My AdSense statistics have been well below average the last few days, despite above average traffic. If this trend continues, December will be the fourth month in a row to see a decline from the previous month. I wonder if more blogs are competing for the same advertisers.
If the number of […]

The Federal Trade Commission has released an official opinion about word-of-mouth marketing, those endeavors where people endorse products or services and are paid to do so by the company. The FTC believes that these practices are deceptive and any affiliate relationship should be disclosed.
As of right now, this is an opinion and not the […]

This is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, sort of… but as a participant and observer as the blogosphere expanded exponentially over the last few years (and the general explosion of blogging since 1999), these things bug me. I don’t mean to offend anyone. They say rules are made to be broken, and I’ve broken […]

For several months, I have been using Google AdSense’s Competitive Ad Filter to screen ads that may be objectional to my type of audience. Google officially suggests not using the filter to block low-paying ads, but Ads Black List says doing so can increase income significantly. I’m experimenting.
As of a few days ago, […]

Several weeks ago, I was approached by J.D. of Get Rich Slowly to write a guest post about by monthly financial statements. I wrote an article and it was posted at GRS on November 15. In the image below representing my traffic — green is the unique visitor count and purple is the […]

I never thought I could be making a living from blogging. And I’m not. But it is getting to the point where it’s starting to look like a distant probability. I love publishing on the Internet. I probably would love it more if it weren’t so easy; I like a challenge. […]

It’s not that I have a lot of spare time. Actually, I have none. What I do have is a habit of starting blogs. This would be one of those. It’s late at night, and I’m feeding my blog start-up habit. If you’ve read the about page, you may already […]