I was toying with the Google’s ads, wondering about putting them up on the front page’s sidebar. Or maybe, judging by the online traffic, the front page and the xenon page.
When I was clicking around on Google, I happened across a list of astrology pages, and I clicked through on a few.
One I didn’t spend much time at was heavy on a Flash navigation. While I am on broadband, it still took a while to load, and the ultimate end-product, the horoscope itself, informed me that I might be traveling. I knew that – Sagittarius, who’d a thunk it?
Another site I clicked through to had annoying, and I mean truly annoying in a cloying, make-me-sick, kind of way, music.
Other than certain peculiar twists, like last Friday, Bubba Sean usually has a good ear (some Taurus holding down that good taste section in his chart). I got his help, and I remixed the introduction bit. Added about two bars worth of drums, and deleted some of the harmonica.
But from my not-so-random sampling of sites, I’d have to wonder. That Flash animation took too long to load. And the content weighed in at lot less than mine.
The music? Can you imagine me trying to hammer together some kind of melodic introduction? That’s just scary.
So I’m still wondering about the advertising. The biggest hurdle? Google uses “keyword” advertising. Means I’d be running ads for folks with astrology sites that are heavy on music or animation, and light on content, and again, heavy on separating money the browser’s wallet.
Regular features
I’ve been toying with Apple’s Garage Band for a couple of weeks. I know it does some cool stuff, I can do House mixes, and I found a banjo chord, and then, I acidentally recorded myself, late one night. I thought about looping a harmonica behind me. I wonder what my Blues name would be?
But it gets even better.
The computer has a built in micorphone. I don’t even know where it is. How strange is that? But I did discover, after only a few weeks, a way to record a decent-sized message that I can leave hooked up on the site.
Bandwidth, ultimately, costs money. But what I was figuring on doing, I can record a short bit about the planets, each week, and leave it attached to the subscription side. In other words, the audio message doesn’t cost extra.
I was in quandary about this until I figured out which setting was right for turning the file into an MP3. I might get bored and forget to do it, but for now, I think I’ve got a cool new feature.
Irregular features:
Hated to do it, but here’s the best Superbowl link I’ve found. Nope, gets better – “heads will roll.”
More irregular features:
Proof of life on Mars? Where are the black helicopters when you need them?
Really irregular:
That stupid e-mail virus thingy that’s making the rounds? I got a note from a certain government official, and I’ve never corresponded with the person who holds that office. The mail was addressed from that high official. My e-mail had been intercepted, a virus detected, and the mail was rejected. The connection? I’ve got a friend who worked in that office, during the last legislature session, and her computer must’ve gotten infected, and it sent mail with my address spoofed as the sender’s address. Bummer. Just remember: it didn’t originate here.
