Tips to Become Success in Blogging

As you know that “Rome was not built in a day” likewise success doesn’t come in a day.
For it you have to struggle a lot. You have to work dedicatedly and honestly to scale heights in your life.
Think positive and be energetic in your work.
If you are doing a work and not getting success in it then just find out where you get wrong, which steps you had taken was wrong.
Note down your negative points, correct your mistakes and then try another time with full strength and confidence; you will definitely succeed.

The same applies for blogging as well, you wont turn into a successfull blogger overnight. Note down your mistakes, strategise on turning them into postitives and you are bound to be successfull ! !
Following are the points which you should consider for achieving SUCCESS in Blogging :-

• Hard Work : Hard work is the key to success. For achieving success “hard work is must”. Don’t expect to earn money by just writing posts, you need to adopt other ways to increase your presence be it SEO, social networking, etc. You have to work hard to earn money.

• Positive Attitude : You should have positive attitude and your attitude should display through communication skills, background, commenting manners etc. Do not ever under estimate yourself, think that you have that guts and spirit to achieve success, also think that you are having a certain qualities which are totally different from others. Positive attitude qualities consist of -
  • Power to Assist others.
  • Speaking politely.
  • Giving proper suggestion.
  • Winning Spirit

• Planning : For blogging success you should plan systematically. You must know your strength and weakness before planning. Read on other blogger’s suggeestions to devise a plan for yourself. A good planner is a good blogger. Remember It !

• Knowledge : To survive as a blogger knowledge is must. Without knowledge you can’t earn even a single dollar. As you know that “knowledge is power”. Therefore to utilize this power you should gather as much information as you can.

• Initiative : You should take initiative in your work. Do right things at the right time without causing delay or waiting for others to do it for you. If you know something put it on your blog, don’t hesitate, your readers will love it. Even if things go wrong, atleast they will know that Your blog was the first one to publish the content !

• Patience : You should have patience to take appropriate decision and not hasty decision(s). You should also have patience to listen to the views and complaints of your readers. Keep patience, do not quit the job; prove to your boss that you are the best from others. Then see you will definitely become a successfull blogger !
• Passion : You know the Greeks didn’t write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: “Did he have passion?” Unless and until, you are passionate about blogging, you wont be able to continue it. After some time, you might fell burdened (To write posts). Therefore, chose a topic which you think you can write about and are passionate about.

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Add The "Add a Gadget" on Header and Blog Posts of Blogger Page Elements

As well as another Content Management System (CMS) base sites (ie : Wordpress, Joomla, Mambo, Drupal etc) Blogger Template consist of Page Elements (header, main, sidebar and footer) and Each element of this page, usually also composed of a few gadgets (the name may be different on each CMS).
Pege Elements are very important. In addition to its function, Elements (Widget) of the page and Gadgets, also affect to the overall look of the pages of our blog.
One of the advantages of a CMS base sites is the Flexibility, In these CMS sites, we could cange the Elements, add or less the Gadgets and also set the appereance (display) of the Page..

When we first create a Blog in Blogger, the Default Templates consisting of 4 page elements: Header, Blog Posts, Sidebar (which consists of About Me, Blog Archive and the Follower), and a Blank Page Elements at the bottom of blog pages (usually filled with Footer). From the above picture seen that the Header and Blog Posts does not have the facility to add gadgets. To optimize the blog and to be able to add various functions (gadgets) in it, then the Header and Blog Posts must be change.

Let's do it by following this steps:

1 . As usually Log in to Blogger
2. On your Dashboard, select the Layout menu, than click the Edit HTML. Under the Edit Template you can see your Blog's HTML. (please Back up first...!)
3. To have an “Add a Gadget” option, under “Header”, Check the "Expand Widgets Templates" then Scroll down and towards the bottom, you will see these lines (use Ctrl+F to find):

<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Blogger Test Result (Header)' type='Header'>
<b:includable id='main'>

Change with this :

<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='2' showaddelement='yes'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Blogger Test Result (Header)' type='Header'>
<b:includable id='main'>

This will give you 1 more Page Element in your Header. You can add it more by change the number of maxwidgets="..."

4. To add "Add a Gadget" on the Blog Posts, find these lines

<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'>

Than change with this:

<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='yes'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'>

Once You have done, don't forget to Save Template... And You will have :

Finnaly we have a "New" Blogger Page Element ready to optimized...

Simple isn't it...?

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How To Make a Sticky Post in Your Blogger With a Simple Trick.

Because of the specific goals, sometimes we want every guest who visited our blog, read or see: pictures, messages, or a particular post on all of our blog pages they were visited, it's call a sticky post.
Usually we put the sticky post above the blog post.

In blogger post rule, a new post will be shown on the top, while the older one place below/after it or become archive (depending on your post setting), but with this very simple trick you can remain your post sticky at the top.

Actually this trick is very simple, The key is add the "Add a Gadget" widget above Blog Post in Page Element

By default this widget isn't there, we must doing a little trick first to get that widget. If you do not have Add a Gadget Widget yet, please follow this link http://computerandcelltrics.blogspot.com/2010/05/add-add-gadget-on-header-and-blog-posts.html

The rest step is just to add our Sticky Post (or you can put picture, message, HTML/JavaScript ) by Add a Gadget Widget above the blog post.

If you want to add a "post form" exactly like your post, then you can add a "Text" gadget.
Please not to write your post title in Title Column because it will show up as a "Gadget Title" not as a Post Title, you better write it in Content. and set the display as a Post Title.

The Problem is: to do this trick, we must use HTML code to make up the text... But don't worry, if you are not capable with HTML Codes, there are simple and fast way to make your sticky post without learn it. Use your "New Post" to make a sample of your sticky post, set the display as close as your real post, use the Preview to check your sticky post display then copy-paste into your content collumn text add gadget.

