When I checked my blog today, I noticed a sort of pop-up message on my dashboard telling me that my blog's becoming more popular and that perhaps I should try out Adsense. The message goes like this: "It looks like your blog is popular and many popular blogs make money with AdSense. Try it now!" And it happens every single time I open my dashboard.
Really. My blog is getting popular? I hardly get a 100 hits a day, how can it be popular? That's just crazy.
So, because I'm a curious cat, I tried signing up for Adsense. I didn't try to understand it's rules; what I know is that ads are sometimes pesky, but with Adblocker and Noscript, I hardly see any ads on webpages I visit. But I still tried signing up. I thought it will make the pop-up message go away but it did not. The successful sign up page told me that my application's awaiting approval and I think it'll take 48 hours. And if there is something weird appearing on my page, that might be Adsense's doings.
And who clicks on the ads anyway? I know I don't. And Adsense says I could make money by placing ads. Really? Like a dollar a month? Honestly, I have couple of readers, most are the people from PinoyExchange's Taiwan travel forum, but I don't think I get a lot of page views that could generate serious bucks. But at the end of the day, I tried signing up. Just so I'd know how ad placements work.
I know, I know, curiosity killed the cat. So, let's see.
