Templates...argh!

I spent a bit (well a lot!) of time today changing my NPB template.

I thought it was going to be a quick job to chop and change some HTML about. How wrong I was! The code in the standard templates is absolutely dreadful and I ended up writing almost every page from scratch! I've ended up with something I'm happy with now though - it has much simpler code and I've removed a load of the extra features that NPB creates.

Why do this you may be asking? Well, it's rumoured that search engines can identify these generated sites from the "footprint" they leave. By using your own template, you have less chance of falling foul of this detection and therefore staying in the listing longer.

AdWords

I've started a little experiment with AdWords in an attempt to drive a bit of traffic to my sites before they get indexed. It's too early to draw any conclusions yet, but I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

Clicks!

I've been getting a few clicks over the past few days! The past two days have both brought in just over $6 and I'm currently on $2 for today.

One thing I've noticed is that I barely earn much during the day (in the UK) but when America wakes up, that is when things start to pick up. Quite frustrating in a way, but nice to wake up and check the previous day to see it is much higher than when you went to bed!

Anyway, I'll knock my Adsense income off the running total at the end of each month.