Sunday

Earn with Domain Auctions

Usually Publishers make a bulk of their online income with CPC, Inline Ads and Affiliate Marketing. One aspect of online earning mostly neglected is "Earning through Domain Auctions". Domains can influence Search Engine Rankings to a significant extent. Getting the right domain for your site is the first step towards a healthy online earning. You could purchase domains at service providers such as GoDaddy who along with Domains also provide other services like Dedicated Hosting Services, Virtual IP and also Private Registration.

Agencies like GoDaddy and Sedo allow you to auction your domains. The Domain owner has to first establish his/her ownership and then go ahead and state the High and the Low of the bid amount. You could also set preferences such as "Buy-Now Only". It is very important to understand the value of the domain before they are put to auction. Often Domain owners request for an exaggerated sum of money for their domains. It is usually a good option to get your domain appraised by some good agency before going ahead with the bid.

One such agency is "Cubestat". It is a free service and you get an approximate value of your site. This could provide you the much needed price-range for setting up the auction. There are many factors which might influence the price of domains. Some of them are:

  • Age of Domain
  • Hyphenated Domains
  • 2-3 Letter Domains
  • Abbrevated Domains

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Tame the Might Adsense

How could you possibly tame the mighty Adsense? The answer surprisingly is to "Play by the Rules". Yes, it is the most common mistake made by inexperienced publishers - Click Frauds. You cannot get away with huge sums of money by engaging in click frauds. Most likely it would be tracked and your Adsense account would be terminated forever without any explanation. So, how to Make Millions Online using Adsense?

The biggest challenge for Publishers is to get quality Organic Traffic. Higher Traffic usually translates to higher Adsense Earnings. Once you manage to get the required impressions, you could go ahead and tune other parameters such as Ad Placement, Ad Blending and Ad Management. These advanced topics are very important and could result in huge increase in CTR and hence bigger pay-checks.

To get more Organic Traffic to your site, you need to make certain that your site ranks high on the Keywords targetted in your website. If your website deals with a very common term, it would be very tough to get the necessary rank. It is highly recommended to choose the niche of your website with great caution. This decides to a certain extent the CPC and other important parameters.

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What is Search Engine Optimization?

There are millions of webpages added every day to the World Wide Web. How do you get the best and most relevant pages out of these millions? The answer is "Search Engines". The Search Engines are responsible for going through these innumerable pages and sifting out the best from the bunch. Seems tedious right? Yes it is tedious and requires a huge amount of processing and storage to achieve the desired result. So, the next time you write an article and publish it online, you would be faced with the obvious questions: How do i make certain that my page is unique and gets a good feedback from Search Engines?

"This Post tells you the concept of Search Engine Optimization and also tells you ways to achieve a good Page Rank for your website"

"Search Engine Optimization" as the term suggests, is the process of optimizing your webpages for Search Engines. All Search Engines operate primarily on the concept of "Page Rank". This is the process of ranking each webpage on a scale of 10. The more, the better! What factors decide the Page Rank of a certain Page? There are thousands, but the most relevant is 'in-coming links'. The Search Engines operate on a Fundamental Rule, "If the Page has important information, it would be referenced by more relevant pages". It is much like Research Papers, if it is good, it shall be referenced in more Research Journals. Another important factor is 'Keyword Density". Search Engines parse the contents of a webpage to decide if it contains relevant information.

So, if you want to rank high in Search Engine Rankings, the following are a must:-

  • Write Relevant and Unique articles
  • Use Keywords properly to maintain a healthy keyword density
  • Make use of Meta-Tags and Header Text Tags
  • Create as many backlinks as possible
  • Submit Your Blog to Blog Directories
  • Create RSS Feeds and submit them to RSS Directories
  • Write Review articles about your Blog
  • Always Have a "Privacy Page" and "Contact US" on your site
  • Never use Black-Hat Techniques like cloaking

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Friday

Yahoo Pipe RSS Feed Aggregator

RSS Feeds have revolutionsed the concept of 'Information Gathering'. You could subscribe to RSS Feeds to get to know the latest articles published on a particular site. You could read the Feeds using specialized Feed Readers. Yahoo has taken this concept a step further and created a very powerful RSS Feed Aggregator called 'Pipes'.

