Protecting your data is a major concern, whether you are online or offline. If your hard drive crashes-your data is lost if you have not backed it up. If directories are inadvertently deleted on your server it is your responsibility to replace the content. Yes, I know, doesn't sound too fair, but that is the way it goes. Granted there are some issues that are server issues- such as server crashes, inadvertent redirect to the wrong domain, etc, that is not within your control. However, it is important to control what you can so your business can continue.
Thus, I have included a quick list of some of the different data storage devices that you can use
to effectively protect your data. As always, the method is up to you.
Different Data Storage Options
1. Hard Drive and External Hard Drives
2. Flash Drives-USB Drives
3. CD
4. DVD
5. Zip Drives
6. Floppy Drive
7. Online Support
For complete details of some the different devices-longevity and their pros and cons, I have a permanent web page so I can add and change as the storage devices either become available or become obsolete. Check out the web page Protect Your Data.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hura! Hôm nay nhà ta có net...
BÀI PHÁT BIỂU CỦA TỔNG ĐÀ CHỦ LẦU TRỆT NHÀ TA.
uhmm,,
trong cái giây phút boối roối này, tôi không thể giấu được cảm xúc vui mừng được.
14h xx' ngày 30/10/2007: nhà ta chính thức gia nhập vào mạng lưới toàn cầu lớn nhất hành tinh: INTERNET.
Đây là một vinh dự lớn lao và cũng là một trách nhiệm nặng nề - Làm sao để sử dụng cho học tập thật tốt mà không bị cám dỗ --> mất thời gian.
....
Mong cho mọi người ai cũng có điều kiện nối net như nhà ta.
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uhmm,,
trong cái giây phút boối roối này, tôi không thể giấu được cảm xúc vui mừng được.
14h xx' ngày 30/10/2007: nhà ta chính thức gia nhập vào mạng lưới toàn cầu lớn nhất hành tinh: INTERNET.
Đây là một vinh dự lớn lao và cũng là một trách nhiệm nặng nề - Làm sao để sử dụng cho học tập thật tốt mà không bị cám dỗ --> mất thời gian.
....
Mong cho mọi người ai cũng có điều kiện nối net như nhà ta.
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Data Backup on Your Server Is Important
Just a quick tip. On your website, it is always wise to backup your data in case of a major meltdown. This tip comes to you, while I'm having my own at the moment. The server has a problem and my domain remained but my website, well, disappeared. Rather interesting. So if you find the links to my site not finding anything, it will be back online soon.
But whatever the case, I've got backup copies of everything. And, the tip-Make sure you backup all your files online and all your important files that are offline, it makes recovery easier and somewhat less stressful.
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But whatever the case, I've got backup copies of everything. And, the tip-Make sure you backup all your files online and all your important files that are offline, it makes recovery easier and somewhat less stressful.
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Webtalks Pagerank 5
Greetings.Google today, rolled out the snapshot of current pagerank.This blog is getting a PR of 5 this time.This is a good jump from PR 3 which had been there for quite long.Surprisingly, this time there was no BackLink export, but who cares? Its party time here as I have over taken some top-notch blogs like john chow(4) and dosh dosh(4).
This update is accompanied by the feed chicklet getting into 3 digits.Currently, it is showing 101 readers.Thank you for subscribing to the feed and if you haven't yet, please do so:they are fast and ad free
The secret
Nothing.Avoid too many links on home page.Get relevant quality backlinks.Focus on content quality more than on PR and last but not the least follow Google Webmaster guidelines.
The Webtalks Effect
I'm not going to talk about traffic.Its about a single site wide link on my blog which linked to the domain(ashtech.info), I bought few months back.The result? Its now Pagerank 4.You can check, its not even indexed by Yahoo!
See how powerful my link is?
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This update is accompanied by the feed chicklet getting into 3 digits.Currently, it is showing 101 readers.Thank you for subscribing to the feed and if you haven't yet, please do so:they are fast and ad freeThe secret
Nothing.Avoid too many links on home page.Get relevant quality backlinks.Focus on content quality more than on PR and last but not the least follow Google Webmaster guidelines.
The Webtalks Effect
I'm not going to talk about traffic.Its about a single site wide link on my blog which linked to the domain(ashtech.info), I bought few months back.The result? Its now Pagerank 4.You can check, its not even indexed by Yahoo!
See how powerful my link is?
Read more...
Friday, October 26, 2007
Widgetbucks outperforms AdSense
WidgetBucks, a newly launched monetizing service is these days gaining popularity as a worthy AdSense alternative.Officially, you can call it that WidgetBucks features pay-per-click shopping widgets that help their customers make money fast. They instantly display the most popular products based on buying trends of 100 million shoppers. Thus they are highly engaging, which means instant dollars for our customers.
I was keen to know how it performs on my blog.I implemented a skyscraper few days back, and the results, well, it outperformed AdSense who had that spot before.The 25$ sign up bonus adds spice to the whole program.
The Ads had a visitor attracting animation but unfortunately, the loading of this blog got double.I wasn't alone in this problem.Soon they announced fast loading widgets.Though, its better now but still below perfect.Soon, they came up with a new format, 300 x 150 which perfectly flushes in my sidebar.The loading time is now half of what it used to be earlier.The new format is more compact and a visitor magnet and the results say speak of it.
I don't think so that running Widgetbucks widget alongside AdSense should have any problems but you can confirm so by the AdSense support.I have already shot them an email but I don't know why, they take about a month(sometimes even more) to reply.
