New blog - Towns of America

I've started a new blog about the lesser known small towns of America. In Google Earth and Maps I've always been fascinated by the small towns of America that I've never heard of before - and there are quite a lot of them. Most Europeans would have heard of Kansas City or Tulsa, but very few , if any, would know about ,Cape Girardeau, Benton or Olney.

The format of the blog is a simple idea - pick out a relatively unknown town in America and post an embedded Google map of it, a Wiki link, links to photo galleries and any other links to websites about that town.

Liveblogging the Floods

The Gray Monk

BBC quotes me but doesnt give me a backlink

In this BBC article entitled Prince album set free on the internet, the BBC quotes my blog without giving me a backlink , nor even mentioning my blog's name. The quotes above were taken from my blogpost offering the new Prince album to download.


In spite of that, it is kind of cool seeing your writing on such a megasite as the BBC's.

John Chow made $10,559.40 last month

John Chow has posted a breakdown on the amount of money his blog made last month from his blog - $10,559.40 in total. What's interesting is that he has a wide variety of revenue sources, so he's not entirely dependent on Adsense. Not bad going for a site that got 187,324 unique visitors last month.

Redesigned my blog - what do you think?

You might have noticed that i've moved this blog to a three column format and redesigned the general look of the site. I've also started publishing adverts from Chitika,Auction Ads and ReviewMe. What do you think? I hope the ads are unobtrusive and not too much in your face, but let me know if they are. I'll be tweaking the layout over the weekend. I've not blogged about the new advertisers, or what they offer, so that'll definitely be coming up in the next few blogposts.

Moved to three columns

I've been busy this evening moving this blog to a three column format, which i found on Blogcrowds. So, there will be a lot of moving things around , as i tweak the layout. It's by no means final right now.

Review of John Chow dot com

If you are curious about how to make money online then a visit to John Chow's blog wouldn't go amiss. It's currently ranked no.1 in Google for the search phrase "make money online". His blog is very easy to read, and a great place to read up on the various advertising and affiliate schemes on offer to bloggers. Also , if you review his blog, he'll create a link back to you in one of his "make money online" backlink batches.

Win a Zune with John Chow

John Chow dot Com, a blog that helps you make money on the internet, is giving away a Microsoft Zune. To enter, all you have to do is write about it. This is my entry. Now give me my Zune!