Top 10 Free Online Blogging Platforms

A blog is a great way to express your thoughts, create a web presence for your company and provide content to Internet users.
If you’re planning to create a blog, but don’t wish to get into the hassles of hosting, developing and deploying it yourself, consider creating a blog at any of the free blogging platforms mentioned below. Such services offer a plethora of features and generally come with both free as well as paid plans.
Let’s look at the top 10 most popular online blog-publishing services.

1. WordPress.com

WordPress.com is perhaps the most feature-rich blogging service out there. It uses the popular open source web software WordPress, and offers many features in its free version — traffic stats, anti-spam filters, SEO, gorgeous themes and more.
If you choose to use WordPress.com, you’ll be in good company, as many popular blogs — including CNN’s Political Ticker, People Magazine’s Style Watch and Flickr — are on this platform.
If you need more than what the free version offers, you can opt for their premium features that include custom domains, upgraded web hosting resources and more.
Whether you’re an expert blogger or a beginner, this ultimate blogging platform is a safe bet.

2. Blog.com

Blog.com is another popular WordPress-powered blogging platform.
Just like other services, it has its own share of pros and cons. For a start, it offers many beautiful premium themes in its free accounts, as well as advanced plugins that one can expect only on a self-hosted blog. However, on the downside, the free service displays more ads as compared to WordPress.com. (But you can opt for paid upgrades to remove the advertisements.)
The free storage space offered on Blog.com is 2GB in the basic plan, which is less compared to 3GB that WordPress.com gives its users.

3. Blogger

Google Blogger is a well-known blogging service that offers many features to its users. For example, Blogger comes with a Template Designer user interface that lets you tweak your blog’s appearance as much as you want. (However, the templates provided are, in my opinion, no match compared to WordPress themes.)
When it comes to ease of use, most beginners prefer Blogger as it offers a no-nonsense interface for administering your blog and top-notch integration with their Google account. Another great thing about Blogger is that it offers certain great features for free that you normally need to pay for in other blog-publishing services,  most noteworthy being the ability to set up custom domains without paying a cent.

4. TypePad Micro

TypePad Micro is another free blog-publishing service. The interface is easy to use, and you can import/export content from many other blogging platforms.
However, in terms of add-ons and themes offered, TypePad Micro won’t satisfy even the most basic blogger. The cheapest paid plan begins at $8.95 per month and comes with additional themes, custom domain mapping, as well as technical support.
In an age where almost all blogging services are offering numerous features in their free versions, TypePad Micro seems to be lagging behind.

5. Jux

Jux is an innovative service that lets you easily share content online. Conventionally speaking, it’s not a blogging service like the ones previously mentioned, however, it has a lot of the same functionalities. Rather, Jux lets you create your own microblogging site for sharing your content.
By default, Jux templates don’t have the native sidebars and other widgets that are common to most blogs. Instead, Jux provides a clean (and beautiful) approach to blogging. Simply create an account, and then start sharing your content.
While Jux does seem amazing and has excellent support for mobile devices, it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. For instance, if you’re planning to create a more conventional blog, opting for WordPress might be a better option. On the other hand, if you’re leaning more towards visual content, such as photos and artwork, Jux may just amaze you with its features.

6. Tumblr

Tumblr is a popular and feature-packed microblogging platform. It comes with many outstanding and interesting features such as audio blogging (for sharing your music, for example), free custom domains, hundreds of amazing blogging themes and more.
Furthermore, you can sync your Tumblr account with Facebook and/or Twitter so that you can update your social media feeds in a single location. Yet another awesome feature is the ability to create community-powered group blogs. Tumblr also offers support for many third-party apps such as Google Analytics and Feedburner.

7. Posterous Spaces

Posterous Spaces is an excellent online blog-publishing service that is similar to Tumblr.
Posterous Spaces has excellent privacy and viewing features so that you can easily control who can see what on your Posterous Spaces site. It’s designed to allow its users to post content quickly and as hassle-free as possible, so it has loads of features included to facilitate this, such as free mobile apps for iOS and Android smartphones so you can update your blog on the go and a simple, well-designed user interface.
Using Posterous Spaces means you’ll be in good company; popular tech startups like MailChimp, TweetDeck and Airbnb leverage Posterous as their company blog.

8. Blogetery

Blogetery is a WordPress-powered online blogging service that offers a modest set of features. Free accounts get nearly 140 themes, custom domain mapping and roughly 40 plugins to choose from.
On Blogetery, ads are displayed on all free blogs, but if you wish to upgrade, you can opt for the paid plan that will cost you $3.50 per month and will give you additional themes, plugins, email support, 5GB of additional storage space, the ability to remove ads, etc.

9. Weebly

Weebly offers more than just blogging — it’s a fully featured website builder! Weebly’s blog manager features a drag-and-drop interface, support for image galleries, slideshows, video/audio, maps, etc. Additionally, you can opt for their Designer Platform that lets you build websites for your client, thereby effectively using Weebly as a content management system.

10. LiveJournal

LiveJournal (often abbreviated as LJ) offers blogging with a touch of social networking to it. You can participate in polls, create networks and interact with other LJ users alongside your blog.
With that said, the features, compared to other similar blogging services, are nothing to brag about. Their collection of template is decent, and plugins/extensions are pretty basic in nature.

Other Online Blogging Platforms

Here are other blogging platforms that didn’t make our top 10 list that you still may wish to check out:

• Blogsome, freeblogit and Blog Dive  are other WordPress-powered blogging platforms.
• Thoughts.com is a service similar to Tumblr and Posterous.
• Blog.co.uk seems to have a wonderful community, but appears to put a lot of ads on your blog.
• MyBlogSite looks interesting but seems to lack in features when compared to other options.
• Aeonity offers free blog hosting but it looks like a dated service.

Conclusion

There are numerous blogging services out there, and choosing a specific one is more of a matter of personal taste and needs.

10 Excellent Online Payment Systems

In this article, we’ll be reviewing my top 10 online payment systems for accepting payments on the Web. While many of the companies on this list have been available to online merchants for years, many are also now getting into new areas of online payments such as social commerce and in-store online card reader systems.

A Quick Primer on Online Payment Systems

Before getting started, here are just a few things to know about online payment systems.

• ACH payments are electronic credit and debit transfers, allowing customers to make payments from their bank accounts for utilities, mortgage loans, and other types of bills. ACH stands for Automated Clearing House and most payment processors offer ACH payment options to their customers, especially for monthly- and subscription-based transactions. Most payment solutions use ACH to send money (minus fees) to their customers.
• A merchant account is a bank account that allows a customer to receive payments through credit or debit cards. Merchant providers are required to obey regulations established by card associations. Many processors (such as the ones listed below) act as both the merchant account as well as the payment gateway.
• A payment gateway allows merchants to securely pass credit card information between the customer and the merchant and also between merchant and the payment processor. The payment gateway is the middleman between the merchant and their sponsoring bank.
• A payment processor is the company that a merchant uses to handle credit card transactions. Payment processors implement anti-fraud measures to ensure that both the front-facing customer and the merchant are protected.
• PCI compliance is when a merchant or payment gateway sets their payment environment up in a way that meets the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The PCI DSS standard was created by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to increase security of cardholder data and to reduce fraud.