Using Yahoo Pipes you could create your own custom RSS Feed Aggregator. The Software provides a highly intuitive Toolkit which helps you implement highly tricky operations on your RSS Feed. Users could sort the Feed on Publication Date, you could submit website names and automatically get the RSS Feed. You could get articles directly from Yahoo Blog Search and Pipe that output to other such RSS feeds.

You could also preview the output of the Pipe you create. This allows you to fine-tune your Pipe. You could keep your creation private or you could share your creation by Publishing your Pipe. This allows other users to 'clone' your pipe and create other sophisticated Pipes. This promotes reusability and also helps create very powerful Feed aggregators with the minimum effort.

This feature can be used in conjunction with Auto-Blogging softwares which rely on such customized RSS Feeds for their functioning. An eaxmple of such a software is Autoblogged.

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Auto Blogging WordPress Plugin

Autoblogged is the best-in-class Wordpress Plugin which allows you to create blogs in a very short time. This is good if you want to quickly create a large number of sites. You could get a Single Site license at $60 or an Unlimited Server License at $130. Following are the most striking features of the software:

  • Image and video support
  • Smart built-in tagging engine gets tags from the original article
  • Custom post templates
  • Advanced post filtering
  • Regular Expression Search & Replace
  • Create thumbnails for images
  • Use author info from your own blog
  • Override feed data with your own values
  • Fully supports WordPress 2.6 and later

The software is very easy to use and can be customized to your requirements. You could use the in-built Blog Search feature or you could provide your own customized RSS Feed as the source. The software comes with an option of keeping the post in 'Pending' status to ensure that the Posts published could be reviewed by you before they are published. You could read more about the software by visiting their website.

Note: I could provide an Unlimited Server License at a highly discounted price. Leave a comment with your e-mail id and i shall get in touch with you.

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Most Rewarding Adsense Keywords

Everybody is trying to find a niche which would get them the greatest PPC. I recently joined Commission Junction and struck Gold on seeing the Advertiser list. I sorted the list to get the names of Advertisers paying the highest commission. This automatically gave me a list of topics which would get the highest PPC.

The following are the topics which would get you the greatest PPC:

  • Life Insurance - Example: America Direct
  • Online Degrees - Example: Why Degree
  • Online Betting - Example: Paddy Power
  • Debt Settlement - Example: Debt Busters
  • Online Sports Betting - Example: Extra Bet
  • Online Home Loans - Example: Lending Tree
  • Online Printing - Example: uPrinting

I would strongly recommend to go setup sites targetting these topics. You could also create websites with the sole intention of being affiliates for these companies. With the world economy facing a recession, we would soon see huge number of unemployed people. This indicates that a job site would also do well in the coming days.

If you are not aware of these topics, you could setup RSS Feed aggregators to get the latest news on these topics. This way you know what to blog. I found 'Pipes' from Yahoo a very powerful RSS Feed Aggregator. I shall shortly write a detailed article on Yahoo Pipes.

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Saturday

Adsense Book Publishing

Recently i have been searching for Publishing houses which might help me publish my first book. I have chosen to write a book for newbies in the Adsense Program. There are millions of people who spend time blogging. There are tons of information buried down in the internet just because these blogs do not get the necessary rankings. The only reason for this is improper or non-existent marketing of such blogs. This has motivated to write a book encouraging people to market their blogs. In this book i plan to even tell the not so tech-savvy people easy ways to improve their Blog rankings.

