What’s going on with Serradinho.com

Wow, this week is flying past and I have so many tasks still to complete. I have helped a few people recently and am trying my best to help others out as well. I have mentioned people that have posted about me, updates to the site and some statistics.

Mentions of Me on other blogs

Thanks to all who have mentioned me in their posts or on their blog, I appreciate it a lot :)

Updates to site

  • Killer footer – this footer is widgetized and it makes it so much easier for me to add and remove details.
  • We are finally opened for guest posting so grab this opportunity to get some extra exposure.
  • I was waiting for a new header image as I won a prize in SmartBloggerz Idol Comment Contest. I won’t mention the name of the site, but I received two emails from the designer and I must say that I’m very upset and I actually told them to leave it.
  • Changed my social bookmarking cans at the bottom of each post. I liked the cans, but I was getting bored with them.
  • Just installed a WordPress plugin called page-peel. I have tested this plugin before and now I am testing it again. This is after reading a post at Extreme John’s site. You can see this plugin in the top right hand corner of the site.
  • Added top commentators plugin to reward those who comment a lot and to give more love to you all.
  • Fixed up my about page – it needed some TLC.
  • Made my sidebar less cramped – hope you like it.
  • Changed my boxes on top below my header to use widgets as well.

I know I have made multiple changes to my theme in the last few weeks and I hope you all don’t mind. I just feel that I need to improve it to a level that shows you all my talent and love for my blog, lol.

Milestones reached

I also checked and saw that my free downloads have received more than 60,000 hits in total. That is a high number even for me and I never thought it would be possible at all, but it is. I have set a new goal for the end of this year of 80,000. I hope I can get close to that number. It works out to be around 143 downloads per day, I have my fingers crossed for this :)

Over 2000 Comments

I wrote a post in the beginning of June about Serradinho having 1000 comments and I’m glad to announce that we currently have +2300 comments and that number is climbing every day.

That is just amazing as we have more than doubled in over 2 and a half months. My stats on spam has climbed to over 6800. Yes, I still seem to get a few here and there :) I don’t mind the spam as it’s not much and I know spammers will always find a way.

Happy and excited sun face

I also would like to take this opportunity to say that Serradinho has breached the 600 mark for posts published. I have more posts already scheduled for this and next month, but this is a great milestone for me. I have enjoyed all the posts and hope you have too. If not, let me know as all feedback is welcomed as usual.

Conclusion

I hope you have liked the changes and updates to the site. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please leave a comment and I will respond. Would love to know what you think.

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1 Stefan August 14, 2009 at 8:33 am

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600 posts are truly an achievement, so congratulations. I would also thank you for mentioning me in your post. This is highly appreciated.

I’m thinking about writing a guest post for you later on, but I will have to think about the topic first. Great opportunity for other bloggers though.
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2 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 9:10 am

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@Stefan – thanks for the words and let me know if you need help with register for guest posting. Would love to have you part of my team of guest bloggers.

3 Compute Live August 14, 2009 at 9:18 am

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Hey Congo on such great achievement. Its good that all your hardwork is really paying off. I liked the box under your header..it catch your attention .. But I think you can improve more on the looks…:)
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4 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 9:37 am

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@Compute Live – what suggestion do you have for me, my ears are all open :)

5 Compute Live August 14, 2009 at 6:46 pm

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Well I think simply give some glossy-candy look background images.. put in some proper dividers..stuff like that :)
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6 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 7:48 pm

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@Compute Live – ok, note taken in and I will see what I can do.

7 Doug Dillard August 14, 2009 at 9:41 am

600 posts… AMAZING! Great job George!

I was going to mention the other day that I love the new footer. Looks great. Page peel is cool too. Actually the overall look of the site looks great, except for maybe your header logo, which you say is being created. Looking forward to seeing it.

Sounds like things are going well for you! Congrats on everything!
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8 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

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@Doug – thanks man. I also like the footer and page peel. I’m trying to get a small, but decent logo. I don’t want it to small, but also not to big. The logo will probably be changing a few times in the coming days.

