Archive for the ‘Monetization’ Category

Finally - The Google Slap…

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

More Than Scratch The Surface has finally been penalised by Google. I noticed today that my toolbar PageRank has dropped from PR4 to PR0. It appears to only be a toolbar PR penalty - I am still in the same place in the SERPs. (more…)

How To Avoid Adsense Smart Pricing On Blogs

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

In my last post, I mentioned the danger Adsense Smart Pricing poses to blogs. Blogs are particularly vulnerable because most blogs don’t work well with Adsense. In this post, I examine the issue further and look at a couple of potential solutions for WordPress users - but there’s a twist in the tale. (more…)

The Adsense Dilemma (Or How To Make Money)

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Adsense - some love it, some hate it. It doesn’t work for all sites, but there’s no denying that on the right site, it can make a lot of money.

Most beginners don’t understand what type of site it works well on. They slap Adsense on their blog and expect the cash to come rolling in. Of course, it doesn’t. Why? Because Adsense doesn’t work well on their type of site.

In this article, I explain the underlying principle of Adsense and look at the attributes of sites that are successful with Adsense. (more…)

Make Money Online - Don’t Forget Your Existing Skills

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

A lot of my favourite blogs discuss making money online. I’ve been plotting how I can get in on the action - but I recently had a revelation. While reading about the many different strategies, I’d lost sight of what’s most likely to make me decent money online: leveraging my existing skill set. (more…)

I Signed Up For PayPerPost

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

When I started blogging five months ago, I hadn’t even considered the possibility of writing sponsored posts. To be honest, I only wanted to write original content and I was against memes, awards, sponsored posts, etc. (more…)

I Got My 21 Cents…

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

22 cents actually. A day or so after enabling Google Adsense, my blog generated its first income from a click. A day later, another cent appeared. I’m not sure where the extra cent came from. It’s not from a click and it can’t be from impressions. I guess Google were just feeling generous.

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Buy Me A Coffee, I’ll Sell You A Link?

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Most bloggers think that selling dofollow links is bad, right? But what if you do it in a roundabout way, without really intending to? Let me explain… (more…)

This is just a link to a project for my students. Please ignore.

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