Open your Blogger Dashboard >> New Post. Write your sticky post.

Use Preview to check your final displal, Block your Sticky Post text.

Open your Dashboard in a new Tab >> Layout >> Page Element >> Add a Gadget (above your blogpost) >> Click Text >> Paste your Sticky Post into content column. and Save it.

And this is the final example...

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How To Make A Sticky Post In Blogger

Sticky posts in blogger blogs

are like featured posts in wordpress. By default your blog

homepage shows recently published posts but you can keep a certain post as your sticky post and which will stay above all other blog posts. This is great to highlight your best or an important post. This sticky post will be there above all posts no matter how many new posts you publish. All your new posts will get arranged below that sticky post automatically.

Earlier bloggers used to publish a post on a future date to activate this sticky post on their blogger blogs. For an example if you schedule a post to get published on 13-12-2009, this post will be there as the sticky till 13th december 2009. Blogger was not supporting scheduled posts and as a result that post would be there till that scheduled date. But Blogger fixed this bug a while ago and this trick is not working anymore.

So, we have to follow any alternative method to make a post sticky post. Well, we can’t call this a sticky post exactly, because this will not be a post though it will stay above all your blog posts. This can be done with a simple HTML edit. You can also change that sticky contents frequently. You will be having total control over that. Lets discuss about it in details.

1. Navigate to Page Elements >> Edit Template

2. Search for the following code in your template

<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
</b:section></div>

3. Now inside the above code you can find a code
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>.
This code is for the post section. We can edit this code to add another gadget on our post body.

4. You have to change NO to Yes in the above code. That means after editing the code it should look like
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='yes'>
Save the template.

5. Now navigate to Page Elements and you can notice a new Add a Gadget option there above your post contents. Check out the below screenshot

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6. You can use either TEXT or HTML/Javascript gadget to write your post and then save. This will show your text above all your blog posts.

7. You are done.

This is how you can make a sticky post on blogger blogs.

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Wphone – Wordpress on mobile

Before beginning to write about Wphone, i would like you to guess what can this be about ?

Think…………… !

Okay, if you cant think about anything then let me give you a hint, its a wordpress plugin.

Still cant think about anything, fine without further waisting any time, i will start by saying its ’simplified wordpress on phone’.
This plugin was devised to make mobile blogging easy. By using it, you wont be introducing any material changes to your blog, however it will certainly make your life easy if you blog from mobile !

Moving further, you can download the plugin from the wordpress page and in order to install this plugin you need to follow the simple procedure of uploading the plugin to the default plugin directory on your server and then activating it from dashboard.
And thats it ! !
No need for any other configuration !
The rest will be handled by the plugin itself.

After installing it, you will notice an option for ‘ Use Mobile Admin Interface ‘ on wordpress login page, as shown below.

While logging on from your phone, checking that box will result in you logging in a wordpress dashboard specially designed for mobile phones.

My Recommendation – I have been using this plugin for some time and have found it really easy to use however as many plugins do, it also has some bugs like, image uploading, etc. But all in all i would recommend you to use it ( If you blog from mobile a lot ).
Do tell me, how you liked the plugin and if you have better option than this one, do discuss !!!

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Google Adsense For Mobile Applications

Most of you would have figured out what I mean to say through this post but now let me make it more clear to you all. Google has announced Adsense for mobile applications Beta , a program for those application developers who want to generate revenue from their applications.

The program currently in Beta stage will create direct contact between the advertisers and the consumers and thus in process help the application developers to generate money by displaying text and image ads in their iPhone and Android applications.

Advertisers are always keen to reach their target customers by one way or the other and thus advertising through mobile applications is the latest concept promoted by Google through this Beta program ,in-turn the application developers will get a chance to make quick cash and the consumers will get direct access to products of their choice thus saving their time and energy for looking for the desired products and services.

I must say that with these kinds of Innovative ideas Google has a really long way to go ahead of its competitors.

For the official Google Announcement refer Here.

To apply for the Beta program Application developers can apply Here.

If you already are a part of this beta program, do share your experience experience with us.

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Perfect Utility To Find Icons For Websites & Blogs

Its pretty hard to find out new icons ( Favicons ) for your blog(s) or websites. Although there are numerous tools that allow you to construct your own icon but it requires hard work.

Icon finder is basically an icon search engine, which can allow us to find prefect icons for blogs, websites, etc. Once you open the site page you will see a search page like this :-

All you need to do is just search for the kind of icon you need and it will display the matching results to you !!

You can select to download the icon in two formats i.e. .ico or .png . This means you can use these icons like a favicon and add them to your blog or website.

There is also an option to browse their Icon set. They have somewhere close to 154 icon sets ( at the time of writing this post ). You can search them by browsing Iconfinder site or by clicking this direct link.

Do share your experience, of using this service, with us.

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How To Get Targeted Traffic For Your Blog Free

We all know that the most important part of becoming a successful blogger and to monetize your site effectively is to get traffic. If you are into affiliate marketing then it is a must for you to get targeted traffic to your blog because only targeted traffic can bring you sales/revenue. Since generating traffic is not a child’s game so today i share with you some tips on how to get targeted traffic to your blog absolutely free.
Since the traffic sources are free so you need to put a little effort to reap something out from those. Here are few free targeted traffic sources :-

1. Video Sharing Sites

Video sharing sites such as youtube and metacafe are a great source of targeted traffic. Traffic can be generated by commenting on videos similar to your blog niche and putting your blog link in the signatures. Thus interested people may come to your blog but you must keep in mind that the video you comment on should be high on popularity stats and related to your blog niche. One other way is to compose your own video (something original and appealing) according to your niche so that people can come straight to your blog. We all know the capability of these sites and if a video becomes popular it can bring you the desired amount of traffic to your blog.

