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Happy 2nd Birthday to My Blog – What I Achieved in 2 Years

By Ammar Ali 73 Comments

happy-2nd-birthdaySo, finally it’s 2nd year of blogging.
 
So many amazing things have happened in the past year because of this blog.
 
I can’t quite believe I have been blogging for two years now, (it has gone way too quickly)
 
At the beginning I didn’t know where to begin… my blog posts were short and awful, and I didn’t know what to post about but, I feel like my blog has come far in the year and although I still want to keep improving it.

Table of Contents
    • Why I started this blog?
    • Statistics
    • Top Posts (# of Views)
  • Thank You!
    • So what are my plans for the next year?

Why I started this blog?

Before starting this blog, I was learning lot of things about Blogging and Web designing.

I used free hosting to learn WordPress and after sometime I decided to buy top level domain and paid web hosting to start this blog because I wanted to improve my writing, English, share what I learnt so far and make a little money. I already discussed in details here.

Here are quick reasons for starting this blog

  • Share what I learn
  • Help as many as I can
  • Learning new things
  • Improve writing skills and English
  • Make little money

Statistics

Here is what I achived in 2 years of this blog. Below is analytics screenshot

Audience Overview   Google Analytics

Wow, I cannot believe I have written 322 posts already! :D

At around 500-1000 words each I estimate that I have written more than 200,000 words something!

Dashboard ‹ All Blogging Tips — WordPress

Here are some interesting numbers.

  • Facebook Fans: 7,500+
  • Twitter Followers: 3,600+
  • Feed Subscribers 15,000+
  • Active Newsletter Subscribers: 2k
  • Published Articles: 322
  • Total Comments: 9000+
  • Alexa Rank:  9k
  • Page Rank : 3

Top Posts (# of Views)

These are interesting numbers, did you notice one thing?

7 out of 8 posts are list post.  Apparently everyone loves a good list!

Things to Do Before Applying for Google Adsense      68,125
Top 15 Killer Tips To Increase Page Rank!       51,516
10 Best Statistics Plugin For WordPress       30,045
7 Powerful Ways to Increase Website Traffic       16,399
Top 5 Ways to Make Money without Adsense       16,252
Top 10 Best Social Sharing Plugins For WordPress       13,289
8 Reasons Why I Hate Google Adsense       12,622
Earn $50-$100 Daily with Affiliate Marketing?      10,129

Thank You!

Many thanks to everyone who helped me – the readers, guest writers!

I’m still learning so much about it all. I have discovered some amazing new blogs, bloggers, friends and followers.

I’m so happy with the support I have had, and how much my blog has grown over this past year.

And I’d like to thank YOU for helping me in the 2 years of my blogging journey.

These guys worth mentioning here. I learnt lot of new things from their blog. In no particular and sorry if I have missed anyone out!

Special thanks to:

Harsh Agrawal of ShoutMeLoud

Zac Johnson of ZacJohnson

Ileane Smith of BasicBlogTips

Rahul Kuntala of LearnBlogTips

Pradeep Kumar of Slashsquare

Harleena Singh of Aha-Now

So what are my plans for the next year?

Well, I would love to keep my blog growing. I’d love to move up the Top Alexa rank. However, as a student, I wouldn’t get much time to spend on my blog.

Lastly, a big thank you to all that take the time to read my blog and comment. Your comments mean the world to me.

Thank you for your continued support.

Don’t forget to share What I Achieved in 2 Years with your friends.

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About Ammar Ali

A blogger, web designer, front-end developer and WordPress specialist since 2011. I started this blog during high school. Here I share what I've learned so far and what I continue to learn through blogging so that I can be of assistance in some way to improve your blog. Read more here.

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Comments

  1. Hamayon says

    December 8, 2013 at 8:51 am

    Happy birthday ABT, but Ammar you have not disclosed your daily traffic and monthly income through ABT, if you do that then that would be a great inspiration for us.

    Reply
  2. Aathira says

    December 6, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    Congratulations! That is a real great way to celebrate. Helpful folks on the way pave a great path for us all :)

    Reply
  3. Jijin Mohan says

    December 5, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    First of all congrats for being consistent in blogging and i guess you’ve achieved a lot of things in this time period. I’ve been a reader of your blog from 1 and half year i guess and every time i visit I can see quality post. So keep rocking!

    Cheers!

