Against TOS to put link to blog traffic sites.

Maybe it's me, but your healthcare blog seems a little bland. Too "text-book" like. Maybe you can try adding more breaks? Cutting down on your paragraphs, and talking more informally.

 

There I figured out how to move the ads down on the left. It does look better. I wanted to do that but couldn't figure out where to put the code so the ads would be lower and the title would be at the top of the blog.

Then trying to get the referral at the bottom of the sidebar was more tricky. I don't know much about code but have been learning. I have that placed at the bottom of the sidebar now too. Now I can forget about that for a little while and add more content.

 

I don't know if you guys are still reading this thread but I got a couple clicks. I actually made $.20 so far today..lol. It's sorta exciting since I have been making $.01 cent a day lately. It was on my healthcare blog too. I got a guy to let me put chicken pictures on it from his website since it's about bird flu. I'm not sure if it looks goofy now or if it's fitting. The pictures make me laugh sorta though.

 

One of the problems you have with such a topical blog is that visitors are more inclined to read from big sites for what they may consider "credible" source instead of someone's blog about it. This is where the "blog" tag becomes a detriment. Think about it: if you were looking for info on bird flu, would you read someone's "blogger" post or CNN?

 

This says CNN.com and it also says it's a blog in the address. Blogs are even popular with top news stations all of them have them now. Not just regular people.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/inthefield/blog/

 

Um, I think you missed my point, but nevermind.

 

Jack, I read a lot of your posts and it seems to me you have a lot of good experience to offer - this makes me curious what kinds of sites you run, if you don't mind sharing

 

You said the blog tag becomes a detriment. As in mine being a blog or having the name blog in it would be a detriment. My point was top news stations also have blog in the name or as the tag. News reporters even have blogs with the top stories in them.

Wow if I want ridicule about everything in both of my blogs I know the place to come that's for sure.

 

This is what I really meant when i said the above:

Joe Blow wants to know what the heck is going on with all this bird flu stuff. Joe Blow hops onto the Internet. Joe Blow types in "bird flu" in his favorite search engine. Joe Blow sees a listing for CNN's story on bird flu and a no-name blogger's opinion on said bird flu. Joe Blow will, 100% of the time, choose CNN's story on bird flu. Why? Because CNN has spent billions and decades selling their name as a "trusted news source" and someone named "kari7171" decided she might be able to make a buck if she created a free MFA blog about bird flu. Do you see the difference?

In reality, your blog would never show up in the SERPs next to CNN's, because bird flu is a popular search word, and there are sites that are 20 years older than yours dominating the search engine for the, oh, first 2000 pages or so.

That is not me "ridiculing" you, that is me trying to tell you the Gosh honest truth without coming out and saying it because I'm afraid it will hurt your feelings. I'm sorry, but that's just the truth.

I will say no more on this topic.

 

Yeah I've noticed that you just say it like it is no matter how it might make the other person feel, like another time when you told someone that there message board was the ugliest one you had ever seen. Think I'll check out a different board where there might be more positive encouragement and feed back.