2. Article Marketing

This is also a great source of getting quality traffic to your blog. In this method you have to submit quality articles (relevant to your niche) to popular article sites like EzineArticles, GoArticles, ArticalBase, etc. Once your article is approved half of your work is done because these sites get a lot of visitors daily which will be directed to your blog itself if you have written something effective enough. But you must keep in mind that your article should be original and interest building. Its a bit like Guest Posting since you write for someone else to get traffic to your blog.

3. Yahoo Answers

This is probably the most easy way to get targeted traffic and quality backlinks. In yahoo answers you have to answer queries of other people, maybe on any topic. You earn points on answering the questions and you get to place your link (source of your answer) in your answer. And if your answer is chosen as the best then you get extra reward points. This technique gives you a lot of exposure, bringing your answers and blog in front of other people. And you also get high quality backlinks by this technique.

4. Forum Marketing

This is also a nice way to get good traffic to your website as participating in various forums via threads and comments give you a lot of exposure. This participation also lets you make a lot of new business links and you get to know a lot of new marketing as well as SEO tips. I joined warriorforum recently and i am glad to tell that i have learnt a lot of SEO, Adsense ,Twitter, etc optimization and marketing tips. When you participate in forums via threads interested people contact you voluntarily and sometimes give you solutions and suggestions that really help.

P.S :- As free traffic generation requires a large amount of time, I strongly recommend you to outsource your activities so as to focus on other money making ways and make your time. You need to do a lot of experiment with all of these techniques to select the optimal one. And get the same outsourced with professionals for better results and to concentrate better on other things. If you have any other way of getting free traffic please share with us.

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Guest Posting – An Introduction

Lately, you must have noticed a lot of emphasis is being laid on guest posting. Every other blogger, whether a newbie or a well established one, is engaged in guest posting. It has almost become a thumb rule for bloggers.

For those, who dont know or haven’t heard about this term, and were thinking of closing your browser tab, here’s the deal.

Guest posting, in simple terms is like writing a post for some other blog instead of your own.

Now reading this a series of questions must have popped in your mind, “Why the hell do i want to write a post for some other blog ? What do i get in return ? What is the purpose of doing so ? “ Well dont be in a hurry !

Read on and you will get all your queries solved.

Starting with the first question, why do you want to write for some other blog ?
It has got a simple answer, to increase your awareness. Writing for other blogs specially renowned ones, gives you and your blog exposer. The readers will get to know you, your blog, your writing style, your niche, etc. And if the readers find your articles interesting, they will visit your blog. So, you basically are making your presence felt through other established blogs. Thats like indirect advertising ! Isnt it ?

Moving further, the second query was what do you get in return ?
As i explained above you are driving traffic to your blog. This is one main factor which should encourage you to engage yourself in guest posting. The second factor is income. With the advent of guest posting,

Another term came to existence and that was revenue sharing. Almost all the blogs accepting guest posts have implemented revenue sharing. In simple terms, you get paid according to the ads clicked on your post page. Revenue sharing is one factor that is drawing lot of guest authors. Not only the guest authors but also rookies who dont have a blog and have never written a post before are also trying to make money through guest posting !

Now, lastly comes the purpose. I think those who had this query earlier, will now have got an answer to it. For those who didnt, guest posting makes you stand tall with other other bloggers by showcasing your expertise in a particular niche. It also makes your presence felt in an otherwise overcrowded internet world full of bloggers !

Hope, you enjoyed the post and learnt something about guest blogging. Dont forget to share your experience about Guest Blogging with us.

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10 Tips for Faster Writing

In today’s fast-paced world of information on the go and ever-diminishing attention spans, you may feel like the art of writing just isn’t keeping pace. Forming coherent sentences. Stringing them into paragraphs. Linking those paragraphs into some semblance of order to create an article or essay. It all just takes too long, right? Not necessarily.

Here are a few tips for ways to write faster but still maintain some pride in your work and properly convey your ideas.

1. Be Ready to Write: It isn’t always easy to just sit down and start banging out page after page. Often, you have to be in the right mood to write, otherwise you just feel like you’re sitting there wasting time. Being in the proper frame of mind, focusing, and avoiding distractions can make your writing session more effective, allow you to write better, and write quicker as well.
2. Research First: While you may not be able to gather every shred of information you need before you start writing, having your facts in order and your research done ahead of time may help increase your writing speed. Having to stop constantly to look something up or gather fodder for your writing can slow you down and stunt the creative process.
3. Outline: Outlining your ideas and how you would like the general structure of your writing to go before you begin can help make your ideas easier to form and string together in an easy to read manner. Think of an outline as the blueprint to create a structure, except in your case, you are writing instead of building.
4. Jot Down Your Thoughts: As you write, you may find that ideas will come to you that are linked to the topic on which you are writing but not necessarily relevant to the particular sub-topic on which you are currently working. If possible, taking a brief moment to jot down the main points to your idea or ideas can make it easier to come back to them when the time is right and may keep you from forgetting them completely.
5. Using Down Time: You may not always feel like writing, so when you’re tired or just not in the mood, consider brainstorming ideas for the future. Compiling interesting subjects and ideas for future work can be easier than writing the actual article, and then when the mood hits, you’ll have topics set and ready to work on, avoiding those down times when you just sit there and ponder what to write next.
6. Read Directions: When writing for yourself, you may have the freedom to write how you please. However, when completing assignments for others, there may be important guidelines to consider before you begin. Ensuring that you read and understand these directions can save you time, keep you from having to backtrack to modify your writing, and allow you to write faster.
7. Write and Then Re-write: Pausing to check spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. can slow you down, break your train of thought, and cost you valuable work time. Consider letting your thoughts flow, get your ideas down on paper (or on the computer), and then go back later and adjust your work accordingly.
8. Leave on a High: You probably won’t always be able to finish what you begin in each writing session. A great way to help yourself stay motivated, and thereby increase your productivity or ability to write faster, is to leave on a high note. Doing so will hopefully encourage you to come back and pick up where you left off, rather than sitting glumly, wondering how to get started again.
9. Break up Your Subject Matter: Breaking up the scope or range of your subject matter can make you more efficient and productive as well as tighten up your writing. If you are considering writing an article about home energy savings for example, you may consider breaking your work into several articles or at least dividing it into categories. Saving on home energy use can span a variety of areas – outdoor factors, geographic location, inside issues, appliances, HVAC, etc.
10. Choose Your Times: Knowing when you work best can be a huge factor in your ability to write faster. Choosing your writing times wisely, and when you’re at your best, could make your writing better and make the writing process easier and faster as well.

