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Time to change

2007-12-03T15:35:00.000+13:00

As you can see right now, this blog has changed quite a bit. Most of you reported about certain bugs following the previous template. I tried but couldn't resolve it. So I finally decided to update my theme. It's a very simple theme as you guys/gals can see. Nothing fancy, just the content (and the ads :P).

The new template is not finished fully, It's only 85% complete, so don't be surprised if you encounter any dead or broken links. If you do encounter any of these or something your pissed off about the new blog, please don't hesitate to contact me. just leave a comment, or if things get serious E-Mail Me, kicker313@gmail.com

It's been a busy couple of days and I promise I'll be back to normal soon. So until then stay put.
adios.

My apologies for my absence of late

2007-11-29T10:24:00.000+13:00

As some of you already know, I was away for a while, Well actually for quite a long time. So now It's my pleasure of announcing to you that I'm back! (like you actually cared) haha. Oh well let's get back to business then.

The reason I was away is because I was out of my house for about a month. It wasn't excatly a vacation, but it was a business thing. So now it's time to start all over again.

I haven't been doing any research recently but I've come accross a few sites' (which I'll be talking about later) which will keep you in the right track to earning money online.

That's it from me for now,
Peace out. ;)

Beware of Quizpoints

2007-09-01T09:23:00.000+12:00

On my earlier post I praised the program quizpoints.com for being one of my favorite GPT (Get paid to) site. However recently when I asked for a checkout the site banned me. I lost all my points and did'nt even get my reward. Furious, I asked the help desk why this has happend and quite Blatantly replied that I'm an international member. Hell I was pissed off. If Quizpoints is open to US only why the hell do they allow international sign ups in the first place?

The answer is simple, take me for an example, I signed up and did loads of surveys and offers ( the money all going to quizpoints ) and I even got huge referrals almost 20. After everything I've done I get ditched! all the cash going to quizpoints and none whatsoever for me.

So if you are and international member ( outside of the US) forget about it NOW! If you havent signed up, well don't bother.

Peace out!

All This is FREE!

2007-08-26T04:20:00.001+12:00

There is a saying that you need to give, in order to get, thats true, Nothing comes out of nothing. But this project of mine is completely different. I did not spend one dime to make this blog, I have to be honest with you here, as you can see the blog is even hosted on a free domain and I have never paid for advertising.

For most people this is very wrong. In fact most people might think that I'm a cheap stake by now. But hey I earn something from nothing. The only valuable aspect I've dedicated to this blog is my time and energy. For me these two things are the main elements of success.

Why do I do this free you may ask. Well for starters I'm doing a live case-study whether or not you really can earn something from nothing via the internet and so far it has been very successful. The other reason is that I find it really hard to pay for all these hosting sites. No I'm not poor or anything like that. Its just that this whole process of paying via paypal or credit cards make my head go waga waga so I try my best to avoid this. And the other reason is simply to set an example and to prove the point that you really can earn money online for free.

An Easy way of Selecting a Niche

2007-08-20T20:19:00.000+12:00

First of all, I found this method on another blog, which I cannot remember at this moment, so if you know which blog it was please let me know.

Alright now lets get to the point. Have you ever decided to start a blog and then stuck on what niche you should go with? Well I sure have, but before I get to anything else let me tell you what a niche is. Now for example lets say you have an interest on mobile phones, and your going to write a blog based on phones. However mobile phones is not the Niche you should be aiming for, it is just the market and is more wide. A Niche in this case means "getting specific". Rather than writing about mobile phones you can blog only about mobile phone providers or about a certain brand or maybe mobile games. This is what Niche selecting is all about, selecting a specific topic which is not wide.

Now lets start the selection process. First list down the things your most passionate about and enjoy doing. In my case

Football ( Soccer)
Making Money Online
Hip Hop
Making Money
Web Development
PC Games
Medicine

Now Merge it out. Out of the list select the topics you can actually write on, in other words the topic which you have a lot of knowledge on.
In my case

Soccer
Making Money Online
Medicine

Now merge it out even more. From the new list select the topic which is most popular on the internet, or which has a high keyword cost.
In my case

Making Money Online

If you still end up with a few more choices chose something your comfortable with. This is how I actually selected my Niche. And hope it helps you too.
Until next time Adios!

Spam is a....Good Thing!

2007-08-18T13:22:00.000+12:00

"Spam" the internet's most hated word. For new internet users its a huge scam. For more experienced users its complete annoyance. So why in the world did I say that Spam is a good thing? because spam, when done tactfully can be a huge traffic booster.