What follows are 10 excellent online payment systems.

1. Authorize.Net

Authorize.Net is the Internet’s most widely used payment gateway. With a user base of over 300,000 merchants, Authorize.Net has been the go-to method for e-commerce sites that need a gateway to accepting payments. Widely used e-commerce platforms such as Magento, Volusion and X-Cart are designed to accept payments using Authorize.Net easier.
Pricing: Authorize.Net has a $99 setup fee, costs $10 per month and takes a $0.25 per-transaction fee. Source: Authorize.Net pricing

2. PayPal

PayPal is the world’s most widely used payment acquirer, processing over $4 billion in payments in 2011. PayPal payments are made using a user’s existing account or with a credit card. Money can be sent directly to an email address, thus prompting the users to sign up for a new PayPal account. In addition to taking payments, PayPal also allows its users to send money through the service, which is a feature that only a few payment solutions provide.
Pricing: PayPal takes 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction and has no setup or monthly fees. Source: PayPal merchant fees

3. Google Checkout

Google Checkout is Google’s answer to PayPal. Google Checkout allows users to pay for goods and services through an account connected to their Google profile. The major benefit that Google Checkout has over the competition is that millions of Internet users use Google for other services, making a purchase through Checkout a simpler process.
Pricing: Google Checkout fees start at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction for sales less than $3,000. The percentage they take goes down depending on monthly sales volume. Source: Google Checkout fees

4. Amazon Payments

Amazon Payments allows its users to receive money using its API (and to send money out via ACH). Popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter uses Amazon Payments.
Pricing: Amazon Payments fees start at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction for payments over $10 (the percentage they take is less for larger transactions). For payments under $10, the fee is 5.0% + $0.05 per transaction. Source: Amazon Payments fees

5. Dwolla

Dwolla is a direct competitor to PayPal. One of the newcomers in the third-party payments space, the company is processing over $1 million per day. Setting up Dwolla payments is similar to PayPal, although Dwolla doesn’t have the same name recognition as their competition.
Pricing: There are no fees for transactions less than $10. For transactions over $10, Dwolla charges $0.25 per transaction. Source: Dwolla fees

6. Stripe

Stripe provides an excellent payment solution for web developers who would like to integrate a payment system into their projects using Stripe’s robust API. By bypassing the traditional sign up process, Stripe acts as a merchant account for its providers, handling all PCI compliance and merchant approvals.
Pricing: Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction with no setup or monthly fees. Source: Stripe: pricing

7. Braintree

Braintree is an online payment gateway and merchant account solution known for working with popular tech startups such as Airbnb and LivingSocial.
Pricing: Braintree has a $35 monthly fee (with a $75 monthly minimum). Transaction fees start at 2.29% + $0.30 per transaction for qualified cards. Source: Pricing – Braintree

8. Samurai by FeeFighters

Samurai is a payment gateway and merchant account solution. The company’s main product, FeeFighters, is a tool to help merchants compare rates for merchant accounts. Samurai was developed as a direct competitor to Braintree and other gateway/merchant solutions and offers customers a payment gateway or a gateway/merchant account package.
Pricing: For their gateway/merchant solution, Samurai takes 2.3% of all sales volume, costs $25 per month and charges a $0.30 fee per transaction. Source: Samurai by FeeFighters pricing

9. WePay

WePay is a payment processor that allows Internet merchants to accept credit cards and bank account payments online. WePay seems to be focused on the individual user, and has recently added e-store pages to their service to help their customers conveniently take in payments (e.g. event tickets, products, donations and so forth) through their service.
Pricing: WePay charges a 3.5% transaction fee (with a $0.50 minimum) for credit card transactions and $0.50 for bank payments, with no setup or monthly costs. Source: WePay fees

10. 2Checkout

2Checkout is another payment processor that combines a merchant account and payment gateway into one, allowing customers to receive credit card payments as well as PayPal payments. The company offers international payments, shopping cart stores as well as a recurring billing feature.
Pricing: 3.99% (if you apply by May 1, 2012), a $0.45 transaction fee and $10.99 monthly service fee. Pricing and fees – 2Checkout

Other Noteworthy Payment Systems

Here are other online payment systems I think you should also check out:

• Serve (by American Express)
• V.me (by Visa)
• clearXchange (by Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo)

What about Payments through Mobile Devices?

These two payment services allow merchants to accept credit card payments directly through their mobile devices, making it possible for devices such as the iPhone, the iPad and Android smartphones to act as a mobile point of sale (POS) checkout system.

• Square
• Intuit’s GoPayment

Conclusion

There are plenty of online payment systems out there that you can use to conduct e-commerce activities. Choose one that’s in line with your business objectives.
This isn’t an exhaustive list of online payment systems. If your favorite online payment system isn’t on the list, please share it with us in the comments and discuss why you choose it over other online payment systems.

Post-Penguin SEO Link Building: The Naked (URL) Truth

If your rankings haven’t recovered from Google Penguin yet, you’re looking for answers. By now, you’ve cleaned up onsite keyword spam, you’ve stopped participating in blog networks, and you’ve read a ton of articles about how to recover from Penguin, but nothing is working. The fortunate reality is that Penguin is simply an algorithm; a mathematical calculation that factors in different data sets to result in a “score” which is used to rank every Website you see in the search results. The first step to beating this algorithm is to understand it.

Understanding Google Penguin

The primary method by which Penguin operates is by examining your inbound link profile metrics to detect what it deems to be “unnatural” activity, and the main signal of unnatural activity appears to revolve around anchor text. As such, if you’ve been hit by Penguin, then it’s likely due to an over-optimized inbound link profile, as determined by the distribution ratio of the anchor text in your inbound link profile.

So, what does a Penguin-affected site’s inbound link profile anchor text distribution look like?

Can you guess what anchors are represented by the big pieces of this pie? Exact-match keyword anchor text for money keywords. This is the type of link profile that would have performed extremely well prior to Google Penguin, but it’s deadly post-Penguin since it lacks diversity, as over 75% of its inbound links are divided into 4 separate anchor texts. This is a big signal to Google of link profile manipulation.

Here’s what a healthy inbound link profile looks like:

This anchor text distribution is much more diversified, but there are still some big pieces to this pie. So, what are those? There are 4 main anchor types that typically comprise the largest portion of an inbound link profile anchor text distribution ratio:

• Naked URLs consist of some variation of the actual URL of the link destination. This can be an internal page or, more commonly, the home page. Naked URLs are the strongest signal to Google of a “natural” inbound link profile and typically comprise the majority percentage of anchor text distribution in healthy websites. Examples include searchenginejournal.com, http://www.searchenginejournal.com, www.searchenginejournal.com, and http://searchenginejournal.com.
• Brand Anchors consist of some variation of the brand name of the destination website. Even small variations such as differences in capitalization are noted by search engines. Examples include Search Engine Journal, SearchEngineJournal, Search engine journal, and SEJ.
• Brand-keyword hybrid anchors consist of some variation of the brand name of the destination website mixed with a relevant exact-match or LSI (latent semantic indexing, which is just a fancy term for “related”) keyword. Examples include SEO blog Search Engine Journal, Search Blog Search Engine Journal, and Search Engine Journal, a search blog.
• Universal/junk anchors consist of words that can apply to any destination website, or are universal in nature, such as “click here,”  “visit this website,” and “here.” They are commonly known as “junk” anchors because, prior to Google Penguin, SEOs and webmasters used to try to avoid these types of anchors since they passed no signals of relevance to the destination website. Oh, how the tables have turned.