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10 Tips for Faster Writing

In today’s fast-paced world of information on the go and ever-diminishing attention spans, you may feel like the art of writing just isn’t keeping pace. Forming coherent sentences. Stringing them into paragraphs. Linking those paragraphs into some semblance of order to create an article or essay. It all just takes too long, right? Not necessarily.

Here are a few tips for ways to write faster but still maintain some pride in your work and properly convey your ideas.

1. Be Ready to Write: It isn’t always easy to just sit down and start banging out page after page. Often, you have to be in the right mood to write, otherwise you just feel like you’re sitting there wasting time. Being in the proper frame of mind, focusing, and avoiding distractions can make your writing session more effective, allow you to write better, and write quicker as well.
2. Research First: While you may not be able to gather every shred of information you need before you start writing, having your facts in order and your research done ahead of time may help increase your writing speed. Having to stop constantly to look something up or gather fodder for your writing can slow you down and stunt the creative process.
3. Outline: Outlining your ideas and how you would like the general structure of your writing to go before you begin can help make your ideas easier to form and string together in an easy to read manner. Think of an outline as the blueprint to create a structure, except in your case, you are writing instead of building.
4. Jot Down Your Thoughts: As you write, you may find that ideas will come to you that are linked to the topic on which you are writing but not necessarily relevant to the particular sub-topic on which you are currently working. If possible, taking a brief moment to jot down the main points to your idea or ideas can make it easier to come back to them when the time is right and may keep you from forgetting them completely.
5. Using Down Time: You may not always feel like writing, so when you’re tired or just not in the mood, consider brainstorming ideas for the future. Compiling interesting subjects and ideas for future work can be easier than writing the actual article, and then when the mood hits, you’ll have topics set and ready to work on, avoiding those down times when you just sit there and ponder what to write next.
6. Read Directions: When writing for yourself, you may have the freedom to write how you please. However, when completing assignments for others, there may be important guidelines to consider before you begin. Ensuring that you read and understand these directions can save you time, keep you from having to backtrack to modify your writing, and allow you to write faster.
7. Write and Then Re-write: Pausing to check spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. can slow you down, break your train of thought, and cost you valuable work time. Consider letting your thoughts flow, get your ideas down on paper (or on the computer), and then go back later and adjust your work accordingly.
8. Leave on a High: You probably won’t always be able to finish what you begin in each writing session. A great way to help yourself stay motivated, and thereby increase your productivity or ability to write faster, is to leave on a high note. Doing so will hopefully encourage you to come back and pick up where you left off, rather than sitting glumly, wondering how to get started again.
9. Break up Your Subject Matter: Breaking up the scope or range of your subject matter can make you more efficient and productive as well as tighten up your writing. If you are considering writing an article about home energy savings for example, you may consider breaking your work into several articles or at least dividing it into categories. Saving on home energy use can span a variety of areas – outdoor factors, geographic location, inside issues, appliances, HVAC, etc.
10. Choose Your Times: Knowing when you work best can be a huge factor in your ability to write faster. Choosing your writing times wisely, and when you’re at your best, could make your writing better and make the writing process easier and faster as well.

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How Google AdSense Works

Using Google Advertising to Boost Site Revenue

Google AdSense is an easy way to monetize most websites and blogs. The Google advertising system places text and graphic ads onto websites that sign up for the program and install a basic JavaScript code onto each page that will carry a block of Google advertising.

The advertisers are people who have signed up through Google AdWords to advertise their websites or their affiliate links. Those who advertise through Google AdWords choose keywords and pay for their advertising to be seen by those who have those keywords on their sites.

Using Google AdSense to Monetize a Site

Many sites and blogs are monetized with AdSense because it's easy and automatic. Once the code has been added to the page, AdSense automatically delivers the right ads that correspond to the content on the page. The ads chosen by AdSense generally correspond to the advertiser's chosen keywords.

A website or blog owner who is using Google advertising to monetize their site will often use keywords that correspond to ads that will interest the site's readers. Though the site owner can't specifically choose which Google ad that appears on the site, he can choose the type of ads that appear by adding keywords into the text on the page.

Google AdSense Revenue

Most Google advertising runs on the pay-per-click model. Revenue is generated each time a reader sees a Google ad that interests them and they click the ad to learn more. Bloggers and site owners who use Google AdSense for revenue seek higher traffic numbers in order to raise revenues, though higher revenues don't always follow more traffic.

While the amount of traffic to a site often means more readers who click ads, leading to higher revenue coming in, the actual amount of money made per click depends on the keywords used and the competition for those keywords. If competition among advertisers is high, the price for each click goes up. Low-competition keywords may earn the site owner as little as .01 for a reader click.

Google AdSense revenue is payable by check or by direct bank deposit for those who verify their bank account with Google. The minimum payment amount is $100, and payment is made 30 days after the end of the month in which the minimum has been reached. If the minimum is not met, the revenue carries over to the next month.

