Money
Today marks one month since we were plastered and the six month mark since this saga began. Sadly, there has been very little progress in the last month.
Ironically, today also marks the first day the "monetize" function has appeared in my console. This site gets an unbelievable (to me) number of unique hits each day. It really shocks me how much interest this blog has generated over the last few months with no "advertising" or concerted effort to drive viewers. There have seriously been days where La Wiferina and I have looked our web stats in disbelief. These days obviously coincide with time of major progress on the pool.
Now, I haven't researched the Google AdSense program much, but it appears as though this little blog has reached a point where the boss man is interested in placing some ads for my readers to click.
I'm conflicted on this issue, but have decided to give it a go for a short time and see what happens. I'm certainly not looking pay for my pool with earnings from the ads here, but hey, it can't hurt to see if we can supplement it, even just a little bit!
So, thank you to all of you loyal readers who continue to monitor the progress of our pool build. It's been fun having online and offline conversations and learning a lot from different people along the way. Feel free to boycott the links if that's not your thing, or click them if they interest you. It has never been my goal to make money off of this documentation of our build, and I really doubt it would ever amount to anything substantial, but it could be fun to see what happens.
Ironically, today also marks the first day the "monetize" function has appeared in my console. This site gets an unbelievable (to me) number of unique hits each day. It really shocks me how much interest this blog has generated over the last few months with no "advertising" or concerted effort to drive viewers. There have seriously been days where La Wiferina and I have looked our web stats in disbelief. These days obviously coincide with time of major progress on the pool.
Now, I haven't researched the Google AdSense program much, but it appears as though this little blog has reached a point where the boss man is interested in placing some ads for my readers to click.
I'm conflicted on this issue, but have decided to give it a go for a short time and see what happens. I'm certainly not looking pay for my pool with earnings from the ads here, but hey, it can't hurt to see if we can supplement it, even just a little bit!
So, thank you to all of you loyal readers who continue to monitor the progress of our pool build. It's been fun having online and offline conversations and learning a lot from different people along the way. Feel free to boycott the links if that's not your thing, or click them if they interest you. It has never been my goal to make money off of this documentation of our build, and I really doubt it would ever amount to anything substantial, but it could be fun to see what happens.
Thanks!
El Duderino
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2 comments:
You seem to be one crazy guy (that's meant in the best way possible). I've read your "pool build" comments and seen your pics along the way - very impressive!
We are in the process of building a pool in Whitehouse, TX and are struggling with whether or not to use Diamond Brite's Midnight Blue. Do you have any updated photos that you could share?
Mark,
Sorry for the long delay. I have some new pics, but unfortunately, they are on a different PC and I am in the UK presently. I will see if La Wiferina can send you some if you want to post a way to contact you.
The dude abides.
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