Most of the healthy pie slices you see above consist of variations of these four types of anchor texts. As you move forward with your inbound link building strategy, resist the urge to rack up keyword-rich links (which was pre-Penguin best practice) and instead pick one of the four anchor types above.
Your first step, however, should be to audit your inbound link profile using a tool like Majestic SEO or Open Site Explorer, with the goal of determining your existing inbound link profile anchor text distribution. Once you know your current anchor text distribution, you have two options for adjusting it: Delete or dilute. Essentially, you can engage in a link removal campaign, and/or build new links to dilute your overall inbound link profile, which will bring down the ratio of all offending anchor texts. I recommend a two-pronged approach for maximum benefit, in which you execute both strategies simultaneously.
Once you realize that you’re up against a mathematical algorithm, it stands to reason that gathering intelligence and engaging in some strategic addition and subtraction is all you really need to recover from Google Penguin. If the penguin hasn’t released you from its clutches yet, don’t give up; positive energy in will yield positive results. Good luck!

Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/post-penguin-seo-link-building-the-naked-url-truth/46936/

Google Adsense Keywords

High Paying AdSense Key phrases: Acquire the highest paying Google AdSense key phrases and optimization techniques. High paying key phrases and alternatives
So how most of you out there have heard about these high paying Google AdSense key phrases Im positive every person. The trouble with these consumers and web pages are that they are drastically off base with their quotes. Ive performed a lot of investigation on high paying AdSense key phrases and for the most portion, there are not most with staggering CPC.
Seriously some of these consumers are claiming that they know Google key phrases that pay upwards of $100 per click. Properly Ill tell you ideal now that is a load of bull. There are some fairly high paying key phrases but none of them touch $100. I mean come on be realistic, if an ad pays $100 a click that indicates the advertiser is spending at least twice that for an advertisement! And with a common search volume of about 2000 clicks the advertising expense would be outrageous! So do not listen to these quacks saying they know where these unbelievable key phrases are considering they do not exist.
For those of you who do not know what CPC is, it stands for Expense Per Click. That is the cost an advertiser would will need to pay per click of their ad they are running. You as a publisher would get anyplace in between 20% and 60% of the CPC. So lets say the CPC was $five, you know you will get $two.50 at the max.
Quite often acquiring the ideal keyword or phrase is not as very easy as point and click. So what you will need to do is use a keyword tool or targeted traffic estimator. You sort in your key phrases or phrase that you have decided on and the tool will show you the search volume and other related key phrases and phrases. This will support you make a decision if your key phrases or phrases will be the most profitable in Google AdSense.
For instance…Individual Injury Lawyer has a really good search volume and a high CPC, BUT, Chicago Individual Injury Attorney has an even greater CPC. Small adjustments to specify what you are going for makes a globe of distinction. This here is fairly a great deal Search engine optimization, or Search Engine Optimization, in a paragraph. Take whatever you are writing about or promoting or whatever and define it from dog training to how to train your dog to quit biting. Make positive to sprinkle your content with your key phrases or phrases and if doable put it in your title as properly. Trust me it will function. And that ladies and gentleman is Search engine optimization.
Now How Most Of You Have Felt Like This
You have been performing your investigation and you have identified high paying Google AdSense key phrases. You have began to get some views and impressions and however nonetheless absolutely nothing. Goose egg. Zilch. Nada. Ok, ok, Im receiving carried away. Im positive any one who has tried Google AdSense has felt this horror just before.
Properly honestly it comes down to a couple items:
* Search engine optimization (search engine optimization)* Content* Competition* Topic
Search engine optimization is rather straight forward as I explained above. Optimize your target by taking a plain Jane topic like dog training and define it by performing how to train your dog to and so on and so on. Put your key phrases or phrases all through your content and in the title if you can. A lot of times the title has been taken so attempt to double it up or stretch it out like so..train your dog-how to train your dog to quit biting. Doubling and stretching like that honestly ranks high on search engines.
Content, you have to have really good excellent original informative content in your post, weblog, web-site, whatever it might possibly be. A lot of location you write can see if you have cut and pasted a person elses function off the net and search engines are much less most likely to choose up on duplicates. So maintain it original and informative.
Competition basically indicates are you chasing a niche that has thousands and thousands of consumers targeting the similar factor. Now it is not at all times poor with Google AdSense to chase a high competed for niche but it is commonly a superior notion to acquire one thing with lower competition. This makes it possible for you a a great deal higher opportunity of receiving observed.
Topic or Niche is an fundamental factor to pay attention to. If you are going immediately after a niche that does not honestly have a following, then you are not going to get any views, clicks or what have you. For example, how most consumers do you feel are looking for trash bags versus auto insurance Acquire a topic or niche that consumers are and will continue to search.
Now you can take all this specifics Ive given you and do added investigation on every single of them. If you want alot more in detail descriptions and layout. I just attempt to clarify items in the most straight forward way doable. The 1 factor that got me when I began web based was how every person had these lengthy drawn out explanations for every little thing. I was screaming why cannot you just flat out tell me! So immediately after some time reading a hundred numerous peoples eBooks or web-sites and blogs about how to do this and that, I figured Id share my expertise and put it in words any one can know.
You do not at all times have to go for the most highly-priced niche to nonetheless be profitable. Get started by checking out how a great deal items expense in places you know a lot about and would get pleasure from writing about. That way with your initially actions in the door when you are understanding you will be having enjoyable performing it. Then you can move on to alot more highly-priced, which I have identified to mean boring, niches.
Now write a small every single day, or possibly 1 post, weblog whatever a day. The alot more you have the alot more you get with high paying Google AdSense key phrases. Attempt and link your items together that have the similar one of a kind content. This way you will get consumers traveling by way of your stream of specifics checking your ads and your links and so on. And dont forget just considering you are attempting to make revenue does not mean you cannot have enjoyable. So HAVE Enjoyable WRITING
High Paying Google AdSense Key phrases
As promised here are some high paying Google AdSense key phrases for you to get started on. Now dont forget this is the CPC (expense per click) for the advertiser, so you figure 50% – 80% is yours.
* Chicago individual injury attorney~~~~$25 – $36. typical $31* Chicago individual injury lawyer~~~~$25 – $34. typical $31
Just a small side note, fundamentally any state and individual injury attorney or lawyer is a high paying Google AdSense keyword but Chicago appears to be the highest. Ranging from $15 – $30 per click.
And do not be afraid to take some words and switch them about or add words to acquire alot more revenue per click. Investigation is important!
* Auto Insurance Quote~~~$17 – $25. typical $22
* Life Insurance Quote~~~$15 – $23. typical $19
* Auto Insurance Quote~~~$19 – $28. typical $24
* New Lasik~~~$15 – $21. typical $19
* Most desirable Equity Loan~~~$17 – $24. typical $22
* Mesothelioma Remedies~~~$18 – $27. typical $23

