,"date":"2007-09-23T12:49:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/problogger-3-years\/"},"modified":"2019-08-06T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:48:12","slug":"problogger-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/problogger-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"ProBlogger &#8211; 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/damgaard\/415182710\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/problogger-birthday.png?resize=550%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"250\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" class=\"center\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"Problogger-Birthday\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s our birthday &#8211; ProBlogger.net was 3 years ago today when I transfered all of my blog tips from a subdomain on another domain that I&#8217;d been collecting them all on for a year or so.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor those of  you waiting for the ProBlogger birthday competition that I&#8217;ve been gathering prizes for &#8211; I&#8217;m hoping to launch it next week once I&#8217;m back from my time away.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the mean time &#8211; if you&#8217;re a ProBlogger regular &#8211; crack open a bottle of your favorite beverage, help yourself to a ProBlogger birthday cup cake and celebrate with me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s been a big year on ProBlogger. New Job Boards, new design, lots of new readers (we&#8217;ve doubled last September&#8217;s traffic already this month and RSS subscribers are three times higher) and over 1300 posts and around 25,000 comments (that last one&#8217;s a guess).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThanks to everyone for your support. ProBlogger would not be what it is becoming without a fantastic community of readers, commenters, guest posters and linkers. I appreciate you all and hope that you&#8217;ve benefited by being involved this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s 10 of my personal favorite posts from the last year (listed in no particular order):\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/5-things-you-should-know-about-my-dad-the-problogger\/\">5 Things You Should Know about my Dad the ProBlogger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/10-ways-to-hurt-your-blogs-brand-by-commenting-on-other-blogs\/\">10 Ways to Hurt Your Blog&#8217;s Brand by Commenting on Other Blogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/create-a-sneeze-page-and-propel-readers-deep-within-your-blog\/\">Create a Sneeze Page for Your Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/31-days-to-build-a-better-blog-course\/\">31 Days to Building a Better Blog<\/a> (a series which contains some of the more practical tips from the year gone by)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/first-impressions-matter-on-a-blog\/\">First Impressions Matter on a Blog<\/a> &#8211; Video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/23-ideas-for-finding-new-readers-for-your-blog\/\">23 Ideas for Finding New Readers for Your Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/what-a-buddhist-monk-taught-me-about-blogging\/\">What a Bhuddhist Monk Taught Me about Blogging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-to-make-your-rss-feeds-pop\/\">How to Make Your RSS Feeds POP<\/a> &#8211; a Series<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-not-to-become-a-grumpy-old-blogger\/\">How Not to Become a Grumpy Old Blogger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/9-attitudes-of-highly-creative-people\/\">9 Attitudes of Highly Creative People<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nOf course this year ProBlogger had around 1300 posts published so the above just scratches the surface and I&#8217;ve skipped over quite a few others that I really enjoyed writing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you&#8217;ve got another one from the last year from our archives that I missed feel free to suggest it in comments below and if I get enough responses I&#8217;ll compile a reader&#8217;s best of list too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s our birthday &#8211; ProBlogger.net was 3 years ago today when I transfered all of my blog tips from a subdomain on another domain that I&#8217;d been collecting them all on for a year or so. 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