You might not know this but I got more than 50% of my blog traffic from spamming alone. But I didn't go around forums spamming every thread and getting a ban helplessly. In fact Spamming forums does not work at all. What I did was I found some video sharing sites, and made a comment only regarding the video itself, and then under that I put my site URL as a signature. A few weeks ago I made a post on how to market from youtube, and I never mentioned spamming as a technique. Thats because spamming youtube is old school and youtube does not allow URL's in its comments. Also Making a video is much better to get traffic from youtube rather than spamming.

My traffic nearly doubled since the comments and now I've got adsense traffic as well. Don't make me wrong I'm in no way encouraging spam In fact I don't call it spam at all ( Spam 2.0 sounds nice eh?), I'm just talking about a technique on how to Spam effectively and without annoying others.

Another easy method I use is E-Mail Spamming, hey dont get me wrong again, I'm not talking about sendig mass E-Mails to dozens of people every hour. Instead I send it to a handful of people, Via my E-Mail Client Gmail ( through Bcc) on a monthly basis. It can be time consuming to you to paste each E-Mail address on the text-box but hey, It does never ends up in Bulk.

The internet was a free world ( until all the big company's came in that is) and it is meant to be free so use every free opportunity for site promotion.

Revolution Offers : GPT

2007-08-11T09:26:00.000+12:00

Revolution Offers is yet another GPT ( Get Paid to) Site. However this site shouldnt be ignored, seriously for your countless hours searching ways to make money online. You really deserve to be on this program.

Why am I Giving such credit to this site? Well for two main reasons.
#1 Offers are International. Yes you dont have to see that, "Sorry this Offer is not available in your Area" banner anymore.
#2 Getting Credit for a completed offer is seriously fast. most of my offers at least 95% have been credited within 20 minutes. Now thats Cool.

Despite the above main plus points the admin of the site is very reliable. He works around the clock 24/7 to provide you with all the help you need.
Also the site is good on the eyes. :P

The only bad thing which I've seen in this site is that the format(theme) is the same as any GPT site. But hell who cares about a stupid theme? This site is worth the trouble.

Sign-Up for this program

Blogging for Money starts with a long-term plan

2007-08-03T18:22:00.000+12:00

Let's face it, there is no fast-forward button in blogging. Most people start with high expectations and try to make money online, but after a few days without success they just give up. Why? Simply because people who try to make money online start with high expectations. People with high expectations expect results fast and easy.

Let me tell you, making money online needs a lot of commitment and time, when I first started blogging a few years ago I got my first Adsense check after more than a year. But What kept me going was my long-term plan. I knew my first year would be low in income, and I was prepared for that outcome. Now I get an Adsense check almost every month. Plus various other affiliates and earning programs pay me about $150 each month. And the best thing is that it keeps getting bigger and bigger by the day.

So all you bloggers who are thinking of giving up just because of your income should think again. Never make earning money your first priority, your first priority should be to give valuable content to users. Money will soon follow. Remember blogging is a long-term plan.

Why you Should Avoid RSS Blogging

2007-07-29T17:53:00.000+12:00

Many non-passionate, Adsense and money craving bloggers try blogging the easy way out. They fill up their full content with RSS from various other similar websites or blogs. It may look, and believe me, may sometimes work easier, but on the long hand your blog is nothing but a dead blog.

RSS Blogs are what I call "Selling Blogs". These blogs have no valid content, all they have is content from various other sites all packed into one and they seriously lack personal content. No one will read automated blogs. In fact an automated blog rarely make it to search engines and get a high PR.

Besides, RSS is an excellent way of producing content to your blog when you dont have any thing to blog about, however you should never make RSS as your full blog content.

Remember a blog is your own Creation. Always make it innovative and personal.

Promoting your site through Youtube.com

2007-07-28T10:30:00.000+12:00

For those who have watched any new youtube videos recently, (I'm sure you have) you might have noticed some shameless site-promotion going on. Usually on the comments section. Some of these include comments such as these.
" Great vid, try "blahbla.com" for cam girls"
or
"youtube is not good for porn, try adgdgd. dot com"

These methods of spamming, is somewhat succesful, however it wont last for long and the sites reputation will not last.

I'm not here to talk to you guys on spamming techniques. ( for your sites sake don't spam!) I'm simply going to talk to you how you can drive traffic to youtube the right way. By making videos.
The first step is to get a camera or a webcam or if you want to show your desktop activity a program such as deskshare .

The next step is to watch various other videos of your same niche. This helps you understand what people are looking for in that particular niche and how its attracting people.

