How to Build a Commercial Web Site

1. Determine the purpose for your commercial website. Individuals often build a commercial website for two reasons: to promote their company or small business and its services/products, or to create a new revenue stream and generate an online income. The former will often highlight the small business and feature product pages and methods in which the visitor can purchase items. The latter will typically center on content and information supported by advertisements. Both commercial website types are similar in their creation, though the actual design for the website may differ slightly.

2. Register for a web hosting account. Choose a professional web host plan that can handle a large amount of visitors and offers robust services and features that allow you to track visitors and website traffic. Various service providers offer economical hosting plans that serve the needs of commercial websites. Examples include GoDaddy and 1&1 (links in the Resources section).

3. Connect your FTP client with your web host account. You will need your domain name (provided with your hosting plan) and password to sync your FTP client with the online server. An FTP client allows you to manage your online files and upload new site files as you build your commercial website.

4. Create a new commercial web page. You may write the HTML code by hand if you are experienced with basic HTML, using a web design program such as Adobe Dreamweaver or a basic text editing utility. Alternatively, use an automated commercial website generator included with most website hosting plans (e.g., 1&1 provides tutorials and an automated program to help you create a professional website without knowing HTML code).

5. Upload the commercial website files to your website server using your FTP client.

6. Integrate affiliate marketing to make money online using your commercial website. Affiliate marketing works by giving you a small commission for selling a product or service. Various companies offer affiliate accounts to help you make money on the Internet by promoting their products. Choose a professional affiliate marketing program to avoid being scammed. Various reputable, online companies give independent publishers an opportunity to join their affiliate marketing. Examples include Amazon's Amazon Associates and Commission Junction (links in the Resources section). Insert your affiliate links into your commercial website to make money anytime a visitor buys the product or service.

7. Insert advertising, such as Google AdSense, into your commercial website. Google AdSense is one of the most popular third-party advertising programs. The advantage of using a third-party advertising program is that you do not have to manually find advertisers and manage their accounts. After inserting the Google AdSense code, Google serves relevant ads to your commercial website and pays you every time someone clicks on an ad.

8. Promote the commercial website you've built to gain more traffic and earn more money off of the affiliate marketing and advertising on your web pages. Build organic traffic by requesting links from other relevant commercial websites so that visitors have an increased chance of finding your page.

What Is an MFA Blog?

AdSense

AdSense is a system that allows webmasters to display advertisements on their websites. Companies post their advertisements through the Google AdWords program, selecting and displaying the keyword phrases that fit their advertisements. Companies bid against one another for keyword phrases, and higher competition for a keyword phrase results in higher bid prices. When a reader clicks an AdSense advertisement, Google pays the webmaster displaying the advertisement a percentage of the advertiser's bid for that keyword phrase.

How MFA Blogs Work

Because AdSense clicks pay more for keyword phrases with high bids from advertisers, webmasters often create MFA blogs around keyword phrases that are known to be highly competitive -- just a few advertisement clicks per day can add up to a substantial amount of money. However, instead of creating original content that brings value to readers, MFA blogs generally reprint content from outside sources such as Wikipedia or free article directories. Although all websites that display advertisements do so with the goal of earning money, an MFA blog is one that does not exist for any purpose except to attract ad clicks. Such websites may also employ deceptive techniques, such as displaying so many advertisements that there is little that a reader can click that isn't an ad.

Drawbacks

Google does not want a website visitor to click an AdSense ad unless she is truly interested in the product or service that is advertised. Because MFA blogs are often poorly written and have little value, visitors seldom want to stay and might click any link just to go to another website. These people are probably not particularly interested in the product or service, and most likely will not become customers. Therefore, the MFA blog does not serve the reader -- who simply wants to get away from the website -- nor does it serve the advertiser, who has paid Google and the webmaster to refer a potential customer who has little interest in the product.

Google's MFA Policies

Google's webmaster quality guidelines specify that a website should be created for the users first, and that they should not employ deceptive practices to attract or monetize traffic. Google also discourages websites with little original content from participating in the AdSense program. A website that pulls all of its content from outside sources such as free article directories does not provide any information that users cannot obtain elsewhere. Thus, it provides little value and risks being seen as an MFA blog. Such websites may be banned from participating in the AdSense program.

