experiment 1: adsense

it seems like there are a number of ways to monetize your web traffic these days and one of the easiest is google's adsense -- it's an ad serving platform that will put up ads on your blog. it's really easy to use, especially with a platform like blogger, since all you basically have to do is click and you've got ads.

of course, just because you're serving up ads doesn't mean that you're making money. how you make money is you get people to look at those ads, or better yet, click on them. now, there are some provisions that state that you cannot encourage your visitors to click the ads by asking them to, so, what you have to do is drive people to your site. that isn't an easy task, but let the experiment begin!