Tuesday, April 2, 2013
How to Get My phpBB Site on Google
1. Open your Internet browser and visit the 'Add your URL to Google' Web page (see Resources).
2. Type the URL of your phpBB forum in the 'URL' field.
3. Read the code in the picture and type it in the field under it.
4. Click on the 'Add URL' button.
How to Build Operate an Internet Radio Station
Buy Web Hosting
1. Purchase website hosting to host your Internet radio station. You can usually choose monthly or yearly payment plans, and, as of December 2010, most hosts cost less than $20 a month for shared hosting. If you want to use a dedicated host that is just for your radio station, the price will go up significantly, sometimes to as much as $100 a month or more.
2. Choose a domain name for your radio station. This is the address your radio station will be found at online once it goes live.
3. Sign up for an account at the domain name registrar of your choice. GoDaddy, 1and1, and NameCheap are all popular and well-regarded registrars, but there are many others. It is free to set up an account at nearly every domain name registrar.
4. Purchase the domain name for your radio station.
5. Go to your website host and obtain the nameservers for the host. The nameservers will usually be located in the control panel, or the host will email them to you when you purchase your hosting account.
6. Copy your website host's nameservers, then go back to the domain name registrar and change the existing nameservers to those of your website host.
7. Add your domain name to your website hosting account.
8. Open up the file manager on your website host. This will take you to the root folder of the website you're going to be building on the domain name.
9. Find Internet radio software to install on your site. Shoutcast is free Internet Radio software that is easy to install and use.
10. Download the Internet radio software you have selected to your computer's desktop.
11. Go back to the window that has the file manager for your website opened in it, and upload the radio software to the root folder of your website. If the software is zipped, unzip it after you upload it.
12. Double-click on the radio software folder and configure the software.
13. Open a new window on your computer and open your Web browser in it. Type in your domain name into the address bar. Your Internet radio site should appear, and if you have configured the software properly, it should be working. You are now the proud owner of your own radio station.
14. Start operating your radio show by uploading content to it.
15. Promote your radio station. A few well placed articles, press releases, forum posts and blog posts should start getting the word out about your new radio station.
Monday, April 1, 2013
AdSense Vs. Google Affiliate Network
Application Process
Using Google AdSense is simple; there are few approval requirements, and after your application is approved, you can display AdSense advertisements on any website that complies with Google's AdSense policies. The application process for the Google Affiliate network is far lengthier; you must apply for each merchant's affiliate program individually for each website on which you want to display advertisements. If a merchant does not approve your website, you cannot display that merchant's ads.
Payment Models
When you display Google AdSense advertisements on your website, you receive payment each time a visitor clicks an ad unit. However, when a visitor clicks a Google Affiliate Network advertisement, you receive payment only if that person purchases a product from the merchant. If the Affiliate Network advertiser is a poor fit for the content of your website, your Affiliate Network advertisements may receive may clicks with no sales conversions. Because a merchant pays Affiliate Network publishers only when sales conversions are made, the payment for a sale is generally higher than for an AdSense click.
Benefits of AdSense
AdSense requires little effort on your part; once you place an ad unit on your website, the unit will always display advertisements with no further maintenance necessary, as long as you remain a member of the AdSense program. If you display Google Affiliate Network advertisements, you may have to perform maintenance on your ad units periodically if advertisers change their policies or go out of business. In addition, you do not have to select what advertisements to display when you use AdSense; Google selects relevant advertisements for you based on the content of your website. Because you receive payment when advertisements are clicked, you do not have to worry about whether the merchant will be able to convert the traffic that you provide into sales. AdSense is a good choice for webmasters who prefer to be 'hands-off' with website monetization and focus on content and design instead.
Benefits of Google Affiliate Network
Google's system of selecting relevant ads to display in AdSense units generally works well for displaying ads that visitors to a website will find interesting. However, if your website has a narrow focus -- such as a single type of product or products from a single manufacturer -- you may experience high sales conversion rates if you can find an affiliate partner from which your visitors are likely to want to purchase products. In this case, it is possible that you could earn significantly more money with the Google Affiliate Network than you could with AdSense.
How to Become a Publisher for Advertisers and Generate Income By Posting Links on your Website
1. Thousands of people around the world are still inquest of money making opportunities that would allow them to work from home. It is possible to earn from home, because companies are still outsourcing jobs to people who own computers, internet access, websites or blogs. To become a publisher for any of these companies, you must sign up for a free account by submitting your website or blog to the company that allows you to place their ads on your website or blog. After your account is approved go to step two.Many successful companies have been outsourcing jobs to thousands of people around the world since the inception of the internet. As a result, people are earning substantial income right from the comfort of their homes. The advertising industry is the main source for this opportunity.
2. Constantly watch your email for the company's advertising code that will be sent to your account. On receipt of the code, insert it into your website html document by follow all instructions and guidelines of the company.The process for making this happen is based on a concept known as Adsense advertising where companies create a specific branch or area in the organization and named it Publisher's Account. This account allows individual with a website to apply for a Publisher's account (See Resources below) and displays advertising on behalf of the company and generate income whenever these ads are shown and clicked by viewers.
