Blog stuff and anniversaries

I just noticed that this blog now has a Google page rank of 4 (it had a PR4 over at Blogger, but slipped to a PR3 when I moved it to its own domain).  *happy dance*

I also found that if one googles “American expat,” I’m the 8th result on Google.com and 11th on Google.de.  That rocks!  Strangely though, I used to be the fourth result when googling “Iberia airlines,” and now I’m not listed anymore.  Hmmm…

You might have also noticed I’m experimenting with Google Adsense.  After one week, I’ve earned $1.75, and I don’t think I’m using the ads optimally yet, so maybe I can raise that.  I get a lot of traffic on my post listing websites for used cars in Germany, so I figure it would be an ideal candidate for embedding ads in a post.

You might have noticed the new theme.  I like it but don’t love it, so I’ve been working on another theme.  When it’s done, I’ll put them both up and you can chose how you want to view the blog.  If you want to take a look, you can preview the front page or preview a post.  There are still some issues, The photos don’t fit well, and the right column is at the bottom of the page in IE, I’m working, slowly but surely, on that.  Let me know what you think though (about this one and the new one)!

Finally, I’m taking the day off cause it’s our 5th anniversary.  We’re going to have a nice hike, then go to a fancy schmancy restaurant for dinner.  Later!

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