Archive for April, 2008

PageRank Traffic Relationship

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

As you may have noticed from the PageRank indicator on my sidebar, I have received Google PageRank 2 a month ago. I was really excited over the PageRank considering all those months without a PageRank and reading from other bloggers about the importance of the Google PageRank.

When I received my PageRank I really expected for a major traffic increase in my blog. Nevertheless the days have passed and the my blog traffic seems the same. The Google PageRank only stands for a indicator of site quality. Being awarded a PageRank won’t provide you any good unless you are trading links at your blog. Google PageRank updates 2-3 times a year and it doesn’t effect the SERP results of your page. I have checked for some keywords and the SERP results are the same before and after the PageRank change.

For increasing organic Google traffic PageRank is never enough. You have to work on ways of  increasing inbound links and creating better target keyword oriented content.

Changing Your Sleeping Habits - Adjusting to a New Sleeping Schedule

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

As I’ve just started to work on my day job and also started blogging at the same time, I’ve published a post: How to Sleep Less Time, Work More Time. Creating time for my work and blog at the same time and also have some more time to live was a hard task and I’ve tried to experiment with vitamin pills to adjust my body for less sleep.

Six months have past and I’ve come to realization that adjusting your body depends on adjusting to a new sleeping schedule. I’ve used the vitamins only for a month and then I’ve stopped using them and started getting used to my new sleeping schedule. 

I saw 5 hours sleep as an impossible task but considering that I have to wake up at 6 a.m. every morning I needed to survive with less sleep. So I decided to go to bed at 1 a.m. every night. I can also benefit from half an hour sleep on my way to work and half an hour sleep on my way back home. I realized that after the half an hour sleep on my way back home I felt lively all night long. That short sleep just shows the effect of “Power Nap” on me and now I can live with 5 hour sleep (6 with the naps) and feel energetic all night.

Instead of going in a cycle of sleeping less for two days and sleep all day for the next days you should adjust yourself a schedule and stick with it. Our body is capable of adjusting to hard situations.

Monthly Earnings Report - March

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

This month I’m writing my monthly report with a smile on my face (at last). Thanks to major design & ad placement changes at Hubpages the CTR’s for adsense has gone up dramatically and I’ve managed to earn some reasonable amount from Adsense. I’ve just missed the 100$ in total with a buck and I have to wait next month for the money.

While earning money from Adsense, I was desperate about my Amazon affiliate earnings. I couldn’t make any sales until the end of month an just as I was losing hope I managed to sell a Sony CyberShot Camera (Although I don’t have any related Hubs about cameras). I am now thinking of whether receiving a Amazon Gift certificate or waiting to hit the cheque limit. I still don’t get how to focus for products at Amazon because every item I sell is unrelated to my Hubs. I am planning to publish a Amazon Store this month so I hope that things will get better with Amazon.

So end of story here are the numbers :

Earnings for March: 58,53$

  • Google Adsense Earnings : 48,97$
  • Amazon Affiliate Earnings: 9,56$