Google AdSense Rewards Content with Advertising Revenue If you've been looking for an easy way to increase your website's revenue, Google AdSense may be your answer.Google AdSense is a phenomenal new advertising revenue program that is taking the Internet by storm. It was specifically designed to enable content rich sites to increase their advertising revenue simply by displaying Google AdWords ads. The concept is simple.If you have a quality site that provides content, such as articles, you may qualify to display Google AdWords text ads on your web pages. If your site is approved, you will receive a portion of the pay-per- click payment.The great thing about Google's sophisticated advertising system is that the ads that display on your web pages are relevant to your content. They scan each page to determine what your page is about and display the ads accordingly. This will increase your click-through rate considerably, as relevant text ads combined with quality content are highly effective. Although the AdSense program is free to apply, your site will be reviewed and must be approved in order to begin displaying the ads. As there have been many sites turned down, you'll need to ensure your site meets Google's criteria prior to applying. You can find the guidelines at the following web address: https://www.google.com/adsense/policiesThey're basically looking for quality sites offering content. The keywords here are "quality and content." If your site is under construction, loaded with advertising and/or broken images and links, don't even waste your time applying, as you won't be accepted. However, if you have a quality site and provide your visitors with content, you will most-likely be accepted. The more content pages you have, the more advertising revenue you can make. It's really that simple. If you don't have your own content, there is a wealth of content available on Internet completely free. Subscribe to any of the following article announcement groups to receive new article submissions each day:Article Announce - All types of articles AABusiness - Business oriented articles, including: Business, Ecommerce, Sales, Networking, Business Communication, Internet Marketing, Promotion, etc. AAInternet - Internet oriented articles, including: Ebooks, Ezines, Search Engines, Web Design, Web Development, Web Sites, etc. AAHome - Home and Family oriented articles, including: Parenting, Relationships, Cooking, Recipes, Crafts, Gardening, Home, etc. AAHealth - Health and Fitness oriented articles, including both physical and emotional health. AAGeneral - General Interest oriented articles.With your subscription to any of the above groups, you'll not only receive new article submissions delivered to your email, but you'll also have access to the archives which contain thousands of quality articles.Visit the following web address for further information: http://www.web-source.net/articlesub.htmOnce you've located articles that are relevant to your website, simply create a page for each. For example, if you find ten appropriate articles, you can create ten new content pages in which you can display Google AdWords ads. Not only will you be adding valuable content for your visitors, but you'll also increase your website's traffic and revenue. It's a win-win deal no matter how you look at it.Once your site has been approved, you simply select the style of ads you'd like to display and paste the code into your web pages where you'd like the ads to display. Although all of the ads are text ads, there are currently four layout options to select from: • Standard 468 x 60 banner format (displays up to 2 ads) • Vertical 120 x 600 skyscraper ad (displays up to 4 ads) • Horizontal 728 x 90 Leaderboard (displays up to 4 ads) • 300 x 250 Inline rectangle (displays up to 4 ads)Although all four ad styles can be effective, the "skyscraper" ads placed toward the top right side of your page or the "Leaderboard" ads placed at the top of the page generally will provide a higher click-through rate than the other two styles.However, each page is different and will produce different results. For this reason, you may want to test your pages and display the style that produces the highest click- through rate.Once you begin displaying the ads on your website, you can visit Google and log in to your account to see how the ads are performing. You can view the number of impressions, clicks, click-through rate and your earnings. If you're concerned about displaying ads that may compete with products or services you're promoting, Google offers an option to filter out unwanted ads. In addition, you can display the ads along with any affiliate programs you may be promoting, as long as the ads don't look like Google ads.Google AdSense is the hottest advertising revenue program on the Internet. Isn't it about time you got paid for your content?

Tips on how to make your site stand out

With so many blogs being created every day, it’s a mystery to many bloggers how to make their blog stand out. There are many types of blogs or purposes for blogs and a certain number of tactics are applicable to just about all of them, so here is a “short” list of tips for marketing and optimizing a blog: Decide on a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com or directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com. Avoid hosted services that do not allow you to use your own domain name! Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and Moveable Type are my favorites. Customize blog look and feel templates - aka design. Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research. Optimize the blog: Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary) Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality. Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking. Setup Google acount for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission. Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll. Format archived posts, related posts. Enable statistics for tracking - Performancing, Google Analytics, ClickTracks. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines. Engage in an ongoing link building campaign. If podcast or video content are available, submit to Podcast and Vlog directories. Submit blog url to paid directories with categories for blogs - Yahoo, BOTW, bCentral, WOW, JoeAnt. Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it. Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence. Post regularly. If it’s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it’s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post. Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you’ve made. Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. If they like your site, they will link to you. Remember when web sites were a new concept and the sage advice to print your web address everywhere you print your phone number? The same advice applies for your blog. Of course if you don’t want to do it yourself, you can always have me do these things (and more) for you, but I realize that there are quite a few personal bloggers as well as small business bloggers looking for this kind of information. I hope it’s helpful. Best Regards, Jeff.