Here on Blogs for Sale we like to encourage those of you who are blogging or who are thinking about blogging by writing articles on the ups and downs of getting a blog started.  We have been writing in this series of articles about a blog we started called Hurricane Tracking Sites.  It started with a flourish and then it spent some time in the Google Sandbox.  As the 2009 hurricane season gets started, we are happy to report that Hurricane Tracking Sites is a solid page one Google return (position 4) and the site is getting a daily stream of traffic.  The number of visitors will jump dramatically once the first storm of the season develops.

We have spent some time thinking about ways to monetize the site.  The Google Adsense ads that display for the site are not all that helpful, so we have limited the space for Adsense to a 468 x 60 test banner at the top of the articles.  We have added some affiliate programs to the left and right sidebar, as well as to the top and bottom of the site.  We have redesigned the site so that it has a static front page giving it more of a classic Website look than a typical blog.  We have added some informational videos, as well as a number of links to important informational sites when a storm is approaching.

As a person who actually lives in a place where hurricanes are far to common, I designed the site to be an effective one stop place to go for information when a hurricane is approaching.  I have made all the links open in new windows so that people never really leave the site until they actually close the site window.  This allows for easy access to all of the hurricane tracking sites we have listed on the page.  This site is poised to be an excellent blog for the right person to purchase and take to the next level.  If you are interested, use the Contact page to let me know.