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Realizations on Earning Money Online

TechFilipino — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:05:17 +0000

It’s been a while since I had the time to update my blog, it’s been a very hectic time for me and a lot of learning and work needed to be done. I’ve been testing out PPC a year ago and the results have been good, but as every make money online expert would tell everyone, the money’s with Affiliate marketing. So I’ve been focusing my attention and efforts to that ever since.

There are several realizations that I have had as I learn deeper. There is really lots and lots of money to be made online, but like any other job in the world, It ain’t easy. What’s funny is that everyone (including myself) had a view that making money online is easy and fast, but it’s actually hard (especially if you don’t know how to code and program sites) and there’s a lot of science that you need to learn to get around it.

Doing PPC was easy, you could just make whatever website and add PPC ads and you’re all good to go (provided that they’re at the hotspots). However, to earn the big bucks thru Affiliate Marketing (CPA), there’s more to it than just putting ads anywhere. It was somehow like being a sales person, you need to learn what offers people are going to want and how it could be a win win situation for you, the advertiser and the visitor. The most important thing here is traffic, the more traffic the higher potential earnings it can be. Continuous optimization and innovating of ads is what I found that works with most people.

I’m currently looking at other sources of traffic, such as social networks, Ad placements and many other methods. To make good money online, you really have to spend money.

Online Interactive Movies: Survive the Outbreak and Bank Run

TechFilipino — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:07:35 +0000

I’ve stopped blogging for quite some time now, but have been active online. I saw this new and cool website that is all about Movies, movies that you have to interact in order for you to move forward with the story. These interactive movies are just so cool that I had to write about it. There are 2 movies available online by the same company, one called Survive the Outbreak and one is Bank run.

Survive the Outbreak is a movie about zombies, an outbreak happens and a group of survivors reach a safehouse and need to decide what they need to do next. While Bank run is all about a guy who’s caught up with some bank secret.

– Survive the Outbreak Interactive movie –

What’s really cool about the movie is that every minute of video, a choice is to be made by the user on what to do. A wrong decision could kill you and restart the story or let you move on to the story. You could choose different paths by selecting thru which decisions once you do die in the story and continue where you’d want. I found it really fun and different from the usual movie, but it was only short and you pretty much can finish the story quickly (I hope it was a bit longer). I actually like the Zombie flick better, it was more simpler and was a story that was really great for interaction.

– Bank Run Interactive Movie –

You can watch and interact with these movies via these websites: Survive The Outbreak and Bank Run

My choices for the top 5 emerging influential blogs for 2010

TechFilipino — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:32:22 +0000

Every year, in the Philippines Blogosphere, several blogs are nominated to become the top emerging influential blogs in the Philippines. And as a part of the Filipino Blogosphere, I’d be nominating 5 blogs that I believe are influential to me. Here are my list of blogs:

Here is the link on how to join this contest: http://www.influentialblogger.net/2010/05/join-top-10-emerging-influential-blogs.html

WhenInManila.com – Video blogging at its best. Join Vince as he rediscovers the Philippines and adds humor to everything he does!

TekTokTV.com – Attack of the show Philippine style

KikayRunner.com – Women can run and she’ll show you how she does it in style.

TheBloggingAdvertiser.com – Blogging about both advertisers and bloggers, this definitely bridges the gap between both.

SexandSensibilities.com – There are just so many things you can know in life and make sure that you know this topic too! Ana will open a whole new controversial topics online.

Sponsors of the contest: Events and Corporate Video, Budget hotel in Makati, Pinoy Party Food, Copyediting Services, PR Agency Philippines, Budget Travel Philippines, Send Gifts to the Philippines, Black Friday Deals, Roomrent – units for rent, Search Profile Index, and Corporate Events Organizer.

Attending Intel’s workshop on the Hourglass Syndrome, with the Demo on the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7

TechFilipino — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:25:59 +0000

It was very nice of Intel to have invited me over to their event on the Hourglass syndrome, I was fortunate enough to be able to get their in time (considering that it’s Friday Traffic madness, lol!). I’ve always known a lot about softwares but I didn’t always know as much with regards to Computer hardware. It was a challenging topic for me but it was one that I really wanted to learn more about.

Today, I formally learned more about how processors work and I could compare one from the other and most importantly making me wiser whenever I buy new computers and laptops. Aside from the education on processors, we were able to see a demo on the 3 different processors they’re promoting which are the Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7.

