Top 4 Australian Blogs in 2008 and Why

• Author: johnnymestizo
• Filed under: Blog Development
• Date: Jan 19,2008
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I love Australia and Australia loves the Internet. There are 15.3 million Australian Internet users (72.9% of the population) according to internetworldstats.com (Updated 30-Sep-07) From these netizens Blogpond has derived the Top 100 Australian Blogs Index and I have derived the Top 4. Why four? Because I love lifehack.org!

	Lifehack.org
	Founder RSS Readers Contributing Authors Location	Leon Ho 63660 13 Brisbane

Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things done and lifehacks

Want to be successful? Lifehack.org provides the motivation to be productive. Without fail regular tips and tricks are featured in a fun easy going . Recent posts include Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing, Save Your Sanity: Have a Communications Blackout Day and How to Write a Personal Mission Statement to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever. From Hong Kong to Washington, Wall Street to Time Mag, Lifehack.org has been recognised as putting the positive spin on hacking your life into productive shape. Featured areas of life to hack are Productivity, Communication, Lifestyle, Money, Technology and Management.

	Entrepreneur’s Journey
	Founder RSS Readers Contributing Authors Location	Yaro Starak 6041 1 Brisbane

Entrepreneur’s Journey is a blog website aimed at those interested in Internet business and Blogging

Following close behind Number 2 in the Blogpond ranking is Yaro’s massive collection of advice for Internet businesses and guides on making money online. His writing is concise and friendly and you find yourself browsing from article to article. This is because he has excellent content and recommends follow-on articles to read. He approximately has just short of 200 quality articles on topics such as Internet marketing, the blogging business model, SEO, email marketing, pay per click marketing, business strategy, business ideas and opportunites, entrepreneurship, personal development, affiliate marketing and the list goes on. See Yaro’s full listing of Internet business articles.

	Freelance Switch
	Founder RSS Readers Contributing Authors Location	Cyan & Collis Ta’eed 20000 7 regulars and 11 casual ECC based in Sydney

We are a Community of Freelancers… You’ll find Advice, Jobs, Resources and much more!

Freelance Switch provides advice for freelancers whether new to the game or seasoned veterans. Main areas of this site include the Blog (advice, opinions & news), the Job Board (fleelance classifeds - 89 jobs available!), the freelance community forum, freelance radio delivered via PodCast and freelancer tools & resources. Some recent posts at Freelance Switch include Business Survival Guide: 8 Practices of a Long Term Freelancer, Making a PayPal Form Tutorial and 6 Cool Tools to Track Your Time.

	Problogger
	Founder RSS Readers Contributing Authors Location	Darren Rowse > 100,000 1 Melbourne

A blog that helps blogger to add income streams to their blogs

Problogger takes the cake and has been the driving motivator for myself to keep blogging! Darren started Problogger back in September 2004. Here you will find a huge bank of tips, advice, tutorials, you name it! If it’s about monetising your blog it’s absolutely their. Time and time again Darren delivers amazing posts to help bring in the cash. Recent posts include Dear AdSense, You Heard My Pleas - Another Open Letter to AdSense, What is Your Favorite Social Bookmarking Site? and 10 Remarkable (and Free) Wordpress Themes.

Why are these 4 blogs at the top?

All 4 top blogs provide services that help other people. They help improve that area of one’s life whether it be blogging, freelancing, motivation, monetisation or productivity. None of the top 4 are overnight sensations. They have been at the game for a while and have become niche leaders because they strive to continue learning. They learn about their niche remaining vigilant on new trends, improve on their blog to deliver to as many readers as possible. Help as many other people and they will help you succeed - reciprosity!

The relationship ‘Give someone more in use value than what you take from them’ is elaborated in the article Understanding The Law of Successful Giving and Successful Receiving by Bob Burg who specialises in business networking. Yaro Starak discusses being a leader in your niche rising to the top in Why Ongoing Education is the Key Ingredient for Success for Business and Blogging.