How To Build An Adsense Empire Using Private Label Right Articles

November 8th, 2008

Private label right articles are hot at the moment. Why? And how they can help you increase your Adsense revenues?

PLR articles are sold as content you can call your own. This usually mean you can rework it, you can repackage it into an ebook and sell it, you can use it as is on your site and sign as if you wrote it yourself, etc. The only thing you can’t do is to submit it to various article directories for backlinks. Overall, PLR articles great for webmasters because they can save a whole lot of money with them!

Think about this for a moment: ONE good article can cost you anywhere from 10$ to 20$. If you are an Adsense junkie like I am, you probably create a few new Adsense websites each month, and you pay big bucks for fresh optimized content that will bring you in decent Adsense revenues. So, a few dozens articles each month can easily cost you 500 to 1000$!

By using PLR articles instead, you can pay a fraction of the price and get tons of content for new sites.

There is a trick though. If you just take PLR content and publish it AS IS, you will not be able to get good rankings in the search engines for it. But, if you modify them just a bit, you can get fresh content for pennies.

Now, how do you use it to create a little Adsense Empire? Here are a few steps to follow:

1. Find a profitable Adsense niche.

2. Select the highest paying keywords in the niche you found.

3. Select the best SEO keywords in this niche (the easiest words you can get good ranking for).

4. Find optimized PLR articles for your keyword list.

5. Build the site.

6. Submit the site to directories for backlinks.

7. Publish articles for reprint on other sites to get tons of backlinks.

8. Add a few articles each month in order to grow your site with fresh content.

9. Start a new site!

And if you have access to a good collection of private label rights articles, you can use them to do exactly that: build new Adsense sites each months! You will save a lot of time.

To get the best out of the PLR articles, you must modify them a minimum to make them your own. This way, you will be able to get the best of both world : optimized content for your Adsense site unique content that will allow you to rank well in the search engines!

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AdSense Tips To Help You Make More Money Online

November 7th, 2008

Many webmasters are using the google adsense program to make good money from the internet. If you are looking for a legitimate way to make money online then seriously consider learning how to build a quality website that draws plenty of traffic and then learn how to optimize your site for adsense.

You may be tempted to try the approach of building hundreds of separate sites specifically for adsense however this strategy is not a long term success method. Focus on building one or at most a handful of quality sites that are unique and useful and regularly updated. Remember that the adsense program is owned by Google so if your sites are not unique and useful then this may violate the terms and conditions of adsense.

It is also a good idea to not make a site monetized solely with adsense. Add affiliate links or your own products so that your site has multiple income streams. Learn about white hat search engine optimization to help get more free traffic from the search engines. The best way to improve the ranking on your site is to create great content that people will want to link to and share with others. Be sure to visit the Google webmaster guidelines page and make sure you comply with all of their rules to ensure that your site has long term success in the search engines.

Once you have a site that is getting traffic either from the search engines or from paid sources then the next step is to ensure that your site is optimized for adsense. There is now a new feature in the adsense program where you can add Youtube videos that have your ads at the top section of the videos so consider experimenting with that to see if it is profitable. Of course make sure to use videos that are genuinely useful and related to the topic of your site. Never sacrifice user experience even when it comes to adding adsense so resist the temptation to flood your site with ads.

It is important to try to blend your ads in as much as possible with your site. The appearance of the ads should match the general theme of your site. If the links on your site are red then make the links in the ads red too. Also it is often a good idea to make the url color either black or grey. This will make the ad headline stand out more and should help to increase click through rates.

Remember that you are allowed to use 3 link units and 3 ad units on every content rich page. As long as there is enough content be sure to use as many ads as you are allowed. Make sure that you have at least one ad unit above the fold on your site. This is the portion of your site that is visible without scrolling down. It is usually a good idea to have a horizontal link unit above the fold close to the center of the page. Try to place your ads as close to the center of the page as possible since most visitors notice and focus on this section of a page.

It is also a good idea to add some adsense at the bottom of each page as this will give your visitors a place to go once they are done viewing your content. Add a link unit or a 336×280 ad unit that is centered at the bottom of the page. Also make sure your site has the following links: contact us, about us, sitemap and privacy. This will help to make your site appear more legitimate. Remember that advertisers can pick and choose sites they want their ads on so you want to create a site that can draw high paying advertisers. Implement some of these tips to help increase your adsense revenue.

