IT Tips and Tricks

Vbulletin: Replace default vbulletin logo in header

2008-08-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

Q: i wanted to edited the design of my forum by putting my own design on the top of the forum but i can't find the index.html file to edit. Anyone can help me?

A: there is no "index.html" to edit, all templates and style settings are in the database.

AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style MAnager > Click on GO >

You should see the header footer and header include templates, along with main width settings and the style var (or image path) settings

Microsoft Office Tips & Tweaks (part 3)

2008-07-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

When it comes to using Microsoft Office, you may be an old hand or a relative newcomer.
Either way, productivity is always at a premium, so it’s useful to know any tips and tricks that can free up more time for other, more important things. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a few insider tips and tweaks that can help you create your Office documents, presentations, and worksheets in a flash. Unless otherwise indicated, the following tips should be universally applicable to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Erase Problems

If you mess up when creating a document (and who doesn’t?) you can use the Undo feature to reverse your actions. To do this, click the Undo button or press CTRL-Z one time for every action you want to reverse. If you get carried away and reverse too many actions, you can click the Redo button (or press CTRL-Y) to reverse Undo.

Make AutoCorrect Do Your Typing

You may already be familiar with AutoCorrect as the Office feature that automatically fixes embarrassing typos in your documents, based on its default list of corrections. For example, AutoCorrect will cheerfully change “hte” to “the” without even asking you. However, you may not realize that you can also leverage the feature by creating custom entries that automatically type long, complicated, or hard-to-spell words. For example, you can create a custom entry that automatically replaces your initials with your full name or replaces a short entry with a long (but frequently used) phrase or title. This time-saver is especially helpful in a word processing program like Word, although AutoCorrect works well in PowerPoint and Excel, as well.

To create an entry in AutoCorrect, choose Tools and AutoCorrect Options and then click the AutoCorrect tab. Make sure the Replace Text As You Type option is checked. Next, in the Replace box, enter the original text that you want to type (such as your initials). In the With box, enter the text that you want to replace the original text (such as your full name), and then click Add, OK. In your document or presentation, try out the feature by typing your initials followed by a space.

Get To Commands Quickly

Microsoft Office includes multiple ways to quickly access commonly used commands. You can right-click an area of the screen, such as a placeholder in PowerPoint or a chart in Excel, and the program displays a list of associated commands on a shortcut menu. Click the command you want on the list. If you’re relatively good at using the keyboard, you can also increase efficiency by using keyboard shortcuts for many processes, such as CTRL-B to bold selected text or CTRL-R to right-align it. To help you quickly learn the keyboard shortcuts, you can display them as part of the ScreenTips that pop up whenever you rest the mouse pointer over a toolbar button. To do this, right-click any visible toolbar and then choose Customize from the shortcut menu. Click the Options tab in the Customize dialog box and then check the boxes for Show ScreenTips On Toolbars and Show Shortcut Keys In Screen Tips before clicking Close.

Draw Symmetrical Objects

You can draw a variety of objects, such as squares and circles, in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. To do so, display the Drawing toolbar by right-clicking any visible toolbar and then choosing Drawing. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Rectangle or Oval tool and then click and drag in the application workspace. If the object is still selected, you can also enter text inside it just by typing. To create a symmetrical object (such as a perfect circle or square), press SHIFT while dragging to draw the object. To create an object from the center point (where you first begin dragging the mouse), press CTRL. Finally, to create a symmetrical object from a center point, click the tool on the toolbar, and then press CTRL-SHIFT while dragging the mouse. If you’re having trouble moving a drawn object in small increments with the mouse, try using the menu commands instead. Select the object and then choose Draw and Nudge from the Drawing toolbar. Choose a direction from the submenu that displays. As an alternative, you can move an object by using the keyboard: Press an arrow key to move a selected object six pixels at a time; pressing CTRL and an arrow key will move the object in tiny one-pixel increments.

Use WordArt

To create an attention-grabbing title, create it as WordArt Object. Click the Insert WordArt button (on the Drawing toolbar) to display the WordArt Gallery. Double-click a style, which simultaneously selects it and opens the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, and then type your text. Optionally, you can choose a typeface and font size by choosing them on the Font and Size drop-down lists. When you’re finished, click OK. You can make additional modifications to the WordArt object by selecting it and then choosing commands on the WordArt toolbar.

Jazz Up Objects With 3D Or Shadow Effects

You can add three-dimensional effects to circles, squares, and other drawn objects. Click the object to select it and then click the 3-D Style tool from the Drawing toolbar. Choose an effect from the palette. To further modify the object’s appearance, click 3-D Settings on the palette, which opens the 3-D Settings toolbar. You can then use buttons on this toolbar to change the object’s depth, surface appearance, color, or perspective. In a similar manner, you can also apply shadow effects to a drawn object. Select the object, click the Shadow Style tool on the Drawing toolbar and then choose a style from the palette. You can further revise the object’s look by clicking Shadow Settings on the palette to open the Shadow Settings toolbar and then changing the shadow’s direction or color. One important note: You can apply either a 3D or shadow effect to an object, but not both.

Copy Formatting

You can copy formatting from one object, text area, or cell to another. To do this, select the object or cell from which you want to copy the formatting (or click within the text), and then click the Format Painter button. Next, click the object, cell, or text to which you want to copy the formatting. You can also double-click the Format Painter button to keep it active. This enables you to copy formatting multiple times. When you’re finished copying formatting, click the Format Painter button again or simply press ESC.

Tear Off Toolbars

You can “tear off” many of the submenus (palettes) in your Office programs so that you can keep them open, which provides ready access to their tools. For example, it’s more convenient to keep the Font Color, AutoShapes, and Fill Color palettes displayed instead of going through the same series of mouse clicks every time you want to use their tools. To “tear off” a submenu, display it, and then drag the move bar at the top of the submenu into the document workspace area. Release the mouse. When you’re finished using a palette, click its close button to clear it from the screen.

Select Text Quickly

Word includes a number of methods that you can use to quickly select text: Double-click to select an individual word; triple-click to select a paragraph. You can also speedily select a sentence by pressing CTRL while single-clicking anywhere in the sentence. Furthermore, you can select a line (not to be confused with a sentence) by moving your mouse into left margin until it displays as a right-pointing arrow. Point at the line which you want to select and then click. Finally, you can select an entire document by choosing Edit and then Select All or by simply pressing CTRL-A.

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by Linda Bird

Joomla Events Calendar: A How To

2008-07-07T20:16:00.000-07:00

The website of JEvent is available here, but no specific instruction for installation is found. This article will show you how to install Joomla Events Calendar so that it works on your joomla-based website.

They are testing version 1.5alpha now. However, we only cover version 1.4.3 here, as this version is compatible with Joomla 1.5 (legacy mode).

Here are the simple steps to install this component:

- Access sourceforge website: here

- Download the required component for JEvents: com_events_1.4.3rc2.zip

- Download Mini-calendar module: mod_events_cal_1.4.3rc2.zip. We need this module to show calendar on sidebar. If we don't install this module, calendar can only be shown on mainframe.

- You can install Latest events module, (if you like), mod_events_latest_1.4.3rc2.zip. This module shows the latest event on sidebar.

- After install these two modules, you have to activate them in Module Manager. They are displayed as "Events Calendar" and "Latest Events".

- To add an event, go to Components/Events/Manage Events.

- To add the first event, create a category first. Event category can be created in Manage Categories. After creating a category, remember to Publish it first before adding the first event.

- Check your homepage to see the calendar.

Microsoft Excel: Basic Worksheet Formatting

2008-07-02T20:50:00.000-07:00

Users often want to customize the look of Excel spreadsheets. There are many basic formatting options available at the cell and worksheet level. Most are available on the Format Menu located on the Standard Excel toolbar.

Format Cells

Choose Format on the toolbar and select Cells to open the Format Cells dialog box. This box has six tabs, each for a different type of formatting. (You can also access this dialog box by rightclicking in any cell and selecting Format Cells from the pop-up menu.)

The Number tab offers shortcuts so that Excel will automatically format data as you type. When you select one of the 12 categories on the left, a sample appears on the right. The Special category allows zero to be the first digit in a cell, which is useful for entering social security numbers or ZIP codes. Some other key selections include Currency, which adds a dollar sign and allows you to display decimal points, and Date, which allows you to enter dates in simple numerical form and format them in various ways.

On the Alignment tab, you can align text horizontally and vertically within a cell, change the orientation of text within a cell, and change the text direction. If you have more data than will fit in a cell, you have some neat options in the Text control section. Check the box in front of Wrap Text to continue your text onto the next line within a cell and then increase the height of the cell to view all the text. Check Shrink To Fit to decrease the size of your text until it fits into its current cell. Or select several contiguous cells and then check Merge Cells to create one larger cell that shows more text. Merge cells is also an easy way to center a header across a spreadsheet with multiple columns.

The Font tab offers options familiar from Microsoft Word, including Font, Font Style, Size, Underline, Color, and Effects. Similar to Microsoft Word, there is a Preview screen to view your choices before you click OK to apply the formatting.

The Border tab offers multiple ways to add borders to cells. (There is also a toolbar button with multiple border options.) First, select the line style and color in the line section. You can click the preset buttons at the top (None, Outline, Inside) or the more detailed buttons around the preview diagram to make borders appear on the diagram. You can also click directly on the preview diagram to make lines appear. Click on lines again to delete.

The Patterns tab allows you to choose background color and patterns for each cell. Click your color choice on the color palette and choose your pattern from the drop-down menu.

In order to lock a cell so that its data cannot be changed, check the box in front of Locked on the Protection tab. In order to hide a formula so it is not visible on a spreadsheet, check Hidden. (These features are only available on protected worksheets.)

Format Rows

Select Row on the Format menu and the formatting choices will appear. The Height option allows you to choose a numeric value for the currently selected row height. If you have entered data in a cell that is not high enough to view all the data, select that cell and choose AutoFit from the menu. The row which contains the selected cell will automatically resize to view all the data within. (Shortcut: Hold your cursor to the far left side of the screen over the bottom border of a row. When it turns to a line with arrows pointing up and down, double click the mouse, and the row will automatically resize to show all data.)

To hide a row, select any cell in the appropriate row. Then select Hide from the menu to conceal the entire row. Data will not be lost. To make a hidden row reappear, select the two cells surrounding it. Select Unhide from the Row menu, and the row will reappear.

Format Columns

Select Column on the Format menu, and the formatting choices will appear. The choices are similar to those available for formatting rows. The Width option allows you to specify a numeric width for selected cells. The AutoFit is the same for rows and columns. (The shortcut is also the same: Double-click to the right of the column you want to resize.) The Hide and Unhide features are also the same for rows and columns. Standard Width changes the default cell width. Highlight one or more sheets and choose Standard Width on the Column menu. Type a measurement in the pop-up dialog box. For estimation purposes, this number corresponds to the number of digits that will fit in a cell. (This applies if you are using the default text font for your worksheet.)

Format Sheets

Of course, if you select all cells on a worksheet before you make a formatting change, you will change the entire sheet. But there are two places in your workbook that are specifically designed to apply formatting at the worksheet level.

Select Sheet from the Format menu;there, you can select Rename to rename your sheet (names appear on the tabs at bottom left) and select Hide or Unhide (corresponding tab will be concealed).

Select Background to open the Sheet Background dialog box. From there, you can insert a graphic file as background for your sheet. Selecting Tab Color opens the Format Tab Color dialog box, so you can choose a tab color from the color palette. Worksheet tabs. Sheet formatting changes can also be made through your sheet tabs. Right click any tab, and a menu will appear. Some of the options (Rename and Tab Color) are also available on the Sheet menu and have already been described. The remaining options will help you further format and manipulate your worksheets.

Select Insert to open the Insert dialog box. From there, you can insert available templates into your worksheet. Select Delete to delete the current worksheet. Choose Select All Sheets to highlight all the sheets in a workbook. This can be useful if you’re making a sweeping formatting change, like the standard cell width.

Select Move or Copy to open the Move Or Copy dialog box. You can move your sheet within the current workbook, to any open workbook, or to a new workbook. (If you want to move a sheet within the same workbook, you can also simply click and drag that tab to change its position.) To copy the sheet, check the Create A Copy box. The Copy feature can be convenient if you are making numerous changes to a worksheet. With your copied sheet in the same workbook, you can simply look back at the o d tab or recopy it if you decide against the changes you’ve made. Copying a worksheet is also an easy way to create several tabs with the same formatting in a single workbook (for example, monthly calendars).

These basic formatting options can save you time at the keyboard and make your spreadsheets look professional.

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by Liz Stefaniak

Audio/Video Streaming

2008-07-02T19:20:00.000-07:00

Take Advantage Of Online Media

So you’re out on the road for business, and one of your evenings isn’t filled with dinner with clients or co-workers. You can’t really justify a taxi ride into the city for some adventure or, even worse, you’re in a town with absolutely no adventure whatsoever. But the good news is, you do have your trusty notebook computer and the hotel has high-speed Internet access. Guess what that means? It means you now have access to virtually limitless sources of news, sports, and entertainment! So say goodbye to boredom and hello to the exciting and wonderful world of streaming content.

There are a few prerequisites for accessing streaming media across the ‘Net. The most important of these is a media player. The good news: Almost every Windows-based PC comes equipped with the free Windows Media Player, which is capable of playing MPEG, AVI, and WMV formats for video, as well as almost every audio format available. There might be a cause for other media players, however. Most notable of these is Apple’s QuickTime media player, freely available from quicktime.apple.com. Some other sites might require RealMedia’s Real Player, which you can get from www.real.com free of charge. Real also has a paid offering called SuperPass, which we’ll discuss in detail later in this article.

News

Recently, CNN.com bucked the norm and made all of its video content available for free. Not only does it carry video feeds for each major story for the day, it also has a feed that is updated hourly with the most current updates on news items. To access the feeds at CNN.com, all you need to do is click any video link next to a news story. This will bring up the feed player, providing easy access to every stream available at the current moment via the table of contents on the right.

You can view available feeds by relevance to the current video you are watching or by the top-viewed video streams for the day by clicking Top Video. If you’d like to see a simple list of all available video, along with associated popularity ranks, runtime length, and the time it was updated, you can just click Browse in the video tab and see everything available to you at once.

CNN.com’s move to free video prompted all the other major news organizations to follow suit, so you can also catch free video throughout the day from FoxNews.com, MSNBC.com, ABC News (abcnews.go.com), and CBSNews.com. Even The Weather Channel (www.weather.com) has begun offering streaming video of its top weather stories updated every few hours from its site, absolutely free of charge.

For a less bandwidth-intensive option, National Public Radio (www.npr.org) provides a 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week live radio stream from its Web site for free. Even if you don’t have a high-speed Internet connection, NPR’s radio stream comes across loud and clear.

There is a paid offering from Real Network called Real SuperPass which offers access to premium content feeds, usually updated more often than the free content on most sites. A few examples of such feeds are live broadcasts of “Good Morning America” on ABC News and live streaming news from the BBC, as well as premium content from any of the 55 video clients it services. This feature costs $12.99 a month, but you can preview it free for 14 days.

Sports

ESPN (espn.go.com) is essentially your one-stop sports Web site. It has video, audio, and updates of every game in every sport, live video archives of the highlights of yesterday’s games and biggest sports news stories, games, and even it’s own radio station. ESPNRadio.com is a 24/7 sports-only radio station that streams in real time. Whether you’re looking for scores and updates or a detailed, play-by-play analysis of yesterday’s playoff games, ESPNRadio.com delivers it clearly and doesn’t require high speed to access.

On game day, ESPN runs real-time, live-updating sports monitors for each team and each game. These monitors are not video or audio, so they require no plug-ins whatsoever. The updates are instantaneous; when the NHL’s Ilya Kovalchuk scores a goal for his Atlanta Thrashers at 9:35 in the first period, you see the score and all associated stats update in real time, without having to refresh the browser.

ESPN also offers live game video feeds for a fee. For example, MLB.TV (go to www.mlb.com and click Video), the feed site for Major League Baseball, is $3.95 for a day, $14.95 a month, or $29.95 for the season. Or, if you’re on a limited entertainment budget and only need to hear the action, you can sign up for an entire season’s worth of audio feeds for every single team in the Major Leagues for just $7.95. Similar packages exist for the NFL, NBA, and NHL; refer to the site for details.

Fox Sports has a similar system in its Fox Sports Mobile application, a free download from msn.foxsports.com. Once running, you get live updates via direct feed into the application. You can also access video clips of game highlights both during the game and once it’s over.

Entertainment

There are two Web sites of note in the streaming video arena that carry some highly entertaining content on the Internet: Ifilm.com and Atomfilms.com. Both of these sites carry video clips and short films; however, each has its own specialization.

Ifilm tends to carry more “viral video” content, high profile videos of commercials, clips, cartoons, and other media that have created a buzz, while Atom Films leans more toward interactive content and preview clips. After Atom Films acquired Shockwave.com, it inherited a ton of interactive video games playable from your Web browser, giving you hours upon hours of boredom elimination. And if you’re looking for independently created shows and serialized screenplays to while away the ticking of the clock, Ifilm’s independent creators are just what you’re looking for.

If you’re looking to go down a truly independent track, you could check out the user-streamed broadcasts on Winamp TV. You can download the free Winamp media player at www.winamp.com; it has a tremendous userbase and support structure. One of the things that makes Winamp such a draw is that users can set up streaming audio and video servers from the comfort of their own homes and broadcast whatever suits their fancy. While this does tend to produce a few interesting specimens, there are also some incredibly entertaining streams that come across, such as live television from Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan, or user-created films/music videos that, if nothing else, provide hours of unintentional humor.

There are also thousands of user-created radio stations available through Winamp, each featuring a wild assortment of content suited for every taste imaginable. Fans of the television network Comedy Central will be delighted to know that its Web site (www.comedy central.com) features video clips from all of its premiere shows, updated each week. Each show’s classic moments are archived for later access, allowing you to see the legendary roast of Pam Anderson and classic lines from “The Man Show.”

Looking to catch up on previews of the latest movies? Apple features a movie trailer Web site (apple.com/trailers) which catalogues trailers from both upcoming releases and movies that have already been released. The collection of clips available from Apple is nothing short of vast, so even though a movie has already been released, you can determine if you want to spend your hard-earned money on it or not by heading here and watching the trailer.

Music/Radio

If music is your first choice for entertainment, there’s a massive repository of streaming music videos available through Yahoo! LAUNCHcast (launch.yahoo.com). Just about every genre of music is represented here, from country-and-western to hip-hop and pop to heavy metal. You can search through music video archives and find the videos you used to watch in your youth (usually behind your parents’ backs), even from artists you’d never imagine would be archived. Relive the glory days of U2 performing at Red Rocks, screeching hair metal, and plaid-filled grunge right from your Web browser. If visual stimulation isn’t really your preference, LAUNCHcast offers audio streams of all the songs you remember, plus the new material of the day.

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Speaking of streaming audio, there are literally thousands of audio-only radio streams available on the ‘Net. The absolute largest selection of such broadcasts is found at Live365 (www.live365.com), the world’s largest Internet radio network. This one Web site is home to over 3,000 radio streams, each one playing its own format of music, talk, comedy, religious, or other themed broadcast. You can browse stations by format, sample play list, name, or broadcaster handle, or perform a keyword search to find exactly what you’re looking for.

There are several very notable radio stations broadcasting on the Web today. The most legendary in terms of both innovation and notoriety is WOXY 97x (www.woxy.com). You may remember hearing about this radio station in the movie Rain Man, where Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ray, repeated the station’s slogan “97x… BAM! The future of rock n’ roll” ad nauseum throughout the film. In 1998, WOXY 97x began simulcasting its broadcast across the Internet and in 2004 became the world’s first terrestrial radio station to move to an Internet-only format. Other notable radio broadcasts to be found on the web include alternative and ambient WFUM 91.1 (www.wfmu.org), New Orleans’s jazzy WWOZ (www.wwoz.org), Atlanta’s Classic 96Rock (www.96rock.com), and Nashville’s WSM (www.wsmonline.com), the official station of the Grand Ole Opry and a country music legend.

Talk radio has found a fairly broad audience on the Internet, as well. Air America (wwwairamericaradio.com), a left-leaning political radio station, made headlines in 2004 with its free Internet broadcast of its talk format station. Its stream is available free on the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On the other side of the political spectrum, Rush Limbaugh archives each of his daily shows on his Web site, RushLimbaugh.com. Each of his shows is available the following day for free. And rounding out the political spectrum is Neal Boortz, the high profile Libertarian radio host whose live broadcast is found every day from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on WSBRadio.com.

If politics isn’t for you but you still yearn to hear someone speaking on the radio, Coast To Coast with George Noory (www.coasttocoastam.com) just might appeal to you. This legendary show once (and still occasionally) hosted by Art Bell features the who’s who of weirdos, conspiracy theorists, alien abductees, and other odd folks nightly. There are archives of past shows dating all the way back to early 2002, ensuring a virtually neverending source of entertainment. Trust us, if you want to make a dull evening interesting, a Coast To Coast show will do it.

As you can see, there’s no need to sit bored in your hotel room while on the road for business. Just keep your computer by your side and connect to the Internet, where a world of entertainment options awaits you.

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by Joe Peacock

Recharge Time

2008-07-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

The heart of your laptop, mobile phone, digital camera, or MP3 player isn’t the processor or software; it’s the battery. Without that source of always-available energy, portable electronic devices would be little more than expensive paperweights.

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The most common type of battery found in mobile devices is a standard, non-rechargeable battery. These batteries use one of two common chemistries: alkaline or lithium. Devices subject to frequent use, such as laptops, mobile phones, and PDAs, generally rely on rechargeable batteries. There are two distinct types of rechargeable batteries: nickel-based, including nickel-cadmium and nickel-metalhydride, and lithium-ion-based, including lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer.

Standard Non-rechargeable Batteries

Alkaline.

Alkaline batteries provide up to 10 times more performance than the older zinc-carbon cells. They have a longer shelf life and can retain up to 85% of their original capacity after five years of storage. Alkalines are also less prone to leakage and have a wide range of operating temperatures.

Lithium.

Lithium batteries use lithium in its metal state to achieve a very high energy density, resulting in long operating times and a long shelf life. Lithium batteries can retain 97% of their rated capacity after five years of storage. Lithium batteries are ideal replacements for standard alkaline batteries in cameras, MP3 players, and other electronic devices.

Rechargeable Batteries

Ni-Cd (nickel-cadmium).

Ni-Cds offer a fast charging rate and can achieve good longevity, with more than 1,000
charge/discharge cycles. Ni-Cds can suffer from reduced performance if you recharge them before they have been completely discharged. Some Ni-Cd battery chargers include circuitry to discharge Ni-Cds before charging. Ni-Cds require a break-in period.

Many manufacturers recommend up to three charge/discharge cycles before the battery will reach optimum performance.

NiMH (nickel-metal hydride).

NiMHs are capable of 30 to 40% higher storage capacity than equivalent Ni-Cds, but they support fewer charge/recharge cycles; 300 to 500 charging cycles is the norm. NiMHs do not require a deep discharge before charging, so you can top off a battery before a planned prolonged
use. Continually deep discharging a NiMH can shorten its life, although an occasional full discharge will ensure optimal energy storage.

NiMHs take longer to charge than equivalent Ni-Cds and can be damaged by overcharging or by charging when the battery is hot. Smart NiMH battery chargers can prevent overcharging and/or charging when a battery’s internal temperature is high.

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Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion).

Li-Ion batteries provide the highest energy density available, nearly double the energy
available from Ni-Cds. They are also low maintenance. They don’t require a deep discharge, they don’t require a break-in period, and they don’t suffer from battery
memory. You can charge a Li-Ion at any time without affecting battery performance,
but because Li-Ions generally have a charge/discharge life of 300 to 500 cycles, you can shorten a battery’s life by topping it off too often.

Most Li-Ion manufacturers expect battery lifetimes of up to three years, however, some consumers report failures in as few as 18 months.

Li-Ion Polymer.

Li-Ion Polymer batteries, sometimes referred to as Li-Polys or LiPos, are essentially the same as Li-Ions. The main difference is that Li-Ion Polymers are much thinner, with cell heights as small as 1mm. Li-Ion Polymers are also very lightweight, and more resistant to overcharging and leaking. They are more expensive to produce than Li-Ions, however, and have a lower energy density. Li-Ion Polymers are most often used in lightweight, high-value electronics, such as cell phones.

Swap Carefully

Not all battery types are interchangeable. Never use a Li-ion battery in a device that didn’t originally use one. You can usually swap rechargeable nickel-based batteries with same-size alkaline cells without any problems. If you are replacing standard, nonrechargeable batteries with nickel-based rechargeables, invest in a good quality charger. Smart battery chargers can help extend your battery’s lifetime.

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by Tom Nelson and Mary O’Connor

12 Essential Gmail Shortcuts

2008-07-02T07:28:00.000-07:00

There are scads of keyboard shortcuts that work with Gmail. Here are a dozen shortcuts we think you’ll find most useful on a regular basis. One caveat: If you have a pop-up blocker, you must disable it so that shortcuts designed to open a new browser window can work properly. For more shortcuts, in Gmail click the Help link; in the window that opens, click What Are The Keyboard Shortcuts? under Gmail Basics.

A or SHIFT-A:
Reply to the message sender and all other message recipients. SHIFT-A
replies to all in a new window.

C or SHIFT-C:
Compose a new message. SHIFT-C opens a new window for your message.

F or SHIFT-F:
Forward the current message. SHIFT-F opens a new window for your forwarded message.

G then C:
Move to Contacts.

G then I:
Move to Inbox.

J:
Move to view the previous conversation.

N:
Move to the next message within a conversation.

O or ENTER:
Open a message or conversation.

P:
Move to the previous message within a conversation.

R or SHIFT-R:
Reply to the message sender. SHIFT-R opens a new window for your reply.

TAB then ENTER:
Sends a newly composed message.

Y:
Archive a selected message in the Inbox; unstar a selected starred message; move a selected message from the Trash to the Inbox; remove the label from a selected conversation.

AirlineMeals.net Gives You Glimpse At In-flight Meals

2008-07-02T07:20:00.000-07:00

The next time you get online to confirm your flight and various other travel plans, check out AirlineMeals.net. The site offers more than 13,000 photos of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners from approximately 460 airlines, so you’ll know what to expect before you fly. The site also provides links that take you behind the scenes of airline catering or let you explore airport restaurants. So the next time you get to eat a meal in-flight, snap a picture and submit it to the AirlineMeals.net site for others to view.

How To Choose Security Software

2008-06-29T22:08:00.000-07:00

It shouldn’t have to be this way, but it is. Your Windows PC or laptop can’t protect itself from the viruses, worms, spyware, and other threats on the Internet. In short, you need to install security software.

What You Need

Buying an Internet security suite is cheaper than buying separate applications. Most suites are licensed for use on only one computer, but you can sometimes pay more for a multi-PC license. You can also piece together a security lineup with standalone utilities, including free ones. Apart from a lack of tech support, free editions typically don’t have particular features some users want. The only real danger with free standalone apps is that there might not be enough overlap among features to catch every threat. Conversely, overlapping features between two utilities may conflict with each other, and you’ll have to choose which one to disable.

In general, antivirus, antispyware, and certain other utilities come with free updates
and upgrades for a set period. After that you need to renew your subscription. If you choose not to renew your antivirus/antispyware update subscription, your software will continue to protect your system from the threats that were addressed in the last update you downloaded. However, with every passing day, your PC will become more exposed to new malware appearing on the scene. Finally, Windows 98/Me users should check for compatibility before buying security software. Here’s what to look for in individual components.

Antivirus.

Using its own detection smarts and regularly updated virus definitions, antivirus apps protect a computer against viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Viruses, after the user activates them in some way, hide themselves in other files on the PC, often making the OS, apps, and files unusable along the way. Worms can do similar damage, but they spread themselves automatically over networks. Trojan horses, or Trojans, allow the creator to spy on and/or control an infected PC over the Web. Controlled PCs, called bots, often are forced to send spam email or launch attacks on other computers without revealing the real bad guy’s identity.

Also, newer antivirus apps guard against rootkits, a major and growing threat. A rootkit can take over an OS at the most basic level, making itself difficult to remove without completely formatting the hard drive and reinstalling everything.

