I noticed there was more traffic than usual to my blog today, and upon checking my Sitemeter, I saw that Vivian Cash, by way of Google, was bringing people here by the droves.
Must have had something to do with THIS. It was the only thing I could find on Google that mentioned Vivian Cash.
Good grief, can Rosanne Cash really be 52?
Showing posts with label google ads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google ads. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Adsense, in case anyone is interested
That little ad to the right isn't going to make me rich, but so far it's earned me a whopping $6.58. That's right, friends and neighbors: my blog is making me money.
Of course, I don't actually receive anything until it reaches $100. But I figure if I live long enough, I'll get paid in, what, ten years or so?
I began it as an experiment. Many people have ads all over their pages, but I only have one, which changes often and is usually farm-related. Finally they quit putting the ad up where you take a test to see what your, ummmm, orientation is. I'm careful what I type because if I use the wrong phrases, it'll be back again. You'll all laugh, I'm sure, if that ad reappears. Don't any of you DARE type that three-letter word that starts with "g" into my comment section! Funny thing is, the entry that caused that ad to appear here was one I deleted shortly after posting it.
There's never a dull moment on the Internet.
Of course, I don't actually receive anything until it reaches $100. But I figure if I live long enough, I'll get paid in, what, ten years or so?
I began it as an experiment. Many people have ads all over their pages, but I only have one, which changes often and is usually farm-related. Finally they quit putting the ad up where you take a test to see what your, ummmm, orientation is. I'm careful what I type because if I use the wrong phrases, it'll be back again. You'll all laugh, I'm sure, if that ad reappears. Don't any of you DARE type that three-letter word that starts with "g" into my comment section! Funny thing is, the entry that caused that ad to appear here was one I deleted shortly after posting it.
There's never a dull moment on the Internet.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Blogging stuff
I enjoy my site meter.
Thanks to the site meter over at the right, I can tell what website refers people to my blog, and sometimes, a reader's location: That isn't too accurate, since it gives my location as Brinktown, Missouri; or sometimes as Bucyrus, Kansas. And I think it tells me my journal buddy Astaryth is in Illinois; she's actually in Florida! So don't count on that part.
I can always see how much time a reader has spent here, and how many pages she reads. I know whether they've clicked on a link, and have been surprised to see how few people click on any of the links I plant here, unless it's something I'm really, really promoting hard.
This blog isn't very old, but I notice more and more that readers are coming here by way of Google. Often they typed in "hamburger stew". More times than you can imagine, actually! Or "horses", or "round pen", or "how much grain to give my horses". I'm not usually high up on the google page, but people seem to stumble in, anyhow.
Many readers come to check me out after I've commented in other blogs; they've read my Blogger profile, which lists this blog, and they come to see what I'm like, what sort of person has been reading what they have to say.
Then there are my faithful AOL journal readers, who usually come directly here from My Country Life.
I really enjoy that about site meter. It's free, and I recommend it to anyone who blogs. By the way, if you click on my site meter, you can see the same information I do. In case you get curious. Of course, I'll be able to tell that you clicked on it. Unless you click on something else afterward, because it only gives one out-click per person per visit. Obviously, I have too much time on my hands or I wouldn't have figured all this stuff out.
Now, about the Google adsense ads on the right: I've had them on my blog for a few days and I've earned $1.09. And that was made in the first twenty-four hours after I added it. I'll leave the ads there for a few days; if that's all they're going to net me, they'll go bye-bye in a couple of weeks. That just isn't enough for me to put up with clutter on my blog.
Thanks to the site meter over at the right, I can tell what website refers people to my blog, and sometimes, a reader's location: That isn't too accurate, since it gives my location as Brinktown, Missouri; or sometimes as Bucyrus, Kansas. And I think it tells me my journal buddy Astaryth is in Illinois; she's actually in Florida! So don't count on that part.
I can always see how much time a reader has spent here, and how many pages she reads. I know whether they've clicked on a link, and have been surprised to see how few people click on any of the links I plant here, unless it's something I'm really, really promoting hard.
This blog isn't very old, but I notice more and more that readers are coming here by way of Google. Often they typed in "hamburger stew". More times than you can imagine, actually! Or "horses", or "round pen", or "how much grain to give my horses". I'm not usually high up on the google page, but people seem to stumble in, anyhow.
Many readers come to check me out after I've commented in other blogs; they've read my Blogger profile, which lists this blog, and they come to see what I'm like, what sort of person has been reading what they have to say.
Then there are my faithful AOL journal readers, who usually come directly here from My Country Life.
I really enjoy that about site meter. It's free, and I recommend it to anyone who blogs. By the way, if you click on my site meter, you can see the same information I do. In case you get curious. Of course, I'll be able to tell that you clicked on it. Unless you click on something else afterward, because it only gives one out-click per person per visit. Obviously, I have too much time on my hands or I wouldn't have figured all this stuff out.
Now, about the Google adsense ads on the right: I've had them on my blog for a few days and I've earned $1.09. And that was made in the first twenty-four hours after I added it. I'll leave the ads there for a few days; if that's all they're going to net me, they'll go bye-bye in a couple of weeks. That just isn't enough for me to put up with clutter on my blog.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Google ads
You'll notice, over on the upper right, a Google ad. I chose to put it there; it wasn't forced upon me like the AOL ads were, on their journals. I felt it wasn't too intrusive, and there's a possibility of making money off it, although I doubt that one little ad is going to do much.
As long as the content of that ad doesn't offend me in some way, I'll leave it there as an experiment. Hey, it might work out so well that I'll put something else over there with it.
One money-making scheme I will not be doing is pay-per-post. As I understand it, you sign up and they give you brands or items to plug, in individual entries in your blog. I think there's more chance of making a few bucks on this one, but it leaves me cold to find a pay-per-post entry in a blog I otherwise enjoy. One blogger warns her readers by putting "Pay-per-post" in the header of such entries.
I still don't like it.
As long as the content of that ad doesn't offend me in some way, I'll leave it there as an experiment. Hey, it might work out so well that I'll put something else over there with it.
One money-making scheme I will not be doing is pay-per-post. As I understand it, you sign up and they give you brands or items to plug, in individual entries in your blog. I think there's more chance of making a few bucks on this one, but it leaves me cold to find a pay-per-post entry in a blog I otherwise enjoy. One blogger warns her readers by putting "Pay-per-post" in the header of such entries.
I still don't like it.
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