    Reply
  4. Robert says

    December 4, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    Congratulations for 2nd birthday and a lot more birthdays to come. I’m on half of your way, but in first half year I wrote only few articles and i thought it’s not gonna work, but now it’s go ok.:)

    Reply
  5. maxwell ivey says

    December 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Hello; Congratulations on your second full year as a blogger. Your achievements are amazing. I am especially impressed with your number of followers on social media and email subscribers. I noticed something more important. It has to do with your why. You put learning and sharing what you have learned first and making money last. This just proves what the real experts are saying and that is you have to help your readers or potential readers if you want to be successful. You have to put them first like you have. And I too have been lucky to find many new blogs and meet a lot of very nice and helpful bloggers. I wish mor epeople would write about the blogging community and how much friendly competition there is out here. they say on the highways no one is more helpful than a truck driver. well on the highway of life no one is more helpful than another blogger. keep up the great work, max

    Reply
  6. Drew says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    Hi Ammar,

    Congratulations on your success with this blog. I discovered it a couple of months ago and it has helped me in my own blogging efforts. All the posts have been very informative.

    I hope your blog continues to grow and I wish you every success.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm

      Thanks, Drew. :D

      Reply
  7. Mayank says

    December 3, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Many congratulations for your blog’s 2nd birthday. Although I got to know about your blog in August this year, but I feel I have learnt a lot about blogging in these 4 months all thanks to your wonderful posts.
    I hope to learn a lot more from your blog and wish you more success in the future.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:19 pm

      I’m glad you’re able to learn something new here. :)

      Reply
  8. Edson Hale says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    A huge round of applause for you Ammar; I am regular visitor of your blog and learning a lot from it. Very politely I would say if you aim to earn a little money from this blog why you are working so hard; a little money can be earned from simply forum posting or data entry work. Please don’t mind; think big to do great things.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:21 pm

      Hi Edson,

      I’m already making some good money from this blog. I have no plan for joining forum posting or data entry work. I might consider revealing income report soon. :D

      What do you think?

      Reply
  9. hamza says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    congrates ammar.i visits your blog regularly and have learn a lot of things from it but i was not aware about its age.its a greate success in achieving this postiion in 2 years with studies.As i am also a student and know how difficult it is to dedicate time to blogging as a student.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:22 pm

      thanks Hamza,

      I’ll share some tip on how to manage time as a student soon :)

      Reply
  10. Aktar says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:19 am

    Hey Ammar, Congratulation for completing two years successfully. All my best wishes for you to get many more success in blogging and life too.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:22 pm

      Hi Aktar,

      Glad to see you again here.:)

      Thanks for wishing

      Reply
  11. Rohan Mod says

    December 3, 2013 at 1:17 am

    Congrats for your grand success. Hope we could also be able to write such article after 2 years. Your success is the result of your hard work and dedication along with niche content. Great miles to go and god bless you.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      Good luck to you, Rohan :)

      Reply
  12. Victor Anya says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:48 am

    Congratulations Mr. Ali! For you to show a strong online presence just within two years is an indication that you are committed to your blog business. As I have said in several of my mails to you which I will like to repeat here, “you have been an inspiration to me” since I stumbled unto your blog few a months ago. You are a great researcher and writer with high reputation and integrity. I wish you many more fruitful years ahead. Happy 2nd year anniversary. Take two gboza! gboza! One gboza for each year. Once again congratulations.

    Victor Anya

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      You made my day, Victor.

      I’m loving your comment :)

      Reply
  13. Zac Johnson says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:32 am

    Congrats on your blogging success and many more years of blogging to come!

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      Thank you, Zac. I really need such wishes :)

      Reply
  14. Ahmed Shawan says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    Happy 2nd Years of blogging journey. Special thanks to ABT for introducing other bloggers and their roles behind building a complete blogging platformCheers all the navigators….

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      thanks Ahmed ;)

      Reply
  15. Dima Al Mahsiri says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    Hi Ammar,

    I have been a regular visitor to your blog for almost a year now. And I have watched your blog growing fast, Ma Sha’ Allah ! Your blog inspired me, and taught me that anyone with HARD WORK ,a clear plan and determination, can succeed :)
    I owe you what I learned about blogging and SEO, and that helped me a lot moving my blog from Alexa Rank of 15 M , to around 400 K in one year !
    The most thing I like about your blog and social media contributions is the motivation posts, and the willing to help everyone.

    Keep it up, and best wishes for you !

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      Hi Dima,

      Thanks a lot for such wishes, I really appreciate it. :)

      Here is one more quick tip to increase alexa rank that is post daily! If possible write quality content on daily basis and publish post at exact 00:00 time.

      Reply
  16. Nikhil says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    Great Post Bro

    Happy Birthday for your Blog and Congratulation for your success in these two years. may god bless with you with more and more achievements.

