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19-May-2020
Google AdSense shows ads in Matched Content even when monetisation is disabled
When Google AdSense Matched Content units first became available, I jumped at the opportunity to add them to my blog. In fact I wrote an article about them - Benefit of adding Google AdSense Matched Content to your site or blog. If you don't know what Matched Content is - Matched content is a free recommendation service that offers you a simple way to promote your content to your site visitors. Simply put, it shows links to other parts/articles/posts on your website/blog for your visitors to explore.
When Google AdSense Matched Content units first became available, I jumped at the opportunity to add them to my blog. In fact I wrote an article about them - Benefit of adding Google AdSense Matched Content to your site or blog. If you don't know what Matched Content is - Matched content is a free recommendation service that offers you a simple way to promote your content to your site visitors. Simply put, it shows links to other parts/articles/posts on your website/blog for your visitors to explore.
09-Dec-2018
Igor's Blog 2018 roundup and and sign-off for the holiday season
2018 has been an eventful year. Between some major accomplishments at work, getting engaged, starting a new website and decommissioning a blogumentary I've been working on, I was able to grow Igor's Blog with a good collection of popular and informative content. So now it's coming towards the end of the year and I thought that I need to do a roundup article and then take a break until 2019. Next year will also see changes in posting frequency and style as I reshuffle some of my priorities, more on that later.
2018 has been an eventful year. Between some major accomplishments at work, getting engaged, starting a new website and decommissioning a blogumentary I've been working on, I was able to grow Igor's Blog with a good collection of popular and informative content. So now it's coming towards the end of the year and I thought that I need to do a roundup article and then take a break until 2019. Next year will also see changes in posting frequency and style as I reshuffle some of my priorities, more on that later.
06-Jul-2018
Why I will no longer buy Hardkernel products or deal with the ODROID Magazine
Between this blog and my other web sites I create quite a lot of content. As a result I have quite a large audience and get a fair number of requests to republish, quote or link to my posts. So whenever I get an email with a request of that nature I don't really give it much thought and almost automatically give permission to use my content - after all I write because I want to share.
Between this blog and my other web sites I create quite a lot of content. As a result I have quite a large audience and get a fair number of requests to republish, quote or link to my posts. So whenever I get an email with a request of that nature I don't really give it much thought and almost automatically give permission to use my content - after all I write because I want to share.
13-Feb-2018
Save hundreds of dollars on SSL certificates for your website or blog with CloudFlare
Ever since Google announced that it will use HTTPS as a ranking signal for site indexing and then started indexing HTTPS pages by default there's been a need for most sites to get and install SSL certificates on their servers. If you were running your site on a budget and couldn't get an SSL certificate this was a major roadblock and meant your site would be down-ranked by Google by default.
Ever since Google announced that it will use HTTPS as a ranking signal for site indexing and then started indexing HTTPS pages by default there's been a need for most sites to get and install SSL certificates on their servers. If you were running your site on a budget and couldn't get an SSL certificate this was a major roadblock and meant your site would be down-ranked by Google by default.
06-Mar-2017
Benefit of adding Google AdSense Matched Content to your site or blog
Google AdSense Matched Content has been available on my domain for quite some time but I was hesitant to start using it. My main reason was that recommended article links tend to be spammy and annoying. However, after quite a bit of deliberation I decided to give it a go and was quite surprised with results. The main outcome was more page views on my blog and as a flow on effect, more potential advertising revenue.
Google AdSense Matched Content has been available on my domain for quite some time but I was hesitant to start using it. My main reason was that recommended article links tend to be spammy and annoying. However, after quite a bit of deliberation I decided to give it a go and was quite surprised with results. The main outcome was more page views on my blog and as a flow on effect, more potential advertising revenue.
16-Jan-2017
Adding an email subscribe feature to your Blog with Blogtrottr
I've been thinking of adding an email subscribe feature to my Blog for a while now. Originally I thought that I'd build this functionality myself but after a lot of deliberation and research I decided that there really wasn't any need to reinvent the wheel and looked for an alternative. That's when I came across Blogtrottr.
I've been thinking of adding an email subscribe feature to my Blog for a while now. Originally I thought that I'd build this functionality myself but after a lot of deliberation and research I decided that there really wasn't any need to reinvent the wheel and looked for an alternative. That's when I came across Blogtrottr.
24-Aug-2016
Pinterest style columns example with CSS
I've finally finished working on the Projects section of my blog and wanted to share the CSS and HTML I used to make it happen. I wanted to achieve the look that Pinterest uses for it's pins pages, where the pins flow down the page. I wanted to allow each pin to be of a different height and not to force other pins to align to it's top/bottom i.e. the gaps between pins should be constant and one pin could span the height of multiple other pins without interference of their layout.
I've finally finished working on the Projects section of my blog and wanted to share the CSS and HTML I used to make it happen. I wanted to achieve the look that Pinterest uses for it's pins pages, where the pins flow down the page. I wanted to allow each pin to be of a different height and not to force other pins to align to it's top/bottom i.e. the gaps between pins should be constant and one pin could span the height of multiple other pins without interference of their layout.
01-Aug-2016
Amazingly simple to implement code highlighter for your blog
I was looking for an easy to implement code highlighter for my Blog and after searching around and trying out various different ones I settled on highlight.js. My requirements were simple, it had to work with the BBcode used in Flatpress and ideally to not require much code change.
I was looking for an easy to implement code highlighter for my Blog and after searching around and trying out various different ones I settled on highlight.js. My requirements were simple, it had to work with the BBcode used in Flatpress and ideally to not require much code change.
04-Jan-2016
RevenueHits for Blog Monetisation - skip it if you have any sense of credibility
I recently missed my Google AdSense payment threshold by $0.02 and that got me thinking if I really have the right ad network for my Blog, so I started to do a bit of research on what other advertising networks I can replace AdSense with. The number one name that kept on coming up was RevenueHits. There was no approval process (first warning sign perhaps?), their website was very simplistic and straight forward and setting up your ads was quite easy. It was not until after I did some trial runs with it that I discovered the true extent of how discredited this advertising network was.
I recently missed my Google AdSense payment threshold by $0.02 and that got me thinking if I really have the right ad network for my Blog, so I started to do a bit of research on what other advertising networks I can replace AdSense with. The number one name that kept on coming up was RevenueHits. There was no approval process (first warning sign perhaps?), their website was very simplistic and straight forward and setting up your ads was quite easy. It was not until after I did some trial runs with it that I discovered the true extent of how discredited this advertising network was.
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