Customizing Google Advertising

One reason for the popularity of Google advertising is that it can be added to a page in blocks of various sizes. These range from a long, thin block of ads that stretches across the top or bottom of a page to one small Google ad that inhabits a quiet corner of a page. The colors and overall look of the ads are also customizable, making it easy to make the ads blend in with the design of a page.

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What is Click Fraud?

Google AdSense Accounts Closed if Fraudulent Ad Clicks are Suspected

As print media experiences a drop in readership and advertising, web-based pay per click (PPC) advertising opportunities through Google's AdWords and AdSense programs are steadily on the rise. But these internet advertising programs are not without flaws; ad click fraud is a serious problem that's prompted Google to take a zero-tolerance stance as the web giant tries to maintain the integrity of its AdSense and AdWords internet advertising programs.

What is Click Fraud?

Click fraud is the act of clicking advertisements on the internet with the intention of earning money or draining a competitor's advertising account. Fraudulent ad clicks are extremely problematic, as it undermines the integrity of the Google AdWords program and other similar internet-based PPC advertising programs that involve clicking on an ad containing a link that, in turn, directs the clicker to the advertiser's web page.

Websites and Bloggers Committing Click Fraud

A large portion of fraudulent clicks come as a dishonest attempt to earn money via Google's AdSense program. The AdSense program enables websites and blogs to display contextual advertisements and with each ad that's clicked, the website or blogger earns a portion of the money that the advertiser agreed to pay per click.

What many fraudulent clickers don't realize is that Google tracks each and every click with IP address logging, among other methods. Red flags arise when abnormal ad clicking patterns emerge over a period of weeks or months, be it a suspicious pattern of ad clicks from a particular IP address or an unusually high number of clicks on the advertisements displayed on a web page.

When click fraud is suspected, the staff at Google investigate the invalid clicks. When a situation involving fraudulent clicks is confirmed, Google typically hands out a lifetime ban from the AdSense program.

Advertisers and Fraudulent Clicks

Another form of click fraud involves advertisers who use ad clicks as part of malicious and unethical business practices.

Advertisers have been known to engage in click fraud by clicking a competitor's web ads in an effort to expend the competitor's pre-set daily spending limit for advertisements. With the Google AdWords program, advertisers pay each time an ad is clicked. An advertiser's ads will "shut off" for the day once the pre-set daily spending limit is reached, so by committing click fraud, dishonest advertisers attempt to eliminate the competitor's internet ads.

Other Forms of Click Fraud on the Web

Another form of click fraud involves a "click exchange." A click exchange involves two or more individuals who, in an attempt to "outsmart" Google, agree to click ads on each others' website or blog.

Dishonest individuals who take part in click exchanges mistakenly believe that they cannot be held responsible for clicks that originate from another person's IP address. In reality, Google is wise to the click exchange, so any suspicious pattern of ad clicks — even those that originate from another person's IP address — that's consistent with click fraud serves as sufficient grounds for a lifetime ban from Google's AdSense program.

Promoting invalid clicks by instructing blog or website visitors to click on ads is another form of click fraud. Promotion of fraudulent ad clicks is considered a serious offense that's grounds for termination of a website's or blog's affiliation with AdSense.

Can You Appeal an AdSense Account Closure Due to Click Fraud?

For many years, there was no appeal process for individuals whose AdSense accounts were closed due to alleged click fraud involvement. But ultimately, Google decided to implement a click fraud appeals process, though it's believed that a very small percentage of accounts are ever reinstated following cancellation due to suspected click fraud.

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What Does Cost Per Click Mean in Web Marketing? Read more at Suite101: What Does Cost Per Click Mean in Web Marketing?: Understanding CPC Data to Mak

Understanding CPC Data to Make Money Online with a Blog or Website

Adsense is a great opportunity for those with a website or blog to make cash online. But creating great content does not necessarily mean the web designer will earn lots of revenue. In fact, the webmaster must first understand how to optimise his website by using various webmaster tools at his disposal. CPC or cost per click, sometimes known as pay per click or PPC, is of vital importance to the homeworker’s income and needs to be properly understood.

What is CPC when Optimising a Website?

CPC means the fee charged to an advertiser each time a visitor to a webpage clicks upon the advert displayed. A click on an advert is also known as an “ad click.” Google takes a commission from each ad click and passes on a percentage to the webmaster, who receives it as Adsense revenue. It must be noted that cost per click is different to “page views” or PV, which registers how many visit a particular webpage, whether an advert is clicked or not.

How Much Does Pay Per Click Advertising Earn the Web Designer?

The fee Google charges to the advertiser is determined by many factors. Examples are:

• The quality of the advertising campaign
• The wording in the advert used, or “adwords.”
• The advertiser competition
• The services or product advertised

Advertising some services attract a higher fee than others. It is generally known that products in the finance industry attracts a higher fee per click.

Pay Per Click Campaign

In order to optimise earnings from a website, webmasters must include certain keywords and phrases within his text to trigger relevant ads upon the webpage, to attract more visitors and also to garner a higher revenue per ad click. Careful analysis of keywords is essential to the webmaster.

Google Adwords Keyword Tool

A visitor looking for particular information will enter a key word or phrase into Google’s search bar, or other search engine to find what he is looking for. For instance, when looking for information on free web space providers, the visitor may type in the phrase “free web space.” The results will provide results that match these keywords. Using the right keywords, are for this reason, crucial for the webmaster if he is to attract traffic. This is known as SEO or Search Engine Optimisation.

Which Keywords

Rather than guess which keywords the visitor may use, the webmaster may use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool which collates all the search terms used by visitors and supplies the results in regards to the most common terms used and the estimated cost per click on the advert generated by the search term.