Getting more clicks on your Adsense ads

More CTR (Click Thru Ratio) means more clicks on your Google Ads. But, is CTR all about position and colors of your ads? No! It's a lot more than that. CTR also depends upon the quality of traffic, relevancy of ads, and even the subject of your website. 
Let's get in detail:
 
Do you own a High CTR website?
Yes! CTR varies from Industry to industry too. It depends upon the keywords you are using to make your web page. It has been observed that more technical the topic is (but not necessarily) less CTR it will give you (for example Search Engine Optimization, Affiliate Network - exceptions are always there), but still works if the Ad content is well written.However, this is only one condition; there are many undiscovered conditions that affect the CTR of keywords. At times, a particular season also has an effect on the performance of keywords. For example family of 'Turkey recipe' keyword is more active around November and December only and a quite sluggish rest of the year. It becomes really necessary to study the behavior of keywords before starting a massive website of Adsense around a topic.
 
Your Ad Position and Color: Old, but very effective
Google heat map helps improve the CTR (Clicks Thru Ratio) of your website by suggesting you the most converting areas for your Adsense Ads. You can have a glance at the Google's Survey that illustrates the ideal placements of ads on your web page.
https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/static.py?page=tips.html#17954

Darker the area, better will be the performance of your ads. Your visitor tends to click on these darker areas more often than the other areas of the web page. Ads placed near rich content usually do well because users are focused on those areas of your web page. For example, on pages where users are typically focused on reading an article, ads placed directly below the concluding part of high quality content tend to perform well, as the visitors are left with no other choice except clicking the Ad block.

20 practical and ethical tips to earn more revenue from Google Adsense

Making money online is the hot trend nowadays. In coming days I am sure you will see many working professional quit their day job and seat at home in their pajamas writing some blog posts to make their living.
There are tremendous opportunities to make money online. Currently Google Adsense is the best option for most of the publishers. Some basic optimization tips can double your Adsense revenue. Two sites having same traffic can have huge adsense revenue difference depending on the ad optimization.
Follow these simple Adsense optimization tips. Experiment for at least two weeks to see the results. Believe me I am not exaggerating because I am experimenting with Adsense on my different sites since long time and these are nothing but some practical and ethical tips to increase your Adsense revenue.
This is hard core material about increasing the Adsense revenue and not possible for anyone to double the income just overnight. I am not promoting or supporting any tricks to fool Adsense code.

Before beginning the tips story let’s have some Google policy recap:
According to Adsense policy don’t do these things:
1) Do not click on your own Adsense ads by any way.
2) Do not increase Adsense ad impressions with some automating tools.
3) Don’t ask others to click on your ads.
4) Don’t alter the Adsense code other than fonts and colors.
5) Don’t put Adsnese code on adult or prohibited content.
Now you know the things that are against the Google Adsense policy.
Here are some simple and “any one can follow” tips to optimize Adsense ads:
1) Blend your ads effectively with your site theme. Match your Adsense colors with your site colors.
2) Do not use borders to your text ads. Ads without border and matching background with site background color always perform well over other ad units.
3) Have some Ad color themes that perform best with your site. At least 2-3 well performing ad color formats should be ok. Rotate your ad units with these color themes. This is just to avoid Ad blindness.
4) Use link units in your site. Link units near site navigation links can perform well. Other advantages of link units are – you don’t need too much Ad space on your site and link units are not annoying to users.
5) Use Google site-specific search box with Adsense. This is the best option other than content targeted ads. You have option to select ad location on your site search result page. Put Adsense ads at the top and bottom of search result page. The best location of Google search box is – top right corner of your site.
6) Place 250×250 size Ad unit at the top of every page or post. If you are using WordPress hosting then 250×250 text or image ad option should perform best for every site. Don’t forget to align this ad unit at right or left side of the post content as shown in the image below.
Use the <DIV Style> tag to align this ad unit. See more details on how to align Adsense ad unit at left or right of post content.

(Image: Position of Ad units and Search box)
7) Prefer Text ads instead of image ads. This will increase probability of more user interested ads. I will to suggest keep the text and image ad formats for your site. Use text and image ad format for following type of ad formats:
250×250 Square
160×600 wide skyscraper
336×280 large rectangle
300×250 medium rectangle
These are best performing ad units and will also increase your ad inventory.
8 ) Use section targeting to target ads relevant to your site or page content. Section targeting code is nothing but code tag provided by Google to direct their crawler to show relevant ads to page content. Use section targeting code on each page.
Here is the sample section targeting code:
– google_ad_section_start –
Content you want to target.
– google_ad_section_end –
If you want irrelevant content to be ignored, then use following tag:
– google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) –
More details on section targeting can be found here.
Section targeting will increase ad relevancy and thus CTR.
9) Ad placement is important. Place the Adsense ads above the main fold, means user should see your top performing ad units without scrolling down on your site. This will increase Ad CTR.
10) High performing ad slots: Top of left sidebar and top of individual post. Try these ad slots on your site. Use link unit (obviously with blended color) at the top corner of left sidebar and 250×250 or 336×280 Text and image rectangle ad unit in your post content (Align at left or right side of post content).
11) Block low paying and irrelevant ads showing on your site. Use competitive ad filter Adsense feature for this. Do well study before blocking any ad unit. Some times one ad unit can give you $0.01 in one country and same ad unit might give you $1 in other country. So be careful while blocking the ads.
12) Use Google Adsense ad preview tool can help you to view all ads showing on your site and also helpful for blocking irrelevant ads.
13) Keep more white space around your ads. Do not burry your ads somewhere “out of focus” location. Site content should have enough breathing space so as your ad units.
14) Study your keywords. Target ads to these keywords. If you are not using section targeting Adsense feature then don’t forget to add your page-targeted keywords in the beginning of your post. Google Adsense crawler generally searches for first one or two paragraphs to target ads to that page.
15) You can increase number of ads to be displayed on your site’s main page and individual pages. But please not too many ads.
16) Placing images above or next to the ad units will increase ad visibility and more chances of click on such ads increasing your CTR.
17) Besides the top performers I mentioned in tip no 10, you can use following “heatmap” provided by Google to analyze other top performing ad placement slots. See the Image below. Ad slots with dark color are hot spots than the faint ones.

