How to Earn Money From Blogging

1. Sign up for a Google account. This gives you access to Blogger, the blogging platform, and Google Adsense, which provides contextual advertising for blogs and websites.

2. Do some keyword research to choose some popular topics for your blog.

3. Set up a blog on Blogger. Use some of the popular keywords in the blog's title. Blogger provides detailed instructions on template editing.

4. Visit an article directory and select some articles that relate to your chosen topic. Download these to your computer.

5. Publish the articles on your new blog. For best results, publish daily or several times a week. You may also publish original material.

6. Get an Adsense publisher ID, using your Google account login to sign up with Adsense. Choose some Adsense ad formats that suit your blog and add them to your blog's template.

7. Promote your new blog by commenting on other blogs and on forums. Use your blog's web address in your signature. Submit your blog to the search engines, blog directories and web directories.

8. Create more blogs in other niches. You will soon start to earn money from blogging.

How to Optimize Google Ads

1. Use channels. Create channels for different locations on your site such as 'sidebar' and 'footer.' Place each ad into a separate channel so you can compare the performance. Anytime you make a change to an ad, make a new channel for it so you can compare the new and old performance.

2. Use the 336x280 Large Rectangle, 300x250 Medium Rectangle, and the 160x600 Wide Skyscraper formats. According to Google, these are the most effective ad formats.

3. Optimize the color palettes of your ads. This can be accomplished by blending or contrasting. Blending would make your ads use the same colors as your site, making them more attractive to your visitors. Contrasting would make your ads use opposite colors, making them stand out to your visitors. Each method can be effective so experiment using channels to find out which works best for you.

4. Use image ads. When creating a new ad, make sure you select 'text and image' to rotate between the two. This will allow Google to display the most effective ads on your site.

5. Place your ads in the optimal locations. Google has done the research for you and found out what the best locations to place ads are. Check the resources section for more information.

6. Use customized search through Google. When a user uses your customized search bar, Google will display ads to them based on what they were searching for. This grants you an additional revenue stream. This is especially useful if your site has a lot of information users might need to search for. Take full advantage.

7. Experiment with the location, colors and formats of your ads. You can track the performance with channels and always change them back. Ads you create with Google Adsense are never deleted.

How to Build a Website With Google

1. Go to the Google Sites website and sign into your account with your email address and password. If you have yet to create a Google account, select the 'Sign Up for Sites' option.

2. Use the wizard tool to set up the basics of your website. You will need to give the site a name, description, assign a URL, pick a theme and determine your privacy level. You can allow your new site to be available to the general public or only to a few select users.

3. Click on the 'Create New Page' menu after you manage your settings. You can choose a webpage, dashboard, announcement, file cabinet or list format. You must also provide a name for each page.

4. Paste in your content. You then will be redirected to a blank page that appears as a word-processing document. Type texts, paste pictures, download attachments and include links to build the site.

5. Add more webpages, change the layout and include tables on your new site. Browse all of the edit tools to make adjustments to your site. When you are done, select the 'Save' key and the changes will go live.

6. Track recent activity and change any of your edits by signing into Google Sites. You also can create multiple websites and manage them through your single Google account.

How to Save in iWeb

1. Click the 'Applications' folder in the Dock on your Mac and click 'iWeb' to launch the program.

2. Click the name of the website you want to work on in the left pane of the iWeb application window or click 'New Site' from the File menu.

3. Do some work on your website: type text, edit a headline or add a picture.

4. Click 'File' from the iWeb menu and then click 'Save.' Unlike other applications, you cannot change the default location where your iWeb files are saved on your Mac.

5. Press the 'Command' key and the 'S' key simultaneously if you want to save your iWeb work from the keyboard.

How to Make Money Working at Home on the Computer

1. Work in freelance. A lot of content is produced online, and companies need talent. Home workers use creative software such as Adobe products as well as communication software such as VoIP to allow them to work from home. Graphic designers, website builders and writers can work from home on the computer. Think about skills you have that can be used to make money from home.

