My Biggest Money Maker this 2011

I will be inactive for a week because I will be looking for an offline job. But before that I want to share my biggest money maker online this 2011. I have two blogs PC Holics and Ninja Saga Cheats. My Ninja Saga Cheats blog is the key for my online earnings as I get 1000-2000 PVs a day on this blog. I am serving ads from the following ad networks.

Google Adsense

I recently got an Adsense PIP (Payment in Progress) status on my Google Adsense account. I will be receiving $126.50 this April 22. Thanks for my Ninja Saga Cheats blog. I acquired most of the clicks from this blog. Although this blog is having  low CTR and low bid on the keyword, I still made it through the payment threshold.

Infolinks

I will be receiving my first ever infolinks payment for the next 5 months. I earn $2 a week on infolinks. I now got $40. If I can maintain the $2/week earnings, I will reach the $50 payment threshold. Five months seems like forever LOL.

CMF Ads

I receive $8 - $11 monthly on my CMF Ads account. This is due to my Ninja Saga Cheats blog. I am also active on clicking spikes which helps on reaching the said amounts. 

Adgitize

I received my payout last April 9. I got $13 from Adgitize. I will stop adgitizing for a moment as I don't have any active ads on them. The earnings I make on Adgitize depends on whether I will buy an ad or not. I will return after I get an offline job. If you want to learn more about adgitize, read the articles below. That should help you.

• Make Money Online with Adgitize Advertising Network
• Tips on How to Maximize Your Adgitize Earnings
• Reasons on Why and Why Not Advertise with Adgitize

I want to say thank you to all who visit and read my posts. Without you guys, I will not able to make these earnings. Happy Easter everyone! 

Blogger Custom Domain Using NameCheap

I bought two .net domains on Namecheap. One is for my Ninja Saga blog  and the other one is for this blog. I bought .net domains because the .com is no longer available. But why do I use Namecheap instead of other popular sites like Godaddy? When I bought these domains,  my Paypal account is not verified. Namecheap accepts payments from unverified Paypal accounts. Below are the steps on how to achieve perfect redirection in Blogger and Namecheap.


1. Register you account first on Namecheap. After registration, immediately buy your domain name. A step by step instructions will be provided by Namecheap for you to follow.


2. After buying your domain name, open your Blogger account and do the following:




From your Blogger dashboard, select the blog you would like to have a custom domain. Click the "Settings" tab and then the "Publishing" tab located at the top left corner. Click the "Custom Domain" link and after that the" Switch to Advance Settings".


3. Input the domain name which you recently bought. After which you completed all the fields, hit "Save Settings". Review your settings, put a check on the redirect to box as seen below:

4. Login to your Namecheap account > Click on My Account > Manage Domains


5. Click on the domain name which you set for blog. Click on URL Forwarding under Host Management located on the left corner.

6. Enter the Following details

7. Hit Save and you are done!

Youtube and Search Engine Optimization?

YouTube has grown into an authority site. It gained its popularity as a public video sharing website. Uploading and sharing videos can be done conveniently on YouTube. But that's not the only thing that can be appreciated with YouTube. It can also be used as a medium to search engine optimization. 

Millions of people logged on everyday in search for videos that provide their current need. Be that instructional or informational in nature. As you all know, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine! Of course Google is the first one. And also FYI, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. This gives birth to the Youtube SEO. 

How to do SEO on YouTube?

Youtube = Video SEO. Video SEO is an online marketing strategy for optimizing videos that elevates the search engine ranking of a website. As millions of people search for videos everyday, it makes sense to take this opportunity to advertise and promote websites to gain maximum traffic and exposure. Not only traffic, but also an opportunity for link building.

How do you actually promote your website and gain traffic on YouTube? How about the link building? On YouTube, you can upload a video with clickable links or watermarks using a software. The clickable link could be your website url. You could also put your website's logo on your videos. And imagine if this video went viral.

On the description of the video you could also put your website url. And when someone re-post the video on their own channel, websites, Facebook page, twitter and other social media sites, the title, description and tags are automatically included unless deleted by poster.

You could also post comments and video responses. There, you could put video links as responses and you can invite more viewers to your own. If you could also create your own video or at least could edit one, you can recommend your website at the beginning or at the end of the video for more information. 

Ideal for link building and SEO isn't it?

Worried about High Bounce Rate

I have 2 blogs. Blog 1 has 45% bounce rate! A good hallmark for my blog. Blog 2 however has 85% bounce rate. This means that my blog 2 is not doing a good job. And I am worried on how keep it down.

First of all what is Bounce Rate? This definition comes from Google Analytics.
" Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page."

High Bounce Rate could mean...

