Edward Bulwer-Lytton stated "The pen is mightier than the sword." These days, not may people use the pen to write with. More often they use typewriters or, even more frequently, computers and word processors. But make no mistake, the written word is still very powerful, and if you own a word processor you are sitting on top of one of the most powerful money-making machines ever created.
Most people use their computer to do simple tasks, such as their taxes. Or they buy a word processor so their children can write term papers and get better grades in school. Very few people realize that their computers can make them money as well as fulfilling all of these other functions. If your computer is taking up desk space but not bringing you any extra income, it's time for you to put that machine to work for you.
Of course, the logical question is "How can my computer make money for me?" Computers are extremely versatile and can be programmed to do almost anything. Many different computer functions can be incorporated into a home-based business, but one of the easiest to master is the word processor. There are dozens of word processing programs on the market, and you should be able to master one in about five or six hours of practice. And,if you don't have a computer, don't worry. You can still cash in on this great business idea. many computer companies make word processing machines which are like super typewriters, combining the functions of both typewriters and computers.
Once you are familiar with your word processor, look out! You will be ready to take on the world with your home-based, word-processing business.
WORD PROCESSING RICHES
Using your word processor to make money is easy. In fact, it's easy as finding someone who needs a document created and selling your service to them. Once you've read through the following suggestions, you will have lots of great ideas on how to use your computer to make money.
NEWSLETTER WRITING
A successful company needs to keep their employees up to date on company activities (such as corporate buy outs, company recreational events, and policy changes) and trade news (such as new legislation affecting customers, competition news and manufacturer updates). The easiest and least expensive way to do all of this is through an employee newsletter.
The problem with this is most companies especially smaller ones, do not have the capital to hire a full-time writer. Many companies attempt to designate someone within the organization to write their newsletter, but this person is not a writer, in fact the one in charge of the newsletter is usually the secretary. Using nothing more than a typewriter, she tries to produce a nice-looking newsletter in a few minutes she has to spare between projects. Needless to say, the result is usually less than spectacular.
That's where you and your word processor come in. Using your computer, you can easily put together a newsletter that looks very professional--with columns, bold headlines, graphs and even pictures. Bring a sample newsletter into a business and have the manager compare it to his current newsletter (if he has one at all). Then tell him that by subscribing to your newsletter service, productivity and profit will rise for two reasons. First, because he will not be paying someone from inside the company to write the newsletter. Second, his employees will work more efficiently because they will be better informed.
Before you know it, you will have 10 to 15 companies paying you to write their newsletter, and will probably be just about all you can handle. Since each one will be paying you about $300 a month for the service, you will need to make the decision whether to continue to expand your service and hire more help, or simply relax and let the money keep rolling in.
MAIL ORDER REPORTS
Fads and trends come and go, but one thing that will always sell is information. With your word processor, you have one of the best mediums for presenting information, and you can make a bundle doing just that.
Just walk through your local book store or library and notice how many self-help, diet and how-to books there are. This should give you a feel how hungry consumers are for this type of information. Once you've read through a few of these types of books, you should know enough about the subject to write a brief five to ten page report. With the computer, you can make the report look very professional through the use of page numbers, double columns, pull quotes in the middle of the pages, and a bold catch title.
When the paper is complete, it's time for you to begin the marketing procedure. Take out an ad in the classified section of your local newspaper. Word the advertisement so that customers will be enticed to send you a check to learn more about the subject. Here are a few examples.
Tired of reading through useless diet books? TRY THE SECRETS OF CONTROLLING YOUR WEIGHT. Just send $3 to...
Plumbers charge over $100 dollars to make a house call. BE YOUR OWN PLUMBER, a new informed book, costs only $5. To order, send to...
Since printing costs will be minimal (between 25 cents and $1 per report) most of the money you collect will go directly to profit. And, since these reports are easy to produce, you can use some of that income to write and print a new report and sell it the same way. See how easy it is to make the whole thing snowball?
Here are some more subjects you can easily write brief reports and sell through the mail:
• How To Grow A Garden
• Selected Mexican Recipes
• Stop Smoking
• How To Paint Your House
• Mail-Order Marketing
• Making Your Own Patio Furniture
• Camping Made Easy
• Easy Baking Techniques
If some of this appeals to you, think of something else. Just remember, the idea must appeal to a wide arrange of customers or you will not sell enough products to defray your production costs.
TYPING SERVICE
When you begin to use your computer, you will quickly see the advantages you have over a standard typewriter. You can easily check your spelling and grammar, set your margins and type face as you wish, and make universal changes throughout the document without retyping the entire thing.
Because of these extensive features, your computer saves you time and effort when typing documents, and you can pass those savings on to your customers. With your computer, you can easily input a document, proofread it, give a draft copy to the customer for approval, make changes, then print a final version--all in less time than it would take a standard typist to type a single copy.
This is one of the easiest businesses to run once you master your word processor because all you need to know is how to type, no other talents are required. If you have a modern (telephone hookup) for your computer, you can even send documents across the country or around the world just as easily as you can deliver them across the street.
Your main concern in this business is finding customers who need typing done. Here are some customer suggestions and tips on how to get in touch with them:
Writers: There are literally thousands of people in this country who enjoy writing either for a hobby or as a source of extra income. By running an ad in one of the many writers magazines (such as Writers Digest or The Writer) you will get responses from writers all across the country who want their manuscripts typed.
Professionals: Small businesses often cannot afford the luxury of a secretary. Larger businesses sometimes have large projects to type but do not wish to hire someone extra. In either case an outside typist can be a valuable service.
Students: Many high school and college students don't have the time to type their own papers even if they do have the ability to. Especially during mid-terms or finals, a typing service can really make money at a school. Post flyers in every classroom and every bulletin board you can find.
The only requirement you need to stick to in this business is accuracy. No matter who you are typing for, they will stand for less than 100 percent perfect documents. Always check, double check, then triple check your work before you send it to your clients.
COMPUTING THE POSSIBILITIES
As you can see, with a computer or word processor, you can open up a whole new world of business opportunities. If you are one of the few business people who are still operating without one, you really should look into making that big purchase. While the initial capital outlay may seem high, a little ingenuity is all it takes to make the computer pay for itself.
2008-11-26
2008-11-24
Adsense Code
An Adsense code comes in the form of HTML codes that publishers or webmasters insert anywhere on their website through the use of a text editor, like notepad. These codes are available for free upon signing up to Google Adsense, provided the company has given its approval. Contrary to popular notion, knowledge in basic HTML code is not necessary in creating a website and incorporating Adsense, since whatever formats one chooses, codes are automatically generated and all one has to do is to copy and paste onto the site.
Before creating or using an Adsense code, it is important to bear in mind that HTML editors are different from one another and detailed instructions regarding these codes are not provided by Google. Thus, for those who do not have thorough knowledge in HTML, it is advised that codes derived from Google should not be changed. Doing so will cause errors to show up on the site and might violate Adsense rules.
To properly set up and use an Adsense code, begin by copying the code sandwiched by the HTML's body tags. When using WYSIWYG editor like FrontPage, it's best to place the Adsense code on the Source or Code view. However, if Frames is used in the page, place the code on the frame which has the main content, which is used by Google in targeting ads.
After uploading the edited web page, ads should show immediately on the site page. The ads will initially be regarded as Public Service Ads and not be redirected to the site page, since Google will first crawl the content of the page to know what ads are best fitted on the website. Once the Google crawler visits the site page (usually after a couple of minutes), one should finally notice ads being directed to the site page.
Before creating or using an Adsense code, it is important to bear in mind that HTML editors are different from one another and detailed instructions regarding these codes are not provided by Google. Thus, for those who do not have thorough knowledge in HTML, it is advised that codes derived from Google should not be changed. Doing so will cause errors to show up on the site and might violate Adsense rules.