The different processors were each explained using omelletes and chefs, which made it really easy and simple to understand (I can’t seem to find the video, but it’s a must see to understand processors better). They also did a demo of the 3 different types of processors, which were the Dual Core, Core i7 975 and Core i7 980x. All of them were subjected to do a same test on rendering an image thru a hardware tester, Core i7 980x was able to finish really quickly and lagging behind for a about 5 seconds was the core i7 975 and the Dual Core was just all over the place and didn’t finish till the whole workshop was already done.

From what I learned, what’s great is that the core i5 and core i7 comes with HD graphics which can play casual games nicely. So far, all I’ve used are the Core 2 Duo which compared to the i7 will be like the turtle and the rabbit. They also demoed the core i7 980x using the game Battlefield 2 Bad company, and it sure got me interested into playing that game (impressive exploding effects, realistic graphics, It’s a must play game!). I must say the intel processors have really impressed me, and it’s only today that I realized how great their products were and how much it meant to us computer users. I could sure use this when I buy a new laptop, I’m just waiting for the next line of Mac laptops to come out and I’m off to buy equipped with my newly acquired knowledge.

I’d like to thank Intel Philippines for the wonderful lunch and the informative workshop and Strategic edge for the invite.

Lot.PH: Philippines’ Real Estate Free Classified Ads Website

TechFilipino — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:59:28 +0000

Our team at Gang Ventures have been working really hard lately, focusing on developing one website that we believe will make a difference. We’re soon going to be ready to release the website in Beta version, and the website’s called Lot.ph. Lot.ph is Philippines’ Real Estate Classified Ads website, dedicated in helping buyers, sellers, brokers, property owners to connect and get the best properties.

Lot.ph did take us a really long time to configure and finish up the project as there were some technical problems we encountered. Luckily, my team was great and they were able to resolve all problems and is almost on the final stages of releasing the first Beta version of the website.

– Full screenshot of Lot.ph (Click the image to enlarge) –

The difference that our website makes is that we make Philippines property listing look clean and formal. This way you’ll be able to justify why a certain Philippines property costs millions, a clean web 2.0 feel and pictures will help you sell fast. These are the features that we our website can do:

Upload Multiple Pictures of you Property
Add a Video to your listing (Will greatly help you in selling or renting your properties faster)
Be “Top Agent” to improve your credibility and reputation
Have a Property ID for each listing, it allows quick referencing.
Google Map of the property
Search properties by different criteria (e.g. buy / sell /rent, number of bedrooms etc.)
Contact the Classified Ads Poster with a contact form integrated in each property listing.
Click here to Check out a sample listing

So far these are the features that our website can do. I do invite everyone to try out our website to see what makes us different. You can visit our website by clicking this link: Philippines Real Estate Classified Ads Website

So what do you think?

Download WordPress 3.0, recently released

TechFilipino — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:25:24 +0000

WordPress 3.0 has recently been released, I was surprised today when I got the upgrade to 3.0 sign on my blog. From what I’ve currently read what’s really great about it is that they merged Single Installation of WordPress and WordPress MU which really makes WordPress more powerful especially when creating community websites (via WordPress MU).

I’m off to update my sites with this new WordPress version, I just hope that it doesn’t conflict with the themes and plugins that I currently use. Fingers crossed!

You can download the new WordPress 3.0 via WordPress.org.

Infect the Philippines and the World with Zombies, play Infectonator World Domination

TechFilipino — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:59:19 +0000

Developing websites lately have been quite tiring, you do get to a point where you just got to relax and take a break. When I do get a short break, I do try to amuse myself with the short mini games available online. One of the latest game that I found interesting is called Infectonator: World Domination. The game is basically about you infecting the world (3 continents) with zombies, what’s real fun about it is that I get to infect the Philippines with zombies! (LOL!) It’s currently one of the most popular game online, I had fun playing it so I thought that I wanted to share it.

