We are Now on the new server and with a new template. Google page rank be damed, My traffic is going up and adsense this week is one of the best yet.

Not all the functions of this new template work yet.  I am working On getting the things that I need transferred over.  i am also working of things for my new blog that seem to be going pretty good.  i am just trying to get ahead of the posts so I can take some time off.

While there has been talk about Google going after paid links, but it was thought they were not going after blogs. Unless it is just a temporary glitch, I can attest to the fact that they are going after blogs.

This site has had a Google PR of 3 for over a year. 2 weeks ago I added a couple of sponsored posts. Tonight my page rank is now 0

I had been using the adsense deluxe plugin from acmetech.com for years. Last night after upgrading wordpress the plugin stopped working. I found it has been upgraded by blogetery.com http://blogetery.com/blog/adsense-deluxe2/

The new plug in works just like the old one at first. I have not had a chance to open of the php file yet, but here are the things that I think need work after using it for only a few hours.

1.The first thing I noticed is that it automatically puts an ad on every post and I have not found a way to turn this feature off with out turning off other ads.
2. On the home page it only shows 3 ads on the entire page and I have not found a way to adjust it. While I know this is in line with the adsense TOS, I used this tool for other things besides adsense. For example to get around issue #1 I created a blank ad as default, but it still will not display more than 3.
3. Lack of documentation. All the functions of this plugin, what it does, how it works, or how to change it are missing.

Overall it does what I want it to do and I hope after digging in to the code I can find how to make it perfect for me.

I have been using an older version of word press out of laziness. Tonight I upgraded all my blogs to the latest version. During the upgrade of this site I lost all my widgets. I am in the process of rebuilding them, but it might take a few days.

I also lost most of my ads that and embedded in the posts, loosing money is not good I had to upgrade my adSense plugin, I got some of the ads back, but they are appearing in to wrongs posts, I have to figure out how to manage the new plugin.

Also something happened during the back up and alot of the dates are not correct.

I travel full time for a living and the worst thing about traveling is packing. Trying to get my entire life crammed in to two suit cases is very frustrating. I am not very good at folding and I found on the web how to make a folding machine. I took that basic idea and I think I improved on it. I also decided to record me designing and building the machine.

Dan Pereda’s “How to make a t-shirt folding machine”

The Orginal Upgraded T-shirt Folding Machine - Click here for funny video clips

Supplies Needed
2 20″x30″ foam board (1 dollar each at the dollar store) or you can use scrap card board.
Heavy duty tape
Cutting device (box cutter)
Ruler
Pen or Marker

Panel A is 7.5 Inches by 30 Inches (you need 2 panels A s)
Panel B is 9 Inches by 12 Inches
Panel C is 9 Inches by 18 Inches

I use foam board because I didn’t have and cardboard and the slicker surface helps.

*** Cutting devices should only be used by adults.
*** Please make sure you don’t cut or ruin what is underneath the material your cutting.

Explanation about the upgrades will come in a later post.

Please send me or post questions and comments.

Enjoy. Dan…
*****this post was updated to add a new video source

Since I have so many domains just laying around waiting for me to do something with them, one of my goals was to have them generate some type of revenue. I started by finding and build some sites designed for adsense by using Auto Content Generation. You can read more about this test HERE (Do Auto Content Generation and Auto Link Exchangers Work?). It ended up not really working and I decided my time was better spent on my new sites. You can read What I did with these sites HERE (Auto Content Generation and Auto Link Generation).

NEXT - Article Comming Soon PREVIOUS - Moving to a new server.

Finding a Home
It took me a while to seek out the best hosting plan. I ended up just going with my first choice. I am not here to say who the best host is, but I choose some one with very recognizable name, over great amounts of storage at a medium price point. I found everything that I was looking for in their Business package. It took a while to get set up but everything had been smooth sailing from there.

Making the Move
The Move has been pretty easy since this site (www.Danpereda.com) is the only working site. The other 10 sites were pretty easy to move. I simply logged in to my registrar and pointed my domains to my new name servers. I logged in to my new server and set up all the directories the domains will go to.

There is one site that is going to hard to move and that is this site. Danpereda.com is still on the old (slow) server. There are a lot of issues with this site and I am still contemplating all the changes to be made. I will update this post as I make the changes and move the site. My plans are to set up the blogging/cms system on the new server. Add all the plug-ins to the new system and test out some new plug-ins. I will also probably change the theme and the logo. I will then copy all the content from this site. I will test the new site. Then change the name servers with my registrar. Once all the DNS tables have propagated I will cancel the hosting with this provider.

NEXT - Have unused domains generate some type of revenue

The Web Site Overhaul Project Next - Moving to a new server.

I currently own 11 domain names. Out of that only one is actually working right now and the others are future projects or past projects that never finished. I have finally decided that I have to do something with these sites. Many of the sites are incomplete due to lack of knowledge and time to be able to complete what is/was necessary. I have one major project in the pipeline. One that I believe in so much that I am not taking a chance. I have eliminated my time/knowledge constraints by paying/outsourcing the work to someone that has the knowledge.

To get ready for this new project I have initiated a massive overhaul of all my web properties. I have my project outline below

Web Site Overhaul Project
Overview: The goals of this project is to do the following:
• Move to a more reliable server
• Have unused domains generate some type of revenue while the overhaul is in progress
• Unify the platforms that the sites Operate on(CMS)
• Build out the 2 main sites.
• Learn and Test new CMS, plugins, and other tools.
• Improve SEO of the main sites
• Build out the secondary (unused) domains.
• Improve SEO of the secondary domains

Next - Moving to a new server.

When is it time to revamp and overhaul your website or sites?

These are some of the questions I recently asked myself;
What is the purpose for my website(s)?
What are my measurable goals for the sites?
Is my site fulfilling its purpose and reaching the goals?
Is my site up to date in both content and technology?
Would a revamp / overhaul improve my the website attaining it’s goals and/or serving it’s purpose?

After looking at the answers to these questions I decided that it was time for a change. Here is my Web Site Overhaul Project

Last Month I was testing some Auto Content Generation and Auto Link Generation tools to help drive traffic to some of my sites that are just laying around doing nothing. (You can read the post here.) The test was a failure. My websever wouldn’t allow for some of the tools function and I was putting too much time in and not seeing any results. My time would have been better spent developing real content for the sites and that would have drove real visitors. In the end I ended up just “Parking” the sites with SEDO . They have been there for just a week and have generate 76 hits and 10 cents in profit. I wont be rich, but I may pay for the names in a year.

The Domain names at SEDO are:
http://www.keepright.us
http://www.phonefuse.com
http://www.reelspicy.com
http://www.trainingwave.com
http://www.trainingwave.info

The “.info” and the “.us” domains have no hits.