Lets draw a fair bit of Conclusion
Likes
Google axed Widgetbucks from their normal indexes, though they still show up in the sponsored links section.Probably, because earlier Widgetbucks widget, when running without Javascript used to have a hidden link to the Widgetbucks homepage.But Bidvertiser has the same kind of referral tools and they have never been penalized.
So, has a fire broken out at the Googleplex?
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I was keen to know how it performs on my blog.I implemented a skyscraper few days back, and the results, well, it outperformed AdSense who had that spot before.The 25$ sign up bonus adds spice to the whole program.
The Ads had a visitor attracting animation but unfortunately, the loading of this blog got double.I wasn't alone in this problem.Soon they announced fast loading widgets.Though, its better now but still below perfect.Soon, they came up with a new format, 300 x 150 which perfectly flushes in my sidebar.The loading time is now half of what it used to be earlier.The new format is more compact and a visitor magnet and the results say speak of it.I don't think so that running Widgetbucks widget alongside AdSense should have any problems but you can confirm so by the AdSense support.I have already shot them an email but I don't know why, they take about a month(sometimes even more) to reply.
Lets draw a fair bit of Conclusion
Likes
- I like their animation,visitor appeal
- 25$ sign up bonus.
- Payments by Paypal
- Active support
- Referrals embedded in normal ads
- High eCPM
- Loading time.Though they have worked upon it, still it needs improvement.
- Limited Formats
- Payments are sent 45 days after you cross minimum payout,i.e 50$
- Referral program.You don't have an estimate how much can you make by referring a blogger
Google axed Widgetbucks from their normal indexes, though they still show up in the sponsored links section.Probably, because earlier Widgetbucks widget, when running without Javascript used to have a hidden link to the Widgetbucks homepage.But Bidvertiser has the same kind of referral tools and they have never been penalized.
So, has a fire broken out at the Googleplex?
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Another Paid Link Adjustment By Google?
It looks like Google has made another adjustment-in regards to the paid link issue. As you may recall, in September Google dropped the hammer on directories that had paid links.
It looks like Google has now penalized some high profile blogs and mainstream news sites for selling links, at least that is the assumption that is being made. High profile blogs and mainstream news sites saw a noticeable drop in page rank when they woke up October 25th.
As you can imagine, reactions were mixed. Some say this levels the playing field for all, while others are in a state of denial. Whatever the case, one has to wonder how the drop of page rank will effect their site. Maybe this is a good test to see which fairs better to maintaining traffic-page rank or individual loyalty.
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It looks like Google has now penalized some high profile blogs and mainstream news sites for selling links, at least that is the assumption that is being made. High profile blogs and mainstream news sites saw a noticeable drop in page rank when they woke up October 25th.
As you can imagine, reactions were mixed. Some say this levels the playing field for all, while others are in a state of denial. Whatever the case, one has to wonder how the drop of page rank will effect their site. Maybe this is a good test to see which fairs better to maintaining traffic-page rank or individual loyalty.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Things to Consider when Designing a Website
If you're building a website, there are four things that should remain in the back of your mind as you build each page-usability, functionality, accessibility, and content.
Accessible-If you increase the accessibility of your site to those with disabilities or impaired disabilities-you've just included another available market for your site to reach. Sometimes, I included, forget the alt tag, or the label that will make is easier for those with disabilities.
But not only are you opening up your website to another target market, you have helped the search engines to better index your site.
Content is not just content-if you want a quality site. Some people slap information up, thinking that people will come. Maybe, but if the quality is lacking-the readership will soon take a dive. So take the time to polish your content-and see your audience and the search engine visits grow.
Do you have to tweak your content? Almost always. Sometimes I'm in the "glow" of my content the day I wrote it. I'll let my article rest for a day or so, then go back and read it. I'll have either one of two results: 1)I'm either pleased with what I wrote; or 2) I will realize my content was really bad-and needs major rework.
Rule of thumb, if you can't understand what your wrote-don't expect anyone else to understand it either.
Design of a Website - an Overview
By Vickie J. Scanlon
When designing a website you must remember four things: usability, functionality, accessibility and content. Why? These four elements will help you to please the search engines, the people who come to your site, as well as, build your business. Trust me, if you don’t keep these things in mind-you’ll find more clicks from you than your visitors in your behind the scene stats. Let’s see why.
Usability
Usability –Usability is your navigation. If you look at most websites, you will notice that navigation is either to the side or across the top. If your visitor has to search endlessly for your navigation, expect one thing –your visitor leaving quickly in utter frustration-no matter how much they want the product, service or the information you offer. Thus, make sure your navigation is consistent across the pages, and easy for all to see and access.
Is Your Website Functional?
Functional - If you have broken links- then you have a function breakdown. Make sure all links are working. Nothing can aggravate an individual more than a broken link. I know I’m always checking my web pages. If you update some of your web pages on a weekly basis, it’s always good to do another once over.
Also, it’s always good to go through your pages, and make sure that your code is clean. Clean code helps keep the search engines coming. If the code is too cumbersome, the search engines will not even venture through the whole page-fearing they may get stuck in the code.
Is Your Website Accessible
Accessibility – Make your website accessible to all. That includes those who are disabled or impaired. This is where the alt tag and labels come in for images-use them. Not only is it important for the disabled or impaired, but also for the search engines. The search engines cannot read images but they can read the text in the alt tag.
