How to Build a Free Website

1. Locate a free website hosting company on the Internet. Take the time to read and compare services from different providers. Wordpress is a wonderful host for creating a personal website to share with friends and family (see Resources below). It is easy to use and has a variety of templates for you to use. You can easily add pages to your main page and it looks great. You can't, however, place adsense or commercial products on these free sites.

2. Consider Squidoo if you wish to promote your work on the Web or want to feature commercial products (see Resources below). Squidoo will provide you with adsense, which enables you to earn money according to the number of people who click on your adsense ads or make purchases through those ads, and access to Amazon and eBay auctions, again allowing you to earn money if others purchase the items through your link. You are allowed to add links anywhere you wish and you can advertise commercial products. The templates feature a number of modules that you can arrange in any order you choose. The downside is that a Squidoo site contains all information on one long page that readers must scroll to read. Sign-up is quick and easy and does not require a credit card or incur any fees.

3. Check out Bravenet for another host that allows commercial endeavors and is easy to use (see Resources below). You can create multiple pages that can be accessed from the main page. Bravenet offers a variety of ad-ons like adsense and access to commercial products. Signup for this site is completely free; however, you can purchase a service that provides more options, if you choose.

4. Consider blogging sites if you just want to communicate with the world. These range from social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to a wide variety of other blogging communities (see Resources below). These sites provide templates, so creating the look and feel you want is fairly easy. Both sites provide easy access to groups and make it easy to keep in contact with large groups of people. Most also have the added feature of creating either a public or private blog to limit access to those who you personally invite. Sign-up for their services is generally quick and easy and is free.

5. Be sure the host you choose meets your individual needs and always follow the guidelines for that particular host. If commercial use is prohibited, trying to run a commercial site will only get you banned from their service. Read the user agreement thoroughly and review other sites hosted by them prior to choosing a host.

How to Create a Paid Podcast

1. Obtain a commercial sponsor, preferably a major corporation or large business. This is the best way to generate revenue for your podcast.

2. Solicit donations from listeners.

3. Place advertisements on your Web site or blog. Google AdSense is one way to accomplish this goal. AdSense places ads on your Web site. Each time someone clicks on an ad, you receive a fee.

How to Make Money on the Internet Without Joining Paying Anything

1. Advertise digital products. Manufacturer's and promoters pay commission for sales. Clickbank.com is a popular clearinghouse where you can search for digital products to promote that will pay you sales commission. You don't have to pay anything to promote the products, but you do need to establish a free affiliate account (see Resources). Write emails and post articles relating to the product in lieu of paying for advertisement.

2. Monetize a free blog with search engine ads and affiliate ads. Select products from a digital product clearinghouse and place ads on your blog. Create a free search engine ad account with Adsense (see Resources). Once your account and blog is approved, ads relating to your posts will run on your page. Research keywords that fit your blogs content and then promote your blog through free article marketing, free forum posts and backlinks--when readers click the ads or purchase the digital product through your link, you will earn money.

3. Set up a free blog and accept jobs from websites that pay you to post. Posts range from promotional material to product reviews. You'll need to set up an account with the pay-for-blogging sites, but you do not need to pay anything to accept jobs from them.

4. Work as a freelance editor, writer, website designer, photographer or filmmaker. Visit forums that specialize in freelance position discussions and you can determined which companies offering freelance work are a good fit for you. If a website or forum asks for money to help find freelance positions, move on to a different site.

5. Make money from the Internet as a virtual assistant. Virtual assistants offer administrative, marketing and customer service skills to small business, large corporations and other entrepreneurs. Search for virtual assistant positions by visiting work-at-home forums to learn about companies and openings (see Resources).1

How to Make Money Advertising on My Web Site

Sell Banners

1. Locate the space on your web pages where you will offer to place banners for advertisers. Banners are commonly sold in a number of standard sizes including 300x250, 250x250, 468x60, 728x90, 160x600 and 125x125.

2. Join an ad banner advertising service like AdBrite.com, BuySellAds.com or AdEngage.com. These companies serve banner ads for advertisers that can be placed on your website. Typically, publishers are paid by the number of ad impressions served.

3. Find the offers you want to advertise and place their banner ad code on your web pages. The ad service will maintain a record of each ad impression served and pay you on a regular basis.

Google AdSense

4. Join Google's AdSense program at https://www.google.com/adsense/. Google allows website owners to place AdSense pay-per-click ads on their websites and shares in the revenue generated by each click on the ads.