To properly set up and use an Adsense code, begin by copying the code sandwiched by the HTML's body tags. When using WYSIWYG editor like FrontPage, it's best to place the Adsense code on the Source or Code view. However, if Frames is used in the page, place the code on the frame which has the main content, which is used by Google in targeting ads.
After uploading the edited web page, ads should show immediately on the site page. The ads will initially be regarded as Public Service Ads and not be redirected to the site page, since Google will first crawl the content of the page to know what ads are best fitted on the website. Once the Google crawler visits the site page (usually after a couple of minutes), one should finally notice ads being directed to the site page.
Adsense Tools
When a site is already equipped with Adsense, one might want to enhance his earning power by using some Adsense tools that can be found on the web. Some of these Adsense tools may come for free, while others may require subscription fees. Nevertheless, they certainly come handy and possibly add more profits to the business.
One such example of an Adsense tool is AdWords Bidding. AdWords Bidding Tool helps one figure out which keywords bring in the money. This tool determines keywords with the highest paying Adsense. On the other hand, the Overture Bidding Tool, Overture's version, also gives one a list of keywords and sample bid amounts.
Another must-have tool is the Word Tracker. Essentially, this tool indicates how many times people searched for a specific keywords. It also shows one how many sites use the specific keywords. Based on these information, one could easily determine the contents and the necessary adjustments needed by the site.
There are other Adsense tools that provide details on the clicks and rates. For instance, with one click of the Adsense Notifier, one can view the total clicks, daily earnings, impressions, and CTR for the site's Adsense. Meanwhile, the AdWords Traffic Estimator keeps track of the clicks of the keywords used, based on publisher statistics.
Other equally helpful Adsense tools include the Adsense Preview Tool and Competive Ads Filter. Through the Preview Tool, one can then determine if the ad is needed or not; one has just to right click on the Adsense for a window to pop and show you ad samples. Competitive Ad Filter, on the other hand, basically helps one keep users in the site, lock out irrelevant ads, and prevent low paying publishers appearing on the site's page.
One such example of an Adsense tool is AdWords Bidding. AdWords Bidding Tool helps one figure out which keywords bring in the money. This tool determines keywords with the highest paying Adsense. On the other hand, the Overture Bidding Tool, Overture's version, also gives one a list of keywords and sample bid amounts.
Another must-have tool is the Word Tracker. Essentially, this tool indicates how many times people searched for a specific keywords. It also shows one how many sites use the specific keywords. Based on these information, one could easily determine the contents and the necessary adjustments needed by the site.
There are other Adsense tools that provide details on the clicks and rates. For instance, with one click of the Adsense Notifier, one can view the total clicks, daily earnings, impressions, and CTR for the site's Adsense. Meanwhile, the AdWords Traffic Estimator keeps track of the clicks of the keywords used, based on publisher statistics.
Other equally helpful Adsense tools include the Adsense Preview Tool and Competive Ads Filter. Through the Preview Tool, one can then determine if the ad is needed or not; one has just to right click on the Adsense for a window to pop and show you ad samples. Competitive Ad Filter, on the other hand, basically helps one keep users in the site, lock out irrelevant ads, and prevent low paying publishers appearing on the site's page.
Adsense Fraud
Like in any other industry, fraud is not a new thing in Google Adsense. Although Google has made significant stride in addressing Adsense frauds, there is still so much that has to be done to protect the interest of advertisers. Apparently, it is the Adsense publishers who usually resort to cheating for the reason that Adsense is the best source of income for site publishers.
Adsense fraud comes in several ways. One way is through use of click bot software designed to commit fraud. Such software can be purchased online and can automate clicks. Another way is through deliberate and manual clicking of ads. In this way, friends and relatives with different IP addresses can be accomplices. Another form of Adsense fraud is when cheaters lure potential clickers of high paying keywords. To entice clickers, these people employ misleading items such as possible rewards and promotions, in exchange for Google ads clicks.
With the rampage of Adsense fraud, addressing the problem should not be just the concern of Google. Advertisers should also be proactive in doing their share. Instituting measures like the setting up of an ad campaign tracker software is one way to reduce fraud clicks. A tracker is a very potent tool for any site owner in monitoring site visitors. The tracker can also tell right on the first visit if a particular visitor is serious or just doing some clicks for fraud. In this way, tracker software serves as valid evidence for any site owner to convince Google that he is being cheated.
Adsense fraud comes in several ways. One way is through use of click bot software designed to commit fraud. Such software can be purchased online and can automate clicks. Another way is through deliberate and manual clicking of ads. In this way, friends and relatives with different IP addresses can be accomplices. Another form of Adsense fraud is when cheaters lure potential clickers of high paying keywords. To entice clickers, these people employ misleading items such as possible rewards and promotions, in exchange for Google ads clicks.
With the rampage of Adsense fraud, addressing the problem should not be just the concern of Google. Advertisers should also be proactive in doing their share. Instituting measures like the setting up of an ad campaign tracker software is one way to reduce fraud clicks. A tracker is a very potent tool for any site owner in monitoring site visitors. The tracker can also tell right on the first visit if a particular visitor is serious or just doing some clicks for fraud. In this way, tracker software serves as valid evidence for any site owner to convince Google that he is being cheated.
2008-11-23
How is PageRank calculated?????????????
To calculate the PageRank for a page, all of its inbound links are taken into account. These are links from within the site and links from outside the site.
PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) + ... + PR(tn)/C(tn))
That's the equation that calculates a page's PageRank. It's the original one that was published when PageRank was being developed, and it is probable that Google uses a variation of it but they aren't telling us what it is. It doesn't matter though, as this equation is good enough.
In the equation 't1 - tn' are pages linking to page A, 'C' is the number of outbound links that a page has and 'd' is a damping factor, usually set to 0.85.
We can think of it in a simpler way:-
a page's PageRank = 0.15 + 0.85 * (a "share" of the PageRank of every page that links to it)
"share" = the linking page's PageRank divided by the number of outbound links on the page.
A page "votes" an amount of PageRank onto each page that it links to. The amount of PageRank that it has to vote with is a little less than its own PageRank value (its own value * 0.85). This value is shared equally between all the pages that it links to.
From this, we could conclude that a link from a page with PR4 and 5 outbound links is worth more than a link from a page with PR8 and 100 outbound links. The PageRank of a page that links to yours is important but the number of links on that page is also important. The more links there are on a page, the less PageRank value your page will receive from it.
If the PageRank value differences between PR1, PR2,.....PR10 were equal then that conclusion would hold up, but many people believe that the values between PR1 and PR10 (the maximum) are set on a logarithmic scale, and there is very good reason for believing it. Nobody outside Google knows for sure one way or the other, but the chances are high that the scale is logarithmic, or similar. If so, it means that it takes a lot more additional PageRank for a page to move up to the next PageRank level that it did to move up from the previous PageRank level. The result is that it reverses the previous conclusion, so that a link from a PR8 page that has lots of outbound links is worth more than a link from a PR4 page that has only a few outbound links.
Whichever scale Google uses, we can be sure of one thing. A link from another site increases our site's PageRank. Just remember to avoid links from link farms.
Note that when a page votes its PageRank value to other pages, its own PageRank is not reduced by the value that it is voting. The page doing the voting doesn't give away its PageRank and end up with nothing. It isn't a transfer of PageRank. It is simply a vote according to the page's PageRank value. It's like a shareholders meeting where each shareholder votes according to the number of shares held, but the shares themselves aren't given away. Even so, pages do lose some PageRank indirectly, as we'll see later.
Ok so far? Good. Now we'll look at how the calculations are actually done.
