Today we are talking to a famous person in the blogosphere. His name is Dmitry Golopolosov, but he is better known as the Dimock (Dimok).
Dmitry is not a little-known blog on the Internet and blogging earnings - Blog.dimok.ru. Also it owns such projects as BlogRate.ru - ranking blogs and Grabr.ru - a social network for webmasters.
Dmitry, we do not pay much attention to the subject of income, and so it gets a lot of attention in your blog. And we'd better talk about you, your plans and business in general. Well, let's start.
- Tell me something about yourself...
My name is Dmitry. By education programmer.
- What do you do in your spare time?
Previously fond of billiards. but now I do not play. Now the main hobby - it's a photo. Purchase of normal photographic technique, I try every day to experiment.
- They prefer to photograph?
Most photograph his daughter and wife. And like macro.
- You once wrote that you love computers almost since childhood. The game, probably liked to play?
COMP like a 5th grade (previously just did not exist in an accessible form). The game is not played and not play, but for the overall development, so to speak, passed all Quake, Starcraft, like logic games like Lynes.
- And when I started to be interested in programming?
In the 5th grade. I started programming. With BASIC.
- Let's talk a little bit about your blog and blogging in general. Do you remember when he created the blog, and under what circumstances?
Dimok.ru I registered at the exhibition aytishnoy some, in 2001, if I'm not mistaken. Then just started to advertise nic.ru. Immediately he began to write articles on your site for layout and design (what then did), then moved to the topic of promotion of sites. Over time, I make a blog on a subdomain and began to use wordpress, but on the main site were the very first article.
- It was hard to configure, manage a blog at that time?
Yes, at the time it was all very not easy. Almost any action had to climb into the code something right.
- Never interested in hacking? I do not want to hack someone else's website?
No.
- Even thought there was?
No.
- Do you think that's not enough Russian-speaking blogosphere?
Quality.
- And in the English-speaking Internet is the quality?
Yes, there are a lot of smart blogs. Most of the Russian-speaking stations - is a translation of the western article or a story of its contents in your own words. Own content we create is not so much. At least in the subjects in which I read blogs: promotion, the blogosphere, photo.
- Do you often visit the English-language online?
Each day, many times.
- There are authors who are permanently and enjoy reading?
In particular, these: wwwproblogger.net and wwwseomoz.org. In general, blogs are many, many ...
- And from the Russian bloggers who read?
I have a section on the blog "interested in reading" - those who gets there, it is precisely those I read, because all references to either get out of my reader with either Grabr.ru
- Since you're talking about Grabre, I ask one question. Why did you decide to create this site? It appears this is not a commercial project. Or I'm wrong?
I am interested in the idea of social networking sites, which involves the exchange of interesting findings and chat. Therefore, the site was born. As for monetization, too, I have ideas, but it is too early for this.
- Do you still have a dozen projects on various topics on the Internet. You're doing it all alone or do you have your team?
There is a team, of course. One did not have enough for all: you and come up with and develop, and even the public present.
- You can call an amateur to create new projects. Surely now preparing some !?
Yes, I love this thing. For Runet and photo-enthusiasts in particular, to prepare for a very interesting project!
- We can not wait ... I promised not to touch the topic of income, but sorry could not resist. The question of how much you earn on a blog, do not ask ... everybody knows that it ± $ 2000. Asked about how do you remember your first salary? What then I earned?
The first earnings: creation of a site for a company. Earned 500r. At that time the maximum scholarship 60-80r., Was very nice.
- Not bad ... and now the creation of sites on the order do?
No. Has long been.
- You're more than a year, you promise to make a page "About me", but its all there! Do not have the time or just do not want to?
Yes, I do not like to write about yourself 
- You are by nature a lazy person?
Generally, always considered myself lazy. But now the impression that for all undertake with enthusiasm. Times change
It is no secret that every blogger dreams of a captive audience, tobish about subscribers. Runet in this regard has not yet highly developed and large subscription lists, as in the West, it is impossible to establish. You can be called very successful in this regard, with respect to the other Russian-speaking bloggers. How many readers would like to receive this year, and in general there is some cherished plank?
5000. I wrote about it in "What do I want in the new year blog?"
- Well, probably enough about the Internet, back in real life. If I'm not mistaken, you're the business. Tell about him...
Business on site. Property. Grabr, Blograte include it in my business. Another of public projects: actualkeywords.com.
- As the crisis has affected online business?
So far, nothing. Those who are on their own projects has been focused, I think, felt a little crisis.
- You have nothing to not write a blog on the election of Obama. Nothing to say? Or are you not interested in politics?
Not interested in politics. And the more American presidents (except that I'm interested in those who are on the banknotes printed green).
- What can you advise newcomers going to start your own online business?
Be sure to do something that in mind. Places enough for everyone;)
- And the last question for: are you a superstitious person?
Do not superstitious. Just try not to get involved with this topic.
Dmitry, thank you for the interview! I wish to realize all the ideas conceived in the year. Successfully launch a new project, get> 5,000 subscribers and one million hits on Ya.Fotkah ...