(Image: Google Adsense heat map)
18) Track all ad performance using Channels. Channels are nothing but individual ad units, which you can track for performance. Study the Adsense revenue report in detail.  Don’t keep on changing ad formats, colors and placements every one or two days. Track the ad unit placement at least for 2 weeks to judge the ad slot performance.
19) Optimize your site for search engines. SEO is the key point for high traffic websites. Moreover traffic from search engines can convert well in case of Adsense ads. Users coming from search engines are clicking more on your Adsense ads than regular readers.
20) Ads placed in-between the content perform well. But keep in mind this can be annoying to your site readers. So avoid too much of blended ads in content.
If you have small posts then put ads at the top of the page content. If you have big post then ad units placed at the bottom or middle of the post can perform well. Do not use skyscraper ads in post content.
21) Test, Test and Test to work it best!!!
So integrating Adsense ads into your site content is the key point for high revenue from Google Adsense.
I am sure if you read every tip carefully and follow these tips you are not long away from doubling your Adsense revenue.

How many visitors does my site need to make money with AdSense?

There is no minimum of visitors, pageviews or hits to get approval for the AdSense program.
Therefore there is no minimum of visitors, pageviews or hits to make money with AdSense.
The only limit is zero. Because if you have zero visitors, there is nobody to click on your ads.
Every visitor to your site is a potential clicker/buyer and therefore a potential moneymaker to you.
In general, the more people visiting your website, the more money you make.
The amount of money you make per visitor differs per website-topic, type of the site, size of the site, time of day/year, etcetera.
Sites with large quantities of original quality content are likely to earn more money than for example forums.
So it is possible that a site with 10 visitors a day makes more money than a site with a 100 visitors a day.
But in general, sites that offer quality content but only have 10 visitors per day or less, don’t even make enough money to pay for the domain and hosting.
If you have a site with quality content that has about 100 visitors per day, there is a chance you earn a few cents every day and maybe sometimes a dollar or more a day.
If you have a website with quality content that is visited by about a 1.000 people per day, you are likely to make at least 1 dollar per day. If your content is durable and will not lose its value, you will make that money each and every day, year after year. An asset like that can make you thousands of dollars in the long run.
A site with quality content that is attracting 10.000 visitors a day? A site like that is very likely to be one of your main sources of income. In some cases a site like that will be able to fire your boss, so to speak.

How to earn money from Google's AdSense affiliate program?

Though it looks like a very easy job to signup and get going with Google AdSense, it is not that simple to earn money out of it. Sign up at Google AdSense is free of charge, indeed. However, making money online does not start off immediately upon doing something as fundamental as signing up and leaving certain text ads with Google to take care of the rest. To earn money out of displaying links to other website, your website must boast of high degree of traffic.

Designing a site of interest, optimizing the website with high paying keywords and placing the ads at the right places so as to maximize clicks and minimize risk, are a few critical issues that would eventually determine how much income you made out of it. Like any affiliate program, Google AdSense too has certain basis that can be kept in mind, worked upon and eventually draw interest of people to go through the site.

To begin with, building a content rich site is beneficial from Google's point of view. Good content holds the attention of visitors and encourages them to click further in the web pages to explore. It is also important to display up-to-date information on your website, updated periodically. The updated and latest information on the net interests the visitors for its usefulness. Lucid content on the your website paints a professional image of you. With an impression of you as an expert in the field, the visitors to your website regard suggestions and tips and more highly than otherwise. Most importantly, good and informative content shall bring back the visitors again and again, as they will most probably bookmark the site. Visitors may also popularize the website with word of mouth and thus bring in more qualified traffic.

Secondly it is important to research and use the higher-paying keywords while developing web pages. The site pages must be developed using topics containing high paying keywords that are also relevant to the topic of the web pages. You can make use of free online keyword bidding tools to know what advertisers are paying for keywords.

Thirdly it is important to place the ads at a judicious place on the web pages so as to attract instant and sure visitor's attention. The best place considered for placing any ad is the upper left hand quarter of your website. Studies reveal that people generally scan through the websites from top left corner to the bottom. Accordingly, placing a vertical skyscraper ad in the section can rev up the clicking rate from a bare 2% to as much as 30 % or higher.

Avoid using horizontal banners for ads as web surfers tend to avoid horizontal banners without actually going through them. It is because the web users generally come across web advertisements in horizontal banners. Further, it has been observed that placing an ad just before or after the web content fetches higher click through rate.

Google research also outlines certain dead zones in the web pages that will not generate clicks, viz. the top right and bottom right corners of the web pages. The absolute bottom of the web pages is also considered as a dead zone, as ads in these areas are most likely to be ignored.

It is always advisable to choose a color scheme for your ads to complement and coordinate with the present color scheme of your web pages. Thus the ads blend with your site content and invite more clicks in the guise of web content itself rather than an ad.

At last, it is always wise to follow AdSense program's policies to the word, as breaking the rules will kill a lucrative revenue option for you.

Google AdSense Social Media Accounts

You can also find more news and resources about Google AdSense at the following social media accounts:


Google AdSense Facebook Page


Google AdSense Twitter Account


Google AdSense Webinars


Google AdSense YouTube Channel

Tips on How to get accepted in Google Adsense

Not all those who apply for Google AdSense gets accepted and Google does not tell you why you are denied. You will be required to input one Website URL in applying for AdSense and here are some tips that may help you get accepted in Google Adsense Program:
* Have your own domain name (register it for many years if possible)
* Have at least 10 pages or posts in your website or blog (And site should be indexed already)
* Have unique content (Content/Topic that has Advertisers, check https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal, more on How to Use Google Adwords Keywords Tool soon)
* Have your site optimized for Search Engines (SEO Tips from Google)
* Have an XML sitemap
* Add your site in Google Webmaster Tools (www.google.com/webmasters)
* Add Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics)
Let us all look at the point of view of Google, if they see that you are serious with your website (registered your own domain name for many years) and have unique topic and content that can be found by the Search Engines, then they will have no reason to decline your application.
Note: These are not guarantees but only tips to help you get accepted and it will also help in your SEO and traffic generation

How to legalize an AdSense PIN Code

Google AdSense use to send a PIN code to all publishers when they arrive at an earning over 10$. Google mailed this pin code to them via postal mail in order to confirm the address detail of the publisher. But, it is tricky for the publisher who lives in Asian country such as India, Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Pakistan etc. to verify their account. They can only request PIN from Google max of three times, if they didn’t get the PIN and confirm the PIN in 6 moths Google will terminate their account.
Publishers have to obtain the PIN and enter it to legalize the PIN confirmation. It takes about 3 to 4 weeks for the mail to reach the publisher. In the case, publishers don’t receive the PIN code in 3 or 4 weeks, they likely demand it again. Again, if they still didn’t obtain the PIN code for the second time, they can request it for the third time but it is the last time for them. What will you do if you don’t get the PIN code for the last time?
There is other method to confirm your account in the case you don’t get the PIN code after you asked for it 3 times.
Initialy you have to log into your AdSense account and click AdSense account page then you will see link as if you have not get your AdSense PIN yet.
Next, you will be gone to a page where you have to enter your AdSense publisher ID. For your pub-ID it is at the top right corner of your AdSense account. By entering your pub-ID and offer your appeal. Once you already submit your request, Google team will contact you by email within 2 days. They will turn to you to ask for your NIC or bank verification by scanned attachment via email.
If you provide them true information, that they can verify, you will receive an email from Google team within 2-3 days with subject “your AdSense Account has been legalize”.
Now your AdSense account has been legitimately legalized by Google, and you can start earning without entering AdSense PIN code.

