Comments on: How I Manage A Travel Blog On The Road

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:38 +0000

I’ve just returned from 3 months of every-day blogging. I found the key was to schedule posts a week+ in advance… then if I had poor internet for a few days it was no issue.

But it’s certainly a lot of work, any way you look at it! Now I’m curious what kind of search traffic is generated from my nearly 90 posts. :-)

By: Leng | Globe Nomads

Leng | Globe Nomads — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:34:45 +0000

This is a truly inspiring post for travel bloggers out there. I have noticed even an attractive blog such as yours took more than 9 months to gain any noticeable readership. I guess a lot of travel bloggers faced the problem for driving organic traffic from search engines to their site since very few people will actually search for travel blogs.

By: Janne

Janne — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:16:36 +0000

Thanks Gary. This is very useful information. Blogging is a long learning process and if you want it to be successful very time consuming indeed. Will follow your blog with great interest. Keep up the good work!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:17:02 +0000

Free wifi (with lodging) in Peru: Hostal Buenavista (Lima and Cusco).

By: jj1

jj1 — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:30:09 +0000

Sounds like an amazing trip. Were you able to find anymore free wifi in Peru?

I am creating listings of free wifi locations in Peru for travelers and ex-pats (like myself). Take a look: http://freewifiwiki.net/index.php?title=Peru.

If you have any to add please do… (its a wiki).

Cheers

By: Gallivanting Around

Gallivanting Around — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:39:47 +0000

Thanks for the article Gary, some useful tips there. I always find it hard to find the time to keep updating. All the best.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:28:14 +0000

Thank you for this post, and for being so generous in sharing your experiences both in travel and in blogging. Your honesty and integrity is really inspiring. It was very helpful for me to read your comment about the abundance of food bloggers out there. I have recently started a travel blog http://www.eclectictrips.com and slowly but surely it started to focus a lot on food. I guess food is a large part of traveling. Like Anthony Bourdain- he experiences many things on his journeys and will discuss politics and culture and history, but in th end the focal point is always food. At first i was resistant to the idea of my blog being kind of a food/travel blog, but after reading your comment i think i will just roll with it.

Thanks so much!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:45:44 +0000

So far I’ve had two opportunities in exchange for a review. One contacted me, and the other one, I contacted them. I think it is more helpful when you are looking at locations in a modernized, touristic area, where they know the value of page rank – just like Gary said. I wouldn’t have much hope in Thailand or Peru, but Hawaii seems to be an ideal place for it. I’m going to have several experiences there that I never would have had on my budget without the blog angle :-)

By: Valera10

Valera10 — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:33:49 +0000

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By: The Dame

The Dame — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:09:55 +0000

Thank you for this post, you have really explained things in detail which is great for me as Im just starting out with my new venture. Just wish Id read this before naming my site “Volunteering Vagabond” haha!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:06:55 +0000

Thanks, perfect solution – in case I am somewhere really seedy and need to use “their” PC I’ll do the notepad trick!