Jason is an online researcher, author and a regular contributor to a site that shows people how to make money online. Be sure to visit and also learn about affiliate marketing as a way to increase your income.

Pet Forum

AdSense Tips To Help You Make More Money Online

November 7th, 2008

Many webmasters are using the google adsense program to make good money from the internet. If you are looking for a legitimate way to make money online then seriously consider learning how to build a quality website that draws plenty of traffic and then learn how to optimize your site for adsense.

You may be tempted to try the approach of building hundreds of separate sites specifically for adsense however this strategy is not a long term success method. Focus on building one or at most a handful of quality sites that are unique and useful and regularly updated. Remember that the adsense program is owned by Google so if your sites are not unique and useful then this may violate the terms and conditions of adsense.

It is also a good idea to not make a site monetized solely with adsense. Add affiliate links or your own products so that your site has multiple income streams. Learn about white hat search engine optimization to help get more free traffic from the search engines. The best way to improve the ranking on your site is to create great content that people will want to link to and share with others. Be sure to visit the Google webmaster guidelines page and make sure you comply with all of their rules to ensure that your site has long term success in the search engines.

Once you have a site that is getting traffic either from the search engines or from paid sources then the next step is to ensure that your site is optimized for adsense. There is now a new feature in the adsense program where you can add Youtube videos that have your ads at the top section of the videos so consider experimenting with that to see if it is profitable. Of course make sure to use videos that are genuinely useful and related to the topic of your site. Never sacrifice user experience even when it comes to adding adsense so resist the temptation to flood your site with ads.

It is important to try to blend your ads in as much as possible with your site. The appearance of the ads should match the general theme of your site. If the links on your site are red then make the links in the ads red too. Also it is often a good idea to make the url color either black or grey. This will make the ad headline stand out more and should help to increase click through rates.

Remember that you are allowed to use 3 link units and 3 ad units on every content rich page. As long as there is enough content be sure to use as many ads as you are allowed. Make sure that you have at least one ad unit above the fold on your site. This is the portion of your site that is visible without scrolling down. It is usually a good idea to have a horizontal link unit above the fold close to the center of the page. Try to place your ads as close to the center of the page as possible since most visitors notice and focus on this section of a page.

It is also a good idea to add some adsense at the bottom of each page as this will give your visitors a place to go once they are done viewing your content. Add a link unit or a 336×280 ad unit that is centered at the bottom of the page. Also make sure your site has the following links: contact us, about us, sitemap and privacy. This will help to make your site appear more legitimate. Remember that advertisers can pick and choose sites they want their ads on so you want to create a site that can draw high paying advertisers. Implement some of these tips to help increase your adsense revenue.

Jason is an online researcher, author and a regular contributor to a site that shows people how to make money online. Be sure to visit and also learn about affiliate marketing as a way to increase your income.

Pet Forum

The Truth About Affiliate Rockstar Status, An Affiliate Rockstar Review

November 5th, 2008

Who doesn’t want to live life like a Rockstar? If you’re in marketing, then I guess it would be an Affiliate Rockstar. Anyways…

I have been in affiliate marketing for a couple years now, and everytime a new ebook like Affiliate Rockstar Status comes out, see a whole bunch of hype about it. Heck, I even get a ton of emails from fellow internet marketers promoting them. So it was no surprise when the Day Job Killer team and Eric Rockefeller published Affiliate Rockstar Status. I had to check it out for myself. Here’s the low down on ARS.

What it is: Another Ebook put out by Eric Rockefeller of Rockstar Publishing and the Djk Team.

What it’s about: Teaches more techniques about how to be a super affiliate or an affiliate rockstar or something.

When it came out: Just a couple short months ago.

Price: $97, even though many say they bought it for $77. Oh well either way.

Pros: Features some good list building strategies, some decent traffic techniques and a few great keywords tactics.

Cons: We’ve seen a lot of this before. Adwords copy can be learned from anyone. There are hundreds of SEO tactics and list bilding is the same as it has always been, just changing the sites your using to do it.

Final Verdict: While it may be a decent Affiliate Marketing Handbook, Affiliate Rockstar Status isn’t worth the price. Now if they sold it for maybe $30 or so, then I could understand. Rockstar Status does contain some good free traffic strategies but many of them you can learn from right here at ezinearticles.