5. Determine the sizes of ad blocks you want to place on your web pages. AdSense provides a wide range of different ad block sizes for you to choose from.

6. Customize the colors and borders of the ad text to fit your website color scheme. Integrating your ads within your website will usually result in higher click-through-rates and generate more revenue.

7. Copy and paste the code provided by AdSense into your web pages. AdSense will determine the ads served by matching ads with the content of your pages.

Affiliate Marketing

8. Join an affiliate network like ClickBank.com, NeverBlue.com or ClickBooth.com. These companies offer a wide range of products and services for sale on an affiliate basis. For every sale generated by traffic from your website you will be paid a portion of the sale or a fee for generating a lead.

9. Identify the affiliate programs you wish to promote. Select programs that appeal to the demographics of your website visitors in order to maximize your revenue.

10. Place ads on your website. Most affiliate programs provide a selection of banner and text ads available for use by affiliates. Choose the ads that fit the ad space available on your website and that appeal to you.

11. Split-test the ads on your website. Rotate two ads in the same ad space and measure the response of each of the two ads. After you have received 30 clicks or more on each ad, you will have enough data to decide which ad converts better. Remove the other ad and run the winning ad full time.

Good Jobs for Writers

Online Content

Writers can write for online magazines, website owners or create their own websites or blogs, which can make money with Google Adsense, which displays ads on your website. An overview of Google Adsense is found in the Reference section. Writers can find many online opportunities by word of mouth or by becoming members of online writer's forums. The market for writers online is endless, but you do need to know how to market yourself to potential clients to compete with other online writers.

In-house Content

Newspapers, magazines and publishing houses look for writers with a flair for creativity. Newspaper and magazine writers can cover sports, festivals or a number of other events. Book authors can write and publish hard cover or paperback books or e-books that are sold online. Writers can also work for companies writing press releases, sales copy or grant proposals.

Editors

Many editors begin their careers as writers or through internships with well known companies. Editors will edit work that is submitted by writers and make any needed corrections or send the work back to the writer for corrections. Editors can work in-house for a company or telecommute. An example of careers in the editing field include executive editors, managing editors and assistant editors.

Qualifications

Qualifications can vary depending on the type of writing that you are doing. Typically, staff editors and writers for newspapers will be required to have a degree, but a freelance writer may not be required to have a degree if she can produce quality articles with search engine optimization knowledge. If a writer wants to be an expert in one field and write about it, a college education in that field may be needed.

Earnings and Job Outlook

The job outlook for writers is competitive, but, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as newspapers and magazines move their focus to online resources the job industry will open up more writing jobs. Earnings for a writer will vary. Compensation typically depends on the type of writing that you are doing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the median wage for a writer in May 2008 at $53,070 per year. The typical range of pay for a writer is between $38,150 and $75,060 per year, with 10 percent of writers making $28,020 or less. A freelance writer will earn what he negotiates for his work, but generally will not have benefits such as health insurance as a full-time writer would with a company.

How to Block Google Ads in IE8

1. Open Internet Explorer 8.

2. Click on the 'Tools' button at the top of the browser page and choose 'InPrivate Filtering Settings' from the drop-down menu.

3. Select 'Choose content to block or allow' from the dialogue window.

4. Select 'www.google.com' from the 'Content provider' menu and click on the 'Block' button to block Google as a third-party content provider.

5. Click the 'OK' button. This action will stop Google ads from appearing when browsing the Internet.

How to Hide Ads by Google

1. Download the Adblock Plus add-on for Mozilla Firefox. Restart the Firefox browser and click on 'Tools,' and then 'Add-ons.' Click to select the 'Adblock Plus' button. Click the button labeled 'Add Filter.' Enter 'http://*.googlesyndication.com/*' without the quotations into the box and click 'OK.'

2. Download IE7Pro for Internet Explorer. This is a free add-on that includes an ad blocker to block Google ads. Install IE7Pro and restart Internet Explorer. Right-click on the blue circle in the bottom right part of the Internet Explorer browser window. Click on 'Enable Ad Blocker' to block Google ads and many other types of ads as well.

3. Download and install Sponsored Ad Blocker. This is a free software program that only blocks sponsored advertisements such as ads by Google. The program works on multiple browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. After installing the program, load a web browser and the ads should be gone.