3. It is advisable that you use a separate email other than your personal email to join free advertising traffic programs just in case you will be getting ad-exchange mails. Start promoting your website or blog on a consistent daily basis for people to locate it. (See Resources below) Make sure you login to your email and verify your free traffic programs links sent to your email.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
How to Delete Ads by Google
1. Click the Windows 'Start' menu and paste the following text into the search box:C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etcPress 'Enter.' Windows Explorer will open and display the contents of the 'etc' folder. You will see a file named 'HOSTS' in the folder.
2. Right-click that file and select 'Copy.' Then select right-click a blank area in the folder and select 'Paste.' Windows will create a backup of the file named 'HOSTS - Copy.'
3. Click the Windows 'Start' menu and type 'Notepad.' Notepad will appear in the list of results. Right-click Notepad and select 'Run as Administrator.' If you receive a confirmation prompt, click 'Continue.' Notepad will open in Administrator mode.
4. Press 'CTRL+O' to display the 'File Open' window.
5. Click the drop-down window labeled 'Text Documents' and select 'All files.'
6. Paste the following text into the address bar at the top of the window:C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etcNotepad will display a list of files in the 'etc' directory.
7. Double-click 'HOSTS.' The HOSTS file will open.
8. Copy the following text and paste it after the last line of the file:127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com127.0.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.comEach line represents a Google URL. The 127.0.0.1 portion of the string maps each URL to your local computer. When a web page requests one of these URLs, it will not load.This will prevent the ad from appearing on the web page.
9. Press 'CTRL+S' to save the file.
How to Make Money With Adsense
1. Visit Google's Adsense page, and sign up for a free account.
2. Create a website or a blog on a topic that you would like to write about.
3. Create original content on the topic of your choice. For instance if you create a site or blog about golf, keep your articles relevant. This content will attract visitors and traffic and ultimately make you money when visitors click on Adsense Ads.
4. Place the Adsense code in your website along the left hand side of the page vertically. This works best as people read left to right. You can also blend the Adsense in your content in a horizontal row above the page and in between content.
5. Post your blog or site on social networking sites to get traffic. Make sure to place it in an appropriate category.
6. Ping your site or blog at a ping service. Also be sure to ping each time you add new content. Pinging is a way to let sites know when you have added fresh new content. This will also help to bring traffic to your site.
7. Submit short articles about your site or blog topic to article directories. In your article place a link to your blog or site. This will help to get you more traffic.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Profitable Website Ideas
Niche Blog Advertising
Creating a niche website--usually, and most easily, as a blog--with a limited subject matter doesn't seem, at first, to be a one-way ticket to profitability. But niche blogs actually have one big leg up from mega-websites like online newspapers, entertainment sites, and social networks: visitors actually tend to look at, and click on, relevant ads.To place ads on your site, join ad networks such as Google Adsense and Text Link Ads that automatically create targeted ads based on the content of your website. Adsense, for example, works using a pay-per-click method: Every time a visitor clicks on an ad, you get a few cents. For large, broad websites, the click rate (clicks vs. total visitors) can be less than 0.3%, but for smaller niche websites it's consistently over 1%.Once traffic grows, you can also find private ad sales from companies related to your niche. Check out who's advertising on your competitors' websites and post an 'Advertise With Us' page on your site.
Niche Blog Reviews and Referrals
The other major way to turn a profit with a niche blog is through sponsored reviews and referrals. Sponsored reviews are reviews you write for certain products that the makers of the products pay you for. Some sponsored review brokers include ReviewMe and PayPerPost.Referrals are similar. Instead of getting paid for a review, you hype the product on your own and get paid a percentage of the profit whenever a visitor clicks through from your site and buys the product. Most web hosting companies offer referral programs, as do many other sites that make online transactions. Amazon has a very popular affiliates program.
E-Book Selling
Have you ever come across a website that sucks you in with big bold writing promising to tell you a secret that can make you rich in just two weeks? That's a sales pitch, and more often than not, if you scroll to the bottom of the website, they're selling a downloadable 'e-book.' If you know how to write effective sales copy, and you have an area of expertise that you could write a few dozen pages about, you could do that too.The trick with e-book websites is that people have to know the website exists in order to buy the book. A lot of e-book sellers offer referral programs to websites that cover the same topic as the e-books themselves.
Reseller Hosting
It may sound strange, but it's possible to run your own profitable web hosting company without any resources or employees. You do this through what's called 'reseller hosting': plans from major web hosting companies that allow you to create unlimited websites with your own packages and pricing. The most popular web host that offers reseller hosting is HostGator.
Online Store
Probably the toughest option, it can also be the most lucrative: Create a real business selling products. Even Amazon started somewhere. Online store strategies actually have a lot of similarities with brick-and-mortar store strategies: Have a clean layout; allow your customers to get in and out as fast as possible; and offer add-ons while they're checking out. Whether you're selling your own custom-made crafts or creating a virtual department store, you'll get paid whenever somebody buys.
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