Do You Know - How Google Adsense Works? – Lets Learn the Basics to Earn with Adsense

Google Adsense is one of the hassle-free way to make money online. But, to get a stable income from Adsense, you need good traffic, well optimization and more than that, the basic understanding of it. I’m sharing here my personal understanding of how Google AdSense works, so you can get to know the real fact behind it.  This is completely from my personal understanding and experience.
I get few emails and comments about less earning from AdSense, mainly the low CPC. No matter how good traffic and CTR they have, but the final earning is still less because of less CPC.
You must understand the basic process behind Google AdSense, such as how it works, from where Google gets money, why CPC is not stable and how others are making more money than you with less traffic.

Google AdSense is Google’s advertising program for publishers and webmasters who can make money by showing ads on their websites/blogs. It’s a PPC (Pay Per Click) program which pay you when someone (genuine click from genuine reader!) click the ads on you site. Each click may pay you differently depending on how much the particular advertiser is paying to Google.

Google Adwords is another part of same Google advertising program which works for advertisers who want to advertise through Google. So, basically Google Adsense shows ads on your site, which are received from advertisers through Google Adwords.
I found an very informative infographic shows the process of Google Adwords. Even though, it shows how Adwords works, but you will get some good ideas of Adsense too, because both are directly connected.

Infographic original source

What We Can Take From Above infographic

These are the points I can list out to understand the basics which helps on increasing your AdSense earnings.
1) You need to write about a topic which is having several products to sell by several companies. So, the competition among advertisers will be high. This fact directly influences the CPC.
If I’m writing about ‘best webhosting providers’, I know there are plenty of companies in market, specifically to sell their products. So, I’m predicting the high competition which means higher CPC ads on my blog.
If you are writing about ‘Free mp3 download’ or ‘Indian college exam results’ on your blog, Yes, you may receive good traffic, but you will not find higher CPC ads. Just think ! , which American or European country company will bid (pay more to Google Adwords) to show their ads on ‘Indian college exam result’ websites?, the answer will be “ No one “. Even I doubt Indian colleges will be interested on Adwords ads.

2) Write for Advertisers, Get some Targeted Visitors
Think in this way. You need more money (higher CPC) and advertisers want your readers to buy their products. If I’m an advertiser, I do not mind to pay $2 per click, if I can sell a product which can make $60 profit within your 10 visitors (10 clicks). So, at the end, my net profit is $40 ( $60 – [10 x $2]). It can be done by targeted visitors only.  Google is not only caring about publishers you and me, but also they are more concerned on their advertisers.
If your site is getting 100 clicks but none of the advertisers are getting expected benefits, then I’m sure it will reduce the quality score of your website ( I’m guessing this). So, next time AdSense will push lower CPC ads.

3) Traffic Country Location
It’s not mentioned in above infographic, but I want to mention it here. Most of the advertisers bid more on specific countries only where they can sell products online. As you know, our online buying rate is lessor than USA or Europe countries or Australia.

Even though you are targeting valuable keywords to get higher CPC ads, but if the traffic is not coming specific countries, the final CPC and earning will be less.

Look at my December 2011 AdSense earning report. Even though Page Views from India is in second place compared to other three countries, but the CPC and final earning is very less. CTR is almost same in all countries. But the CPC in India is 6 times lessor than USA and other countries.  This could be a good example of how traffic country location is important.

If you have read this article up to here including the infographic thoroughly, I’m sure you would have understood the mistakes on your website and why it is not making good money with AdSense. You can increase the final earning by increasing the CTR and traffic, but if the CPC is very low, then you have no point in doing them.

Just understand these basic points and keep them on your mind while writing your next post. Look at the full process in single picture, do not only think about you as a publisher to make more money with AdSense. Try to understand how it works, what Google is doing behind it, how ads are filtered and displayed and what advertisers are wanting from your readers.
I hope this post would be useful. Let me know what mistakes and lessons you realized after reading this article!. Please do not share your exact figures of CTR, CPC and RPM of AdSense, its against Adsense TOS.

What is the AdSense revenue share?

For displaying ads with AdSense for Content, publishers receive 68% of the amount Google collects from advertisers. For AdSense for search, publishers receive 51% of the amount collected from advertisers. These percentages are consistent, regardless of a publisher's geographic location, and are not in any way averaged between publishers. We don't disclose the revenue share for other AdSense products; the revenue share varies for other products due to different costs of developing and supporting these products.
You can view revenue share details in your account:

1. On the Home tab, visit the Account settings page.
2. In the "Account information" section, you'll see each revenue share displayed next to Active Products.

We believe our revenue share is extremely competitive. However, revenue shares alone can be misleading, so we encourage you to focus on the total revenue generated for your site. For example, if the Google ads on your site generate $100, with our 68% revenue share you'd receive $68 through AdSense. Another ad network might offer an 80% revenue share, but only collect $50 from advertisers, so you'd receive $40.
With the vast number of advertisers competing to appear on AdSense sites, our system ensures that you're earning the most possible for every ad impression you receive.

Source:  http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180195&topic=1391547&ctx=topic

How much will I earn with AdSense?

There's no precise answer, because your earnings will depend on a number of factors.

• The type of ads appearing on your pages: By displaying ads with AdSense for content, you can display ads that are paid when users click them or when users view them. All ads compete in an ad auction, and our system automatically selects those which will generate the most revenue for you while ensuring a good user experience.
• The pricing of ads appearing on your pages: Not all ads are priced the same, so factors such as changing advertiser budgets, your specific content, and the ads your users choose to click will cause your earnings to vary even from day to day.
• How many AdSense products you use: You can earn from AdSense in many different ways -- by displaying ads on your webpages, by providing search to your users, by displaying ads in feeds, and more. Using more AdSense products will increase your potential earnings.

The best way to find out how much you'll earn is to sign up and start showing ads on your webpages. There's no cost, no obligation, and getting started is quick and easy. Sign up now.
Once you're a part of Google AdSense, you can see your earnings at any time by signing in and viewing your reports. You'll be able to see the total number of ad clicks, impressions, clickthrough rate, and your total earnings. This information will give you an idea of how well the program is performing for you and how much you can expect to earn over time in the program.

Ready to get started?

Sign up for AdSense

 

 

 

Source:   http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9902

9 Tricks I Used To Triple My AdSense Earnings In 30 Days

I have been using Google AdSense to monetize my blogs and websites for as long as I remember. In fact it was the first method I ever tried (I made a whooping $15 on my first month… back in 2005). Over the years I migrated to other methods (e.g., direct sponsors and affiliate marketing), which made AdSense become merely an inventory filler. I was still making around $1,000 monthly from it, but whenever I could I would use other methods over it.

Then some months ago I started noticing an upward trend on the CPC of my sites, and I figured that I should give AdSense another try. I started applying some tricks here and there, and the next month I made over $3,000 with it (that is combining all my sites). I was pleasantly surprised, and I decided to keep using it actively on some sites. In this article I want to share with you the tips and tricks I used to triple my AdSense earnings in one month.

