Beginner’s Blog

Worked mainly on my new blog. It’s computer related. On Tuesday was lucky and got hold of confidential Dell file shortly exposed on Google. Today did some analysis and wrote an article about some upcoming Dell notebooks, which they did not announce yet. I think this file should provide good info for articles for the next few days.

After writing an article concentrated on promoting my new blog. Submitted the link to the article to a number of services and sites, with varying response. So far got about 170 hits for today. I guess quite ok for 3 day old blog. And I didn’t pay a penny.

While looking for the ways to promote my blog found some interesting tools for researching and collecting information. Seems that they might make research and even writing part for the new blog much easier.
Yesterday opened adwords account, just to see what’s that all about, maybe check the keyword prices. HAven’t figured how that works yet.  They charged me $10 deposit, but it’s in my account there. I guess I will use it eventualy.

Yesterday earned 28 cents from Blogdotes (7 cliks) and 23 cents from a new blog (1 click). Today earned $.046 for 3 cliks. Seems that not every click is equal, that first $1 click on tuesday was nice.

Even if I’m quite happy with PPC from the new blog, CTR seems unnaceptable. Yesterday it was 0.6%, today it’s…. Wow! Someone clicked 2 times for a total of $1.70 on a new blog, while I was writing this! So, todays earnings - $2.06 so far. I wish there was something like Fun Page Exchange in computing field. Would definetely use that. With these PPC  I might earn more then I’m spending.

Well, these click’s cheered me up some, but I’m still not satisfied with CTR’s. And Semiologic CMS is driving me crazy. It’s great if you use it, as it is. Or, probably, if you buy a professional edition. But it’s a nightmare to customize it yourself. Espacially if barely know PHP and don’t really understand WP loop.

Today of the main block of ads stopped showing up on the main post that visitors are comng to. They work just fine, in all other palces, posts and positions. But not WHERE I NEED THEM!  The reaon should be the tables, I guess. I copy pasted some from Word to WP2 WYSIWYG editor and it had some difficulty publishing it. So these tables must be messing up the ads, I think. To late to change that now. Will have to find some better  way to format my post  tomorrow.