Do You Have Content
Content –The quality or your content is important. If you’re new to the Internet, you may not realize the importance of content. I’m sure you’ve seen or heard the statement “Content is King”, but what does it truly mean?
Quality content can bring you targeted traffic, search engine visits and it can create quality links to your site. Remember, content is not limited to articles, but include your product and service description information on your web pages, or it may be an online tool that is useful to people online.
Though these four elements may be simple, or seem simple, many who begin (myself included) do not realize their importance when building their website. Take heed early, you’ll save yourself a lot of grief, unnecessary revamping of your website, and a better, and earlier return on your investment.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at: My Affiliate Place for free tools,
articles, ebooks, how to info, tech accessories, software utilities, computers for affiliate business use.
Read more...
Accessible-If you increase the accessibility of your site to those with disabilities or impaired disabilities-you've just included another available market for your site to reach. Sometimes, I included, forget the alt tag, or the label that will make is easier for those with disabilities.
But not only are you opening up your website to another target market, you have helped the search engines to better index your site.
Content is not just content-if you want a quality site. Some people slap information up, thinking that people will come. Maybe, but if the quality is lacking-the readership will soon take a dive. So take the time to polish your content-and see your audience and the search engine visits grow.
Do you have to tweak your content? Almost always. Sometimes I'm in the "glow" of my content the day I wrote it. I'll let my article rest for a day or so, then go back and read it. I'll have either one of two results: 1)I'm either pleased with what I wrote; or 2) I will realize my content was really bad-and needs major rework.
Rule of thumb, if you can't understand what your wrote-don't expect anyone else to understand it either.
Design of a Website - an Overview
By Vickie J. Scanlon
When designing a website you must remember four things: usability, functionality, accessibility and content. Why? These four elements will help you to please the search engines, the people who come to your site, as well as, build your business. Trust me, if you don’t keep these things in mind-you’ll find more clicks from you than your visitors in your behind the scene stats. Let’s see why.
Usability
Usability –Usability is your navigation. If you look at most websites, you will notice that navigation is either to the side or across the top. If your visitor has to search endlessly for your navigation, expect one thing –your visitor leaving quickly in utter frustration-no matter how much they want the product, service or the information you offer. Thus, make sure your navigation is consistent across the pages, and easy for all to see and access.
Is Your Website Functional?
Functional - If you have broken links- then you have a function breakdown. Make sure all links are working. Nothing can aggravate an individual more than a broken link. I know I’m always checking my web pages. If you update some of your web pages on a weekly basis, it’s always good to do another once over.
Also, it’s always good to go through your pages, and make sure that your code is clean. Clean code helps keep the search engines coming. If the code is too cumbersome, the search engines will not even venture through the whole page-fearing they may get stuck in the code.
Is Your Website Accessible
Accessibility – Make your website accessible to all. That includes those who are disabled or impaired. This is where the alt tag and labels come in for images-use them. Not only is it important for the disabled or impaired, but also for the search engines. The search engines cannot read images but they can read the text in the alt tag.
Do You Have Content
Content –The quality or your content is important. If you’re new to the Internet, you may not realize the importance of content. I’m sure you’ve seen or heard the statement “Content is King”, but what does it truly mean?
Quality content can bring you targeted traffic, search engine visits and it can create quality links to your site. Remember, content is not limited to articles, but include your product and service description information on your web pages, or it may be an online tool that is useful to people online.
Though these four elements may be simple, or seem simple, many who begin (myself included) do not realize their importance when building their website. Take heed early, you’ll save yourself a lot of grief, unnecessary revamping of your website, and a better, and earlier return on your investment.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at: My Affiliate Place for free tools,
articles, ebooks, how to info, tech accessories, software utilities, computers for affiliate business use.
Read more...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Lets prove Google we are promising publishers
I was a bit sleepy today.I used to check my AdSense earnings on every odd day since I was in the nervous nineties. today, when I logged in, I felt happy that my gross earnings are now in 3 digits( for some of you, you can do so in a day) but for me its a good experience to be there for the first time.
Now, as I have crossed the minimum payout limit, I want to be nice with them.Earlier I was a naughty chap creating hundreds of channels and changing ad placement almost daily.I want to prove that this blog is visited by a high quality traffic.The best way to do so is to put up referral Ad units instead of the normal AdSense for Content Ad units.
I'll be going for non-Google referral 2.0 Ad units.Recently they implied a limitation on first few successful conversions done by a publisher.So far I have done one only one successful conversion.They will be probably remove the limitation once I do 5 more to to enable me full payments.
I'll be replacing the most visible Ad unit, the post inline one with a referral 2.0 Ad . If I don't receive any successful conversion till 31st October, I will opt out.If I do, I'll publish a report about it in this month's site report.
What others are saying?
Problogger Amit Agarwal revealed that Referral 2.0 Ads are doing a good job for him.But Amit, then why did you remove those ads from your entire network?
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Now, as I have crossed the minimum payout limit, I want to be nice with them.Earlier I was a naughty chap creating hundreds of channels and changing ad placement almost daily.I want to prove that this blog is visited by a high quality traffic.The best way to do so is to put up referral Ad units instead of the normal AdSense for Content Ad units.
I'll be going for non-Google referral 2.0 Ad units.Recently they implied a limitation on first few successful conversions done by a publisher.So far I have done one only one successful conversion.They will be probably remove the limitation once I do 5 more to to enable me full payments.