1. I added units to my Big Websites

Daily Blog Tips and Daily Writing Tips are my largest websites in terms of traffic. They are getting close to one million monthly page views (combined). Despite that I was not using AdSense on them, mainly because the direct sponsorship model was working relatively well.
Some months ago I decided to load some AdSense units on the sites, however, and the results were very positive. Around 70% of the boost I generated to my earnings came from these two sites. At the same time I managed to keep the other monetization methods working fine, and no reader ever complained about the new ads (more on that later).
Even if your blog is already making money with direct sponsors and affiliate marketing, therefore, you could still manage to increment your earnings by strategically adding some AdSense units.

2. I added units to my Small Websites

As many webmasters do, I have a bunch of small websites scattered around the web. Some are on free hosted platforms like Blogger, and others are self hosted sites that I abandoned along the way. Most of these sites still get traffic, however. Not much, but combined the numbers get decent.
I figured that adding AdSense units to all these sites could yield some money, and I was right. The main reason is that, since these are abandoned sites and don’t have loyal visitors, I can place the units very aggressively. The result was a very high CTR (Click-through rate), which compensates the small traffic levels.
Don’t underestimate the earning potential of small websites, especially if you are willing to place AdSense units aggressively.

3. I used the Large Units

If you want to make money with AdSense you’ll inevitably need to use one of these units: the 336×280 large rectangle, the 300×250 rectangle, the 120×600 large skyscraper or the 728×90 leaderboard.
Whenever I tried to use smaller units the results were disappointing. Even if I positioned them aggressively the CTR was just too low.
All four units mentioned above can produce good results, but the best performing one is by far the 336×280 large rectangle, and that is the one I used to boost my earnings.

4. I placed the Units above the Fold

My first trial was to place the 336×280 large rectangle between the post and the comments section of my blogs. The results were OK. I then decided to try placing them below the post titles for one week, and the CTR skyrocketed. In fact I still need to find a placement/unit combination that will beat placing a 336×280 unit below post titles.
I knew this rule, but I guess I needed to test and get confirmation. The rule is: if you want to make money with Google AdSense, you must place your units above the fold.

5. I Focused on Organic Traffic

My main concern with adding a large AdSense unit right below my post titles was that some of the loyal readers could get annoyed with it. At the same time I knew that loyal readers become ad blind quite fast, and that the bulk of my money would come from organic visitors (i.e., people coming via search engines to my posts).
To solve this problem I decided to display the large rectangle only on posts older than seven days (using the Why Do Work WordPress plugin). It worked like a charm, as loyal readers don’t even notice the ad units when they are browsing through my recent posts, and organic visitors almost always see the ads because they usually land on posts older than seven days.

6. I started using AdSense for Search

I was not sure how much money I would be able to make with AdSense for Search, but I was not happy with the search results provided by WordPress, so I decided to give it a shot anyway.
Currently I am making around $60 monthly with AdSense for Search. It is not much, but if you sum it over one year we are talking about $720. On top of that the search results are as relevant as you’ll get, so it is a win win situation.

7. I started using AdSense for Feeds

Another AdSense product I decided to try was the AdSense for Feeds one. I opted to display the ads below my feed items (you can also place them on top, but this would be too intrusive in my opinion). The results here were pretty good, both in terms of CTR and earnings.
You obviously need a large RSS subscriber base to make this work, but I am guessing that even with a couple thousand subscribers you could already make $100 monthly from feed ads.

8. I played around with section targeting

Section targeting is an AdSense feature that allows you to suggest specific sections of your site that should be used when matching ads. You can read more about it here.
I found that on niche and small websites section targeting can help a lot. Often times Google was displaying unrelated ads on these sites because there weren’t enough pages. After using section targeting I managed to increase the relevancy of the ads and consequently the CTRs.

9. I tested with Different Colors and Fonts

If you enabled both image and text ads on your units you should be able to customize the colors and fonts. I did some testing with both of these factors, and it helped to increase the numbers. Nothing dramatic, but it was definitely worth my time.
You just need to track your CTR for a couple of weeks. Then change the color or font and track it for another week, seeing if you can beat the original CTR. If you can, keep the new format. If you the performance decreased, try a new color or font and track the CTR for another week, until you find the optimal combination.
On my sites the best results came from making the ad units merge with the look of the site, but on some sites contrasting colors perform better, so testing is a must.

How to Maximize Your Online Earning

From my experience, I can say that there are lot of ways to make money online. For me, I choose to focus on three things: Amazon, eBay, and Google Adsense.
1. Amazon Affiliate
I’m sure you know what Amazon.com is. If you want to start making money online, I think Amazon is the best place to start because most of you are familiar with it already. The system is simple, refer someone to buy a product there and you can get some commission if the transaction happen.
I earn about one or two grand per month from Amazon.com. Not so big compare to Amazon guru but I’m happy with my achievement.
2. eBay
Not much different from Amazon. You will get commission if you can pursue someone to buy there.
3. Google Adsense
Do you want to get paid if someone click the link on your blog? If you do then you should join Google Adsense. Google Adsense is one of the simplest way to make money. Just place the google ads on your blog and if someone click on that ads, you’ll get paid.
Keep in mind that you’re not allowed to click the ads on your own for any reasons. Google will banned your account and dismiss your earning.
As a good friend, I’ll share you my secret tool that I used to manage all of three programs above. It’s Affiliate Store Builder. Using this PHP script, you can manage your site performance easily. This way you can check with technique work best on you. Frankly saying, if you want to maximize your earnings, Affiliate Store Builder is a must.

How to Get Google to Index Your New Website & Blog Quickly

Whenever you create a new website or blog for your business, the first thing you probably want to happen is have people find it. And, of course, one of the ways you hope they will find it is through search. But typically, you have to wait around for the Googlebot to crawl your website and add it (or your newest content) to the Google index.
So the question is: how do you ensure this happens as quickly as possible? Here are the basics of how website content is crawled and indexed, plus some great ways to get the Googlebot to your website or blog to index your content sooner rather than later.

What is Googlebot, Crawling, and Indexing?

 

Before we get started on some good tips to attract the Googlebot to your site, let’s start with what the Googlebot is, plus the difference between indexing and crawling.

• The Googlebot is simply the search bot software that Google sends out to collect information about documents on the web to add to Google’s searchable index.
• Crawling is the process where the Googlebot goes around from website to website, finding new and updated information to report back to Google. The Googlebot finds what to crawl using links.
• Indexing is the processing of the information gathered by the Googlebot from its crawling activities. Once documents are processed, they are added to Google’s searchable index if they are determined to be quality content. During indexing, the Googlebot processes the words on a page and where those words are located. Information such as title tags and ALT attributes are also analyzed during indexing.