    Nikhil :)

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      thank you, Nikhil:D

      Reply
  17. Nhick says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    Congratulations, you’ve gone a very long way already and hope to see you blogging in the next years to come.. Good luck and more power.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:27 pm

      thanks buddy

      Reply
  18. vito andolini says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:31 pm

    Many happy returns for your blog…congratulations :) You are a true inspiration to all those bloggers out there who are starting or are in middle of their blogging era… Keep up the good work (y)

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      thank you Vito :)

      Reply
  19. Ashok Royal says

    December 2, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    hey Ammar,
    congo dude for completing 2 years. keep it up. Best of luck for you&your blog.
    thanks you.

    Reply
  20. metz says

    December 2, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    First, I want to congratulate you on your 2nd year of blogging!

    Well, thanks for sharing your story here and the things you have achieved during that 2 years. Pretty sure many will be envied with you since some are not making a living or they are not doing great in blogging. Many experienced a sudden downfall.

    Anyway, this post is inspiring too. Thanks!

    I found this post shared on Kingged.com, the Internet marketing social networking site, and I “kingged” it and left this comment.

    Reply
  21. Asaolu olubayode says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Congrats Ammar.
    it was when i bought my domain name (allbloggingcoach.com) that i knew that there was also allbloggingtips. though I’ve read most of his articles and they were pretty cool and interactive. The journey of a thousand miles for him actually started in a day, and here is our great Ammar clocking 2 years. Ammar,it’s grace because many blogs have already been scrapped and dead, but you still stand still and whacking stronger. I’m so happy for you bro.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      Wow, our domain looks too similar ;)

      Reply
  22. Kamal G says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    Hi Brother,its really great Achievement in this age,First of all Congrats for this great Achievement,All The Very Best for your Future Works,God Bless You.

    Reply
  23. Shaifur Rahaman says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    Happy Birthday to your blog . Really I am happy to stay with you and your blog. I am learning a lot of blogging tips from you and your blog. Thanks for providing us your best blogging tips and strategies.

    Reply
  24. Rohan Ayyar says

    December 2, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    That’s a rollicking achievement, pal! Hope you go on and on… More power to you!

    Reply
  25. madu says

    December 2, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    Hi,

    Superb, really nice to see that you have completed 2 years, all the best for your future ammar, your articles are really useful. Keep writing nice articles like this

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:31 pm

      thanks Madu :)

      Reply
  26. manpreet says

    December 2, 2013 at 7:01 am

    First of all congratulations. You have really done a great job and I hope you reach the next level of success in the coming year.
    Also, I would like to appreciate how you decided to thank people who have been helpful to you. That is a very kind gesture.
    The way you displayed the stats, it would work like an inspiration to other beginners in blogosphere. So, well done! and Keep Blogging!

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:32 pm

      Thanks a lot for appreciation, Manpreet.

      I wish you too a good blogging year ahead :D

      Reply
  27. Nasir Iftekhar says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:49 am

    Best of luck Ammar and congrats. In fact you have made biggest achievement as I know how hard my first year was:) My blog’s first Bday is coming at 5 Dec. Wish you best of luck.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:38 pm

      Happy advance birthday to your blog, Nasir. How’re you going to make it special?

      Reply
      • Nasir Iftekhar says

        December 3, 2013 at 9:05 pm

        Thanks Ammar, simply by adding more high quality content in it:) BTW did you checked out my last poston guest blogging? Will love to know your thoughts on the concept.

        Reply
        • Ammar Ali says

          December 4, 2013 at 1:13 pm

          Care to share the link? ;)

          Reply
          • Nasir Iftekhar says

            December 4, 2013 at 2:46 pm

            I apologize but truly I was suppose to get your thoughts. Anyways will take care the rules in your domain:)

          • Ammar Ali says

            December 5, 2013 at 10:54 pm

            No worries, Nasir. Just tweet me link (@allbloggingtips) I’d be glad to check out and share :)

  28. frank joseph says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:10 am

    What you have achieve within 2 years is worth more than you can think! congratulations and i hope you will continue to grow it. but you missed out something very important. your earning report? <3

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:39 pm

      I’ve a plan on revealing income report in upcoming month.:)

      Reply
  29. Kamlesh Nishad says

    December 1, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    Many Congrats to you and Happy B’day to your blog :) Good luck my best wishes are with you.. I observed your blog from last 1.5 years and you achieved a great success.. Keep it up.. My best wishes is with you :)

    Reply
  30. ileane says

    December 1, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    Hi Ammar,

    Congratulations on all your success in the last two years since you started blogging. It has been wonderful to watch you grow your audience and your online presence. Best wishes for the next two years and beyond.

    Thanks so much for the shout out!

    Reply
  31. Fernando Raymond says

    December 1, 2013 at 11:07 pm

    Great to see this amazing share from ABT. It’s a nice journey and we all learned some great tips during the time we found out ABT for search I did six months back. Since then this blog has a been most visited blog and a inspiration for all the blogger and online marketers who want first hand tried an tested solutions.