I'll be replacing the most visible Ad unit, the post inline one with a referral 2.0 Ad . If I don't receive any successful conversion till 31st October, I will opt out.If I do, I'll publish a report about it in this month's site report.
What others are saying?
Problogger Amit Agarwal revealed that Referral 2.0 Ads are doing a good job for him.But Amit, then why did you remove those ads from your entire network?
Read more...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Your Blog and Content Management
Your blog and content management. There are different methods of containing your content (I'm talking more about articles) when you have a website. You can have an articles page, and then break down the pages by specific categories. That seems to work okay, until it starts getting really big. Which I am finding.
But also there are other issues to consider:
1. Duplicate content
2. Considering the reason why people come to your website
3. managing your content efficiently and effectively
This is where the blog can come into play. A blog is a great content management vehicle and an extension to your website. It's accessible and more personable. And most importantly, if the server crashes you don't lose your articles. Yes, this has happened to me. Let me say I really was not happy having to put all my articles back online.
But as with anything, you have to figure out which is best for your content. Be it a blog or a CMS program.
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But also there are other issues to consider:
1. Duplicate content
2. Considering the reason why people come to your website
3. managing your content efficiently and effectively
This is where the blog can come into play. A blog is a great content management vehicle and an extension to your website. It's accessible and more personable. And most importantly, if the server crashes you don't lose your articles. Yes, this has happened to me. Let me say I really was not happy having to put all my articles back online.
But as with anything, you have to figure out which is best for your content. Be it a blog or a CMS program.
Read more...
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Should you Digg or Sphinn it?
The Digg effect, everyone's familiar with it.Just in case you don't know, being brief, it will bring just around 30,000 hits if you somehow get on the first page.But with millions of blogs out there looking for the same, your chances are low unless you are blogging live or have a got an ultra creative post up on your blog.
Sphinn on other hand is a quite new social site out there.Their about page defines it as
In short a BINGO for make money online blogs like Webtalks
Sphinn uses almost the same scripts as digg and has nothing new as a social site but it's biggest advantage is its topics.For digg, if I have to submit a article about Google AdSense, I dump it in the Tech Industry News section.Fortunately, Sphinn has a special directory dedicated to AdSense itself.
Sphinn doesn't receive much traffic as digg does but you can take it to your advantage.A post I submitted 28 hours before still is in the upcoming section page #2.If it would have been digg, my post was nowhere to be found after a day even in the deepest directory's upcoming page.
To get into the homepage of digg, you need around 800 + diggs but for Sphinn , 40 Sphinns will do the job
I tried submitting the most popular post on Webtalks so far, the New Blogger Templates one, to both the sites.The results are:
I got 10 hits from digg and 3 diggs
I got 13 hits from Sphinn and 4 Sphinns plus the story is still on the second upcoming page so I expect more.
The post is live on Sphinn here and on Digg here.So its your turn to digg or give it a Sphinn
For me, I'll chose Sphinn most of the time along with Stumbleupon[My Profile] but I won't forget to digg if I've got an extraordinary story.
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Sphinn on other hand is a quite new social site out there.Their about page defines it asA social site for search and interactive marketers. It's designed to allow you to share and discover news stories, read and take part in discussions, discover events of interest and network with others.
In short a BINGO for make money online blogs like Webtalks
Sphinn uses almost the same scripts as digg and has nothing new as a social site but it's biggest advantage is its topics.For digg, if I have to submit a article about Google AdSense, I dump it in the Tech Industry News section.Fortunately, Sphinn has a special directory dedicated to AdSense itself.
Sphinn doesn't receive much traffic as digg does but you can take it to your advantage.A post I submitted 28 hours before still is in the upcoming section page #2.If it would have been digg, my post was nowhere to be found after a day even in the deepest directory's upcoming page.
To get into the homepage of digg, you need around 800 + diggs but for Sphinn , 40 Sphinns will do the job
I tried submitting the most popular post on Webtalks so far, the New Blogger Templates one, to both the sites.The results are:
I got 10 hits from digg and 3 diggs
I got 13 hits from Sphinn and 4 Sphinns plus the story is still on the second upcoming page so I expect more.
The post is live on Sphinn here and on Digg here.So its your turn to digg or give it a Sphinn
For me, I'll chose Sphinn most of the time along with Stumbleupon[My Profile] but I won't forget to digg if I've got an extraordinary story.
Read more...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Getting A Website-Big Piece of the Puzzle to Getting Online
When you first think about starting a business online, many people stay in the wishing mode because they are unsure of where or how to start. Well, the first phase is getting an idea, and the second phase is getting a website. Which, of course, means you need to build yourself a website, or if you are rich, have someone build it for you.
Anyway, the website and all it's component parts, if you are new to the game, can be very confusing. You're a babe in the woods, so to speak. That's where I was when I first started. I knew strictly the basics: Such as: What is a website?
I did not know that you had to buy your domain separately (sometimes) from your web hosting service, or what to look for in a web hosting service. Gee, there's a lot of them out there. Hopfully, for those starting out, I can give you some information that will help you get off the fence - so you too can start your own online business.
Getting A Website-What Do I Need?
By Vickie J. Scanlon
When I started, the lines were blurred to whether you needed a website or not. Some affiliate companies created web pages that you could use without creating your own website. However, Google has changed that – Duplicate content.
