Since my Blogger was so messed up, the import feature in wordpress wouldn’t work, so I’m having to move everything by hand. I’m glad I only had 50 posts to move, and I’m also glad wordpress lets you post back in time, so I can keep the archive working.

A couple things I’m trying to work on this new wordpress blog is getting my links up. My blogger template is gone, so I can’t get all my links from there. I do have a backup at home, but I’m trying to get this done at work so I don’t have to mess with it later. I think I got all my friends’ links on there, but if I missed anyone, please let me know.

After I get all the links up, I will work on getting the pages done. About Me, Contact, My Network, and Archives. I am excited to do the My Network page because I will write brief descriptions of all my sites and provide screenshots.

Once all the content is loaded properly, I will work on the presentation and layout. I will get a custom header made and perhaps change the color scheme. I’m not sure if I like the green yet. I also need to get the categories done.

Monetizing the Blog?

I wonder at what point should someone start to monetize their blog? After reading John Chow’s post about “Part Time Blogging, Full Time Income“, you have to wonder if it’s a good idea or not. He was able to bring in $25/day in the first week of October for his blog. Of course he also gets nearly 5,000 uniques a day so that’s understandable. I only get 40-50 uniques/day (hopefully more since my feed is working now), so my earnings would be around 4 cents/day. So it’s probably not worth it yet to annoy my readers with ads.

The Site Market Sucks

I’ve been looking to buy a site… a big site. I have mid $x,xxx to spend on a website right now, however, I can’t find anything to buy! I’m not going to rush into anything, so I will sit back and wait for something I like. It sucks to browse Digitalpoint and Sitepoint and all you see is poor quality sites for sale with 1 weeks revenue/stats and people claiming it makes $500/month.  Not to mention 95% of sites for sale fall into these categories: myspace resource sites, proxies, arcades, and image uploading. Now I have nothing against these sites, and infact myspace resource sites can be GREAT money makers. However, it’s just not what I’m looking for.

Hopefully some real gems will hit the market soon!