Just found out I can’t put Google Ads on my WordPress blog. I found that to be pretty dissappointing now that I’ve gotten my blog up and running here. Their reasoning is that they don’t tolerate Spam Blogs that are often created to drive traffic to each other and generating money. After learning more about Google’s Adsense program from reading The Google Story, it’s really an admirable system. It’s a win-win system where you put Google ads on your page and you split the revenue. It gives the little guy a way to make a little cash through advertising, which would never have been possible without a system like this. It’s a great incentive to make a really great blog and get some return for your hard work. I was thinking of moving over to Google’s Blogger before I get to entrentched in WordPress, but the WordPress interface, look and feel, import/export options, all seemed so much nicer than Blogger, so I think I’ll stick with WordPress for now.
PS. It’s not like I’m going to be making big bucks with this blog anytime soon, but I just think it’d be freakin cool to get a check for just writing in my blog, even if it’s a few pennies.
Check out this site for your WordPress optimization: http://www.optiniche.com/ (not an affiliate link). It is an awesome site for WordPress users…a lot of Adsense info.
Good luck
Thanks for the tip Jeff! I checked out the site and read some unnafiliated reviews on this site and it’s got some glowing praise. I might take the plunge and get it, though it’s a bit pricey. But then again, it should pay off eventually.