When I started blogging, I never really thought it could be used for anything else other than as an ordinary journal, well except for the fact that it is online and available to anyone who would like to read it. The truth is, I took it up simply to satisfy curiosity.
It wasn’t after a few months of trying it when I realized that other people do blogging for purposes other than expression - that some bloggers post to earn some money, and that if I wanted to, I too could get some extra bucks while jotting down my thoughts and ideas. It wasn’t until then that I finally committed to blogging.
Afterwards, I worked my ass off fine-tuning my blog with that as an extra motivation. And since the company that I affiliated myself to required a certain popularity measure (i.e. pagerank), I aimed to increase my blog’s visibility in every way I can. But because I lacked the technical knowhow about Google Pagerank, I figured I’d have to do it the only way I know how - to invest in writing and content. That’s what I did. And for a little while it paid off. After months of blogging, google seemed to realize that I was drawing enough attention to merit a PR of 3. The more popular my blog became, the more opportunities I got to earn money. Continue reading »