There’s no easy answer as to which is the best antivirus, as this title could change hands every day as new malware emerges and companies make updates available. Independent testing entities, such as Virus Bulletin (www.virusbtn.com), generally show the major antivirus titles for home users (such as McAfee [www.mcafee.com], Norton [www
.symantec.com], and Trend Micro [www.trendmicro.com]), to be highly effective.

Nearly every current antivirus utility will automatically update itself over an Internet connection, and you should verify that this feature is enabled. Also, most examine email for threats, although you should double-check for support of Web-based email such as Hotmail and Gmail. Finally, if anyone in your family uses IM (instant messaging) software (such as AOL, ICQ, or Windows Messenger), make sure your antivirus
watches this avenue.

Antispyware.

Antispyware is just as important these days as antivirus. Broadly speaking, spyware installs itself on your PC or tricks you into installing it; makes itself difficult to uninstall; and “phones home” with various data it finds on your system, including your surfing and purchasing habits. Adware can be similar, although its primary purpose is to show you advertisements. Because the spyware/adware scene has been so volatile the past couple of years, the rule of thumb has been to assume that no antispyware utility is 100% effective. Keep your antispyware program updated and run a scan every few days. However, passively scanning your system is not enough. Because some threats are nearly impossible to remove without damage to Windows and other software, we recommend using antispyware that actively protects your system so the malware can’t install itself in the first place. The free Spybot Search & Destroy’s (www.safernetworking.org) TeaTimer feature provides active scanning, as do most retail Internet security suites and standalone antispyware utilities, such as Webroot SpySweeper (www.webroot.com). So does Microsoft’s free Windows AntiSpyware beta/Windows Defender, which is free to licensed Windows users (www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx). On the other hand, the longtime standby Ad-Aware SE Personal (www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware) doesn’t actively scan in its free version, although it’s still good to have Ad-Aware on your PC for a second opinion.

Firewall.

Firewall software is like a gatekeeper, letting approved types of data in or out of your PC, yet slamming the door on hackers and Trojans phoning home. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 has a firewall built in, but Windows Firewall isn’t powerful or tweakable enough for many users. A good firewall will ask you whether it should let new applications access the Internet and will remember your decision to avoid bothering you later. The better ones, such as Zone Labs ZoneAlarm (www.zonealarm.com) and Norton, will give you enough information to make an informed decision. Look for one with wireless network support.

Antiphishing.

Phishing attacks try to lure you to fake Web sites to get you to type in sensitive information, such as bank account and credit card numbers. Generally, the phishing spam tells you that you need to click a hyperlink to go to a site to confirm your personal information. Of course the link doesn’t really go to eBay or PayPal, instead it takes you to a look-alike page belonging to the scammers. Some email clients, such as Outlook 2003, will show you the link’s real destination when you hover your mouse pointer over it. Phishing protection is usually bundled into security suites and certain standalone apps these days. You should see a warning message when a site or email has some phishy characteristics.

Antispam.

Antispam software can reduce the number of ads, offensive pitches, and unsolicited communications you receive via email. And, because many worms mass-mail themselves this way, updated antispam definitions can provide an extra layer of defense to stop known
threats from reaching your inbox.

Others.

It’s even more crucial to update your Microsoft products with the latest security patches than to use any of the software we mention in this article. In Internet Explorer, click Tools and Windows Update. If you use Office, click the Office Family link to find updates for Word, Outlook, and other apps.

Recommendations

Whichever security software you choose, make sure to create any rescue discs or diskettes the installation routine recommends. If a new threat does breach your PC’s shields, these rescue media might provide the only easy way to fix the damage.
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by Marty Sems

Microsoft Office 2003 Tips and Tweaks (p2)

2008-06-29T06:48:00.000-07:00

Unless you’re kin to Rip Van Winkle, you probably know that Microsoft Office 2003 is one of the best productivity suites of all time. But it doesn’t help to know that the suite’s programs are chock-full of features if you don’t understand how to use them. That’s where we can help. We’ve gleaned some great tips for working with Office and are ready to share them. Here are a few of our favorites:

Selecting A Range (Excel)

If you’ve worked with Excel for very long, you’re probably already familiar with the concept of a range: a single cell or group of cells that you select so that you can format it or use it in a formula. What you may not know is that there are a variety of ways to select cells for a range. Of course, you can always drag across the cells to select a contiguous range, but it’s often tricky to select the exact cells you want with this technique. Instead, try this method: Click the first cell in the range (such as the upper-left cell), press and hold the SHIFT key, and then click the last cell in the range (such as the lower-right cell). On the other hand, if you want to select multiple, nonadjacent cells (a noncontiguous range), press CTRL while clicking the cells. You can also select an entire row or column by clicking the appropriate row or column heading (the gray rectangular box with the column’s or row’s title). If you prefer to use the keyboard, you can press CTRL-SPACEBAR to select a column or SHIFT-SPACEBAR to select a row. To quickly select an entire worksheet, click the Select All button (the gray button located at the intersection of the column and row headings) or press CTRL-A.

Find More Functions & Features (Excel)

Excel includes hundreds of worksheet functions. However, you can access even more analytical tools and functions by loading the Analysis ToolPak. This add-in program comes with Microsoft Office but isn’t installed by default. To install the Analysis ToolPak, close out of Excel and then click Start and then Control Panel. Double-click Add Or Remove Programs. On the list in the Add Or Remove Programs dialog box, click Microsoft Office 2003. Click Change to activate the Microsoft Office 2003 Setup dialog box. In the Setup dialog box, choose Add Or Remove Features and then click Next. Make sure the box for Excel is selected on the next page; also check the box for Choose Advanced Customization Of Applications. Click Next and then click the plus symbol (+) next to Excel to display associated options. Click the Add-Ins + to expand the list and then click the icon next to Analysis ToolPak. Choose Run From My Computer and then click Update. When the installation is complete, close all dialog boxes. At this point the Analysis ToolPak is installed on the computer but isn’t in memory. To do this, choose Tools and then Add-Ins In Excel. Check the box for Analysis ToolPak and then click OK.

Find Working Days (Excel)

Another useful DATE function is NETWORKDAYS, which calculates how many business days fall between two dates. This function, which you can only access if you’ve installed the Analysis ToolPak, finds the difference between two dates, excluding weekends. Optionally, you can have Excel exclude holidays, as well. However, because Excel doesn’t have a clue which dates you consider holidays, you have to develop a list in your worksheet with this information. The basic syntax for the NETWORKDAYS function is: =NETWORKDAYS(Start Date,End Date,Holidays). With that in mind, let’s imagine that you want to find how many business days there are in January. First, enter the dates for January holidays as a list in A2:A3. Next, enter the start (1/1/2006) and ending (1/31/2006) dates in cells A9 and B9. Finally, click in the cell where you want to place the function (C9) and then type the function =NETWORKDAYS(A9,B9,A2:A3). If you set up the worksheet correctly, Excel should calculate 21 working days in January 2006.

Getting Around A Selected Range

You can speed up data entry by preselecting a range and then moving within it. Unfortunately, it’s easy to accidentally deselect a range as you move the mouse pointer within it. To prevent this problem, try these techniques: Move the cell pointer downward through a selected range by pressing ENTER; move the pointer upward (or left) by pressing SHIFT-ENTER. To move from left to right within a range, press TAB; to move from right to left, press SHIFT-TAB. Finally, to move from corner to corner within a selected, contiguous range, press CTRL and the period (.) key.

Get A Date

Excel includes a number of functions that can help you run calculations related to dates. For example, you can use the DATE function to determine the number of days you’ve been alive or how many days have elapsed since you began your present job. Excel does this by assigning a sequential serial number to each day, starting with 1900. The program can then use this underlying serial number in calculations, even if Excel displays the serial number in a cell as a date. The DATE function’s syntax is =DATE(year,month,day). Let’s look at an example. To calculate the number of days you’ve been alive, click cell A1 and then enter the current date, such as =DATE(2006,04,30). In A2 use the DATE function to enter the exact day you were born, such as =DATE(1965,03,25). Enter =A1-A2 in cell A3. Finally, apply the General format to the data in cell A3. To do this, choose Format and Cells and then click the Number tab. Click General on the Category list and then click OK. The number of days you’ve been around will display in cell A3.

AutoCorrect Options

Using AutoCorrect in Microsoft Excel can help you save time, especially if you have to enter a great deal of redundant information. To change your AutoCorrect options, click the Tools pull-down menu, and click AutoCorrect Options. In the dialog box that opens, the first tab, AutoCorrect, lists a number of different formatting functions Excel can automatically perform. For example, Excel can fix accidental use of the CAPS LOCK key or capitalize the first letter of a sentence. Excel also has a vast bank of commonly misspelled words along with words it will use to replace them with, such as automatically replacing “abscence” with “absence.” You can add your own words by typing a word in the Replace field and its correction in the With field and clicking the Add button.

Easily Reorder Slides (PowerPoint)

If your experience with PowerPoint is like most people’s, you will probably need to occasionally rearrange slides in your presentation. For example, you may decide that a different sequence is more effective or that you need to include additional information.
To rearrange slides in Normal view, click the Slides tab (in the tabbed pane on the left side of the application window) and then drag a slide up or down to its new position. When a horizontal line displays where you want to place the slide, release the mouse. PowerPoint drops the slide into its new position and automatically renumbers all presentation slides to reflect the new order. You can also use the Slide Sorter view to rearrange slides. To do so, choose View and Slide Sorter. Drag a slide between two other slides; when a vertical line displays between slides, release the mouse to drop the slide into position. You can also select multiple slides by pressing CTRL while clicking them. After you select the slides, you can move them as a group by clicking and dragging any slide in the group.

Get A Better View (PowerPoint)

Sure you can use options on the View menu to quickly switch between PowerPoint’s Normal and Slide Sorter views, but the program includes other methods, too. For example, you can click the Normal View or Slide Sorter View buttons in the lower-left corner of the application window. You can also doubleclick a slide in Slide Sorter view to quickly switch to Normal view.

MO2003 Tips and Tweaks part 1

Lost Credit Card

2008-06-29T02:41:00.000-07:00

LOSE A ROLL OF CASH while you’re traveling, and you can forget about ever seeing that money again. But credit cards, those beautiful, simple plastic rectangles with magnetic strips, offer you convenience and protection matched by no other payment method. You’ll appreciate these traits if you have the misfortune of losing your cards while on an extended business trip.

AFTER YOU LOSE IT

Losing your credit card isn’t as disheartening as finding out that a pickpocket stole all of your cash, but for some it’s a situation that inspires panic. If you prepare for the possibility that you might lose possession of your card, you’ll be in a much better mindset to deal with the aftermath. Here are the steps you should take to protect yourself in the event your card is stolen or lost.

Cancel the account. When you’re sure your card is gone for good, you’ll need to cancel the card right away, so no one else can use it. To do so, you need to call the card issuer’s toll-free customer service line and provide them with your card number; these can prove to be difficult tasks if you don’t have the proper numbers. To make things easier, photocopy the front and back of each of your credit cards and keep the copy separate from your wallet. While you’re at it, makes copies of your passport and driver’s license, too, because if someone steals your credit cards, it’s possible that the thief will also make off with these items. If you don’t have the tollfree number or your credit card number, you have to do some extra footwork. Depending on your location, you might be able to call directory assistance to obtain the card issuer’s hotline. If you have access to an Internet café, don’t overlook the Web as a source of information because every card company has a site complete with necessary phone numbers.

When you call the card company and tell the customer service representative you don’t have your card’s number, you’ll be asked to verify your identity. Be prepared to tell her your social security number and a security word, such as your mother’s maiden name, in order to prove you are the card’s rightful owner. When the call is over, remember that many credit pundits recommend you follow up with a letter that includes your card’s account number, the date you noticed your card was missing, and the date you reported the problem.

Don’t put the phone down just yet. You should also call all three credit reporting organizations—Experian (www.experian.com), Equifax (www.equifax.com), and TransUnion (www.transunion.com) and have them place fraud alerts on your name and social security number. With this alert in place, businesses that check your credit will have to call you directly in order to authorize card activity. If you’re not a seasoned overseas traveler, you might not know that toll-free numbers don’t even exist in some countries. In other words, contacting the tollfree numbers for your calling cards and your credit card company suddenly becomes a complicated chore. Make sure that you research the calling process before you leave home to save yourself a lot of frustration.

The aftermath. If you’re a victim of credit card theft, you’ll want to file a police report in the jurisdiction where the card was stolen. You don’t perform this step in the hopes that the police will retrieve your card for you or even so they can catch the thief. The primary purpose of completing the report is so that the credit issuer knows you did everything you could to stop any fraudulent transactions from occurring and to prevent you from coming under undue suspicion in the event the thief uses your card to make some extravagant purchases.

If catastrophe strikes while traveling abroad and you lose your credit cards and identification papers and have no access to money, contact the U.S. embassy for assistance. Representatives there will assist you in contacting family or friends at home for cash, and if you need one, also help you obtain a replacement passport. Meanwhile, the thief who has your card might be out living it up. Don’t lose too much sleep over it because federal law says that when someone else rings up unauthorized charges, you’re liable for only $50 maximum per card. If you report your card missing before the unauthorized transactions, you’re not liable for any amount.

THE ADVANTAGES

Credit cards offer tremendous advantages over other payment methods when you’re traveling. Given the near global acceptance of cards such as Visa (www.usa.visa.com) and MasterCard (www.mastercard.com), you can use plastic at any place of business that accepts credit cards. Plus, you can use the card to get cash, obtain the best exchange rates, and also to protect yourself from theft.

If that tiny Mexican restaurant accepts only cash, it’s no problem—simply insert your card into an ATM and withdraw enough money for dinner. Of course, to do so you have to use a working PIN (personal identification number). If you’ve never used your card to withdraw cash, call the card company and ask for instructions on setting up the PIN number for your card. Just be sure you understand how your card’s interest rate affects cash withdrawals, so you don’t end up paying outrageous fees when you return home, and keep in mind that this is one task that’s often best-suited for your debit card.

In the days before credit cards, it was easy for locals to work exchange rates in their favor, a ploy that cost travelers a lot of extra money. Now when you pay with a card, you automatically get the best exchange rate for that country.

If you can’t find a card issuer’s phone number that works overseas, try the company’s Web site. Visa, for example, lists all of its hotline numbers to help its customers quickly find contact information. And of course, if your credit card it lost or stolen and someone else uses it to make purchases, the credit card issuer—not you—bears the brunt of those costs. This benefit is the primary reason you should carry a card instead of cash while you’re on the road.

Even though plastic offers protections that other payment methods don’t, you still need to do your best to keep it out of the hands of people who would be happy to misuse it. Remember that pickpockets are common on the streets of many cities. If you put your wallet in your back pocket or swing your purse carelessly, you may as well paint a bulls eye on your credit card. Buy a travel belt that you can wear beneath your clothes to conceal your cards and other important documents.

In addition, there’s one important caveat to consider if you travel abroad without telling your credit card issuer: The company might refuse to honor credit requests from a far-flung location unless you give the issuer a heads up before you leave. It happens because every lender uses computer systems to track your spending habits. So if you live in Iowa and suddenly you charge $200 for a meal in London, there’s a chance your card will be declined. Alerting your credit company before-hand should prevent this from happening.

EXTENDED CREDIT LINE

Losing possession of your credit cards during a vital business trip is an awful experience, but it doesn’t have to be a complete disaster. If you take just a few basic precautions to protect your cards and prepare for the possibility that you might lose them in spite of your carefulness, you’ll be ready to stop fraudulent activity on your account before it starts.

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

If your credit card is lost or stolen, you should immediately call the issuer to deactivate the account. You should also call all three credit bureaus and ask them to put a fraud alert on your name to foil would-be thieves. Below are the primary toll-free numbers you’ll need. If you’re in a country where toll-free numbers don’t work, call collect on the direct line.

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES & ISSUERS:

American Express: (800) 992-3404; (336) 393-1111
Bank of America: (800) 848-6090; (757) 677-4701
Bank One: (877) 999-3872; (302) 594-8200
Chase: (800) 242-7324; (813) 884-2997
Citibank: (800) 950-5114; (210) 677-0065
Diners Club International: (800) 234-6377; (303) 799-1504
Discover Card: (800) 347-2683; (801) 902-3100
MasterCard: (800) 622-7747; (636) 722-7111
MBNA: (800) 421-2110; (302) 457-2165
Visa: (800) 847-2911; (410) 581-9994
CREDIT BUREAUS:
Equifax: (800) 525-6285
Experian: (888) 397-3742
TransUnion: (800) 680-7289

System Processes: What’s Going On Behind The Scenes

2008-06-29T01:20:00.000-07:00

As avid computer users, we tend to expect our systems to be able to perform much like we perform. If we can listen to music, write an email, and surf the Internet all at once, then our computer should be able keep up, right? Managing multiple tasks at once is nothing new for computers, but if your computer starts struggling to run just a handful of applications, then it may be swamped with too many system processes running in the background. System processes consist of a number of hidden applications that run in the background without your immediate knowledge. More than a dozen valid system processes load and begin running every time you start your computer. Even more start as they become necessary, like when you start browsing the Internet or launch a program such as Microsoft Word. You need some system processes for certain things on your computer to work properly. For instance, the Explorer.exe system process is responsible for the Windows visual interface items such as the Start menu, Taskbar, Desktop, and File Manager. Not all system processes are created equal, however. Some are merely optional and consume valuable CPU cycles needlessly. Some of these processes are utterly useless adware and spyware, which can gather and broadcast information about your Web viewing habits. Other items have even more sinister purposes; crackers can use some system processes to hijack your computer. You can attempt to turn off these processes, but typically you’ll have to resort to an antivirus application to get rid of the pesky CPU hogs once-and-for-all.

Take A Peek

To see a list of processes in Windows 2000/XP, press CTRL-ALT-DELETE, click Task Manager, and then select the Processes tab. Windows lists the processes with the Image Name in the far-left column, followed by the name of the initiating user, the amount of CPU time the process is using, and the amount of memory the process is consuming. To stop a process, select the item from the list and click the End Process button in the bottom-right corner of the Windows Task Manager. Ending unnecessary processes can be a quick way to boost your PC’s performance, but ending necessary processes can “break” certain applications, and even make your computer unusable until you restart the process or restart the computer. Some necessary processes can’t be ended, and for good reason. The list on the following pages gives you an overview of some of the more
common system processes and application processes, as well as some of the less common hardware-related background processes.

Alg.exe

The Alg.exe system process refers to Microsoft’s Application Layer Gateway Service, which is necessary if you use Microsoft’s Windows Internet Connection Sharing or the Internet Connection Firewall. If the process is running, then you probably need it, as ending it may adversely affect your computer.

Ati2evxx.exe

Ati2evxx.exe is a hardware-related background process that maintains the ATI Display Adapter Assistant. You may see this process in your Task Manager if you have an ATI graphics card. This process lets you configure your display settings but is not a vital
Windows process.

Csrss.exe

This system process is part of the Microsoft Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem, which handles a majority of Windows’ graphical commands. The genuine Csrss.exe process,
which is necessary, runs from the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. If you see two versions of the process running simultaneously, then one of them is likely a virus running from another location. You can address the problem by scanning your computer with an antivirus utility.

Ctfmon.exe

The Ctfmon.exe system process is part of Microsoft Office, and it enables the Alternative User Input Services, such as the Text Input Processor. For Office XP users, Ctfmon.exe also manages the Language Bar. Unless you use the Language Bar, speech recognition, handwriting recognition, the on-screen keyboard, translation applications, and other accessibility and alternative user input programs, this system process isn’t necessary and shouldn’t cause problems if you end it.

Dllhost.exe

This is a system process that runs in the background and refers to the Microsoft DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) DLL (Dynamic Link Library) Host Process, which handles DLL-based programs. Multiple programs can use this process simultaneously,
which can result in more than one instance of Dllhost.exe in your Task Manager’s processes list. Don’t terminate Dllhost.exe if you encounter it.

Explorer.exe

The Explorer.exe system process refers to the Windows Program Manager and Windows Explorer. This process handles items such as the Start menu, Taskbar, Desktop, and File
Manager, and it is vital to the operation of your computer. You can end this process, but doing so will remove the graphical interface.

GoogleDesktopCrawl.exe

GoogleDesktopCrawl.exe is an application process that corresponds to the Google Desktop Search utility. The process is necessary to use the utility but is not a vital part of Windows.

Hpzstatn.exe

This hardware-related background process refers to the HP Deskjet Taskbar Utility, which corresponds to HP’s Deskjet line of printers. Although this process is not a vital part of Windows, you may find it is necessary to properly use your printer.

Iexplore.exe

Various sources report that between 70% and 80% of all Internet users use Microsoft Internet Explorer to browse the Web, and Iexplore.exe is the system process that launches when you run IE. Iexplore.exe also refers to the Avant Internet Browser, which is a plug-in for IE that adds features such as a Flash animation filter, popup blocker, and search engine. This process is nonessential and typically only appears when you’re browsing the Web. Ending the process will close any open browser windows. If you find Iexplore.exe in any location other than C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER, then the file could be a virus. Perform an antivirus scan on your computer to eliminate this possibility.

Internat.exe

This system process is a part of Microsoft Windows and supports Microsoft Input Locales and the Windows multilingual operations. If you encounter this process, terminating it will likely cause problems with regional and language settings. You can find this process in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. If you find the file somewhere else, it is an indication that your computer might be infected with a virus.

Lsass.exe

According to Microsoft, the Lsass.exe system process handles local security authority domain authentication and Active Directory management tasks, otherwise known as Windows security and login policies. A few associated components include the Net Logon service,
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), and the Security Accounts Manager service. This system process is necessary and is located in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. A virus going by the same name also exists, but it typically runs from a different location, and you can remove it with an antivirus utility.

Msiexec.exe

This system process refers to the Windows Installer Component, which handles the installation of Windows Installer package files with the MSI (Microsoft Installation) file extension. If you see this process running in your Task Manager, you should not disable it because it is necessary.

Msmsgs.exe

The application process that is named Msmsgs.exe refers to the MSN Messenger online chat and instant messaging application. Most Windows installations include MSN Messenger
by default, but allowing this process to run in the background is only necessary if you actually use the application. You can end the process by selecting Msmsgs.exe in the Windows Task Manager and clicking End Process. To prevent MSN Messenger from loading
every time you start your computer, click Start, Programs (All Programs in WinXP), and then click Windows Messenger. Click Tools, Options, and then click the Preferences tab. Deselect the Run This Program When Windows Starts and Allow This Program To Run In The Background checkboxes. Msmsgs.exe exists in C:\PROGRAM FILES\MESSENGER. This process has also been associated with a virus, so make sure to scan your computer with an antivirus application if you suspect someone or something has hijacked your MSN Messenger file.

Msoobe.exe

As you might guess from the first two letters of this system process, Msoobe.exe is a Microsoft product. This process pertains to the license key and Windows Product Activation functions, and it appears when you go through the online activation process for various Microsoft products. This process runs when it is required for the proper operation of your system, so don’t end it.

Navapsvc.exe

This background process refers to the Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Service, which you’ll find in your Task Manager if you are running the antivirus application. This process is necessary to maintain Symantec’s service, but Windows runs fine without it.

Navapw32.exe

Similar to the Navapsvc.exe process, Navapw32.exe is a part of Norton AntiVirus. This background process refers to the Norton Antivirus Agent, which keeps your system protected from security threats. Navapw32.exe is necessary for Symantec’s software to run properly.

Nvsvc32.exe

If you happen to own one of Nvidia’s graphics cards, you may encounter this hardware-related background process. It refers to the Nvidia Driver Helper Service, which is required to make your graphics card work on your system.

Outlook.exe

As its name suggests, this file refers to Microsoft Outlook’s email client software. You can disable this application process without adversely affecting Windows. If you’re running Outlook, however, you’ll need this process.

Quicktimeplayer.exe

This application process should only appear in your Task Manager’s process list if you have Apple’s QuickTime player running. This application lets you play audio and video files, but the process is not essential for the stable operation of Windows.

Services.exe

This system process pertains to the Windows Service Controller, which is a vital part of the Microsoft Windows OS. Services.exe enables and disables various Windows services during the startup and shut down process and whenever needed. You can find this process in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. Your computer may be infected with a virus if you find this file in another location.

Smss.exe

The Smss.exe system process runs in the background to maintain the Session Manager Subsystem, which is a required element of Microsoft Windows. This process manages your
user session and launches other important processes such as Winlogon.exe and Csrss.exe. Normally, you can find the Smss.exe file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder; if you find it elsewhere, though, it may be a virus.

Spoolsv.exe

The Spoolsv.exe system process is designed to support your computer’s connection to your local printer. This background process refers to the Microsoft Printer Spooler Service, which is an important part of your system. The legitimate version of this file is located in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder, but it may be a virus if you find the file elsewhere on your system.

Svchost.exe

This Microsoft Service Host process is a critical system process, and it is necessary for the proper operation of your system. At any given point, you may notice several copies of this process in your Task Manager. Each one may handle multiple services and processes that your computer needs to keep handy throughout your computing session. The Svchost.exe file is located in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. Any other occurrence of this file may be a virus, so scan your system with an antivirus program if you think this process may be causing your system problems.

System

The System process refers collectively to all of the fundamental OS processes that are necessary for running your computer. The System process is necessary, and you cannot terminate it manually.

System Idle Process

This item appears at the bottom of the list but isn’t actually a system process. Instead, it’s a counter that displays the total percentage of your CPU that is idle and ready for use. It is common for the number in the CPU column in System Idle Process to hover between 90 and 100. This process is necessary, so if you try to end it, you will receive an Invalid Operation error message.

Systray.exe

The Systray.exe system process manages the Microsoft System Tray Services, which in turn handles the date and time display in your System Tray on your Desktop. This process is a normal part of Windows and should not be terminated.

Taskmgr.exe

If you pressed CTRL-ALT-DELETE to bring up the list of system processes in the Windows Task Manager, then you’ll invariably see Taskmgr.exe among them. This system process
refers to the Task Manager itself, and if ended will simply close the Task Manager from view.

Wdfmgr.exe

The Wdfmgr.exe is an application process that relates to the Windows Driver Foundation Manager, which is a vital aspect of Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 10. If you’re running Windows Media Player, you’ll want to maintain this process because it can help with device and software compatibility issues.

Winlogon.exe

The Winlogon.exe system process is called the Microsoft Windows Logon Process and refers to the Windows NT login manager. This process manages the procedures involved in logging on and logging off of your system. Don’t attempt to terminate this process because it is important to the stable operation of your computer. The legitimate version of Winlogon.exe is located in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. If the file appears elsewhere, scan your computer with an antivirus application to minimize possible infection.

Wmplayer.exe

Wmplayer.exe is the application process for Microsoft’s WMP (Windows Media Player) software. If you use WMP to play streamed or downloaded audio and video files, then don’t terminate this process unless you think it’s causing your system problems. A known virus of the same name has been found previously, so make sure this file is in the C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER folder. Try scanning your computer with an antivirus application to eliminate the possibility of infection.

Zonealarm.exe

Zonealarm.exe is an application process that refers to ZoneAlarm’s antivirus software. Although not necessary for Windows, this process may be necessary for the proper operation of the Zone Labs product installed on your computer.

Process Heads Up

Despite the number of system processes we discussed in this article, this is by no means a complete guide to everything running in the background on your computer. Sometimes the difference between a legitimate process and a harmful virus is a single character. As stated previously, the Iexplore.exe process refers to Microsoft’s IE, but Iexplorer.exe refers to the RapidBlaster virus. For more information about the processes you’ll find in the Windows Task Manager, consult Uniblue System’s Process- Library.com. Here you can search for system processes, as well as view the Top 5 Processes, Top 5 Security Threats, and Top 5 New Processes.

There are several applications on the market that can help you gather more information about some of the more problematic system processes. If you’re looking to dig a little deeper, check out Security Task Manager ($29; www.neuber.com), WinTasks 5 ($29.95; www.liutilities.com/products/wintasksstd), or Process Explorer (freeware; www.sysinternals.com).

