When I'm just a newbie, I've read soooo many tips to increase your blog traffic from pretending bloggers. Sadly most of them don't work, that's what I hate on other blogger they're claiming that their tips work but looking at their blogs it seems that they don't applied at all. I know my blog is ugly, but I don't pretend as a know-it-all person. Before you teach tips on your blog, be sure to know what you're talking about.
As I said 'most of them don't work' but some DO, and Digg.com is one of them. Digg allows you to submit links to the website and when many users 'digg' the story you submit, chances are you will hit the Digg.com, but for small bloggers like me it doesn't work that way. On my other blog, everytime I published a new blog post, I make sure that I submit it to Digg. And it works for me, by doing that I'm able to increase my unique hits by a couple of hundreds or more.
Not bad for just a minute of submitting an article.
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The Power Of Digg.com
How To Increase Your Blog's Alexa Rank?
Alexa Traffic Rank is based on 3 months of aggregated historical traffic data from more than 1 million of Alexa Toolbar users and is a combined measure of page views and users. As a 1st step, Alexa.com computes the reach and number of page views for all sites on the Web on a daily basis. The main Alexa traffic rank is based on the geometric mean of these two quantities averaged over time. On April 16th, 2008 many users reported dramatic shifts in their Alexa rankings. Alexa confirmed this later in the day with an announcement that they had released the "New Alexa Ranking System" claiming that they now take into account more data sources.
I've been wanting to increase my Alexa Traffic Rank ever since i started blogging on this make money online blog, because Alexa Rank is one of the gauge to measure your rankings in the blogosphere. I searched for tips & tricks on Google and try those and luckily some of those work. From Traffic Rank of 8,000,000 in February 2008 now i managed to lowered it to 945,984. One of my blog today has it it's highest Alexa Rank so far of 89,126! How I do that?
1. Download the Alexa Toolbar for Internet Explorer, If you're using Firefox,download the add-ons: "SearchStatus" and "Alexa Sparky".
2. Put the Alexa Rank widget on your blogs (like that on my sidebar)
3. Encourage others to use the Alexa Toolbar and SearchStatus/Alexa Sparky Firefox add-ons. If you have multiple PC's at home do the same thing.
4. Click on your Alexa Rank widget every week, or encourage other to visit your Alexa rank page from your blog page.
5. Finally join Entrecard, most EC members have Alexa toolbar installed on their PC, hence giving you more Alexa hits. I'm spending 1 hour a day on Entrecard, and eversince my Alexa Rank lowers (which is good) But i don't encourage bloggers to waste their time on EC, 1 hour is enough. Because mostly visits from Entrecard are drop & go! Yes you got a lot of hits but high bounce rate too.
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How To Get Your Google Adsense Earnings via Western Union?
On my first Google Adsense payment, i accumulated a total of $117.05 in just four months. Today i just received a total of $167.81 that i accumulated in just two months! How did i do it? Read the Google Adsense Optimization Tips that i wrote from my personal experience in Adsense, who knew it might work for you too! I think i'm sounding like a li'l bit of scammer here. LOL :) but i have proof to accompany my words.
This article will tackle about withdrawing your Adsense earnings via Western Union, which is the most convenient way of receiving because there is no waiting for the checks to arrive via mail, and you don't have to wait for long term clearing time in banks. If you earned atleast $100 at the end of April you will probably get your earnings via WU on the last week of May. This $167.81 is my February & March 2008 earnings combined. In the screenshot above you can see that the payment date is: April 24, 2008 but the truth is they just released it yesterday April 27th, i know it because i check my earnings before i sleep everyday.
How will you know that payment has been issued?
In you're Adsense account Dashboard, click the 'Payment History' tab then you will see a 'Payment Issued' link,
then click it you will be brought to a page that contain the following info:
Payment Type: Western Union Quick Cash
Payment Date: Apr 24, 2008
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) 000756****
Payment Amount: $167.81
In Adsense, it is written there:
Remember to bring the following when you pick up your payment at a local Western Union agent:
The amount of your payment
The Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for this payment
Your government issued ID (Passport, Driver's License, National ID, etc)
Sender's information:
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Me, i write the MTCN and Google's address and the amount expected on a piece of paper, because you will need this upon receiving your payment. Don't forget to bring a valid ID (i just presented my school ID and my postal ID)
Then your ready to go on a Western Union now? but before that take a bath first! LOL! Not sure where to go? Try this Western Union Agent Locator, to find the WU agent nearest you that is offering Quick Cash option, because some of them don't offer Quick Cash. Be sure to pick up your Western Union payment within 35 days of the payment date, or the amount will be credited back to your AdSense account.
