I’ve put some additional effort into tracking some of the various keywords that I write about for some of my clients. One of the new tools I’m using shows Bing rankings in addition to the more traditional Google rankings. What I’ve noticed can only be considered anecdotal at this point, and has only been observed … Read more
For most of 2010, I wondered whether or not to allow third-party ad networks in Google AdSense on my websites. I decided to carefully ad the different ad networks a couple at a time and then determine whether or not they seemed to have an adverse effect on my AdSense earnings. That was a tricky … Read more
One of the dumbest things the SEO world ever spawned was the 300 word blog post or the 300 word article. Way back in the day, there was a sort of consensus among search engine researchers that followed Google and used their knowledge to instruct website owners in the practice of search engine optimization that … Read more
Google pushed out a set of updates to its search ranking algorithm in the first couple months of the year. These changes affected websites and webmasters in waves, with the first update hitting one set of the so-called content mills, and the second wave hitting those who got missed the first time around. After much … Read more
Like most writers engaging in the enterprise of writing to make money online, I use Google Analytics as one of the ways to track how much traffic comes to my various websites and articles, and just as importantly, where they come from. Like most things Google, Analytics is a free utility offered to any webmaster … Read more
Continued from first page How Content Mills Beat Google. The most well-known Google ranking signal is the number of incoming web links pointing at a webpage. A webpage with 500 incoming links is considered “better” than one with 20 incoming links. While those other ranking signals may have some impact where pages have link counts … Read more
What happened to WonderWheel on Google search? For those of you webmasters and bloggers who like using Google’s WonderWheel tool, there was an unexpected surprise that came with the new Google Instant search rollout. It seems that Google thinks that the functionality of Wonder Wheel is handled by the ever changing search results and suggestions … Read more
A lot of WordPress themes claimed to be optimized for AdSense. When you look at them, what they really mean is that they included some spots for you to put AdSense ads by default. Some of them will actually fill in Google AdSense ads automatically if you put in your AdSense account ID number. That … Read more
These days it seems like everyone is an expert on Google AdSense. Unfortunately, that is not entirely true. Worse, much of the expert advice out there is based on old information or ideas that were never true in the first place. Either way, following bad AdSense advice can cost you a lot of money. Here … Read more
There is a lot of information out there about how to make money with Google AdSense. Most of it boils down to some version of: Research Keywords Write Keyword Optimized Posts or Pages Build Backlinks to Optimized Articles Move Up in Search Engine Rankings Profit If this sounds about right to you, I have some … Read more
Let’s face it, the fastest and easiest way to make money writing online is by generating a truckload of good, solid, easy to write, usable content, just like you do every day as a skilled writer. Then, sign up for Google’s advertising program and get approved for Google AdSense and put some well placed ads … Read more
The best WordPress themes for writers need more than just a simple design to make the reader “focus on the text.” They need to be usuable for professional writers to display their work to a wide audience and make money from their writing, not just for the vanity of publishing something online. Here are some requried features.