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by Andrew Leibman

Good, Bad & Ugly Tweaks

2008-06-29T00:23:00.000-07:00

Everyone wants a faster computer. Some people just go out and buy a faster one. If you’re a tweak freak, you probably think that’s cheating. After all, isn’t there always some change or tweak that can make your current system faster? Well, that’s half right; there is always some tweak you can make, considering that there are dozens of tweak sites on the Internet suggesting hundreds of different changes to Windows settings. A lot of them involve the Registry, which can be a dangerous place to play if you don’t know what you’re doing. Plus, a lot of those tweaks don’t help or actually make things worse. So let’s cover some of the good, bad, and ugly tweaks out there.

The Good

Many Registry-oriented tweaks are out there are just the “hard way” to do something that already has its own user interface. Whenever possible, use the interface that Windows gave you to make the change. Although you may be able to find a setting in the Registry that seems to do the trick, there are sometimes multiple interrelated values. If you change just one value in one location, the tweak may appear to work correctly at first but will have some hidden trouble down the road.

Windows XP’s Visual Effects dialog is a good example of the simple way to do something that changes a lot of Registry settings. Right click the My Computer icon and select Properties and then click the Advanced tab. In the Performance section of the dialog, click the Settings button. Normally, this will be set to Let Windows Choose What’s Best For My Computer, but who’s to say Windows knows what’s best? If you want to make your PC
fly, select Adjust For Best Performance instead. That will eliminate a lot of the cartoonish aspects of the WinXP interface, though, and you may want to keep a few. If so, choose Custom instead and check as few of the boxes as you can—every one of those effects saps some performance. In particular, older systems get a lot faster if you turn off animations and drop shadows under menus. There’s one useful user interface setting that is not covered by that dialog. Normally, WinXP waits about half a second before showing the Programs menu when you mouse over it on the Start menu. Once you’re familiar with the Windows interface, half a second seems like a long time. To get a faster menu, use Regedit to create a new string entry named “MenuShow-Delay” in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP. The value should be the number of milliseconds to wait before the menu displays; I suggest a number around 200. Do not set the value to zero, although you can set it to 1 if you’d like.

The Bad

You can get yourself into a lot of Class A trouble by carelessly deleting files or Registry keys in an attempt to speed up a system, but that’s not the kind of tweaking we’ll focus on here. Truly bad tweaks have technical details that make them seem plausible even when they’re not. Sometimes they are simply placebos and have no real effect on your system. Other times, the Registry setting does something—just not what it’s claimed to do. In a few cases, the tweak even does the opposite of what is claimed. Somehow these bad tweaks take on a life of their own, spreading like bird flu across dozens of “Windows tips” sites all over the Internet.

Although there are many critical values in the Windows Registry, you can create additional values almost anywhere in the Registry. Like the proverbial tree falling in the forest, those extra keys and values don’t make a difference if no software is around to read them. In some cases, the tweaks used to work in older versions of Windows but no longer apply in WinXP. The IOPageLockLimit Registry value, for example, used to carry out a specific function in Windows 2000 but does nothing in Win-XP. Then there are tweaks such as EnableSuperFetch that may have been created as a prank; WinXP does not ever use a Registry value by that name. (The Windows Vista, on the other hand, just might.) Perhaps the most infamous tweak was the one that spawned the “Microsoft steals 20% of your bandwidth” rumor. Some misguided tweaker misunderstood the meaning of some Registry settings and from that error decided that by just tweaking a Registry key it was possible to “get that bandwidth back” and improve performance. This nontweak was so widespread that Microsoft even wrote a support article to set the record straight (support .microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316666).

The Ugly

Some bad tweaks are so bad that they transfer from the Bad Train and take the express line straight to Uglyville. These are the terrible tweaks that can cause system instability or unexplained failures. Most of the time, you’ll spend weeks trying to figure out what’s wrong but usually can’t connect the tweak with the failure. Or perhaps the tweak will reach out and clobber you when you least expect it.

A few months back I called out the DisablePagingExecutive tweak that forces Windows to keep certain system code always in memory. That tweak can cause an ugly crash if you
use it with a system that has very little memory (say, less than 384MB) or if you sleep
and hibernate the computer as you typically might with a portable computer. Disabling the page file “to improve performance” is one of those nightmare tweaks that won’t go away. If you have lots of memory, the page file gets very little action since Windows prefers to keep everything in memory. But should you ever have a program that needs memory and Windows does not have a page file, it has no choice but to crash. Given a choice between going slow and crashing, I’ll take slow any day.

When a system crashes abruptly, files or Registry settings can become corrupted. It’s a good thing you have System Restore to help you get back to an uncorrupted set of data. That is, unless you’ve disabled System Restore. That’s another tweak-goneamok that some Web sites advocate. The justification is that it can slow down the process to checkpoint system settings, and it can take a lot of disk space. That may have been true when System Restore first appeared in Windows Me, but the WinXP version is pretty unobtrusive. If you want to adjust the disk space it uses, it’s easy to change. Just right-click My Computer and then click Properties and the System Restore tab. But don’t turn it off.

One of the recurring themes in bad tweaks is that they seem a bit too good to be true. If there’s really a tweak that would increase performance by 50%, why wouldn’t it be enabled by default? Even when there’s a small performance benefit, keep an eye out for the downside of the change. Sometimes the best thing to do is leave things alone. Or, as mom used to say, “Don’t pick at it—you’ll make it bleed!”
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by Dave Methvin

Cellphone Terms Demystified

2008-06-27T23:45:00.000-07:00

PCS, QoS, TDMA, WAP. Are you scratching your head in confusion because you don’t have a clue what any of these abbreviations or acronyms mean? You’re not alone. Cellular terminology is rife with these terms. In this article we’ll explain some of the most prevalent acronyms and terms you’re likely to encounter in conversations about cell phones.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth technology uses short range radio frequencies to wirelessly connect devices such as PDAs, mobile phones, and computers. Devices that are within range to receive the frequency can communicate as long as they have Bluetooth technology built-in.
For example, if your mobile phone has Bluetooth capabilities, you can use it with a wireless headset. And if your computer or laptop uses Bluetooth, you can use wireless Bluetooth keyboard with your either device.

BSC (Base Station Controller)

Together with the BTS (Base Transceiver Station), the BSC links traditional wired telephone networks and wireless devices by managing frequency assignment and carrying out radio signal functions for the BTS. The BSC can connect with multiple BTSes at once.

BTS (Base Transceiver Station)

Better known as the Base Station, the BTS communicates with cell and PCS (Personal Communication Service) phones, covering one wireless service cell location, and comprises the radio transmitter and receiver. More than one BTS can connect with the BSC at once.

Cell

The cell is the physical geographic coverage area of one network’s BTS. Cells usually cover about 10 square miles, although to increase coverage density, they can accommodate macrocells, microcells, and picocells. The cell is composed of a base station that includes a tower and radio equipment usually housed in a small structure.

CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access)

CDMA (a form of direct sequence spread spectrum communication) is a digital cellular, multiple-access technique defined in IS-95 and IS-2000 by QUALCOMM. CDMA was originally used in WWII by the British allies to thwart transmission. By transmitting over several frequencies rather than just one, CDMA uses the full available spectrum of frequencies for its users. CDMA boasts better voice and data communication capacity than other commercial mobile technologies, permitting more subscribers to connect simultaneously.

Circuit Switching

Circuit switching guarantees a dedicated line connection for transmission between two parties. It works best when you need to quickly send data that must also arrive in the same order it was sent (for instance live audio and video).

EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution)

EDGE is a recent enhancement to GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) giving it the ability to handle greater data rates than normally offered to users of the GSM spectrum allowing mobile providers to deliver multimedia and broadband applications to cellular users.

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)

The most widely used of the digital wireless technologies (TDMA [Time-Division Multiple Access], GSM, and CDMA), GSM also is the digital mobile telephone system used predominantly outside the United States (in Europe and globally). Operating at 900MHz or 1,800MHz frequencies, GSM uses a variation of TDMA and digitizes and compresses data, sending it along a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot.

iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network)

Motorola’s iDEN is wireless communications technology that integrates (in a single network) the capabilities of two-way radios, alphanumeric pagers, data/fax modems, and digital cellular telephones. iDEN is based on the TDMA and GSM structures and operates in the 800MHz, 900MHz, and 1.5GHz bands.

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)

MMS, like SMS (Short Messaging Service), is a means for sending messages form one mobile device to another. It is considered the new standing in mobile messaging because you can use it to not only send text, but also images (JPEG, GIF), audio (MP3, MIDI [Musical Instrument Digital Interface]), and video (MPEG). (Including from mobile phone to mobile phone, as well as from mobile phone to email address.) An MMS message has no size restrictions and therefore requires a 3G (third generation) network to send larger messages.

Packet Switching

Packet switching is a method in which a device divides data into individual packets before sending the data to a final destination. Although packets travel different routes, the device receiving the data reassembles the packets into the original transmission once everything arrives. Most WANs (widearea networks) are packet-switched based because they are more efficient for sending email and Web pages that don’t rely on real-time transmissions.

PCS (Personal Communications Service)

PCS is a completely digital wireless telephone service that operates at the 1,900MHz frequency. Usable internationally, PCS service is part of the current trend toward digital technologies that are expected to encompass digital wireless cable, digital video from broadcast satellites, digital television, and digital cameras.

QoS (Quality Of Service)

QoS (as it relates to wireless terminology) refers to the assessment of a network’s ability to provide service to network traffic over a variety of technologies. The aim of QoS is to establish priority, including dedicated bandwidth, controlled jitter and latency, and to reduce exhibits of loss while ensuring that providing priority to one flow does not result in other flows failing.

Roaming

Roaming refers to the ability of a cell phone user to accept and make telephone connections on a network outside of his home network. Roaming can only occur when the user’s home network and the visited network have previously established an invoicing structure that lets them invoice the user.

RF (Radio Frequency)

A host of wireless applications and technologies rely on RF field propagation. Within the electromagnetic spectrum, radio frequency refers to any of the frequencies associated with radio wave generation. Electromagnetic fields are created and propagate through space when radio frequency current is sent to an antenna.

SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)

A SIM is a small smart card containing programs and data, which has the A3 and A8 algorithms implemented in it. The SIM contains important user data, including the user’s International Mobile Subscriber Identity, and can also store user-defined data such as address and phone book entries. An important factor for some GSM users is the ability to move the SIM from one mobile station to another, facilitating upgrades.

SMS (Short Message Service)

While the short message described here cannot exceed 160 characters, the short message service offers a convenience delivery method for messages over mobile networks and can be considered a global mobile data service. When you send a message from one mobile device (SMS even supports roaming, both nationally and internationally), the text is stored in the central short message center, which is part of the SMS. The message is then forwarded to the destination mobile device. If the recipient is unavailable when the message is sent, the message is stored until it is sent later. If the sender chooses to do so, he may request a return receipt, whereby the service notifies him if the message sent was indeed delivered to the intended recipient. SMS uses signaling channels as opposed to dedicated channels, which means you can send and receive messages simultaneously with data, voice, and/or fax services using GSM.

TDMA (Time-Division Multiple Access)

TDMA is a digital, wireless technology that divides cellular channels into three time slots, thereby increasing load capacity. The technology was developed to boost how much data is conveyed over digital cellular telephone communications. D-AMPS (Digital-American Mobile Phone Service), GSM, and PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) all use a form of TDMA.

UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)

UMTS aims to establish reliable, global networks that will support a broad range of voice, data, and multimedia wireless technologies. The stateof- ]the-art 3G wireless telephone system implemented in Europe, UMTS carries out wireless transmission in the 2GHz frequency and permits roaming on a global scale along with personalized features and will instantly move data over numerous networks. Depending upon location, UMTS achieves multimedia data speed rates of 144Kbps (kilobits per second) for vehicular users, 384Kbps for pedestrian users, and 2Mbps (megabits per second) for use in buildings.

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)

WAP is a secure specification that supports most wireless networks in use worldwide. WAP enables users to instantly access data via many wireless handheld devices such as mobile phones, two-way radios, smartphones, and pagers. Although all OSes support
WAP, those engineered especially for handheld devices include PalmOS, Windows Mobile, and JavaOS. WAP makes minimal demands on memory and CPU power because it doesn’t
contain many of the more complex functions typically found in other scripting languages.
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by Douglas Schweitzer, Sc.D.

Microsoft Office 2003 Tips and Tweaks

2008-06-27T17:27:00.000-07:00

One great thing about Microsoft Office 2003 is that it’s jam-packed with useful features. Of course, digging through Help to find out about these features can take a lot of time—time you would probably rather spend doing other things. To make it easy for you to become more efficient in using Office, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite ways to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

by Linda Bird.

Organize Your Stuff (Excel)

Like a well-organized set of file folders, each Microsoft Excel file (a workbook) includes a set of individual worksheets: Think of an Excel workbook as a notebook and the individual worksheets as pages in the notebook. This arrangement is great because you can use it to organize your data. For example, you can track production or sales for a year by using a worksheet for each month but keeping all the worksheets together within a workbook. By default, each new workbook file includes three worksheets. You can
switch between sheets by clicking the tabs at the bottom of Excels’ application window and then enter data and formulas in each worksheet.

Add & Subtract (Excel)

If you feel limited by the three worksheets included in each file, you can add (or delete) more sheets. In fact, to give you maximum flexibility, Excel allows you to create a workbook with one to 255 worksheets in it.

To add a worksheet, right-click any visible worksheet tab and then choose Insert from the tab’s shortcut menu. On the General page of the Insert dialog box, double-click the Worksheet icon. The newly inserted sheet will be placed to the left of the selected worksheet.

To remove a worksheet, display it and choose Edit and then Delete Sheet. Alternatively,
you can right-click a worksheet tab and then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
This is NOT an undoable command, so if the worksheet includes data, you’ll be prompted
to confirm your action.

Give Your Worksheets A New Identity (Excel)

Face it. The generic names associated with each worksheet (Sheet 1, Sheet 2, and so on) are pretty dull. Luckily, you can assign descriptive names that more clearly indicate what information is contained in each sheet, such as First Quarter or Eastern Region. To rename a worksheet, double-click the sheet’s tab. Type a new name and then press ENTER.

Reorganize Your Worksheets (Excel)

If you don’t like the order in which your Excel worksheets are arranged, you can change it. Right-click the tab for the worksheet you want to move and then choose Move Or Copy from the shortcut menu. In the displayed Move Or Copy dialog box, indicate where you want to place the selected sheet and then click OK. As an alternative, you can drag a worksheet tab to a new location. When the black triangle is where you want to place the sheet, release the mouse to drop the sheet in the new location.

Color Code Your Work (Excel)

Besides adding, deleting, and rearranging worksheets, you can color-code Excel’s worksheet tabs. This can help you categorize your sheets and make it easier for you to find the information you need.
To change the color for a worksheet tab, right click the tab and then choose Tab Color from the shortcut menu. In the displayed Format Tab Color dialog box, click a color block, and then choose OK.

Use Formulas In Word

OK, so Word isn’t known as a calculation powerhouse like Excel. But you can still run simple calculations within the program without pulling out your calculator. To do this, create a table and enter your numerical data in a row or column. Place your insertion point in the last cell in the row or column for which you want to run your calculations and then choose Table and Formula. Word automatically assumes that you want to add up the data in the adjacent cells and enters a formula in the Formula dialog box, such as =SUM(LEFT) or =SUM(ABOVE). Click OK to enter the formula in the cell.
Unlike Excel, Word doesn’t automatically recalculate a formula if you change data in the cells that feed into it. To recalculate the formula cell’s data, right-click the formula directly and then choose Update Field from the shortcut menu.

Make easy money doing online surveys

2007-09-11T15:39:00.001-07:00

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Yet another paycheck by Adbrite

2007-09-11T07:37:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, 10 September 2007,

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2007-06-11T03:16:00.000-07:00

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Google Adsense The Money You Want

2007-06-10T19:40:00.001-07:00

By: David Marc

You are working hard creating good and quality content for your Google AdSense web site. You carefully plan a good link building strategy for your Google AdSense web site. Google started to realize, though, that all clicks were not created equal.

In the beginning of Google Adsense when someone clicked on the ads you would earn a percentage of what the people were paying for adwords per click, today the percentage is calculated differently is kept a secret. Google Adsense terms and conditions require that earnings are kept secret.

Everyone dreams of making money online more quickly. There are plenty of Adsense make money videos being peddled all over the World Wide Web. You see it everywhere on the web, people create these ad sites that draw people in and direct them to click on Google ads to make their living. There are lots of webmasters struggling hard to earn some good money a day through their sites.

This is a basic tip, but many people haven't figured it out yet. Google Adsense has opened the door for everyone to make money without inventory, employing sales people or selling anything, someone clicks on a ad and you get paid, its that easy. Because the ads look like normal web links, and people are trained to click on these types of links.

Anybody can make money with adsense, but unless you have traffic you will not have enough income to support yourself, you can make extra money but I wouldn’t quit my day job. Having the ads on your sites is a positive thing because you will earn money when the ads get clicked on, you will make a substantial amount of money if you have high traffic or low traffic on many sites.

It can be shown that with all else being equal, the likelihood of a click conversion is proportional to the amount of exposure to a particular ad block. Ensure that your navigation is easy to understand and that the user will intuitively know where to click to get to where he wants. So the webmaster's game plan is to enable visitors on his site to navigate to the links which webmaster wants the visitor to click on, and not the other way around.

There are many individuals who have created a lot of money and know the ins and outs so most of them have many tips that can be followed to help get into this type of work. Many other people are now putting the code onto their own sites which can help them to pay for hosting and domain renewal costs. Signing up for an Adsense account and copy-pasting some codes into your website's HTML code is all that is needed to start serving Google Adsense ads and make some money.

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Successful AdSense Publishing

2007-06-10T19:39:00.002-07:00

By: Sandra Tobin

There is an increasing realization that AdSense has the potential to make a great deal of money for bloggers and other publishers, especially amongst those who are willing to implement critical tips and strategies to maximize their earnings. Consequently, many PPC affiliates are looking for the best AdSense money making tips to apply to their businesses… but seldom do they find a secret magic formula. Success is about following a tried and true plan with focused intent and then revisiting it again and again.

If you have joined the blogging revolution that is sweeping the net, and you think you want to make a little revenue – or a lot of revenue – from your blogging efforts, it is critical to use the same techniques that have made others successful. Your understanding of what works and what does not work is paramount. Proper training provides the difference between having an “AdSense hobby” and an AdSense business.

AdSense publishing is a simple business model in and of itself. Google readily provides well-written and highly relevant ads closely chosen to match the content on your pages to generate revenues. As a website publisher, you will be able to concentrate on providing good and quality content, as the search engines will find the best ads in which to put your pages on.

It is important to write about specific topics, and sprinkle your blog entries with specific keywords to get the best results – and the highest revenue – with your Google AdSense ads. Also, make sure the appropriate content and keywords are on the page so that Google Adsense can serve your page relevant ads. Always remember that the most critical Adsense money making tip has to do with content because the AdSense program is designed for content rich sites. Consequently, the opportunity for clicks increases dramatically as one adds more valuable content pages served with relevant AdSense ads.

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Keep in mind that quality content still remains the key to success in AdSense publishing. As you slowly develop content for your sites you will find that your clickthrough rates increase, thus increasing your money making potential. There are other simple things found in numerous tutorials that you can also do to increase your AdSense income which will help to build your income over the next few months too. Start small, be persevering, and you will end big.

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3 Minutes and I'll Prove You Can Develop Unique Content Sites

2007-06-10T19:39:00.001-07:00

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Earn Money With Top Search Engine Rankings

2007-06-10T19:38:00.003-07:00

By: Calvin Leonard

Its no secret that Google gets most of the traffic on the internet,followed behind by Yahoo and MSN back in third place.So if we're going to beat the next guy at getting some free search engine traffic what is required and where should you start?

Well first of all you have to understand that you may not be likely to rank at the top of most keywords quickly,infact it can take many weeks of hard work to rank for high traffic keywords so the key here is to start with keywords you can target that don't have a lot of competition.This makes your task 80% easier before you even submit a page to the internet.

Next lets look at the individual engines,google takes the longest to rank for out of the top engines so I like to look very closely at MSN search because my experience tells me that even though they dont get anywhere the same amount of traffic I can rank higher and faster here.So my first port of call is to do keyword research specifically with MSN in mind.I use a few things here but by far the quickest way to do this is to use the free keyword reseach tool at digitalpoint.com .Here you can check keyword patterns and traffic patterns for your chosen keywords to see how many searches are undertaken in the major engines,and also to find spin off keywords you probably would'nt have considered previously.You can also check both Overture and Wordtrackers outcome against each other here to get a feel for how the traffic flows are going to be for a top rank with your chosen keyword.

A rule of thumb I use for MSN is that the traffic for any keyword I search in digital points tool is divided by approx 3 to 4 to give me an idea of the traffic in MSN.So if my selected keyword had one thousand searches per day according to both Wordtracker and Overture then I can easily say a number 1 rank in MSN should provide about 300 searches.This doesnt mesn you will get 300 hits ,in fact you may only get about half the searchers hit your site through MSN or any search engines for that matter even if you rank # 1.

So now I can confidently say a number one rank for that keyword will give me approx 150 hits or visitors per day.So now we have chosen a keyword that looks good whats next?

Check out the competitors on MSN.Theres no point selecting words that you really will never rank for .Your competition pays big money to be at the top so unless you have the same budget stay away from that game.Those so called masters of the internet will squash you .My reccommendation is to rank for keywords that have less traffic and thats easier to get to #1,especially in MSN.

So what am I looking for when it comes to my competitors ? well we all know that relevant ,theme related inbound, one way backlinks from authority sites are the easiest way to rank # 1 or at least top 10.

In fact it doesnt take too many high quality inbound backlinks to rank for thousands upon thousands of keywords.So here is where the action begins,After you have uploaded your site and optimised the page with all the relevant html tags etc then gathering links to your page is the single most important task you can undertake to rank.I am not an authority on link gathering but here are a few ideas.

Write high quality articles about your chosen topic or pay someone to write articles ,then submit them to the free article directories,here your article will be uptaken up by other webmasters and put on their site with your backlink on them,This can provide you many many 1 way backlinks very quickly for your page.

Approach other webmasters in your chosen field and ask for link exchange(I personally dont do this as its tedious and outdated and honestly is very time consuming)

Use social bookmark sites like del.ici.us to get your work or content out there and also to get you backlinks from your tags.The search engines love social bookmark sites,I use about 20-25 of them and they always provide good quality 1 way links,and often with very high google PR.

Write a weblog or blog about your site and link to it then feed that blog using rss or other syndication methods.this can also provide 1 way links and fantastic results in the search engines.

Buy backlinks. Yes buy them , a few high quality , related links with good Google Page Rank will help massively.

These few ideas I use every day and many more to get traffic and beat the next guy in the engines, especially MSN.

So there you have it a few small ideas to get you moving so go forth and make more money.

So the only thing left to do after you have achieved a top rank for a number of keyword terms is to make money from them and here are my top few ideas for making money that I use all the time.

1) Google adsense, Sign up free and place the ad code on your webpage and you will earn a share of each and every click visitors make from those ads.

There are dozens of other places you can earn on a "pay per click " basis but Google stands out head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion.

2) Affiliate marketing, If your site or webpage is about weight loss, then sign up free as an affiliate to any one of hundreds of sites that sell these type of products .Then place a link on your page which has your personal code embedded into it and if a person clicks on your link and decides to buy then you will get a share of that sale.Sometimes as high 60-70% of that sale.

So there you have it,now go out there and make some money online, because if you dont I will do it for you.

Author Resource:-> Calvin Leonard is works in the field of network marketing and internet marketing.His Main Business focus is to teach people how to Make Money Online through quality business.

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Boost Adsense Income Killer Tips

2007-06-10T19:38:00.001-07:00

By: Davion Wong

Gurus boost Adsense income using secret tips and tools that few know of. Occasionally, you do get to learn a trick or two when you join their lists or private membership forums. It takes some exposure and proper learning and application to know what really works and what don’t work at all. Save yourself some time and find out for yourself what are some killer tips that can boost Adsense income.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 1 – Keyword Research

Keyword research is vital to rank in the search engines and for PPC campaigns. It should not be rushed into or glossed over if you intend to boost Adsense income. Many webmasters, both new and experienced often make the mistake of not doing proper and detailed keyword research. Anyone hoping to put your Google Adsense income on autopilot increase should invest in keyword research.

Some free favorite tools are Overture Keyword Tool, Google Keyword Research Tool and Goodkeywords.com. Alternatively, try the free trial of WordTracker and if you like, pay for the service. Other excellent paid keyword research tools include NicheBot and KeywordElite.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 2 – Content Research

People always say content is king. Content used to be king but now has become a pauper. Only by using unique content can you boost Adsense income significantly. In the past, duplicate content can still stick well in the search engines like glue. Nowadays, search engines spit them out of their index faster than they stick.

Successful webmasters create unique content using a few methods. One way is by researching and writing which can be painful but rewarding. Another method is rewriting private label articles. This is faster but sufficient editing of at least 30 percent is required. The third is hiring ghostwriters to do the job. This is great if you already have an established website, deep pockets or the returns would be significantly higher.

What about those article spinners or content rewriter that promises you unique content? Most article spinners merely perform keyword substitution and reorganize the paragraphs of scrapped articles from the internet. These are hardly unique in the eyes of search engines and in many instances, the content produced is incoherent. However, I have to admit that they can be useful reference if you intend to edit the spun content.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 3 – Mass Producing Websites

Adsense gurus make their fortune by owning multiple websites. It is true that Adsense is a numbers game. While several successful marketers profess that their Google Adsense income is built upon a few hugely popular websites, the rest win the game with sheer numbers. Not many people can build well-optimized sites that pull in thousands of visitors a day.

The only chance for ordinary folks to dramatically boost Adsense income is to build dozens, hundreds or thousands of sites. I have known people including myself who have succeeded using mini-sites and blogs surrounding expensive, high-paying themes like debt and health. Set your mind to build 2 mini-sites (5 pages each) a week, and in one year, you have 100 sites earning good Google Adsense income for you. Even if one site earns you a dollar a day, it is a $3000 monthly income.

That is really the truth to boost Adsense income. Dig deeper at my blog for more powerful tips and instant tools to boost Adsense revenue to another level beyond.

This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The name of the author, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.

Author Resource:-> Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

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Boost Adsense Income With Keyword Research Tips

2007-06-10T19:37:00.001-07:00

By: Davion Wong

Adsense experts boost adsense income with effective keyword research. It is not far-fetched to say that keyword research should be an integral part of the overall strategy for anyone hoping to build a steady income using Adsense. Here are some powerful keyword research tips to boost adsense income:

Boost Adsense Income Tip 1 – Use Keyword Tools

There are many keywords tools both free and paid to research for profitable keywords. Frankly, people have managed with free tools, but it takes much longer and is more tedious. However, for a beginner, it is a great way to get dirty with keyword research. The most popular free online keyword research tools like:

1. Google Adwords Keyword Research Tool

Go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

2. Overture Keyword Tool

Go to http://inventory.overture.com

3. WordTracker

Go to http://www.wordtracker.com/free-trial.html (Free Trial)

4. NicheBot

NicheBot and WordTracker have paid versions too which are more powerful and reveals a lot more about the keywords you are researching. Another free windows-based tool which I personally love is GoodKeywords. If you are looking for most robust tools, try KeywordElite or even SEOElite.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 2 – Compile a Master Keyword List

Target 5 to 10 keywords for your Adsense website to optimize for. Do a quick check with the Overture Keyword Tool. Run the main keyword relevant to your website and find at least 5 secondary keywords that have more than 1000 searches every month.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 3 – Optimize for Long-Tail Keywords

Optimizing your website for long-tail keywords can boost adsense income by a great measure. Avoid extremely competitive keywords like ‘make money’, ‘internet marketing’ or ‘credit repair’. Go for long-tail keywords like ‘make money for retirees’, ‘internet marketing for beginners’ or ‘credit repair tips’. Aim for keywords with less than 2 million search results and less than 3000 searches when in quotes. These are keywords that are not as competitive but yet have a moderate demand. Your website would be able to score well in the search engines, and optimization would be much easier.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 4 – Steal from Competitors

This is quite blackhat but is an extremely powerful secret used to bypass hours of research.

a. Type in your main keywords in the Google search engine.

b. Copy down the URL of the top 10 search results at Google.

c. Visit the No.1 site and go to your internet browser, under the ‘View’ feature, click on ‘Page Source’. Copy the keywords in the keyword meta-tags and paste onto a notepad file.

d. Repeat this for all the websites.

