Thursday, April 3, 2014
Google Ad Links Vs. Google Text Ads
Payment Structure
When a visitor clicks an AdSense text unit on your website, she is taken directly to the advertiser's website and you are paid immediately. However, you are not paid immediately when a visitor clicks an AdSense link unit. After clicking a link unit, the visitor must click a link on the resulting page before you will be paid. Therefore, the visitor has to do more work -- two clicks rather than one -- for you to receive payment from a link unit.
Viewer Experience
For a website viewer, the experience of clicking an AdSense link unit differs from that of clicking a text unit. The landing page for an AdSense link unit looks similar to a search engine result page. However, every link on the left side of the result page is an advertisement. The right side of the page displays additional keywords that the visitor can click to view advertisements on a different topic.
Appearance
AdSense text units are available in a wide variety of sizes. The Leaderboard unit, for example, is a large horizontal bar intended for placement at the top of a page, while the Skyscraper unit is vertical and fits well within a sidebar. Many smaller text units are also available. Link units contain a maximum of five keyword phrases, and are very small in comparison. Link units generally look best when blended within a website's navigational menus. In addition, you can configure an AdSense text unit to display image ads. An AdSense link unit cannot display images.
Benefits
The primary benefit of AdSense link units is that they can fit where text units cannot. Generally, a website uses a vertical bar on the side of the page or a horizontal bar at the top for navigation. AdSense link units can fit in either of these configurations. Using the customization options available, you can make a link unit look very similar to your website's navigational menus. Viewers who have trained themselves to ignore traditional banner advertisements may still click a link unit because of the different positioning options available. The drawback is that a viewer might click a link unit and then browse to another website without having clicked an advertisement. Text units do not have this drawback; if a viewer clicks a text unit, you receive an immediate credit in your AdSense account. In addition, because a text unit can also display image advertisements, a viewer may see both text and image advertisements if she views multiple pages on your website. An image advertisement may catch the eye of a viewer who typically ignores text advertisements. Link units, on the other hand, do not change in appearance.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
How to Remove Ad.yieldmanager
1. While Ad.yieldmanager is not a virus or spyware, it is a good idea to do a thorough scan using your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. This tracking cookie is associated with spyware and may have come with other spyware. Make sure you update your virus definitions before you do the scan.
2. Run a full system scan and remove any malicious cookies and rogue files found.
3. Launch Internet explorer.
4. Select the 'Tools' menu and choose 'Internet Options.'
5. Click the 'General' tab and select 'Delete.'
6. Select the 'Cookies' check box and choose 'Delete.'
7. Right-click the 'Recycle Bin' and select 'Empty Recycle Bin.'
How to Make Money Off Google by Making Websites
Create and Optimize for Google
1. Decide what type of website you'd like to create. You can create a blog, forum or just an informational site.
2. Create your site. Tools are available online to help you create sites without knowing HTML or other web languages. Wordpress, an easy and popular website publishing platform, is great for making nice looking websites without a lot of prior knowledge needed.
3. Get your website listed in Google results. You can submit your website directly to Google using its 'Add your URL to Google' tool. This tells Google about your website so you can start ranking in different search terms.
4. Use search engine optimization to get your website moving up the rankings in Google results. Improve your rankings by getting other websites to link to you, creating meta tags and having a well-written title.
Add Revenue Generators
5. Sign up for Google Adsense and implement their ad serving code into your website. Once their code is in place, it will scan the content of your site and decide what type of ads to show. Each time a visitor clicks one of these ads, you get money. The price of the click is determined by how much the advertiser is willing to pay. Some clicks will pay as little as one penny, while other clicks might pay $10 or more.
6. Sign up for an affiliate account and add their code to your website. Some larger websites have their own in-house affiliate programs, but most subscribe to a larger network to be found more easily by publishers. By signing up for a network, you get access to all affiliates it carries. Some advertisers must first approve your website before you can start selling their products. Affiliates will typically pay you a percentage of a sale or a flat fee for each person signing up for their service or buying something from their website.
7. Add a shopping cart to sell your own merchandise. You can choose from different shopping cart software available and implement it into your website. You can choose what type of payment you will accept, from credit cards to PayPal. This is the most difficult type of revenue to set up, but it has the potential to bring in the most income because you've essentially cut out the middle man.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
How to Improve CTR Rates on a Blog
1. Post interesting and valuable content on your blog often to build authority and trust with your readers. As your reputation increases, you will find that a recommendation from you may make your readers more inclined to click the advertisements that your blog displays. Readers who dislike your blog's content or believe that your blog exists for no reason except to display advertisements are unlikely to return.
2. Advertise products relevant to the content of your blog. If you blog about fashion trends, for example, products such as clothing and cosmetics are probably more likely to catch readers' attention than computer hardware. If you have difficulty selecting relevant merchants to partner with as an affiliate, consider joining an advertising network instead. Advertising networks, such as Google's AdSense program, scan the content of your blog to determine automatically the types of advertisements that your readers will find most relevant.
3. Change the locations and colors of the advertisements you display. Many blog management systems have sidebar widgets that make displaying advertisements a simple process. Studies from advertisers such as Google have shown that few readers pay attention to advertisements displayed in a website's right sidebar. An advertisement typically receives the most attention when it is close to the primary content on the page, because that is where readers are certain to look. If you use text advertisements, change the font and color to match the appearance of your blog.
