The Poddyland News

Very sad ranking updates for today – another lens drops out of the Top 2,000.

A week ago I had 11 lenses in the Top 2,000 and 5 in the Top 10,000.  Now I have only 4 in the Top 2,000 and 9 in the Top 10,000.  That’s a potential loss of close to $50 in the payout – ouch!   It shows how important it is to keep promoting and updating your lenses, and I have had little chance to do either in the last week.   I desperately need to do something, yet this weekend is already going to require more time than I have for essential things.

It’s going to be a busy weekend for sure.   I have to get my hair cut, go grocery shopping, see my daughters, plan a trip to New York that was to have been next Spring but now has to be done early September, get a new cell phone (mine is 8 years old and the case has to be held on with a rubber band to stop the phone falling out – embarrassing but the phone works ok though – just can’t get a case – it’s time to upgrade), research and shop for a new camcorder (can’t go to New York without one).   So a very full weekend, and in addition I need to spend time enjoying the 8 weeks I have left with my girlfriend here     I have a funny feeling my lenses are going to suffer further unfortunately.  The August payout in 2 months will be horrible I am sure. 

Well as usual no money from CJ or Amazon, and I still have to earn 1c on affiliate links on my lenses, but it does look as if Adsense might break records with amost $30 this month so far.  I hope as the year continues I can continue the upward trend on Adsense.

LENS STATUS
Top      100      0
Top   2,000      4
Top 10,000      9

Today my lenses plummeted again, but I didn’t manage to do any updates over the weekend, and have an almighty backlog of things to do, however I plan to get back on track sometime this week if I can. 

The good news is that they allowed my girlfriend into the country, and she is going to be here for 9 1/2 weeks.  The bed news is that it took 15 hours from the time the plan landed until she came out of the airport, but I will let you hear the full story from her directly, when she gets around to writing about it.   She thought of creating a lens about it, but we don’t know right now…   But at least she is here, we are both exhausted, physically and emotionally, but recovering and of course together

From last week I still have 20-30 lenses that I plan to visit and comment on, but didn’t do anything over the weekend, so if I said I would visit your lens, it’s still on the list…  I just need time to catch up.  Most importantly I need time to boost my lenses, since they have been dropping so bad.   But I have a few ideas…

However my plans might get thwarted, since Tropical Storm Fay is headed our way.  We are already seeing the outer bande come over, and it’s been raining since 9am this morning, thundering and we could lose power tonight and tomorrow.  Still, having just got my girlfriend here after 2 1/2 months apart, it would be nice to get a day off work tomorrow if they allow us to stay home – even if the weather is bad…

LENS STATUS
Top     100       0
Top  2,000       7
Top 10,000      8