I first saw it in Kongregate, and just clicked on it to see what it is. At first, it really looked very basic and old. The graphics just looked like a game that was programmed in DOS. But I gave it a go as it does have a good rating and I have time to spare. Here’s how the game looks like:

– Infectonator World Domination Screenshot –

The objective is simple, you just got to spread the zombie virus and kill everyone to destroy each town. The goal is to spread the virus to the whole world. You get to upgrade your different weapons and your zombies. What’s really cool is that you get to have “special characters” in the game, you get to have “Tank” (from Left 4 dead), “Venom” (Spiderman), “Boomer” (Left 4 Dead), “Michael Jackson” (Zombie version), “Col. Sanders” (Kentucky Fried Chicken), and “Ronald McDonald” (McDonalds Fastfood). Each special zombie has its own specialty and their specialties are just hilarious, each directly linking them to their character. Like Col. Sanders sends out zombie chickens that attacks people LOL!

– Infectonator World Domination Screenshot 2 –

I was able to infect the Philippines with Zombies in a few days (LOL!), it was fun and there were dialogue boxes in Tagalog that were just funny to see. I was able to finish the game in 144 days, a bit slow but it was damn fun to do. I recommend you to try this game, it can really kill your time but make sure to know when to stop otherwise you’ll end up playing it for hours (Believe me…). Once you do finish, do let me know how many days you were able to finish the game. You can play the game by clicking this link: Infectonator: World Domination.

DotPH releases new Registrar Console, different browsers are now compatible and multiple nameserver editing!

TechFilipino — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:52:24 +0000

I’ve been using dotPH’s registrar console for almost a year now, one thing I always complained was the fact that I had to use Internet Explorer as the registrar site can only be opened by it. It wasn’t the most user friendly browser there is and to add to that, it wasn’t user friendly and is tough to manage with a lot of domains. But just a few weeks back, dotPH has emailed me about a new registrar console, which was really really different.

What I truly like about dotPH’s new registrar console is that I can access it from different browsers, which really saves me a lot of time. Also the console is much more of a web 2.0 design, which is very user friendly and simple to use. It is also equipped with AJAX so no need to have the long loading time the page whenever some changes needs to be done. Here are some of the screenshots:

– dotPH Registrar Console (Manage Domains) –

– dotPH domain management –

– The most awaited feature (Editing multiple domain‘s nameserver) –

I was very pleased to see a lot of features which I would’ve wanted to see before. Having spent a year using the console before, it was really time consuming. This time, registrar’s are going to appreciate how easy it is to use this system. I particularly like the editing multiple nameserver feature, which really is something I always wanted after registering a lot of domains (Finally!). However, as my focus leads me elsewhere, you’ll notice that on the first screenshot, my domains are in red. This means that a lot of my domains are expiring and I have no intention to renew. I would just keep a few and focus on developing them. I’ll be announcing my new website development here very soon.

Part 6 Writing Minisite Contents: Ultimate guide to Making Money with Minisites using PPC

TechFilipino — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:59:45 +0000

This is the part 6 of the Ultimate guide in Make money online with minisites using PPC, this is to do with the last and one of the most important part in a minisite which are contents. In the last parts, you’ve already setup your WordPress blog, designed it with free WordPress themes, and have added PPC Ads. This will pretty much make or break your minisite, with great content comes great traffic.

Writing Great Minisite Contents

Minisite Contents will be your main source of traffic thru SEO, what’s important is that we all learn how to write effectively for Search Engine purposes, as well as, for your visitors as well. What you need to really think of when writing is that you should know how to target the right keywords and add supporting keywords to further increase its effectivity.

Step 1: Know your Keywords

You first need to understand the keywords that you’re targeting, you need to know which keywords you should mainly target and the supporting keywords. In this example, for the domain PrinterCart.net, You’d want to obviously target the main keywords, Printer cart and Printer carts. Other keywords, such as Printer Ink cart or HP Printer cart, are supporting keywords that should help you out in targeting and getting the getting ranking in Search Engines.

Step 2: Research, Research, Research…

Take time to research and find out more about the topic you’re writing. Normally, experts recommend that you write based on your interest, this way you write great content as you share your own expertise. You really need to think about your visitors when doing so, remember it’s your visitors that you really write for and what visitors will value. So find out as much as you can and put yourself in the shoes of a visitor, ask yourself, is this information enough?

Step 3: Start Writing

After Researching, you’re now ready to start writing the contents. Whenever I write contents for minisites, I always follow a my own set of rules which is simple yet it does the job quite well.

