Joe Majewski » Site Changes

Implementing Google Adsense

Joe Majewski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:50:11 +0000

As you may have noticed, advertisements have started to become apparent around the site. I am currently undecided for as to whether or not they will be permanent, but Google Adsense is something that I have wanted to experiment with for awhile now, so it is good to finally have this opportunity to explore it.

After the advertisements are fine-tuned, I will carefully watch them over time. I hope to be able to offer information to webmasters regarding Google AdSense once I feel comfortable with the program. Google is running a very strict service, and I spent the first couple of days after being accepted reading all of their help pages before getting started.

Google forbids their publishers to discuss most of the information that is hidden behind the login form, and I don’t intend on breaking any of their rules. I have a lot of respect for the company, and I also rely on them to help bring traffic to my websites, so it would not be in my best interests to get on their bad side.

By being bound to this agreement with Google, I cannot reveal any statistics about the service. To be honest, I don’t think I would want such information to be public knowledge even if it weren’t against the rules. That being said, I will start writing more content-rich articles about Google AdSense as soon as I feel that I understand it well enough. For now I will stay comfy in my seat at the other end of the table.

Tweaking Things Out

Joe Majewski — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:13:12 +0000

As much as I’d like to really start cranking out some new content, there is still a lot of overhead work that needs to be done. I spent several hours testing out various WordPress themes before I finally landed with this one, and then I spent another day or two playing around with the stylesheet and other files included with the package.

While I do believe this theme to be visually appealing, it generates almost no meta data, which is a huge problem. My goal is to solve this problem by the end of tomorrow, and possibly get some other things finished as well. If I want to get more people to see my content, it is important to define meta data for the article’s description and keywords.

As soon as I’m satisfied with how the site appears to both viewers and Googlebot, I can start focusing on rolling out some “real” content for the blog. And it’s back to work I go!

Introduction

Joe Majewski — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:47:46 +0000

Welcome to my personal blog. This brief article will serve as an introduction for what is to come. If you haven’t yet figured it out, my name is Joe Majewski, and I am currently a Junior at Northern Illinois University majoring in Computer Science with a theoretical emphasis.

I will be primarily using this web space to document my personal accomplishments in the art of Computer Science, so do not expect to read an article describing the delicious steak that I ate for dinner last night. If I find something useful that I believe others will benefit from, that would be a prime candidate for something I may choose to write about.

With that said, please feel free to contact me with any business-related inquiries that you may have. My email address is `admin [at] this-website’s-domain-name [dot] com`.

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