Essentially, in website architecture, the meta-tags are critical for your overall SEO. Webmasters, especially the top experts would stuff the meta-tags with keywords they are optimizing for. They should have done enough in-depth keyword research to rank well in the search engines. These keywords should be worth gold to you.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 5 – Litmus Test Your Target Keywords

This is a quick gunshot method to know what kind of competition are you up against. The following webpage allows you to browse the Google PageRank of the top 10 websites displayed in Google.

http://www.SEOChat.com/seo-tools/pagerank-search

If the first 5 web pages have a PageRank of 5 and above, this particular keyword could be tough to achieve a good ranking.

Itching for more goodies to boost Adsense income? Drop by my Adsense blog and find out more.

Author Resource:-> Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

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Boost Adsense Revenue with SpiderMan-Friendly Content

2007-06-10T19:36:00.000-07:00

By: Davion Wong

Successful webmasters boost Adsense revenue with excellent content. Well-written content for human readers alone is not enough. It must also be prepared as tasty food that search engine spiders love in order to rank high. Just what do you need in order to optimize your content to boost Adsense revenue?

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 1 – Make Use of Latent Semantic Indexing

Recently, Google’s latent semantic indexing (LSI) algorithm has hit the search engine arena like a storm. Search results were reshuffled and many web pages which used to enjoy high search engine ranking are dumped. In a short breath, LSI looks beyond the direct matches between content and search query text. Littering your content with a particular target keyword is no longer enough and may affect your search engine ranking.

LSI means that you need to build content that the search engine spiders would easily identify with the keyword, ie content relevance. If you are writing about shopping for MP3 players, the content should center on this topic and steer clear from irrelevant stuff.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 2 – Make Your Content Readable and Relevant

We talk more on recent search engine algorithm changes from another perspective. Search engines are constantly trying to emulate human behavior. Think from a human reader’s angle, and write your content accordingly. The improved rankings would really boost Adsense income to higher levels.

The reason why you need to write for a human being is also to attract repeat visitors. If you churn out content that is on laser-targeted, your visitors would bookmark your site and return again. You need not even rely on search engines for traffic.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 3 – Use Synonyms or Related Keywords

Instead of targeting main keywords only, use synonyms to replace one or two words within your keyword phrase. For instance, ‘boost Adsense revenue’ can be replaced with ‘increase Adsense income’. Be creative about this and make use of free tools like Google Adwords’ keyword research tool or Overture keyword tool to find relevant keywords.

You can search Google for related keywords or synonyms using the ~ prefix. Take for example, ‘~boost Adsense income’ would return results of web pages with related keywords.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 4 – Word Count

There is no magical number for the perfect word count. Ideally, your article or web content should have at least 400 words. There again, there are also web pages with lesser than 200 words but still get ranked high. But I suspect the word count becomes more significant when you are competing on popular topics.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 5 – Avoid Using Duplicate Content

Google hates duplicate content like spam. So must you, in order to do well in the search engines to boost Adsense income. You may search the major article directories like EzineArticles and Article City for content with free reprint rights but be sure to mix and match and rewrite into a unique article.

That’s all for now. Come over to my Adsense income blog if you want more orthodox but unique, never-thought of methods to boost Adsense revenue.

Author Resource:-> Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

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Keywords and phrases for Adsense

2007-06-10T19:35:00.001-07:00

By: Ely Vanci

Where www.keywordaccess.com are at is 'neural bots'. What are neural bots? In a nutshell, an ordinary bot trawls from a list of urls, specific categories or the entire internet. Looking for and bringing back to base anything that they are pre-programmed to do. Neural bots though, make decisions and progressively learn to make further decisions above the set of instructions originally given. Neural bots can also be integrated into other 'Parent' neural bots or multi discipline programmes, which multiplies the decisions ability as extended calculations are carried out by the Parent and passed back to the child bot, which then searches again with a completely new set of parameters.

Example. We tell our little neural bot to find all keywords and phrases for say 'spiders' (the hairy type). Assuming our neural bot is a child working for a server based parent, then initially the child bot working upon a simple set of key instructions will interrogate ordained places and make decisions about what keywords or phrases to include, keep for later or exclude. These keyword decisions are constantly varying dependant upon several other factors, temporary keyphrase popularity for example or how many times, in what context or where it has found that keyword before. All this information is stored in its own exclusive keywords database for further reference. It then presents to the Parent server programme its findings. Now the neural Parent, is constantly making decisions from multiple inputs in addition to other bots, it constantly analyses server requests for information, the child bots keywords database and what is being searched for on the major search engines amongst other things. It also maintains a constantly expanding keyphrase referencing database, enabling it to learn particular patterns and change its 'rule set' accordingly.

The Parent may decide to send out the child again with a new instruction set about 'spiders' so that it can analyse further keywords before producing the list and adding it to the keyword access database.

So by the time our humble search for 'spider' has produced a keyword list, we know that a lot of behind the scenes processing has gone into ensuring that that our keyword list only contains relevant content and is bang up to date.

We also know that all the useless, adult or un-searched words or phrases are weeded out. We also know that if we search for 'spider' again after 24 hrs, the whole process will be repeated and the results compared and added to the constantly expanding keywords database.

Why? Because everything changes. In life it may take years, on the internet it's more like minutes and hours. What was top yesterday may be 59th tomorrow and what was 900th, is today's number one.

People can never click on an advert for the latest hot product if the item is not advertised!

If your keyword list is old, then so will be the adverts, its that simple!

But, if your site is plugged into a constantly changing keyword database and automatically produces pages around each new keyword or keyphrase that comes along in the chosen niche, then the latest products will be advertised on the new pages produced.

KeywordAccess.com provides just that. A gigantic database of popular keywords and key phrases that is constantly maintaining and updating itself with over 100,000 new keywords and phrases added each day.

Access to this massive source of valuable information is transparently simple at http://www.keywordaccess.com along with access to a massive collection of keyword related interesting articles.

Author Resource:-> Unlimited access to millions of keywords and thousands of free articles at http://www.KeywordAccess.com.

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Increase Adsense Earnings Quickly with PPC

2007-06-10T19:34:00.001-07:00

By: Davion Wong

PPC can increase Adsense earnings for anyone to incredible levels. PPC, acronym for pay-per-click advertising is a fast and arguably instantaneous way to drive traffic to your websites. Webmasters or internet marketers who have used this traffic technique would attest to its effectiveness. Making money from Adsense is a game of numbers. Combine PPC with your Adsense sites and you have got a formidable Adsense income machine.

Unfortunately, many folks fail to grasp the proper usage of PPC. And this is no fault of theirs. After all, it is not all so easy to employ pay-per-click to increase Adsense earnings. But what we hope to do today is to learn some really quick and money-grabbing tips to boost your Adsense income. Ready to increase Adsense earnings now?

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 1 – Top-notch Adsense Arbitrage

Adsense arbitrage is coined as a term to describe using a cheaper click to trade with a more expensive one. How do you do that? To make it simple, you launch an Adwords campaign for a website with Adsense ads. Assuming you pay for 5 cents a click and someone clicks on an ad and you get paid 50 cents. So you have earned 45 cents for that click. Cool?

Some people use Adwords only to perform Adsense arbitrage. But this is not the best method. There are cheaper but quality PPC traffic elsewhere from Miva, GoClick, 7Search, etc. Use them wisely to boost your Adsense earnings but please read Adsense’s terms of service to avoid committing mistakes that can get you banned.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 2 – Attract Expensive Clicks

You may have wished that you can control the cost-per-click of the ads that are displayed on your website. Sad to say, you cannot do so. But the good news is you can influence the value of clicks. One good way is to go for expensive themes like credit card debt, credit fixing, etc.

But wouldn’t you have a problem since the clicks you buy are going to cost much as well? See my next tip for a solution.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 3 – Use Long-tail Keywords

When targeting any niche or theme, the best keywords are not the obvious ones. This is because obvious keywords like ‘make money’ and ‘home business’ are bided to such skyrocket levels that it is almost impossible to profit at all. Instead, target long-tail keywords that attract low to moderate traffic. One thing to note is these traffic are often laser-targeted and likely to take action at your website.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 4 – Use Call-to-Action Words

Words like ‘free’, ‘buy’, ‘tips’, ‘guide’, ‘tutorial’, ‘gift’, ‘how to’ etc are call to action words. They are best used in your advertisement title and text, campaign keywords and in your website content. The rationale behind this unfolds like this:

Your visitor is looking to buy something, say a book on ‘how to increase Adsense earnings’ and your advertisement appears because of exact keyword matching. He/she sees your ad and it stands out due to the presence of the keyword in the title and text. Your visitor clicks your ad and find your content relevant to what he/she is searching for. Well, the Adsense ads dangling all over your website is matched with your content right? Guess what will they do? Click on the Adsense ads! Voila!

These are just a handful of tricks gurus use to build their Adsense income empire. Drop by my Adsense blog if you cannot wait to increase Adsense earnings from this moment.

Author Resource:-> Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

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You Can Make Money With Your Blog

2007-06-10T19:30:00.001-07:00

By: Adam Heist

Are you a blogger? Do you own your own blog? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you need to know that you can make money off of your blog, good money at that. Are you interested in learning how? Read on and I’ll share some tips from the pros on how you can monetize your site.

Operating a blog is as easy as joining Blogger and starting to write. As soon as you join Blogger, Google will invite you to join their ad display network called AdSense. Once you apply and are approved, you can run ads on your blog. You will only get paid for each time people click on your ads but you can earn anywhere from five cents to over one dollar for just one click. Don’t click on the ads yourself or encourage people to do the same, as this is stealing and Google knows when you click. You don’t want to lose a steady stream of income which can easily top $50, $100 or more per month.

If your blog has a popular theme, such as a blog for German Shepherds, and every German Shepherd owner in the country knows about your blog, then you can sell banner ads to dog groomers, veterinarians, pet supply companies, and more. Add this income to your Google money and you’ll be doing fairly well.

You can also charge for text links on your site or charge others to blog on your already popular site. In exchange for their blog entries and payment to you, you would allow them to have keyword rich text links back to your site.

Another way to monetize your blog is to join an existing blog network. Large networks of blogs are always on the look out for high trafficked blogs and they may pay you to post on your own blog in exchange for running their ads on your site. This set up could mean that you would have to take down your AdSense ads and let theirs run on the site, but if the daily income is good, you could end up making more money in the long run with this type of arrangement.

Of course, if you get really good at blogging you can establish your own little network of a dozen or so high trafficked blogs. Get your business going enough and who knows, you may be able to quit your day job and make a living off of your blogs!

Author Resource:-> Adam Heist has helped many web surfers since launching his website which details lots of great info on Cheap Secured Loan. Adam also prides himself on over-delivering and to prove this he would love for you to stop by the site today and check out what

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Making money from Keyword Adsense sites

2007-06-10T19:28:00.001-07:00

By: Ely Vanci

Years ago it may have been easy to get listed and lots of visitors from the search engines. You just created a site with several pages of unique content. Then copied those pages onto many domains. Pronto! Dozens of Web sites. Each site would then be individually listed in the search engines against the relevant keywords. That was great for the early affiliate ads.

Then the impact of Adsense that spawned development of various software and scripts to create an endless stream of simple Adsense sites. With a few appropriate keywords fed in instant Adsense keyword theme pages were created. Some people use 1000's of these keyword theme Adsense pages on hundreds of domains. They all get indexed and they all got visitors. It was that simple though unfortunately, these tricks do not work anymore.

The search engines are way smarter now. They can rapidly compare content from one source to the next. If your pages look too much like already indexed pages, you will probably be on the last page with no visitors and no Adsense revenue.

There was also software like doorway page creators, niche portal builders, and such that all fail the Google test. While not creating identical pages, this sort of software creates pages whose composition and structure are very similar from site to site.

As more and more of this software gets used, the engines learn these listings filled with pages that may have different keywords, but have very similar page structure or as its called a footprint. As a result, most who have used this software have their index in Google removed. All the engines need to do is sit there and sort through the database looking for pages with similar keywords that have similar footprint structures.

There are still keyword Adsense sites being produced and successfully producing good incomes using all these techniques. But the scripts and software they use is all in house developed and clever enough to avoid all the pitfalls of duplicate content or structures. these are the people that make the BIG money from Adsense. The very ones that provide most of the billions of dollars worth of click through's for Google's massive Adsense programme.

Search Engine Junk Filters.

Engines used to filter all pages that contain the keyword "viagra" 1000 times. But clever SEO's found ways to avoid these sort of keyword filters They just used slight variations of the keywords like "viagrra" or "viagraa".

Therefore the most successful anti-spam filter is a naive Bayesian filter. You train this it on a pool of pages that you classify as spam or not spam. It analyzes the words used, the headers, and so on... and with remarkably accuracy, it is then able to determine if new pages are spam or not spam.

The engines doubtlessly now use similar Bayesian filters on their search results. Already, there has been much discussion about how Google employs a pool of "reviewers". These reviewers likely sit and rate pages in the engine... classifying listings as spam or not. After reviewing many pages, they can then create automatic filtering. The result? Many, many spam pages quickly vanishing from the Search engines index. This includes pages from all of those 'auto page' creators that churn out near-duplicate content and includes some hand optimised pages. Putting it simply, if content is not unique, readable and appropriate to the searched for keyword phrase then you will find yourself with increasingly fewer and fewer visitors until your Adsense site and income disappears forever.

To make real money with any affiliate advertising or PPC campaign like Adsense, you need an unlimited supply of completely unique content and keywords or keyphrases. Now that's one massive database! The guys at KeywordAccess.com have got that all sorted out. And some of there own in house database is available to the public. Around 12 to 15 Million keywords and key-phrases I hear and, they offer lightning speed with unlimited access. They also have a few articles and promising even bigger things in the future.

So you have all these articles for content, or some auto programme like HyperVRE or Niche Creator that can pull them in from other places themed to the keywords you give it. You have auto inserted RSS feeds on each page also in theme to these keywords and planted Adsense or some other PPC in the right places that will pull up articles based upon the content of your page which is based upon the keywords you fed in.

So the resulting Adsense ads will only be of interest to visitors, providing they cover the keyword subject they came to your page for in the first place.

With the keywords and keyphrases playing such an essential part all the way through, it is obvious that the benefits of an exhaustive list of keywords and key phrases are measured by the increase in Adsense income.

If your Adsense targeted site is still full of pages about 'Red' sports cars yet everyone is looking for 'Green' sports cars. Your Adsense income will be small. While the other way around? Tons of clicks and big Adsense cheques! So you must insure that the maximum number of searched keywords are available to you for selection and that they contain not only yesterdays popular searches, but today as well. That's another first at KeywordAccess I hear, their database is constantly evolving in tandem with Google and other search engines. Every day the keyword database has thousands of new searched for phrases added. Making this resource at KeywordAccess.com a must for any serious Adsense or PPC / affiliate ads site builder.

Whether you decide to build smaller and more individually tailored site or churn out hundreds, keywords are vital. Preferably somewhere you can go to any time and get instant unlimited access to the biggest list of keywords on the planet! There and then without delay or hassle. Whether you want to save just a few or ten thousand. Unlike most of the others like Overture who are never working and you get a hundred keywords if your lucky to the other keyword sites that impose strict access to quantity, even if you pay!

Watch out for part two of this article from KeywordAccess.com about How to turn these sites into real money.

http://www.keywordaccess.com

Author Resource:-> Further articles concerning Internet marketing are available at http://www.cvanci.com and Adsense keyword specific articles at http://www.keywordaccess.com.

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Earn Money Blogging

2007-06-10T19:26:00.000-07:00

By: Nikki Que

Would you like to make money blogging? There are a lot of people earning extra cash and even making a living blogging, and you can too. First, you need to come up with a topic people are interested it. The topic has to be one you know a lot about or enjoy. To become a successful blogger, you must provide useful content and update the blog regularly. You can either start your own blog, join a blog community or join a blog network.

Your Own Blog

If you want to start your own blog, there are many places to host your blog for free such as blogger.com. You can also buy your own domain from sites like godaddy.com and pay for hosting. I use hostgator.com and can highly recommend them. After setting up your blog, you can monetize traffic through Adsense, an advertising program by Google or other affiliate programs such as maxbounty or primaryads. You can also earn money by discussing advertiser products and services within blog posts through sites like payperpost.com, bloggingads.com and blogitive.com. To send traffic to your blog, you should submit it to directories, post on other people’s blogs, post on forums with your blog address in the signature, and exchange links with similar sites.

Blog Communities

The advantage of joining blog communities is that you can start getting traffic right away. Members of the blog communities will visit your blog if it appeals to them. You will be able to make money through Adsense. Your ads will be rotated 50% or more of the time while the owner’s Adsense ads rotate the other half or less. Some blog communities include blogfeast.com, bloggerparty.com, and blogcharm.com

Blog Networks

There are many advantages of joining a blog network. The blog network pays for your domain name and hosting. They setup/design the blog for you. You don’t have to work for traffic and are usually paid a specific amount each month. You can also earn a percentage of advertising revenue each month. You mainly have to focus on posting great content.

Blog Networks Currently Hiring

If you join a blog network, you’ll be able to earn a specific amount each month or a percentage of revenue generated from the blog. The following are blog networks currently hiring:

1. Weblogs, Inc. is a large network with about 90 blogs. You may apply to blog on a pre-existing blog or suggest a topic for a new blog. There current blog categories include consumer, technology, travel, wireless, video games, media & entertainment, finance, and life sciences.

2. Creative Weblogging is also a large network with over 90 blogs. Their current blog categories include business, economy & finance, digital media, ecommerce & internet, dreams & celebrities, technology, family & home, recreation & sports, wireless, education, life sciences, and gaming.

3. b5media is a network to over 170 blogs. Their current blog categories include arts & crafts, beauty & style, business, celebrities, entertainment, family & relationships, home & dining, science & health, sports, team blogs, technology, travel & culture, video games, and writing & literature.

You can also check out 451press.com, knowmoremedia.com and blog-republic.com.

Author Resource:-> Nikki Que is the owner of PCMoneyMaker.Net, resource for those looking to make money on the internet; Find work from home jobs as well as various ways to earn extra money online. For totally free stuff, visit FreeSamplesBlog.com.

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Affiliate Marketing --Getting Started

2007-06-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

By: Vickie Scanlon

Affiliate Marketing-why are people doing it? To make money of course. when people come online, they first assume that they can make money by typing or completing surveys.I don't know how it happens, but it's the first one-two sucker punches that a newbie gets. They end up finding themselves placing ads on FFA sites and making peanuts or completing so many surveys with long hours and little or no money in return. Why does it happen? It's a play on the person's desire to make money. So how can you make money? If you're not looking for a get rich fast track, but a long-term venture, then affiliate marketing can be a way to make money.

Granted, affiliate marketing is not an easy row to get into, but it can be rewarding-once you start making money. That's the catch-if you are new to the world of affiliate marketing, there is a learning curve. But what new job doesn't have a learning curve? As to the learning curve, you can either do the trial and error-learn as you go approach, or enlist the aid of a consultant to help you. In either case, you still have to learn the affiliate business. So let us begin.

First, I'm going to go into the no expense, except your time. Even though time is an expense-it doesn't empty your pockets right away.

How to get started Free

SEO: To get the search engines to notice you, you must learn something about SEO. This will be a work in progress-always, because the search engines algorithms change and adapt. It takes time and it's doable. However, if you have the money, you can enlist in the services of someone that is experienced in the ways of SEO. But be warned - make sure you check out their credentials and look at some of their past successes.

Web Design: If you are tackling this alone, you will learn, as I. You may have to experiment with your site, until

you get the style you want. And if you are misfortunate as I -- with my beginning ugly baby website -- you will want

to experiment to reach an approachable website with consistent web pages.

Article Marketing -- If you have a writing talent, article marketing is more labor intensive, but can produce targeted traffic. You can write the articles and submit the articles yourself to article directories, or you can use a submission service. (Article Marketer is a reasonable service to try).

Adsense -- Adsense is a way to make a passive income, but again it's a learning curve to putting the ads out on your site - choosing the position, the color, the size of the ads to fit your site. End result, experimentation is necessary.

Linking -- As time goes by, you will be asked to exchange links with complimentary websites. Or you may ask for an exchange yourself. However, let me emphasize, if you are a new website, don't anticipate many partners wanting to link to you yet. Why?

1) If you are less than 6 months old, they may be skittish because of the many bogus sites that spring up and then vanish within the 6 month timespan. 2) If you are not indexed by any of thesearch engines, such as: Google, Yahoo, MSN. 3) In most cases linking partners look to equal or greater page rank, when choosing mutual links. 4) And if you are wanting a blog exchange -- make sure you are updating your blog on a regular basis. Bloggers don't want to send their visitors to blogs that are not updated (lost creditability).

Newsletter -- Get a newsletter out as soon as you feel comfortable about the info you are supplying to your visitors. Why a newsletter? You need to build a list.

Paying for Advertising

You can consider PPC (pay per click marketing)-this may be a little expensive at first if your pockets are lean. And again, you need to learn how to put the ads together to see a profit. If you know nothing about Google Adwords look at Google Profits for a great starter in Adwords.

Getting A Website

Things continue to change, some fads become standards, while other fade away. But one thing is now becoming more obvious -- you do need a presence on the web. In the past, companies would give you a link to advertise without a website. But with the changes that Google has put into place -- trying to eliminate duplicate content-it could be more difficult to make money without a blog or website. Did you notice that

I said blog. If you're unsure of what you want to do, try getting your feet wet with a blog.

As you can see, there is a lot too putting up an affiliate site. I hope I didn't put too many realities into the mix and scared you off. Affiliate marketing is a rewarding venture. So fight back your fear and baptize yourself into the online environment and your own affiliate business.

Author Resource:-> Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at:
http://www.myaffiliateplace.biz for free tools, articles,

ebooks, how to info, services, travel and tech accessories,

software, computers and more -- all geared to help the affiliate/small businessperson online. Visit her blog My Affiliate Place Blog (http://myaffiliateplace.blogspot.com/) for weekly articles and personal insights.

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Start your business with Google Adsense

2007-06-09T20:31:00.001-07:00

When you read this entry, you are minutes away your first legal business with Google and you will earn money soon. I'm sure about it. The matter is how much you can earn with Adsense. If you have lots of traffic and you set up your site beautifully, you will earn much. This tutorial will show you how to register a Adsense account.

Firstly, you go to Google Adsense page and sign up for an account. https://www.google.com/adsense

Before signing up for an Adsense account, you MUST have a website. Don't create any website but choose the site that you contribute to it for a long time, and you have lot of content on this site. If Adsense team accesses your site in order to approve your application and finds out that your site is not well-established, or under-construction, your application will be rejected.

The application form is simple, just fill in the form with your TRUE information. The approval process can take from 2 days to a week. Just be patient, and wait for Google email.

Opps, I forgot to mention that you should have a Gmail account to facilitate all login/account stuffs. Now you can easy sign up a gmail account at http://gmail.com

Last but not least, these are "taboos" that you have to avoid when working with Adsense:

Don't click on the Google ads you're serving through AdSense.
Don't place ads on sites that include incentives to click on ads.
Don't place ads on sites involved in the distribution of copyrighted materials.
Don't place ads on sites that include pornographic content.

Adsense for beginner

2007-06-08T00:54:00.000-07:00

This tutorial will show you the basic steps to implement Adsense code into your website. To start with this tutorial, it is assumed that you have your own website and Google Adsense account already.

Step 1: Log in to your Adsense Account

After logging into your Google Adsense account, you will see this page:

To generate your adsense code, click on the second tab "Adsense Setup".

Step 2: Setting up your ad space

Click onto "Adsense for Content" link.

If you don't want to click "Next" for many times in this process, you should choose "Single Page". All the necessary steps will be shown in one page. That reduces your time waiting for the next setup page to load.

Step 3: Choose your ad type

In this "Single Page" content, you will see some categories:

"Choose Ad type": As this tutorial is for beginner, so I suggest you just leave everything as default.
"Choose Ad format and Colors": The banner that gives you most profit is the large rectangular 338x280. Why? I will reveal on another topic. Now, you just choose this ad type. You are some seconds away your first earning with Adsense. Everything else you leave as default, as this help is for beginner.

After this step, you scroll all the way down to "Get Ad Code". You will see something similar to this:

Click into the coded area, it will automatically highlight. Just press Ctrl_C to copy the code.

Step 5: Goto your website, paste the Adsense code, reload the site to see the result.

How to Optimise your Web Pages for AdSense Ads

2007-06-06T20:40:00.000-07:00

If you are using Google AdSense or any similar program for earning revenue from your web site, then it is high time you realize the secrets of earning high Click Through Rate hence high revenue from your web pages.

If you keep following points in mind then you may be able to increase your revenue appreciably.

Page Content

• AdSense can't interpret images without captions, the value of alt attribute in the img tag and surrounding text, so keep images to a minimum. If you are forced to use images, use proper captions and alt attributes.

• A single page of yours should have preferably same content to get more contextually relevant ads. Segregate pages having different content.

• Choose keywords on your page carefully. Certain keywords have a higher CPC.

Page Size

• Just have the right amount of content on your web page.

• If you have a large amount of content on any topic, still keep the pages short, because same amount of content spread over smaller pages make room for more pages. More pages mean more place for advertising meaning more revenue.

• However, keep in mind that if you breakup any article unnecessarily into more pages, it may be irritating to the viewer. Hence, choose placing your same type of content on different pages carefully e.g. If there is a natural break in the content, or the paragraph heading changes, the content may be spread over different pages.

• Keep the page width in mind. Cater for people who still keep their screen size to 800x600 or less. As far as possible, avoid requirement of horizontal scrolling.

Refresh Page Content Regularly

• Search engines really appreciate new content. Take a bit of effort to provide content that appears new. You may not be able to change the reference content however; you can have RSS feeds from relevant sites to refresh the content regularly.

• The idea behind fresh content is that people should keep coming back to your site again and again.

Ad Positioning

Studies have shown that ad positioning is crucial to content revenue generation. Positioning means the physical position of an ad on a web page, the size of the ad, and also which page(s) on a site carries an ad.

• You need to tweak your ads in terms of positioning regularly till a design that gives you the best CTR.

• Most studies show that ads positioned above the fold at the beginning of the page do better than ads lower on a page as the people don’t have to scroll down to read down your Ads.

• One major positioning issue is context. Position your ads in such a way that they are contextually relevant and generate a high revenue.

• Donot overload pages with Ads.

Ad Style

There is no secret formula to tell you that which AdSense color or color pallete will work best. Results are different for different sites and experimenting and monitoring the results may give the best option. You can chose two options that you can choose:

• Use the color palette to match your site, this way, some users may click on the ads because they think they are part of your site, not ads.

• Use a color choice that starkly contrasts with your site. Your ads will be more noticeable, and thus it is more likely that they may be clicked.

The end point is, you will have to constantly tweak your ads in terms of positioning and placement. If you can track your ads, nothing like it as you will be able to know which ads and pages are giving you a higher revenue so that you can use similar templates for other pages.

Author
I have been in internet marketing business for more than a year now and have experienced considerable success. I am maintaining a website at http://www.10by10guide.com and a blog at http://www.EarningMoneySecrets.blogspot.com

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The best way to make money online - Adsense program

2007-06-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

AdSense often easier than affiliate programs Google's AdSense is a superb revenue generating opportunity for all kinds of web sites

AdSense often easier than affiliate programs Google's AdSense is a superb revenue generating opportunity for all kinds of web sites.

AdSense allows you to serve text-based Google AdWords on your web site and receive a share of the pay-per-click payment. AdSense ads are similar to the AdWords ads you see on the right-hand side at Google when you do a search there. AdSense is having a huge impact on the affiliate marketing industry. It's often much easier to generate revenue from AdSense than from an affiliate program. AdSense is simple to join. It's easy to paste a bit of code into your pages. It's free to join. You don't have to spend time finding advertisers. Google provides well written, highly relevant ads - chosen to closely match the content on your pages. You don't have to waste time choosing different ads for different pages.

You don't have to mess around with different code for various affiliate programs. You're free to concentrate on providing good content and Google does the work of finding the best ads for your pages from 100,000 AdWords advertisers. It's suitable for beginners or marketing veterans.