I searched for reviews for the following:


Out of the 3, i am inclined ti choose Lulu as a preferred self-publishing site.
Following are my findings:

Blurb has a wonderful interface and it is very easy to go about with the publishing tasks. Also, the software used to create books is easy to use. Lulu is more strict about the format and fonts of the document to be published. It also has a very competitive pricing to match the best in the industry. Createspace has a collaboration with Amazon and thus allows the publishers to have their books put up at Amazon. It also provides free ISBN service to the publishers. But i found many negative reviews stating that the customer service of Createspace is non-existent or at times horrible.

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Linkshare helps increase earnings

Linkshare is one of the leading names in Affiliate Marketing business. With hundreds of high paying Advertisers signed up, it has strategically placed itself in the online Advertising business. Companies such as Wal-Mart, Toys-r-us, Extended Stay, Zales, etc are part of the Advertiser pool. Also important to note is the fact that the commission is very attractive as compared to other Affiliate Marketing companies such as Commission Junction.

The process of creating an account is very easy and you are done in minutes. The interface is intuitive and hence makes the experience very exciting. Once, the account is created, you could choose the Advertisers which are in line with the theme of your website and apply for their Program. Some Advertisers manually approve such requests and you would have to wait until an approval to showcase their products. You could visit "LinkShare" by clicking here.

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Thursday

Successful Adsense Tips

Write Good Content

This is by far the most important tip for earning a good revenue from the Adsense Program. Remember, visitors do not come to click your Ads. They come because you hace provided a compelling article which makes them stay longer at your site and in this process increase your chances of getting clicks. So, sit back and think about articles which are usefull for your visitors. You would be helping your visitors and also the internet by providing such interesting articles.

Show Highest Paying Ads on your site

It is very important that you allow only high paying ads to show up on your site. How to do this? Pretty simple. Google provides you the facility to use "Competitive Ad Filters". This allows the publisher to decide which ads are relevant and seem better for their site. Use this tool well and this could result in a huge difference in your Adsense earnings.

Avoid being smart priced by Google

"Smart Pricing" usually happens if you have a very low CTR. So, the best way to avoid this situation is to strategically design your adsense site to give you an increased click-through-rate.

Ad Location

This is a very significant factor in increasing your CTR and also your Adsense earnings. It is highly recommended that you should place your Ads where your visitors can easily see them. But remember, don't be too loud. Place your ads "above the fold" for a better exposure and also a higher CTR.

Ad Colors

The Adsense community is divided on this topic. There is a group of people who feel that blending the Ads with the site's background helps improve earnings while there is an equally vocal group stating that having contrasting colors helps draw more attention and in the process achieve greater returns.

Use Tracking Tools like "Google Analytics"

It is very important to understand your site's traffic. How many people visit your site from Social Networking sites? How much is Organic Traffic part of your total traffic? Which links on your site were clicked most frequently? How long did visitors stay at your site? Which geographical location sends the most traffic? All these questions can be answered using a Tracking Tool.

Embed Videos with ads to Increase CTR

Adding videos makes your site more attractive. Studies have shown that visitors tend to stay longer at sites displaying interesting vidoes. With so many free video sharing and hosting sites, it is very easy to set this up.

Decorate your ads

Be special, think out of the box, try decorating your Ads. You never know, this might be the next biggest mantra to being succesful woth Adsense! Decorating your ads makes them visible to 'ad-blind' visitors. This helps publishers achieve greater CTR and also a better earning.

Remove Borders from your Ad

If you are using Text Ads, it si very important to make certain that you remove the Ad Borders. This gives out an impression of the Ads being part of the actual article. This strategy has been universally accepted as a must-do for all publishers.

Never Try Black Hat techniques

Black Hat techniques might be an easier and quicker way to earn money. But this is not an ethical way of earning. Also, if you are caught using such techniques, you have the risk of being banned from Adsense forever. This is too big a risk to be neglected.

Select good Hosting Service

This can be a very tricky issue. Pften people tend to go for free services but this is not advicable. The biggest problem is 'Flexibility'. You are restricted to using only tools provided by the hosting company. One of the leading Hosting Companies is "Go Daddy". I used their service and found their customer service to be exceptionally good. You cannot go wrong by choosing them.

