by Derek Lim on March 29, 2010
My First Google Check
I have done this many times but I only have a vague recollection on what I did. I’m sure some of folks are like me, create the ad, post the code and forget about it. If we want to re-use it, just copy the same code and paste it into another site.
AdSense has evolved over the years and while the basic fundamentals is still the same, blogging it down now not only serves as my memory bank but to also find out any changes if any.
1) Click on AdSense Setup Tab
2) AdSense Setup page
Click AdSense for Content (most commonly used for websites)
3) AdSense for Content page
The Wizard page is good for the novice but it’s prettyu troublesome to keep clicking ‘next’. Since I already have prior experience with AdSense, I will click on the “Single page” which will show me all the settings for the Ad.
4) Ad unit (Image vs Text)
There are pros and cons but generally, visual ads are more limited and hence a slight higher CPC and CPM. Of course, I can always choose both but depending on the nature of your website, it may be good to be more specific.
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by Derek Lim on March 26, 2010
know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
Sun Tze
In order to become a effective finance aggregator on the Internet, I must first know what similar sites are doing so that I learn from their strength and exploit their weakness. Below is the list of the most popular finance aggregator sites.
pfblogs.org
1. pfblogs.org
Tagline: The Aggregator
Title header: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
Favicon: Dollar Sign
Google Page Rank: 5
As I have plans for a logo, it will be helpful to look at what others have. I also wanted to have rough gauge of the popularity and I used Google page rank. Granted it may not be the best or most accurate assessment but the information is easily available.
Interesting this site have another URL http://www.pfblog.org/ that links to the same site. Smart move since it is common to miss out the letter ’s’.
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by Derek Lim on March 24, 2010
After a long and hard thought, I have come to the conclusion that I can’t. However, that doesn’t mean I should throw in the towel. Let’s take the analogy of a small time investor versus the big time investor. In a bullish economy, the big time investors with their millions and billions will almost make more money than their small time counterpart and they are usually the ones who would be able to dictate the price of their stock. Given their unfair advantage, shouldn’t small time investors give up? However, there will always be small time investors and while the big boys are earning millions and billions, the small timers are contented with their tens of thousands.
Coming back to my blog aggregator. The big boys like Yahoo and MSN can have millions of visitors a day but if I can have a thousand or two a day, it will still be a achievement for me.
How can I do it?
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