AdSense provides simple, easy-to-understand stats. If you have affiliate links on your site, you ARE allowed to add AdSense ads. However, with your affiliate links, you must not mimic the look and feel of the Google ads.

You can filter up to 200 URLs, so you can block ads for sites that don't meet your standards. You can also block strong competitors. Inevitably, AdSense is competing strongly for space on web sites with all other revenue sharing opportunities.

If you own a small web site you can plug a bit of AdSense code into your site and almost instantly relevant text ads that are likely to appeal to your visitors will appear on your pages. If you own several sites, you need apply only once. This makes AdSense much simpler than joining a bunch of affiliate programs.

Author
Hariprasad Chowta Links :http://www.bekhammysyte.com and http://www.bekhammysyte.com/quickinfo email: hari.chowta31@rediffmail.com

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Google AdSense Basics, Tips and How to Start with Google Ads?

2007-06-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

Basics about Google AdSense, Google AdSense Tips and How to Start with Google Ads? for beginners. Know what exactly Cost Per Click Ads means.

There are lot and lots of Opportunities available for you in internet. Most of the people who is using internet doesn't know that making money in internet is very simple. The main problem is, they don't have a basic guide for 'How to start?'. This is all about creating a website and getting online Ads from Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and placing it in your website. This is not some stupid jobs like checking mails, taking surveys, clicking some ads or sending spam emails.

Whether you are having your own website or you are having any idea to create a website, then you are having Opportunities to earn with your website through Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Ads. Creating a Website is not a big deal. You can earn easily 1000 dollars to 5000 dollars per month.

There is no limit, even some popular websites are earning 3000 dollars per Day (It is for a Day!!! not for a Month).

You couldn't believe this right, just visit the Success Stories page http://smartchoice4you.brinkster.n et/Success-Stories.html and read the Google AdSense Case Study given by Google.

You heard about these words "Google AdSense", "Yahoo! Search Marketing", "Microsoft adCenter"?. Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft are the Search Engine Giants and now they are entered into the Online Ads. When you are searching in Google or Yahoo! search, in the Top and Right side of the Search Result page you can see some special links called "Sponsored Result" or "Advertisement", which is highlighted with some special background color.

What is that "Sponsored Results"?
Search Engines like Google and Yahoo! are getting Ads from Advertisers with some key works for that Ads. For example if an Advertiser giving Ad for his Book Shop, he also give some key works for that Ad, which is more relevant to the Ad given by them. When some one searches in internet with the Keywords provided by Advertiser, Search Engine will show the Advertisers link in the top of the result page with different background color.

Organizations like Google, Yahoo! came up with a new type of online Advertisement called "Pay Per Click". In "Pay Per Click" Ads, Advertiser need to pay only when somebody clicks on their Ads. Because of this, Advertisers no need to pay just to show their Ads in a website. While browsing if you noticed, in most of the websites you can see Google Ads.

Yes, You also get these kind of Ads from Google AdSense, Yahoo! Publisher Network and place it in your website. You no need to pay anything to get these Ads. To know more about Cost Per Click Ads visit http://smartchoice4you.b rinkster.net/Cost-Per-Click.html page.

All you need to have is a website, that may be your personal website or some informative website, that is not a matter. To know the easy ways to build a HTML website visit http://smartchoice4you.brink ster.net/Build-Your-Site.html page.

Why I'm calling this as "Smart Opportunities!", because you no need to spend your whole time in this job. You are just need to spend some free time to create a website and place the Ads in your website. After that you no need to do anything, the website will give you good revenue for ever.

Your site will earn for you, even when you are sleeping. To know the opportunities, visit http://smartchoice4 you.brinkster.net/Opportunities.html page.

About Author

Iam a Web Designer. My latest site is about Google AdSense. This is for begineer, explains about how to start with GoogleAdSense.
http://smartchoice4you.brinkster.net . You can reach me at smartchoice4you@yahoo.com

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Earn without Adsense

2007-06-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

Get paid. Learn how.you can free yourself from Adsense

What is Google Adsense?

AdSense is an advertising program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text and image advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on a per-click basis. Google utilizes its search technology to serve ads based on website content, the user’s geographical location, and other factors.

Google Adsense is the most widely used form of advertising. It is a pay per click program - a program that allows you to sell advertising space on your website and get paid when people click on the ads. Google AdSense is the most popular pay per click program. Clicksor, Kontera are some of the similar programs available on the internet.

So, I want to stop using adsense. What other things can I do to earn?

Internet affiliate marketing.

Internet affiliate marketing is a system of revenue sharing between one affiliate which features an ad or content designed to drive traffic to the advertiser. The affiliate will receive a fee based on the amount of traffic generated.

The affiliate is compensated for his effort for every customer referred. I am sure we can find a lot of affiliate programs on the internet. Search for Commision Junction and ClickBank and you can be exposed hundreds of companies that would pay commisions for your referred customers.

Sell advertising space.

If your site has a good PR, has good ranking in SERPS you may have the chance to sell ad space at a higher price.

Sell your services. Do freelance work.

Freelancers are independent contractors that do not have long term contracts with an employer. Focus on what you are good at. If you are a graphic designer, sell your services as a graphic designer. Upload your portfolio. Let everyone see. If you are an experienced programmer or a writer, there are many opportunities on the web. You just have to find them.

There are still more ways to earn online. Don’t just stick to one program.

About Author

Thorpe Obazee has been in the web business for about 5 years. A Web programmer of 4 years experience. A Web Designer of 3 years experience. Visit his personal blog about marketing at http://www.obazee.com Article Source: http://www.obazee.com/archives/earn-without-adsense Article Source: http://www.1888articles.com/author-thorpe-obazee-878.html

Adsense Statistics fever?

2007-06-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

Google Adsense is probably the most popular site monetizer in the world today. Thousands of web publishers are relying on AdSense to provide ads for their site. The publisher relies on statistics that Google provide, in order to monitor his account, and optimize his site's revenue. This article is a

Google Adsense is probably the most popular site monetizer in the world today. When you start displaying ads in your web site, Google provides you with statistics. The statistics themselves are rather basic: The number of impressions, clicks and revenue generated. You can also see the clickthrough (Clicks divided by impressions) and eCPM (revenue per thousand of impressions).

Google also provides you with channels, which is a way to differentiate between different ads. You can setup “custom” channels, and assign any ad to one of those channels. Then you can view your stats split between the channels. You can also define URL channels, which include a domain and (optionally) a directory. All ads in that URL (or any derived URL) is counted in your URL channel (simply put, if you define a “mydomain.com/mydir” than any ad in that URL will be counted in that channel. An ad in “mydomain.com/mydir/derived_dir/...” will also be counted in that URL).

Publishers have noticed that the changes in ad-block size, placement and colors have a huge effect on their earnings. Sometimes you can move the ad a little bit in your page, and make it blend to the colors of your site, and your earnings can double, or even more. There is no easy recipe though. While Google suggest a certain ad placement (the Google “ Adsense heat-map” (HREF=”https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer= 17954&ctx=en:search&query=ad+placement&topic=0&type=f”)), it doesn't work for everyone. A serious publisher must constantly change and test her ads. Obviously channels are very useful for those tests.

Because the Adsense stats are updated throughout the day, some publishers spend a lot of time checking and looking at their site performance. Checking your updated revenue can be addictive... But using the on-line reports is somewhat time consuming. As web applications go, it is rather slow to use. There are some quicker solutions: software applications that download the data for you, and alert you when new statistics are available. These applications range from a small free plug-in for Firefox that show you the latest update, to full-blown applications which also show you graphs and averages, including support for channels and more information.

Metalgrass software's AdSenseLog is one such application. AdSenseLog supports fully supports all Adsense products (content, search, referral and channel data). You can view the statistics in a table, shown by day,week, month or year. You can chart the data using graphs of all sorts, and also view more statistics. AdSenseLog's data can be exported to HTML with one mouse click. You can setup AdSenseLog to alert you when new statistics arrive. Alerts can be a small pop-up window, a sound, an e-mail message or even an SMS message. This way you can stay updated on your site performance even with no access to a computer!
AdSenseLog is used daily by web-site publishers to monitor their Adsense account, to learn about trends in their data using the charts, to prepare reports and maximize their profit.

AdSenseLog is available for a free trial, and is free if your monthly earnings are below 50$.

http://www.metalgrass.com/adsenselog

About Author

Ron Mertens is the owner of Metalgrass software, a shareware company. Metalgrass software have developed AdSenseLog, the tools that helps AdSense publishers maximize their profit.

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5 Ways To Improve Your Adsense Earnings

2007-06-06T16:13:00.000-07:00

Author: Don Guindon
If webmasters want to monetize their websites, the great way to do it is through Adsense. There are lots of webmasters struggling hard to earn some good money a day through their sites. But then some of the “geniuses” of them are enjoying hundreds of dollars a day from Adsense ads on their websites. What makes these webmasters different from the other kind is that they are different and they think out of the box.

The ones who have been there and done it have quite some useful tips to help those who would want to venture into this field. Some of these tips have boosted quite a lot of earnings in the past and is continuously doing so.

Here are some 5 proven ways on how best to improve your Adsense earnings.

1. Concentrating on one format of Adsense ad. The one format that worked well for the majority is the Large Rectangle (336X280). This same format have the tendency to result in higher CTR, or the click-through rates. Why choose this format out of the many you can use? Basically because the ads will look like normal web links, and people, being used to clicking on them, click these types of links. They may or may not know they are clicking on your Adsense but as long as there are clicks, then it will all be for your advantage.

2. Create a custom palette for your ads. Choose a color that will go well with the background of your site. If your site has a white background, try to use white as the color of your ad border and background. The idea to patterning the colors is to make the Adsense look like it is part of the web pages. Again, This will result to more clicks from people visiting your site.

3. Remove the Adsense from the bottom pages of your site and put them at the top. Do not try to hide your Adsense. Put them in the place where people can see them quickly. You will be amazed how the difference between Adsense locations can make when you see your earnings.

4. Maintain links to relevant websites. If you think some sites are better off than the others, put your ads there and try to maintaining and managing them. If there is already lots of Adsense put into that certain site, put yours on top of all of them. That way visitor will see your ads first upon browsing into that site.

5. Try to automate the insertion of your Adsense code into the webpages using SSI (or server side included). Ask your web administrator if your server supports SSI or not. How do you do it? Just save your Adsense code in a text file, save it as "adsense text", and upload it to the root directory of the web server. Then using SSI, call the code on other pages. This tip is a time saver especially for those who are using automatic page generators to generate pages on their website.

These are some of the tips that have worked well for some who want to generate hundreds and even thousands on their websites. It is important to know though that ads are displayed because it fits the interest of the people viewing them. So focusing on a specific topic should be your primary purpose because the displays will be especially targeted on a topic that persons will be viewing already.

Note also that there are many other Adsense sharing the same topic as you. It is best to think of making a good ad that will be somewhat different and unique than the ones already done. Every clickthrough that visitors make is a point for you so make every click count by making your Adsense something that people will definitely click on.

Tips given by those who have boosted their earnings are just guidelines they want to share with others. If they have somehow worked wonders to some, maybe it can work wonders for you too. Try them out into your ads and see the result it will bring. If others have done it, there is nothing wrong trying it out for yourself.

Don Guindon is mainly a photographer and marketer trying to make the adsense world a reality, feel free to see what can be found. http://www.donguindon.com/cbcr.html http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?28821

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12 Effective Tips & Tricks to Maximize Google Adsense Revenue

2007-06-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

Author: Nickkalis
Ways to Increase your google Adsense Revenue for Your Websites & Blogs by following simple tips & Tricks. Watch your income from Adsense increases significantly

The first name which comes to everyone while talking about PPC Program is Google adsense. It is by far is the most popular contextual advertising program used by publishers worldwide. It has variety of revenue generating programs starting from Pay per click ads, adsense for search, referrals for Firefox with Google toolbar, Picassa, Google Pack. But does everyone earn a lot from it? Many think that just copying and pasting the adsense code will fetch a huge amount of money, but that’s a mistake. There are some effective tips to increase Google Adsense CTR.

The following optimization tips can help you increase your Google Adsense dollars:

1> Make sure the ads that are appearing on your site are closely related with your content. For doing this create open topic one page, use your keywords in page title, also check your keyword rich content and then mark some of your keywords as bold or italic.

2> Increase your keyword density. If you use the proper keyword density in your content, you will attract more targeted ads. Your visitors are far more likely to click on a relevant ad. Targeted ads usually pay more per click too.

3> Use Online Keyword research tools like Overture Keyword Tool, Google Keyword Research Tool and Goodkeywords.com. You can also try the free trial of Word Tracker and if you like, pay for the service. Other excellent paid keyword research tools include NicheBot and KeywordElite.

4> Use wide ads (336x280, 300x250 or 250x250). Because there are the best performing ads.

5> No Border ads. One of the best ways is to erase the borders of Adsense ads and make them merge with the website’s background color.

6> You can embed your Adsense ads in your content. You should surround the ads with the content of the page. This is where your visitors will be looking, so you should also give them ads to read and maybe click on if they're interested.

7 > Place an image near your ads because user tends to look at this section.

8> Rotate Google Adsense Ads Colors to Reduce Ad Blindness. To prevent regular users from ignoring the ads, you can officially rotate up to 4 different types of color palettes for your adsense ads. When you are selecting the color scheme for the adsense ads, press the Ctrl key, scroll up or down with the arrow keys and select multiple color schemes with the SPACE bar.

9> Track your ads. Google gives you up to the ability to track ads by web page or by the type of ads displayed. They give you up to 200 custom channels for you to use. Experiment with different ad types and positions to see which suites best.

10> Use the Adsense for search box. It's always a good idea to give your visitors the ability to search your site. If you use Adsense’s search box, you would be paid for visitors who click on the ads in the search results page.

11> Do not rely on one website. The more sites you have, the more ads have the potential to get clicked.

12> Use site maps. Use Google's site map. It visits your site and will crawl it much sooner that any other submission process.

About Author

Nick Kalis is a techie with special interest in internet marketing, travels worldwide and writes on technology,american holidays Food and global events . He writes for http://www.123greetings.com and quite a few other websites. Article Source: http://www.1888articles.com

Why is Article Marketing Important?

2007-05-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

Article marketing is the sharing of information. When you share information, you are also getting some benefits from it. The benefit is that you get the targeted customers that you wanted which will then resort to more profits for your business.

You may be thinking that article marketing sounds easy enough. It actually is, once you have understand its importance in your business.

Why is article marketing important?

They will give you long-lasting site traffic. How can that possibly be?

This is simply because website owners do not dispose of your articles once they have gotten new ones. What they do is that they put in into their archive sections. Whenever a visitor wants to read your articles, all they have to do is visit the archive part and they will get your articles there.

And since you still have the resource box printed in these articles, you will still receive the traffic brought by their visitors even though it has already some time before anyone got to browse through your content.

Blog authors are constantly in need of something to write about.

Nowadays, there is a large number of bloggers that are constantly looking for contents to write about. One of them may chance upon your article, find it interesting and even go as far as post them in their blog sites.

All you have to do is provide quality information on a specified topic and it will be syndicated by these bloggers once they need to update their blogs.

They get their content. You get your exposure.

Product developers need contents too.

Ezines and other forms of review subscriptions need some sort of content to go with what they are offering. If their theme is similar or somehow related to yours, they will try and reprint your articles to be put into their publications.

By using your article, they get will get more credibility to back up their own claims. When they do that, they are already considering you an expert on your field. If they do not, they would not be publishing your articles in the first place.

Again, free exposure for you along with additional credibility once it circulates around the Internet because of the subscribers of those newsletter or ezine.

You get instant authority as an expert on your field.

Like what was mentioned above, when other people begin to read what you have done, they will deem you as an expert in your business. They get to trust you enough to believe what you have written.

The link that is in your article adds to the credibility you are showing, Not only can they go visit your site and get to know more about you. They will also see more of what you have to offer. If they like what they see, they may even decide to avail of your services or buy some of your products.

Your articles get to be posted to forums related to yours.

As with blogs, forums are a means of interaction between people that have similar beliefs. Posting your article as a thread in answer to another is a means of adding more credibility on your part. By doing this, people will get to notice you.

If your article is unique and is unlike what they have read before, they might even syndicate them and put them on their sites. There is no telling how much people will get to read you and will want to have you posted on their sites also.

Articles are search engine-friendly.

If you primary goal is to achieve higher page ranks and better positions in the search engines, then article marketing is your thing.

It seems that search engines are very fond of articles. They like to put them up for the people who are always in search of information or data.

It is said that there is no better way of having visitors come to your site than having a good position in the search engines.

Are these reasons not enough for you to start and spend some time doing article marketing? Nothing can compare to what articles can do for your business.

What are you waiting for? Start your article marketing now and start reaping the benefits.

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Joseph Rose's Internet Marketing Website, Ajami Wealth is designed to assist anyone who sincerely wants to change their financial future. You can receive Joseph's free newsletter here.

The Path to Successful Traffic Generation

2007-05-31T09:54:00.000-07:00

Internet marketing basically boils down to two things:

1) Generating traffic
2) Converting visitors into buyers

Getting traffic is easy, but getting targeted traffic should be the goal. Not just anybody. You can get any old visitor from traffic exchange and autosurfs. You'll soon realize, however, that those visitors don't become buyers, so your efforts to get traffic through those means is wasted.

Pay-per-click is a great way to get very targeted visitors, but then the problem become converting those visitors into buyers. A lot of newcomers to IM hop onto adwords and love the traffic they get but the website doesn't convert well and they lose lots of money.

So how should you go about it?

Test your website's responsiveness with the free methods that work before you give your traffic a shot in the arm with PPC. What are free targeted traffic methods that work?

Blogging, social bookmarking, ezine advertising (there is such thing as free ezine ads, if you don't believe me just search on it), classified ads (in good ones like USfreeads and Craigslist), Squidoo, article marketing, and link exchanges are all great.

All of these methods require the visitor to see an ad BEFORE they come to your site, thereby qualifying themselves as interested. As long as your ad accurately portrays the message of your site, you can consider these visitors targeted.

Test different headlines and use what converts. Once you know what works, then go to PPC to get lots of targeted visitors fast, confident that your site converts well.

In order to guarantee longer term visits from each buyer, be sure to build a list of opt-in subscribers to build a community or receive a newsletter. You don't want to ever spam since that can get your website banned, but you do want to stay in contact as frequently as possible. Get a GetResponse autoresponder or an Aweber account to do this. Provide articles at regular intervals like every other day that give good information to your subscribers. You want them to like you.

Monetize you list with joint venture promotions, selling advertising, and promoting niche-related affiliate products and services to your readers.

To improve the conversion ratio of your site, it is advisable to include privacy policy, disclaimers, terms of service, contant info, and a blog to make it more personable. The features also tend to assist your position on Google Adwords and other search engines. You want to display any awards or certifications you have as well, as this will lead to better believability by your visitors that you're for real.

Begin the path, follow it without straying and avoid the tempation of speed until you are ready.

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Tyler Ellison is a successful entrepreneur who teaches the Free Fully Automated Traffic System. See more articles at Free Traffic Articles.

Building Constant Unstopable Traffic To Your Website

2007-05-31T09:53:00.000-07:00

For some internet marketers, web directories is not something they would have preferred if only they are given a choice. But without a doubt, web directories are sure-fire ways of driving website traffics.

These directories are effective ways of building PR (page rank) that helps websites get good rankings in the Google search engine. Google uses page ranks to grade the results based from the searches that visitors are making. Having a higher PR is having a better listing compared with others.

PR are based on the backlinks that you have and its quality. So it follows that the more backlinks you have, the higher your PR will be. You will also get better rankings.

This is the essence behind using web directories and linking. Once these combination have worked successfully, you can expect an increase in your website traffic.

To get a list of web directories, all you have to do is type in the keyword in the search engine. Then, all you need to do is choose from among the number of lists given.

Linking like crazy to other websites.

Ok so maybe submitting links is not really an easy task. Since there are not many computer-generated linking technologies yet, you have to submit them manually. But if you think of the benefits you will be getting from these links, it will be worth all the trouble.

Having a good content is important in making genuine backlinks.

There are two effective ways of doing this:

First, is the use of media or downloads. It is a fact that majority of website visitors are very much inclined to downloading and media. In addition, many people welcome them as something different from the usual wordings they encounter most of the time.

You will notice that once you have created a number of these on your site, the number of websites traffic you are getting will double. People are likely to come back to check on if updates to the media that you have on your site.

The second one is article writing. The good thing about articles is that you can post them to as many sites as you can, as long as their theme is related to yours. This way, you can have your backlinks spread all over the Internet through the resource box placed at the end of each article. With your articles, you get to reach more consumers that you cannot normally do if your article is only posted on your site.

Besides, articles are well-loved by search engines. Provide them with quality contents and you are sure to be read by these engines.

Giving more of your attention to search engines.

Search engines plays an important part for all internet marketers. They are a great way of driving website traffic. Google rankings are depending heavily on the backlinks used and the page ranks of each sites.

Going to forums or discussion pages.

This is a way of getting your message out while generating website traffic in the process. Just like web directories, you can just type in the keywords on the search engines to get a list of forums you can join.

You may have noticed that some people posts questions on forums. If you find that they are somehow related to your topic, fell free to answer the query being asked.

To register in forums, put in your URL. On the signature part, put a short description about your website. If you are planning on posting regularly to these forums, you can also change signatures to display the development happening on your website.

If you maintain your posts on a regular basis, you can have a steady flow of website traffic.

These are just some of the many ways you can do to be able to drive traffic to your website. There will always be new and easier ways of doing this. But for now, these are the ones being widely used. They also have proven their usefulness in the online marketing world.

Keep on using these strategies in order to maintain your website traffic. You can always come up with your own also.

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Web Site Promotion with E-Greeting Cards

2007-05-31T09:52:00.000-07:00

Website promotion need not be boring, as many people seem to think it is. There are many ways to bring traffic to your website, which can be full of fun, both for you and your customers. For example, various kinds of contests, giveaways, cartoons, quotes and daily jokes can attract traffic to your website and also encourage them to refer your site to their friends and family. These promos are called being sticky in the business, and having sticky features on your website is one of the best Internet marketing techniques that you can use. Here are a few fun filled sticky additions that you can incorporate in your website which will result in bringing customers back again and again.

E-cards serve as the best way to promote your website. If you offer a selection of e-cards for free on your website, the traffic to it will increase in two ways. First, a good choice of e-cards, especially those that fulfill a niche, will get people back whenever they need to send a card. Second, since the recipient will be required to come to your website to access their e-card, it will give you the opportunity to do business with them.

To really make the most of this kind of strategy for website promotion, you should create or select greeting cards that have a common connection to your website, and provide incentives for sending these cards. Try considering unusual niches. For example, if you sell uniforms to medical professionals, you could create a Hello, Nurse! line of greeting cards that feature orderlies, nurses, doctors, and so on

Competition always creates thrill so devise a competition or contest and let the visitors vote for the winner. A fun competition will always get people to spread the word to their friends and acquaintances. Your own tastes and the website niche will be the deciding factor for the subject of the contest. For example, a pet care website features a weekly Cool Cat and Hot Dog competition, where the visitors can upload the photos of their pets for other users to vote on. Once a week, the winner receives a gift voucher, which can be redeemed at any local pet store for free pet care products. Contests like this do not need anything extra to run, and the website is publicized by the people taking part in the contest who tell their family and friends to log in and vote for their pet.

Other website promo ideas that might work for your network marketing are Kids Do the Darnedest Things, Best Wedding Tips, Name the Mascot, etc. The contests which will increase the traffic to your website the most, and thus broaden your customer base, are the ones that involve the visitors in participating in the voting.

Featuring a daily joke, cartoon, or a tip for the day on your website which can be shared by an RSS feed is also very effective. People love things that make them laugh, inspire them, or give them something to think about. By offering an inspirational quote or a healthy tip you can make your customers day. You can send these through a daily email service to a mailing list, knowing that many customers will forward these to their friends, with the link to your websites intact, thus increasing the exposure of your website, resulting in increased web traffic.

Besides being fun for you and your customers, you can also benefit on anything that uses daily updates to your website. The frequent changes and additions pay off in more content for your web site, and also increase the visits to your site by search engines that catalogue it.

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Targeted Web Site Traffic To Your Home Internet Business By SEO Article

2007-05-31T09:51:00.001-07:00

Search engine optimized or SEO article, has a nice set of benefits for your home internet business.

It pre sells the landing page, brings targeted web site visitors, make visitors want more about the issue, brings free traffic for years and will build up your authority image. On the top of this, the SEO articles with new keywords, can carry the web site into new markets. ( You can bookmark this page press Ctrl+D ).

These benefits of the SEO article make it one of the most effective tool to promote your home internet business. Because a SEO article uses only on page optimization technique, without any backlinks, you have to follow a certain technique in writing.

I will go through the technique, which is not difficult to learn but requires a lot of discipline.

How To Write A Home Internet Business SEO Article?

1.Pick the theme for your SEO article.

For instance this article has a theme, which you can read from the headline. The theme has to be very relative to the topic of the landing page, i.e. to include the same promise so that a reader can smoothly move into the landing page and bocome even more interested.

2.Choose from 2 to 3 keyphrases.

As an example this article uses two keyphrases related to home internet business, both are already in the title. It is easier to write a SEO article, if the keyphrases have a natural link between each other, like SEO article brings targeted web site traffic to the home internet business.

I suggest, that you will select keyphrases with Overture demand of from 1.000 to 3.000 a month to keep and Google supply under 10 million, to keep the competition moderate for your home internet business.

3.Research five top competitors.

It is very important to research your top competitors, because SEO article writing uses 100 % on page optimization techniques, without no backlinks.To be able to get the pole position at Google, you simply have to beat the competion per each keyphrase.

Analyze the competition per each keyphrase and if you found out that the page, which is not properly optimized, there is your chance. On the top of that, if there is no links and PR is 0, your chances are even better.

4.Write your main keyphrase into the title, body and the author box of your SEO article.

Let us say you have each of your keyphrase mentioned ten times, then you have to write them at least once using bold, italic and underlined fonts. Search engines love this! A practical rule is to write the keyword in each paragraph of appr. 4 lines.

5.Write your both keyphrases into the author box.

In this way you will build an anchor text for your link.This anchor text will influence in a very positive way into the search engine ranking of the landing page. This is why it is very important to use the same keywords in the SEO articles, which you have used on your home page. For search engines, the anchor text is a sign of the related link.

6.Finally, use always unique content.

Write always your SEO article by yourself. Your readers and search engine spiders like this. And if your target is to build an image of the authority among your home internet business visitors, the unique content is the only way.

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MLM Training - Prevent Your Prospect From Taking Control With This Technique

2007-05-31T09:49:00.000-07:00

If you find yourself losing control of a conversation with a prospect, you must stop and ask yourself, "Who has the knowledge?" You, of course, have the knowledge. If your prospect is the one asking all the questions, it can head you down the wrong path instead of to what your primary point of the discussion is - to make that person's life better. The whole importance of Prospecting Tip #6 is: You have to be the one asking questions because you are controlling the conversation.

If you don't ask questions, your prospect will. So you should always be one step ahead of your prospect to stay in control of the conversation.

The technique is very simple to explain, and then if you practice it a few times you will absolutely love this! By the way, I go into deep discussion on this in Professional Inviter. Here's the tried and true technique: You give your prospect a quick answer to the questions they ask. Don't lie nor evade! Make sure your answer is quick, not elaborate or detailed and then in the same breath, continue with a question.

Let's say that you initiate a call to a friend and as you're talking you do the inviting formula and ask them what's important to them, and they tell you. You then move to invite them to learn more about your MLM business.

Here is an example of what NOT to do:

You: "Well, I have something that may help you achieve _______."

Prospect: "Oh really. How so?"

You: I am in a business where you can...

No! You bombed out! You started to answer the question and your prospect just reversed who has control of the conversation.

A better way to do this would be:

You: "Well, I have something that may help you achieve _______."

Prospect: "Oh really. How so?"

You: "Well, I"m glad you asked. I have a video that will answer your question. Would you prefer to receive a DVD or would you like something on the Internet you can look at right now?"

Bam, you just reversed the direction of who is controlling the conversation - you answered their question, but you're in control. That person now has to decide whether they want the DVD or the online version.