Google Pay Per Click Website Optimisation

Webmasters have a great opportunity for making Adsense revenue through his web space. However, the webmaster tools must be understood in order to optimise revenue, an example being Cost per click. CPC is the fee charged to the advertiser when a visitor clicks upon his link on a webpage. Google takes the fee and passes on a percentage of the fee to the webmaster who earns it as Adsense revenue.

Making a website visible is crucial to attract visitors and increase the likelihood of gaining ad clicks. It must be noted here that the webmaster must never himself or coerce another to click on an ad for the purpose of earning revenue, which is known as “click fraud” and will cause the webmaster to be suspended.

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Increase Google AdSense Revenue

Tips to Make More Money with Online Ads

Once a blogger or Webmaster starts Making Money with Online Content, dreams of making even more begin to surface. It’s valuable to know how to increase Google AdSense revenue, making a good thing even better. Master some tips to make more money with online ads, and turn blogging as a hobby into writing as a career.

Anyone can learn how to Use a Free Blog to Make Money at Home, but not everyone knows how to increase Google AdSense revenue as it starts to trickle in. It’s important to create great, fresh online content and offer something that generates a lot of traffic…but that’s not the only trick to making more money with online ads.

Using Google AdSense

Google AdSense is a program used by many, many people online. Web sites from the most sophisticated to the simplest have used this free program to generate revenue. How does it work? One reason Google AdSense is so popular is because it’s easy. After signing up or a free Google AdSense account and providing all necessary URL information, simply decide where to place AdSense code (on some sites, it’s possible to point-and-click to place ads) using an html editor. Ads will continuously refresh and update to reflect the content on the page.

Google provides management options and reports to show Webmasters how much they’re earning through AdSense. But even successful and highly profitable sites could always be more so. Learn some tips to make more money with online ads, and increase Google AdSense revenue.

Increase Google AdSense Revenue

The formula Google AdSense uses to determine revenues is pretty simple. With this program, online ads only earn when visitors are actually clicking on the ads. The money made by the Webmaster or blogger is determined by the cost (per click) of each ad being clicked upon.

This can start to get a little tricky, though on the whole it’s fairly straightforward, only because different keywords equal different payouts. For instance, the phrase “attorneys in California” may offer more cost per click than “monkeys in Cincinnati.” This is why it can be confusing to increase Google AdSense revenue - it’s not just about the traffic…but it is all about the words.

Make More Money with Online Ads

To make more money with online ads and increase Google AdSense revenue, the person providing the content has got to know which words are worth it. In other words, it’s time to become familiar with the highest-paying Google AdSense keywords. Increasing traffic is well and good and obviously should be the goal of anyone providing Internet content, but getting more buck for those words is indeed a worthy pursuit.

• Weeding out the low-paying ads. Some sites specialize in optimizing pages not to increase traffic, but to increase revenue. By identifying low-paying ads and blocking them, Web sites are left with higher-paying ads that increase Google AdSense revenue.

• Finding the top-paying keywords. Want to make more money with online ads? Increase Google AdSense revenue by finding the top-paying keywords. Sometimes it’s not quantity but quality. For content writers who are focusing on keywords anyway, it’s not too much of a stretch to focus on keywords that bring in more money.

• Smoothly integrating ads. AdSense ads should flow smoothly with the rest of the site. The ads should be of the same colors the rest of the page displays, with fonts and link colors that match. Ads should not stick out on the page, but blend in naturally and nicely with everything else.

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Making Money Online with Google Sites

How to Make Adsense Earnings via Google’s Free Website Hosting

Free webspace through Google’s Google Sites negates the requirement of having to buy webspace domains in order to make money online.

Because Google Sites is a Google creation, the webmaster need not have to go through the rigmarole of verifying web pages and generating Sitemaps, because this will have been automatically done by Google.

Free Web Hosting Service

Furthermore, the benefits of using Google Sites takes the headache from having to create and format Adsense codes onto web pages and having to go back and check how the code has affected the appearance of the web page.

Creating Adsense codes is much easier and requires but a click or two. The webmaster can also feel reasonably assured that his hard work will not vanish with this huge service provider, as has happened with some providers in the past.

Making Adsense Earnings Through Google Sites

In order to make earnings from Google Sites, one must first create an account with Google, an Adsense account and a Google Sites account. Google website analytics is a useful tool for those wishing to view the traffic and the average length of time each visitor remains on each Google Site web page.

Features that Google Sites Offer

Google Sites offer the following features:

• A wide choice of themes, colours and fonts
• A privacy button for those wishing their site to be viewed by select users, such as a school or business (note, the Adsense program cannot be enabled if the privacy button is selected)
• Ability to use the Adsense program with ease
• Automatic verification of website and generation of Sitemap
• A supportive forum
• Updates and upgrades
• Ability to edit the appearance of the sidebar menu and submenus
• Simple insertion of multi media rich content such as images, spreadsheets and videos as well as a choice of gadgets

Making Higher Search Engine Ranking

As with any URL that begins with the provider’s suffix, in this case, http://sites.google.com/site/ followed by the username, Google search ranking is likely to be within the “supplemental pages” of Google’s indexing, and also, like any other site, will take a while to be indexed by Google.

However with effective use of SEO keywords and by promoting the site with contextual inbound links, as well as a blog, the Google Site webmaster may attract more visitors and therefore more ad clicks, and all for nothing.

Creating Free Domains

The beginner will need to navigate through Google’s tutorials to get a grip with how to proceed with creating a Google Site domain. However, the webmaster may note various limitations on what he can do with the Google Sites page, as the HTML code cannot be edited. For those who find it a little difficult at first, KC Cloud Solutions gives clear and concise advice for the beginner. The bottom line, however, is to make the pages interesting, eye catching and informative for the visitor, which can easily be achieved with the tools Google Sites offer.

