And The $$$ Trickles In…
Posted by Kirk M on 27 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin
After over a year of blogging of blogging experience and assaulting the poor, unsuspecting public with the my mental processes (such as they are) I decided not too long ago to grit my teeth and put Google Adsense on the blog in hopes of making a bit of pocket change every few months. A guy’s got to learn to earn sometime ya’ know.
And so an announcement is called for here. Since I placed the small block of Google’s unobtrusive text style ads called a “Link-Unit” in the upper part of my sidebar sometime shortly before the 1st of April, I have made a grand total of $2.71!
You can all burst out in congratulation’s and back slapping now.
Thanks…it was nothing I tell you…nothing.
So in celebration of my very first bloggish type earnings and knowing full well that these little blocks of ads that don’t even amount to 1-1/2 square inches of advertising space, I have decided to string a few of these little guys along the bottom of each single post. I garauntee you’ll hardly even notice them which seems self defeating but I just can’t bring myself to to put even those text-image type Google ads all over this blog like you’re used to seeing just about everywhere else. Perhaps I’ll have to rethink this when I get the new Absolute Beginner’s Wordpress blog ready to go. We’ll see.
I’m still waiting for Text Link Ads to come through with something. I haven’t reached that magical threshold between Google’s Page Rank and Alexa ranking to warrant an ad or two yet. These are also unobtrusive, text stlye ads but they come from advertisers who buy advertising space on a blog on a month per month basis. It also pays better than Google Ads but what the heck, it’s all basically an experiment in monetization right now. One of these days I might actually read all the documentation about ad placement, site optimization, channels and…well…maybe not. I blog because I enjoy it, not because I had this irresistible desire to market myself. Maybe later when I get that Wordpress series near completion I’ll do a bit of studying up as it were.
Until then, my thanks to the readers who took the time to click on an ad and add a few cents to the retirement fund. 
Oh, and while I’m thinking about it, I found the craziest little bit of “blog bling” to fit into a space at the bottom of the sidebar called “How much is your blog worth”. I have no idea how this thing works or how my much my blog’s worth is actually calculated, I just like the way it looked especially where it states that my blog is worth $18065.28. Just roll down near the bottom of the page and you’ll see old George’s face peeking out at you from the sidebar. I haven’t really found the right spot for him yet.
So…where’s the check already?
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on 30 Apr 2007 at 7:05 am 1.
gilda*su said …
heh heh. i had only just started my blog about a week ago and went crazy putting up all sorts of links, including ads. then just a few days ago i removed them all. i guess i started thinking along the lines of: i’m only blogging for myself, and i dont even think i have more than 5 readers, so i’d probably get just a few cents!! much less than your 2.71 i tell you.
well, hopefully the situation improves for you. i’ll try clicking a few!
on 30 Apr 2007 at 9:22 am 2.
KirkM said …
Hello, gilda*su,
Nothing wrong with a few ads. I’ve checked around for awhile and the basic consensus is “never to soon to start”. Anyway…it took me long enough and now I’m…
rich…
wealthy…
com-for-ta-bly well off!
Okay…maybe not. Hope your blog goes well for you and I’ll be sure to stop by from time to time to see how you’re doing. Oh…and thanks for the clicks.
on 30 Apr 2007 at 4:11 pm 3.
Manila Mom said …
With your page rank now, I think your blog will soon do quite well.
My 7 blogs on different topics are just about a month old, all with Adsense. Combined with my daughters’ 3 blogs, we have made a little over $12 in this first month. Two of my blogs went from PR0 to PR2 and PR3, and one of my daughters’ blogs went from PR0 to PR2.
I also blog because I enjoy it and am passionate about writing - which is my profession. I think there’s nothing wrong in optimizing earnings from something we love to do. Isn’t there a saying that if you do what you love, the money will follow? Of course, as you mentioned, there’s a lot of learning to be done, as well, in the area of optimizing blog monetization. And a lot to gain, too, in the long run.
on 30 Apr 2007 at 6:15 pm 4.
KirkM said …
@Manila Mom
Thank you for the vote of confidence. If there is a saying like that then the money is bound to arrive since I love to write. I also enjoy working the “backend” of things as far as the blog goes so I have double the chance.
I stopped by your “Manila Mom” blog and was glad to see you’re someone that’s still thrilled with being married. Most excellent! And a professional writer to boot. I’m in good company indeed.
I’m about one week away from getting a second blog off the ground (the one at the top of the sidebar) and it hasn’t been easy with the health problems I’ve been experiencing and working the day job as well but no one said it was going to be easy right? Go ahead…give me a challenge.
Glad you stopped by. You’re welcome back anytime you wish.