As you're talking with a prospect you don't know, start with simple questions that don't require a lot of thought. Questions like: "Where do you live?" or "How long have you lived in this area?" As you get into the inviting formula, continue to ask questions that require more conversation from that person so you can get a better understanding on what that person is looking for. Questions like: "What kind of work do you do?", "What do you like/dislike about your job?", "What job experience do you have?" Make sure your ideas fit with that person's needs.

As long as you don't use too much assertiveness I suggest you ask more personal questions. If you don't infringe a little on that person's life history, you may not fully find out what that person needs, wants or doesn't want.

Remember, your mission is to find out what your prospect needs and wants, and if they qualify, invite them to look at your MLM business. Once you let them take control of the conversation it's very difficult to take it back. Stay on track by using this simple technique and you will achieve MLM success.

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Tim Sales helps network marketers gain the confidence and skills to be an MLM success. Learn how to become a true network marketing professional and sign up for his free MLM training newsletter and listen to free training at www.brilliantexchange.com

Online Affiliate Program: Why Most People Fail in Affiliate Programs

2007-05-31T09:46:00.000-07:00

If you search the internet you’ll find millions of free and also paid online affiliate programs.

Most people have signed up in these online affiliate programs and tried to make money from them but failed miserably.

They don’t know why.

Are you one of them?

If yes, read on to find out how to locate the right top affiliate program and how to promote it to start making money.

All affiliate programs are not created equal.

Some will make you money if properly promoted and others will not, no matter what you do.

Why?

Below are some reasons why.

(1) The Right Affiliate Programs To Promote

Most people are under the mistaken notion that just because an affiliate program is free that they can promote it and get rich.

Nothing can be farther away from the truth.

The bitter reality is that if an affiliate program is free, then most likely thousands of people will want to sign up to promote it.

Since thousands of people are promoting it, competition will be stiff and so the likelihood of getting rich from it will be slim because there will be more people promoting it than people who wish to buy it.

When supply is greater than demand, profitability will nose dive.

This is economics 101.

So stay away from free online affiliate programs which hundreds of thousands of people are already promoting!

The best online affiliate program which will likely make you rich will be the one that very few people are promoting and which is in great demand. The demand MUST be greater than supply.

Most likely, such an affiliate program will not be offered free!

You will have to pay for it to promote it.

When people are required to pay to promote an affiliate program, then most people will not sign up for it, so only few people will promote it.

This will then guarantee that the demand for it will be greater than the number of people who promote it and this means that the profitability for it will skyrocket.

This is the kind of online affiliate program which can make you rich!

There are few people online who are getting rich from online affiliate marketing and this is one of their sacred hidden secrets of success!

(2) Build Landing Pages For Your Online Affiliate Programs

You must create a landing page at your website for any affiliate program which you desire to promote.

At the landing page, you will then include a short introduction of the affiliate program, preferably, your own personal experience of using the program or a short review.

Then at the bottom, include the link to the affiliate program website.

This affiliate program landing page must be optimized also.

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You may also add Google Adsense ads and other pay per click ads as well as Clickbank products on this page to monetize it.

This way, if your customer doesn’t click and go to the affiliate program, they may click on any of the pay per click ads such as Adsense or Clickbankbuddy or pay per click ad and you’ll make money.

If you don’t know how to monetize your website with Google Adsense, Clickbankbuddy ads and pay per click products and ads, please contact us for free help.

By having a landing page for your affiliate programs at your website, you have the advantage of not losing all the traffic you’ve built up if the affiliate program is stopped.

If the affiliate program which you’re promoting is discontinued, you may replace it with another similar affiliate program and continue generating income from it.

(3) Secret To Promote Your Online Affiliate Program

Online marketing has become more difficult than rocket science.

During the past couple of years, most affiliate marketing strategies which used to work 6 yrs ago don’t work anymore.

E-mail marketing has been dead for many years now.

And the ISPs have added salt to the injury by creating so many filters which filter away your e-mail offers and so they don’t reach their destinations.

Besides, most people don’t read their e-mails anymore.

Most people have been bombarded by thousands of spams and offers and they just don’t have time to read these offers anymore.

So e-mail marketing is completely dead.

Free For All, FFA promotion is dead too.

Banner advertising is dead too, unless you have thousands of dollars to promote it at highly trafficked sites.

Search engine marketing, SEM doesn’t work any more because the search engines are constantly changing their optimization rules.

It takes both Google and Yahoo several weeks to even index your page and include it in their system.

You may optimize your website properly and attain a top ten position in a few keywords.

But they never last long.

In a few months when they update their search ranking, all your positions may likely disappear and your traffic will be gone too.

You may try to promote through Google Adword campaign.

But the truth is that not all programs can succeed in getting traffic from Google Adword or any other pay per click advertising.

If you try to promote an online affiliate program, which hundreds of thousands of others are already promoting using Google Adword and pay per click advertising, you’ll end up squandering thousands of dollars! This has happened to many people already.

So stop squandering your money in pay per click advertising.
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You may also try to use article writing to promote your affiliate programs.

But very people know the “SECRET” on how to write a highly optimized interesting article which will attain top ranking in the search engines and therefore produce traffic and sales for your online affiliate program.

To succeed in doping this, you must know how to optimize the article, it must be interesting and you must post it where many people will read it.

If you write and post an article but it can’t be found in the search engines when people search for the affiliate program which you’re promoting and if people are not reading it at the article directories where you posted it, you’ll not generate any traffic or sales!

This is what many people are doing and among the TOP reasons why they are not making any money in their online affiliate marketing.

(4) Traffic Is The Lifeblood Of Success In Online Affiliate Marketing Program

There are so many naïve people who have spent tons of dollars buying internet marketing e-books, programs and videos from so called internet marketing gurus and as if that is not enough, they have been suckered into squandering thousands of dollars attending seminars organized by these so called gurus only to find out that what they are peddling are outdated and archaic internet marketing strategies which don’t work any more.

These suckers never to think about the truth.

The truth is that no right thinking businessman will sell a secret on how to generate thousands of traffic daily to you for $50, when he knows he can keep his secret, use them to promote hundreds of affiliate programs and make millions.

The real truth is that these so called gurus have no secret that really work. But what they have is a large e-mail list which they have built through e-zine and newsletter publishing for many years.

So they make their money by marketing their e-books and affiliate programs to these mailing lists.

If you have 50,000-100,000 e-mail lists which you have generated over 6 yrs, you’ll always manage to make a few thousands of dollars marketing any program to them especially if it is about internet marketing!

In conclusion, there are still a few online affiliate programs which are easy to market and generate obscene income and there are still many jealously guarded traffic generating secrets which work and which can explode your website traffic and sales and so make you rich instantly.

But they are not free. They will cost you some money.

If you’re ready to pay to sign up in any of these few online affiliate programs, and to get the powerful traffic generating secrets of millionaire webmasters, then you’re serious about getting rich from online affiliate programs.

May these insights about affiliate program, best affiliate program, free affiliate program, affiliate marketing program, top affiliate program, free online affiliate program, best free online affiliate program, online affiliate program, make money with affiliate program help you to attain success in your online business.

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How I Got 18,077 Unique Visitors in 7 Days

2007-05-31T09:41:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the this short report which outlines how I launched a new website and achieved 18,077 unique visitors in only 7 days. Before I begin I think it’s important to explain to you the power of creative thinking and how it can help you build a thriving new website or enhance the success of your existing website.

Why you should think creative

The reason why you should think creative is because being creative will wow the public. If you can wow the public you will get traffic – lots of it. Everyone knows traffic is the backbone to online success, without it, all you will have is a pretty website that nobody is visiting.
If your site is unique and is produced in way, which people want to tell others about it, you’re in a winning position.
The Idea

Ideas…they’re amazing things, yet when I speak to most people they never go through with them. Perhaps it’s because they’re scared about the possibility that it may not work out. If that’s your thinking - you need to stop right now!

If the guy who made the Million Dollar Homepage was scared to go through with his unusual idea would he be a million dollars richer today? If Nintendo thought that their Wii console was too wacky for the mass public to appreciate, would they be in the winning position they are today?

Most people hate change, but they absolutely love new ideas, new products, new businesses! A new idea has a much better chance of captivating the public, than if you were to just copy some existing idea.

Not one person can guarantee you whether or not your website idea will be a success or not, but what I can tell you is, if you don’t take a chance and take some action, you won’t get anywhere, you’ll be in the exact position you’re in now.

How It All Begun

It all started in April 2007 when I was thinking about the condition that has been haunting me the last 8 years of my life. I’m one of the many sufferers of the male condition Gynecomastia, or better known as man boobs. No I’m not overweight yet I have man boobs and the only way to lose them is to have surgery.

It’s not important whether you completely understand the condition or not, but what is important to take notice of is the fact that I took an idea that was close to my heart (well closer to my chest), and used that as my website idea.

You don’t need to have a passion for the theme of the website however you do need to have some knowledge of it; otherwise you will never convince your readers that you’re genuine.

Anyway, I was thinking of a way to raise money online to pay for the surgery fee and I got a crazy idea in my head. I remembered how I’ve seen many weird websites in the past which ask for a donation towards some crazy cause. I thought to myself, if some guy can make thousands of dollars by asking for donations for some (to be quite frank) “stupid” cause, surely I could raise the surgery fee since my site is towards a good cause.

And there it was, the idea was there, and the belief that it could work – that’s all I needed to go through with it.

The Domain Name

20 minutes after I thought of my idea, I registered the domain name. I settled on removemymanboobs.com I knew with a domain like that I would at least intrigue people to check out the site, and it worked!

Having a captivating domain name is an excellent idea because the domain name alone is capable of making a website viral. Many webmasters don’t put enough thought into the name of their domain names. It’s a big mistake they make, as your domain name is a walking billboard for your website. Your domain is the first thing they are going to see before they view your website. Your domain name will either be clicked or ignored. If they ignore it, you’ve lost that visitor. Do you see where I’m going with this?

I’m not saying you must have a weird/crazy/funny domain name to succeed, but if you can come up with a good one, then by all means – use it!

Designing the website

After registering the domain name, my next step was to design the website. Now it will depend on the type of website you have, but generally if you want a website to go viral it’s best to have a simple design. You don’t want too many flashy images and other things which increase loading time and distract viewer’s eyes away from the main focus of the site.

Read this part because it’s very important. Your idea is the most important part of your website, when designing your website everything you do should place emphasis on your idea. That’s why if you have a simple design viewers will immediately start reading or looking at the important content on your website.

Many people believe you need to have a flashy website to succeed, but I’m telling you right now – that’s not true! If you don’t believe me, go take a look at Google, Craiglist or most other popular websites, and you will see they focus more on functionality rather than flashy designs.

Now with removemymanboobs.com I basically have a simple cartoon image of man boobs, a progress bar so others can see how well I’m doing with the donations and a long story about my condition so viewers can understand my condition and hopefully sympathise with me.

Promoting the website

This is the most interesting part of this report I think. I did one thing and one thing only to get 18,007 visits in 7 days, and it didn’t cost me a cent!

I sent out FREE press releases about my site

You better believe it, those free press release sites which many believe are useless made my site go viral in a big way. Not only did I get traffic from the press releases, but once the word was out about removemymanboobs.com, various blog owners and forum members starting posting news about my site – without me even asking them! My site was even advertised on the home page of many high traffic websites.

Not only that, but people who found my site interesting posted on social bookmarking website like Fark and Stumbleupon, and those sites sent thousands of visitors to my site.

The best thing is I didn’t have to do anything at all, besides submitting the initial free press releases.

Then the unthinkable happened

I started getting donations, money, moolah, whatever you want to call it, I couldn’t believe it, my site was a success.

Not only that, but I had a few radio stations email me requesting me to do interviews with them about my website. I had one from New Zealand and two from the USA.

Maintaining traffic flow

Although I consider my results a success, it was evident that the traffic was going to die down if I chose to sit back and do no further website promotion.

Here are a few things I have (or will be doing) to extend the life of my site and keep the traffic and donations coming in.

-Write Articles on Gynecomastia and submit them to article directories

-Send out more press releases updating the public about advancements on my site. This is where you should be creative. I could make the title of my new press release something like “36,000 eyes witness the man boobs”. You need to use every weapon in your bag, be creative and people will notice you.

The above are just a couple of methods I can use to ensure more traffic to my site, however if a site is truly viral you won’t need to constantly promote the site, your visitors should be doing that for you!

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Viral Ebooks Can Skyrocket Your Online Profits

2007-05-31T09:34:00.000-07:00

Here is something you can do to increase sales for your resell rights products. This is a powerful technique that can bring you an avalanche of targeted internet traffic and profits to your resell rights website. It's writing your own viral marketing ebook.

Create A Viral Marketing Ebook / Special Report

Writing viral marketing ebooks and special reports are a sure way to bring profits to you. You will need to take some time to find out topics people want to read about. You can do this by visiting forums or doing surveys.

The page count for the ebook or special report you write should be somewhere between 10 to 50 pages. It need not be any bigger than that. It's not the page count that matters, its the quality of the information contained within the ebook that matters.

Inside the viral marketing ebook or report special you can add links to the various resell rights products that you are selling on your website. You can also add links to various the affiliate programs and services you also may be marketing.

Just remember this one thing. The more free ebooks and reports your create the more money your are going to make. This is something many marketers won't tell you. Don't be afraid of writing. Start today and keep it up. Before you know it you will have all the material you need to write a 10 to 50 page report. You can then move on to your next viral ebook or special report.

Create a Squeeze Page for Your Viral Marketing Ebook / Special Report

Set up a squeeze page for your ebook and drive targeted internet traffic to that web page. There are many ways to do this including writing articles, submitting to directories (as long as it is your main page.), post to forums.

Submit to Ebook Directories.

Every time you create a free viral marketing ebook or special report submit it to as many ebook directories as you can find. You can do a search on Google or Yahoo to locate these directories. By submitting your ebook to more and more directories, you provide more and more people the opportunity to find, download and read it. As more people read your ebook your opportunity for making money will skyrocket. Whenever someone purchases a product or service through a resell rights or affiliate links within your ebook you make money.

Conclusion

Writing and giving away viral marketing ebooks and special reports can truly increase your internet income. Before you know it you will have created 10 to 20 viral ebooks or reports all with links back to products you are selling. This is the best form of free advertisement.

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Craig Cawthorne is a provider of the latest ebooks and marketing tools on the internet today. Visit his site to find resale rights products and articles on how to make substantial profits online. Also visit his how to make money with adsense site.

Can You Really Earn Instant Money Online

2007-05-31T09:32:00.000-07:00

The biggest temptation for newbies to Internet Marketing is to find a program to earn instant money online. But if you want to build a sustainable, profitable business, you really need to focus on strategies that will grow your wealth slowly but surely. Earning instant money online is possible, but will depend on the knowledge, experience and skills of the person, and usually the results aren't consistent in the long run.

Having said that however, it's great to be able to start your new internet business, make some quick sales, have some cash flowing in, and some extra motivation to keep going. Having a small success early on is a stepping stone to bigger success as you learn and progress. Okay, so let's have a look at how you can earn instant money online in the short term.

First step is to choose a niche (preferably one that interests you or that you have some knowledge in). Once you have done your research and chosen a niche, you'll want to narrow this down and select a product or several products that will fit-in with this niche. Be on the lookout for front-end products AND back-end products so that you can make follow-up sales with your customers. You can find products at Clickbank.com and CommissionJunction.com and become an affiliate for each product that you choose. Each sale made by you results in a commission, paying-out anywhere from 25% to 75% of the sale price.

Now, if you don't already have your own website that fits in with the particular niche and product you are offering, it doesn't matter, because there is a way around it. You can simply set-up your own blog (short for weblog) that you theme around this niche, and promote all the niche affiliate products on your blog page. Go to Blogger.com to set-up your account and blog template, and then you can start adding content to it. What you can then do, is add some short articles and reviews of the products you are promoting (ensure you have your affiliate link in the blog post). Each time that you make a post in your blog, make sure that you "ping" the post to alert the blog directories. This will start to bring in traffic from the blog directories and hopefully convert into sales for you.

The other thing that you can add to your blog is adsense. You simply add some code from Google (you need to sign up for this) into the appropriate place on your blog page and Google ads will appear on your blog. When someone clicks on any of the ads, you will earn some money for each click. Keep in mind that the amount of money is usually just a few cents per click so you really need a massive amount of traffic to make any real money from this. Also consider that when someone clicks on one of these ads, they will be taken away from your site. So you may only earn 20 cents from that visitor instead of a potential $20 or more from an affiliate product sale.

Now, consider writing some articles (around 500 words or so) that are based on your particular niche. Down the bottom of your article, have an author's resource box that has a short description of you and your business AND a link to your blog. Submit each article you write to some quality article directories so that you will begin to get readers, credibility, people clicking on your link, traffic back to your blog, and hopefully sales.

Keep doing these things on a consistent basis and you will see increasing traffic and sales. It does sound very easy to earn instant money online but at the end of the day, a lot of work is still required to see any worthwhile results. Once you are experiencing some success, you may want to expand into other niches, and work on some long-term strategies to really build your business.

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Andrew Jones has been a business owner for the past 10 years, and is now an Internet Marketer and Plug-In Profit Site owner. Discover the best ways to earn instant money online.

3 Easy Steps to Make Money Online

2007-05-31T09:31:00.000-07:00

3 EASY STEPS HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE

1. First step : Get your own blog.

Blogger is totally free and if you have trouble, just click the Help button and you can find the answer you’re looking for. The fastest wasy to understand blogging, is to try it out, its really easy for you, just type like in Microsoft Word. When you make contents of a blog, you just need to type in like in Microsoft Word, click on “New Post” tab and if you want to type html code, click on “edited HTML”.

No problem if title or contents of your blog have some mistakes. You can repair it until it gets perfect later. Importantly, title and contents of your blog must be in accordance with your interest.

Are you ready to get started? If so, then lets go to My Blog at: http//newtechgadget.blogspot.com/ and click the link “Create Blog” at Navbar. Then follow the easy on screen instruction in each page up to finish, so as your Blog could be accessed from all over the world.

2. Second Step: Generate Revenue from your Blog / website with Google Adsense

Atter you complete your Blog, then lets come back to my Blog and click on the button “Generate Revenue with Google Adsense” (the button located in the middle, on the right hand side of my Blog) for suggest your application to Google Adsense. In Adsense home page, click on button “Click here to apply” and follow the on screen instruction in each page up to finish. Importantly, your name when you register in Google Adsense must be the same as your identity card and your address have to the actual address so that Google could pay you with their cheque.

Usually your application will be reviewed by Google in several days, sometime immediately, and they will inform you via email whether your application is accepted or not. After your application is accepted by Google, then log in to your Google Adsense account and follow the instruction. You should take 3 main programs that are:

1. Adsense for Content – you will get commission every time visitors click on advertisement in your blog / website.

2. Adsense for Search – you will get commission every time visitors click on advertisement in the result page.

3. Adsense for Referrals – when a publisher that signed up for Google Adsense through your referral (action: click on button “Generate Revenue with Google Adsense” in your page) earns their initial $100.00 and is eligible for payout. Google will credit your account with $100.00.

Create your Adsense for Content straight forward in your blog – this is a new features in new blogger.

Copy your Adsense Code (only for Adsense for Search and Adsense for Referral) and then paste it to your blog.

The method to create your Adsense for Content is :

1. Log in to your blog - click on “Customize”-- click on “Add a page element”- select “Adsense – Add to your blog”. The adverstisement will appear and you can customize the advertisement appearance by following the on screen instruction.

2. You can arrange the placement of the adsense in your blog by dragging the page element with your mouse. Its that easy!!!

The method to place Adsense Code into your Blog IS:

1. Log in to your Google Adsense account and click on “Adsense Setup” tab.

2. Select “Adsense for Search” and follow on screen instruction until Google gives you the codes. Copy the codes. (this is the same procedures for “Adsense for Referral).

3. Log in to your Blog. Click on “Customize”-- click on “Add a page element” -- select “HTML / Java Script” -paste the codes and saves changes.

4. You can arrange the placement of the adsense in your blog by dragging the page element using your mouse. Its easy, yeargh!!!!.

3. Third Step: Promoting your blog to all over the world

 Submit your url to Google at http://www.google.com/addurl.html

 Submit your feed url to Google Sitemaps (Beta) project.

 Submit your Blog to other Search Engines

 Submit your Blog to relevant directories such as the Open Directory project (http://www.dmoz.org) and Yahoo!

 Promoting your Blog using AdWizards to 300 classifieds sites for free.

 Promoting your Blog using Google Publishing Tools.

Finally, always update your blog with interesting articles or pictures or videos and watch your money to come in! Try it cause you won’t lost anything!...

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Author: Zainal
Age 29. Live in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Would love to share the idea how to make money online.

The Amazingly Simple Way to Add Affiliate Links to your Video

2007-05-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

At a time when a growing amount of video-based content is taking the Internet by storm, more and more entrepreneurs are trying to find ways to monetize their video material.

Video combined with affiliate links could be an excellent way to increase your online income. However the software that allow to insert links into videos are expensive and not easy to understand or work with.

This situation was changed by the online service BubblePly who came up with a fantastic tool that allows the adding of links to a video. In just a few seconds you can add links, comments,pictures and even animations to your video!

This free tool is one of the greatest things I've seen in the last few years.

How does BubblePly work?

First of all, I should mention that BubblePly does not host videos. So, you can use your own videos or videos from Blip.TV, Google Video, Metacafe, YouTube, and others video portals.

Here’s What You should do:

1. Copy the URL of a video you want to add a link to.

2. Paste the URL into the text window at BubblePLY.com

3. After a few seconds, your video will open in the PLY creator. PLY is a transparent layer that is placed over a video and does not disturb the original content

4. Add text or a hyperlink to the video.

There are two ways to add a hyperlink:

You can add a link to the bottom of the video, or you can create specific words hyperlinked in the text which you have added to the video. When somebody clicks on the hyperlink, it will open

in a new browser while the video is still continuing to play.

This idea is brilliant; although not every creator of video content is going to appreciate that anyone could take their videos and put links on top of it. That is why, in my opinion,it is safer to use your own videos.

For affiliates, this tool is very helpful because you now have the ability to incorporate a link easily into videos and increase your sales tremendously.

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Resale Rights - How To Outsell Other Resellers

2007-05-31T09:28:00.000-07:00

Selling ebooks with resell rights can be an extremely profitable venture. With resell rights ebooks and marketing tools you can began making money online right away. You don't have to create your own product. This will save you tons of time and money on research and development. That's why marketing these products is so appealing.

However, there are many out there who avoid selling resale rights ebooks and internet marketing tools simply because they believe that they can't compete with the many other marketers selling the very same product online. Others believe that the market for these products is saturated because there are so many others marketing these products.

So, how do you compete with other marketers selling the very same product for at the same price to the same market you have chosen? The answer to this question is actually pretty simple.

What you first need to understand is that better than 90% of all people who have resale rights licenses to the same products as you, will either market the products incorrectly, or won't market them at all. What this means to you is that only about 10% of those who have those same products are in competition with you. Truth be told, it doesn't really matter how much competition there is in the market or even how many people are selling the same thing. What really matters is how each product is marketed.

What you need to do first, is to is set yourself apart from other marketers selling the same resale rights products. Don't worry about what these other marketers are doing. Be different and make you style your own. You can start by making your product appear different. The license you have may allow you to do a number different things. For instance, you can change the sales letter or create a new book cover or box cover. Try to make the product look and feel completely different.

After you have made all the changes you are allowed to make, take a little time to research what other marketers may be doing. For instance, if you are planning to market with Google AdWords or Yahoo, find out what keywords your competitors are bidding on. Also, find out what they are paying for those keywords. You can either pay more for a particular keyword, or you can bid on different but more targeted set of keywords.

Here's an example. Say you are selling a resale rights product on "cheesecake recipes." Don't use "cheesecake recipes" as your keyword. Instead, try using "easy cheesecake recipes," or "cheesecake recipes online." Try to narrow your market by being more precise. You can be sure that most of your competition won't be choosing their keywords with such care.

You should also try other methods for marketing your resale rights products. Develop an email list and then market to it. Purchase the right to market to other peoples e-zines and opt-in lists. Write your own articles and submit them to the article directories. You can even try holding tele-seminars. The most important thing you can do is to establish yourself as an expert in the niche market area that is related to your resale rights product. All of these things will help to set you apart from others who are marketing the very same products. Now you are ready to go out and start building your very own solid resell rights ebook business.

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Craig Cawthorne is a provider of the latest ebooks and marketing tools on the internet today. Visit his site to find master resale rights products and resale rights articles on how you can turn your resale rights products into substantial online income. Also visit his how to make money with google adsense site.

Big Profits With Private Label Content and your Adsense Sites

2007-05-18T01:17:00.000-07:00

Big Profits with Private Label Content and Your Adsense Sites

Profits, this word is enough to keep an internet marketer search consider a marketing strategy that can insure that. Making money, it is the only consideration. You cannot settle for anything less.

Now, how will you make sure that you can make money? With the growing number of competition each day in the online community, this is not an easy task anymore.

However, you cannot simply sit there and do nothing. Modern technology can provide you with various options to address a problem and get a favorable result. All you have to do is to pick the best option and make it work for you.

AdSense Sites

If you will have to choose one path in your goal to make lots of money, creating adsense sites should be on the top of the list.

An AdSense site allows you to earn passive income from simply putting ads related to the topic in your web site. Every time a person clicks on the ad, a certain amount will be given to your account. Now, if you have considerable traffic in your web site, you will also have considerable profit.

Furthermore, this also allows for information to be traded and for web sites to grow. With an AdSense site, your page can easily be placed in search engines when people look for a related item. Your web site can be indexed in an advantageous way possible.

How to Create an AdSense Site?

Creating an AdSense site is relatively easy. Once you have installed that internet business and you have a good web site running, the AdSense site will be an easy follow-up.

All you need are good web articles in your web page. These articles must contain the proper keywords and data that will focus on a certain niche. The keyword density will determine the kind of ad that will be placed on your web site. Once you have applied the AdSense, an HTML code will automatically provided. Then you are ready to play the winning game.

Creating a Winning AdSense Site

Keep in mind however that for an AdSense to work, your web site must contain quality web articles. It is not just about the kind of topic that the articles tackle.

It must have the proper keyword density. This determines the kind of ad to be posted. Even in affiliate sites, the proper keyword matters.

It must be a quality article too. This will affect the impression you will give to your subscribers and readers.

The Private Label Option

To come up with good contents, internet marketers will hire writers to make articles. They can also opt to do their own research and writing. However, this task remains to be effortful and time consuming. Any internet marketer aiming for more efficient and practical means should do otherwise, that is to take the private label option.

Private label products operate under the license of private label rights. This private label rights could grant to you the power and privilege to change, modify or alter the private label product you purchased. It is like changing a product, giving it your personal touch and being able to call it your own, legitimately. This is also like putting the product to a higher level, because of your personal touch, and profiting from it.

Most internet marketers are eyeing this option. This seems to be the best among the strategies that had gone out so far. Imagine being able to own a digital product minus all the time and effort it would usually take if you will start from scratch.

Using the Private Label Content

What most internet marketers would do to maximize the use of private label contents is to purchase a digital product and use its components in providing contents to the web site.

For example, a private label eBook tackling a related web site topic will be a good buy for the AdSense endeavor. It is sold at a relatively cheaper price.

Then the eBook will be composed of several articles. These articles are well-researched and well-crafted in tackling the certain topic. Contents of private label eBooks are usually written by ghostwriters discussing in full length a certain topic.

The component articles can be used as your web articles in the site. Simply put a new compelling title to it, a well-written introduction and a comprehensive resource box. That web article is undeniably your own.

More than that, in just doing a few modifications, you are up and ready to set up the AdSense site. You are up and ready to enjoy the profits of your online business.

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Increase Adsense Earnings Quickly With PPC

2007-05-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

PPC can increase Adsense earnings for anyone to incredible levels. PPC, acronym for pay-per-click advertising is a fast and arguably instantaneous way to drive traffic to your websites. Webmasters or internet marketers who have used this traffic technique would attest to its effectiveness. Making money from Adsense is a game of numbers. Combine PPC with your Adsense sites and you have got a formidable Adsense income machine.