Duplicate Content Defined
Duplicate Content - as defined by Google "substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar."
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Anyway, the website and all it's component parts, if you are new to the game, can be very confusing. You're a babe in the woods, so to speak. That's where I was when I first started. I knew strictly the basics: Such as: What is a website?
I did not know that you had to buy your domain separately (sometimes) from your web hosting service, or what to look for in a web hosting service. Gee, there's a lot of them out there. Hopfully, for those starting out, I can give you some information that will help you get off the fence - so you too can start your own online business.
Getting A Website-What Do I Need?
By Vickie J. Scanlon
When I started, the lines were blurred to whether you needed a website or not. Some affiliate companies created web pages that you could use without creating your own website. However, Google has changed that – Duplicate content.
Duplicate Content Defined
Duplicate Content - as defined by Google "substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar."
So what are the alternatives? Create a website or a blog. If you want a long-term presence I would first go with a website. But if you are not sure if your interest has an audience, maybe a blog can be your starting point.
Let’s assume you want a website. If this is the case, you will need to purchase a website and a domain (If you purchase a web hosting package sometimes you get the domain free, either for life or for the first year, it depends upon the web hosting service). But before I go any further, let me define website and domain, so you understand the difference.
Website – is the entire compilation of web pages, images, sound, video that appear to be put under one address on the Internet.
Domain – is your identifier, your address on the Internet where people will find your website. The text name must be unique and should identify your site, for all who visit.
Yes, you need both. If you are lucky, you can get a domain for free for life or some web hosting services offers something unique, like SEO submission or tools to create ezines, logos, etc. For a quick list of some of the minimum requirements a web host should offer, you can go to my web page Website Information. Though not exhaustive, it will give you a start point.
The needs and wants are different for individuals, sole proprietors and companies, so you can imagine, or already know how difficult it is to decide which web hosting service to go with. So how do you get started?
Webhosting Service-Things To Consider
Before you go shopping for a web hosting service you should have done a little homework. Things to consider:
1. The purpose of your website
2. Average amount of money you want to spend for the web hosting service. (In most cases, if you’re a sole proprietor, cost is at the top of the list).
3. What services does your Webhosting service need to provide to compliment your business: shopping cart, php, WYSIWYG software.
4. What software do they support
5. Support after the initial install.
My first advice, don’t go with the free web hosting service. With the free service you will have a website-but they will use ads on your website to pay for those free services. This takes away from the professionalism of the site and revenue from you.
Now that you have everything etched out in your mind or on paper, do some research. Make a list of the different web hosting services you want to consider, keeping in mind the standard features they offer on their different packages, and the price range of their packages.
And then, go to the list of what you may need in the future. You may not need to incorporate them into your cost now, but it’s nice to know that need be, they can be made available to you.
To conclude, look around, read the testimonials, make your comparisons. And before you put down your hard earned cash send them an email or call them. Why? It’s always wise to find out whom you will be working with on a daily basis. And, most importantly, there is no need to find out after the fact that they lack knowledge, experience or could care less about your problem. Yeah, I’m talking about customer service.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at: My Affiliate Place for free tools,
articles, ebooks, how to info, tech accessories, software, computers for personal or affiliate business use. Looking for weekly articles-sign up to my blog to get the latest articles in your email or through rss.
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Referral Ads Tweaking By Adsense
Adsense is doing some tweaking on their Referral Ads- this will cost you some money in the short run. They are trying to increase the value and quality of the referral network for both publisher and advertiser. What does that mean for the advertiser and publisher?
Publishers - you may see earnings that you receive from the ad you place on your site to be less than the maximum referral value displayed for that ad. The Adsense system will be putting a restriction on the referral clicks to monitor the click and conversion data to make sure the clicks are valid. Once the validation process is complete than you will again, be receiving the full amount on your referral ads.
How long will it take, it will be different for each site because each publisher's site activity is different. They feel that the majority of the people will be minimally affected by the validation process.
Advertisers - advertisers will only be charged the maximum referral value once a publisher has completed the validation period.
For those new to Google Adsense let me enlighten you to Referral Ads.
Referral ads is another form of advertising that is being offered by Google Adsense. The Referral ads are paid on a conversion basis; a conversion is considered a specific action defined by the advertiser. That action might be a sale, a clickthrough to a specific page on an advertiser site, or an online sign-up for a promotion. With referral ads, you can encourage people to click on these ads without penalty. This is for referral ads only.
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Publishers - you may see earnings that you receive from the ad you place on your site to be less than the maximum referral value displayed for that ad. The Adsense system will be putting a restriction on the referral clicks to monitor the click and conversion data to make sure the clicks are valid. Once the validation process is complete than you will again, be receiving the full amount on your referral ads.
How long will it take, it will be different for each site because each publisher's site activity is different. They feel that the majority of the people will be minimally affected by the validation process.
Advertisers - advertisers will only be charged the maximum referral value once a publisher has completed the validation period.
For those new to Google Adsense let me enlighten you to Referral Ads.
Referral ads is another form of advertising that is being offered by Google Adsense. The Referral ads are paid on a conversion basis; a conversion is considered a specific action defined by the advertiser. That action might be a sale, a clickthrough to a specific page on an advertiser site, or an online sign-up for a promotion. With referral ads, you can encourage people to click on these ads without penalty. This is for referral ads only.
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Anything new?
Quite a few things have been happening in the blogosphere.I'll just sum them up.
