How to Add an Amazon Ad to a Blogger Blog

Amazon Ad Code

1. Open a Web browser. Go to the Amazon Associates website.

2. Enter your email address and password. Click the 'Sign In' button.

3. Click the 'Links and Banners' link. Click 'Product Links' from the drop-down menu.

4. Search for the product you want to add. Enter a keyword in the Search box. Click the 'Go!' button.

5. Click the 'Get Link' button next to the product you want to add to your Blogger blog.

6. Customize your Amazon ad by changing the colors, borders and image size.

7. Click the 'Highlight HTML' button. Press the 'Ctrl' and 'C' buttons on your computer. This copies the HTML code.

Blogger HTML Gadget

8. Open a Web browser. Go to your Blogger blog by typing the URL into the address bar.

9. Sign into your blog by clicking the link in the top-right corner. Enter your Google username and password. Click the 'Sign In' button.

10. Click the 'Design' link.

11. Click the 'Add a Gadget' link in the area where you want to ad an Amazon ad.

12. Click the '+' button on the HTML/JavaScript gadget. This adds this gadget to your layout.

13. Enter a title for your Amazon ad.

14. Paste the HTML code you copied in the first section by pressing the 'Ctrl' and 'V' keys. Click the 'Save' button.

Blogger HTML Posts

15. Click the 'Posting' tab at the top of your Blogger dashboard.

16. Click the 'New Post' link to create a new blog post. Type your blog post in the provided box.

17. Type your keyword in the Amazon Associates box in the bottom right of the New Posts page. Click the 'Go' button. A list of products that match that search term appears.

18. Click one of the Add option buttons: Link, Image and Link+Image.

19. Click the 'Publish Post' button to publish your blog post.

How to Make Online Passive Income

1. Prepare for multiple streams of passive income. Some great sites for passive income includes ehow, Associated Content, Google Adsense, Clickbank, and other online affiliate programs.

2. Make a 'plan of attack' and stick to a very specific schedule. Don't write '$20 passive online income by the end of the month.' Make goals that are work based, like 'write 20 AC articles and 20 ehow articles by the end of the month' and then break this down to weekly or daily goals.

3. Study each site for pros and cons. An Associated Content article is not the same as an ehow article, and Adsense is a whole different game altogether, but all provide great opportunities to make passive income online.

4. Look up the experts and learn from them. If you want to learn about Adsense, find Grizz's blog. If you want to make money on AC, look for authors with a '10' rating or higher. Look in the ehow forums or check out Writer Gig's ebook if you want to know how to increase earnings at ehow.

5. Work hard and work a lot. The benefits of online passive income, or most residual income for that matter, comes after months of really hard work to set up the long term benefits. The more work you put in, the more benefits you will sow.

6. Keep at it, and re-spin your articles. An original and unique ehow article can easily be re-written to a unique and original AC article, and might be on a topic that would make a good Adsense blog.

7. Always keep learning, and always keeping working. It does pay off. If you work hard and keep testing and trying out new things, then eventually you'll enjoy a very good stream of passive income.

How to Stop Using Google SSL

Stop Using SSL Encrypted Search in Firefox 3.6 and 4.x

1. Launch Firefox and click 'Tools' on the menu bar. Click 'Options' in the drop-down list.

2. Click the 'General' tab. In the 'Home Page' text box, replace 'https://encrypted.google.com' with 'http://google.com' and click 'OK.'

3. Restart the Firefox browser. Your home page is now set to go to the classic Google search page instead of the encrypted page that uses SSL encryption.

Turn off Google SSL Searches in Internet Explorer 9

4. Open Internet Explorer on your computer. Click the 'Gear' icon in the upper right hand corner of the browser screen.

5. Click 'Internet Options,' then 'General.'

6. Delete the 'https://encrypted.google.com' link in the 'Home Page' box and replace it with 'http://google.com.'

7. Click the 'OK' button and restart Internet Explorer.

Turn Off SSL in Gmail

8. Log in to your Gmail account. Click the 'Gear' icon in the upper right hand corner of the Gmail screen. Click 'Mail settings.'

9. Scroll down to the 'Browser connection:' section of the 'Settings' tab. Click the 'Don't always use https' option.

10. Scroll down to the bottom of the 'Settings' tab page and click 'Save Changes.'

11. Log out of your Gmail account. Close the browser and restart it.

12. Log into your Gmail account again. You should now notice an 'http' link in the browser address bar instead of an 'https' link. Gmail no longer uses SSL when you log in to your account.

How to Set Up a Fundraiser Webpage

1. Obtain an '.org' website domain name. The 'org' domain name was created specifically for nonprofit organizations.

2. Set up your website with five main pages: homepage, about the cause/charity, goals and mission, list of supporters, and make a donation. Create a menu at the top of left-hand side of the page that lists all of these pages with links.

3. Write a summary of your charitable cause on the homepage. Be sure to include the full name of the organization and a few photos pertaining to the charity. Place a counter on the front page of your fund-raising page to keep track of your fund-raising goal and money raised to date.

4. Discuss the charity for which you are fund raising in more detail on your 'about the cause' page. Talk about the people or animals who will benefit from the donations. If this is a fund-raiser for a special event, such as a walk-a-thon, be sure to give clear details about the date, time and location of the event on both the 'about the cause' and the homepage.

