Well I have changed my blog layout and I finally like the look. It is sort of “Facebookesk” (old facebook!) and Its simple. I am continuing to customize it more and more to build it out as much as possible to include all my networks and social 2.0 sites. Its clean and to the point. This way I can focus on content and leave the fluff out.
I have been highly motivated recently with my web projects as my Google AdSense has been strong this month. It is pushing me to work harder and harder. Once I get my content built up as much as possible, I will be focusing on link building to get stronger back links throughout my website.
Recently One of my goals is to get the rest of my “dormant” sites up and running to ther full potential by September 09. Right now my priorities are American Eskimo Zone, MyDentify, and ItsMyItaly. Outside of those web properties I will be focusing on my other 9 “in progress” websites. It’s a lot of work but I am up for it.
Coming from a strong design background, I am very particular with how things look on the web. Functionality always comes first, but the way it looks in the end is also very important. That is why it takes a while for my sites to come to life.
I’ll keep you posted, thanks for reading!
Since starting with AdSense in 2007, I have learned quite a bit about optimization, placements, what to do and what not to do. This is my 4th check from them, each one bigger than the last. I have had a goal for a while now to make $100.00 a month and I just achieved that goal in September. The reason my check was released at $586.00, was because there is an option in AdSense to hold the checks back until you would like to release them.
My next check I hope to make $110.00 for the month of October, and have it released at $800.00. This month is good so far, I have had 2 days over $5.00 coming from MyDentify.com, which is good as the typical day average is $2.00.
MyDentify (My Business Directory) Is by far my most consistent AdSense performer. It currently has over 12,000 user submitted links, hundreds of link sales, increasing web traffic, and is expanding every day.
I’m trying to come up with some new ideas on how to improve it right now, I sense a “Holiday Promotion” coming up in the near future. Be on the lookout around Thanksgiving and Christmas for some free links into the directory.
What did I do with my $586.00 from my Google AdSense Check? I added it to my website budget. All money I make with my websites, goes right back into them. Making them stronger. I purchased a game website a few months back, but it may not have been the best choice for an AdSense site, as that niche is low paying in clicks. ho knows, I might buy something else soon to make up for it.
AmericanEskimoZone is my next promising website for Google AdSense. I have roughly 20 unique articles written, and as we know Google loves that. I hope to get 20 more by the end of October. The clicks I have received on the ads thus far have been decent. And by decent I mean over $0.70.
Looks good to me! If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let me know. I would be glad to hear.
Well it has been some time since I have made an update on some of my web projects, so what a better time than now. My current main web content project is AmericanEskimoZone. filled with eskie resources, tips, photos and more. I have gotten quite a few original articles written so far and have just completed two scripted tools.
The first tool is an American Eskimo Fact Generator. It was coded in PHP and roughly took about 2 hours dev time and 2 hours design time so I am quite happy with it. What it does is, it randomly presents the viewer with 1 fact, the average person may not know about the American Eskimo breed. Once the dog bone is clicked, it generates another random fact. Its kind of cool and adds a little dynamic feature for the user to play with.
The second tool is a Pet Name Generator. sort of following the lines of the random fact generator, this one generates a random dog name for pet owners having troble finding the perfect name for their pet. The list in its later version will be sortable or “filtered” to target a certain gender, or type of name.
Outside of the tools, my next focus is the Dog Shelters Across America section. Each section will include a Google Map of dog shelters for a state chosen from a dropdown menu. This will take some time, but will be an intrigal part of the website. On each state, there will be official static links to animal shelters, organizations and more.
Im hoping to get 20 more articles written by the end of October, which is definitely possible, along with interlinking and a unified header as the older template I was woring on has some missing elements.
One last newest addition, is the flash banner I have promoting the online store, which is not currently open yet. I wrote a script that will randomy display a banner unit and I can control frequency and link destination quite easily. PHP is so fun.
Thats about it for now, Im happy with the progress but wish I could get much more done much quicker. I will be updating my other web projects throughout October, Ill keep you posted. Please let me know your thoughts, Im always welcome to feedback and suggestions.
Hi im Tim and I love to do experiments and take adventures online. Professionally I am a Digital Media Producer out of Boston, MA and design, develop and produce interactive media.