Essasu Blog

A happy Kumomo user

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Scrubbing The Sidebar For Better PageRank
In an attempt to gain higher PR value for the upcoming Google PageRank update, I have decided to relocate most of the links I have placed on my sidebar to the page I have created especially for linking purpose. By doing that, not only I will be able to make the sidebar look neat, it also help me save this blog from looking too cluttered. So, what’s left on the sidebar now are blogs that are somehow related with what I am doing right now, which is to make money online. I am planning to use an external blogroll management tool. Anyone have any idea what I can use?

Why Am I Doing This?
I relocate the links so that I can make sure that my future and current blog visitors to have better focus when they read my blog, and that would mean better reading experience.
And as you can see, I even removed the archives that I did based on monthly basis. I am not sure if that’s a wise decision but I will just let it be that way first. I don’t think that anyone would even care how old this blog is anyway, do you?
But, of course I didn’t remove the archives according to their categories. At least they would be able to make this blog look more organized.

Goodbye ReviewMe, Say Hello To PPP Direct
As you can see, I have removed the ReviewMe Button and replaced it with PPP Direct. The reason is simple, I just want my potential advertiser to pay what their money’s worth. I intend to make at least $40 per post, so by using PPP Direct, I can help anyone who’s interested to get me write about them to save 50% of the money for other marketing campaign purpose.

CBAds Genie On Main Page, AdSense on Single Post Page
I believe that I can control the type of ads that will show up on my blog for their first time visit if they land on my main page, it’s really impossible for me to make sure that I would be able to target the exact type of ads that my blog visitors would want to see on the single post. That’s why I decided to keep AdSense to show up on my single blog entry.
The logic behind this is, I know that almost 90% of the blog visitor that type in my domain url will expect to see post that is related about making money online. So, that should not be a problem. But, most of the traffic that comes from search engine are from random searches, so, I can’t really decide what kind of ads that supposed to show up.

Advertlets And Nuffnang Removed
I must be out of my mind but I don’t see any reason why I would want to keep a banner for pennies. That’s why I choose to go with Kumomo. Kumomo is a free marketplace anyway, and if there’s anyone from Nuffnang or Advertlets that is interested to get a banner advertising on my blog, they would be able to notice my in the marketplace anyway.

What I am trying to accomplish here is to prove that “less is more� minimalism principle is a very real. If this principle holds true with AdSense, I didn’t see any reason why there would be any difference with TLA or Affiliate links that you choose to display on your sidebar. 

From http://www.miriguy.com/2007/07/04/i-am-scrubbing-the-blog-sidebar/