A wise internet guru once told me that you should treat your blog as piece of real estate. Every single post, link, image that you put on your site should serve a useful purpose that will lead you ultimately to financial success.

I use my personal blog to test the "new" stuff I find surfing the net. To see what advantages it will get me before it gets added to my revenue generating sites.

Let's take for example my affiliate link Million Dollar Jackpot on the sidebar. I consider the test as a success. I've had visitor registrations beyond what I expected when I first added that link to this blog. However, in order to measure the true ratio of success, I need to know how many visitor clickthroughs it generated so I can compare it to the amount of registrations. This will also give me a better idea on how to calculate my future quarterly income.

Another example is Clickbank. Every other blogger out there has promoted them on their blogs. In my numerous sites, I have provided over 150 links to Clickbank. Since they only provide a purchase report and not a link activity report, there are still times that I wonder if anyone really is coming through the link. It's quite disheartening considering the amount of time that I have invested to add those links, to talk about the books, and promote their products. And my report is a big fat 0.

It's time to work a little bit smarter and invest the time only to those financial internet strategies that work. I have come across Bingr.com. This is a free service that let's you track all the clickthroughs from a link or series of links. You can create a redirect code through Bingr.com from an affiliate referral code.

I am now tracking the million dollar jackpot and Big Stock Photo link. It's great because it takes the guess work out. Now I really know how many visitors clicked through the link and passed up on it. It gives me a better idea of my expected revenue and which affiliates I can build up or give up.