4. Select different shapes for the advertisements you display. For example, if you have tried the 468-by-60 pixel Banner shape below the title of your blog posts and experienced a poor CTR, try the 728-by-90 Leaderboard shape in the header area of the blog instead. Because there is no single rule governing the effectiveness of advertisement shapes and locations, experiment with many combinations to find the best fit for your blog.
5. Change the layout of your blog. Many blog management engines such as WordPress have themes you can download and install to change the appearance of the blog without altering its content. Some layouts are better optimized than others for displaying advertisements. If your CTR does not increase, revert to the previous theme or try another one.
How to Make Money Writing Essays Blogs
1. List topics you know a lot about or enjoy researching. These can be the primary topics for your blog. They may also serve as ideas for essays.
2. Choose a blog topic you want to write about. Create a blog about that topic. It takes time to build a following, so have a lot of content available. Try to have a minimum of 10 articles stockpiled when you begin your blog.
3. Post ads to earn revenue. You can either post banners or use a service like Adsense that posts small text ads next to your posts. It is simple to open an Adsense account through Google. You can also use sources such as AdBrite, Clicksor and Yahoo Publisher Network. These options will set up a passive income revenue stream. This means that you will earn money on page views for items you created in the past. Over time, this can become enough money to support yourself, with only basic upkeep to the blogs.
4. Write for a site that pays per post. Several blogging sites want writers to regularly cover their blogs for them and are willing to pay per post. You give up your passive income revenue stream when you do this, but you can earn money right away. It is a good solution while you are waiting for your personal blogs to build an audience.
5. Find an essay site with which you are comfortable. Several will take opinion essays or short essays on specific topics for upfront pay. Once you find a site you like, look for the contact information and find out how to apply to write for them.
6. Diversify your income streams when you are writing. This is important in building economic stability as a free-lancer. Try to find at least three different sites for your work. That way you will still have income if one site should cut back on your work or shut down completely.
Friday, March 28, 2014
How to Make a Good Affiliate Webpage
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Create a blog or website to host your affiliate products.
Produce a website or create a blog. You can purchase a domain name at GoDaddy or Hostgator and use free site builders or blogs to make a professional, interesting site. Wordpress will not allow you to use affiliate marketing on the site, so you will need to have your own domain name if you choose that platform.
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Create a niche site, for example gardening, to gain more visitors.
Choose a specific niche or interest to base your website or blog around. Niche sites tend to provide a higher affiliate income than general sites. Try not to jump around with your choices, instead make it the most interesting and informative site around.
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Work on your website on a regular basis.
Work on your site on a consistent basis. Make sure you add new content, new and original articles, blog posts and new product listings on a regular basis. Customers and visitors to your site will get to know when new articles get listed or new products get promoted, so keep to a schedule.
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Choose a product to promote, such as books or shoes.
Pick what products you will promote. With the amount of products businesses offer, you have a range of choices. From books, ebooks, household products, jewelry and services, finding the right products for your niche website can be a challenge.
5.
Join the affiliate program that makes sense for your website.
Join an affiliate program. Choose a program that seems right to you, like Google Adsense, Commission Junction or Chitika. Some affiliate programs require an actual sale to come from referrals in order for you to get paid, while others only require a potential customer to click from your site to the company's.
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Visit marketing websites to network with other website owners.
Drive traffic to your site. In order to gain revenue from affiliate marketing, you need to have a lot of focused visitors to your site. Visit other blogs and websites within your niche and comment on articles or comments, but do not spam. Visiting affiliate marketing blogs will help you learn the ropes and network with other website owners.
7.
Write reviews and articles to promote affiliate products.
Write reviews and articles to promote your affiliate products. Use email marketing to website visitors and use article marketing at sites like ezinearticles to promote your website or blog.
How to Be an Online Researcher
Becoming an Online Researcher
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Learn about the online research field. There are many instances where conducting online research can be useful. For writers, it can be necessary to gather facts or learn about a new field and then apply it into writing. There are also people paid strictly to research online. But because this is typically a work-at-home field, you must be leery about the sources you use to find jobs. Additionally, you must possess advanced research skills and know more than how to type keywords into a search engine to be a solid researcher.
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Analyze your credentials. While you do not have to possess a degree to be an online researcher, it can certainly be useful to have one. If you are doing research for an academic institution, it will likely require at least a bachelor's degree. If you are conducting research on a freelance basis, you likely will not need a degree. It all depends on the job you're seeking.
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Browse websites to find jobs. I recommend searching job boards that have a strong reputation to find jobs, instead of a niche board. This is because there are many market research/survey-taking scams related to the concept of 'online research.' To find legitimate opportunities, stick to websites such as www.monster.com or www.indeed.com. You can search terms like 'online researcher' or 'online research,' and also 'market research' or simply 'research.' If you want to enter into market research, for example, you can use 'market research,' but if you want to be a researcher for an academic avenue, try 'research and writing' as well.
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Market yourself as an online researcher. Instead of simply applying to jobs, you can also set yourself up as a researcher. With this format, you are reaching out to clients to let them know what you have to offer. Maybe you can compile research for business plans and pitch yourself to small start up businesses. Creating a website and listing your credentials on it will go a long way to help you position yourself as an online researcher.
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