For a page's calculation, its existing PageRank (if it has any) is abandoned completely and a fresh calculation is done where the page relies solely on the PageRank "voted" for it by its current inbound links, which may have changed since the last time the page's PageRank was calculated.
The equation shows clearly how a page's PageRank is arrived at. But what isn't immediately obvious is that it can't work if the calculation is done just once. Suppose we have 2 pages, A and B, which link to each other, and neither have any other links of any kind. This is what happens:-
Step 1: Calculate page A's PageRank from the value of its inbound links
Page A now has a new PageRank value. The calculation used the value of the inbound link from page B. But page B has an inbound link (from page A) and its new PageRank value hasn't been worked out yet, so page A's new PageRank value is based on inaccurate data and can't be accurate.
Step 2: Calculate page B's PageRank from the value of its inbound links
Page B now has a new PageRank value, but it can't be accurate because the calculation used the new PageRank value of the inbound link from page A, which is inaccurate.
It's a Catch 22 situation. We can't work out A's PageRank until we know B's PageRank, and we can't work out B's PageRank until we know A's PageRank.
Now that both pages have newly calculated PageRank values, can't we just run the calculations again to arrive at accurate values? No. We can run the calculations again using the new values and the results will be more accurate, but we will always be using inaccurate values for the calculations, so the results will always be inaccurate.
The problem is overcome by repeating the calculations many times. Each time produces slightly more accurate values. In fact, total accuracy can never be achieved because the calculations are always based on inaccurate values. 40 to 50 iterations are sufficient to reach a point where any further iterations wouldn't produce enough of a change to the values to matter. This is precisiely what Google does at each update, and it's the reason why the updates take so long.
One thing to bear in mind is that the results we get from the calculations are proportions. The figures must then be set against a scale (known only to Google) to arrive at each page's actual PageRank. Even so, we can use the calculations to channel the PageRank within a site around its pages so that certain pages receive a higher proportion of it than others.
PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) + ... + PR(tn)/C(tn))
That's the equation that calculates a page's PageRank. It's the original one that was published when PageRank was being developed, and it is probable that Google uses a variation of it but they aren't telling us what it is. It doesn't matter though, as this equation is good enough.
In the equation 't1 - tn' are pages linking to page A, 'C' is the number of outbound links that a page has and 'd' is a damping factor, usually set to 0.85.
We can think of it in a simpler way:-
a page's PageRank = 0.15 + 0.85 * (a "share" of the PageRank of every page that links to it)
"share" = the linking page's PageRank divided by the number of outbound links on the page.
A page "votes" an amount of PageRank onto each page that it links to. The amount of PageRank that it has to vote with is a little less than its own PageRank value (its own value * 0.85). This value is shared equally between all the pages that it links to.
From this, we could conclude that a link from a page with PR4 and 5 outbound links is worth more than a link from a page with PR8 and 100 outbound links. The PageRank of a page that links to yours is important but the number of links on that page is also important. The more links there are on a page, the less PageRank value your page will receive from it.
If the PageRank value differences between PR1, PR2,.....PR10 were equal then that conclusion would hold up, but many people believe that the values between PR1 and PR10 (the maximum) are set on a logarithmic scale, and there is very good reason for believing it. Nobody outside Google knows for sure one way or the other, but the chances are high that the scale is logarithmic, or similar. If so, it means that it takes a lot more additional PageRank for a page to move up to the next PageRank level that it did to move up from the previous PageRank level. The result is that it reverses the previous conclusion, so that a link from a PR8 page that has lots of outbound links is worth more than a link from a PR4 page that has only a few outbound links.
Whichever scale Google uses, we can be sure of one thing. A link from another site increases our site's PageRank. Just remember to avoid links from link farms.
Note that when a page votes its PageRank value to other pages, its own PageRank is not reduced by the value that it is voting. The page doing the voting doesn't give away its PageRank and end up with nothing. It isn't a transfer of PageRank. It is simply a vote according to the page's PageRank value. It's like a shareholders meeting where each shareholder votes according to the number of shares held, but the shares themselves aren't given away. Even so, pages do lose some PageRank indirectly, as we'll see later.
Ok so far? Good. Now we'll look at how the calculations are actually done.
For a page's calculation, its existing PageRank (if it has any) is abandoned completely and a fresh calculation is done where the page relies solely on the PageRank "voted" for it by its current inbound links, which may have changed since the last time the page's PageRank was calculated.
The equation shows clearly how a page's PageRank is arrived at. But what isn't immediately obvious is that it can't work if the calculation is done just once. Suppose we have 2 pages, A and B, which link to each other, and neither have any other links of any kind. This is what happens:-
Step 1: Calculate page A's PageRank from the value of its inbound links
Page A now has a new PageRank value. The calculation used the value of the inbound link from page B. But page B has an inbound link (from page A) and its new PageRank value hasn't been worked out yet, so page A's new PageRank value is based on inaccurate data and can't be accurate.
Step 2: Calculate page B's PageRank from the value of its inbound links
Page B now has a new PageRank value, but it can't be accurate because the calculation used the new PageRank value of the inbound link from page A, which is inaccurate.
It's a Catch 22 situation. We can't work out A's PageRank until we know B's PageRank, and we can't work out B's PageRank until we know A's PageRank.
Now that both pages have newly calculated PageRank values, can't we just run the calculations again to arrive at accurate values? No. We can run the calculations again using the new values and the results will be more accurate, but we will always be using inaccurate values for the calculations, so the results will always be inaccurate.
The problem is overcome by repeating the calculations many times. Each time produces slightly more accurate values. In fact, total accuracy can never be achieved because the calculations are always based on inaccurate values. 40 to 50 iterations are sufficient to reach a point where any further iterations wouldn't produce enough of a change to the values to matter. This is precisiely what Google does at each update, and it's the reason why the updates take so long.
One thing to bear in mind is that the results we get from the calculations are proportions. The figures must then be set against a scale (known only to Google) to arrive at each page's actual PageRank. Even so, we can use the calculations to channel the PageRank within a site around its pages so that certain pages receive a higher proportion of it than others.
What is PageRank?
PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page's PageRank is calculated.
PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.
PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.
2008-11-22
Page Rank..........
Page Rank or also known as PR is a trademark of Google. It represents the importance of a page on the web with a numeric value from 1 to 10, 10 is the highest. It’s calculated based on the links to a page, which counts as votes.
The PR of the page where the link is also important, the higher the PR of the linking page, the stronger the vote is. So the best way to increase the PR of your pages is to get some high PR pages linking to yours.The PageRank also matters when it comes to the rankings in the search results. Higher PR pages usually have higher rankings.
Be careful because linking to sites penalized by google can cause your site to be penalized too.
Checking your Page Rank
The easiest way to check your page rank is using the google toolbar. It presents the actual page rank with a green bar. This tool however will show a value which is updated roughly every three months, so it’s not fully reliable.
You can use the Page Rank Checker tool on our website for checking your PR instantly.
The PR of the page where the link is also important, the higher the PR of the linking page, the stronger the vote is. So the best way to increase the PR of your pages is to get some high PR pages linking to yours.The PageRank also matters when it comes to the rankings in the search results. Higher PR pages usually have higher rankings.
Be careful because linking to sites penalized by google can cause your site to be penalized too.
Checking your Page Rank
The easiest way to check your page rank is using the google toolbar. It presents the actual page rank with a green bar. This tool however will show a value which is updated roughly every three months, so it’s not fully reliable.
You can use the Page Rank Checker tool on our website for checking your PR instantly.
what is a Blog anyway??????????
‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’
‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.’
‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’
‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.’ .
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’
‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.’
‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’
‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.’ .
importance of key words
It is the most important factor for on page SEO. It increases CTR (click through rate) also. It is very difficult to get higher search engine rankings without adding your targeted keywords to your web page title. Select one or two targeted keywords for each page of your website and put these keywords in page title. Also make sure that content of the page has relevant material to those keywords. If you put your most targeted keyword in the beginning of the title; there are more chances to get into the top of search engines. All the search engines take title of web pages very seriously. If you have an established website and you add a new section to it then by adding information about that section to the title; you will get quick search engine ranking.
Example: if you want to target the keyword “Antivirus”; you could have following choices:-
1. Yoursitename: antivirus solution to your pc.
2. Antivirus solution for your pc.
3. PC antivirus solution by yoursitename
Above we have three examples of site title; guess which one is best for your search engine rankings. All the examples contain your targeted keyword “Antivirus”. Here I will recommend you to use the second one because it is simple and starts with your targeted keyword.
Please avoid the following titles:
1. Index
2. Main page
3. Untitled page, etc.
Example: if you want to target the keyword “Antivirus”; you could have following choices:-
1. Yoursitename: antivirus solution to your pc.
2. Antivirus solution for your pc.
3. PC antivirus solution by yoursitename
Above we have three examples of site title; guess which one is best for your search engine rankings. All the examples contain your targeted keyword “Antivirus”. Here I will recommend you to use the second one because it is simple and starts with your targeted keyword.
Please avoid the following titles:
1. Index
2. Main page
3. Untitled page, etc.
Getting Links and Traffic from Forums
Post in forums and discussion boards that make it to the front page of digg.com or other social media sites. Find the posts which are popular and post your review. A thread about general information for a old technology might attract relatively low number of links than the thread which has controversial matter about the latest news in any industry. More peoples links to that page more chances of getting traffic and back links. Try to post good content in sticky threads in forums. Post comments to blog entries and include your link cleverly.
This method of link building is one of the easiest methods. It consumes very little time and yields low quality of links. But it brings good number of visitors to your site.
This method of link building is one of the easiest methods. It consumes very little time and yields low quality of links. But it brings good number of visitors to your site.
Search Engine Rankings by Buying Text Links
If you want quick jump in your search engine rankings and in your pagerank you can buy some text links if you can afford these. Buy links from high quality websites which have relevant content to your targeted keywords. Don’t go to link selling farms to buy links. Google is panelizing websites which are involved in selling and buying text links. Best method to find sources, from where you should buy link, go to google.com and search for your targeted keywords. Note the name of top ranked websites and find who is linking to those websites. To find who is linking to a site, do the following query in google.com:
link:www.your-competitor-site.com
It will return all the back links to that particular site identified by google bot.
Alternatively you can go to the siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com and explore the URL with yahoo site explorer.
This method might be expensive but it brings some traffic and quality backlinks to your site.
link:www.your-competitor-site.com
It will return all the back links to that particular site identified by google bot.
Alternatively you can go to the siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com and explore the URL with yahoo site explorer.
This method might be expensive but it brings some traffic and quality backlinks to your site.
2008-11-21
Google Changing the PageRank Algorithm
If things keep at this pace I might rename this blog to Daily Google Tips. Over the last two weeks we have been talking about Google every other day. This time it is the PageRank buzz again.
Both Problogger and Copyblogger, two of the most popular blogs on the niche, announced that their PR dropped from 6 to 4. Previously other authority blogs confirmed that they lost PR, but the suspect was towards paid links. Given that Problogger and Copyblogger are not selling links, it might be just a readjustment on the PR scale.
Some people are arguing that since the PR drop is not generalized, it must be a slap from Google due to practices that conflict with its guidelines. Andy Beard suggested that the sites that got penalized were either selling links or exchanging them inside large blog networks. This is a feasible explanation given that most of the Weblogs, Inc blogs (Engadget above all) were penalized, and they do not sell paid links either.
Both Problogger and Copyblogger, two of the most popular blogs on the niche, announced that their PR dropped from 6 to 4. Previously other authority blogs confirmed that they lost PR, but the suspect was towards paid links. Given that Problogger and Copyblogger are not selling links, it might be just a readjustment on the PR scale.
Some people are arguing that since the PR drop is not generalized, it must be a slap from Google due to practices that conflict with its guidelines. Andy Beard suggested that the sites that got penalized were either selling links or exchanging them inside large blog networks. This is a feasible explanation given that most of the Weblogs, Inc blogs (Engadget above all) were penalized, and they do not sell paid links either.
2008-11-20
Shopzilla unveiled its publisher program on May 1st, 2007. One of the leading comparison-shopping sites on the internet, Shopzilla boasts an index of over 30-million products from more than 92,000 stores.
Acquired in 2005 by The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), Shopzilla also operates the BizRate consumer feedback network that collects millions of consumer reviews of stores and products each year.
Shopzilla’s publisher program differentiates itself from other shopping/product affiliate programs in that it does not pay out a commission rate such as CPA, but through CPC instead. According to David Weinrot, Shopzilla's Vice President of Content Marketing and Operations, "The program marries the monetization of pay-per-click syndicated advertising programs such as AdSense with the product breadth of Amazon's Associates Program.”
Features
Shopzilla’s publisher program is currently in beta mode, but is up and running and accepting publishers. However, since it is in beta mode, there are a few minor glitches and missing features which should hopefully be resolved soon.
With access to over 30-million products, Shopzilla is comparable to Amazon in terms of product scope and size. With such a large product database, publishers are offered a lot of choice in terms of creating ads for particular products.
Unlike the vast majority of shopping/product programs, Shopzilla does not pay out in CPA or by commission, but through CPC. Like Google's AdSense, Shopzilla does not publicly diclose its revenue share. Another resemblance to AdSense Shopzilla shares is that there is no quick method or calculation a publisher can calculate to estimate their earnings, since it can vary greatly depending on the niche and conversion rate.
Thus, unlike other ad networks such as ValueClick Media and Tribal Fusion in which publishers can see the exact CPC or CPM for each ad before they try them, publishers with Shopzilla will need to actually implement and test Shopzilla's ads to see how they perform. Again, this is similar to AdSense which can perform great on some sites but not-so great on others.
Signing Up
Signing up to Shopzilla’s publisher program is fast and easy, but does require US citizens who are not tax exempt to enter their tax identification or social security number.
While they list no prerequisites or requirements for publishers on their site, Shopzilla does turn down applicants whose sites do not seem of decent quality. Thus, publishers looking to use Shopzilla on a small personal blog or website with very little traffic or content will probably not be accepted.
Approval (or declination) to Shopzilla’s publisher program typically takes between 1-2 business days if sent outside of regular business hours, otherwise publishers can expect a representative to follow up within an hour or two.
Control Panel
Enlarge (Pop-Up)Shopzilla’s control panel is very easy to use with its clean and crisp interface which loads fast and is very responsive. It’s intuitive and allows publishers easy management of their account and access to ads.
Reporting is updated daily at around 8:15am Pacific Time, and reports are available for download.
Shopzilla offers a tracking system which they refer to as Placement IDs, and publishers may create up to 99-unique Placement IDs. This is a useful feature as tracking ads and learning which positions and sizes perform best is a very important step in obtaining better ad optimization. Publishers can label each Placement ID for easier identification (Ex. 1 = Top 468x60 Banner, 2 = Side 120x600 Skyscraper, etc.).
Ad Creative
Enlarge (Pop-Up)Due to heavy demand, Shopzilla recently implemented custom ad integration to both the Top Search banners and Product Pods. Publishers can customize the background, border, link, and text colors in order to make the ads more integrated. Unfortunately though, ad customization is limited to these two formats only and is not available for other ad creative such as Search Boxes or Banners.