Unfortunately, many folks fail to grasp the proper usage of PPC. And this is no fault of theirs. After all, it is not all so easy to employ pay-per-click to increase Adsense earnings. But what we hope to do today is to learn some really quick and money-grabbing tips to boost your Adsense income. Ready to increase Adsense earnings now?

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 1 – Top-notch Adsense Arbitrage

Adsense arbitrage is coined as a term to describe using a cheaper click to trade with a more expensive one. How do you do that? To make it simple, you launch an Adwords campaign for a website with Adsense ads. Assuming you pay for 5 cents a click and someone clicks on an ad and you get paid 50 cents. So you have earned 45 cents for that click. Cool?

Some people use Adwords only to perform Adsense arbitrage. But this is not the best method. There are cheaper but quality PPC traffic elsewhere from Miva, GoClick, 7Search, etc. Use them wisely to boost your Adsense earnings but please read Adsense’s terms of service to avoid committing mistakes that can get you banned.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 2 – Attract Expensive Clicks

You may have wished that you can control the cost-per-click of the ads that are displayed on your website. Sad to say, you cannot do so. But the good news is you can influence the value of clicks. One good way is to go for expensive themes like credit card debt, credit fixing, etc.

But wouldn’t you have a problem since the clicks you buy are going to cost much as well? See my next tip for a solution.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 3 – Use Long-tail Keywords

When targeting any niche or theme, the best keywords are not the obvious ones. This is because obvious keywords like ‘make money’ and ‘home business’ are bided to such skyrocket levels that it is almost impossible to profit at all. Instead, target long-tail keywords that attract low to moderate traffic. One thing to note is these traffic are often laser-targeted and likely to take action at your website.

Increase Adsense Earnings Tip 4 – Use Call-to-Action Words

Words like ‘free’, ‘buy’, ‘tips’, ‘guide’, ‘tutorial’, ‘gift’, ‘how to’ etc are call to action words. They are best used in your advertisement title and text, campaign keywords and in your website content. The rationale behind this unfolds like this:

Your visitor is looking to buy something, say a book on ‘how to increase Adsense earnings’ and your advertisement appears because of exact keyword matching. He/she sees your ad and it stands out due to the presence of the keyword in the title and text. Your visitor clicks your ad and find your content relevant to what he/she is searching for. Well, the Adsense ads dangling all over your website is matched with your content right? Guess what will they do? Click on the Adsense ads! Voila!

These are just a handful of tricks gurus use to build their Adsense income empire. Drop by my Adsense blog if you cannot wait to increase Adsense earnings from this moment.

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Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

Boost Adsense Revenue With Spiderman-friendly Content

2007-05-16T04:31:00.002-07:00

Successful webmasters boost Adsense revenue with excellent content. Well-written content for human readers alone is not enough. It must also be prepared as tasty food that search engine spiders love in order to rank high. Just what do you need in order to optimize your content to boost Adsense revenue?

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 1 – Make Use of Latent Semantic Indexing

Recently, Google’s latent semantic indexing (LSI) algorithm has hit the search engine arena like a storm. Search results were reshuffled and many web pages which used to enjoy high search engine ranking are dumped. In a short breath, LSI looks beyond the direct matches between content and search query text. Littering your content with a particular target keyword is no longer enough and may affect your search engine ranking.

LSI means that you need to build content that the search engine spiders would easily identify with the keyword, ie content relevance. If you are writing about shopping for MP3 players, the content should center on this topic and steer clear from irrelevant stuff.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 2 – Make Your Content Readable and Relevant

We talk more on recent search engine algorithm changes from another perspective. Search engines are constantly trying to emulate human behavior. Think from a human reader’s angle, and write your content accordingly. The improved rankings would really boost Adsense income to higher levels.

The reason why you need to write for a human being is also to attract repeat visitors. If you churn out content that is on laser-targeted, your visitors would bookmark your site and return again. You need not even rely on search engines for traffic.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 3 – Use Synonyms or Related Keywords

Instead of targeting main keywords only, use synonyms to replace one or two words within your keyword phrase. For instance, ‘boost Adsense revenue’ can be replaced with ‘increase Adsense income’. Be creative about this and make use of free tools like Google Adwords’ keyword research tool or Overture keyword tool to find relevant keywords.

You can search Google for related keywords or synonyms using the ~ prefix. Take for example, ‘~boost Adsense income’ would return results of web pages with related keywords.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 4 – Word Count

There is no magical number for the perfect word count. Ideally, your article or web content should have at least 400 words. There again, there are also web pages with lesser than 200 words but still get ranked high. But I suspect the word count becomes more significant when you are competing on popular topics.

Boost Adsense Revenue Tip 5 – Avoid Using Duplicate Content

Google hates duplicate content like spam. So must you, in order to do well in the search engines to boost Adsense income. You may search the major article directories like EzineArticles and Article City for content with free reprint rights but be sure to mix and match and rewrite into a unique article.

That’s all for now. Come over to my Adsense income blog if you want more orthodox but unique, never-thought of methods to boost Adsense revenue.

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Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

Adsense Profits: Can You Make Money With Adsense?

2007-05-16T04:31:00.001-07:00

If you are anything like me then I'm sure you have been scammed many times online. I see ad after ad on how to easily and quickly make money online. Well I have finally figured it out. If you want to make money online you have to work. If you hear anyone else tell you different, then they are probably setting you up for a scam. I have found adsense to be profitable for me, but it takes some work to make it happen.

What is adsense?

One of the best ways to make money online is with adsense in my opinion. Adsense is a program offered by google that pays you to place ads on your website. Basically you place the ads on your site and when people click on them you get paid. You may get 10 cents per click all the way up to $20 per click. I would say that in my experience I make an average of 10 cents to 50 cents per click.

The only way you are going to make money with this program is if you get free traffic to your website. The best free traffic comes from the search engines. Let's say that you have a website about motorcycles. Let's also say that the term motorcycles is searched for 10,000 times per month in google. Well if your website gets on the front page of google for this term then you can expect a lot of traffic.

How Do You Get Your Website Ranked Well In Google?

Ranking well in the search engines has become a science all of its own. It is referred to as SEO, or search engine optimization. You will hear many things from many different people on SEO. What worked well one day may not work at all when it comes to ranking in the search engines. My best advice to getting your site at the top of the search engines is to provide a well written website with frequently updated content. This is what has worked in the past and will always work in the future. Think about it, when you are searching the internet you are looking for information. It is the job of the search engine to provide you with the information you are searching for.

In the past people have used methods to trick the search engines into ranking their sites well without having to do the work of constantly updating their content. Well these tactics will always come and go, but trust me, there is no substitute to unique, original content. This is where the actual hard work comes in to play. If you want to have a high ranking site, you will need to always update it with useful and unique content. That is pretty much it. There is no golden trick, just simple updating of unique content.

If you have around 10 websites ranking well with adsense ads on them, you should be able to make around $500 a month without much trouble. If you really want to work hard at it and create 100 sites you have a new career on your hands. It really is simple to make money from adsense using this formula. Now go out there and get writing and creating websites so you can get your piece of the adsense pie!

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I am currently hosting a website that teaches you how to build websites quickly and easily, without getting scammed. If you want to find answers to questions you may have then you should check out my site at buildapage.org

Build Traffic With Blogs

2007-05-16T04:29:00.000-07:00

Blog is the abbreviation of web log. Blogs are one of the hottest trends on the internet right now. It seems like everybody is doing it. People are starting new blogs at an astounding rate. It is well known that using a blog on your website can significantly increase your traffic and because its search engine friendly your website will rank higher in the results.

Anyone can write any type of blog they want. You could write about the Internet, movies, music, your daily life – anything. Nothing is off-limits when it comes to blogging. If you look for blogs on the Internet, you’ll literally find thousands of different blogs to look at.

Most of the rules about writing for ezines and newsletters apply to writing posts for your blog, but there are some important differences like keep it short and simple, write clearly, keep it lively, write like you talk, make it valuable and worthwhile, link often, etc.

You can also make money from your blog. Adsense is a program offered by Google that pays webmasters and blog owners to display Google ads called Adwords on their sites, and if you have a blog that gets many visitors, they will click on the ads which mean that you will earn money from it.

Like any website you own, you must do some blog promotion to start driving traffic to your site. For example,

1. Set up a feed on my yahoo.com so your site gets regularly spidered by the Yahoo search engine.
2. Make sure you have an RSS feed URL that people can subscribe to.
3. Read and comment on other blogs that are in your target niche.
4. Submit your blog to search engines.
5. Submit your blog to blog directories.
6. Put a link to your blog on every page of your website.
7. Make a commitment to blog everyday.
8. Write articles to post around the web in article directories. Include a link to your blog in the author info box.

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Nasir Mehmood is a Senior Web Marketing Executive at MechTechnologies .

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Boost Adsense Income With Keyword Research Tips

2007-05-16T04:27:00.000-07:00

Adsense experts boost adsense income with effective keyword research. It is not far-fetched to say that keyword research should be an integral part of the overall strategy for anyone hoping to build a steady income using Adsense. Here are some powerful keyword research tips to boost adsense income:

Boost Adsense Income Tip 1 – Use Keyword Tools

There are many keywords tools both free and paid to research for profitable keywords. Frankly, people have managed with free tools, but it takes much longer and is more tedious. However, for a beginner, it is a great way to get dirty with keyword research. The most popular free online keyword research tools like:

1. Google Adwords Keyword Research Tool

Go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

2. Overture Keyword Tool

Go to http://inventory.overture.com

3. WordTracker

Go to http://www.wordtracker.com/free-trial.html (Free Trial)

4. NicheBot

NicheBot and WordTracker have paid versions too which are more powerful and reveals a lot more about the keywords you are researching. Another free windows-based tool which I personally love is GoodKeywords. If you are looking for most robust tools, try KeywordElite or even SEOElite.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 2 – Compile a Master Keyword List

Target 5 to 10 keywords for your Adsense website to optimize for. Do a quick check with the Overture Keyword Tool. Run the main keyword relevant to your website and find at least 5 secondary keywords that have more than 1000 searches every month.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 3 – Optimize for Long-Tail Keywords

Optimizing your website for long-tail keywords can boost adsense income by a great measure. Avoid extremely competitive keywords like ‘make money’, ‘internet marketing’ or ‘credit repair’. Go for long-tail keywords like ‘make money for retirees’, ‘internet marketing for beginners’ or ‘credit repair tips’. Aim for keywords with less than 2 million search results and less than 3000 searches when in quotes. These are keywords that are not as competitive but yet have a moderate demand. Your website would be able to score well in the search engines, and optimization would be much easier.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 4 – Steal from Competitors

This is quite blackhat but is an extremely powerful secret used to bypass hours of research.

a. Type in your main keywords in the Google search engine.

b. Copy down the URL of the top 10 search results at Google.

c. Visit the No.1 site and go to your internet browser, under the ‘View’ feature, click on ‘Page Source’. Copy the keywords in the keyword meta-tags and paste onto a notepad file.

d. Repeat this for all the websites.

Essentially, in website architecture, the meta-tags are critical for your overall SEO. Webmasters, especially the top experts would stuff the meta-tags with keywords they are optimizing for. They should have done enough in-depth keyword research to rank well in the search engines. These keywords should be worth gold to you.

Boost Adsense Income Tip 5 – Litmus Test Your Target Keywords

This is a quick gunshot method to know what kind of competition are you up against. The following webpage allows you to browse the Google PageRank of the top 10 websites displayed in Google.

http://www.SEOChat.com/seo-tools/pagerank-search

If the first 5 web pages have a PageRank of 5 and above, this particular keyword could be tough to achieve a good ranking.

Itching for more goodies to boost Adsense income? Drop by my Adsense blog and find out more.

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Davion has built multiple streams of income including Adsense. Discover secret techniques which he uncovered behind private forums of Adsense gurus to boost Adsense revenue quickly at his blog http://Boost-AdsenseRevenue.blogspot.com.

How To Make Your Computer Print Money In 6 Easy Steps

2007-05-16T04:23:00.000-07:00

I bet that got your attention, didn't it? I've been working on my headlines. Sorry to disappoint you but this article isn't about counterfeiting or how to get rich quick. It's about how to create a successful website which will draw lots of traffic and make you lots of money.

This is an enormous subject and you could write a book on each different step. I'm just going to provide a general outline here of the 6 crucial steps to creating a website that's successful over the long term.

1 - Pick Your Niche

Choose something you enjoy researching and writing about because you're going to spend a lot of time doing both. It shouldn't have a lot of competition. For example, don't choose "electronics." I guarantee you'll never get a better ranking in the search engines than Sony or Amazon.com. Narrow it down to something like "high end audiophile speakers".

Do some research. Check out how much your keywords are going to cost for advertising. If they're really expensive you might want to choose another niche. Check out some sites with similar subject matter so you can see who you're going to be competing with for rankings in the search engines.

2 - Choose Your Service Providers And Register Your Domain

Your service providers must be reliable. If your internet connection is always going down or your server is constantly crashing it's going to be difficult to maintain a successful business. Don't skimp on quality just to save a few pennies here.

Your domain name should contain your most important keyword that you're hoping to rank well for in the search engines. It should be something unique that's related to your niche and easily brandable. By brandable I mean easy for people to remember and associate with your site. Some call it "mindshare".

3 - Create Your Content

Your content must be unique. If you're content is plagiarized, Google will tend to ignore you. They now recognize duplicate content and refuse to list it. They want to provide their users with useful results. People have been slapping together crappy "made for adsense" websites by just copying and pasting content and Google's decided to put an end to it.

My advice is not to mess with Google. They're the 900 lb gorilla of the internet that you really don't want to piss off. If you can't get listed in the search engines, you're pretty much doomed from the start. So give them what they want. You'll need 30-100 pages of good content before you even put up a website. You could just start with a few pages and add a page day - like you would with a blog - but it will take you longer to get indexed. Are you noticing a theme about the search engines here?

4 - Create Your Website

You're either going to have to use a program like Dreamweaver or a Content Management System. I'd suggest considering a CMS. You'll need to update your website frequently, and even for experienced web designers this can be difficult. A CMS removes all the hassles of publishing new content daily. However, you have to make sure your CMS is search engine friendly. Probably the easiest thing to do for a beginner is use a blogging program like Wordpress. Search engines LOVE blogs, they're very easy to update, and best of all Wordpress is FREE.

You should create the website with search engine optimization in mind right from the start. SEO is a very in-depth subject that I can't get into here. Basically, you'll want to make sure your website can be easily crawled by the search engine robots or "spiders". This requires all kinds of things like proper meta-tags and making sure you have good keyword density on your pages.

Also, you MUST make sure all your pages load quickly. Much of the world still doesn't have broadband. The average surfer will only wait about 4 seconds before they click off elsewhere. If your pages load too slowly you will be losing massive amounts of traffic. Navigation is very important as well. If people have a hard time finding their way around they'll quickly get frustrated and leave.

5 - Drive Traffic To Your Website

Setting up a business on the net is different than at a physical location. In the "real" world it's all about location, location, location. If your store's in a high traffic area it's easy to get customers. But on the net no one just passes by, they SEARCH for specific things. Until your site is listed in the search engines there's no way for anyone to find it - It's up to you to drive traffic to it.

There a several ways to do this:

You can buy it by creating ads and then bidding on certain keywords so the ads will show up whenever anyone searches for them.

You can get it for free by:

- Writing articles on your niche topic with a link to your site in the author's resource box, and submitting them to article directories so publishers can use them and distribute them to thousands of readers.

- Submitting your site to free SEO friendly web directories.

- Social bookmarking some of the more interesting pages on your site at places like del.icio.us and Blink.

- Submitting some of your articles to sites like Digg or Reddit, where people vote on whether they should be displayed on the front page. If you're item is popular and gets displayed on the front page of Digg, the amount of traffic you get could crash your server. I'm not kidding, I've seen it happen.

- Participate in forums and provide a link to your site in you signature. Don't spam or you'll get banned - make intelligent comments.

- Comment in blogs with a link in your sig. Again - don't spam. And make sure the blog isn't using no-follow or you'll be wasting your time.

- Post free classified ads. These provide a high value link back from a popular site, plus you get free targeted traffic to your website from the ads.

- There's many ways to get free traffic - just be creative - but don't be too creative. There's a lot of illegal ways to get free traffic as well but they'll backfire on you in the long run.

6 - Monetize Your Website

This is the fun part. Now that you've got all this traffic how do you make money?

- You can sell advertising - probably the easiest way is with Google Adsense. You can also sell banner space, text links, almost anything really.

- You can sell merchandise - I'd suggest drop-shipping. Why do all that packing and shipping if you don't have to? That's too much like work.

- You can do affiliate marketing - one of the easiest ways to do this is to feature recommended products that link through to your affiliate's site for purchase. Just make sure you choose quality products to be affiliated with.

- The sky's the limit when it comes to monetizing your website. Be creative here too - but again, not too creative. You don't want to do anything stupid and get banned from Adsense or your best affiliate program.

And there you have it. How to make your computer print money in six not so easy steps. Now get going and have some fun!

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Matthew Carney is an internet entrepreneur and disgruntled former chef. If you found this article informative and would like to learn more about making money online you can visit his website: http://carmat.thebizreview.net You can also check out his blog: http://myonlinebusinessreview.blogspot.com.

Split Testing To Improve Your Website

2007-05-16T04:18:00.000-07:00

Most people change their website's pages whenever they get a new idea. They think that each change is going to improve their site and make them more successful.

Of course, there are basic improvements you can make as you are writing the content for your site. And for the first few weeks you may notice some shortcomings that need to be remedied.

But, after a few days or weeks your site becomes stable. You don't find any more errors in spelling or grammar. The graphics look like they belong on the site. And your order link or opt-in form performs correctly.

You're now ready for split testing. This is a slow, incremental improvement of your site through ongoing testing.

Split testing involves making an experimental change to one of your pages, measuring the effects of that change, and analyzing the significance of differences in measured results. In other words, a split test attempts to determine how a change to your site affects some measurable response.

There are several decisions you must make to conduct a split test.

First, you need to determine what change you want to make. Typically you will change a headline, a sentence or two in your sales copy, the price of your product, the wording of your guarantee, change an image, or alter some other single feature of your page.

You will use two (or more) nearly identical pages. The difference being that one page has the "original" material while the other "experimental" page has the change applied.

Second, you must decide what "success event" to measure. For many people, it will be sales of a product or clicks of the order link. Some will want to measure the number of opt-ins. Others will measure the clicks to a pay-per-click service like AdSense.

To measure successfully, you must know how to distinguish successful responses from your "original" and "experimental" pages.

For example, many affiliate programs allow you to include a campaign ID in your link. By placing one campaign ID in the order links on the "original" page and another campaign ID on the "experimental" page you can determine the number of clicks and the number of orders coming from your pages.

Other people use a redirect script that keeps statistics on each redirect request. Redirect scripts typically use a keyword to select the URL for redirection. You can use keywords like "original" and "experimental" and have both redirected to your affiliate program's order page. Then you can use the admin function of the redirect script to look at the number of clicks to the order page from both your "original" and "experimental" pages.

Next, you'll need a script to randomly deliver your original or experimental pages to your site's visitors. It would be helpful for this script to place a cookie on the visitor's computer so the same page is delivered when the visitor returns.

Finally, you'll need to analyze the results. The Chi Square statistic is often used to determine the significance of experiments similar to this. While differences in results often seem satisfyingly clear, they often are not statistically significant.

For example, consider two pages that are each displayed 500 times. One page resulted in 20 sales while the other page resulted in 30 sales. "WOW", you say. "One page caused 50% more sales than the other page. That's got to be meaningful."

In this case we had a total of 50 sales, all things being equal, we would expect 25 sales from each page. The difference for both of your pages was only 5 sales. One page made 5 more sales than expected while the other made 5 fewer sales than expected. This could easily be the result of random variation rather than being caused by differences in your pages.

To help you understand, consider this story. Two random people are each given 500 pennies and each is placed 30 feet from a small can. They toss their pennies at the can. One person gets 30 pennies in the can while the other gets only 20 in the can. Can you conclude that the person who got 30 pennies in was significantly more skilled at tossing pennies than the other person?

No. In fact, if this penny tossing experiment was repeated 100 times, it is likely that 15 of those results would differ by as much or more than our example. That's too close to simple random variation to believe that there is a real difference in skill levels between the people tossing the pennies.

For many experiments, a "statistically significant" result means that the differences we seen in our result would occur 5 or fewer times if a similar random experiment was repeated 100 times.

So, we should not conclude that there is a significant difference in the ability of our pages to deliver the "success event."

There are now two things we can do. One is to conclude that the change we made to our "experimental" page is not statistically significant. In this case we can move on to the next split test experiment.

Or, we can continue this split test and hope that the ratio of sales remains the same. If we carried on the split test longer and found the same ratio of results, the differences could be significant. Consider doubling the number of exposures of your pages. If the ratio held, and we now have 60 sales compared to only 40 sales, that result would be statistically significant.

In 100 truly random experiments, successes having differences similar to 60 and 40 would occur fewer than 5 times. This is a good indication that the observed differences were not caused simply by random chance. Rather, we can conclude that there was a real cause for the observed differences.

The Chi Square statistic can be found on many spreadsheets, including Excel. With this statistic you compare the expected success values with the actual success values. When the statistic has a value of 0.05 or less you can conclude that there was a real reason for the differences.

Don't expect every split test experiment to yield important results. Perhaps a third of your split test experiments will show the experimental page significantly improved sales. A third of the time there will be no significant difference. And a third of the time, the experimental page will cause a decrease in sales.

But, keep testing because that's the sure way to improve your sales.

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Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of besuccessfulnews.com, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

4 Ways How to Earn Cash Online

2007-05-16T04:17:00.000-07:00

If you have started a business online with or without your own web site, you are familiar with the pain of patiently waiting for that steady income to start rolling in like the “internet gurus” claim it will. There are ways how to earn cash online and everyone has a right to a decent living. If you choose to earn your income from an Internet business, you need to be realistic.

Starting an online business is not unlike starting an offline business; you will be required to put in a similar amount of effort. The Internet is not quite as easy as it is projected by so many online promotions and you will not begin earn immediately. However, it is reasonable to say that you may begin earning within the same year.

There are also many advantages to an online business, you can stay at home, there are no rental fees, no day care fees, more family time, etc. The amount of extra income you earn online will depend on the amount of time you put into your business.

There are many ways how to earn cash online; I have listed only 4 here.

1. Google Adsense or Yahoo Ads

If you have your own web site you could consider putting up some Google Adsense ads. Adsense links will help your visitors who are searching for information by providing additional links to sites that are related to the information they are looking for. This will help you as a website owner to earn revenue.

Before placing any Adsense on your website you will need to qualify for the Adsense program first. Ideally, it will be best to launch your website without the ads and pure content only. Once you have some good quality content you can then apply for Adsense ads and once approved you can proceed by placing the script blocks, which Google provides, onto your site.

In your Google account they will show you Adsense optimization tips and where to best place your ads, ultimately improving the number of clicks by your visitors on these ads. If your site focuses on one niche area and you follow the Search Engine Optimization tips in order to get traffic, you can be assured to make a decent income from Adsense.

Yahoo also has a similar program, however you are not entitled to have both Google and Yahoo ads on your pages. Reportedly, Yahoo does pay more for their ads than Google does, but in the end the choice is only yours.

2. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is another way of earning money. You do not have to have a website, just send traffic to your affiliate link. When someone clicks on your affiliate link and makes a purchase you will receive a percentage of the purchase. Some merchant’s websites will track the user via cookies, in the event that if the user decides not to buy right away but at a later date, you will still get the commission.

It is advisable to read through the merchant’s terms before promoting any of their products, you want to do business with someone who will pay you and not a fraud.

Your best bet is to sign-up to Clickbank.com or Commission Junction. They are affiliate program sites in which payments go directly through them so you do not have to worry about getting your commission. All you have to do is become a member, choose the product you wish to promote and they will take care of getting your money to you.

3. Selling Products on Auction Sites

You can sell physical or info products at auction sites and make a good living. Info products are any e-books that have the information in it that someone may be looking for.

If you decide to write an e-book on a specific topic but are not an expert in that area, you can register to resell rights websites. You will be able to get many info products from these websites and sell them as your own.

Try and sell your visitors products that they are seeking, not what you want to sell them. If you can do this, you will be almost sure to get a repeat customer.

4. Online Surveys

Some other ways how to earn cash online are filling out surveys or online data entry. There are a few legitimate sites offering such businesses, but be careful with the sites that demand money from you to start working.

However you look at it, there are many ways how to earn cash online, just do not expect quick riches. Be patient and persistent and it will happen.

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Connie McKenzie is a full-time work at home mom who is dedicated to providing detailed information on various subjects including working from home. Discover how you can build a website, turn it into a profitable online business and work from home, watch the free video at => http://www.getqualityresults.com

Making Sense of Adsense

2007-05-16T04:16:00.000-07:00

Just what is adsense and how does it apply to me? If you are new to the internet marketing world, you must surely be wondering what everyone is talking about. Here we will attempt to give you the basic introduction to the world of ad sense.

On almost every web page that you visit you will see small ads that say in small type around them "ads by google". This is what is known as "adsense." These ads are placed by publishers, people like you and me with websites, as advertisements to bring people to their websites and hopefully keep them there to buy or opt-in etc. The website owner or publisher, again you or me, pay each time someone clicks on the ad and hence the name "pay-per-click" or "ppc". You will see this name or abbreviation everywhere and you will soon wonder how it was that you did not know it! The website owner pays an amount that can vary considerably form a few cents to several dollars, depending on the popularity of the subject matter and the competition.

You may pay several dollars for a particular word or only a few cents if you are more specific. If you bid on say "automobiles" you may pay several dollars, but if you bid on "1965 Corvettes" you may pay less and have more targeted traffic; that is people that are looking for 1965 Corvettes. Keywords You can certainly buy as much traffic to your site as you want with a term like "cars" but that will not help you much if you are selling accessories for 1965 Corvettes. If you choose the shotgun method of advertising, you will get a lot of traffic but you will go broke sooner rather than later doing so.

So let's say you are selling accessories for 1965 Corvettes or corvettes in general. You would design an ad "campaign" around the words "Corvettes","Corvette accessories","1965 Corvettes" etc. You see what I mean? In this way you will be drawing only the people that are looking for what you have to offer, not the ones who are just looking. This is what is known as "targeted traffic" and is what you are after if you have a site and do not want to pay exorbitantly for the people that come to your site.

Now you know what the term "adsense" means and what are its general implications and ways of using it. Go and make some ads of your own and see what you can do with the wonderful world of adsense.

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10 Secret Tips of Successful Internet Businesses

2007-05-16T04:13:00.000-07:00

Internet Business Tip #1: Long sales letters have proven to be successful. Long sales letters provide customers with the information they want and entices them to buy.

Internet Business Tip #2: “Scientific Proof” are the two most important words and will make you the most money online if you follow strategies that have been scientifically proven.

Internet Business Tip #3: You need to learn how to use search engine optimization to earn top rankings in Google.

Internet Business Tip #4: Too many Internet businesses are product centric. An Internet business should revolve around a product LINE, not just a product.

Internet Business Tip #5: Business plans – 5 year business plans are silly because you can’t plan that far ahead. Instead, make 7 day, 30 day and 60 day business plans.

Internet Business Tip #6: Too many Internet businesses sell their eBooks for $19.97 which is too low. They do this because they don’t think people will spend more money than that on the Internet. This is a faulty belief. However, you see it all the time because one website business follows the model of another website business.

Internet Business Tip #7: Many Internet business entrepreneurs seek out joint venture partners once and are rejected so that don’t pursue any other joint ventures. Remember, most joint ventures will say “no”, so you have to keep trying until you get a joint venture.

The best way to find joint ventures is by going to a “live” event and networking. Only sending emails to set up joint ventures rarely works because it is too easy for potential partners to hit the delete key on their email.

Internet Business Tip #8: “Success leaves traces.” Follow and find successful people on the Internet.

Internet Business Tip #9: Take action before everyone else does. Take action now!

Internet Business Tip #10: Successful Internet businesses make more than 5-10,000 per month. There are very few Internet businesses that achieve this goal. Strive to be one of them.