P.S. If you really want to learn the Affiliate Rockstar methods, you can check out my Affiliate Superstar Status, which contains the same techniques for only a fraction of the price! See it on my Guru Crusher blog! Thats it for now;

.:Coty Schwabe:. Guru Crusher

My name is Coty Schwabe. Most know me as The Guru Crusher. I personally enjoy finding much cheaper ways to do things online rather than just buying every product that comes along. I too have a “make money online” package that is comparable to any other called the Ultimate Profit Program. I also have two great marketing blogs; The Guru Crusher and Affiliate Marketing Revolution. Stop by for great internet marketing info!

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Make Easy Money Online With Blogs And AdSense - Part 2

November 4th, 2008

Most of you want to make money online. That’s why I suggested you to start with one blog. You will learn in this way basics of online marketing, SEO and more. When you can expect to get traffic from Google depends on keyword you are targeting. Big ones like “Make Money Online” can take few months, small ones like “Free Ways To Make Easy Money Online” even few days.

Let me clarify first term that is very important to understand SEO and that is:

Indexing - Google have spiders, robots that go to your site, check content and add to Google database. In that way Google will now that your site exist and will show in listing. There are 3 top search engines and that is: Google, Yahoo and MSN that generate about 75% of all search engine traffic.

The main purpose of any search engine is to provide in top of the listing the most relevant results for specific search term. There are several factors that determine site relevance like site age, unique content, page rank, relevant back links.

Let’s go a bit more closely to these factors:


  1. Page Content - Google loves unique content. With original content you will always get additional points from Google.
  2. Age Of Your Site - Google gives higher listing to older sites to eliminate spam blogs and other this kind of sites.
  3. Keywords - keyword is basically a term you use to look for something in Google. If you are looking for real estate agency you will type “real estate agency” and that’s the keyword. Now if you will use in your blog many time this keyword in blog posts, title, url, blog title, meta tags, Google will assume that your blog is very relevant for this keyword and will list you high.
    Always think about your primary keyword before writing anything on your blog, include it anywhere but don’t exaggerate. You should stick to the rule of 5-6% keyword density. That means 5,6 keywords repeat in 100 words text.
  4. Content Volume - The more content your blog will have the better results you will achieve. If you will update your blog quite often, spiders will also often review your site. If spiders will get consistently articles related to your main keyword will increase your site relevance for this keyword more and more.
  5. Page Rank And Back Links - Google use page ranking system to determine your site quality, importance, it mostly show you how many backlinks specific site have.

    Page Rank have scale from 0 to 10. The higher point the more important your site is in spider’s eyes. Simply the more back links you can get the higher listing you should achieve.

  6. Back Links - back links are simply links placed on some websites pointed to your site. The more sites will link to yours the more important is your site. That’s the main concept of Google algorithm. When people like some website, they will place link on theirs sites to recommend to other people.

    Although Google won’t count all your backlinks if the site is not relevant to yours. Also Page Rank of these sites is important, the higher the better. Back link from PR 5 is much more powerful then from PR 1.

    Link farms don’t work anymore, Google will ignore all irrelevant back links. The best way to get links is to trade links with sites that move similar topic.

The Google Sandbox - because of many people are abusing the system, getting thousands of back links in a matter of days Google developed new program to ban such sites for 6 months and put in sandbox.

The Main Rules you should restrict


  1. Make posts about 300-400 words.
  2. Use 4,5% keyword density.
  3. Use keyword in your blog post title.
  4. Use keyword in first and final sentence.
  5. Make your keyword bolded.
  6. Include keyword in subheadlines (h1).

Post Your Blog Post On EzineArticles.com

Go to EzineArticles.com, create account and re-write your post, leave all your keywords just change a bit word, use synonyms, mix sentences a bit. You should always remember to make your articles unique, don’t copy from your blog, change a bit to make it unique. When Google will find that article content is duplicated will give you much lower result.

In biography box put link to your blog. Also include some sentences showing benefits of visiting your blog, what it can offer to him/her, maybe offer some free report, ebook, it can be really powerful.

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AdSense Tips To Help You Make More Money Online

November 4th, 2008

Many webmasters are using the google adsense program to make good money from the internet. If you are looking for a legitimate way to make money online then seriously consider learning how to build a quality website that draws plenty of traffic and then learn how to optimize your site for adsense.

You may be tempted to try the approach of building hundreds of separate sites specifically for adsense however this strategy is not a long term success method. Focus on building one or at most a handful of quality sites that are unique and useful and regularly updated. Remember that the adsense program is owned by Google so if your sites are not unique and useful then this may violate the terms and conditions of adsense.

