Category Archives: The Site

Thank You so Much

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WP-Premiums_1217904326455WP-Premiums showcases some of the most attractive customizations of WordPress Premium Themes throughout the web. Their site was created to celebrate the vision of the clients and the genius of WordPress theme developers. The site has a fairly comprehensive listing of premium themes available, and provide screenshots of some of the best customizations of these themes on the web.

From what I recall there is currently no application for getting your site showcased on wp-premiums. Apparently they saw something they liked about 7milesdown and added me to their gallery. I found out I was included when I noticed their link in my incoming on the dashboard of my wordpress admin. I just wanted to give a big thanks to wp-premiums.com for recognizing my site and adding me to such a elite group of blog designs.

We Love WP also showcases wordpress powered websites and unique blog designs. I happened to run into their site browsing the wordpress forums and decided to throw an application in for my web design in the entertainment category. Looks like they accepted. I just wanted to show my appreciation by promoting their site here and inviting other wordpress users to visit their site and apply for a spot on their showcase.

MyBlogLog and Google Adsense Tracking

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googleclicksinfoAs a publisher for google adsense, I have always been curious to know where my site received the greatest number of visits and which ads and placements were the most effective. With tons of resources regarding Adsense across the internet I did a little research and placed my ads in areas that were supposed to get me the best return rate.

After searching google, I noticed that the one search term which regularly made the top 10 listings on all major search engines for my site was “Postal Service Exam”. I found that odd because I wrote a two liner on the subject when I took the examination several years ago.

This is where MyBlogLog comes in. After locating my post receiving the most search engine traffic I wanted to be sure to make the most revenue from it. I placed a few ads in several “hotspots” including one right below the post title and made sure they were clearly visible but non-intrusive to the reader. From there I was able to track my adsenese clicks and any other site clicks using MyBlogLog’s Link Tracking Code feature. It’s very simple to use and highly effective considering I’m still using the free version. After several weeks of testing my adsense placements I began noticing where the highest amount of clicks came from and from that point on I was actually able to sell several banners including a three figure one bought by AceYourPostalExam.

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Regular WordPress Backups a Must!

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wordpress-logoLet me be the first to tell you that it wasn’t easy getting this site back up and running at all. It all started with my former hosting service closing down my site due to bandwidth issues. Apparently, the site was receiving too much traffic and disrupting other sites hosted on the same server.

It got worse when my former web host screwed me over and gave me a corrupt SQL database. I asked three times and they gave me alot of run around. I tried uploading the latest database when they finally provided it to me, but in the end I had to use the backup I made for myself in mid-July. The database provided was just no good. After this experience, I was glad that I made so many backups on my own. It saved my site!

As for 7milesdown.com itself, well its lost a ton of traffic, some good posts, and some entrecard drops, but I hope everyone will show a little love and support and help me get this blog off its feet again. I have most of the files for my custom template, but I’ll mess with that over the weekend. Right now I just want to savor the fact that my site is live again.

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