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Google Adsense with Google Charts

Data visualization is such a help sometimes, I don't know why Google does not utilize the charts API in their Adsense reporting, but having been experimenting with the Charts API while developing this site a bit I decided to utilize it for some actually valuable research

And the most successful blog killer is?

In reviewing Jan 1 thru Apr 15 this year and last, I have come to the conclusion that server downtime is my biggest enemy.

It's not really my hosting companies fault though, I am just endlessly tweaking code and trying it out on the production server when I should be using a test environment first. Well that changes today, no more tweaking without testing. Hunkering down and reinvesting myself into all this has been great so far, I can't believe how motivated I am.

I hope you folks will bare with the breakneck pace of posts lately, just trying to keep up with my own mind

Now if I could only get past this -- Starting Sep 13, 2007 only websites with over 100,000 daily page views across user pages will be eligible to participate in the AdSense API program. I could really have something.

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As I mentioned before I have been out of the blogging/SEO mind set for about a year

Just with some initial modifications such as better CSS, regular updates and getting involved in the communities I enjoy a significant increase in traffic has occurred on this site specifically. So here are my methodologies at this point

Get on the map

Manual submission seems to be a long dead concept, however I still think it is absolutely the way to go despite the whole Web 2.0 notion that between Twitter and RSS feeds the world will take notice. However I am also a fan of WebCEO for that quick fix initial submission to SERPs (and yes that is an affiliate link, but the Free version is still great!)

Regular updates = Traffic

Regular updates means just that. I recall Darren Rowse used to do his blog-a-thons where he blog non-stop for 24 hours and I commend his efforts, but outside of that if you can only commit to posting once a week just make sure you do it each week. Modern SE SPiders keep track of the regularity of updates and come to check at those intervals determined by statistical data, keep them fed and happy. Your readers don't want to come back to the same page each day either, if they know you'll be updating at a regular interval they will return at those intervals.

Be aware of your visitors interests

Keeping track of how users get to your site can leverage a great amount of insight as to whether what you are writing works or not. Keep an eye on the search terms users entered to get to your site and follow suit

Interact

Read those comments. Answer the questions and be a part of your own community

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