9 Ricky August 14, 2009 at 11:53 am

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Hey George,
The header logo is awesome and the changes made by you like background color of “Article written by….” is really good. I lost your email can you again tell me the css for the same. Which plugin do you use for floating “Twitter image”
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10 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 12:36 pm

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@Ricky – I will send you an email with the css code for the author info.

Have a look at Twitter badge for the floating button.

11 Ricky August 14, 2009 at 6:51 pm

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Thank you George,
I got your email.I will do it asap
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12 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 7:49 pm

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@Ricky – glad to be of help :)

13 Jared P Little August 14, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Very awesome numbers. I just visited for the 1st time today 600 post I guess I have a lot of reading to do. So far I like what I see extra bonus when you find sites with lots of value.
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14 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 1:49 pm

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@Jared P Little – thanks for the kind words, I do try my best like all webmasters do!

15 Nehh August 14, 2009 at 5:43 pm

Hey George congratulations.. 600 posts is really amazing… also the Page peel looks cool..Great job
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16 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 5:48 pm

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@Nehh – thanks for the kind words. My site will go through more changes as I see room for improvement.

17 Asswass August 14, 2009 at 6:45 pm

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It’s funny how we get happy when our spam numbers go up. If we get more spam it means that our blogs are important enough to send robots to piss us off lol.
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18 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 7:47 pm

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@Asswass – I guess thats one way to look at it. Never thought of it like that, you actually made me giggle :)

19 Deneil Merritt August 14, 2009 at 6:59 pm

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600 posts, man you been hard at work. Seriously, I can’t wait to reach 100 posts let alone 600 posts. Design of your blog, im loving it. It looks unbelievable.
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20 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 7:53 pm

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@Deneil – thanks man, working hard to make it unique and better than others. It’s a bit hard, but I’m up for the challenge.

21 Nihar August 14, 2009 at 7:03 pm

George, great achievement.

I see you are investing lot of time tweaking and changing the theme which i am doing 0% to my blog :)

Congratulations for the downloads milestone.
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22 George Serradinho August 14, 2009 at 7:56 pm

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@Nihar – yes, I am changing my theme a lot and am happy of my milestones.

23 BlogrPro August 15, 2009 at 12:16 am

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Hei George,

Happy to see you are rocking here. If possible, try to change your logo. It’s not looking good in my view. Be professional in logo design.
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24 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:09 am

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@BlogPro – I totally agree with you and I’m trying to get it done ASAP. I would like to get someone to do it, but my cash flow is low so I have to try myself first.

25 Liane YoungBlogger August 15, 2009 at 3:51 am

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600 post mark. That’s amazing! I could say you did a pretty great job recently. The improvements are really showing and I can’t tell how much I like your new footer. Picture is great too! I was always wondering about the George behind the avatar. lol.

Keep it up!
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26 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:10 am

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@Liane – thanks a lot. I will be adding more pictures so that people can relate more to me. Yes, my avartar is a bit deceiving, lol

27 Chethan T August 15, 2009 at 4:45 am

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I liked This New Look :)
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28 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:10 am

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@chethan – glad you do, thanks for stopping by.

29 Surender Sharma August 15, 2009 at 8:03 am

Congrats!
This is the great achievement.
Thanks for sharing all the moments.
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30 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:27 am

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@Surender – not a problem. Thanks for stopping by.

31 Extreme John August 15, 2009 at 12:10 pm

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Wow George when I saw Killer footer I had no idea it would be like that, lot’s of stuff in there now. Thank you for the mention George I appreciate that and hope you can find some use out of that page peel, it’s looking sharp!
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32 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:26 am

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@Extreme John – I use to use it and then stopped. When I saw you mention it then I just had to get it up again.

33 The Gooroo @ iBlogPlanet.com August 15, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Nice work George! The changes all look great. And congratulations on winning the contest over at SmartBloggerz :)
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34 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:24 am

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@Gooroo – thanks man. I have to be honest here that I eventually told the people with the header to get lost, the service and attempts where really bad.

