The next step in my quest of trying different ad networks was signing up for an in-text ad network. Originally I wanted to use Intellitxt, but they have a stiff pageview requirement that none of my sites currently meet. Luckily, I was able to get in on a special partnership with Kontera that accepts blogs […]

A particularly easy way to make money online is by syndicating other news sources. This was once a tactic used only by spammers, but it has developed into a popular and legitimate way of making money online.
The idea is pretty basic: using a blog (a free Blogger account will do just fine), you can scrape […]

I have discovered a little secret to drive your blog’s post views up. This is not so much a secret though, as it is a simple technique. I started using this technique last month, and now - according to G analytics - readers are now spending several minutes on my blog at a time.
Have you […]

If you have an established blog of any level, chances are you get a lot of backlinks to your site that Technorati and Google don’t pick up on right away. Well, if Technorati doesn’t discover these links within 100 days, it throws them out. Basically worthless links as far as Technorati is concerned. The trick […]

One aspect of SEO that doesn’t get enough attention is internal linking. Recently on one of my blogs, I achieved a PageRank of 4. However, traffic for the blog remained at about 40 uniques a day even after Google adjusted my PR.
Now, I am finally seeing my traffic grow. The reason? I blame internal linking. […]

Google’s AdSense is known as one of the best CPC (cost per click) advertising programs on the web. AdSense’s love-child, AdSense Referrals, uses a strictly CPA (cost per action) technique to drive users to Google products. How can AdSense Referrals be used, and more importantly — will you make money with them?
First, let’s take a […]

I love WordPress, and think it’s the best blogging platform by all means. However, I always find it annoying that it doesn’t support YouTube or Google Videos by default.
The easiest way to fix this is just turn the visual rich editor off. To do this, go to your account page from the admin panel and […]

How do you make monetize a web forum? That’s a question I’ve been trying to solve for ages now. I may have the answer for you.
Forums can be a particularly difficult interface to make a profit from. The key is that a forum needs to be analyzed as a web application instead of an article […]

Many factors will determine how successful your blog is. I have always said content is key. However, the truth is that there is one simple thing your blog needs to be successful.
Inbound links. No matter what your site is about, how search-engine-optimized it is, or how great your posts are, your blog will fail if […]

So you see the potential in social content promotion, and want to make your own digg-like website? You can do it in 5 minutes. Here’s how.

Download the latest version of Pligg, the open-source CMS
Create a mysql database. Example “pligg.”
Note - Have your database name, username, password, and
host handy before installing
Rename config2.php.default to config2.php. Do the […]