Earn Money on the Internet with Google Sites

Google Sites offers free web hosting service for creating team websites that offers many great features including themes and ease of using Adsense. With strategic use of the Google’s Adwords Keyword Tool along with a blog, inbound links and interesting content, the webmaster may make a reasonable living creating interesting and eye catching content without having to part with a penny.

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The Difference Between Adwords and Adsense

How the Adsense Programme and Adwords Make Money Online Together

Despite much being written about making money at home from Adsense revenue via Adwords advertising, much confusion still exists between the two. In fact, Google’s Adsense programme and Adwords are really two sides of the same coin.

What is Adsense and how it Works

Simply put, Adsense is a moneymaking affiliate programme provided by Google in the form of small adverts displayed at the side of the web content. The visitor may have arrived at the webpage when searching for specific information and will therefore be presented with adverts targeted within the subject matter of what the visitor is looking for.

For instance, when searching for information about oil paints, the visitor may arrive at a web page describing what oil paints are made of. If the webmaster has exercised appropriate keyword usage, contextual adverts will be generated on the webpage from businesses hawking their services in this area. Examples might be suppliers of oil paints, art brush manufacturers, painting holidays and so forth. If the visitor clicks upon an ad link, the webmaster earns a commission in the form of Adsense revenue.

Other affiliate programmes are available supplying their own list of advertisers, such as Amazon and ClickBank.

Advertise with Google Through Adwords Advertising

Google also sells advertising space to businesses on their own Search Engine Results Page, or SERPS. This is the page that is displayed when visitors search for information on Google before clicking on any blogs, websites or other links.

Google Adwords Management

Adwords is a service provided by Google to help businesses connect with potential customers. By displaying ads alongside web content, businesses are able to raise their profile and hopefully lure visitors into clicking upon one of their ad links by the use of carefully chosen keywords.

In order to help businesses choose their keywords, or “Adwords” wisely, they may conduct research into what words visitors are most likely to use, should they be searching for something within that business area. Google’s keywords research tool can be used to analyse which words are most popular and which are best for niche businesses.

In this way, the business’s advert will appear alongside search results generated by particular keywords the visitor has used.

Examples of Adwords can be found on the adverts found on the side of most webpages. For example, one advert proclaims, “Ecommerce Websites – exquisite bespoke websites free hosting for the first year.” The visitor who requires information on free website hosting services may be presented with this advert on the side of a webpage article giving free website hosting advice.

Some adverts use a combination of keywords and images. In either case, much research should be conducted into which Adwords work and which don’t.

Adwords Adsense and the Difference

Much confusion exists between the difference between Adsense and Adwords. Both are really two sides of the same coin. Adsense is a profit making scheme for webmasters who wish to earn commission from clicks upon adverts displayed upon webpages. Adwords is a Google programme whereby businesses are able to display their ads alongside web content. Carefully chosen keywords or Adwords, are designed to lure potential customers to click upon the advert displayed.

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Build Niche Content Sites & Create Passive Income Streams

Niche websites are small Internet sites that focus on a very specific segment of a subject or industry. These sites provide highly targeted content to readers in the niche, allowing web marketers to effectively optimize the site for monetization with contextual ads and products of interest to the readership. This is an effective way to generate passive income streams that pay residuals over the long term.

Using Marketing Niche Software to Build a Niche Store or Website

There are many tools and programs available that can help a web marketer build a niche store or website. Some niche software programs provide web templates and a site builder application to help a webmaster quickly build multiple niche sites. Other programs provide keyword research and analysis tools to help web marketers uncover valuable niche opportunities. Some software programs and niche services combine both of these elements in one software package designed to make niche marketing as easy as possible.

However, investing in this type of product or service is not necessary for building successful niche content sites. Niche sites can be created easily and for little expense, even by the novice webmaster.

Create a Niche Website Using WordPress Content Management System

One way to quickly and easily build a quality niche site is to use the WordPress content management system on a self-hosted domain. WordPress is simple to set-up, even for someone new to working on the web, and provides many features and plug-ins that help with search engine optimization and the web writing experience in general.

Additional benefits to WordPress are that the platform is free to use, even for commercial use, and is available for one-click installs through most popular web hosts.

Some marketers also choose to start a niche site on the free blogging platforms at WordPress.com and Blogger.com. However, these sites have some restrictions around the types of monetization strategies allowed, so it is important to read the terms of service to identify potential problems in the strategy.

How Niche Websites Make Money and Create Passive Income Streams

Niche content sites can generate income in a variety of ways, including:

• advertising services such as the Google Adsense pay-per-click ad model
• advertising services that compensate on a page view model (CPM - cost per 1000 impressions), which is most effective for high-traffic sites
• direct banner advertising
• affiliate product marketing
• site sponsorships
• sponsored reviews
• charging membership fees for premium content

A niche website that is optimized well for keyword phrases and the target audience can be a lucrative source of passive income for online marketers. With some initial research, a conscious approach to creating content, and monetization strategies, web marketers can create a valuable resource for readers and residual income for the online business owner.

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How to Monetize a Niche Site with AdSense Pay-Per-Click Ad Model

Google AdSense makes it easy for webmasters to monetize a niche website with pay-per-click ads. Generating revenue through AdSense can be a lucrative source of passive income for a well optimized website.

The Google AdSense advertising model works through a pay-per-click (PPC), also known as cost-per-click (CPC), pricing strategy. This means that advertisers pay Google a pre-determined amount every time someone clicks one of their ads, and Google passes along a percentage of that payment to sites hosting the advertisements.

The amount of income that can be made with Google AdSense fluctuates depending on the niche keywords used, the CPC rate associated with the ads they generate, and the number of clicks those ads get.

