Blog Update #4 - 500 Hits and 40 Subscribers!

So I hit a pretty big milestone yesterday and got my 500th hit! I know it is nothing compared to popular blogs out there, but I'm trying to generate content and traffic as best as I can and the little steps make me happy. As my daily hits increase, I am getting more and more "random hits" from Google who are looking up terms like "top issues in today's world" and "issues today" (these search topic and similar ones are the most popular links from Google to my blog)

I have had people find my blog throughout the world including countries like England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, The Philippines, and even the small country of Lesotho! Out of all of the readers, 40 people have subscribed to the blog and get a regular feed feed of Meaningful Issues in Today's World.

It makes me really happy that people are finding and reading the blog, not only because there are so many important issues, but because it really does take a lot of effort (3-5 hours) to produce a blog that doesn't just regurgitate the news or post a link. I want to give my readers a synthesis and analysis of the top meaningful issues in today's world and won't compromise my content just to get better search engine results.

When I see the blog hits I get excited because it means that people want to educate themselves and take action. If you missed any of the action, I've posted some of my more popular posts from the first two months below.

• The Ethics of What We Eat - Book Review
• Your Money or Your Life - Book Review
• My Decision to Become a Vegetarian
• Earthsave.org - Website Review
  
• The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less - Book Review
• Adding Values to Your Investments: FTSE 4Good Index
• Micro Lending: Socially Responsible Investing
  

Related Books:

• The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter - Peter Singer
• The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less - Barry Schwartz
• Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence - Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin

Blog Carnival Post #3

I have been posted on two more blog carnivals:

• Socially Responsible Investment: Can it beat traditional mutual funds?
• Ethical Investing Blog Carnival @ A Slacker's Quest for his First Million

• Microlending: Socially Responsible Investing
• Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance Blog Carnival @ Money Changes Things

Thanks to both of the organizers of the carnivals.

Blog Carnival Post #2

A few of my blog posts have gotten exposure and now have been posted on three more blog carnivals.

Your Money or Your Life: Book Review @ Sharing is Living
My Decision to Become a Vegetarian @ Weight Master
Your Money or Your Life: Book Review @ Living Cheaply

Thanks to all of the organizers who put together the blog carnivals.

Blog Carnival Post #1

I have been applying to Blog Carnivals lately trying to get more exposure and traffic. Today a bit of it came to fruition. Two of my blogs recently were accepted and one of them was featured in the top three out of 40! Below are the blogs that were posted at the blog carnival organizer's site.

Micro Lending: Socially Responsible Investing at Social Entrepreneurship Today
Earth Save: Website at Green Your Apartment

Both of these sites have good information about living green and being a social entrepreneur. They are aligned with the purpose of this website and you should check them out. Thanks to the blog carnival organizers for posting my articles!