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i know i haven’t been blogging here much at all. it’s not because i don’t love you guys anymore. and don’t worry there hasn’t been any suicide attempts as of late. it’s all because i’ve been working my ass off to grow our entire network. and of course kicking back in bali and enjoying every single second of my life.
and now… it seems the blog gods are finally in our favor. as of the end of november 2007 techfresh network has capped the $10,000 mark.
$7567.66 from adsense
$1,503.40 from kontera
$909.24 from chitika
$137.50 from widgetbucks
$10117.80 total
pretty cool for a bum, huh?
i guess it wasn’t wise to talk about the slapping around unless i wanted to get slapped too. and so i did. lol. jermexpress.com is now officially a pr3 domain. it’s no surprise though, not that i did anything wrong or anything, but i haven’t done anything on this domain at all besides talk about my “little findings” on various topics. and considering that most my blogging friends are mia and not linking me anymore, the pr drop is to be expected.
so, i guess i’m cool with this. i still love google and all and i honestly think it was wise for google to straighten up the whole pr bs out there. pr is just one factor that weighs your serp folks, it’s not the deciding factor at all. and for those of you losing your high almighty pr, quit worrying and go back to your content. yes, your content, that thing that people actually read when they come to your blog. lol.
i just noticed that engadget, one of my favorite gadget blogs but also one of the toughest, meanest competitors for techfresh, has dropped from pr7 to pr5 today. then i read darren’s blog and he too had a big drop, from pr6 to pr4. daniel at dailyblogtips has compiled a list of top blogs that experienced the same pr drop in the last couple hours. what’s going on folks? is the big-g penalizing people right and left, or is this their shout out to pr-addicts that pr isn’t all that great of a deal anymore? these blogs seem to be doing just fine, by the way, no drop in traffic or anything. if anyone sees a pattern or whatever, hit me up in the comments. i sure am curious.
because that’s where organic traffic comes thru and that’s how i want to convert. good for long term readability? no, i guess not, but this is where my home page comes in. i’ve cleaned up the home page across the network to rid them of all ads above the fold. so when repeat visitors come to our blogs, they don’t have to stare at ads all day trying to read our news. i hope this contributes to building readers trust over time.
at the end of the day, i hope this benefits both our readership and our revenue stream.
Hi my name is JErm and this is my blog. I'm just a simple guy living a simple life on a simple island.
