What is a Sitewide Link on JohnChow.com Worth?
A week ago I sat down and decided to see what type of traffic is generated by having a link from John Chow. I posted a bunch of comments and made it to the top commentator’s list where I remained for a week. At the end of the week, I had a total of 48 visitors from JohnChow.com. Most of them came from the main page. 47 came to my front page. The other probably followed a deep link from the review John did of www.productivity501.com.
I was actually surprised at how low the numbers were. With a paid review and a sitewide link in the sidebar and a link on a bunch of comments, there were only 48 clicks. I’m curious how many unique visitors John gets in a week. I haven’t been able to find it in any of his posts, so I’m guessing it isn’t very high.
John is doing an excellent job of marketing his blog and revealing just the information that will help him become more popular. It will be very interesting to see if he can keep this up to the point that the blogs popularity becomes on par with the image he is projecting.
There is quite a bit to learn from watching his site and most of it isn’t showing up in the posts. 
Arpit
August 6, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
John Chow is the most evil of all A class blogger. But now big sites like technorati and Google knows that. John is being penalized for his doings
BabyGearToday
February 18, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
I never have seen anyone say it that way before, but you are correct. It does seem like JohnChow only puts up the stats that will keep him popular.
Super Affiliate Secrets
July 22, 2008 @ 7:29 am
I did the same thing a while back. I think I got even less traffic than that.
Make Money Online
March 10, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Thanks for the info. I was contemplating doing something similar myself but for 48 visitors it hardly seems worth it !
Radley Bags
April 17, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
John Chow used to be the most interesting blogger around, but now he seems to have lost the plot ! He certainly still talks the talk but I’m not sure he can still walk the walk.
Stocks for Beginners
July 2, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
Who on earth is John Chow ? The real money is still in the stock market !