Later, make the video. This might sound easy but this is the hardest part. chose your location or recording device wisely and remember the comments you might get in youtube might be negative and unappealing, so do your best to eliminate the flaws you might have in your video and be innovative. And as always give them what they need. information!

The final step is to put in your site url on the video. This could go under credits ( after the video) or right before ( for example, this video is brought to you by cashound.blogspot.com). Also remember to put you site URL in the video description tag as well. Alternatively you can put an image of your site as a watermark on the video. There are many video editing software which does this, just google it up.

Why Article Promotion is Still Important to get Traffic

2007-07-25T23:34:00.002+12:00

As I started this blog, one of the first things I did was to submit my articles to many article directories like Ezine Articles, and goarticles. Safe to say it still takes a key role in driving traffic to my site.

From my own experience I've realised that the traffic driven by article submission ( which is known as "Viral Marketing") actually contains adsense traffic. The reason behind this is quite straightforward. People ( or should I say Naive people) who are looking for a niche ( for the first time) first use these sites as means of information. Why? because they are safe and have a good reputation. So obviously one of them might spot your article ( in fact a single article recieves at least 500 views) and will find your article useful and will want some more, then he/she would most probably dig into the source and will go to your site. Thus another unique visitor.

Article submission is also important in many Search engine optimization techniques. a link back from these directories are very useful since they have a very high page rank ( make it a rule to submit articles to sites with high PR). Plus google indexes these pages constantly and when they catch your link, well who knows you might be in for a good treat.

Another important factor in article submission is that it is open to anybody to just copy and paste on their website. So in other words your article gets lot of exposure with it your link too.

As I said before most of my traffic comes from article submission it-self. And an imprtant rule I make when submitting to these directories is to write good content. since the readers will judge you on your content, and content alone. Do not "sell" on your articles, just give useful information. And finally keep it short and simple!

Find Domain Names with Bust-a-Domain

2007-07-23T19:35:00.000+12:00

So you've thought about starting a new website or a blog, or perhaps your looking for a new domain for your old one, well stop wasting time on godaddy looking up each and every domain name to see if it's available.

Bust-a-Name is a free tool which makes your journey towards online stardom a little bit easier. just pop in some words and this tool will find an available domain name for you. It even suggests synonyms. So it's kinda like a thesaurus mixed with a domain name finder. well literary.

Plus it even registers the domain for you. You can request as many as you want.

I will be surely using this tool when I feel the need for my own domain name.

Ever tried Offline Marketing for more Traffic?

2007-07-19T22:22:00.000+12:00

Sick of adwords, directory submissions, social bookmarking and various online traffic generating methods? well don't be, since those methods really work. However right now im not here to talk to you on them, I'm going to write about something different, actually totally opposite. Offline marketing!

Most people spend countless dollars and time on online marketing. Not that its not important, but most bloggers or webmasters are missing an important aspect of Marketing. How often have you thought of promoting your website or blog to the outside world without the internet? I myself never thought about it until a few weeks ago, and trust me that move was very rewarding.

Okay let's cut the crap and see how we can drive potential customers.

1) Give out Flyers - This was the first method which struck into my head when I was trying out offline marketing. The fact that I do a paper run my self was a big help. Just go to a printing press and print out a few thousand advertisements and give em out. If by chance you decide not to print out the papers well just take a few pieces of paper and write down your site address. But if your really down with this method, then go to your local paper delivery guys and get a contract, which is the easiest since you only have to pay for it.

2) Decals - This next method is for those who travel a lot, By your own car of course. A friend of worked out this method and got really impressive results, as a matter of fact he himself showed me the major increase in traffic and alexa ranking. I personally didn't use this method since I Don't really go out by car, I take a bus instead ( Cars = pollution :P).

3) Posters - This method is really effective but can be quite controversial. Putting up poster and banners on the streets is fine as long as you don't do it illegally.

4) Word of mouth - This is a very basic method and is quite self-explanatory. When I go out I always tell people about my blog. In front of friends or in a meeting, you can always tell the folks about your website.

Offline Marketing is very effective and is very under-rated.

Top Paying Adsense Keywords Part 2

2007-07-18T17:56:00.000+12:00

Here's part two of my huge high paying keyword list.

