I got my first click yesterday!
Not on this blog, which doesn't have ads, as you may notice (though, that said, it may by the time you read this.)
Nope, the adsense click came another blog I maintain
http://dayofthezombie.blogspot.com/, which is a super-niche blog about zombies, zombie movies, and zombie news.
The idea and intent was to create a site that would attract mostly visitors that were directly invested in learning more about what they were searching for. With it, I'm not casting my net wide trying to just rack up pure traffic, but to specifically target a very certain audience, with the hope that as a result they the blog more usefull, look around it more, and maybe get lost in some of the articles.
If, during that, they click an ad, while that's just fine with me.
I also added amazon associates to the blog, because it's all about what zombies movies to watch and own, and which to avoid, so it doesn't feel terribly out-of-place or like too much of a stretch.
I don't expect to make money off of this. While, I mean, I hope I do. But realistically, I've looked into blogger pretty heavy and my expectations are not too high, specially not with that blog being as focused as it is.
But you know, if I could make enough for a cup of coffee or a beer someday, that would be alright with me. Because the writing, the constant writing, is the main focus, especially as I've been taking a lot of SEO jobs lately. I figure why be doing it solely for other people, when I could be doing it for myself?
I'm constantly looking for ways to pare down my writing, make it more interesting, make it good for the internet without sacrificing any style or skill.
Even if this is the only click it ever gets, it'll still be time well spent. I don't think anytime spent learning something can really be called time wasted.
That said...I sure hope it gets more clicks.