The Importance of Keyword Phrases when Monetizing a Niche Website with AdSense

In order to monetize a niche website using Google AdSense, it is important that the site be well optimized for keyword phrases relevant to the niche subject. There are two reasons search engine optimization is integral to generating revenue with AdSense:

1. A site that isn't well optimized is not likely to generate a lot of organic search engine traffic, which means there will be less visitors to a site. The less visitors, the less people to click on ads, the less potential there is for a passive income stream.
2. Google AdSense serves up ads based on the keyword phrases present in the web copy. The better optimized content is for a particular keyword phrase, the better the chances are that AdSense will present ads that readers will want to click on.

When considering what keyword phrases to use for a niche site it is a good idea to include high competition, high CPC keywords. While it may be difficult to rank in search engine results for these keywords, they make great secondary keyword phrases that can attract high-paying ads for a website.

Experiment with AdSense Ad Placement to Increase Click-through Rates (CTR)

Not all AdSense ad placements are created equal. In order to get the most bang for the buck, experiment with ad placement in various "hot spots" on the website to determine which locations provide better conversion rates. For suggestions on potential locations, see the Google AdSense "heat map" which outlines how various ad placement locations typically perform.

Some things to consider when testing out ad placement:

• Set up a new channel for each ad placement to easily track how well a location earns.
• Allow a specific amount of time for testing each ad placement so that there is a standard amount of data to compare.
• If a location isn't performing well, consider removing the ad. A site with fewer ad placement locations that perform well will be more user-friendly than a site cluttered with under-performing ads.
• Test out ad colour combinations and formats (images, link units, text ads) to determine which options have better conversion rates.

Consider the Visitor Experience when Planning to Make Money with Google Adsense

Whatever the strategy for ad placement and optimization of content, it is important to remember that real people will be navigating the site and reading the articles posted there. The usability of a site always be kept front of mind, and never sacrificed for the sake of potential site monetization. A site that is user-friendly and authoritative will lead to repeat visitors, link-backs and better search engine rankings – all elements that lead to greater overall revenue potential.

A successful monetization strategy should include focusing on quality and usability, using SEO to effectively optimize website content for keyword phrases, and experimenting with AdSense ad placement for optimal revenue generation. Using this approach a webmaster should be able to effectively monetize a niche website to create passive streams of income.

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Google's AdSense program enables bloggers and website owners to earn revenue as they display pay per-click-ads on pages of a blog, website, or blog RSS feed. When a website or blog visitor clicks on one of Google's contextual ads, the blogger or webmaster earns money in their Google AdSense account.

Google ad revenue for a blog or website can reach into the hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands or more, but only if the ads are displayed! There are several problems that can result in a situation where the pay-per-click Google ads aren't showing on the page, leaving bloggers and web gurus looking for Google ads troubleshooting tips.
Stop Words or Poison Words Prevent Ads from Displaying on Blog or Website

The Google ads may disappear from the page if stop words, also known as poison words, are present on the page. Google poison words are terms related to subjects like sex, crime and drugs.

It can be difficult to identify the stop words that are preventing Google ads from displaying properly. The precise algorithm relating to poison words is unknown, but some of the following factors may cause pay-per-click ads may turn off:

* Google ads may not show if multiple instances of one or more suspected stop words are present on the page.
* Certain word combinations constitute a poison word; if used independently, those terms will not prevent the Google ads from displaying, but used in combination, the ads will shut off.
* Poison words are believed to have varying ranks. Ads may be interrupted if term x appears only once, where it may take multiple instances of term y to cause an interruption in the display of Google ads.

A Lack of Relevant Google Ads Causes a Google Ad Blackout

Advertisers with the Google AdWords program select keyword terms that will trigger their ad to appear on an AdSense client's site. So for each page of a blog or website, there is a pool of potential pay-per-click ads. For some blogs or websites, there may be a lack of relevant ads with keywords that match the keywords on the page. This may cause the AdSense ad units to display a solid color instead of ads.

Another reason for a lack of Google ads on a page may result from advertising budget caps set by advertisers in the Google AdWords program. AdWords advertisers set a budget for their online ad campaign; this determines what the daily spending rate will be for a particular ad campaign.

As the day progresses and website and blog visitors click on ads, advertising budgets are expended, causing an advertiser's ads to "shut off" until the following day. As more and more ads "shut off" for the day, the ad pool shrinks. For niches and topics with a limited number of advertisements, this can mean that Google ads will not display for a period of time.

Bloggers and website creators must also remember that the Google AdWords ads are geo-targeted (i.e. ads for Miami businesses are displayed in the Miami area, while Memphis-related ads are displayed to website visitors in Tennessee, and so on), meaning each website/blog visitor will see different ads displayed. So while the blogger may see that her blog is without Google ads when viewed from her location in Boston, a viewer in London may find that all of the ads are displayed if relevant Google ads are available for London.
Public Service Ads are Showing Instead of Paying Google Ads

Public service ads may be displayed if the AdSense account holder hasn't provided all of the necessary information to Google, resulting in a hold on the Adsense account.

When new Google ad units are created, it's possible the account holder selected the option to display public service ads in the event that relevant ads are not available. This can be remedied by editing the settings for the affected Google ad unit. The other options include "Show non-Google ads from another URL" and "Fill space with a solid color."
Other Reasons Why Google Ads Won't Show on a Blog or Website

There are a few additional causes for an absence of Google ads. If the Google ad codes were just recently placed on the page, the ad blackout may be the result of the routine delay that occurs. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes for Google ad units to appear once the HTML code is placed on the page.

Some Google AdSense units may not display ads if there are too many ad units present on the page. Google AdSense policy limits the number of ad units for content that can appear on a page to three units of link ads and three traditional ad units that display contextual text ads or ads containing graphics and images.

Google AdSense revenue will depend on how well a page is optimized for SEO and other factors, like location of ad units and fortunately, most of these Google ad problems can be eliminated or avoided by employing good SEO techniques — like strong keywording — on a blog or website.

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