Although I was never allowed to sign up for Google ads, I did sign up for Google Analytics. That has proven interesting. Basically, I’ve got a report of what kind of people visit my site.
Nothing incriminating.
But I’ve learned that no one has downloaded my program. (Either that or I set up the analytics on downloading incorrectly.) I don’t know how I feel about that. I haven’t advertised the site to anyone, I’ve never even asked my friends to go visit it, so it is not like I can be surprised.
I felt I should only tell my friends to visit it after I was able to put up ads. I figure only my friends would visit the site, and then only once, so I only had a single chance to monetize them.
But, looking at the traffic, what little there is, I am getting the impression that people who aren’t known to me are visiting. Google provides a lovely map to show where people are coming in from, and I’ve had visitors from the U.K., Australia, Finland and India. The Finnish and Indian people (singular) probably came by mistake because they spent zero time on the site. I’ve had two visits from Australia, all from Perth. I have an old friend who I haven’t spoken to in years near there, so it could be him. I do have friends in the U.K., but I’m not aware if they are actually in Sunderland or Northampton. In the U.S., I’ve had visitors from California, Florida, and Michigan. But when I look closer at the cities involved, I’m not sure if I know people from there.
It’s weird thinking that people I might not know are looking upon my works, ye mighty and despair.