Statistically Speaking

This will be another boring post but I thought I'd share with you some of the statistics we've received so far. Google has provided some free tools for us to track our site viewership and earn ad revenue. I don't really have delusions of earning enough to pay for the wedding but, as I've mentioned before, every bit helps. And I really wasn't expecting much (maybe $10.00 max) but thanks to you, so far we've earned a decent amount: $49.05!

Since March 1st (when we started tracking such data), we've had about 800 visitors from seven countries and nine different states. Originally I was going to do all of these fancy spreadsheets and charts for you to peruse but I'm lazy. Instead, here's the breakdown by blog post. Eileen did say we're competitive so read the statistics as you will. If you want a basic summary, here's the formula:

Jeng > Eileen

This is not very scientific but basically I just added up the ad revenue during the week a new blog was posted.

Both mine and Eileen's first posts didn't produce any ad revenue so we can ignore those.

• $3.22 for A Useless Sunday Night Project, by Eileen (3/8/09)


• $3.08 for What's in a name? Part 1 - You say tomayto. I say tomahto., by me (3/15/09)


• $6.04 for Dilemmas Deluxe Part 1: The Reception Debate, by Eileen (3/21/09)


• $0.01 for The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, by me (4/1/09)


• $6.26 for The Slideshow of Love, by me (4/2/09)


• $2.96 for The Other Side of this So-Called Love Story, by Eileen (4/6/09)


• $21.31 for Anatomy of a Blog Post, by me (4/13/09)


• $6.17 for Dilemmas Deluxe Part 2: The Dress Drama, by Eileen (4/19/09)

I suppose you could argue that my total of $30.66 versus Eileen's $18.39 can be mostly attributed to the post where I'm begging you to click an ad but those are the statistics. In any case, at least you know your clicks are not going unnoticed. I know it's asking for a lot but if we can average the same amount until next July or so, we can get $400! Then maybe me, my parents, and grandparents can eat. Eileen currently has us on the wedding guests B-list.