How to set up URL Channels for Google Adsense

1. Open your favorite Web browser and log in to the Adsense website. Click the 'My ads' tab at the top of the page.

2. Click the 'URL Channels' link in the 'Content' section. Click the 'New URL Channel' button.

3. Enter the URLs you want to track in the box that appears. Enter a single address per line. Typing a domain with no sub domain or pages will track the entire domain's earnings, for example, typing 'http://mydomain.com' will also track earnings from 'www.mydomain.com' and any pages under it.

4. Click the 'Add URL Channels' button after you've entered the domains. The URL Channel performance may be seen in the 'Performance Reports' tab in the 'URL Channels' link.

How to Make Money on the Internet

1. **Read this, just for a bit of inspiration**I make about $3,500 a month on the internet. Not quite enough for me and my family to live on, but a nice addition to my income just the same. It's pretty easy, and pretty quick, to get a SMALL income stream started. It takes time and effort to build it up. Might as well get started today.

2. **Take stock of what you have to offer**If you are a writer, programmer, designer, or photographer, there are oodles of opportunities for you. If you have a speciality of any sort -- carpentry, raising kids, planning vacations or weddings, playing Guitar Hero 3 -- you can get paid for your expertise.Even if you think all you can offer is time, there are plenty of opportunities for you as well.

3. **Scan the available steps**I've listed a lot of options in the steps that follow, all of them legitimate. Pick the one that seems the best fit for you and your skills, and start exploring.

4. **Freelance Work**If you have a skill to offer, check out the various freelance sites (sometimes called 'personal outsourcing'), like elance.com and guru.com (see the Resources section for the links I mention).You can post your skills at these sites, so potential customers can check you out, and you can also look around for freelance projects that others have posted.There are tons of opportunities for freelancers, in very varied fields. Common projects, though, are writing, computer or graphics design work, creating web pages, programming, writing brochures or reports, illustration, photography, and so on.Pay can be pretty good, especially after you've earned a quality rating at one or more of the freelancing sites. At the same time, though, keep in mind that you're competing with freelancers from around the world.Take a look at the 'How Elance Works' video on their main page to get a quick overview.

5. **Try Writing Web Content**There are a quite a number of ways to take your skill as a writer and turn it into cash.One of them is right here at eHow. Write brief 'How to' articles on any topic of your choosing, and get paid for the article. The more popular the article, the more income you can expect. A good article will bring in $50 per year or more. Write 10 top-notch articles, and that's $500. A hundred articles...you get the picture.I can't say enough good things about eHow. To my mind, it is the best income generating opportunity available. Google the term 'ehow101' to learn more about how to make it work.UPDATE: eHow is now run through its parent company, Demand Media Studios (DMS). If you want to apply to write for eHow or other DMS properties, or to be an editor, check out the freelancer's application at demandmedia.com.

6. **Write Product Review**ConsumerSearch.com, a site owned by the N.Y. Times, pays freelance writers a minimum of $350 per article for product reviews. While that sounds like good money (and it is...and you can earn even more than that!), their particular brand of reviews requires good research and writing skills, and takes a lot of work. Check 'em out at consumersearch.com/jobs.

7. **More writing opportunities**--At SoftwareJudge.com, write reviews of select software products...top reviews earn up to $50 each.--Product Reviews. You may be familiar with epinions.com, but did you know they pay cash for good quality reviews. You won't get rich, but you can get started.--Suggest domain names according to site descriptions at Pickydomains.com Get $25 for each name that is chosen.--At Xomba.com, write anything you feel like, and collect 50% of any advertising income from Adsense clicks on your page.--Become a fledgling journalist at examiner.com, and cover a special topic area in your neck of the woods...they pay pretty well.--Other writing sites include associatedcontent.com, firehow.com, helium.com, and Squidoo. In fact, one of my eHow colleagues has put together a very nice Squidoo 'lens' with 101 sites where you can get paid to provide content...check it out in the Resources section.

