ProBlogger is out of the Competition

March 31, 2010 - Last Modified: March 31, 2010 by Hesham Zebida

I have just received a very a very good news, finally Problogger.net is out of the blogging competition, it has been acquired by Google, and Darren Rowse has received his contract, and probably he is going on vacation for a few weeks before he start working on his new blog series “331 days to Build an Even Better Blog“, specially after the great success of his 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Well done Darren and I wish you good luck with your new projects.

This is great news!

Here is what has been published about it:

MELBOURNE, Australia. (April 1, 2010) – ProBlogger, the web’s #1 Blog Tips site, today announced that it has been acquired by Google

“Blogging continues to grow in popularity, not only for personal use but by entrepreneurs and businesses around the world. Once seen as a ‘fools game’ – blogging has now grown up.” said a Google representative today

What a fantastic news on the beginning of April, finally Problogger.net is out of the competition and became a Blogging School, and we don’t have to worry about competing with Darren Rowse anymore, I wish that Google buys all blogs on top of FamousBloggers.net to clear the way, so we can became the number one on blogging with out having to blog for the next six years!

I was actually shocked because I just wake up now, and I still can not open my eyes, and just sow this tweet by john Haydon saying that “ProBlogger Acquired by Google”, I thought I am reading well, still kind of dizzy, but so excited because we don’t have to spend long days and nights blogging hard, we don’t have to compete with other blogs again, but other blogs will work hard to compete with us!

Now the blogging competition is between You and Me 🙂

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I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

{ 72 Responses }

Ajinkya says:

What a technique by problogger certainly pro ! Such clever marketing techniques go viral and rock the blogosphere bringing 5 times more traffic :P
Walter says:

Is not easy compete with you neither :(
- Hesham says:
  
  LOL! this so funny Walter, you don't have to compete with me ;) just be my friend!
alamin says:

Hmmm, That good news, its not easy to compete someone like rowse!!!
JR says:

Well I am sure that Darren is laughing all the way to the bank, but I am not sure that Problogger is the only competition on the web for the blogging niche, there are many others, it really depends on the keywords. Also, Darren was not an SEO, and so his blog while it did rank did not really seem to target keywords on a consistent basis. .-= NEW from JR @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..Website Speed Now A Definite Factor in Google Rankings and 12 Tools to Check Site Speed =-.
Blogging Tips says:

Great April fools day prank. .-= Blogging Tips´s last blog ..Blogging Tips turned 1 year old =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Congrats for one year of blogging, keep the good work up!
  - Blogging Tips says:
    
    Thanks Hesham .-= Blogging Tips´s last blog ..No Vowels in Gmail – They are hidden =-.
Chadrack says:

Oh gosh, what a marketing strategy. Any way, never really cared about the issue of competition but I'm really pissed that I fell for the april fool deal!
- Hesham says:
  
  it's good to have some fun while promoting and marketing your blog, I like these kind of ideas ;)
Nile Flores says:

I think it came as a great opportunity because the domain name itself is quite flexible. Darren has done a lot for the blogging community and I am sure it will only get better for him. :) With that said, there are still quite a few blogs about blogging that are high ranked. I think that each community has its own great ambiance and whether or not they are bought up... I enjoy them all, just as I have found Famous Bloggers. BTW... any news on when my WordPress article might be published? :)
- Nile Flores says:
  
  After reading he post on his site... well... even I got fooled. That was a good one...rofl .-= Nile Flores´s last blog ..11 Online Resources For Color Selection =-.
  - Hesham says:
    
    lol got you! The post will be published soon Nile, maybe tomorrow.. Friday?!
Onibalusi Bamidele says:

This is great, this april fools day joke has caught the buzz, just dugg it, hope it gets so many diggs. Thanks. .-= Onibalusi Bamidele´s last blog ..Interview with Benjamin Lang of ben-lang.com =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  lol.. maybe.. maybe not... let's see.. Thanks for the dugg buddy ;)
Ajinkya says:

wow , an article so real so applauding sooo inspiring that turns to be an april fool ! LOL , i wish google will acquire that blog , what an idea from darren ! very creative :D .-= Ajinkya´s last blog ..Make links open in new window Blogger =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yeap! it's good to have some fun while marketing your blog!
Andrew says:

Fantastic marketing! Wish I'd thought of it. Andrew .-= Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Blogging Guide: The Pages Google Expect To See =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yeah lol maybe next time :) Someone did one post talking about how he did $140 from AdSense in ONE day, asked his reader to subscribe to RSS feed to read the full post about how he made it... lol
Dana says:

Hahaha... great post. So, this is the theme for blogosphere Aprill fool. :D .-= Dana @ Blogging Tips Blog´s last blog ..How To Create Blog Logo Easily by Using GIMP #1 =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yeap :)
Dev says:

lolz...:D....Another april fool :D .-= Dev | Technshare´s last blog ..8 Tips to Increase your Google Page Rank =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  lol!
Ricky says:

April fool joke, .-= Ricky´s last blog ..Massive 50%+50% Off On Justhost Web Hosting Less Than 2.95$ PM =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  ;)
Tinh says:

Another april fool hhehehe :-) .-= Tinh´s last blog ..Thesis Theme Skin Contest: 5 SimplePress Giveaways! =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yeap :) That post of ProBlogger retweeted over 500 times today ;)
Patrick Toerner says:

April fools day prank? Wow it got me. Who makes an April Fools Prank on March 31st? :) I like ProBlogger, I am glad it isn't gone. .-= Patrick Toerner @Young Entrepreneur´s last blog ..10 More Wordpress Plugins I Can’t Live Without =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I think all bloggers like ProBlogger, it's an online blogging school I thought to change the date of the post lol .. oh man.. who cares about dates these days? I don't know what day it is today.. I have to track my stuff from 4 different time zones ;)
  - Josh Kohlbach says:
    
    hahaha, us Aussies like to keep everyone on their toes ;) Gotta love being a few hours ahead. It makes April Fools so much fun! .-= Josh Kohlbach´s last blog ..StumbleUpon: My Stumble Your Own Stuff Experiment =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      Ah! ok.. so no body can fool you on April the.. good to know that lol
Mars Dorian says:

Good, good one, I didn't even see the joke until I saw the comments. ( I originally wanted to say: Forget about Problogger - if you're unique and blowing people's minds, then you don't have competition anyways ! .-= Mars Dorian´s last blog ..The Xia Xue Guide to Brilliant Branding =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I also said the same, forget about ProBlogger but I have develop that to be interested more on who follows ProBlogger, you can check here Darren 's opinion about my comment on a very nice post of my friend Jan. Thanks Mars for stepping by today ;)
John Paul says:

Wo, why would Google buy a him out? But I agree good news since he is ranked high everywhere..lol .-= John Paul@Make Money With A Blog´s last blog ..SEO Tips For Your Twitter and Facebook Page To Rank You Higher On Google =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  lol! yeah man.. good one! We can say that Google is raising blogs, then collect high PR ones from allover the Blogosphere ;)
  - John Paul says:
    
    Google is more then welcome to buy my blog.. a nice $100,00 would be just fine..lol Do we know what Google paid for problogger? .-= John Paul@Make Money With A Blog´s last blog ..SEO Tips For Your Twitter and Facebook Page To Rank You Higher On Google =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      I someone offered you $100.000 will you accept the sale? ProBlogger price is a secret, my Google bird didn't tell ;)
      - John Paul says:
        
        I don't know..$100,000 is alot of money. But to think of all the hard work I put into it.. it would be hard to let go. Im enjoying the challenge of ranking and driving more traffic..lol But it is $100,000 lol Would u sell? .-= John Paul@How To Make Money With A Blog´s last blog ..SEO Tips For Your Twitter and Facebook Page To Rank You Higher On Google =-.
Ana Goncalves says:

That is a very interesting article Hesham. I have noticed that there aren't any linking references on here to the source of the official article provided by Google. I also checked ProBlogger's article on this topic, and didn't see offical references neither. Only that the statements were spoken by a Google representative which doesn't give much to go on, as it can be anyone. If it was offical we would have known about this by now through Google directly. P.S-It's good to be back on one of your blogs again! Hope you are well.
- Hesham says:
  
  lol yeah.. There is now official article provided by Google because it simple doesn't exists ;) Thank you Ana for stepping by today, that was so cool! I have followed you on twitter.. keep in touch
Ileane says:

Hesham, it's ok that Darren pulled this little trick on us. I first show it on Google Buzz and it was only from the comments left there that I realized it's April 1st on the other side of the planet. He left some subtle clues in the text too. So I guess that Harsh is hoping that Google will make an offer ;) .-= Ileane@Blogging´s last blog ..Grand Tour of FamousBloggers.net =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  lol! you are so smart.. more than me...because I was kind of fooled and I even told my wife about it ;)
- Alison Moore Smith says:
  
  It was the tag at the bottom that was the sure tip off. :) .-= Alison Moore Smith@Easy Blog Setup´s last blog ..Write Like a Pubescent Boy in a Locker Room: Fart Blogging =-.
  - Hesham says:
    
    He really got me ;)
FAQPAL says:

This is only an April's Fools Day joke, it's been all over Twitter today. .-= FAQPAL´s last blog ..Implementing A Good Redesign: Advices And Examples =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Thanks buddy! I finally got it, and I think it was so funny and a good one ;)
bbrian017 says:

Yup this must be an April fools day joke. .-= bbrian017´s last blog ..Blog Engage Continues to Grow First Quater Report =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yeah.. I have just seen a tweet from Darren apologizing and say he loves the 1 of April ;)
Patricia Weber says:

It's an April fool's Day joke - #aprilfools - in the message. .-= Patricia Weber´s last blog ..How to nullify these 5 joint venture nuisances: Are these gremlins biting you in the butt? =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  The funny thing is the differences on dates, here it's still 31 of March in the States!
Jesse says:

Wow... Assuming this isn't an April Fool's joke, is there any news on what kind of money was paid? .-= Jesse@soLinkable´s last blog ..Have you ever wondered what Dark Side of the Moon would sound like if Pink Floyd had written it for NES? =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Ah! I know but I won't tell.. it's personal I guess... and wen don't want Darren will got mad ;) For me, it worth more than money! Not for sale!
Nabeel Ahmed says:

It surely is April Fools Joke.
- Hesham says:
  
  This is the hard post of the truth ;)
  - Archon Digital says:
    
    I'm with you on this. It would be hard not to think this was a real post ;) .-= Archon Digital´s last blog ..Blog Engage: Why Can’t We Simply Agree to Disagree? =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      ;) Nice work on your blog, or I should say site!
Arijit Das says:

I think, it is April Fool Day Special Post! Darren made his readers fool with his joking words... lol! :P .-= Arijit Das´s last blog ..Things to Remember before having a Guest Posting for Readers =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I was trying to open my eyes to read good.. I walked allover the living room thinking I don't have a competitor anymore... it's like... who goes to Google will be eaten by the monster LOL! but when I read the comments.. I remember a video or something of Darren talking about this, I think this is not his first time to fool his readers ;)
  - Harsh says:
    
    Lolz the time I saw the date on his post 1st April.. There was no way to believe on it :P And believe me still 50% ppl fall for it... :D .-= Harsh@ Make Money Online´s last blog ..5 Original April fool Prank ideas For Bloggers =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      lol! I am sure of that! I even think if I open his blog and read that post again I will believe it ;)
Harsh Agrawal says:

Even I'm happy with this news and now your real competition is me... (Shoutmeloud) :P .-= Harsh Agrawal´s last blog ..5 Original April fool Prank ideas For Bloggers =-.
- Arijit Das says:
  
  Don't you think it's a joke by Darren? ... just today i found an article on your blog about fooling readers with different tricks! .-= Arijit Das´s last blog ..Things to Remember before having a Guest Posting for Readers =-.
  - Harsh says:
    
    I will rather wait for Hesham to answer this one... ;) .-= Harsh@ Make Money Online´s last blog ..Thesis 1.7 Wordpress Premium Theme Review =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  LOL! The good thing is when you compete with some smart blogger .. the both of us can go up.. means all of us will be winners... this summer is going to be hot... HOT!
  - Harsh says:
    
    Not sure about Summer..but 1st April is surely gng to be hot :) .-= Harsh@ Make Money Online´s last blog ..Thesis 1.7 Wordpress Premium Theme Review =-.
  - Arijit Das says:
    
    Ya! i think so... :D .-= Arijit Das´s last blog ..Things to Remember before having a Guest Posting for Readers =-.

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