While Shopzilla has a large selection of products to choose from for use of their Product Pods ads (similar to Amazon’s), their number of various banner sizes for linking to Shopzilla categories is severely limited usually only offering 1-2 banners per category. Shopzilla needs to dramatically increase their number of banner creative available for categories if they expect publishers to use them.
In addition to Product Pods and category banners, Shopzilla also offers product banners (which are available in many ad sizes unlike their department category), text links, search boxes, and RSS feeds.
Payment
Shopzilla pays out in monthly installments on Net-30 payment terms. There is a $50 minimum payment requirement, and payments can be sent via check or PayPal.
Referral Program
Shopzilla does not currently offer a referral program.
Customer Support
The only way to contact Shopzilla is through their contact form, although their response time is pretty fast, usually responding within one business day.
Summary
Shopzilla's complete absence of ad customization unfortunately hinders its use since it is commonly known that proper ad integration is vital to optimizing earning and converstion rates. In addition, their availability of various ad creative for their banners is severely lacking.
While Shopzilla certainly needs to work on their ad creative department, they do have the benefit of being a reputable company, having been in the industry since 1996 and being one of the leading comparison-shopping sites on the Internet. It is also important to note that Shopzilla’s publisher program is still in beta, so hopefully they will confront and resolve some of the issues pointed out in this review.
Nevertheless, when compared to other shopping and product affiliate programs available such as Amazon’s Associates program, Shopzilla falls short and wouldn’t be recommended at this time when there are other plenty of alternatives available. However, if Shopzilla continues to work and improve on their publisher program which already has a strong foundation, they may give Amazon some competition.
Acquired in 2005 by The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), Shopzilla also operates the BizRate consumer feedback network that collects millions of consumer reviews of stores and products each year.
Shopzilla’s publisher program differentiates itself from other shopping/product affiliate programs in that it does not pay out a commission rate such as CPA, but through CPC instead. According to David Weinrot, Shopzilla's Vice President of Content Marketing and Operations, "The program marries the monetization of pay-per-click syndicated advertising programs such as AdSense with the product breadth of Amazon's Associates Program.”
Features
Shopzilla’s publisher program is currently in beta mode, but is up and running and accepting publishers. However, since it is in beta mode, there are a few minor glitches and missing features which should hopefully be resolved soon.
With access to over 30-million products, Shopzilla is comparable to Amazon in terms of product scope and size. With such a large product database, publishers are offered a lot of choice in terms of creating ads for particular products.
Unlike the vast majority of shopping/product programs, Shopzilla does not pay out in CPA or by commission, but through CPC. Like Google's AdSense, Shopzilla does not publicly diclose its revenue share. Another resemblance to AdSense Shopzilla shares is that there is no quick method or calculation a publisher can calculate to estimate their earnings, since it can vary greatly depending on the niche and conversion rate.
Thus, unlike other ad networks such as ValueClick Media and Tribal Fusion in which publishers can see the exact CPC or CPM for each ad before they try them, publishers with Shopzilla will need to actually implement and test Shopzilla's ads to see how they perform. Again, this is similar to AdSense which can perform great on some sites but not-so great on others.
Signing Up
Signing up to Shopzilla’s publisher program is fast and easy, but does require US citizens who are not tax exempt to enter their tax identification or social security number.
While they list no prerequisites or requirements for publishers on their site, Shopzilla does turn down applicants whose sites do not seem of decent quality. Thus, publishers looking to use Shopzilla on a small personal blog or website with very little traffic or content will probably not be accepted.
Approval (or declination) to Shopzilla’s publisher program typically takes between 1-2 business days if sent outside of regular business hours, otherwise publishers can expect a representative to follow up within an hour or two.
Control Panel
Enlarge (Pop-Up)Shopzilla’s control panel is very easy to use with its clean and crisp interface which loads fast and is very responsive. It’s intuitive and allows publishers easy management of their account and access to ads.
Reporting is updated daily at around 8:15am Pacific Time, and reports are available for download.
Shopzilla offers a tracking system which they refer to as Placement IDs, and publishers may create up to 99-unique Placement IDs. This is a useful feature as tracking ads and learning which positions and sizes perform best is a very important step in obtaining better ad optimization. Publishers can label each Placement ID for easier identification (Ex. 1 = Top 468x60 Banner, 2 = Side 120x600 Skyscraper, etc.).
Ad Creative
Enlarge (Pop-Up)Due to heavy demand, Shopzilla recently implemented custom ad integration to both the Top Search banners and Product Pods. Publishers can customize the background, border, link, and text colors in order to make the ads more integrated. Unfortunately though, ad customization is limited to these two formats only and is not available for other ad creative such as Search Boxes or Banners.
While Shopzilla has a large selection of products to choose from for use of their Product Pods ads (similar to Amazon’s), their number of various banner sizes for linking to Shopzilla categories is severely limited usually only offering 1-2 banners per category. Shopzilla needs to dramatically increase their number of banner creative available for categories if they expect publishers to use them.
In addition to Product Pods and category banners, Shopzilla also offers product banners (which are available in many ad sizes unlike their department category), text links, search boxes, and RSS feeds.
Payment
Shopzilla pays out in monthly installments on Net-30 payment terms. There is a $50 minimum payment requirement, and payments can be sent via check or PayPal.
Referral Program
Shopzilla does not currently offer a referral program.
Customer Support
The only way to contact Shopzilla is through their contact form, although their response time is pretty fast, usually responding within one business day.
Summary
Shopzilla's complete absence of ad customization unfortunately hinders its use since it is commonly known that proper ad integration is vital to optimizing earning and converstion rates. In addition, their availability of various ad creative for their banners is severely lacking.
While Shopzilla certainly needs to work on their ad creative department, they do have the benefit of being a reputable company, having been in the industry since 1996 and being one of the leading comparison-shopping sites on the Internet. It is also important to note that Shopzilla’s publisher program is still in beta, so hopefully they will confront and resolve some of the issues pointed out in this review.
Nevertheless, when compared to other shopping and product affiliate programs available such as Amazon’s Associates program, Shopzilla falls short and wouldn’t be recommended at this time when there are other plenty of alternatives available. However, if Shopzilla continues to work and improve on their publisher program which already has a strong foundation, they may give Amazon some competition.
Tribal Fusion is a very large, respected ad network in its fifth year of profitable growth. They are a popular CPM solution for high volume sites due to the high quality publishers they attract.
One of the largest networks on the Internet, Tribal Fusion currently serves over 19 billion monthly impressions and is viewed by over 160 million unique visitors. Because of its size, this network has the advantage of drawing advertisers from many different industries, and there are many advertisers in all categories. Tribal fusion enables its publishers to choose the ads they serve and different ad formats carry different publisher CPM rates.
Features
All of Tribal Fusion's advertisements are on a CPM basis and they have no CPC or CPA advertisements in their network. You can choose from a variety of ad formats to display on your site. They allow various rich media and expandable advertisements to get the attention of the visitor. Tribal Fusion's ads are all written in English and only support sites written in English.
Controls
Enlarge (Pop-Up)After you sign up and are given the capability to login, you simply visit Tribal Fusion and login with your information. After logging in, you have the ability to do a variety of things.
The most important is the ability to choose your advertisement category and choose whether you want it filtered from sexual and offensive content to suite your site's content. Once logged in, you may also view your ad performance statistics. Their statistic-reporting facility enables you to view your CPM earnings from the date and the specific time you choose so you can see how different ads have been performing. The rate you receive for the ads in the network is given to you. In the menu, you also have access to your profile information and have the ability to change certain information you have submitted in the application.
Overall, the menu is easy to use and navigate and if you need help your dedicated customer helper can answer any questions.