2. Supplement your income by working as a call center agent from your home. Companies such as Arise employ independent contractors to work as agents from their homes. These agents provide customer support to a wide variety of companies. All you need to have is a computer with Internet access and a phone line.

3. Create passive income by establishing a website. A website is a great tool for making money online through an ad service such as Google AdSense. You get paid when a visitor clicks on the ad, so the more visitors you bring to your website, the easier it is for you to make money.

4. Sell products online. The online world is a great marketplace where you can sell goods to a wide audience, both domestic and internationally. Many people rely on their online stores for income. You can start with a small store on eBay selling things you own to build credibility and then establish an independent online store.

5. Set up a direct deposit to your bank account. When you make money at home, you also need to consider how you will get paid. One of the perks of working at home is that you get paid quickly. Most people who work at home set up direct deposits so they can get their salary on time.

How to Add Google AdSense Ad Banner Above the Header in Thesis

1. Visit the Adsense website at Google.com/adsense. Sign in with your Google account.

2. Click the 'My ads' tab. Then click the 'Get code' link for the Adsense banner you want to add to your blog.

3. Highlight the entire block of code using your mouse, and then right-click it and select 'Copy.'

4. Open your WordPress dashboard page and sign in with your account credentials.

5. Click the 'Editor' link under the Appearance heading on the left side of the screen.

6. Click 'Header' on the right side of the screen to open the header file.

7. Scroll down until you see this tag:

Click to insert your cursor right after this tag, and then right-click and select 'Paste' to paste your Adsense banner code into the header file.

8. Click the 'Update File' button to save your changes.

How to Compare Google Advertising Rates

Google Keyword Tool

1. Go to the Google Keyword Tool page. The link is available in Resources. You do not need to sign into a Google AdWords account, but you may do so, if you have one. It will not make a difference.

2. Enter a keyword into the box on the left in the 'Find Keywords' section. The keyword you enter should be relevant to a specific product or service you want to promote. In other words, use one of the keywords your target customers would type into Google when they are looking for a product or service like yours.

3. Select the box next to 'Only show ideas closely related to my search terms.' Click the 'Search' button and allow Google to deliver the search results. This displays a spreadsheet of keywords related to the one you entered, along with Google search data about those keywords.

4. Click the 'Columns' drop-down menu above the search results, and make sure 'Estimated Avg. CPC' is selected. This displays the estimated average cost-per-click for each keyword listed, letting you compare the Google advertising rates for the displayed keywords.

5. Click the top of any column to sort the related keywords by competition, global monthly searches and local monthly searches, to get further insight.

6. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 with different keywords -- and keep doing so -- until you have a general idea about the size of your market, competition and going rates for your related keywords.

Google Traffic Estimator

7. Go to the Google Traffic Estimator page. Again, you do not need to sign into a Google AdWords account, but you may do so if you have one.

8. Enter a keyword into the box on the left in the 'Get Traffic Estimates' section. Again, the keyword you enter should be generically relevant to a specific product or service you want to promote.

9. Hit 'Enter' to drop the cursor to a new line. Type another keyword related to your business. Repeat with as many keywords as you wish, then click the 'Estimate' button. This displays a comparison chart for all of the keywords you entered.

10. Click the 'Columns' drop-down menu and select every available option. Click the 'Estimated Avg. CPC' column header, to organize the keywords by cost-per-click. Click 'Estimated Daily Cost' to organize the keywords by total daily cost.

11. Organize and compare your related keywords by global or local monthly search frequency, estimated ad position on Google search pages, estimated daily click-through for ads containing those keywords, the amount of competition you face when bidding on ad placements, and local search trends.

12. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 as often as you think of new keywords. Over time, you will develop a sense of which keywords most closely relate to your business, pull in the most traffic and command the most sensible Google advertising investment.