When talking about Metabloggers and their online success you can't ignore big boys, those who are on top of the iceberg. They make far more money online than others and sometimes they influence in which way the mainstream of metablogging will go by selecting some affiliate programs and refuse others or by simply changing blog design. Success has terrible habit of making copycat hordes.
On John Chow's blog, subtitled "The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul" with full right, by searching his archives you can find earlier post from December 26th 2005 where he talks about shop till you drop. But John's presence on web goes much back before year 2000. How did first page of JohnChow dot com blog looked like you can see here: The Wired World Of John Chow. I will quote just one paragraph.
A little something about myself. I live in Vancouver, Canada pretty much all my life. Before starting the Wired World, I was a partner in a local Richmond printing company. After over a decade of running a print shop, I decided it was time for a change. The Wired World is my attempt at making my stake on the internet. So far so good. :)
And seven years later John can be proud on himself. He is one of the brave pioneers of metablogging. Wouldn't it be interesting to see how other big boys started?