Today's Blog Action Day when bloggers write to promote environment.My contribution is today I wrote a poem on a chart for my class soft board on Nature title "leisure" by William Henry Davies.Its a good one.
AdSense team has blogged about a quality control over the inventory by placing a restriction for publishers monetizing Displaying non-Google referrals.In this case, you'll just earn a little less than the price you get for a successful conversion for the first few times, after which you'll earn normally.If you don't display Google AdSense referral 2.0 ads, its out of your business.This happened just a few hours after I received my first successful conversion :)
Webtalks has been experiencing a poor posting frequency over th past few days.The reason is here.I was busy with the launch of another Tech Blog, And now I'm proud to announce that we just launched the Ashtech Blog (Go grab the RSS).Reason, Wordpress is a much better blogging platform for tech-savvy bloggers like me.While Webtalks will continue its normal routine on the same *.blogspot subdomain , I will be joined by my classmate, Harshyt Goel at the Ashtech Blog.Harhsyt has got some writing skills.He previously used to blog at the Review Blog.Check out the Blog now!
Google Pagerank gave a so called teaser trailer on 13 October.All sites reporting changes have got a low pagerank than their previous ones while some are complaining about their non-involvement in link business.Webtalks remained unaffected with this partial update.It looks like Google are really after it.Some folks are saying about a new algorithm change, When I searched for it, I concluded it was the Orion algorithm which Google bought a 17 months before from an Australian Scholar.Going by the data, I think the Quarter 4 export should happen by the end of October but this time its not going to be exciting as Google have tested our patience upto an extent from where no excitement about the next export is left.This teaser update was a big enough news to get a Sticky Post on DP forums.
Remember Top 100 Make Money Online list by 45n5.com? Jason Blanton a has made a list of feeds of all top 100 blogs right in one post.It must have been a painful task.You can also check out The Webtalks feed there somewhere in the middle.Advertisers maybe this is a good opportunity for you.
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Today's Blog Action Day when bloggers write to promote environment.My contribution is today I wrote a poem on a chart for my class soft board on Nature title "leisure" by William Henry Davies.Its a good one.
AdSense team has blogged about a quality control over the inventory by placing a restriction for publishers monetizing Displaying non-Google referrals.In this case, you'll just earn a little less than the price you get for a successful conversion for the first few times, after which you'll earn normally.If you don't display Google AdSense referral 2.0 ads, its out of your business.This happened just a few hours after I received my first successful conversion :)
Webtalks has been experiencing a poor posting frequency over th past few days.The reason is here.I was busy with the launch of another Tech Blog, And now I'm proud to announce that we just launched the Ashtech Blog (Go grab the RSS).Reason, Wordpress is a much better blogging platform for tech-savvy bloggers like me.While Webtalks will continue its normal routine on the same *.blogspot subdomain , I will be joined by my classmate, Harshyt Goel at the Ashtech Blog.Harhsyt has got some writing skills.He previously used to blog at the Review Blog.Check out the Blog now!
Google Pagerank gave a so called teaser trailer on 13 October.All sites reporting changes have got a low pagerank than their previous ones while some are complaining about their non-involvement in link business.Webtalks remained unaffected with this partial update.It looks like Google are really after it.Some folks are saying about a new algorithm change, When I searched for it, I concluded it was the Orion algorithm which Google bought a 17 months before from an Australian Scholar.Going by the data, I think the Quarter 4 export should happen by the end of October but this time its not going to be exciting as Google have tested our patience upto an extent from where no excitement about the next export is left.This teaser update was a big enough news to get a Sticky Post on DP forums.
Remember Top 100 Make Money Online list by 45n5.com? Jason Blanton a has made a list of feeds of all top 100 blogs right in one post.It must have been a painful task.You can also check out The Webtalks feed there somewhere in the middle.Advertisers maybe this is a good opportunity for you.
Read more...
Friday, October 12, 2007
Make Money Online with Tnx
With Google reducing pagerank of sites selling links (Eg .Stanford Daily) the Link business has a got a big threat from it. If you don’t know what I am talking about, Google is strictly against paid links or in Google terms “selling PR” .Probably, this is the reason why the Pagerank export hasn’t happened for over a five months now. But the subject of our today’s post is about another Web service called TNX which lets advertisers buy links and thus improve search engine rankings and publisher generate revenue from his site by selling links, but in a different manner with a mission to
- Assist website owners in attracting targeted visitors and clients from search engines and relevant websites.
- Reduce the dependence on search engines.
- Improve quality of the search results for those websites that join TNX system.
- Increase the income of every webmaster who joins TNX system.
The working
It’s a bit easy to speak these lines but the folks at Tnx have done their best to give the desired results. Search Engines like Google want high quality relevant back links for higher Search engine ratings.
TNX allowes publishers to sell links from each page on their website, and for advertisers it allowes to buy millions of links from other sites in few clicks. TNX is a convenient tool that allowes publishers and advertisers to save time, efforts and money: in just a few minutes you can have thousands of links from hundreds of high quality relevant sites linking to yours.
All links are direct, they are located on main pages and inside pages that are also very important. Ads are displayed mostly on well-noticeable spots so they can attract visitors.
The system can be used to promote main page of the advertiser's site as well as inside pages.
Site publishers can not only use TNX.net to earn money, they can also use it to promote own websites by taking advantage of our system as an advertiser (balance in the system is unified).
