My Journey as a New Blogger

I started AdSense and Affiliates in July 2006. This was my journey sharing my experiences as I learned how to use marketing tools such as Google AdSense and Affiliates to generate an income.

This poor blog hasn't been updated in months due to me developing other blogs, you can view my other blogs I author on the sidebar. The Blogger Resource blogs are to help other newbies and has become one of my favorite niches. As you can see I have chosen some other topics as well, so stay tuned as you see them grow in popularity.

I thought I had things all figured out for using the Classic Template on Blogger, then they introduce the Beta Blogger and change the HTML template on me.

I then had to start another blog relating to the New Version of Blogger (formally called Beta) for the newbies that were just coming on board. They will need something other than what I had been writing about on the Classic Blogger Resources, this blog is only for anyone still using the Classic Template or anyone that has decided to Revert to Classic Template after the migration to the New Version of Blogger.

I had to learn from scratch all over again the new and improved methods for the New Version of Blogger Resources for anyone using the Layout and Page Elements. I want to relate to the newbie and what they are going through as they build their blog.

I would appreciate the referral to other newbie bloggers that you may personally know. I have dedicated many hours of research and hard work to make it all easier for them. Follow the tips and step-by-step instructions in these two resource blogs and you or your friends will be well on your way to being a great blogger.

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AdSense Secrets

Adsense Secrets
By Joan Masterson

Pst! Wanna know some Adsense secrets? The only secret is that there are no secrets per se!

Do a search for Adsense secrets and you will be bombarded by a myriad of ads by trying to sell you the answers to making lots of money with Adsense.

Before you buy anything, my advise to you would be to do some research on a search engine and a bit of common sense. There are literally hundreds of forums where you can pick up valuable information, as well as hundreds of articles that have been written on the subject of Adsense........

Most of the answers are out there for you to find it you will put in a little bit of work. If you buy any of the ebooks available out there, you might find one little nugget of information that you may not have seen anywhere else, but I promise you: most of the time everything is out here on the Internet - all you have to do is search for it. Here are some of the search terms that I personally have used with great results:

increase adsense income

increase your adsense income

adsense experiments

adsense adsense tricks

adsense tips

What I can tell you from my own experience is this:

1. Ads at the top of the page and on the left of the page perfom better than any other ads. (Take a look at the "heatmap" from the Google link below)

2. Ads without background colour and borders perfom better than ads within borders with background colour.

3. Ads within content pages perform better than any other ads.

4. A search box on every page gives you another chance for earning Adsense income.

5. A blue link at the top of the ad, the ad in black, and the url also in black so that it blends in with the ad copy - also tends to perform well. A black url makes the link stand out and gives you a better chance of someone clicking on it.

Google has brought out some great Adsense optimization tips. You can read it here: Google Adsense optimization tips

Experiment with your settings and see which brings you the best results. Google's reporting has become a lot better in the last month or so, so you should instantly be able to see which ads result in better CTR.

To increase your site traffic, which obviously will increase your Adsense income, the best way to get traffic is to have fresh content at your site. Write your own articles and submit it to article directories like Go Articles etc. To find more article directories, just do a search for "free article directory submissions" on a search engine like Google.

Another way would be to publish articles by other authors that are relevant to your site content. You can find free articles all over the web by once again doing a search for e.g. "free site content".

Do this on a regular basis and watch your traffic (and your income) increase.

Joan Masterson is the owner of http://www.womenatwork.co.za - and http://www.set-4-success.com - sites that offers free work at home resources and information

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joan_Masterson

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Free SEO Tools - Free Search Engine Submission

I have never been on any web site that explained so much about the meta tags, robots.txt generator, keyword density and popularity. You will appreciate these free SEO tools from Sitesubmit. Your free account takes only minutes to open and will give you tutorials for getting your site ready to submit to search engines. This is where I found several links that were not working because I was tweaking my blog one day and forgot to put my links back in the template. All these things are good to know and I'm sure you'll find some things that need fixing also. I completed the tutorials and they even give you a grade on your website/blog as to how well you did......

OK, so I only got a C grade with a "Certificate of Completion" with the html code for you to place on your site showing off your status. I have lots of things left to improve upon but for a newbie I was pretty happy with that!! :) Bronze isn't good enough for me though, so I'll continue to strive for the "gold" and work on areas that still need improvement. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Sitesubmit.ca SEO Certificate

The Testing Wizard will guide you through the following tasks:

• Link Checker - checks for broken links

• Keyword Density Analysis - Check if your top keyword appear the correct number of times

• Robots.txt - checks for your websites robots control file and shows you which portions of your site are allowed to be indexed

• Robots view - See how web indexing robots/spiders see your site

• Meta Tag checker - lets you see if your meta tags are the correct length and how they relate to the text on your page

• Page Size Check - shows you how big your page is

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