8. **Check out Q&A Sites**I earn much of my income as an online researcher, answering folks questions on everything under the sun: investments, market research, divorce law, homework help...you name it. If this sounds like your cup of tea, here are some resources to explore:--The Association of Independent Information Professionals (aiip.org) can help you build you own Q&A website and business. I've built my research business at xooxleanswers.com, and it is a steadily growing source of income for me.--I also work with Uclue.com Though they are not accepting new researchers right now, it's worth a look to see how a well-developed Q&A site works.--Another Q&A site is JustAnswer, and they offer small payments for answers to questions.

9. **Earn money from your own blog or website**The key is to generate as much traffic as you can, and to have your visitors click on ads and affiliate links. The more people visiting your site, clicking on ads, and buying affiliate products, the more income you can earn. As good as this sounds, income is generally more a trickle than a flood. But again, steadily building your site (or sites), and building traffic, is the key to generating a steadily growing stream of income.Google Adsense is the most commonly used service for placing banner and text ads on blogs and websites. As I've learned to maximize Adsense income over the years, I've come to recognize this as one of the best income-generating opportunities available.You can also incorporate in-text ads (the colored, underlined text with small pop-up ads). I like InfoLinks.com for this, and Kontera.com is another commonly used service.Affiliate ads usually pay whenever a sale is made for a product. Amazon.com has one of the most well-known affiliate programs that all you to sell books or other Amazon products on your site or blog, and earn a cut of the sale.Other good affiliate resources are Commission Junction at cj.com, LinkShare.com, and AssociatePrograms.com.

10. **Blog With the Best of Them**If you don't have a site of your own, starting a blog is pretty easy at sites like Blogger.com, and Wordpress.com. Blogs make money through online advertising and affiliate sales, such as through the Amazon.com affiliates program. Blogger makes it very simple to automatically place Google Adsense ads on your blog.Also, at Orble.com, you can take ownership of an abandoned blog with a specific focus, like Film, or Travel, and collect a portion of the ad revenues. The advantage of this is that the blog is already well-represented in search engines, and can often generate much more traffic than a new blog of your own. See Orble under the Resource links for more information.

11. **Sell your photos**At sites like istockphoto.com and shutterpoint.com you can upload still photos or videos for sale, and receive a royalty payment every time someone makes use of your content.

12. **Take Online Surveys**I mention survey work with a good deal of trepidation...the surveys are tedious, the pay is meager, and there are many sites that are dubious, or out and out scams.The most legitimate operation I know is GlobalTestMarket.com. They offer real surveys, and they pay real money. Again...tedious, and earning takes a long, long time.CashCrate.com also pays users to take online surveys. They strike me as legitimate, but I confess, I don't have any first-hand experience with it, so approach with caution...SurveyScout.com is another possibility, but unlike CashCrate, they charge a membership fee before you can get started (Boo!). I've also heard some negative feedback from users of this site, so proceed with caution (if you proceed at all!).

13. **Teaching and Tutoring**Search on [ Online tutoring ] and you'll uncover dozens of sites in this booming corner of the internet. Many accept applications for online tutors, with variable rates and topic areas. Two to consider are tutor.com and ehomeworkhelp.com

14. **Check into online 'Jury Duty'**Here's an odd one. Lawyers looking for feedback on how a case will play before a jury can make use of online e-jury sites to solicit input from the type of average citizens that show up on juries. Yes, you get paid. Fees for complex cases can run over $50, though $20 is more typical. To serve as an online juror, check out onlineverdict.com, or trialpractice.com.Be aware, though, that none of the sites I've registered at has ever actually contacted me for a jury case, so I'm not sure just how active these services are. If anyone knows more about them, please leave a remark in the Comments.

15. **Become a virtual office assistant**At TeamDoubleClick, you can sign on for temporary jobs as an office assistant, handling correspondence, emails, bookkeeping, data entry, and other office jobs. Think of it as an online temp agency for virtual work. Pay is varied, but you are not obliged to take jobs that don't meet your financial needs.

16. **Play games**At moola.com, you can get paid to play.This is probably the strangest one yet, and I can't personally vouch for it (I've only tinkered with the site), but it looks legitimate. Moola starts you off by giving you a penny, which you can then double, and double again, through a variety of games and activities.Presumably, they make oodles of money through ads, and are willing to throw some of it your way by participating in their zany set of games and marketing gimmicks. They call themselves a 'Massively Multiplayer Rewards Game'. It's too complicated to explain here, but worth a look.

