Want to know which blog theme will earn you the most money?
It's a common question on most web related forums - "What blog should I make to get the highest income?". Often the response involves focussing on keywords related to insurance, attorneys, health, and medicine. So what next?
From the information provided, most people go on to creating a blog focussed on one of the keywords mentionned above. They copy/paste or rewrite articles found on Google or Wikipedia, then sit back and relax.
A week or so later they check their Adsense earnings. $0? Fair enough, it is a fairly new blog, so they add a few more articles or try to keyword-stuff their own random, uneducated attempts. They also submit their link to search engines and online directories, maybe even covering some basic search engine optimisation.
Another week goes by...
Maybe a click or two? Some people are just lucky. For those who aren't, don't worry! You're only about $0.13 behind. Time for some more link building?
A month or so later...
... and another view of your dissapointing account balance.
"Fine, I give up!"
So HOW do I make money on my Blog!?
It's simple, Stop focussing on your earnings!
It probably sounds like I've lost my mind completely, but here me out.
A blog is nothing without users. A constant flow of traffic (both new and returning visitors) makes your blog "healthy". Focussing on them and quality content is what will make your blog successful.
From having quality/unique content, other blogs, websites, and social bookmarking sites will link to you, further increasing your traffic levels, potential returning visitors, and your search engine results position.
So how do you provide this content? It's easy, focus on a topic that interests you!
Blogging on a topic you have a passion about will help you through those hard, early days where getting noticed can be a bit of a struggle. But, once you begin to get a following, place adverts in subtle yet high-income visual positions (such as the top of the page, at the beginning of an article, or just above the comments etc).
With a reliable constant flow of incomming traffic (and returning visitors), there is a higher chance of your adverts being clicked upon, with a greater number of (advert) page impressions.
So, don't focus on high paying keywords, focus on blog users and content. Doing so will in effect gain you more traffic, exposing more of your adverts, giving YOU a greater chance of earning money from your blog.
Showing posts with label adsense. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
The Best Blog Niche for Making Money
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Google AdWords Traffic & Cost Estimator
Today I came accross a very useful tool for Google AdSense and Google AdWords users. Namely, the Google Traffic Estimator.
The results given in this tool include keywords/minimum bid, maximum CPC/predicted status, search volume, estimated average CPC, estimated ad positions, potential clicks per day and potential cost per day. All without the requirement of either signing up to AdWords or logging on.
It is worth noting at this point that the tool does not keep track of the history and various other settings/stats you are given when logged into the AdWords site, but it is still very useful for those who wish to check out the cost per click for the keywords they are attempting to target their webpages to.
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