The point system
TNX is probably the first monetizing web site using the point system.Its a very complex , so I tried sorting out a bit.
If you are an advertiser, you can buy 20,000 points with 20$ (1,000points = 1$)
With these 20,000 points you can buy static links for a month on (subject to availability)
- 20 000 different PR0 pages from different websites (1point/link)
- 400 different PR1 pages from different websites (50points/link)
- 200 different PR2 pages from different websites (100 points/link)
- 100 different PR3 pages from different websites (200points/link)
- 40 different PR4 pages from different websites (500points/link)
- 20 different PR5 pages from different websites (1,000points/link)
Lets take, you have a got a PR 3 blog and Want to sell 5 of its links. Selling it directly to advertisers would require a lot of effort and luck too.Instead,you will get 1000 points /month in your account . Then you have got a choice, buy targeted links from other sites with the points you earned or sell the points to Tnx itself. The price for 1000 points is 0.63 $ currently but it has an weekly inflation of 2 % .So far you earned only 0.63 $ for the links but here, the key lies here:
The Bonuses
For whatever site you sign up and get approved, you’ll get 7000 points as a bonus if you signup now.Now, head off to the DP forums post, paste your ID and get 2,000 more points in your account.Note:Offer for a limited period.
Which makes the tally:1,000 + 7,000 + 2,000 = 10,000 points = 6.3 $
An Impressive 6.3 dollars by no extra efforts
A newly launched affiliate program is just as interesting...
When you bring a new webmaster to the system, you will receive 13.3% of all "TNX-points", he/she will earn in the future (a reward for referring an advertiser is also available). This amounts to almost half of the system's commission! Interest is paid for the lifetime.
Example: When you refer a webmaster to TNX and advertiser pays 100 TNX-Points for a link on your referral's website, your referral (webmaster) gets 75 points and you get 10 points which is 13.3% of his income.No bans , no restrictions, No over changes makes this program a stand out.Text Link Ads referral is a high paying one but how many advertisers/publishers get approved in it to bring you the commission? For me, 1 out of 100* referrals of Text Link Ads gets approved.Google AdSense has some restrictions over promoting the referral products.This program has much scope from the referral point of view for bloggers which doesn't has a wide influential audience.
Its good that they have worked on the minimum site requirements page so that Webmasters can come to know how to increase their chances of getting approved.
In addition to the criteria (number of visitors, PR) we also look at the following:
Security:This site wins it here.Google is strictly against paid reviews, and if you perform a quick site search on Google with ReviewMe.com for lets take John Chow Dot Com, you'll see the inventory right in the search results.Once you are caught by a Googler, you are the next John chow.TNX doesn't reveal all details of the link selling site to the advertisers , so now the Webmasters can sleep freely- site’s idea. There is a huge number of sites in the Internet, and each of them was created for a certain purpose. We want the sites participating in our network to be created for people and not for search bots.
- design, navigation simplicity. We would rather accept a site with plain white background without any graphics rather than a site with irritating composition of sharp colors, blinking banners and dozens of buttons on pages.
- actual and unique content – is the main criteria for an Internet project’s success. Without it the site will become invisible for search engines that might decide that it’s just a mirror of another site.
- domain name. The best names are resonant and short, easily rememberable. We prefer second level domains COM, NET etc.
- site’s theme. We do not welcome entertainment-erotic sites, sites about earnings, pyramids, etc.
- lack of forbidden methods of promotion of site in search engines (for example, link bank, because search engines can delete such sites at any time as soon as they find a violation).
Tip for TNX owners:Give ready made widgets that are compatible with most of the blogging platforms as of current Php, only supported by Wordpress is mandatory.
Conclusion:TNX system has tried to innovate the Link Buying /Selling market.A service newly launched and has got 27,646 users already.If you want to earn some bucks by selling links, are lazy, fear of Google, don't get direct advertisers then TNX is the right choice for your blog
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Looking For A Niche
Finding a niche is no easy matter. Some people look for a high paying niche- but they have no passion. Now, the only way these people can keep their website or blog alive is if the high paying niche is complimenting their single passion-money. And the money is coming in. Which is a nice thought, I must admit. If you can maintain a business on a subject matter that you could care less about and make a lot of money off of it-I must congratulate you. It's hard to do. I tried to create a different blog on a different subject matter-the subject matter-I could care less about. I killed the blog, because I knew that I just couldn't muster up the thought matter even to write about it.
So, don't get discouraged if a niche market idea doesn't float into your brain right away. Take your time, make a list of all the things you do, and the things you like to do, and the things you would like to do. You get my meaning?
So, is finding a niche important? Yes. In my article, I try to give you some ideas about finding a niche and doing the research. It's important-that is-the research is. My article will explain why.
If you want to get into Affiliate Marketing you will need to find a niche. And finding a niche can be a heavy burden. Before I give you some thoughts on finding your niche and what to consider, let’s first define it.
A Niche Defined
A niche market is a market that is targeted not for the majority of the population, but for a subset of the population. Metaphorically speaking - it is one egg in your basket of many eggs. Now if you can find a niche market that isn't being met by a potential market, you can see a profit.
For the small person the niche market is ideal. Why? These ventures are not pursued aggressively by large business because of a lack of interest or a lack of awareness.
What's the key to the niche business? Grabbing a niche that is not already owned by an established company or person. Example of a niche: Small Business Market, Home Office Market, you get the idea-as you can realize from looking at these two examples – additional drilling down to a more targeted market is possible.