1. People vs Search Engines

Remember that we should be writing for people than only for search engines. Even if you get the traffic from Search Engines, when people read even just the first sentence it will already be a “Read or close the window / tab”. What we want is that visitors spend as much time as they will / can in our minisite. That way, we can encourage more clicks in PPC ads and encourage repeat visits.

2. Bold

Search Engines value different texts in a website depending on what it’s tagged with. What search engines really give weight to, are words that are bolded. What you need to do is to bold the keyword that you’re targetting to ensure that search engines know what you’d want them to give more weight to.

3. 3 – 5% keyword

Before I used to think that for me to get great traffic, all I need to do is to keep repeating / stuff my article with the same keyword over and over. However, instead of doing myself good, I’ve just got myself ranking lowly in the search results. The reason for that is that Google penalizes websites that overstuff their websites with the same keyword. What you’d need to do is to only repeat the exact keywords you’re targeting only 3 – 5% of the article’s Word Count. For example, If I was targeting “Printer Cart” in a 100 words article, then I can only repeat it 3 – 5 times in the article.

4. Supporting Keywords

Since you can only repeat keywords by 3 – 5%, what you need to do is to focus on looking for synonyms / similar keywords for the word to even help it up. For example, in PrinterCart.net, you could add words like Printers, Printer Ink etc.

5. Adding and Naming Images

Images are also crucial to a minisite, what you need to do is to look for stock photos available (Free Stock Photo Website, SXC.hu) and download images from there. What you need to do next is to rename it first to the keyword you’re targeting. For example, I’d name an image Printer-cart.jpg when I upload to PrinterCart.net. There are a huge number of traffic that I get from image searches from Google, and it will also help you in your quest for SEO.

6. Linking to your other Posts

Internal linking is important in a website to rank highly in SEO. What you can do is to find keywords in your current article that best describes your other article and link it to the other. For example, If I have “HP Printer Cart” in my 100 word article, and I also have written about HP Printer Carts, I need to convert it to a link to the article about HP Printer Carts. And as you have the YARPP (Yet Another Related Post Plugin, in Part 3) plugin for WordPress, it automatically generates it for you at the end of every post. If you

7. Adding Videos

If you can, you could also find supporting videos that can help you bring more value to visitors. The best thing is that videos are free and can be embedded to your minisite, all you have to do is to copy the embed code, Go to the “HTML” tab in the “add new post” page and paste the code where you want it to appear. As your goal is to bring value to your human visitors, adding videos to support your article is just a great way to give more value.

Step 4:Filling up the necessary Fields

After filling up the Title and writing the content for the post, don’t publish your post just yet. You need to fill up 3 more fields to make sure that you make the most of it in Search engines:

1. Fill Up All-in-One SEO

It is important that you fill up the All-in-one SEO fields on the bottom of the post box. This will help you to optimize your page to Search Engines and get higher rankings. You need to fill up 3 things:

Title – Copy and Paste from above
Description – I usually copy and paste the whole article from the content, but it would be best to have a 1 paragraph summary of your whole post in there.
Keywords – Depending on the keywords I target, I would usually add in all the keywords separated with a Comma ( , ).

2. Add Post tags

From the All-In-One SEO “Keywords”, I just copy and paste all the keywords and add it as my post tags.

3. Categories

It would be a great way for you to exploit this to your targeted keywords, this could be done by using the main keywords as your categories in your posts. Again, more for SEO benefits.

Step 5: How much Content / Articles should I add?

One of the questions I had when making a minisite was how much content / articles do I need in a minisite? I cannot fully say how many will be enough this is because of many factors. For example, you could have 3 really long articles of 1000 words each that ranks highly than a minisite that has 10 short articles. The point here is to think “Quality over Quantity”. However, you do have to think that competitors are going to come one day and you better prepare yourself for the worse. What’s typical is about 5 articles per minisite, however I go a little bit further and add 20, this way I have a buffer and in case competitors come along, I know my minisite’s prepared.

Step 6: Add Minisite Pages

You need to add pages in your minisite (Under Dashboard, Pages > Add New), the purpose is to add credibility and allow visitors to contact you. These are the necessary pages that you need:

About Page – What I usually add in my minisites is a 1 paragraph description and its purpose. This is to add credibility to your minisite.
Contact Us Page – You can use the Contact form 7 plugin to make this. All you have to do is to Add a new page (Pages > Add New), and place the code “[contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"]” in the post box. Preview the page and you have an instant contact us page.
Terms of Service / Privacy Policy Page - These pages are meant to protect you from legal cases that could arise, while it is also a legal requirement in certain countries. But what’s important is that people say that it is something that Search Engines look for and gives weight to.