So how does the Googlebot find new content on the web such as new websites, blogs, pages, etc.? It starts with web pages captured during previous crawl processes and adds in sitemap data provided by webmasters. As it browses web pages previously crawled, it will detect links upon those pages to add to the list of pages to be crawled. If you want more details, you can read about them in Webmaster Tools Help.
Hence, new content on the web is discovered through sitemaps and links. Now we’ll take a look at how to get sitemaps on your website and links to it that will help the Googlebot discover new websites, blogs, and content.

How to Get Your New Website or Blog Discovered

So how can you get your new website discovered by the Googlebot? Here are some great ways. The best part is that some of the following will help you get referral traffic to your new website too!

• Create a Sitemap – A sitemap is an XML document on your website’s server that basically lists each page on your website. It tells search engines when new pages have been added and how often to check back for changes on specific pages. For example, you might want a search engine to come back and check your homepage daily for new products, news items, and other new content. If your website is built on WordPress, you can install the Google XML Sitemaps plugin and have it automatically create and update your sitemap for you as well as submit it to search engines. You can also use tools such as the XML Sitemaps Generator.
• Submit Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools – The first place you should take your sitemap for a new website is Google Webmaster Tools. If you don’t already have one, simply create a free Google Account, then sign up for Webmaster Tools. Add your new site to Webmaster Tools, then go to Optimization > Sitemaps and add the link to your website’s sitemap to Webmaster Tools to notify Google about it and the pages you have already published. For extra credit, create an account with Bing and submit your sitemap to them via their Webmaster Tools.
• Install Google Analytics – You’ll want to do this for tracking purposes regardless, but it certainly might give Google the heads up that a new website is on the horizon.
• Submit Website URL to Search Engines – Some people suggest that you don’t do this simply because there are many other ways to get a search engine’s crawler to your website. But it only takes a moment, and it certainly doesn’t hurt things. So submit your website URL to Google by signing into your Google Account and going to the Submit URL option in Webmaster Tools. For extra credit, submit your site to Bing. You can use the anonymous tool to submit URL’s below the Webmaster Tools Sign In – this will also submit it to Yahoo.
• Create or Update Social Profiles – As mentioned previously, crawlers get to your site via links. One way to get some quick links is by creating social networking profiles for your new website or adding a link to your new website to pre-existing profiles. This includes Twitter profiles, Facebook pages, Google+ profiles or pages, LinkedIn profiles or company pages, Pinterest profiles, and YouTube channels.
• Share Your New Website Link – Once you have added your new website link to a new or pre-existing social profile, share it in a status update on those networks. While these links are nofollow, they will still alert search engines that are tracking social signals. For Pinterest, pin an image from the website and for YouTube, create a video introducing your new website and include a link to it in the video’s description.
• Bookmark It – Use quality social bookmarking sites like Delicious and StumbleUpon.
• Create Offsite Content – Again, to help in the link building process, get some more links to your new website by creating offsite content such as submitting guest posts to blogs in your niche, articles to quality article directories, and press releases to services that offer SEO optimization and distribution. Please note this is about quality content from quality sites – you don’t want spammy content from spammy sites because that just tells Google that your website is spammy.

How to Get Your New Blog Discovered

So what if your new website is a blog? Then in additional to all of the above options, you can also do the following to help get it found by Google.

• Setup Your RSS with Feedburner – Feedburner is Google’s own RSS management tool. Sign up or in to your Google account and submit your feed with Feedburner by copying your blog’s URL or RSS feed URL into the “Burn a feed” field. In addition to your sitemap, this will also notify Google of your new blog and each time that your blog is updated with a new post.
• Submit to Blog Directories – TopRank has a huge list of sites you can submit your RSS feed and blog to. This will help you build even more incoming links. If you aren’t ready to do them all, at least start with Technorati as it is one of the top blog directories. Once you have a good amount of content, also try Alltop.

The Results

Once your website or blog is indexed, you’ll start to see more traffic from Google search. Plus, getting your new content discovered will happen faster if you have set up sitemaps or have a RSS feed. The best way to ensure that your new content is discovered quickly is simply by sharing it on social media networks through status updates, especially on Google+.
Also remember that blog content is generally crawled and indexed much faster than regular pages on a static website, so consider having a blog that supports your website. For example, if you have a new product page, write a blog post about it and link to the product page in your blog post. This will help the product page get found much faster by the Googlebot!
What other techniques have you used to get a new website or blog indexed quickly? Please share in the comments!

Top 20 Most Paying Google Adsense Keywords in 2012

Earning money from online has become very popular. The best way to earn money is from advertising. Google Adsense, a contextual Cost Per Click (mainly) based program allows website owners to earn some money from their websites and blogs. Total approximately $33.3 billion in the past twelve months, has comes from advertising in Google. Somehow 97% of Google’s revenue comes from advertising on Google sites.You can also show your advertisement to specific people. country or group by Google Adwords. WordStream has done this research to discover which keyword categories has the highest costs per click (CPC) in Google’s AdWords. This infographic based on the results of their research which is given below. Read more about AdSense from Wikipedia or visit Google AdSense official website.

The Top 20 Most Expensive Keywords are:

1. Insurance (“buy car insurance online” and “auto insurance price quotes”)
2. Loans ( “consolidate graduate student loans” and “cheapest homeowner loans”)
3. Mortgage ( “refinanced second mortgages” and “remortgage with bad credit”)
4. Attorney ( “personal injury attorney” and “dui defense attorney”)
5. Credit ( “home equity line of credit” and “bad credit home buyer”)
6. Lawyer (“personal  injury lawyer,” “criminal defense lawyer)
7. Donate (“car donation centers,” “donating a used car”)
8. Degree (“criminal justice degrees online,” “psychology bachelors degree online”)
9. Hosting (“hosting ms exchange,” “managed web hosting solution”)
10. Claim (“personal injury claim,” “accident claims no win no fee”)
11. Conference Call (“best conference call service,” “conference calls toll free”)
12. Trading (“cheap online trading,” “stock trades online”)
13. Software (“crm software programs,” “help desk software cheap”)
14. Recovery (“raid server data recovery,” “hard drive recovery laptop”)
15. Transfer (“zero apr balance transfer,” “credit card balance transfer zero interest”)
16. Gas/Electricity (“business electricity price comparison,” “switch gas and electricity suppliers”)
17. Classes (“criminal justice online classes,” “online classes business administration”)
18. Rehab (“alcohol rehab centers,” “crack rehab centers”)
19. Treatment (“mesothelioma treatment options,” “drug treatment centers”)
20. Cord Blood (“cordblood bank,” “store umbilical cord blood”)

The first 10 keyword usually deal with financing and industries that manage good sums of money. Degree is also included as the education cost is rising. If you want to earn money from Adsense, if you would probably want to keep an eye on this list.Its not easy to get high CPC add on your website overnight. You have to work hard, get a higher page rank in google and obviously a lot of visitor.

How To Find Best Keyword:
Have you hard the name of Google Adsense? Ok ! Its possible that a lot of webmaster dont know about it. You can find the best valuable expensive keyword for youe website here. Open an account in Google Adwords. You will need a Googel account, obviously you have it. Then Go to Tools and Analysis> Keyword tool in Drop down menu. Write the keyword that you want to find and click on Approximate CPC  to categorize them.