Available Ad Types and Formats
Currently, Tribal Fusion has a large variety of ad types mainly focusing on rich media ads with flash and dynamic content to grab user's attention. These ads feature moving objects and possibly even banners that make noises so they may grab user's attention better.
The rich media ads that Tribal Fusion supports are banners in the following sizes: 728x90 leaderboard, 468x60 banner, 336x280 square, 300x250 square, 120x600 skyscraper, 160x600 leaderboard, and pop-unders which carry a higher CPM rate.
Reporting
Once logged in, publishers may view their statistics by pressing the reporting button in the publisher menu. Using this menu is very straightforward in letting you enter specific dates and times. It’s a simple thing to view how individual advertisements have performed with an impression and click count displayed by the date you have chosen..
How to Get Started
Click on the Smart Publishers section and go to Apply. There, fill out the form and proceed. They will send you an email letting you know whether you have been approved or declined as a publisher within a few days. There is a list of minimum requirements for publisher sites to meet in order to be accepted.
For example, users are not allowed to use any type of robot or fake traffic mechanism to boost revenue or they will be removed from the network. A minimum of 2000 unique visitors is required each day to the site where the ads are placed. Sites with users must have an active user base and must have a professional site design with updated and good content relating to the category of ad they display. If all these requirements are met, you will likely be approved and can go ahead and earn high CPM rates with this network.
New users have to follow a rather lengthy procedure of setting up their account information into the system, and while it can take a little while to do, it's also very easy with their help system guiding you along step-by-step.
New publishers must put Tribal Fusion's ads on their site and wait for activation before being fully activated into the network.
Payment
Tribal Fusion pays Net-45 meaning every 45 days when the minimum $50 payment has been reached. Tribal Fusion only pays Publishers 55% of the revenue they generate for your site, meaning you get only 55% of the revenue share, which is lower than the industry standard.
Offsetting this is that Tribal Fusion has some of the highest CPM rates for a CPM Ad Network, meaning that even if you only receive 55% of their revenue, you might still get a very decent rate depending on your category.
Currently, Tribal Fusion only supports paying its publishers via cheque.
More Information and Support
Tribal Fusion's support is usually very fast but can sometimtes take between 3-4 days which is still pretty good. In addition, their support staff is friendly, helpful, and informative.
They do allow ads on forums, but require publishers to tag them separately with their ad code in order to better serve their advertisers, as many advertisers prefer not to advertise on message boards.
Summary
If you have a high-traffic website, Tribal Fusion is definitely a good way to monetize your site. With high CPM rates and good customer support, Tribal Fusion is an ad network to consider using if you want to display CPM advertisements. With targeted ads that give you full control over your own ad filtering, you will receive better results and fill your ad inventory quickly. Even without a referral program, this network is definitely one of the best solutions for Large Volume Websites seeking to display CPM advertisements.
One of the largest networks on the Internet, Tribal Fusion currently serves over 19 billion monthly impressions and is viewed by over 160 million unique visitors. Because of its size, this network has the advantage of drawing advertisers from many different industries, and there are many advertisers in all categories. Tribal fusion enables its publishers to choose the ads they serve and different ad formats carry different publisher CPM rates.
Features
All of Tribal Fusion's advertisements are on a CPM basis and they have no CPC or CPA advertisements in their network. You can choose from a variety of ad formats to display on your site. They allow various rich media and expandable advertisements to get the attention of the visitor. Tribal Fusion's ads are all written in English and only support sites written in English.
Controls
Enlarge (Pop-Up)After you sign up and are given the capability to login, you simply visit Tribal Fusion and login with your information. After logging in, you have the ability to do a variety of things.
The most important is the ability to choose your advertisement category and choose whether you want it filtered from sexual and offensive content to suite your site's content. Once logged in, you may also view your ad performance statistics. Their statistic-reporting facility enables you to view your CPM earnings from the date and the specific time you choose so you can see how different ads have been performing. The rate you receive for the ads in the network is given to you. In the menu, you also have access to your profile information and have the ability to change certain information you have submitted in the application.
Overall, the menu is easy to use and navigate and if you need help your dedicated customer helper can answer any questions.
Available Ad Types and Formats
Currently, Tribal Fusion has a large variety of ad types mainly focusing on rich media ads with flash and dynamic content to grab user's attention. These ads feature moving objects and possibly even banners that make noises so they may grab user's attention better.
The rich media ads that Tribal Fusion supports are banners in the following sizes: 728x90 leaderboard, 468x60 banner, 336x280 square, 300x250 square, 120x600 skyscraper, 160x600 leaderboard, and pop-unders which carry a higher CPM rate.
Reporting
Once logged in, publishers may view their statistics by pressing the reporting button in the publisher menu. Using this menu is very straightforward in letting you enter specific dates and times. It’s a simple thing to view how individual advertisements have performed with an impression and click count displayed by the date you have chosen..
How to Get Started
Click on the Smart Publishers section and go to Apply. There, fill out the form and proceed. They will send you an email letting you know whether you have been approved or declined as a publisher within a few days. There is a list of minimum requirements for publisher sites to meet in order to be accepted.
For example, users are not allowed to use any type of robot or fake traffic mechanism to boost revenue or they will be removed from the network. A minimum of 2000 unique visitors is required each day to the site where the ads are placed. Sites with users must have an active user base and must have a professional site design with updated and good content relating to the category of ad they display. If all these requirements are met, you will likely be approved and can go ahead and earn high CPM rates with this network.
New users have to follow a rather lengthy procedure of setting up their account information into the system, and while it can take a little while to do, it's also very easy with their help system guiding you along step-by-step.
New publishers must put Tribal Fusion's ads on their site and wait for activation before being fully activated into the network.
Payment
Tribal Fusion pays Net-45 meaning every 45 days when the minimum $50 payment has been reached. Tribal Fusion only pays Publishers 55% of the revenue they generate for your site, meaning you get only 55% of the revenue share, which is lower than the industry standard.
Offsetting this is that Tribal Fusion has some of the highest CPM rates for a CPM Ad Network, meaning that even if you only receive 55% of their revenue, you might still get a very decent rate depending on your category.
Currently, Tribal Fusion only supports paying its publishers via cheque.
More Information and Support
Tribal Fusion's support is usually very fast but can sometimtes take between 3-4 days which is still pretty good. In addition, their support staff is friendly, helpful, and informative.
They do allow ads on forums, but require publishers to tag them separately with their ad code in order to better serve their advertisers, as many advertisers prefer not to advertise on message boards.
Summary
If you have a high-traffic website, Tribal Fusion is definitely a good way to monetize your site. With high CPM rates and good customer support, Tribal Fusion is an ad network to consider using if you want to display CPM advertisements. With targeted ads that give you full control over your own ad filtering, you will receive better results and fill your ad inventory quickly. Even without a referral program, this network is definitely one of the best solutions for Large Volume Websites seeking to display CPM advertisements.
Golden Tips on How to Increase Google Page Rank
Author: Balakrishna G
We usually think on how to increase page rank on Google, Since better page rank more the traffic. Basically, Google Page Rank is based on the relevant backlinks from other websites pointing to your website. In short, more the backlinks higher the page rank.
Our online business is mainly depends on traffic we receive to our website. Traffic is the lifeline of our business whether it is offline or online business. To have a good traffic to our webiste we need a good page rank in search engine. I will highlight below some of the golden tips on google page rank:
Article Marketing To Get More Backlinks: Writing Articles and publishing to many relevant website is easy way of getting good backlinks from similar sites. This will get more traffic from your author signature box which consists of 4 lines. Author box may include your website title, website links and a sales tips to your website.
Traffic from Blogs and Forums: Blogs and Forums are easy ways of getting links quickly. But please note to join relevant blog and forum sites. If the forum is relevant to your site you may get better leads from you signature box. More you take part in forum, more visibility your website will get. Visibility is important for the survival of your website.