Use SandBox for Testing Ad Formats

This another neglected tool for Publishers. This allows publishers to know the look and feel of the ads that might appear on their site. It gives you the flexibility of showing the various ads without increasing your ePCM. This allows publishers achieve a greater visibility for their ads and also in the process earn a lot more.


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Using PayPal Successfully

Online shopping has increased exponentially over the last couple of years. Now, you spend a lot more time buying and sellings goods online and PayPal tries to make this possible with ease. PayPal is a leader in providing Online Financial Services. This is exceptionally usefull for small and midsized inustries who wish to indulge in e-commerce without going through the hassels of setting it up.

"This Blog teaches you how to be successful using PayPal. Learn how to make online shopping easier."

Today, i wished to sell a software online. How to do? Simple, i went to the PayPal's site. Created a "Personal Account". Provided my Bank and Account Details. Completed the verification process and i was all set to go ahead with my Sale! Note, please check out their fees and account specifications to decide which option suits you. After, creating my account, i clicked on "Request Money". Then i selected "Create a Money Request". Choose this option if you wish to get money from someone without going through the hassels of generating an invoice. After selecting this option, i provided the e-mail address of the buyer. Well, that was all.

Within minutes i could sell the software, no hassels. PayPal immediately notified me when the amount was paid. I would highly recommend this service to people who wish to sell their stuff online without any experiencing the hassels. Just remember, while providing your Bank Details, PayPal tries to verify the authenticity of the details provided and in this process tries to login to your Online Banking Account using the credentials you supply. This might cause your Online Banking Id to be locked. You could get it unlocked with a short call to your Bank or to avoid all this, just go for the other option of manual verification of your Bank details.

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Tuesday

Increase CTR of your website

Click-through-Rate is commonly referred to in Adsense jargon as CTR. This is the factor which translates Website Traffic into Earnings. Publishers all over the world find it very difficult to maintain a health CTR for their site. There could be many factors responsible for a very low CTR for Publishers.

"This Post will tell you secret tips to explode the CTR for your site! These highly rated techniques will get you on the path to increased Adsense Earnings and Financial freedom"

To have a high degree of CTR, the factor mostly neglected by Publishers is the "Placement of Advertisements". Some publishers place ads on certain parts of the website which are out of focus and visitors rarely look at those spots. The trick is "Place the Ads where visitors can see them". This increses the probability of the visitors clicking on these Ads.

Another major factor often overlooked by Publishers is the Ad Format. The Syscraper and Leader borad Ads are very helpful for Publishers who have a lot articles on a single page. The extended length of the webpage allows for a skyscraper ads to give a very attractive look. The choice of Ad formats is also highly dependent on the choice of the webpage template. It is highly recommended to have 3 or 4 column SEO Templates.

Another Trick often unknown publishers is "Blending Ads with Page Background". This is a very successful technique but should be done in an ethical way. Never try to fool your visitors into clicking Advertisements. To achieve a higher CTR, try to blend the Ad Text Color to be the same as the rest of your website. Also, make sure that the background of your Advertisement should be nearly same as the webpage background.

Follow these highly successful tips to exponentially increase your CTR. If you find this article helpful, do spend some time and drop a note. Constructive suggestions are always welcome! Also, do not forget to subcribe to this site's feed to get many more such helpfull tips.

Maximize Commission Junction Earnings

Commission Junction is the single largest source of online Affiliate Marketing offers. It has tie-ups with hundreds of advertisers across various range of products. This strategically places Commission Junction (commonly referred to as "CJ") as the forerunner of Online Affiliate Marketing. Due to the wide range of advertisers and products, Publishers are sometimes confused about the entire process. This leads to wrongs choices of Advertisers and Products.

"This Post will help you Maximize Your Commission Junction Earnings. By following the tips and tricks presented, your Commission Junction Earnings will hit through the roof!"