5. Clarify your fund-raising goal on the 'goals and mission' page of the website. List the amount of money that you need to raise and the date by which it needs to be received. If the charity has a mission statement, include it on this page.

6. Provide a running list of the people and companies who have supported your charity on a separate page. This will reward the givers and help motivate others to give. You can highlight people who give over a certain amount and set up a gold, silver and platinum giver level. Include links to the websites of companies that donate to the cause.

7. Create a 'make a donation' page to give information on how the viewer can donate funds. Provide a link to an online payment service or a mailing address to send checks and money orders. Be sure to clarify the giver levels that you defined in the last step.

8. Provide web visitors with proof of your non-profit status on both the home page and the 'about the cause' page with a link to either the IRS determination letter that you received or a link to your state's list of charitable organizations. (When you file your taxes as a nonprofit, your status is listed with the state.) You can also join a trusted state association (search the National Council of Non-Profits state database at councilofnonprofits.org/salocator) that lists all certified non-profits.

A visitor can only deduct a donation made with your site on his taxes if you have 501(c)3 status.

Be sure to explain to your visitors how you will be able to provide a receipt to prove the donation. The PayPal or other online receipt should be enough proof, as long as you do have 501(c)3 status.

9. Set up a blog on the website to communicate with your viewers and give them updates about your fund-raising progress. You can also make the blog your homepage and update visitors about your progress regularly.

How to Float an AdSense Block

1. Navigate to the section of your website you want to place the ad. Click the 'Edit Page' option so the coding of your Web page is displayed.

2. Type '

' (without quotation marks) into the website editor.

3. Open a new browser tab. Navigate to the AdSense website you're using, then copy your AdSense code.

4. Highlight the 'your AdSense code here' part of the coding and replace it with your actual AdSense code.

5. Click 'Save Changes.' Your website will now be updated to display a floating AdSense ad.

How to Use Adsense Code on Multiple Websites

1. Log in to your Google Adsense account (see resource one). Click the 'Adsense Setup' tab and then click 'Get Ads.'

2. Select the 'Adsense for Content' link next and then select 'Ad Unit.' Leave the default setting on the drop-down menu to give you the most options in creating your ad.

3. Customize your ad by choosing colors that will make it blend into the colors and themes of your website. You can select the size of your ad and the colors of the background and text. Experiment with different settings and look at samples as you experiment to give you an idea of what the ad will look like.

4. Name the ad so you can easily identify it in your account. This will enable you to manage the ad and edit it later, if necessary.

5. Copy the code of the Adsense ad you just created to place on a website.

6. Open your HTML text editor and open the source code of one webpage to which you want to add the code.

7. Paste the Adsense code within the “

” and “

” tags in the HTML code of your webpage.

8. Save the changes and upload the updated file to your server. The Adsense ad should now appear on your webpage once you refresh your screen.

9. Repeat steps six through eight to place the Adsense code on another webpage. Repeat these steps to add the Adsense code to as many webpages as you desire.

10. Find the “Adsense Setup” tab on the Adsense website and select “Channels” underneath this tab (you must be logged in to your Adsense account to do this).

11. Select “Adsense for Content” and then select “URL Channels.”

12. Select “Add New URL Channel.” Wait for a text box to appear.

13. Enter the URL of one of the websites to which you just added the Adsense code. This will add the website to your Adsense account and Google will begin tracking your revenue.

14. Select “Add Channels” to finish adding the website channel to your account.

15. Repeat steps 12 through 14 to add another website URL to track. Repeat these steps to add all of the website URLs to your account.

How Do I Post Affiliate Links on Blogger.com?

1. Open a blank document in your favorite word processor and copy and paste the affiliate code into it. Make sure the code you copy has your unique affiliate code inside of it. This code or user ID number tells the website where its traffic came from as well as whom to pay should a customer purchase one of their products because of the incoming traffic. Save the document for later use and open your Web browser.

2. Go to Blogger.com and sign in using your email address and password. Select the blog you want to use the affiliate link on and click on the 'Design' link. This page is an overview of your blog's page elements. However, before copying the code onto the blog, you'll want to back it up.

3. Back up you blog by clicking on the 'Edit HTML' link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Click on the 'Download Full Template' link on the following page to back up your blog. This is just in case the code doesn't work or if you'd like to change the blog back to the way it was.

4. Go back to the 'Design' page by either hitting the 'Back' button on your browser or clicking on the 'Page Elements' link in the upper left-hand corner. You're now back where you started.

5. Click on the 'Add a New Gadget' link where your sidebar is located. A Gadget will allow you to add things such as widgets, HTML codes and images without harming the rest of the blog. Look through the list of gadgets for one called 'HTML/JAVASCRIPT.'

6. Select the 'HTML/JAVASCRIPT' widget to open a new page. Add a title to the widget if you like and then go back to your word document where you saved the affiliate's special code. Copy the code from your word processing document and past it into the content box of your new widget.

7. Hit 'Save' to close the pop-up window and then click the orange 'Save' button in the upper right-hand corner of your blog's elements page. After saving, you can check and see how the new addition to your blog looks.

8. View your changes by clicking on the 'View Blog' link at the top of the screen. Make sure the widget with your affiliate code is in the right place and is centered. Click on the link to see if it goes to the right page. If you get an error or a page not found, look over the code in your widget, your word processing document and the affiliate's website for any differences or errors.