I've noticed that my online bible site hasn't been indexed by google. Their webmaster tools say that they've read all the pages, but I only see one entry when I do site:bible.gocurious.com.
So, I've decided that maybe it's because of the relative links I'm using between pages on that site. Since I've done the same thing on my books site, I think I'll make the changes there. Then I can see if books get listed first. I'm also reworking the books site generator a bit. So that there is a link back to the book and chapter at the top of each page of text. Apparently this is good for search engine optimization, but it'll also be better for anyone trying to read the books too.
I've also changed the background of that site from the dimpled paper look to a flat colour. This is so that my ads will blend better with the site. I still don't like the look of the site entirely, but I don't want to get too sidetracked on that right now. I need to be concentrating more on content and promotion than asthetics. Once I have visitors, I can worrry about how pretty the site is:
By the way, yesterday I had 1 click on the Christmas site, for $.29 (twenty nine cents). Project Adsense offically breaks the $3 barrier in total earnings. Well worth the effort so far. I am not discouraged, however as the majority of credible sources I have looked at say it might be months before you achieve any real traffic. I'l love to have had an existing web site with traffic. There was a time when my personal page was listed (no seo required back then), but that was in the very early days, before the boom and the .coms and all that. It was also serveral internet providers ago too....
