I would like to monetize this exceptional blog and get some moolah flowing in. Mainly, ‘d like to sign up for Word Ads or Google Adsense, but I have read that unless you have thousands of views per month, don’t bother. I don’t know the exact figures so I don’t want to discourage any of you, but I have read that you need tens of thousands of views a month before you make any worthwhile money.
The only thing I can think of is changing the theme so that this blog is more mobile friendly. Apparently, Google will put your site lower in the search results if your blog isn’t mobile friendly. I have been afraid to change for many years as I fear this fine blog would lose its comic booky charm but perhaps I have no choice. Still, I doubt that would give me the views I need to monetize.
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I’m not sure about the 1000s of views. I only have around 500 per month. Maybe try to find some common ground between what fits your style and what Google wants?
I don’t think its what Google wants but what the people want when they are searching for Google. At any rate, they aren’t searching for me.
I dont think formatting is the major issue. Mine is pretty simple and I cant grow my site for crap. Lol