First you need to understand the type of Advertisers. There are two types of Advertisers: Small Advertisers who automatically include you to their Program; Large Advertisers who manually approve your inclusion request. It is a lot more difficult to get your request approved for such bigger advertisers. They carefully scrutinize your website for content quality and other statistics such as monthly page views, Page Rank, etc. You need to target this range of Advertisers to make a good income.

Create a clean site, add unique content and have a good site layout. It should not be too cramped up and the advertisers should feel that their products would get a higher degree of visibility. Next approach only those Advertisers who are in the same niche as your site. Target the Best of the lot as they give out good returns.

Another major trick missed by new CJ Publishers are the "Weekly Highlights". CJ displays a hand-picked list of Advertisers who have very attractive offers for publishers. These offers are short lived but result in very high conversion rate. Always look out for such offers.

These tips should get you going on the path of huge success with Commission Junction. If you find this article helpful, do spend some time and drop a note. Constructive suggestions are always welcome! Also, do not forget to subcribe to this site's feed to get many more such helpful tips.

Sunday

Removing Political Ads from website

Recently during the Presidential elections in US, lot of publishers complained about Political Ads showing up at their sites. This led to reduced earnings and out-of-context advertisements. To understand this problem we need to understand how online advertisement industry works. Google approached advertisers for advertisements and hence it has to display ads pertaining to its clients. The publishers on the other hand had to suffer because this resulted in Political ads taking up their entire site!

"You can stop Political Ads from showing up at your website. This post will show how to stop political ads from showing up at your site. Use Placement Targeting and Competitive Ad Filters to remove nagging Political Ads"

To avoid such a situation Google has provided the necessary techniques and tips. Have you heard of "Targetted Ad Sections"? This is also commonly referred to a "Placement Targeting". In this process a publisher can dictate Google to place adsense ads pertaining to text present in a particular section instead of considering the entire webpage. Using this technique a publisher can restrict Google from displaying Political Ads on their website.

Another highly efficient method is using "Competitive Ad Filters". You can use these competitive filters to stop such political ads from showing up on your website. A publisher can use a maximum of 200 such filters which usually are sufficient to avoid such problems. Also, this is a transitional problem and would reduce with the end to the US Presidential Election Campaign.

To know more about "Placement Targeting" click here. To know more about "Competitive Ad Filters, click here.

Improved earnings using affiliate marketing

Google adsense has been around for more than 5 years now. In the process revolutionizing the concept of contextual ad marketing. Although today contextual ad marketing forms the bulk of webmaster earnings, we cannot neglect the contribution of affilate marketing. "Commission Junction" is the forerunner in the field of online affilate marketing. How does affilate marketing work and how dis Commission Junction become so successful?

"Affiliate marketing is a form of Internet-based marketing process in which a business organization rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought to its website by the affiliate."

So, if a publisher wishes to earn extra money, he/she has to register with a company willing to sell its products through affiliates. Amazon.com has a very wide-spread affiliate marketing program where affiliates get to showcase products from Amazon.com at their site. For every sale done through the affiliates site, the affiliate gets a portion of the sale amount. You can learn more about the Amazon affiliate program by clicking here. You can also see a working example of amazon affiliate program on this site as well.

Commission Junction took this idea a step further. It consolidated all such affiliate marketing offers and started distributing through a single forum. So advertisers approach CJ(Commission Junction) with their products and CJ in turn distributes these offers to other publishers. This saves the advertisers the hassle of maintaining an elaborate affiliate marketing team and infrastructure. Also, the publisher is benefited since it gives him/her a greater range of products to display at their site. You can learn more about Commission Junction by clicking here.

Another organization doing notable good in contextual and affiliate marketing is Adbrite. The program is very similar to Adsense but it also gives the added advantage of concepts like full page intermission ads and inline ads. You can learn more about it by clicking here.

Affilate marketing can significantly contribute to a publishers earnings if there is a sizeable traffic. It forms one more channel of income for the publisher. Hope this article helps publishers understand the concept of affiliate marketing and its benefits.