$50.62 www mesothelioma
$50.35 mesothelioma
$50.04 consolidate loans
$49.78 insurance quote
$48.97 instant insurance quote
$48.87 structured settlement company
$48.86 life insurance quotes
$48.65 san diego dui
$48.64 equity bad
$48.46 lasik dallas
$48.45 san diego dui
$48.30 what is mesothelioma
$48.11 consolidate loan
$47.96 lasik nyc
$47.88 equity line rates
$47.74 dwi texas
$47.74 equity line of credit rates
$47.68 school consolidation loans
$47.54 texas dwi
$47.50 all state insurance
$47.45 online insurance quotes
$47.40 student loan consolidators
$47.34 best student loan consolidation
$46.68 equity mortgage loans
$46.65 education loan consolidation
$46.54 125 equity
$46.51 direct consolidation
$46.45 term life insurance
$46.37 sallie mae student loan consolidation
$46.35 lasik vision institute
$46.22 loan consolidation rates
$45.95 dui attorneys
$45.76 dui attorneys
$45.59 mesothelioma settlements
$45.55 student load consolidation

Top Paying Adsense Keywords Part 1

2007-07-18T16:49:00.000+12:00

Below I have some of the highest paying keywords ( or niche) for adsense. Making a niche with the following keywords can make a major rise in your adsense income. But don't get me wrong, you should always choose a niche your interested in. And if your niche is found in any of these keywords, Hell your in for a major treat. ;). Heres part 1 of the list

$82.92 austin dwi
$78.01 school loan consolidation
$76.54 college loan consolidation
$74.93 car insurance quotes
$74.78 auto insurance quotes
$74.23 school consolidation
$71.71 consolidation college
$67.42 consolidation student
$67.34 student loan consolidation rates
$67.27 sell structured settlement
$66.84 structured settlements
$65.71 federal student loan consolidation
$65.56 austin dwi attorney
$65.44 term life quote
$65.29 austin dwi attorney
$65.27 term life insurance quote
$65.17 auto insurance quote
$63.17 term insurance quote
$62.25 federal consolidation
$61.15 consolidate student loan
$59.82 structured settlement
$59.66 insurance car
$59.21 consolidate school loans
$58.89 consolidation loan rate
$58.71 consolidation of student loans
$58.59 car insurance quote
$57.38 life insurance quote online
$57.31 private student loan consolidation
$57.29 consolidate student loans
$57.14 consolidation loan
$56.58 the lasik vision institute
$56.24 lasik new york
$56.05 plus loan consolidation
$56.03 student loans consolidation
$55.82 insurance quotes
$55.34 life insurance quote
$55.21 federal loan consolidation
$54.90 mesothelioma diagnosis
$54.82 private loan consolidation
$53.96 car insurance quote online
$53.68 bad credit equity loan
$53.38 abdominal mesothelioma
$52.99 cash settlement
$52.98 student loan consolidation programs
$52.84 student loan consolidation calculator
$52.37 student loan consolidation program
$51.30 mesothelioma lawyers
$51.30 life quote
$51.26 auto quote

Shareapic : Earn money by uploading Images

2007-07-18T13:54:00.000+12:00

What's the latest, around the 'Get paid to' community? quite simply picture sharing. Shareapic.net is an online picture sharing community where you get paid to upload your pictures. The theme of your images can vary, but avoid nudity, as it is against the site's terms & conditions.

How do I get paid?
You get paid a few dollars depending on the amount of views your pictures get. You also get paid for referrals. The site also has a cool feature if you have an adsense account. You first submit your adsense id, and your adsense ads will be shown every time your pics are viewed.

Is there a minimum amount?
Is, shareapic has a minimum amount of $20. which is not so hard if you know where to promote your images ;)

Conclusion
Share-a-pic is not exactly a get rich quick program. However since the amount depends on the number of page views your pictures get you can earn a pretty decent amount, if you know where exactly to promote them ( pictures).
What I do is, post my unique link to my gallery or an individual pic on a forum or post a bulletin on myspace. What to chose is your choice but for me forum posting is much better since the traffic is unlimited, and also because my 'myspace' friends rarely read bulletins. ;P

Blog Posting : Frequency or size?

2007-07-17T16:57:00.001+12:00

Recently Whilst browsing a few blogs on the 'blogsphere' I came across a lot of blogs which had, memorable and a few not so memorable content. What makes the blogs' content memorable is obviously its posts, and in this case post frequency was what I used as a platform.

Call me a prejudice but many of you out there who visit blogs stick to one blog which has a high post frequency. Would you, however go in search of the size of each post in a blog? like many of us bloggers there are many users who are busy with what they do and do not have time to spend reading huge passages online. A short post will-no matter what bloggers might say- attract it's visitors into actually reading it, and if that users is new to your blog, he or she would have a clear idea on what your blog is about and whether or not it has valuable content.