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:48 pm

      Glad to see that my blog was able to help you.

      I will never forget your support :)

      Reply
  32. Amarnath says

    December 1, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    Hello Really I am not believing MY highest Page View is just 500 for a single post..How you have Achieved is Really Great and awesome…First time landing on your Page with very inspiration post after shoutmeloud,labnol and yours regarding Blogging Tips….. Now i follow all vblog tips from now onwards .Hats off thank you

    Reply
  33. Adesanmi Adedotun says

    December 1, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    What a great journey but not far fetch… Your achievement so far was great and wasn’t by accident, more grease to ur elbow.

    Reply
  34. Zaib Abbasi says

    December 1, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    Hey Ammar congrats for achieving a big success and happy birthday to your blog.
    I learned so many thing on your blog but i was a silent readers, now i am participating on your blog. may ALLAH bless you and give more success. :)

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:46 pm

      Thanks for participating, I really appreciate it.

      :)

      Reply
  35. Nitin Patel says

    December 1, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    Congratulations for this brilliant achievement Ammar , I am happy to see that so far you have succeeded in achieving what you wanted from blogging that is the reasons mentioned here. I hope that in future too your blog continues to grow more and more fast and help many more peoples.

    Reply
  36. Sathik Ali says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    Hey buddy,
    It’s great to see your growth and it definitely an inspiration to the beginners of blogging world…!
    Keep going… all the very best… 

    Reply
  37. Anas Khan says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    Wow Brother … Really a cool guy :)

    Wish you best of luck

    Reply
  38. Naeem Malik says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Many Many congratulations for coming this far. I hope this journey proves to be just a stride when you achieve much more ahead.

    Reply
  39. Bishal Biswas says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    It’s Really Great To Watch Such A Professional Blogger’s Report. You Have Been My Main Inspiration Behind Blogging. I Genuinely Thank You For Your Supports And For Your Useful Articles. I am really thankful to you and Also I thank AllBloggingTips Full Team For The Quality Articles.

    Reply
  40. Mohammed Anzil says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Hello Amar…………………

    First my hearty congratulations for your 2nd year of blogging. Then thanks for sharing wonder Blogging tips for us. Wish you achieve more in future. Good luck…

    Regards,

    Reply
  41. Raaja Anandhan says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:38 pm

    Hi Ammar,

    It’s very happy to see your blog achieved peak within 2 years. All the best and God bless you Ammar. Congrats for your blogging career.

    Reply
  42. Harleena Singh says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    Hi Ammar,

    Congratulations & celebrations! :)

    Yes, I too can’t believe that it’s been two years – time does fly by SO fast! Not to mention the commendable work you have done within these two years. It’s certainly not easy to achieve such a good rank, many followers, comments, subscribers – yet you did it all :)

    Hats-off to you, and ALL those wonderful fellow bloggers who are also studying or working at other jobs, and yet they are blogging so well and have made an outstanding contribution to the blogosphere.

    Thanks you SO much for the kind mention. It’s an honor to be mentioned along with these pro-bloggers, especially Ileane, Rahul, and Harsh. I wish you all the very best for all the coming years as well :)

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:45 pm

      Hi Harleena,

      Love your comment, you’re my blog’s best commentator of the year. I should give you some reward, no? ;)

      Reply
      • Harleena Singh says

        December 3, 2013 at 8:55 pm

        Your comment made me smile, and brought me back to your blog :)

        I wish I could comment more often, but I do make it a point to be here, at least when you write.

        Thanks once again – appreciate it a great deal :)

        Reply
  43. Adithya Shetty says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    Hi Ammar,
    Wow, Congrats on your amazing two years of blogging journey! it’s awesome to see how you maintained consistency through out your journey! :)

    Reply
  44. Harsh Agrawal says

    December 1, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    Hey Ammar
    Congratulations for completing 2 year milestone and wish you all the luck for future. :)
    Harsh

    Reply
    • Ammar Ali says

      December 3, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      Thanks a lot, Harsh!

      Good luck to you as well. It’s good to see that our blog’s birthday is on same day. ;)

      Reply
  45. kishor says

    December 1, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    Allbloggingtips was the first blog where I first read about blogging.It is awesome and congratulation.Keep it up

    Reply
    • Rahul Kuntala says

      January 8, 2014 at 9:37 am

      Hi Ammar,

      After a long time, so glad to featured in your blog post(s).

      I see a lot of great (design and content) changes on your blog so far. Great work dude. You’ve achieved a lot in 2 years, and I know you’ll become a prominent blogger from your country.

      Let’s rock together ;)

      Rahul

      Reply

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