17. **Participate in crowdsource design**'Crowdsourcing' is the buzzword for getting a lot of people to do your work for you. If you're good at designing things like t-shirts, logos, fancy fonts, and other graphics, take a look at the challenges at 99designs.com and threadless.com.If your design is chosen, you can collect hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

18. **More blogging opportunities**How does $100 a month sound for writing a few blog posts every week? That's what you can be paid (actual range is $84-140) if you get accepted as a blogger at Creative Weblogging. They are a large blog network, and seem to have mastered the art of monetizing their many sites. All they need are people to write them, and keep the content fresh.UPDATE: Creative Weblogging has changed hands and is changing how -- or if -- it pays bloggers. Stay tuned for additional updates.

19. **Earn with any type of content**Blogging, articles, photos, video, you name it. Flixya offers 100% of ad revenue to anyone who posts at their website (you need to have your own Google Adsense account to participate). Words, pictures, videos, whatever ya got. Post it, bring in some traffic, and collect some ad clicks. (Haven't tried it yet myself, but Flixya has a good reputation).

20. **Just Visit**Another site that pays for content is mylot.com, but they also promise earnings everytime you use the site!. They also pay for referrals. Haven't given them a test run yet, so use them with caution, but they seem worth exploring, at least. If you have experience with them, please post a comment, below.

21. **Listen to music**At slicethepie.com, you can get paid for listening to music.Say what!!! Yep, listen to upcoming artists, and review their music. The more reviews you write -- and the better you are at spotting new talent -- the more you can get paid. Some folks are pulling in several dollars per review.

22. **Typing and Dictation**If you have good typing skills, consider Speak-Write.com, an online dictation service.

23. **Stay focused**You can participate in online focus groups at 2020research.com, where you review a product you've used, or discuss an issue of interest to you. Payment ranges from about $50-150 per session. Participants are typically asked to join a group once or twice a year.

24. **Work for Google**Ha, ha...couldn't resist. But you can earn through Google by posting content at Google Knol.This online encylopedia-like site is a place where anyone can contribute content, and you can 'monetize' your efforts by placing Adsense ads on your article to generate revenue. I wrote a Knol about eHow. You can see it by searching on the term ehow101.

25. **Review websites for usability**You can get paid for reviewing websites. Usertesting.com pays $10 per website review, where you provide feedback on quality and usability. It's not open-ended...you have to be selected to test, based on your demographic profile.

26. **Earn money reading emails**Really! Of course, there are ads involved, and you might be asked to click a few things, but it's not difficult. Expect to get 5-10 emails a day (more, if you register multiple email addresses), and earn a few pennies per email. Check out InboxDollars.com.

27. **Try a little bit of everything**Genuinejobs.com is a legitimate work-at-home (telecommuting) site that lists hundreds of jobs, none of which require a fee, and many of which can be done online. Registration is simple...worth checking out.

28. **Write for the NY Times**Really! The Times owns two sites that regularly hire writers.I already mentioned ConsumerSearch.com up above, a site that uses freelance writers to create detailed reviews of common consumer products...minimum pay is $350 per write-up, and they do a lot of hiring.About.com, another Times property, hires writers as guides. These positions, paying $725/month or more, are tough to get, but worth looking into.

29. **And don't forget...**At the risk of repeating myself, eHow is just about the best opportunity out there. Although getting on board through Demand Media Studios takes more work than at the eHow of old, it's still worth the effort.

How to Avoid Websense Proxy

1. Choose a Web proxy site from a list of proxies (see Resources).

2. Pick a service by clicking on it.

3. Type in the website you want to visit in the box on the Web proxy page. Click the button on the right to begin your anonymous browsing session. This button will either say 'Hide IP' or 'Go' or something similar.

4. Browse the site you typed in normally. At the top of the browser window you'll see a proxy tool that indicates that you're surfing anonymously. You can also use this tool to visit other Web pages via the Web proxy and the 'Go' button.

How to Develop Sell Turnkey Websites on eBay

1. Brainstorm a list of 10 to 15 website topics that you believe meet two criteria: They should be topics people are interested in, and they should be ones that do not already have thousands of websites devoted to them.