Fill-up a receiving form when you get there, nothing fancy just fill up with your Name, Address, MTCN, Amount Expected, Who Send It, Address of Sender then your signature then they will process your payment for more than 1 minutes and that's it YOUR PAID!
From my $167.81 in Adsense, i opt to received the $100 in US Dollars and the remaining $67.81 in Philippine Peso, in WU $1 USD is equals to P41.60 so i got P2,820.89, which is quite low because according to news it's P41.95 but it's okay i will just exchange the remaining $100 when the Philippine Peso hits P45 per dollar! haha!
So that's it, if you have other Google Adsense Earnings via Western Union related questions don't forget to comment :)
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Google Adsense Tips & Tricks
I'm not playing as an expert here but this article may help achieve your first $100 from Google Adsense. I did it in less than 4 months, not so fast but still faster than those other bloggers than already having their Adsense codes in their blogs for more than a year now but didn't get any positive results, if you're one of those i don't intend to hurt you in any way. Just read on who knew after you implemented my 'Google Adsense Tips & Tricks' you will now achieve the $100 mimimum pay-out from Google Adsense.
1. Read the Google Adsense TOS thoroughly.
I think this is the most important tip i can give to any 'Adsensers' out there. I've read so many blog post entitled "My Adsense account is banned!" or "My Adsense account is suspended!" and they end up cursing Adsense to the highest degree possible but the truth is they don't read the Term Of Service (TOS) and just signed up.
2. Patience is a Virtue
There is no quick bucks or instant money on the internet or if there's any that promise you that, that's probably a SCAM and just want to make money out of you.
3. Don't Ever Click Your Own Ads.
This is the most unforgivable act you can do with your Adsense. They absolutely don't tolerate it. Your blog, your name and your account will be banned forever.
4. Put the Ads Above the Fold.
Place the google adsense codes, into the upper part of your blog so that your readers/visitors can able to see it. Remember in Adsense they are paying for every click, if no one clicks on your ads you will have no earnings no matter how many millions visitors your blog is getting.
5. Blend the Ads Into Your Blog Template.
Make your ads appear to be 'not ads at all' so that you're readers will not be annoyed by it. Match the color of the background, the links must be the same color you're using. Don't use any borders, it's unnecessary. If you're gonna be labeling it, the only allowed words is "Sponsored" or "Sponsored Links" they don't allowed labels such as "Favorite Sites" "Click This" "Visit This Links" or any words that invite the users to click on the ads, they must click on their freewill.
6. Use the 336 x 280 Square Ad Format.
This is the most profitable size according to my personal experiences. Place it above the fold, before you're blog posts. I'm using this trick on this blog.
7. Write on a Specific Niche.
I know not everybody will agree with me on this one, but it works for me. Remember Google bot is crawling into your content and display ads according to the topics you write on your blog. Think what ads will be displayed if you write about dogs today, Britney Spears tomorrow and golf techniques the other day.
8. In Adsense, Less is More.
In this ad program, they allow you to put up to 3 'Adsense for Content' ads, 3 Link Ad Units, 2 Adsense for Search and unlimited Referral Ads (not sure!) but that doesn't mean you will put all of this into your blog. In my blog, i'm using 2 Adsense for Content ads, 1 or 2 Link Ad Units, none or 1 Adsense for Search and I don't put any Referral Ads from Adsense, i'm not good at any CPA based programs.
That's it! Those we're the things i'm using into my blogs, test it on your blogs too! who knows it might work.
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How to Remove Navbar in Blogspot Blog?
The Blogspot Navbar is the a navigation bar and a search bar which can be seen on top of Blogger blogs. Although they can be useful to some bloggers, others find it annoying and useless especially the 'next blog' feature. It comes to many colors but it doesn't blend well with other non-default templates. The good news is Blogger doesn't restrict us to remove it, as i read in other blog it's said:
" While it’s not officially against our TOS, we discourage folks from removing it because we think it’s a great feature with more improvements to come. Follow the above instructions at your own peril, as Blogger controls the TOS and has been known to change it. "
Before you do this simple trick be sure to back-up your template first.