Try to get links from quality websites: Quality websites here I am referring to related website. To have a better page rank it is just not enough to get a links but to get a related links. I can understand getting related links is difficult but try to get in touch with the webmasters of related webistes and convince them that your webiste is informative and you are interested in partnering with them.
Search Engine Submission: Search Engine Submission is a way of getting free links to your website. Many search engines allow free submission and some charge it. Search engine submission will help you in getting more backlinks which increases the page rank. If you feel search engine submission is a difficult task for you then it's not a bad Idea to get it submitted by paying reasonable fee.
Advertisements and Newsletter: It's good idea to set up an advertisement campaign and Newsletters. This will help visitors coming back to your site frequently and increasing visibility of your website.
The above tips are only few examples of how we can improve our sites page ranking. There are several other ways we can increase our webiste ranking on google top 10 positions by unique keywords etc. In my next article I will include few keywords tips which will help us how to select the unique keywords.
Hence, the conclusion to achieve a higher page rank, you need to work on Article Marketing, Write and publish your own unique quality articles which will help the visitors and solve their purpose. Taking part in Blogs & Forums by which you can share your idea, comment on the post and get answers from the posted blogs. Ads and e-mail marketing, Search Engine Submission and Related Links from other websites.
We usually think on how to increase page rank on Google, Since better page rank more the traffic. Basically, Google Page Rank is based on the relevant backlinks from other websites pointing to your website. In short, more the backlinks higher the page rank.
Our online business is mainly depends on traffic we receive to our website. Traffic is the lifeline of our business whether it is offline or online business. To have a good traffic to our webiste we need a good page rank in search engine. I will highlight below some of the golden tips on google page rank:
Article Marketing To Get More Backlinks: Writing Articles and publishing to many relevant website is easy way of getting good backlinks from similar sites. This will get more traffic from your author signature box which consists of 4 lines. Author box may include your website title, website links and a sales tips to your website.
Traffic from Blogs and Forums: Blogs and Forums are easy ways of getting links quickly. But please note to join relevant blog and forum sites. If the forum is relevant to your site you may get better leads from you signature box. More you take part in forum, more visibility your website will get. Visibility is important for the survival of your website.
Try to get links from quality websites: Quality websites here I am referring to related website. To have a better page rank it is just not enough to get a links but to get a related links. I can understand getting related links is difficult but try to get in touch with the webmasters of related webistes and convince them that your webiste is informative and you are interested in partnering with them.
Search Engine Submission: Search Engine Submission is a way of getting free links to your website. Many search engines allow free submission and some charge it. Search engine submission will help you in getting more backlinks which increases the page rank. If you feel search engine submission is a difficult task for you then it's not a bad Idea to get it submitted by paying reasonable fee.
Advertisements and Newsletter: It's good idea to set up an advertisement campaign and Newsletters. This will help visitors coming back to your site frequently and increasing visibility of your website.
The above tips are only few examples of how we can improve our sites page ranking. There are several other ways we can increase our webiste ranking on google top 10 positions by unique keywords etc. In my next article I will include few keywords tips which will help us how to select the unique keywords.
Hence, the conclusion to achieve a higher page rank, you need to work on Article Marketing, Write and publish your own unique quality articles which will help the visitors and solve their purpose. Taking part in Blogs & Forums by which you can share your idea, comment on the post and get answers from the posted blogs. Ads and e-mail marketing, Search Engine Submission and Related Links from other websites.
2008-11-19
increase page rank
1. Submit to high PR link directories - Their are many directories out there. You can submit to them if you want, but truly, they are not that effective as everyone uses them. (also some directories use the nofollow tag!)
2. Article Directories - Submitting to some strong article directories is a nice way of gaining some nice link strength. Get some of your articles and rewrite them. Then submit it to an article directory.
3. Use Social Bookmarking Media Sites - Stumbleupon, de.licio.us, digg, are all great for traffic. These are quality links, plus if they start to get “famous” on these sites, they will get even more links from bloggers that like to link to great articles.
4. Post Comments on Dofollow Blogs - Honestly their are so many dofollow blogs out there it is hard to count. There are lists of dofollow blogs out there, and all you need to do is submit a google query.
2. Article Directories - Submitting to some strong article directories is a nice way of gaining some nice link strength. Get some of your articles and rewrite them. Then submit it to an article directory.
3. Use Social Bookmarking Media Sites - Stumbleupon, de.licio.us, digg, are all great for traffic. These are quality links, plus if they start to get “famous” on these sites, they will get even more links from bloggers that like to link to great articles.
4. Post Comments on Dofollow Blogs - Honestly their are so many dofollow blogs out there it is hard to count. There are lists of dofollow blogs out there, and all you need to do is submit a google query.
Making Money from Your Web Site with Google AdSense
Google AdSense is the Google program where you can host pay-per-click ads on your Web site. When someone clicks an ad, you earn money. Simple as that.
Is it really as easy to make money with Google AdSense as many would lead you to believe? Now that I've become heavily involved with managing Google AdSense programs for my clients, I can see it's not all play and no work.
Unfortunately, a lot of people bought into the idea that there was a lot of easy money to be made and they are now finding out they aren't making nearly as much as they thought they would. Additionally, Google has a lot of prohibited practices when it comes to AdSense, and too many Webmasters are finding out they violated Google's policies after the fact - often because they never bothered to read the AdSense policies in the first place
Is it really as easy to make money with Google AdSense as many would lead you to believe? Now that I've become heavily involved with managing Google AdSense programs for my clients, I can see it's not all play and no work.
Unfortunately, a lot of people bought into the idea that there was a lot of easy money to be made and they are now finding out they aren't making nearly as much as they thought they would. Additionally, Google has a lot of prohibited practices when it comes to AdSense, and too many Webmasters are finding out they violated Google's policies after the fact - often because they never bothered to read the AdSense policies in the first place
2008-11-18
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6 tips for make money
You can make money from your hobby.
Whether you knit, or write, or make photographs, or grow a vegetable garden, or tinker with cars, or build web sites, or collect ancient coins — you can make money from your hobby.
I’m not saying it’s possible to get rich by playing your violin at weddings, or by weaving baskets from pine needles, but earning money from a hobby is a nice way to get paid for doing something you would do anyhow.
This article is the first in a series that will explore how to turn a hobby into a source of side income. In the weeks and months ahead, I’ll describe general best practices, discuss potential pitfalls, and provide case studies culled from my friends, and from the stories of readers like you. (If you’d like to share your experience, please drop me a line.)
First, by way of introduction, here are some ground-rules for making money from hobbies.
Focus on something you love
Pursue something you’re passionate about. Choose a hobby that you enjoy, and find a way to make money from it. Don’t choose a hobby simply because it might make money and then dive into it with that aim in mind. You should be doing this hobby because you love it; any side-income should be secondary.
I love to write. I was struggling with debt. I began to read personal finance books, and then to summarize what I’d learned for my personal web site. From this, Get Rich Slowly was born. Now I make over a thousand dollars a month writing about personal finance. But I didn’t start this for the money — I started this because I was passionate about the subject.
Keep it fun. Don’t let it become a chore.
Be creative
If you’re interested in making money from a hobby but don’t know where to start, think outside the box. What skills do you have that others don’t? Define the term “hobby” broadly. Find something that you can do that most others cannot, something for which other people might be willing to pay.
At my day job, I have a customer whose wife loves to cook. She turned this hobby into a part-time job as a personal chef. She prepares meals in advance for wealthy clients. She spends a few hours a day preparing a week-long menu for people who pay her handsomely for her time.