35 The Gooroo @ iBlogPlanet.com August 17, 2009 at 9:21 am

Yeah, I understand. Sorry to hear that.

Your current header is great though (the one you’ve always had). Very catchy, and easy on the eyes.
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36 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 9:47 am

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@Gooroo – thanks man, I have put it back, but made it a bit smaller so that I can place a banner on the right. Thanks for your feedback :)

37 Jason August 15, 2009 at 5:45 pm

whats going on with your header now? im not feeling this new header that you have there…
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38 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:23 am

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@Jason – yes, I understand. Trying to get things into place.

39 Kurt Avish August 15, 2009 at 7:27 pm

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I am relatively new to your blog and has commented only 2 to 3 time. So I am not really in for which things have really changed lol. However I find the peel really cool. I always loved that innovative ads technique and the best is that you are using it for your blog guest post and that’s a wise way of using this cool space.

As for the “Follow me” badge at the right..which plugin do you use for that? I have to add a Twitter link on both my blogs and am looking for something non obtrusive as this badge.
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40 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:22 am

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@Kurt – I have noted your point down and I will be posting about it sometime today or tomorrow.

41 Jake | Web Journey August 16, 2009 at 1:20 am

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Cool, I love what you did with your theme.

Wow, over 600 posts. That is a true sign of a dedicated blogger. I’m sure that your determination is what has got you traffic.

BTW, I was wondering where most of your traffic comes from.
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42 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:21 am

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@Jake – thanks for the words. If I tell you where my traffic comes from, I would have to kill you, ha ha ha.

43 BloggerDaily August 16, 2009 at 5:56 am

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Wow.. life is really busy, right?

Gosh. I love those numbers! =D
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44 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:20 am

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@BloggerDaily – thanks a lot, make me happy to know people are visiting my blog.

45 Benjamin Cip August 16, 2009 at 4:49 pm

600 posts! That’s neat my friend! I’ve very far from this amount, but well, I just started blogging since April 2009, but well, it means you updated your blog often, and that’s the best way to serve your readers well. By the way, I really like your new design, and you special offer page-peel and so on. You did a really good job! congratulation!
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46 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:19 am

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@Benjamin – thanks man. Just keep blogging and you will reach any milestone you set up. You will be at the 600 mark in no time :)

47 Klaus at TechPatio August 16, 2009 at 6:13 pm

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Judging by the amount of comments you have in this post alone, Serradinho.com is quite a popular place to visit :)
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48 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:18 am

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@Klaus – it’s not to popular, but it’s getting to where I want to be. I’m taking small steps to get to the top.

49 Ana August 16, 2009 at 11:21 pm

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Congragulations on reaching a 600 post milestone! That’s wonderful. Your site is definetly always on the shine.
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50 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:17 am

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@Ana -thanks for the words, always working hard to get this done and be on top of the world :)

51 Michael Aulia August 17, 2009 at 4:03 am

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I like the new background now instead of the colorful one that you had earlier :D

and yeah hopefully you’ll get a nice header for the blog. I know looks is not everything, but it does matter ^^
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52 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:14 am

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@Michael – working on the header, hope to have it finalized this week if possible.

53 Ching Ya August 17, 2009 at 4:32 am

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George,
Have definitely noticed some changes around here when I came in. Not bad! Some adjustments are good sometimes. A refreshing feeling for visitors. =)

Great to see you’ve been helpful to many, and I certainly came across quite some of the posts mentioned above. Do keep up the good work! You’ll have a long way to go for sure!

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54 George Serradinho August 17, 2009 at 7:13 am

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@Ching Ya – thanks for the words. I also am enjoying the changes, I hope to create a home for all to come visit :)

55 mostlyBlog August 25, 2009 at 2:06 pm

hey congratulation for your achievement , i wish you get all the your goal
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56 George Serradinho August 25, 2009 at 2:14 pm

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@mostlyBlog – thanks for that. I’m trying my best to get everything up and in order to reach my other milestones and to make my blog as unique as possible.

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