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Matt Bacak began investing his first earnings at the tender age of 12, a young businessman in the making. Now, 15 years later, Bacak survived failed businesses, botched partnerships, heavy credit card debt and bankruptcy - all in preparation for the accomplishments he has achieved today as a well-established Internet millionaire and best-selling author.

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Master Google Adwords and Adsense

2007-05-16T04:11:00.000-07:00

These days, it comes as no surprise that nearly every online company has attempted to do keyword marketing or "pay-per-click" campaign on either Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing. The alarming statistic is how many small business owners have stopped their "pay-per-click" or cut way back because they are unable to make enough sales to cover the ever rising costs per keyword.

Looking at Google's stock price, it's obvious that keyword marketing can and does payoff for a large number of companies. The problem is most don't have the knowledge or expertise to make keyword marketing convert at a rate that allows them to continue using the service, much less expanding on it. So they end up throwing a bunch of money to be #1 for a week or a month for an ultra competitive keyword only to end up spending a ton of money and not having many customers to show for it.

Everyday I talk to new and prospective customers who are looking for professional help doing a keyword campaign that have all made the same 4 mistakes . If you avoid these 4 simple mistakes, you will be on your way to mastering Google Adwords and AdSense.

First - Stop Bidding on the Wrong Keywords

Most people I talk to ended up bidding on keywords that aren't relevant to their site. As a surfer, there is nothing more annoying than doing a search, clicking on a link, and not finding what you're looking for. If you have an online store that only sells "oak furniture", don't waste your money and surfers time bidding on "pine furniture" and "mahogany furniture" just because they are similar and the Google keyword wizard recommends them to you. Focus on what you have and get creative. Try buying "oak chair" and "oak table" and other relevant keywords that describe what you sell.

Second - Don't be the Number One Keyword Listing

So many keyword campaigns I get handed have the site owner paying out the nose to be #1 for a high quality keyword. I'm not sure if it's just in our nature to be at the top or what, but in "pay-per-click" you should ideally be around the 3rd postion. I consider the top spot to be the "Kill Zone" because all the lookee-loo's will absolutely kill your conversion rate. So instead of paying $1.25 or $4.00 to be in the top spot, just throttle back and pay about half of what the top spot person is paying to have everyone look at their site but not not buy anything. If you move back, but still stay on the 1st page you will lower your "per-click" cost which will give you more margin. With the money you save, use it to bid on other keyword phrases to make up for volume loss.

Third - Add the Keyword Tracking Code

Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing provide a snippet of code that you need to put on your site. Why? It will tell you exactly what you are spending on each keyword and when you get a sale from that keyword. It is flat out a must have if you're going to be spending any kind of money on paid search.

Let me show you an example: You spend $1,000 in the month of July on 64 different keywords on Google at an average of $0.25 per keyword that nets you 4,000 unique visitors. You also get 125 sales and make $1,250 in profit. All you really know is that you made more than you spent on marketing.

If you use the tracking code, you would also see a correlation of sales by keyword. So, you can discover which keywords are profitable and which aren't converting. With this additional knowledge, you can spend more on converting keywords and increase margin by avoiding dead keywords.

Fourth - Use Google Adsense to Sell Your Traffic

Since you probably won't be converting every potential customer that clicks on your Google Adword banner, you can offset your costs by selling them. Google Adsense determines relevant Adword banners to show on your site based on the predominant keywords per page.

If a visitor to your site determines they don't want to buy what you have, they may see a relevant Adsense banner and click on it. Google Adsense pays you for every click-thru from your site. Here's an example of how Adsense will reduce your advertising costs: You get 1,534 visitors to your site in a month. Of the 1,534 visitors, you receive a 2.28% click rate (35 clicks) on your Adsense. Google then determines an eCPM (per 1,000 impressions) rate, which in this case is $10.48. You would receive $16.08 in Google Adsense revenue.

Google Adsense will really start to pay off once you get organic search engine traffic. It also works really well for subscription based sites or similar sites that have returning customers.

Google Adwords and Google Adsense Help

There are many ways that you can benefit from both Google Adwords and Google Adsense. For most web site owners, it just takes an initial setup to understand how it all flows. If you are struggling to setup or manage your Google Adwords or Adsense campaign find a reputable Traffic Optimization company to do this for you. The rates for these services are surprisingly affordable and will save you a lot of time, money, and frustration.

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Jeff Cairnes is the Senior SEO Consultant for Preferred Position. Prior to forming Preferred Position, Jeff was the Director of Marketing for GoSolutions. Jeff has created and managed online marketing programs for over 10 years for companies including VarTec Telecom, Lasso Technologies, Excel Communications, ILD Telecom and WorldCom. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas San Antonio.

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2007-05-15T23:48:00.000-07:00

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Getting the Most Out of Google Adsense

2007-05-15T20:25:00.000-07:00

If you look closely you'll notice that on almost every single blog out there you'll see something known as Google Adsense, If your unfamiliar with them and don't know how they work, its rather quiet simple, you take some code place it in your blog and from there Ads are displayed from thousands of publishers who use Google Adworks and when someone clicks on one of those ads you make money.

If I had to guess I would say that at least 70 to 80 percent of people who use Google Adsense have no real clue how to maximize their profit with them, most people just set up some ads and place them on their site and don't do anything else, if you are one of these people then you are not making as much as you should be by doing this and I'm going to explain some ways of how you can improve your profit with them.

First I want to point out that every blog will generate different amounts of money by using Google Adsense, this is because the Ads come from people who are paying Google Adwords to display them and some people pay more then others, so a blog about the sky might not pay as much then a blog about technology because the technology sector is much more competitive then the sky and people will pay more to have their ads displayed.

So how do we get an idea of the amount of money we can generate using Adsense when we are not allowed to discuss it?. Well one of the simplest ways is to use the Google Adwords External Keyword Tool. Using this tool is extremely simple, lets say you've got a blog about cars and in the majority of your posts you use the word "Cars", what you do is type "Cars" into the tool and press "Get More Keywords", this will generate a list of several keywords that people are paying for, what you want to focus on is the green bar under "Advertiser Competition", the higher the green bar, the more competitive that keyword is and the more money you'll make if ads about that keyword are being displayed on your blog.

That sounds fairly straight forward doesn't it? Now comes the question of targeting those keywords, most people think that there is no way to tellGoogle which Ads to display, this is a common myth surrounding Adsense, now you cannot exactly tell Google to display car ads on a biology blog, that simply will not happen, but lets say your using the word "Cars" in the majority of the posts you make and from what we can tell from theAdwords Tool the keyword "Cars" is very competitive and it should pay quiet well.

What you can do is place these two bits of code around the text that you want Google to target, the first one looks like this and the last one looks like this what these two tags will tell Google is that instead of taking every keyword on your blog, it will only take the keywords in the text between these two tags. This will refine how wellGoogle displays ads on your site.

If your using Blogger or some other sort of blogging program the easiest way would be to wrap these two tags around the tag in your template, from there Google will only display ads based upon which keywords each of your posts have. Google will generally display ads based upon how much your keyword density is, so if your using the keyword "Cars" in the majority of your posts, you'll get more relevant ads about Cars and we know that this keyword should pay quiet well and you'll be making more money from it.

Now I want to cover one more tag that you can use with Google Adsense if you don't want to use the two tags I just talked about, they have another tag which looks like this and when you wrap these tags around certain parts of your blog, Google will simply ignore all the keywords in those sections, as you can tell by doing this you get much more control over the type of ads that are being displayed and once you use these systems together you can start to maximize your potential profit with Google Adsense.

These few examples will help you increase the amount of money you get when someone clicks on your ads and it will allow Google to target the content on your site much better, by having more relevant ads on your site you should see your click through rate begin to go up.

The last thing you should be aware of is the colors of your ads, the size of your ads, and the frequency of the ads showing up on any given page. The first thing you want to do is make your ads blend in with the rest of the content, you don't want to make people think all your after is a bunch of clicks, you want them to flow very nicely with the rest of your content, so if the majority of the links on your site are blue then make your Adsense links blue and if your text is black make the Adsense text black and so on.

The size of your ads also influences the amount of clicks your going to get, if you blatantly place huge ads all over your site people will start to trust you less and when you loose a readers trust you loose that much more clicks, its better to provide your users with quality content and ads that don't say "HEY CLICK HERE". Have a look at this particular blog and see how I've got my Adsense blocks laid out, as you'll see they blend in quiet well, they obviously could blend in a little bit better because they do pop out a bit but they don't scream at the user, this mixed with good quality content makes the stand out more acceptable.

The very last thing is the frequency of the ads being displayed on your blog, Google only allows you to display 3 ad blocks on any one page, so if you try to place twelve ad blocks only three will show ads and the rest won't even be noticeable, as well you have to remember that the more ads being shown on your site takes away from the amount of money you'll get per click, I'm unsure of exactly how this all works with Google but simply put the more ads means less money.

Now I'm not telling you to only display one ad on your entire blog to gain maximum profit, you could but you won't be reaching maximum profit, simply because the less ads you have displayed means the less people will click on them and the less money you'll make. The best way to deal with this is to test different ad placement on your site to see which area's gain you the most amount of clicks while maintaining the least amount of ads, you can monitor your results in Google Adsense.

Just keep an eye on your CTR (Click Through Rate) and remember how many ads are being displayed on any particular page, you'll eventually find exactly how many ads you should be displaying and which area's those ads should appear. If you employ all of these techniques there is no reason why your Adsense profit should not go up.

So what are you waiting for, take the 10 minutes and change things around to start earning some more money with your Adsense ads and if you found this information useful please support it by clicking the Digg button below, plus if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks & Enjoy.

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Online Advertising: Taking the Clutter of Traditional Advertising Out of Daily Life

2007-05-15T20:23:00.000-07:00

As a staff writer at 'Home Based Business' we regularly answer questions submitted by our members, one great topic is online advertising.

More and more traditional advertising is losing its luster to companies all over the globe. Online advertising continues to grow, removing other ads from areas of everyday life; television, print media, billboards, and radios. Companies have several reasons for changing their ad campaigns from typical to electronic. It is a phenomenon that will continue to grow depending upon how people treat both advertisements and the Internet in future years.

People are spending more time on the Internet every day, which is one of the reasons companies have decided to put more time and money into online ads than traditional advertising. After all, who is going to see an ad for Pepsi Cola on television if people are too busy checking email and watching videos online? People can do virtually anything online; go shopping, talk to other people, send letters, look for a job, play games, do research, listen to music, and even watch favorite televisions shows if one knows where to look. The Internet has offered people an entirely new world and they wish to see and enjoy it.

Companies have begun to realize that more often than not, people are bound to bump into their products online as opposed to seeing it elsewhere. In every day life, people can easily skip ads by turning off the television, ignoring them in magazines and newspapers, and switching to another station on the radio. But online, they are there on the same page people are looking at, possibly leading to an accidental click-through here and there. With so many people online spotting an ad they may decide to click, more money is earned than through traditional means. A person can see an ad, go to the company’s website, buy a product, and be on their way in a matter of minutes. Traditional tends to imply people must see the ad, get into their cars, drive to the store, and buy the product. Not as fast or easy.

More perks of online advertising opposed to traditional means include the ability of companies to tailor and track ads that consumers see. A company may never be sure of how many people are seeing or hearing their ads otherwise, but website hits and click-throughs make for fast and simple numbers that companies can use. The ability to tailor ads can mean more sales. Showing hundreds of people an ad for a bookstore may not have very many results, but if the company can formulate ads that show 20 people ads for mystery books, 20 people ads for historical books, 20 people ads for cookbooks, and so on, they are more likely to have hit on the correct people for that specific type of book. This catches a person’s particular interest more and can lead them to the site and the sale.

Internet advertisements are also much cheaper, allowing companies lower entry-level fees and less spending overall. With a large budget and low fees, a company could easily create twice the amount of ads it would otherwise. This gives them a wider range on the Internet, allowing for more people to see the ads, and eventually leading to more sales. The Internet is global, so a company that can spread the word of its product far and wide has expanded its chances for making money.

Some companies are even using their dollars to lead people away from traditional media and onto the Internet. Superbowl commercials recently began to utilize their power to advertise company websites, such as CareerBuilder.com. Some companies advertise radical videos that do not allow you to see the end unless you visit a site, as Mitsubishi’s brief SeeWhatHappens.com ad campaign, which earned them a staggering 11 million hits during the 6 hours after the ad was shown. Recently with the release of Windows Vista, they utilized odd ads during a Comedy Central comic presentation that lead people to different sites – IAP.org and Clearification.com, but always referred back to the main Windows Vista site.

While all these perks do not mean that traditional advertising will eventually disappear (everyone always looks forward to the new Superbowl ads), it does mean that more advertising may crop up online. However, with new ad formulations such as Google’s AdSense, which are text-based ads that look similar to search results and have been gaining in popularity, people may not have to worry about a sudden increase in annoying pop-ups or obnoxious banner ads. As long as people continue to use the Internet for their daily lives, companies will continue to put more money into online advertising to snag that extra sale.

The staff at www.homebasedbusiness.com regularly updates the 'Home Based Business' website with new information on the up and coming work at home jobs and other Internet based home businesses opportunities.

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Discover How to Make Quick Extra Money at Home With your Home Based Affiliate Marketing

2007-05-15T20:16:00.000-07:00

Now, I am going to give you how to make quick extra money at home with your home based affiliate marketing. If you are tired with your daily job, making quick extra money at home is your final choice.

READ THIS: If you are tired of your daily works. You’ll discover how to make quick extra money at home with your home based affiliate marketing in this article.

A lot of affiliate marketing entrepreneurs are lured by home based affiliate business marketing because it can be financially rewarding, even if you just stay at home. Home based affiliate business marketing programs are best alternatives to those who are sick and tired of their arduous daily work just to climb up the venerated corporate ladder. You don’t need your own products to sell, you just have to market them in your own web site and you don’t have to worry about processing the customers’ payments and the shipment of the products. If you are already into home based affiliate business marketing, probably you were thinking about these benefits, too, before deciding to join an affiliate program.

Of course you want earn huge amount of affiliate commission. Who would not want it anyway? Bear in mind, however, that home based affiliate business marketing cannot guarantee you instant success if you don’t work on it. There are a TON of ways of maximizing your income and increasing your high income business opportunities. The Internet is a huge library of information; use it to learn of other homeworker business opportunities and ways to increase your income. You can partner with several merchandisers and advertise different products in your website; thereby, increasing your high income business opportunities to earn an affiliate commission.

There are a lot of ways to make quick extra money at home. My experiences show that the easiest way for you to rev up your revenue potential is by incorporating Google AdSense into your marketing campaigns. What is Google AdSense? What are its advantages? How can it boost your revenues? These are some of the questions you might want to ask. Let’s try to probe into Google AdSense, so you would know how it could help you in your home based affiliate business marketing.

Merchants place their ads in Google, which is one of the most popular search engines or tools for locating various resources in the World Wide Web. Now the Google AdSense program allows you to display these ads in your website and when your visitors click through them, you earn money. The advertiser, which is the merchant, pays Google for every click-through made by the customer and you as a partner of Google, gets a share from that payment.

What’s great about the Google AdSense is that the ads are relevant and targeted to the content of your web page. Most likely, visitors of your web site are interested on the theme of your site and specifically, on the content of your web page. So, seeing ads related to their interests would definitely drive them to click through the link or the ad. Using state-of-the-art technology, Google scans your web site and matches the content of your pages to their large database of advertisers; this way, Google is able to find ads that are targeted by the users of your website. In addition, Google changes the ads in your website as you change the content of your pages, so you can always expect the ads to be relevant to your site.

Having Google ads in your website is also a way of convincing your users to return to your site. Repeat customers multiply your extra income without having to exert extra effort to convince them again to click through your links. And your potential to earn doesn’t depend on them alone. Since you already have their confidence, they can be your endorsers as well. They could refer your site to family and friends who probably share the same interests with them.

Using Google Adsense into your affiliate website is one of the effective ways how to make quick extra money at home online. However, you won’t make huge money from Google Adsense overnight. You have to take your effort and time to grow your affiliate website with Google Adsense. I am sure that growing your home based affiliate business along with Google Adsense is a real home based business opportunity to make quick extra money at home.

Advertisers in the Google AdSense program range from large international brands to small-time domestic and local online businesses, so the targeted market for the ads can range as well. This adds variety to your site; thereby, attracting different kinds of users. As you attract more users, you increase your earning potential as well. If you are targeting a specific nationality for your site users, don’t worry because AdSense can be used in different languages.

To boost skyrocket your revenues through Google AdSense program, you must pay attention to make web pages of high value topics. Make contents related to high-paying ads, so you can earn more. Some ads pay only a few cents while some ads pay you dollars just for a single click. You would need to do a little research on this so you can come up with a more relevant content. Join home based affiliate business marketing forums and get tips from experienced affiliate marketing entrepreneurs.

Becoming an AdSense affiliate marketing entrepreneur is easy and fast. You just have to apply online and once your application is approved, you can instantly set up Google ads in your site. All you need to do is copy and paste some codes in your web pages and in no time the ads will appear in your website.

Join FREE now to discover top secrets of how to make quick extra money at home with affiliate marketing business. You’ll save your time and money to build your own affiliate marketing business by yourself!

My bottom line is to strike while the iron is hot! Take advantage of the favourable circumstances the Internet is offering you. Make the most of your home work based affiliate business marketing opportunities, use Google AdSense! I personally believe that making quick extra money at home through Google Adsense is a great way to make money online, if you know exactly how to make quick extra money with Adsense. My experiences reveal that most of affiliate marketing entrepreneurs just only put the ads and wait for money rolling into their account. It won’t be happened! You have to work hard on this and you will get the consequence of hard-working.

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Make Money With Google Adsense

2007-05-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

Do you believe and look for that there is a way to earn a living online, but just haven't been lucky enough to find it yet? Well before you completely give up hope I would like to share a little bit of personal experience with the Google AdSense program.

Google AdSense is a special affiliate program based on pay per click campaign. As you know, most of affiliate programs are based on performance. Performance means there is necessary to be an action no matter it is sale or lead. Before Google AdWords becomes so hot, affiliate programs are the main steam to make money online.

Since Google AdSense is available online, thousands of webmasters and internet entrepreneurs have been using AdSense to earn an income online. Signing up for the program is very simple, and once you are approved, placing the ads on your site is a simple as pasting a few lines of code. Through its AdSense program, Google lets you earn without the need for you to sell anything at all to anyone anywhere.

You are free to sell anything and free to work anywhere anytime. But to make money online with Google AdSense, you have to build your perfect website. Your AdSense revenue based on clicks your website received. And you must have to know, not every click has the same reward. There are top paying keywords for AdSense and you should figure out those top paying keywords to your website. Google AdSense matches the content of your website.

Google Adsense is specific: the Advertising that it puts up on every page will depend on the content of that page. This is important both to the purchaser of the advertising and the seller. If a visitor goes to your website looking for making money online, then reads an article named "Make Money Online With Google AdSense", and find some ads displayed on your websites about "Google AdSense Secrets" or "AdSense Gold", the reader just want to know more information. The reader then clicks, you can guess, the link and you as the publisher make money from the AdSense program and the advertiser also gets more targeted website traffic and potential sales.

And how to increase your clicks, based on improve your click through rate (click divided impression) and absolute impressions. One of the best things you can do is add additional pages to your site. A web site with thousands of pages and tons of content often does very well in the search engines. You can get free content from article directories, like GoArticles.

Succeeding with AdSense is largely determined by the amount of traffic to your site. However, there are many AdSense tricks that you can employ to get the most possible out of your site. Often times, this means doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling your earnings. The key is to find out what works for your web site. Testing and tracking is the key to increased revenue!

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Bing Zou is the blogger of Make Money Online and Work At Home.
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How To Be Number One With Google

2007-05-15T19:59:00.000-07:00

If you even remotely interested in the search engine optimization industry and want to start up your own blog, website, or another product that may generate revenue for you, now is the time to take initiative to start up your own article, revenue generating website. Many people do it all across the world and you do not have to be the exception. There is one simple step to become the number one spot on Google's search engine, and that step is by submitting articles.

You may ask yourself at this point how it would be possible for one to simply submit articles and get paid for it. That is a very good question and is asked by many people who do not fully understand Google's model for all of its customers yet. There is a process that you must follow, however, in order for your articles to generate revenue for you all day long. That process may come easily for some, although for most people it takes a little bit of effort.

The first thing that you must realize when dealing with Google's Adsense is that your articles are the main focus of the ads that they put on your website. Whether you know it or not, Google generates ads for your website so that more traffic will be attracted to their ads that they place on your website. In a sense, you can think of Google's Adsense as a sort of advertising for Google itself. Yes, once you start your own website and place Google ads all across it, you will be starting to generate revenue once someone starts clicking the ads that Google wants your website to display. However, this is not to say that you should click your own ads; that technique will only get you banned from Google itself and you'll be out all the money that you could have made with the help of Google.

After you have made a website with articles splashed all over it, the next thing that you must do on a weekly, if not daily basis is to add more articles to your website. As mentioned, the articles are the main focus of how Google decides to place ads on your website. What logically follows is that the more articles you have on your website the better. If you have many articles then Google will deem it necessary to place lots of ads on your website. However, the opposite is also true. If you are not very motivated and do not submit that many articles within a day or week, Google won't give you very many ads.

So the key to getting the number one spot on Google is to submit articles on a daily basis. If you cannot do all this work by yourself, you may consider getting a partner or even hiring the work to be done. Both of those things will cost money in the long run and you need to make sure that the costs do not outshine the revenue generated from Google. But that is a whole other story altogether. The absolute rule that you must follow in order to get the number one spot on Google is to submit articles on a daily basis and make sure that they are what Google wants for its ads!

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Make Money With Adsense Using Private Label Articles

2007-05-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

One popular money-making system online today is the use private label articles with Google Adsense. Since there are many ways to actually set up campaigns and promotions with this strategy online, here are some basics to get your operations under way.

To begin with, revise and tweak your private label articles a little so that they are unique; you want to make sure you don't have duplicate content from others who may have purchase the private label articles, too. Then brand them with your by link that includes a link to your website. And head to Google's Adsense page, sign up and learn your way around Adsense.

Then there are a variety of things you can do with the articles. Only a small sampling of options follow. Customize them to fit your niches, needs and budget. And read on to find out how to learn more.

Use your private label articles with your Adsense code and make money:

- By marketing other people's products. Search out affiliate marketing programs like those at http://Clickbank.com and http://Linkshare.com. Sign up for free, then get the affiliate links for products you want to market. Insert them in your private label articles, add your Adsense code to the HTML version of your article in Notepad or with your favorite editing tool or program, then market with them. Add them to an autoresponder, place a sign up form on a web page or add the sign up email address to your signature files in emails and forum posts.

- Set up a blog or website, load your private label articles to the site, then insert your affiliate or your own product links plus Adsense code to the pages. Invite website visitors to subscribe to your blog. And set up an autoresponder, inviting subscribers to click the pages each week for your new articles. In the autoresponder messages, only include an article blurb or excerpt to attract clicks. That way you can send your messages in text, if you like, and still get traffic to the HTML pages with full-color blog images and any graphics you may have around your Adsense and other ads and content.

- Host an article directory on your website. Hire help setting up a script with Adsense blocks in the article template pages so that when your readers and you submit additional articles to the directory, Adsense code is inserted directly into each new article automatically.

- Set up a Review area with your private label articles. Insert your Adsense code plus any affiliate links you may have for the products you are reviewing. Invite your readers to submit reviews, too, and have a template for them to use that inserts Adsense directly.

There are a lot more ways to use make money with Adsense using your private label articles. So take steps to learn all you can about Adsense and how to set up campaigns and tracking. Plus discover all you can about private label rights, especially private label rights articles to see how you can make more money.

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Learn From Adsense Guru:what They Do.....to be an Adsense Miliionaire?

2007-05-15T18:42:00.000-07:00

Adsense for someone is to change their life forever with just year, just half year or

just couple months.Adsense for someone is Automatic money machine that never stop to make money 24/7.Adsense for somebody is early retire tool.A lot of people join the adsense program that hope to be a have financial freedom and better lifestyle. Today we have the adsense success to learn from.To follow the adsense dream.Learn what the adsense million do and how them success.

Top 8 Google Adsense Earner

1.Markus Frind: PlentyOfFish.com - $300,000 per month

Site address:PlentyOfFish.com

Business: Dating online

Traffic per day : 600,00 visitors

Pageviews :14 million to 15 million a day

Top Adsense Success Stories: Markus Finch (PlentyofFish.com)

About the owner

Markus Frind

Personal blog: plentyoffish.wordpress.com

2.Kevin Rose: Digg.com - $250,000 per month

Business: Digg a community-based popularity website

Digg is a community-based popularity website with an emphasis on technology and science

articles, recently expanding to a variety of other categories such as politics and videos.

It combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical,

democratic editorial control.

News stories and websites are submitted by users, and then promoted to the front page

through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that

many other news sites employ. However, this democratic style has led to criticism that Digg

is susceptible to ideological or commercial manipulation.

The original design was free of advertisements, and was designed by Dan Ries.

As Digg became more popular,Google AdSense was added to the website. In July 2005

About the owner

Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California USA[2]; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known for founding the social-bookmarking site Digg and as former co-host of the TechTV show The Screen Savers (later Attack of the Show! on G4) until his departure from the network in May 2005. He attended UNLV for computer science, but dropped out to pursue the 90's tech boom. After dropping out, he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, where he was a technology advisor and held a Level L security clearance. He later moved to San Francisco, California, and worked for several dot-com startups through CMGI.

personal blog: kevinrose.typepad.com

Myspace: www.myspace.com/simplenation

3.Jeremy Shoemaker: Internet Marketer - $140,000 per month

Business: blogging about how to get money online

site:www.shoemoney.com/

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4.Jason Calacanis: Weblogs, Inc - $120,000 per month

site:www.weblogsinc.com

Business:Blog advertising agent

Weblogs, Inc. is a network of around 90 weblogs, covering a variety of subjects, from computers and gaming to the likes of food and independent film.

Weblogs, Inc. was founded by Brian Alvey and Jason Calacanis with an investment from Mark Cuban.

Weblogs, Inc. was considered the largest-scaled attempt at enterprise blogging. The network sells an inventory of display advertising space supplemented by Google AdSense. Revenue from AdSense alone was claimed to be approaching $1,000,000 USD per year.

Weblogs, Inc. was purchased in October 2005 by AOL for a reported $25 millions

Blogging + Adsense Success Story (from $200 to $3000 per day) - Weblogs Inc. Profiled by Google here

About the owner

Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970 [1] in Brooklyn, New York) is an American internet entrepreneur and blogger. His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL.

5.David Miles Jr. & Kato Leonard: FreeWebLayouts.net - $100,000 per month

site: www.freeweblayouts.net

Business: Free my space background graphic layout

6.Tim Carter: AskTheBuilder.com - $30,000 per month

Site address: www.AskTheBuilder.com

Business:Home builder guru

Personal blog:http://www.timcarter.com/

Google adsense case study: Askthebuilder.com used testing to grow revenue from $10,000 to more than $30,000 a month with Google AdSense here

7.Joel Comm:Adsense Guru - $24,000 per month

Business: The adsense Guru

Personel blog:www.joelcomm.com

Product from joel comm

book

www.adsensetrafficsecrets.com

www.adsenseisalive.com

Monthly template

www.superadsensetemplates.com

8.Shawn Hogan: DigitalPoint.com - $10,000 per month

site: www.digitalpoint.com/

Business: Digital point solutions and the Wonderful forum for webmaster

Digitalpoint forum: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/

personal blog : www.shawnhogan.com

Shawn D. Hogan (born September 1, 1975) is the founder and CEO of Digital Point Solutions, a San Diego-based business software provider. He became well-known when the article 'Shawn Hogan, Hero' appeared in the August 2006 edition of the magazine Wired, detailing his firm stand against an MPAA lawsuit.

Accused of uploading or "making available for download" Meet the Fockers via the BitTorrent network, he received a call in November 2005 from a MPAA lawyer explaining that he was being sued, and that the MPAA would settle for $2,500.

Hogan maintains his innocence, pointing out that he owns a legitimate copy of the DVD. The case is unusual in that Hogan, as a millionaire, has been willing to risk the substantial legal fees on this point of principle. As he told Wired magazine, "They’re completely abusing the system... I would spend well into the millions on this.

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