Sorry for disappearing a lot lately. The school year for me is on it’s way to being over, which means it’s crazy hectic right now! I’ll be back in action next week. Tennis practice ends Friday, and the hardest test of the year for me is on Friday as well- AP European History (bleh!). On top of that, I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather since Saturday night and I hope it doesn’t get worse!

So that’s that. My busy schedule. Final exams are the first week of June (I get out the 6th) and after that I’m definitely home free. The thing I hate is the school year is the busiest time of year internet-wise and things usually chill during the summer. But, during the school year I don’t have nearly as much time to work as I do during the summer.  Next year I hope to better manage things.

To conclude- I’m not gone and am not going. I’m just a bit inactive. Things will pick up next week for News Notion, so expect a quiet week this week!

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This month and last month was pretty crazy for me, experiencing a whole bunch of technical and site difficulties. I can’t say I’ve solved this recent problem 100% yet, but so far so good! I’ll give it a week before I can call the endeavor a success. Anyways, interested to see how much money I made last month? Me too.

Google Adsense - Currently nonexistent on News Notion, but I have some small sites that have it running.

Earnings: $6.21
Last Month: $8.47

Private Ad Sales - Have been having trouble selling spots recently, but sold one.

Earnings: $9.31
Last Month: $35.44

Text Link Ads - Still using it as long as advertisers continue to renew.

Earnings: $10.62
Last Month: $10.62

Services -  My commenting services continued last month generating decent additional income.

Earnings:  $30.17
Last Month: $39.58

Reviews - One review was purchased last month but I didn’t publish the review until this month due to the computer problems I was having, so it won’t count for this month.

Earnings: $0
Last Month: $6.12

Other - I participated in Steve’s blogging challenge.

Earnings: $20

Expenses - I bought a header design for my new blog.

Expenses: $10

March 2008’s Total Earnings:

$66.31

Down a bit from last month but I’m even pleased with out I did. This month and last month are going to be low, no surprise, because of the string of bad luck I’ve been having with my computer. I’m getting back into routine now as I think I’ve fixed the issue (so far so good anyways) all yesterday and thanks to Bush Mackel for helping me out once again!

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News Notion has gotten a sudden bump up (well, down really) in the Alexa rankings which now sits at 149,859. Alexa has updated their ranking system so every site now holds a different ranking, and probably a drastic change then before. John Chow’s new ranking is over 15k, which used to sit at around 5000. This change is due to the sources from which Alexa tracks traffic. It used to be only from the toolbar or buttons placed on sites. Though the new sources won’t be disclosed, adding additional sources to the tracking system is definitely more beneficial as it is more accurate. I went down 500k from 200,000.

Though I know dropping down a lot didn’t mean I’ve received more traffic, being that much closer to 100,000 is great motivation to work to break the 100k barrier I’ve been sitting at for so long!

On a side note, I apologize for it being extremely quite here these past two weeks. From refurnishing my room to my computer experiencing another problem, I’ve been busily working in my room trying to get back on track! To make the story short, my computer has been infected with multiple viruses disabling me from being able to access certain sites (like Google and Yahoo), and making others load extremely slow. I am currently working on backing up my data and attempting to reformat my computer (*crosses fingers*). If all fails, I’ll either take it back into the repair store or I might even ponder getting a brand new one if everything else doesn’t work out.

Again, I’m sorry for it seeming quite dead around here! I’ll keep the situation updated and next week look for a review of my monthly earnings from March and some tips on organization!

Casey 

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