Lets face it most of us dont quite get into the habit of reading on the internet. I download tonnes of ebooks each day, only to find it stacked in my hard drive. This is the same with blog users, they don't come in search of lengthly boring posts, they come for good short but informative content. Don't get me wrong because by short I do not mean less posts, your post frequency should be what you should aim for whilst keeping your posts short and sweet.

Until another post, this is P.B siging off ;)

Adsense For Search : Finding Money or Not

2007-07-15T11:34:00.000+12:00

Adsense for search is not just another revenue generating tool sitting on your website. It's a tool which helps both you and the user. How does it help me, apart from generating revenue? one might ask, the answer is simple: most people have one common missing feature on their website or blog. A search feature, visitors are not always going to spend hours on your site trying to browse through content. They need fast and effective results. This is where the google search box comes in. It provides you, the webmaster, with an important tool plus it provides the visitor with fast results.

I personally have seen many adsense users trying to eliminate (in search for a better term :P) the search box feature from their site. Even I have. However what they (and I) don't understand is that they are missing a certain part of their revenue.

Just think of it this way. okay for a second put yourself on the users position. you are browsing a site and feel like you need more. Instead of typing google.com the user sees a search box on your site. Chances are he will search for more content through that search box. and thus clicking on a revenue generating ad. It's quite effective since the user is seaching for targeted content. I recently read about search boxes from a guy called Joel Comm, He had this to say : "If a visitor doesn't find anything useful in my site, I'd prefer they leave some change in the 'tip jar' on the way out of the door"

However a search box has it's own disadvantages. First of all the chances for a visitor clicking on an ad generating revenue is rather small, secondly the webmaster has no control over the keywords, and most search terms won't be high paying keywords.

overall a search box is close to vital to any website. But you must cope with it's own disadvantages as well.

Get FREE Targeted Traffic

2007-07-12T14:42:00.000+12:00

I've seen loads of people who spend countless bucks, investing on websites. May it be for hosting or advertising. Most of these naive people lose money and before they know it their website is down. hence having a major loss.

#1 Get a blog instead of a website. The possibilities are endless but you are going to use it for your affiliate business. Why? Because it absolutely FREE to get one. You can put your big long affiliate link in the back office of your blog and people will only see the title you give it. A blog will do everything that a website will and the search engines love them because search engines are looking for good quality content. The one I use is www.blogger.com. and I am set up with the new blogger. Recently they have made some changes to their whole set up and it really is amazing now. There are a bunch of templates to choose from and you can change the template,colors,fonts, pictures, links, banners..etc every ten minutes if you wanted. Also you will be able to pick a domain that the search engines will pick up on. It will look like this http://whateveryouwant.blogspot.com. Take your time and pick a good name.

#2 Next you are going to learn to write articles and join article submission companies. Don't let this scare you. It is easier than you think. They can be about anything you feel confident talking about. Stay at home moms can write about child raising. Men can write about good fishing techniques. It doesn't matter what type of articles you write about. What matters is the link you put in your articles that direct people back to your blog site. It is a little box called "resource box" or "about the author". You are going to post your articles with articles directories and on your blog site. Set a goal for yourself. Weekly I will join 3 article submission companies and write one article. Something according to the time you have to work every week. Every time you post to your blog you are going to use a little tool called pingomatic.com/ which simply lets the search engines know you have a new post. After a little while you will get the viral effect going as people start sharing your articles. You'll be amazed how effective this is.

#3 You are also going to be able to do link exchanges with other sites. Go to Google and punch in "link exchange with other websites" or anything along those lines. You will have a few million possibilities to choose from. After you pick one in your back office (or dashboard area)of your blog you will see posts,settings,layout. Click on layout. Then click add a page element. Then you will see html/javascript which is where you will paste any html you have copied from sites you want to link with. Don't do too many as this will make your blog look tacky. This is also where you paste banners from your affiliate back office. Paste it here and there it is on your blog. Simple! Now you are getting hits from other sites.

#4 Another way of getting free targeted hits to your new blog (and of course your affiliate site which is on your blog) is to participate in forums. All the articles sites I suggested earlier have forums on them also you can join or once again punch "discussion business forums" or "message board about marketing" into Google. In your profile area (on these article sites or message boards)you will have a box called signature. This is where you put your blog url. Some of them have codes to make them click able when you post but you'll figure it out. Usually it means putting [URL] in front of your blog url and something similar at the back.Once you figure it out start posting to these discussions and don't be afraid to ask questions. But be sincere and don't say anything too offensive. This is of course another way to get your link out there in cyberspace. These discussions don't go away and it's like they are trapped in time for future surfers. Set a goal like 2 posts a day and watch what happens over a month or two. If your affiliate program has key code tracking you will be able to see where your hits are coming from.

