What I Don't Know about Blogging

I thought I'd write a blog to share tidbits, maybe share my humor, and give another perspective to all the stuff we all do every day. Straightforward, right?

Well apparently it's not that simple. You can add photos, videos, slideshows, and music. You can arrange for people to subscribe to your blog, you can add stuff from other feeds (?) to your blog. You can even put ads on the blog, so if I write about perimenopause, roller derby, lingerie, or kids issues, the magic of Google will place "relevant" ads on the page. I wonder what will show up as a "relevant" ad? I could make money off this blog. Wow. I thought it was cool when I got a photo from my camera to my computer and onto the blog! That's just the tip of the technological iceberg.

Last week there was a conference for women bloggers where they talked about how to be taken as seriously as men (especially on weightier topics like politics and technology), and to be able to make as much money as men on blogs. Now we have yet another glass ceiling, not only in the workplace, but the in the blogosphere as well! I had no idea.

Instead of this just being an online public diary, it could be more like a mini-publishing business. There is still apparently a lot I don't know about blogging.
I'm tempted to write about wacky topics just to see what ads appear. I could figure out if you make more money on really mundane topics (what my kids eat for breakfast) or really off the wall topics (roller derby in Brazil). So, if you see an ad for menopause therapies, breakfast cereal or bombshell roller derby you'll know I'm catching on.