I have a friend who likes to travel. One day he discovered that he could subsidize his journeys by writing about the places he visited, and by taking photographs. Now every couple of years he takes an all expense paid vacation. He’s doing something he’d do anyhow, and it doesn’t cost him a dime.
Don’t force it
Your hobby will not make you rich. In most cases, it won’t even net you enough to allow you to quit your day job. It’s quite possible, however, to earn enough money to make the hobby self-sustaining, to keep yourself in new tools and equipment.
My brother builds speakers and works with audio equipment as a hobby. He makes some money at it. (”Spending money,” he says.) Jeff notes, “It’s not hard to make money from a hobby. What’s difficult is trying to turn it into an actual business. Moving from a hobby to a business is a pain-in-the-ass.”
Often when you try to take your hobby to the next level, the joy goes out of it. Suddenly the extra income just isn’t worth it. When I tried to turn my computer-building hobby into a business, I hated it. There’s a balance to be achieved, and if you can find it, you can have a fun while earning extra income.
Don’t underestimate your ability
It’s easy to discount your abilities. When you truly love something, your prolonged experience can give you skills and knowledge that you don’t appreciate.
For example, I have a love for early 20th-century American pop culture. My brain is filled with facts and anecdotes about once-famous recording artists. I sometimes find myself under the impression that everybody knows who Billy Murray was, or is familiar with the song “Ukulele Lady”. But this isn’t common knowledge — it’s specialized.
The same concept holds true for you and your hobby. Know a lot about Napoleonic warfare? Start a blog about Admiral Nelson. Spend time tinkering with bicycles? Open a small-scale bike repair service. Not everybody knows what you know. Don’t sell yourself short.
Market yourself
This can be difficult. In order to actually earn income, you need customers. But just as most people have a tendency to underestimate their abilities, they also tend be uncomfortable with self-promotion.
There’s no shame in mentioning your money-making hobby to friends, family, and neighbors. You needn’t be pushy. Just mention it at natural points in the conversation. If you’ve decided to do some woodworking for cash, mention this when your uncle mentions he wants to buy a new bookshelf.
Marketing can be subtle, but it’s an absolute necessity if you hope to earn money from your hobby. People need to know you’re available before they can hire you.
Hone your skill
Practice, practice, practice. The more time and energy you’re willing to devote to your hobby, the better you will become. The better you become, the more likely that you’ll be able to earn money from it.
Photography is a terrific example. If you’re willing to make a hundred images a day, you can improve your skills quickly, especially if you teach yourself about composition. You may never become a professional photographer this way, but you can develop your skill to the point where you can sell images to stock photo agencies, or enter (and win) photography contests.
Some people are born with natural talent. Most of us have to work at it.
Conclusion
Why should you care about making money from hobbies? Remember: the wealth equation has two sides. You accumulate wealth by reducing expenses and by increasing income. Often we only focus only on our careers when it comes to “increasing income”. But there are other ways to make money. One of the best is to harness a hobby.
This is an especially good technique if you’re stuck in a low-wage job. And sometimes a person can turn a money-making hobby into a career
Whether you knit, or write, or make photographs, or grow a vegetable garden, or tinker with cars, or build web sites, or collect ancient coins — you can make money from your hobby.
I’m not saying it’s possible to get rich by playing your violin at weddings, or by weaving baskets from pine needles, but earning money from a hobby is a nice way to get paid for doing something you would do anyhow.
This article is the first in a series that will explore how to turn a hobby into a source of side income. In the weeks and months ahead, I’ll describe general best practices, discuss potential pitfalls, and provide case studies culled from my friends, and from the stories of readers like you. (If you’d like to share your experience, please drop me a line.)
First, by way of introduction, here are some ground-rules for making money from hobbies.
Focus on something you love
Pursue something you’re passionate about. Choose a hobby that you enjoy, and find a way to make money from it. Don’t choose a hobby simply because it might make money and then dive into it with that aim in mind. You should be doing this hobby because you love it; any side-income should be secondary.
I love to write. I was struggling with debt. I began to read personal finance books, and then to summarize what I’d learned for my personal web site. From this, Get Rich Slowly was born. Now I make over a thousand dollars a month writing about personal finance. But I didn’t start this for the money — I started this because I was passionate about the subject.
Keep it fun. Don’t let it become a chore.
Be creative
If you’re interested in making money from a hobby but don’t know where to start, think outside the box. What skills do you have that others don’t? Define the term “hobby” broadly. Find something that you can do that most others cannot, something for which other people might be willing to pay.
At my day job, I have a customer whose wife loves to cook. She turned this hobby into a part-time job as a personal chef. She prepares meals in advance for wealthy clients. She spends a few hours a day preparing a week-long menu for people who pay her handsomely for her time.
I have a friend who likes to travel. One day he discovered that he could subsidize his journeys by writing about the places he visited, and by taking photographs. Now every couple of years he takes an all expense paid vacation. He’s doing something he’d do anyhow, and it doesn’t cost him a dime.
Don’t force it
Your hobby will not make you rich. In most cases, it won’t even net you enough to allow you to quit your day job. It’s quite possible, however, to earn enough money to make the hobby self-sustaining, to keep yourself in new tools and equipment.
My brother builds speakers and works with audio equipment as a hobby. He makes some money at it. (”Spending money,” he says.) Jeff notes, “It’s not hard to make money from a hobby. What’s difficult is trying to turn it into an actual business. Moving from a hobby to a business is a pain-in-the-ass.”
Often when you try to take your hobby to the next level, the joy goes out of it. Suddenly the extra income just isn’t worth it. When I tried to turn my computer-building hobby into a business, I hated it. There’s a balance to be achieved, and if you can find it, you can have a fun while earning extra income.
Don’t underestimate your ability
It’s easy to discount your abilities. When you truly love something, your prolonged experience can give you skills and knowledge that you don’t appreciate.
For example, I have a love for early 20th-century American pop culture. My brain is filled with facts and anecdotes about once-famous recording artists. I sometimes find myself under the impression that everybody knows who Billy Murray was, or is familiar with the song “Ukulele Lady”. But this isn’t common knowledge — it’s specialized.
The same concept holds true for you and your hobby. Know a lot about Napoleonic warfare? Start a blog about Admiral Nelson. Spend time tinkering with bicycles? Open a small-scale bike repair service. Not everybody knows what you know. Don’t sell yourself short.
Market yourself
This can be difficult. In order to actually earn income, you need customers. But just as most people have a tendency to underestimate their abilities, they also tend be uncomfortable with self-promotion.
There’s no shame in mentioning your money-making hobby to friends, family, and neighbors. You needn’t be pushy. Just mention it at natural points in the conversation. If you’ve decided to do some woodworking for cash, mention this when your uncle mentions he wants to buy a new bookshelf.
Marketing can be subtle, but it’s an absolute necessity if you hope to earn money from your hobby. People need to know you’re available before they can hire you.
Hone your skill
Practice, practice, practice. The more time and energy you’re willing to devote to your hobby, the better you will become. The better you become, the more likely that you’ll be able to earn money from it.
Photography is a terrific example. If you’re willing to make a hundred images a day, you can improve your skills quickly, especially if you teach yourself about composition. You may never become a professional photographer this way, but you can develop your skill to the point where you can sell images to stock photo agencies, or enter (and win) photography contests.
Some people are born with natural talent. Most of us have to work at it.
Conclusion
Why should you care about making money from hobbies? Remember: the wealth equation has two sides. You accumulate wealth by reducing expenses and by increasing income. Often we only focus only on our careers when it comes to “increasing income”. But there are other ways to make money. One of the best is to harness a hobby.
This is an especially good technique if you’re stuck in a low-wage job. And sometimes a person can turn a money-making hobby into a career
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