Darren Rowse "Behind a 6 Figure Income"

Darren Rowse = Popularity through timing.

September of 2004 was a month of history as Darren Rowse first began blogging on ProBlogger.Net. 2004 also served another purpose. 2004 was the year in which blogging really became mainstream. You do the math: Free Blogging tips + Bloggers looking for tips = Darren Rowse's ProBlogger.Net. (image credit: timepiece)

Darren Rowse struck gold in 2004.

Attempting to take anything away from Darren or his blog would be simply absurd. Darren is the man. However, any monkey could be in Darren's shoes right now. Darren simply got there first. He had created a popularly searched topic with almost no competition when it came to ranking in the search engines. (image credit: gold)

Darren Rowse is no smarter than any of us.

I am no smarter, Darren is no smarter, John Chow is no smarter, and Blogger Noob is definitely no smarter. (Just playing Noob) It's all about the SERP's guys and we all know it. If you hit a niche that's popularly searched, has little to no competition, and you have half decent writing skills, then you'll likely blow other blogs out of the water. It's like buying a stock low and then selling it high. That's just what Darren Rowse did back in 2004, but he's truly into holding onto his investment for the long haul. As long as it's continuing to build or maintain it's value, Darren won't be going anywhere. (image credit: open your mind)

Darren Rowse in today's blogging world...

Had Darren Rowse started ProBlogger today, he likely would have been overshadowed and filtered out by all of the other blogging tip based blogs. He would not be as popular and he definitely would not be making a 6 figure income. Today's blogging world is different. You have to work to rank on Google. You have to get inbound links to your site. No longer are you the only person on the web discussing a single subject. Instead, hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people could be discussing the same topic as yourself. And when that is the case, you have to learn how to write good content and get more quality links to your site so you can rank higher in the SERPs. One thing that Darren really didn't have to work too hard for back in 2004. (image credit: small world)

Darren Rowse is a Good Man

So it's true. If Darren had started blogging about blogging in Today's world, he'd probably be living a completely different life. Alternatively, if you or I would have began blogging about blogging or whatever we blog about back in 2004, we could also be living different lives. In a sense, blogging is like real estate. You have to get in early and you have to be in it for the long haul.