I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a big fan of John Chow and his blog.  I’ve been a regular visitor to his site and an RSS reader for quite some time and like his reviews, his attitude, and his outlook on the Internet.  Life is pretty good for John these days…he rakes in a lot of money from his blog in addition to what he makes with his other projects (TTZ Media and who knows what else).  One of the things that I like most about John Chow’s blog are his commentaries on his daily life and his restaurant reviews.  Aside from lifestyle opinions and his sense of humor, I’m not entirely sure why his website is so popular though.

While John offers the newbie blogger a few helpful tips once in a while, it seems that a lot of posts are paid review ads, general off-topic commentary (like what he had to eat or what you’re not allowed to do on new airplanes),  or some kind of self promotion.  I don’t think any of those things are bad, really, but I do have to question the quality of the blog when it relates to his mantra, which is “I make money online by telling people how I make money online”.

Once a month he tells everyone about how much money he made with his blog, and how much money came from what strategy.  I think that this once a month post is the most worthwhile thing he writes, and now for some reason I, like thousands of others, can’t seem to tear myself away from his blog even though there’s only one loaded blog post every 30 days.

As a new blogger, I’ve realized that it’s really quite difficult to write content that all of your readers will find useful on a daily basis and I do give John a lot of credit for that.  Additionally, I know that there’s only so much one person can say on a certain topic without sounding like a broken record. His posts, although fluffy, are well written and I enjoy them to some extent but if his blog were a stock, I would sell while it’s hot.