Finding a Niche
1. What are your interests? This is where a lot of soul searching will have to come into play – along with whether it is a passion. If it is not a passion, you may have a problem sustaining your interest. Your passion can be a hobby, an interest you pursue on your day off, or an extension of your 9 to 5 job. (Sometimes your hobby can be rather limited, thus, not giving you enough material to write about over a long period of time-that’s why you need to research your topic)
2. Does, or can your interest, be easily meshed with different Affiliate Programs.
3. Research your niche: Is there a need that is not being met by the others that you will be competing with. You can do varied searches in Google, Yahoo and MSN to get the flavor of what is out there. Look over their websites, ads, etc. to get an idea of where you can position yourself.
Let me elaborate on point 3. I will begin by saying, you need to do research, but that does not mean copying what you find and using it to build your website. That is definitely not your own voice, but another. Yes, for those new to online marketing, the Internet is a big place, but copying without permission is stealing. You need to use your own voice. Nothing can be more aggravating, irritating and lawyer ridden then copying a website or content (where the author has not given you permission to copy).
Don’t think they can find you? Think again. If they are polite, they will ask you first to take down the offending pages, in a not so nice email. And if you choose to ignore their email, expect to be talking to their lawyers. Sadly, you may have unknowingly ended your online career even before it began.
Once you have found your niche, did your research and you know your niche has a ready-market; it’s time to start setting up your Affiliate Plan to getting online.
Note: If you find no competition, that could be a good sign or a bad sign: 1) it could mean others have tried and failed to reach the proposed market; or 2) your would-be competitors haven’t found the niche yet. Test market.
To conclude, before putting all your eggs in one basket, do your research before moving forward. It can save you a lot of time and money.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at: My Affiliate Place for free tools, articles, ebooks, how to info, affiliate opportunities, tech accessories, security software and computers for your online business.
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So, don't get discouraged if a niche market idea doesn't float into your brain right away. Take your time, make a list of all the things you do, and the things you like to do, and the things you would like to do. You get my meaning?
So, is finding a niche important? Yes. In my article, I try to give you some ideas about finding a niche and doing the research. It's important-that is-the research is. My article will explain why.
Finding Your Niche
By Vickie J. Scanlon
If you want to get into Affiliate Marketing you will need to find a niche. And finding a niche can be a heavy burden. Before I give you some thoughts on finding your niche and what to consider, let’s first define it.
A Niche Defined
A niche market is a market that is targeted not for the majority of the population, but for a subset of the population. Metaphorically speaking - it is one egg in your basket of many eggs. Now if you can find a niche market that isn't being met by a potential market, you can see a profit.
For the small person the niche market is ideal. Why? These ventures are not pursued aggressively by large business because of a lack of interest or a lack of awareness.
What's the key to the niche business? Grabbing a niche that is not already owned by an established company or person. Example of a niche: Small Business Market, Home Office Market, you get the idea-as you can realize from looking at these two examples – additional drilling down to a more targeted market is possible.
Finding a Niche
1. What are your interests? This is where a lot of soul searching will have to come into play – along with whether it is a passion. If it is not a passion, you may have a problem sustaining your interest. Your passion can be a hobby, an interest you pursue on your day off, or an extension of your 9 to 5 job. (Sometimes your hobby can be rather limited, thus, not giving you enough material to write about over a long period of time-that’s why you need to research your topic)
2. Does, or can your interest, be easily meshed with different Affiliate Programs.
3. Research your niche: Is there a need that is not being met by the others that you will be competing with. You can do varied searches in Google, Yahoo and MSN to get the flavor of what is out there. Look over their websites, ads, etc. to get an idea of where you can position yourself.
Let me elaborate on point 3. I will begin by saying, you need to do research, but that does not mean copying what you find and using it to build your website. That is definitely not your own voice, but another. Yes, for those new to online marketing, the Internet is a big place, but copying without permission is stealing. You need to use your own voice. Nothing can be more aggravating, irritating and lawyer ridden then copying a website or content (where the author has not given you permission to copy).
Don’t think they can find you? Think again. If they are polite, they will ask you first to take down the offending pages, in a not so nice email. And if you choose to ignore their email, expect to be talking to their lawyers. Sadly, you may have unknowingly ended your online career even before it began.
Once you have found your niche, did your research and you know your niche has a ready-market; it’s time to start setting up your Affiliate Plan to getting online.
Note: If you find no competition, that could be a good sign or a bad sign: 1) it could mean others have tried and failed to reach the proposed market; or 2) your would-be competitors haven’t found the niche yet. Test market.
To conclude, before putting all your eggs in one basket, do your research before moving forward. It can save you a lot of time and money.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon -- Visit her site at: My Affiliate Place for free tools, articles, ebooks, how to info, affiliate opportunities, tech accessories, security software and computers for your online business.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Mười điều nghịch lý trong cuộc sống.
Trong buổi sinh hoạt chính trị đầu khóa, không biết thầy Huỳnh Công Ba tự nghĩ ra, hay copy của ai đấy Mười điều nghịch lý trong cuộc sống mà khi đọc lên đám sinh viên trong hội trường vỗ tay wá trời.
Mình cũng xin thầy gởi cho cái mail có 10 điều ấy:
hết giờ rùi.. chút post tiếp
Vỗ tay nào!
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hết giờ rùi.. chút post tiếp
Vỗ tay nào!
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