A New VW Post

Having discovered the ends and outs of the road I called "entrance X" [And it Comes Out Where? ] the road has become a semi-regular part of my morning bicycle ride. The first time I traveled that road, I had come down Rovira Drive from Camanjac - the second time, from the Xuekashi Motorparts store and then left down Rovira Drive to Pulantubig. Today, it was my intention to enter at the motor parts store, then cross Rovira onto Boni Catarata, and ride to my friend's place on Motong Rd.

Unfortunately, my friend wasn't home, but the trip was not a total washout. While on Boni Catarata, I happened upon a old VW Beetle parked along the road.

Anyone familiar with my other blog, sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken will recall that a regular feature was my blog posts and photos of Volkswagen Beetles I came upon while wandering through Dumaguete.

With the coming of COVID, I spent less time driving around Dumaguete and I had not taken a new photo of a VW Beetle since March 04, 2020.

So naturally, coming across this VW this morning, I had to take a few photos and post them.

This post will be published in both blogs - sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken and robertsimms.blogspot.com.

 

Ad Placement

 

After publishing posts on all three of my blogs, concerning problems I was having with Google AdSense, I was finally able to post ads on all three. Coincidence? I'm sure.

Still, all is not perfect. Although the settings for the different blogs are the same, there are differences in ad placement.

With sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken ads are located along the side columns and between posts. This is the case whether the post is read via the main page or via a link to an individual post. With dumaguetewebsite, there are ads along the columns and between posts, but only when one is on the main page; no ads at all on individually linked posts.

On robertsimms ads are only available along the side columns.....none between posts, and only when one is on the main blog page.

The only blog that has ad placement the way I want (completely) is sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken and unfortunately, that blog is banned from Facebook. If I want my readers coming from Facebook to see my ads (on the un-banned blogs) I have to be creative in placing the links.

More About Ads

Not long after posting yesterday about my problems with Google AdSense, ads began to magically reappear on this blog. However, I noticed something odd about the appearance of these ads.

 When one arrives at this blog via a link to an individual post [ The Piggery: Day Three or Hello, Dalai for example ] AdSense ads do not appear on the individual post. However, if one arrives here via the main link - sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken.blogspot.com - the ads appear. Quite a lot of ads, actually.

I suppose there's some sort of super-duper code that needs to be added. I'll have to look into that.

Where Are the Ads?

 

For reasons unknown to me, although my Google AdSense account is supposed to be active for this blog, there are currently no ads being displayed.

As I wrote on another blog, I have to ask, Is Google AdSense Worth the Hassle?

The Scaffolding and the Metal Posts

Our new project began in earnest yesterday, and I'm continuing to document the progress. Today, I've taken 18 photos of the work done so far. That's way too many photos for one blog post, so I'll be doing as I did with the installation of the new gate and the construction of the wall going around our property.

I'm going to divide these 18 photos and put them into a post on each of my three blogs simultaneously:
Scaffolding and Metal Posts
The Scaffolding and the Metal Posts
Metal Posts and Scaffolding

Anyone interested in seeing all the work done today can simply click on another link to be led to another blog post.

 

Another Post on My Kerfuffle with Facebook

 

On Sunday, I wrote a post on My On Going Kerfuffle with Google and Facebook . Of course, nothing has changed since then. I did, however, attempt to post a link to this blog onto Facebook so I could get screenshots of the Facebook banning process.

 

What can you do?

 

My On Going Kerfuffle with Google and Facebook

I've mentioned on a number of occasions that my blogs have had problems dealing with both Facebook and Google adsense. This blog has been banned from Facebook, supposedly due to the blog being a "spam site" because of my ads.

Funny thing, my dumaguetewebsite blog probably contains more Google ads than this blog, and I have no problem posting links to it on Facebook.

This Facebook ban has led to the creation of a third blog - robertsimms.blogspot.com with which Facebook evidently doesn't have a problem. Unfortunately, Google adsense has yet to approve that blog for ads, sighting the lack of content. I've attempting to address this by making a concerted effort to post to the new blog on a regular basis.

Oddly, my posts on sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken have been far less frequent of late than the newer Robert Simms blog. This has not affected my Google ads on that blog whats so ever.

I've tried getting around these problems by linking all three blogs onto MeWe.com, trying to bring in traffic. I'm also frequently linking the non-banned blogs onto Facebook. So far, none of these stratagems has increased my revenue.

The New Gate

Its been one week since I last posted on the wall we had built around our property in Magatas, Sibulan. The photos today are of the gate that has been installed.

Of course, we're very pleased with the work, although the gate is heavier than we expected. I'm not complaining......I was just surprised. I said I wanted a top quality gate, and that's exactly what we have.

We're to keep the gate closed for the rest of the day. There is some cement that will need to set up.

It's been my practice to divide the photos I've taken, using half on each of my blogs.

Links to both blogs will follow below.

Our New Gate
The New Gate

 

Wall Photos for Monday

As I mentioned earlier, the wall construction on the property in Magatas, Sibulan is pretty much completed. It only lacks smooth "finishing" which will be done at a future date.

There will be a gate, but it is being build off site. When it is finished, photos of the gate will also make the blog.

As before, the photos today will be divided between 2 blogs. Links will be below. Tomorrow should be the final wall photos until we have the gate and smooth finishing.

Wall Photos for Monday
Monday's Wall Photos

 

Photographs for Sunday

As I write this, the construction of the wall going around our property in Magatas, Sibulan is complete (except for "finishing" which will be part of another project).

However, these photos do not show the completed wall. That will be days from now. Even though the wall construction photos have been divided between 2 blogs, I still have several photos to post......I'm not going to post too many at one time.

As has been the case with previous posts on the wall, both posts can be reached via the links below.

sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken.blogspot.com/2021/01/photographs-for-sunday.
robertsimms.blogspot.com/2021/01/sundays-photos

 

Photos for Saturday

Another day, another set of photos to post online. These photos are of the construction of a wall going up on our property in Magatas, Sibulan.

I've been limiting the number of photos posted each day for aesthetic reasons......I think the posts look too cumbersome when too many photos are posted at one time. These photos were taken on January 13. As you can see, I'm three days behind on posting photos. As I write this, I still have photos from January 14 and January 15 to put online as well.

As usual, I'm putting different photos on to the two blogs. When published, the links to both blog posts will be found below:

sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken.blogspot.com/2021/01/photos-for-saturday
robertsimms.blogspot.com/2021/01/saturdays-photos.html

 

Photos for Friday

With another day, comes more photos of the wall going up around our property.

I'll be posting five photos on this blog this morning, along with five different photos on my other blog.

Once these are up, I'll edit the posts to include links to both. Here's hoping folks find these photos interesting.

robertsimms.blogspot.com/2021/01/fridays-photographs
sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken.blogspot.com/2021/01/photos-for-friday

 

Thursday Photos

In keeping with my pattern for the past few days, I'm posting photos of the work being done on a wall going up on our property in Brgy. Magatas. These photos will be divided between my two blogs - sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken and robertsimms.

I've been taking several photos every day - far too many to post onto one blog in one day. Today, I'll be posting a total of 12 photos - six on each of the two blogs. I still have quite a few photos. The work has progressed a bit further that want today's photos suggest.

Links to both blog posts will follow below:

sorryalltheclevernamesaretaken.blogspot.com/2021/01/thursday-photos
robertsimms.blogspot.com/2021/01/thursdays-photos