It is also a good idea to not make a site monetized solely with adsense. Add affiliate links or your own products so that your site has multiple income streams. Learn about white hat search engine optimization to help get more free traffic from the search engines. The best way to improve the ranking on your site is to create great content that people will want to link to and share with others. Be sure to visit the Google webmaster guidelines page and make sure you comply with all of their rules to ensure that your site has long term success in the search engines.

Once you have a site that is getting traffic either from the search engines or from paid sources then the next step is to ensure that your site is optimized for adsense. There is now a new feature in the adsense program where you can add Youtube videos that have your ads at the top section of the videos so consider experimenting with that to see if it is profitable. Of course make sure to use videos that are genuinely useful and related to the topic of your site. Never sacrifice user experience even when it comes to adding adsense so resist the temptation to flood your site with ads.

It is important to try to blend your ads in as much as possible with your site. The appearance of the ads should match the general theme of your site. If the links on your site are red then make the links in the ads red too. Also it is often a good idea to make the url color either black or grey. This will make the ad headline stand out more and should help to increase click through rates.

Remember that you are allowed to use 3 link units and 3 ad units on every content rich page. As long as there is enough content be sure to use as many ads as you are allowed. Make sure that you have at least one ad unit above the fold on your site. This is the portion of your site that is visible without scrolling down. It is usually a good idea to have a horizontal link unit above the fold close to the center of the page. Try to place your ads as close to the center of the page as possible since most visitors notice and focus on this section of a page.

It is also a good idea to add some adsense at the bottom of each page as this will give your visitors a place to go once they are done viewing your content. Add a link unit or a 336×280 ad unit that is centered at the bottom of the page. Also make sure your site has the following links: contact us, about us, sitemap and privacy. This will help to make your site appear more legitimate. Remember that advertisers can pick and choose sites they want their ads on so you want to create a site that can draw high paying advertisers. Implement some of these tips to help increase your adsense revenue.

Jason is an online researcher, author and a regular contributor to a site that shows people how to make money online. Be sure to visit and also learn about affiliate marketing as a way to increase your income.

Webgiver

How To Make A High Paying Proxy Site In Minutes - Without Costing A Dollar?

November 3rd, 2008

Making a proxy site involves lots of trouble and hard work and if it doesn’t earn you enough money, you are not actually doing business but wasting your time. A proxy site can be very useful and can earn you much more than expected. And you can also build one for yourself without much effort.

Usually, making a proxy site involves:

  1. Buying a domain name ($9 for a domain per year).
  2. Getting a server which allows you to run proxy on their server (Another $40 for hosting if you plan to run for a year).
  3. Installing your proxy into the server.
  4. Promoting your site.

So, it definitely takes more than $50 for you to make a proxy site. But there are ways you can build a proxy site without costing you that much money and start earning money in a week. This is definitely an easy way to start earning from your proxy site but you must have the following prerequisites.

Prerequisites for making a proxy site:

  1. You got to have an Adsense account. It will be your biggest source of money. So, if you don’t have an account, go sign up now. You may also want to apply for other advertising networks like adbrite, valueclickmedia etc.
  2. You must know how to make a blog in blogger.
  3. You must have some knowledge of html just enough to place a proxy url form in your blog in blogger.

Once you have these prerequisites, you can go for the following steps:

  1. Choose a good keyword for your proxy. You can do a little keyword research and it will be a lot better if you have some knowledge of Search Engine Optimization.
  2. After you got your keyword or niche, create a blog in blogger. You blog url may look like keyword.blogspot.com If your keyword is already taken, you can add some other keyword or some number. Adding a number at the end doesn’t have much effect on Search Engine Optimization.
  3. After your blog has been created, go to the link given at the bottom of this article as “Large Proxy Form”. Copy the code given in the page and paste it in your proxy site’s html code in the place where you want it to be. A proxy url form will be displayed on your page which will be the url form for your visitors.
  4. Now, your blog is finished and you can start adding your Adsense advertisements in places where you think they will earn you the best. Now, you can also start promoting your site and your earning will start as soon as visitors start pouring into your site.

How to promote your site and bring traffic within days?

I have been doing these techniques for many months and I think you can be benefited a lot from these. Below are some of the most useful and fastest ways to bring traffic into your site.