So there are a few solid ways I bet you didn't know about. Pace yourself financially before you start your own home business. This is a learning curve that takes time. Get going and remember we eat an elephant one bite at a time.

PreSell, not Sell

2007-07-11T18:48:00.000+12:00

I recently read Ken Evoy's Affiliate Masters Course and found out some pretty interesting stuff. Actually VERY interesting stuff. the 10 day course is a course to die for you need it if you want to be a high earning affiliate champion. Got it! OK let's get to the point.

This book has it that people in their own affiliate program who earned Conversation Rates as low as 1%-2% were actually selling the 'site build it!' (the name of their website) affiliate program entirely on their website. Means the website is made for the affiliate program. and lack what visitors need the most, CONTENT! CONTENT, CONTENT, I can say it a hundred times, because content is THE most valuable part of one's website. Visitors come in to sites in search of content, and when they see that the site is based on products, Whoosh! they are gone!

Ok! lets say that one of them to clicked through. The process follows, the visitor enters your site full of advertising, (only based on the products/affiliate program.) No content. clicks through an Ad in your site, goes to the merchant's site and see more of the product reviews. Will they be tempted to purchase? or an action for that matter? This is why most Affiliates aren't successful, thay do not understand the visitors need, The visitor is THE most important in the process not the merchant. You must convince the visitor to make an action, and the merchant will do the rest (Stats, Revenue etc.)

Now lets see why Pre-selling works best. The book says that affiliiates earning more than 10% of their respective sites were mostly PREsellers. Pre selling is simple. First convince your visitor to your site by Content! nothing related to the merchant(program) but content related to the the visitors need. Ok lets take an example. I love Soccer, see my other site www.soccerlinks.co.nr lets say my site I put information on soccer training, Some links, History, Information, Clubs, News and so on! People will come to my site in search of content related to these matters. They find it and frequently visit my site in search of it. They all ready think of me as an expert in the field because I have added content! and I put some of the merchant ads (not banners, banners won't do well believe me I've tried them No use, visitors develop banner blindness) let's say Text links, linking to the merchant. and I blend them with my content. say I've got content on soccer training and I'm selling an ebook. I add content on training and saying in some place that there is an ebook which you(visitor) will find interesting and ad a link to the merchants site. and the visitors will be tempted since you as an expert is advising the visitor to do an action.

It will always be that Preselling is better than Selling. Visitors seek Pro advice not the stuff from a site dedicated fully to the program. Content is the most valuable part of a website. and with it comes PREselling!!

Brainstorming for Content on your Blog

2007-07-11T14:59:00.000+12:00

1) The very best way to brainstorm is to see what other bloggers have to say about stuff happening in your field of discussion. And the very best way to find related blogs is to use http://blogsearch.google.com/ or www.technorati.com. There are other decent search tools too, you just have to look around. From other blogs, you can gather more knowledge on your subject and you can also comment on what others have to say on your own blog!

2) Once you’ve established contacts with other bloggers in your field, you’ll have quite an inexhaustible “conversation” ongoing, so you’ll not need to actively search for content to write about. However, if you’re still stuck, search for news articles related to your niche in the local newspaper or online through sites like http://news.google.com and http://news.yahoo.com.

3) You can also have conversations with people with the same interest as you in the particular niche you choose, so you will eventually build up a bank of questions and answers and interesting discussions to write about in your blog. To do this, join forums related to your niche, but don’t join every forum there is out there. Stick with one or two with the biggest number of members or the one which is most focused on your niche. This will also come in handy much later in gaining traffic and generating profits.

Remember to keep up your momentum of posting at least once per day (or more if you have a lot of content to write about) so that the major search engines will know that your blog has fresh content everyday. This will attract the search engines to spider your page on a more frequent basis, hence gaining you extra traffic.

6 Mistakes People Make with Adsense

2007-07-11T13:17:00.000+12:00

#1 - Not using Channels
I didn´t make this Adsense error but if you aren't using Adsense
Channels you are losing money and don´t have a way of tracking
your development. If you don't believe me, set up at least URL
channels for your pages and you'll see in real time what works and
what does not.

#2 - Using the horizontal format
So far, the results are much better when people use the vertical
format.

#3 - Placing Adsense Ad Units on the top, bottom, right and
left of content
The Adsense publisher community may not totally agree, but don't
hide your ads by neatly stuffing them on the borders of your site.
Put your Adsense Ad Unit in the middle where your visitor will be
forced to see them. It's not that your visitor doesn't want to see the
ads it's that over the years of web surfing we've become blind to
traditional banner locations.