Mismatched keyword and content. I got some searches from a keyword that my blog does not have.I've checked on them and it actually got 100% bounce rate from the post and has an average time of 1 second.

Unclear navigation and crappy blog design. In this case,I think I don't have this error. My blog 2 loads faster and has a user friendly environment. When visitors get confused they tend to leave the website for good!


Technical Problems on blog. This is a free hosted blog, I never had experienced technical problems.

What should I do?

I am working on my blog now. I think I have problems with my keywords. I am gonna rework them.

Content is king? No it's traffic

Quality content is useless without quality traffic. Traffic bring in sales and leads and  quality traffic generates revenue for you. I have 3 blogs. Blog 1 has 2000 visitors a day, blog 2 has 50 visitors a day and blog 3 having 200 visitors a day. Which of the blog making me the most money? You might be thinking it is blog 1, but it is not. It is blog 3. You see, income depends on the quality of traffic and of course on the product that you are selling. So talking about traffic, I have listed my top 5 traffic sources. Here they are.

1. SEO and Search Engines
Majority of my traffic comes from Google. I ranked 1 on some sort of targeted  keywords and phrases which brings in 70% of my quality traffic. How did I do that? I build a lot of quality one- way link from related sites. My other blog also got 1000 pages. Do not just create 10-20 pages. It takes time to make a thousand pages but think about your blog as long term business.

2. Article Marketing
Write short articles related to your site and place keyword links on the resource box. That way you get strong backlink plus visitors who may click on the resource box. Now where to submit this articles? One of the best is Ezine Articles. It works for me. Just try it.

3. Pay Per Click Advertising
This might be expensive but it is the quickest way to get quality traffic. Google Adwords, for me, is expensive. If you don't like to use money then just skip this step.

4. Social Media Sites
Nothing new here. Facebook, Twitter, Linkdn etc. bring in traffic. I have make Facebook to its full potential in creating quality traffic. I created a fan page and it brings me huge traffic. Most of the traffics here were temporary but It will bring you leads overnight. Do not also forget the power of YouTube! Create videos and have it watermark with your link.

5. Email Marketing
I actually suck at this and I actually pay someone to do it for me. Collecting emails is such a pain. But I learn a tactic on how to do it. Give free reports with exchange of their email addresses. That way you get repeat visitors. You can bombard them any offers you want. And oh don't be a spammer. That would make them unsubscribe. Write in your email viral messages, detailed information and make it at least once a week. That way you are making some bond with them and they might recommend you to their friends or co-workers.

That's it.  That was my top 5 traffic sources. How about you? Am I missing something important here? Tell me. I am interested to learn =)

Choosing the Good Domain Name

Let us talk about how to choose a good domain name. But as you can see, this blog has no domain name. Maybe you will ask me why am I teaching you how to choose a good domain name when my blog doesn't have one. Okay guys, to tell you the truth I think I have no plan to buy a domain for PC Holics. And here are the reasons.

• I am poor, can't afford buy one.
• I am happy right now with this blog.
• If I buy a domain name, I want hosting too which I can't also afford the monthly bills
• This is a small blog, not a business blog. So I think it is reasonable not to acquire one.

Now that you know,  let us talk about choosing the good domain name for your business website. As long as you start a website, you will have to acquire a domain name specially if its for your business.

So what is a domain name? A domain name is the root part of the address that you type in your browser. Example is www.facebook.com, www.twitter.com etc. And what about the www.facebook.com/home.phpdfffh454545? - Those are now called pages of the address. 

Why Acquire a Domain Name

You need a domain name for the following reasons. It could be one of them.

• You have a business and you have a website.
• You have a niche blog where you earn money from selling ads and or eBooks etc.
• An organization, or any kind of group. Charity group etc.

You may want to consider these also in choosing a good domain name.

• A short name that is easy to spell and that people will remember after they have heard someone mention it on the radio or if they read about it two days ago.
• A name the is built from the nr 1 keyphrase your are targeting with SEO
• A name that does not conflict with trademarks or business names already in use in your target market (or you could lose your domain to a trademark holder)
• A name you want to live with for many years (a lot of your marketing is tied to the domain name)
• A name without hyphens if possible
• A .COM or country specific domain for your business
• A .ORG or country specific domain for your organization

Tips for your Business Website

• Branding is important to your business, so choose a domain name that is short and memorable. If you have long name for your business. Get a domain name with the short version of your business.
• Always acquire a .com or a specific country extension if most of your visitors are coming from a specific country. Example: .com.ph , .co.uk
• Do not use a domain name with hyphens. It would be difficult to remember. Thus, you are losing some potential customers. 
• If you wish to use.net or other extensions like .biz, make also a .com version of them and redirect them to your .net or .biz website. Users are most likely to type .com on the address bar. 

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