  1. Submit your site to Digg. Digg is the site from where you can get the biggest traffic in a few hours. But don’t over do it because they will ban your account for spamming.
  2. Write interesting articles and submit to article sites and directories like ezinearticles, articledashoard etc. Also submit your site to proxy directories.
  3. Get targeted back links. Find out friends of common interest and ask them for link exchange.
  4. Promote, Promote and Promote. The more traffic you have, the more you earn.

From my experience, you can earn more than $5 per day after your first week and the figure will start rising as much as you promote your site. And if you wish to earn more, you can make another blog in blogger and promote it. You can make as much blogs as you like but they should be of different keywords. Remember, The above instructions involve no money and they are completely free- COMPLETELY FREE.

Resources and references:

A sample of the blog you are going to create - new myspace proxyGet the code for your proxy form URL - Large Proxy FormSubmit your proxy site to proxy directories - List of proxy directories

How To Balance A Job A Life and A Home Business

Twenty Steps to Internet Marketing 12 - Thou Shalt Drive Traffic to Thine Web Sites

November 3rd, 2008

Driving traffic to your web sites is an art in itself and the key to Internet Success. If I were an expert in this area I would be rich.

Let’s check again.

Am I rich?

Well, I did have enough money to buy my wife a burrito and drive her to the park to eat it. I also bought her a snow cone, peach flavored.

Not only that, I bought an extra memory card for my camera.

I also bought five cases of products from my grocer.

I guess that is not Hawaii.

I guess I’m not rich. What teacher is?

If you have no or little traffic, you have no business. That is why I’m not rich.

You need a site that search engines like.

That means it has useful content. If a search engine spider checks your site and sees your description and keywords and compares them with the content in your site, the content had better be comprehensive and accurate. If a keyword from a patron search sends that patron to your site, the search engine will be checking to see if that person is really getting what he or she is asking for.

If your content does not match your keywords or the keyword entered during a search, the “Great Foot” of a search engines will push your site down into the Internet mud. Your site will not come up on the first page of a search. You will be on page 62-if you are lucky.

Don’t think that the above does not apply when you are buying keywords. That is you are paying for each click on a key word. This is called Pay-Per-Click, or in the vernacular of those who buy such words, PPC. The search engines STILL want the patron to find meaningful information on your site. If it not there, they will punish you severely. You will be paying too much per click.

I’m not kidding.

Nobody wants to use a search engine that does not deliver what you are looking for.

For the above reasons, you must have relevant content on your site.

You can write that content or you can import articles from the article sites that pertain to your niche market. But you will have to spend some time doing research, finding the “good stuff” that people want to read.

Make sure you find the best keywords for your site and place them in the meta file. Make sure you have an accurate description too. You can use the programs listed in Step 2. Some spiders skip the meta files and dive right into the content. It had better be there.

Do you know that a good content site can bring in significant income without listing any products or services for sale? Have you heard of Google AdSense®? Have you seen those horizontal or vertical boxes full of ads along the edges, of web pages? Well, they generate income. I checked my Google the other day. I have some cash sitting there. I do need a haircut.

You can get some of those ads on your site by going to Google AdSense site. There are alternatives to AdSense®. Search for the “top ten AdSense competitors.”

Article Writing

I write for EzineArticles.com and I have written for several other sites that provide articles to Internet searchers and to webmasters. I guess you already knew that since you are reading this article. You are there, aren’t you?

At bottom of the article there is a resource box. In the article, I must “give.” In the research box, I might get a little something back if a buyer goes to one of my sites and actually buys something.

The main thing about article writing is that articles are loved by search engines. I write an article and it pops right to the top of search pages. That is if I have keywords in the title, the keyword box, and in the article. Webmasters can copy these articles as long as they don’t change anything including my resource boxes.

I would tell you that if you put the person’s who wrote this articles name in a search box, you would see how powerful article writing can be. But I’m not allowed to tell you that. It would be aggrandizing.

When I write an article, I tell everybody who reads my blog at BlogSpot. I think that is about six people, I have no way to be sure. I also ping my blog at Pingomatic. That probably brings in seven more.

You can ping more than once if you wait between pings.

PING!

What I’m trying to say, Pilgrim, is that article writing is “big stuff” if you are so inclined to do it. You will have to put up with editors, guidelines, and the unknown, but that is true of any kind of writing.

Writers write, right?

PPC

Most Internet marketers use PPC. The ones who know what they are doing, make money doing it. If you see an ad month after month on Yahoo or Google, the guy is making money.

You can lose your shirt with pay-per-click search engines.

That includes Google AdWords®.

