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Showing posts with label blog directory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog directory. Show all posts

9/4/07

Get More Clicks With Adsense



Tips for click thru rate (CTR)

Blend Adsense ads into your writings.

Sometimes going against the rules can help, try making the ads stand out from the rest, sometimes it works.

Visitors generally view websites from top left to bottom left of the screen, put ads into those areas.

Try testing Adsense using different colors in the title and borders.

But don't go over board because almost everyone that has been on the internet for any length of

time, has become so accustomed to seeing banners and other flashy ads that most

people have what is called 'ad blindness", that is, when they visit a site they are automatically
turned off or they ignore anything that looks like an ad.


Do not clutter up your blog with loads of ads or you you will wind up loosing money and visitors, I suggest no more then 2-3 Google Adsense ads on one page.

Placing an image next to a text advertisement works well because images draw peoples attention, If you look at my logo at the top of this page you will notice a tiny ad placement.

Just make sure you don't go against the rules of Adsense ,
make sure the images you place are related to your site.


Tips for earning per clicks (EPC)


If you have ever felt that your ad is being undervalued, it probably (is) Make sure there are no junk ads being placed on your blog from Adsense, If you find that this is the problem then

ban them, remove them by using your Adsense block list so that they don't show up anymore.

You want serious advertisers that are going to pay good money in exchange for your traffic not the crappy MFA junk sites.

(websites that have no redeeming value except to get web visitors to the website for the sole purpose of clicking on advertisements MFA).

try using the Google Adsense Preview Tool to identify those MFA sites.


Tips for ad impressions

Increasing your ad impressions sometimes simply means increasing your Blog traffic.

while there are a lot of ways to generate traffic for your blog, I will give you a few ways that you can increase it.

Proper SEO
make sure you follow the basics do not fool around with the title tags or anchor text,

Get active in forums thatare related to your industry, speak politely, give help, and refer to your own websites whenever appropriates. if you just spam other peoples blogs your sure to get IP banned or hazed (yes I will throw a rock at you if you spam bloggertactics) :)

make sure to sign up with digg, deli.cio.us, reddit, technorati… Get your self listed with the blog Directory's .


Offline advertisement

Have your friends and family promote your blog,


Make bumper stickers and pass them out, give them to your friends.

I was reading.. an article the other day about how everyone looks at bumper stickers when driving, there a eye magnet at stop lights.



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9/3/07

How To Get Indexed On Google And Other Blog Directory's

How Do I Get Indexed On Google And Other Blog Directory's
One of the most frequent asked question by bloggers.

The answer is nothing, Google will find your blog if given enough time.

If you cant wait for Google to find you there are a few things you can do.

Get inbound links

The best thing you can do is to get inbound links from sites that have already been indexed by the search engines.

When the Search engine spider goes to that site to crawl , It will find your link and crawl it as well.

A bonus to having your link on another website is it will also increase your rankings.

However, this is easier said than done unless you have your own site which has already been indexed.


Try finding sites with good page ranking to help your rank go even higher, even a

simple email to the site owner asking to exchange links works wonders. try it.

Submit Your Site To Directories


You can also submit your site to blog or other directories to get inbound links. To make your

Prepare a document with the following information before you start.

Keep this document. It’s your blog’s biography. You’ll have reason to use it as your blog makes friends and influences people.


Your user name.

Pick one with no spaces. Many directories and forums require that, and no one needs too many user names.


Your email address

This email address will get directory updates and be used for verifications. You may want it separate from your personal email address. You’ll need a system to keep track of directory correspondence. Much of the log in/password email that you want to keep will have subject lines that start with blog-something.


Your password

I’m sure you know the cautions and rules about passwords.


The name of your blog

Be sure that you have the spelling, spacing, and everything about the name exactly as you want it. Some directories make it difficult to go back to change it later.


The URL

This is http:// (yourblogname) .com


The feed

Some directories will ask for your RSS or XML feed. You should be able to find that address within your blogware documentation. It will look like your URL with an extension.


The description

Though you’re probably anxious to get done, don’t hurry through this one. This is your advertising, and it will be out there a long time. Again, in some places you may not be able to change it later. Make two versions one under 150 words and one under 300 words. Some directories have stricter length limits.


Keywords

Choose keywords that readers would use to look for a blog like yours. Review them to make certain that they’re not so broad that they apply to every blog, or so narrow that only you would know them.

Then start with one of the lists below. Approach the task as suits your nature. I did a few every day until I was done. That way I could work on writing and do things on other parts of my blog too.

You don’t need to be in every list and you don’t need to carry every link on your blog. So take a look around before you submit.



The best directory to get listed on is the Open Directory. To submit your site to Open Directory, go to How to suggest a site to the Open Directory.

Google, and many other search engines, uses the data of the Open Directory Project. In fact,

Google Directory is taken from DMOZ, so if you get listed in DMOZ, your site is also listed on Google. However, it is VERY hard to get into the Open Directory.

It is easier to submit your blog to blog directories.

Blog Catalog
Blogarama
Blogwise
Globe of Blogs
Bloggernity
Bloghop
Bloghub
Blog Universe

Google directory also has a list of directory's for you to pick from.

Submit URL to search engines

You can also submit your URL to search engines. * i don't bother with the search engines. they dont seem to help all that much.
Submit your URL to Google
ExactSeek - Add your URl
Submit URL to Yahoo
MSN URL Submission


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