Update
by Sapphire (October 26, 2006)
Time for a general update/assessment.
Project Mai Tai is still out with Google, in with Yahoo and MSN LiveSearch. Not that it’s actually had any search traffic. But the bookmark rate is up, and Alexa puts it in the 300,000’s. Which, considering I have older and better sites doing worse is… um, whatever. ;) The point is, it still has only two organic links from other sites, which I guess isn’t enough to impress the engines. I’m sure I could use a better link baiting strategy… if I can think of one.
Project B-2 Bomber has finally made it above 200,000 in Alexa. I want that site in the top 100,000 very soon, because as inaccurate as I find Alexa to be, I think it somehow can boost traffic. I’m also adding some enhancements to that site, so we’ll see what that brings in.
My affiliate sites are at a standstill, and earning very little. I still think the trick is going to be to integrate my affiliate links with my content sites, rather than have free-standing thin affiliate sites. But that’s slow progress right now. Still, it just gave me an idea of something to do.
Today’s project is going to be getting one of my other blogs ready for PayPerPost approval. It’s going to be one of the ones where I integrate affiliate links into my articles and hope for sales that way, and it’s ideal for PPP - it’s not written in first person like this one. It’s third-person articles rather than a traditional blog, many of which will contain aff links or ads, so being paid for posts won’t harm the credibility there. I’ll call it Project Taffy from now on.
If Taffy works out, I have another couple of blogs to submit to PayPerPost. I’m finding it a fabulous way not only to pad my affiliate income, but to keep me inspired and writing on all these sites. Ideally, I should be writing at least a dozen articles per day, and there’s no way I can approach that. But PPP gives me some added motivation, and that’s a help.
Posted in Blogging Tags: Project B-2 Bomber, Project Mai Tai
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