2. Use a keyword tracker like Wordtracker.com to perform your keyword research for each topic. A keyword tracker is an invaluable tool because it tells you how often people search for the keywords you have in mind, suggests related keywords, and tells you how many websites already exist that use a particular keyword or keyword phrase. The key to a successful turnkey website business is keyword research.

3. Purchase a Web hosting reseller account. Look for one that allows you to have unlimited domains on one account. You will create new turnkey websites on this Web hosting account, then include a free year of hosting in the website package when you sell it.

4. Purchase a domain name for the website. The domain name ought to include your main keywords, if possible.

5. Choose a template for the website. There are many free templates available online. Load the template into your web design software.

6. Set up an Amazon.com affiliate storefront with items relating to the topic of the website. Follow the instructions to embed your Amazon.com storefront into the website. See the Resources section of this article for a link.

7. Add any extra features you think will increase the value of the website. Some good---and free---things to include are an open-source content management system like Joomla or Drupal, to make updating the site simple for the buyer.

8. Publish the website on your Web hosting account. Load the website in your browser and verify that it loads correctly.

9. Take screenshots of the front page of the website and of the storefront pages, as well as any extra features you include in the website.

10. Create a listing on eBay for the website. Be as descriptive as possible in your listing, and be sure to mention the free year of Web hosting, the Amazon Associates affiliate account, and any other extra features you have built into the website that are included in the price of the website.

11. When the website sells, transfer ownership of the domain name, affiliate account, and any other features you included to the buyer. Immediately email the buyer with a username and password to access the Web hosting control panel. If you included a content management system, send them the username and password to administer that as well.

How to Make Money Online With Xomba

1. What is Xomba?

Xomba is an online community where you can write, share, comment, make friends and get paid. Xomba uses search engines to maximize your earnings. Unlike other online writing communities, 50% of advertising revenue on your content page is paid directly to you by Google AdSense. Xomba uses adwords advertising to generate income to you(the writer), and them (the company). In other words, Xomba does not pay you, Google Ad Sense does through the use of adwords and adwords advertising. (links below in Resources)

2. Sign up for Google AdSense (if don't have an account):

This is where you will get paid. Xoomba will not pay you. Xomba has a special code linked to all of your articles and will split your ad revenue 50-50.

3. Start Writing!

What do I write?:

Xomba has two different methods of online posting in which you can earn money.

1. Xombabytes- Posts of more than 100 words and can be anything from a blog entry, product or movie review, or how to article.2. Xombablurbs- are social bookmarks that allow you to share an intriguing link (URL) from another site. You would write a brief paragraph explaining or reviewing your URL link.Structured like Facebook, once you can navigate your way through Xomba, you will find this site interesting. As long as your posts, comments, and articles include key words from Google, you will continue to make money from Xomba. Xomba also has a refer a friend tool in which you can make money referring friends to Xomba using your own private line (within your profile page). You will receive 10% of all ad revenue for each friend that you invite.

4. Do not stop writing for other writing communities:

Here is my secret. I have tripled my earnings because I write for eHow, Bukisa, and Xomba using the same article. First, I write for eHow. Then I submit my articles for Bukisa, and Xomba. I may change them or tweak the title, but they are basically the same. Furthermore both Bukisa and Xomba have a refer a friend payout system in which you receive a small commission of your network's earnings. The key is to stay active in all three communities, write valuable articles, and help anyone who asks.

5. Submit all of your articles to search engines:

Thanks to Amarande on eHow, I have mastered the art of fast return on my articles. I do not have to wait 30-90 days for my articles to 'mature', and I can drive traffic to my articles immediately. Visit http://www.submitexpress.com/submit.html

Copy your article's URL into the allotted space on Submit Expresss, enter your email, and receive a confirmation that your URL has been accepted. Be sure to check your email as you may have to verify your URL. Submit Express submits your articles to over 20 major search engines including Google. Be sure to do this for each article on eHow, Bukisa, and Xomba. (Links are listed in Resources below).

6. Do all these steps. Don't skip one. If you do one article everyday, submit them to all three communities listed, and submit each article to Submit Express, then you will make excellent money.