Interview with Roman Dmitriev: the creator of the social network Blogistika
Last year we experienced a real boom in niche social networks. The relative ease of implementation Diggopodobnoy social sphere on the standard engine - Pligg caused the appearance of nearly identical sets of projects launched by well-known bloggers.
The social network for bloggers: why do so many of them and whether they are equally useful?
- Ask this simple question, the search robot for the answer go directly to the founders of social networking.
The result was a series of exclusive mini-interview, which I open today with Roman Dmitriev, the owner of a social network Blogistika.
URL: http://blogistica.ru/
Published Title | Blogistika - social network for bloggers interested in writing.
TIC 10 (bar)
PR 2 (2)
Indexed in Yandex 4181 (4181)
Indexed on Google 817
Links to the server according to Google 12 (12)
Links to the server according to Yandex 4503/119 /
Found in the catalog of a Yandex-no
Found in the PT100 is not
Attendance: the average in the last 7 days, 27
References to sources: nofollow
Questions of the robot responds Roman Dmitriev , the owner of social network Blogistika.
A. Your site is already 7 months. I think that during this time showed a site and you can make some conclusions. Taking the decision to launch the site, you would set ourselves certain targets. By what percentage they achieved and what were their goals?
Roman: Actually, Blogistika even younger, she was not even half a year. It so happened that the original version, which existed until January 2009, was unsuccessful. I wanted to make this miracle network, where you could not only publish their announcements of publications, but also to individual and collective blogs on the site. Unfortunately, here I am lost.
Therefore it was decided to make a "classic" social programs, where any blogger could attract attention. Thus, Blogistika is still a very young project and is now a goal - to attract attention to themselves and to give a lot of traffic bloggers. So all in general, is simple. :)
Two. Did the project financial target, the percentage reached it? What are the ways of monetization of niche social networks do you see?
Roman: You know, in order to achieve success, we must first of all, think not of benefit, and the development of the project. With the monetization of Blogistiki I do not hurry.
I'm sure she still has time to more than pay for itself.
As to the question of how to monetize niche social networks, a lot of options here. Of course, any social network - it's pretty high-quality site with lots of pages. Therefore it is possible, for example, is banal to sell links. However, it seems to me that this is not the best option.
After all, the remarkable social network? That's right, our community, and attendance. It is therefore better to focus on the context and banner ads. In the case of Blogistikoy or other similar network is logical to place the same GlavMed banners, etc. Would have a social network about the movie, you could negotiate with movie theaters, or affiliate programa about the movie. In general, the subject decides.
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Three. What kind of audience you oriented your project, what is distinctive predpogalagas special value, it is your trick for this project from the rest of the audience and what the audience at the site now, after seven months?
Roman: As an audience, I'm in, first of all, create Blogistiku for new, little-known bloggers.
Against the backdrop of a huge number of blogs is difficult to stand out. So I would like to see bloggers with Blogistiki became famous, and learn from each other and got acquainted.
That's what this community is. Despite the fact that the attendance of the project is still low, the amount of added material per day increases, which is good. In addition, I was very surprised when I noticed that not only add Blogistiku announcements referring to the blog, and publish in full. It's nice that someone sees Blogistiku as a platform for blogging.
Well, spam has started slowly, too, a kind of indicator of popularity. :)
4. What do you see the future of your project?
Roman: I think that the news of the day will grow as the number of users. I'll have to find a moderator. As for new features, wait and see.
Five. If you go back to the time of the decision to start your project, would you do it now?
Novel: Of course. Only I would not repeat their mistakes. It is better to learn from others.
Thank you for your attention to the Blogistike! I wish the search blog more interesting publication and readers!
Sincerely yours, Roman.
Thank you, Roman! I think your original idea coming true: if people are already using Blogistiku not only for announcements, but also as a blogging platform, then Blogistika has a good chance to grow in this community
Summary: Blogistika - a project that is in the making, but with its own stable audience. There is also a certain respect from search engines. You can safely recommend Blogistiku for bloggers. Not for nothing, I added a button Blogistiki social bookmarking script . Become famous and popular together. Together with Blogistikoy.
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March 30, 2009 at 19:57
Thank you for your attention to the project and the interview!
PS And I looked bad in the game or bookmarkz-new Blogistiki not? We are pleased to put a plug in place OneButton. ;)
March 30, 2009 at 20:23
Roman, thanks for the prompt and interesting information!
In the bookmarks-new, which I no longer use, Blogistiki probably not. Now I should . (It shows the buttons sotsialok by clicking on the link "Share on Twitter or add it to bookmarks!") This is especially nice, no outgoing links to these social sphere in the page code no.
March 31, 2009 at 12:11
Very informative, but I do not think that now is the best time for such social networks.
March 31, 2009 at 13:26
@ Puzata: Yes, the best time was a few years ago, but even now run, for example, or paku.ru grabr.ru. So, the topic has not outlived itself.
I even think that it has acquired only the statistics of errors and failures, and using these statistics, it can be superproject:]
March 31, 2009 at 15:31
Now it makes sense only in the narrow profile of social networks.
March 31, 2009 at 16:56
@ Puzata: I agree. However, all the social sphere, referred to, have a fairly narrow profile, as it seems to me