#4 - Adding your sites to the filter out list
One Webmaster thought that the way to let Google know that you
wanted to add additional sites to your AdSense account was to list
the URLs under the Advanced options tab. In reality, this tab is used
to list the sites you want to filter out (i.e., not display AdWords) on
your site. Google automatically knows what pages you want to
include under your AdSense account when you add the code to the
pages.
So, you can add any site you own without additional paperwork.

#5 - Not testing.
Because of the limited information Google currently supplies, this can
be difficult. Nonetheless, you want to see what works and what
doesn’t on your site. Experiment.

#6 - Applying too early.
If you don’t have at least 20 good content pages and some traffic,
you’ll most likely be rejected.
Not applying because you believe 'this isn’t for me'.
Sure, there are situations where using AdSense doesn’t make sense.
However, we believe that AdSense will benefit many people who
currently have decided the program isn’t for them.
For example, we’ve heard from a number of professionals who feel
that having AdWords on their sites will ‘taint their image.’ That’s
possible, we suppose. However, we believe that for most
professionals, the added credibility gained by having ‘Ads by Google’
on your site (and the correct assumption by visitors that Google has
therefore checked you out at least a little), more than compensates
for this potential downside.

Free Tools For Blogger Blogs

2007-07-09T15:08:00.000+12:00

Haloscan - Haloscan provides blogger users with a simple service which is unfortunatly not found in blogger. It provides users with Trackback A Trackback is one of three types of linkbacks, methods for web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles. you have the privilage to add a code in order to track-back to your blog. They also provide users with Haloscan comments. True you do find comments in blogger, but you do not have the privilage to edit them you can only delete them. So any which way using this tool is a win win situation for any blogger user.

Technorati - Claim your blog now with technorati. With almost all the blogs in the blogsphere listed in technorati, listing your own blog here is essential. It is also a thick social-bookmarking site which helps to drive traffic. You start by embedding a code to your blog. the "result" of the code is of course a technorati button. This button allows fellow technorati users browsing your blog to save your blog as a favorite. Its pretty basic stuff

Blogpatrol - Blogpatrol is a next-generation blog stat tool. It gives blogger users with 100s of stats regarding their blogs. And the best thing is that the service is Free! know where your traffic is coming from, see which keywords are used in major search engines by users to view your blog. Check out user activity in real-time. Overall for me this is the best site meter for blogs at the moment.

Mybloglog - Mybloglog is a blog community with enthusiastic bloggers all part of an exellent community. not only does this service help you build a community around your blog and drive traffic it also provides you with stats and a blog counter. However you need to pay in order to enjoy premium benefits.

w.bloggar - w.bloggar is a real time post and edit template tool for blogger. You can also manage multiple blogs under one username and theme. This is really useful for bloggers with multiple blogs hosted on various hosts.

Blogger Mobile - Moblogging is creating a huge buzz around the blogger community at the moment. Blogger mobile allows you to moblog i.e blog via a mobile phone. all you have to do is send in your posts as text messages to this service and its automatically posted in your blogger account. Extremely useful for bloggers on the move :P

I'll be updating more tools in time. Stay put.

The 3 Best Methods for Internet Marketing

2007-07-07T22:31:00.000+12:00

Alright now im going to talk about something totally out of the box. actually it isnt something I've been focussing on. Thats the various marketing methods out there. I have been talking about SEO but here im presenting you with the methods of various internet marketing options.

SEO Optimization

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the first because the free advertising afforded by the search engines is partly determined by on-page optimization techniques. With thousands of new Websites being created daily, the competition for a listing on the first search result page is increasingly saturated for the popular keywords. Statistics show better than 90% of people only look at the first search result page, and a similar percentage only click on the top search listing.

In order to compete effectively, a Web page must be designed around a keyword or more effectively, a keyword phrase. The keywords must be included in the page's title, keyword META tag, page's description, the first heading (using the H1 HTML tag), throughout the body of the page and within the last 25 words on the page. These are just a few of the basic SEO on-page options that although will not guarantee a first page listing, are definitely required as a starting point in an effective Internet marketing strategy.

In most cases, there is too much competition for certain keywords such as "golf clubs". A better strategy would be to use "golf clubs Chicago" or handcrafted golf clubs". The more specific you make your keyword phrase the better. A number of free tools are available that will show the popularity of keywords and how often they are used in the search engines on a monthly basis. These will allow you to customize your Web page knowing the keyword phrase's popularity. If you get the first page listing for a keyword with less than 100 searches per month for instance, then it doesn't matter because your traffic will be very limited.

