Posted on March 19, 2008 by Vidya | No Comments
I wasn’t quite sure whether to post this article here as I had touched upon this topic very recently under ‘How Do I’ category. However, I will mention a few other things here for the sake of continuity.
Online advertisement business has been spreading at an alarming pace for the past few years when Google revolutionised the whole concept. Though there were many players before that it was Google all the way once it started realising the potential of search engine results into huge money. The term ‘Search Engine Marketing’ (SEM) and ‘Search Engine Optimization’ (SEO) are almost synonymous to online ads now.
Difference between ads and other money making mechanisms
As we had discussed earlier, we have get-paid-to (GPT) read email programs, GPT blog, GPT do surveys etc. Continue reading » Get paid for displaying ads
Posted on March 17, 2008 by Ajith | 1 Comment
Online ads come in various shapes and sizes. Regardless of the appearance aspects they can be broadly categorized into two – Contextual ads and Non-contextual ones.
Contextual ads
Contextual ads are the ones which get displayed on your pages based on the context or content of your page. For example, if you are writing an article or post about ‘cake baking’ it is highly likely that the contextual ads that appear on that page (via Google AdSense or other ad networks) may contain ads of ‘Cake recipes’ sites or ‘Birthday cake’ vendors etc. Content link ads – where the actual words on the page itself forms ad links – is also considered contextual ads.
Continue reading » Ad categories and genres
Posted on March 15, 2008 by Ajith | 8 Comments
Note: Before reading this post, you may want to check out DollarShower Product Finder tool that can help you to pick the right ad product for your blog.
Having a blog or website is a great thing as you can freely voice your opinions and thoughts. But how about earning some money by displaying some advertisements on your blog? Let us talk about the same in this blog post (Also read one of the previous posts on Different ways of making money). Again, my knowledgeable readers may please excuse as I am with beginners here in this series.
What are online ads?
Online advertisements are a piece of marketing or commercial information that appears on a web page. It can be in the form of a simple text link, an image (animated or otherwise) link, a pop-up/pop-under, an audio clip, video clip etc. Continue reading » How do I put ads on my blog or site?
Posted on March 14, 2008 by Ajith | No Comments
In the last post, I talked about how easily you can create your own blog at one of the public blogging sites. But isn’t it more exciting to have a blog, homepage or website in ‘your name’ rather than the one with an unwanted last name such as ‘jacksmith.BLOGSPOT.com’? why can’t you own ‘jacksmith.com’ itself which is a matter of pride as well as convenience?
Three simple steps to have your own website
1. Register a domain: To own your own domain name such as ‘jacksmith.com’ you need to register the same Continue reading » How do I setup my own homepage or website?
Posted on March 13, 2008 by Ajith | 3 Comments
I am sure there are hundreds of posts and articles available out there on how to create or set up your own blog. For the sake of completeness of this site let me talk about it here as well.
What is a blog?
A blog (short form for web logs) is the piece of space on the web where you share your thoughts, opinions, events, inventions, photos etc with fellow Internet users. A blog – compared to a formal website – has more personal touch and it is more interactive. Though blogs and blogging culture has been around for a while, it has really picked steam in the past two or three years. Moreover the readers are finding it easier and more convenient to read a blog than anything else.
Continue reading » How do I create my own blog?
Posted on March 8, 2008 by Vidya | 2 Comments
Hope I am not the last person talking about this topic. Of late there has been a surge of ‘get paid for blogging’ or ‘get paid for writing reviews’ programs that nobody knows which one to pick. I should admit that I have not personally tried all of them to compare the earnings potential as I would rather spend my blogging efforts here…
How does these program work?
Paying for your ’sponsored’ blogs serve multiple purpose for those who pay on behalf of their advertisers (customers). First of all they get great product reviews, articles, reviews on product news, services etc written pretty fast and from multiple sources, locations and communities. Continue reading » Get paid for blogging