You need some instruction before you pay for clicks. There is plenty of free information on the Internet if you search for it. There are paid systems too. Most claim to bring tons of traffic to your site without spending money for it.

If you are considering a program, why not go on the net and look for the pros and cons before you buy it? Most all information of this type is free on the Internet if you dig deep enough.

At Wealthy Associates University, article writing and PPC are the main traffic generators recommended for beginners and professionals alike. Much of the instruction is geared to those two areas. If you are serious, get serious in these two areas.

If you go to Google and Yahoo, perhaps skipping the other PPC to start, talk with their customer service people. Most are very knowledgeable and will be glad to help you with your campaigns. I know these are huge companies, but they do have people like you (and probably not like me) working there.

Linking to other sites can be helpful. That is one reason why article writing pays off. Your URL is on each article and anyone can follow it to your site. If your URL is on lots of sites, that will make the search engines very happy. They will put air in those basketball shoes of yours.

Self promotion will bring folks to your site no matter how you do it. Newspapers have interviewed me at times. I’ve been on the radio (no, not sitting, speaking). I use print advertising to bring people to my web sites. In fact I have a large budget of $1.00 / week for ads in my local newspapers. I send people to my flagpole site that way. Well, three people have gone there that I know of.

Now, if you think my editors are going to let me get away with the above paragraph, you’re crazy.

What, they did?

WA give you what you need to perform the task of getting traffic. That is what I use.

There will be more about generating traffic in the next Step.

Keep Flying!

Fly Old Glory!

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com - a retired college professor and business executive, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of an international engineering magazine. Jones writes on many subjects including articles for teenagers. When he writes science fiction or humor articles he calls himself “Taylor Jones, the Hack Writer.” He will sell you a TopFlight telescoping flagpole with flag at his business site. Get more information on Wealthy Affiliate University at my info site.

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Six Reasons To Build A Blog For Online Marketing Success

November 3rd, 2008

The rise and rise of blogging as part of the web 2.0 phenomenon has taken the Internet by storm. Savvy web marketers are now using blogs as an additional weapon to generate leads, add credibility and improve their search engine rankings. Here are six reasons why you should consider blogging.

It is fun. Yes, blogging can be great fun. Just open you posting window and go for it without the restrictions of corporate style guides and other impediments to creativity. Got something to say? Just say it. The other fun aspect of blogging is that people can post comments about your blog posts. You posts plus reader comments all become valuable food for the search engines.

It’s cheap. The most powerful blogging systems are free. Wordpress seems to be the blogging standard and now comes standard with many cheap web hosting packages. For less than $100 per year anyone can get their own domain with blogging included.

I wouldn’t use one of the free blogging services unless you are really desperate. You can’t be sure if they will always remain free and your posts will be building up someone else’ asset rather than your own.

It’s fast and easy. If you can use notepad you can blog. The user interface is very intuitive and allows you to add and edit, text, pictures, videos, whatever you want. Want to change the look and layout of your blog? There’s literally hundreds of themes available that take less than a minute to upload and install.

It gives you products and services personality. People like to do business with people they like. By blogging you show your target market that there is a real person behind the company you represent. By reading you blog posts thet get an idea of what you’re all about - warts and all. The personal aspect of blogging is one of it’s most powerful characteristics.

Your blog site becomes another Internet asset. Some blog sites get thousands and thousands of readers each day. This traffic can be converted to hard, cold cash through Google Adsense advertising, affiliate programs and straight advertising space sale. Once you blog increases it’s Google PageRank, you also get the benefit of linking out from your blog site to other web sites you want to promote.

Search engines love blogs. It is said in many SEO forums that Google staff are great bloggers and subsequently Google spiders and indexes blogs more frequently that normal web sites. This may just be a rumour, but I have found it to be true in my case. If you blog every day there’s a good chance Google and the other major search engines will spider your blog every day looking for that new content.

Convinced? Give blogging a try. There’s stacks of free resources listed in article directories like this one that will help you get into blogging.

John Hacking is Marketing Manager for a Brisbane web site design company and Product Manager for a Brisbane SEO firm. He has just started anSEO blog.

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Welcome to Microsoft Games For Windows Live, Now For Free

July 23rd, 2008

You know that absence-of-any-news-whatsoever sound (kind of like a tree falling in the woods) that’s dogged Microsoft’s $50 Games for Windows Live online multiplayer service for PCs? The service much-ballyhooed by Microsoft back in May 2007 with the PC…