Link Exchanges

Once the on-page optimizations are complete, the off-page optimization options need to be addressed. Link exchanges are perhaps the best off-page SEO technique available. If you download and install the Google toolbar on your browser, you will see the Google PageRank of each site you visit. Your PageRank is determined by the number of other sites linking to your site, and the QUALITY of the link is a major consideration. Pages are ranked from 1 to 10. The higher the PageRank of the site linking to yours, the better. Sites with a PR7 and above are considered as authority sites and a back link will send Google's spider to your page on a regular basis.

There are a number of ways to get a back link to your site. You can email a request to the Webmaster for a link exchange and if they agree you would return the favor by placing a link to their site on your page. You can also purchase the link. A number of sites offer this service for a monthly fee. So if you want to quickly get your site listed by Google and the major search engines, then paying for a PR8 back link for a month or two might be well worth the investment in the long run, as new sites are placed in a "sand box" by Google for several months until they prove their longevity.

One back link from a PR8 site is worth 1,000 back links from PR2 or less sites. As a matter of fact, numerous links from low ranking sites will actually be detrimental to your site, because each back link is like a vote for your site. If you have too many low ranking sites voting for yours, Google will be reluctant to reward your site with a higher PR. You have to do your research on the site that offers to link to yours because if they were blacklisted by Google, your site will receive the same fate and you probably will never recover from this.

A PR 4 or 5 is relatively easy to attain. So your best bet is to limit your back links to PR5 and above for the best results. And by all means avoid link farms. Before Google upgraded its algorithm, just the number of back links was considered. But now the actual PageRank of your back link is considered AND the PageRank of the sites listing to THAT link. Links from link farms are now looked upon as basically spam links. You would be better off purchasing a listing in a major link directory like Yahoo or DMZ. It's definitely worth the investment as these are authority sites and are a major vote for your site!

Blogs

As previously indicated, consumer generated media is a major factor in the evolution of the Internet. Case in point is the enormous effect blogs had on the last Presidential campaign. A very large percentage of most searches will include blogs on the first page listing. Over 50% of purchases, online and offline, are preceded by an online search for more information. And a large percentage of the information is offered by blogs. People are very interested in the opinions of others on their topic of interest.

The major blogs are updated on a daily basis which is very important to Google's algorithm which uses the frequency of updates (daily, hourly and by minute) as a determining factor in the search result ranking. A powerful marketing method used by the major blogs is to submit articles on a particular topic to the major article hubs such as EzineArticles.com. The article hub benefits by having continually updated information (which Google likes) where they can place their money making AdSense ads. The blogger benefits by having a back link to their blog at the bottom of the article.

As numerous other bloggers and Webmasters access the article hubs for fresh information, the article can be syndicated virally to a number sites on the Internet. This creates a number of back links to your blog or your site generating an enormous amount of pre-qualified free traffic.

In Summary

These are just a few of the most effective online Internet marketing options available. Other options such as auto-responder email, Ezine advertising and pay per click advertising should be included in a well rounded Internet marketing strategy. No matter what options you use, you definitely need to start with your on-page SEO techniques. Your listing in the search results will be enhanced by a properly optimized page.

Further optimization must include the off-page SEO techniques such as generating back links with the major site directories, link exchanges and articles submitted to the major article hubs. Using a blog for a reference in your article can be a good thing as people will be more inclined to visit a blog since it's not a sales page. Once they have received enough information and you have generated their confidence in your opinions, you can end up with a life time customer.

StumbleUpon : Tutorial

2007-07-06T13:35:00.000+12:00

Well as you may know Stumbleupon.com is a leading social-bookmarking site and if supposing you get to list your site on it you will get a decent amount of traffic. targetted traffic to be specific.

Alot of people have been asking me how exactly to get things under way with stumbleupon. well ive decided to do a tutorial. here it is.

first of all you need to download the toolbar.
register on the site stumbleupon.com
after you register login and download the toolbar. I dont think you need my help in explaining how to install the toolbar.
after you install it you might need to restart your browser. then you see the toolbar on your browser.
alright now comes the tricky bit, first go to your homepage, wait until it loads fully, then click on the button ( on the toolbar) "I like it" ( the thumbs up button) after that you will need to fill in some details, thats optional ( remember to submit the details though).]
after that repeat the same process ( clicking the thumbs up button) on each page of your site. By page I mean each link other than the homepage, for example "www.myhomepage.com/article1"

The important thing is to stumble as many pages from your site as possible. Do it for every page!!