1. Go to your Dashboard
2. Click Lay-out
3. Go to 'Edit HTML'
4. Find this code:
Press Ctrl F then input the code, so you can easily find it.
5. Then put these codes above it.
6. Press Preview.
7. If it's looks just fine, then Save it.
8. If the Navbar is still there, repeat from step 1.
9. If you're layout, got screwed up just upload the back-up of your template.
10. Just put a comment here if you have any problem.
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How To Back-Up Your Blogger/Blogspot Template
So your planning to change your boring blogger template or lay-out? But before that, you should back up your template so you don't feel sorry in the end. These steps are so simple and so easy to follow i provided a diagram so you will not lost in the process. Here's how:
1. Go to Dashboard, Click Lay-Out on the blog you want to back-up.
2. Choose Edit HTML. Click 'Download Full Template', after you click that it will save an .xml copy on your hard drive but don't stop there.
3. Copy all the codes all the way down, make sure you copy all the codes!(labeled in the pic as step 3, make sure that the 'Expand Widget Template' is ticked)
4. Open MS Notepad, then paste all the codes you've just copied then save on your PC.
5. That's it! you've successfully created a back-up for your blogspot template. You can now play and experiment with your blogger template codes.
Want to revert to your old template? Just go to your Dashboard, Click Lay-out, Edit HTML then Browse locate the .xml file you save then click Upload.
or
Go to Dashboard,Click Lay-out, Edit HTML paste the whole code that you save from MS Notepad, then press Preview if it looks okay Save.
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7 Things To Avoid If Your Running Adsense on Your Blog
Google, being the undisputable leader in search engines from then until now, is placing a high importance on the quality and relevancy of its search engines. Most especially now that the company is public property. In order to keep the shareholders and users of its engines happy, the quality of the returned results are given extreme importance. For this same reason, doing the wrong things in the Adsense and other forms of advertisements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, will result in a severe penalty, may get you banned and even have your account terminated. Nothing like a good action taken to keep wrongdoers from doing the same things over again. So for those who are thinking of getting a career in Adsense, do not just think of the strategies you will be using to generate more earnings.
Consider some things first before you actually get involved.
1.Hidden texts. Filling your advertisement page with texts to small to read, has the same color as the background and using css for the sole purpose of loading them with rich keywords content and copy will earn you a penalty award that is given to those who are hiding links.
2.Page cloaking. There is a common practice of using browser or bot sniffers to serve the bots of a different page other than the page your visitors will see. Loading a page with a bot that a human user will never see is a definite no-no. This is tricking them to click on something that you want but they may not want to go to.
3.Multiple submissions. Submitting multiple copies of your domain and pages is another thing to stay away from. For example, trying to submit a URL of an Adsense as two separate URL's is the same as inviting trouble and even termination. Likewise, this is a reason to avoid auto submitters for those who are receiving submissions. Better check first if your domain is submitted already an a certain search engine before you try to submit to it again. If you see it there, then move on. No point contemplating whether to try and submit there again.
4.Link farms. Be wary of who and what are you linking your Adsense to. The search engines know that you cannot control your links in. But you can certainly control what you link to. Link farming has always been a rotten apple in the eyes of search engines, especially Google. That is reason enough to try and avoid them. Having a link higher than 100 on a single page will classify you as a link farm so try and not to make them higher than that.
5.Page rank for sale. If you have been online for quite some time, you will notice that there are some sites selling their PR links or trading them with other sites. If you are doing this, expect a ban anytime in the future. It is okay to sell ads or gain the link. But doing it on direct advertisement of your page rank is a way to get on search engines bad side.
6.Doorways. This is similar to cloaking pages. The common practice of a page loaded with choice keyword ads aimed at redirecting visitors to another "user-friendly" page is a big issue among search engines. There are many seo firms offering this kind of services. Now that you know what they actually are, try to avoid them at all costs.
7.Multiple domains having the same content. In case you are not aware of it, search engines look at domains IP's, registry dates and many others. Having multiple domains having the same exact content is not something you can hide from them. The same goes with content multiplied many times on separate pages, sub domains and forwarding multiple domains to the same content. Many of the above techniques apply to most search engines and is not entirely for Google only. By having a mind set that you are building your Adsense together with your pages for the human users and not for bots, you can be assured of the great things for your ads and sites.Not to mention avoiding the wrath of the search engines and getting your Adsense and site account terminated altogether.
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