Example of Terms of Service Page:

Terms of Service
By using and/or accessing the Site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions (the “Agreement”). Please review the following terms of this Agreement carefully. If you do not agree to this Agreement in its entirety, you are not authorized to use this Site in any manner or form.

1. Acceptance of Agreement. You agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this Agreement with respect to your use of the Site. This Agreement, together with the Site Privacy Policy, constitute the entire and only agreement between you and INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE with respect to your use of the Site, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and/or understandings with respect to the Site. We may amend this Agreement from time to time in our sole discretion, without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Site, and you should review this Agreement prior to using the Site. By your continued use of the Site, you hereby agree to all the terms and conditions contained within the Agreement effective at that time. Therefore, you should regularly check this page for updates and/or changes.

2. Requirements. The Site is available only to individuals who can enter into legally binding contracts under applicable law. The Site is not intended for use by individuals under eighteen (18) years of age. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age and/or not a citizen of the United States, you do not have permission to use and/or access the Site.
3. License Grant. As a user of this Site, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable and limited license to access and use the Site and associated Site content in accordance with this Agreement. INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE may terminate this license at any time for any reason. You may use the Site on one computer for your own personal, non-commercial use. No part of the Site may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or transfer the Site, Site content or any portion thereof. INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE reserves any rights not explicitly granted in this Agreement. You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE infrastructure. Your right to use the Site is not transferable.
4. Proprietary Rights. The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion, software, services and other matters related to the Site are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary (including, but not limited to, intellectual property) rights. The copying, redistribution or publication by you of any part of the Site is strictly prohibited. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Site. The posting of information or material at the Site by INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE does not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and/or materials.
5. Editing, Deleting and Modification. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit and/or delete any documents, information or other content appearing on the Site.
6. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their respective members, officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and settlement costs), damages, suits, costs, demands and/or judgments whatsoever, made by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Site; (b) your breach of this Agreement; (c) your violation of any rights of another individual and/or entity; and/or (d) your use of any products and/or services provided from an INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE Service Provider Affiliate. The provisions of this paragraph are for the benefit of INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, licensors, suppliers and attorneys. Each of these individuals and entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these provisions directly against you on its own behalf.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SITE AND ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE FROM ONE OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT AS A LIMITATION THEREOF, INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE SITE AND/OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS: (B) THE SITE AND/OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; AND (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. THE SITE MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE UNDERLYING INTERNET CONNECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE, ONE OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATES OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
8. Limitation of Liability. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW FOR: (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE AN INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATE PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE; (B) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED FROM THE SITE, THE SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATE SITE, OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO, THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE OR A SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATE SITE; AND (C) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE SERVICE AND/OR SITE. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, IN THE AGGREGATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND ANY AND ALL OTHER TORTS. YOU HEREBY RELEASE INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION STATED HEREUNDER. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT PERMIT SUCH LIMITATION, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE TO YOU UNDER ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID, IF ANY, FOR INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE SERVICE PROVIDER AFFILIATE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. YOU HEREBY RELEASE INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE. THIS SITE AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THOUGH USE OF THE SITE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO YOU WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.
9. Service Provider AffiliateWebsites. The Site provides links to Service Provider Affiliate and other third party Internet websites and/or resources. Because INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE has no control over such websites and/or resources, you hereby acknowledge and agree that INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE is not responsible for the availability of such websites and/or resources. Furthermore, INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any terms and conditions, privacy policies, content, advertising, services, products and/or other materials at or available from such Service Provider Affiliate and/or other third party websites or resources, or for any damages and/or losses arising therefrom.
10. Legal Warning. Any attempt by any individual, whether or not an INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE customer, to damage, destroy, tamper with, vandalize and/or otherwise interfere with the operation of this Site, is a violation of criminal and civil law and INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE will diligently pursue any and all remedies in this regard against any offending individual or entity to the fullest extent permissible at law and in equity.
11. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in INSERT YOUR AREA HERE and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Philippines (without regard to its conflict of law principles). Should a dispute arise concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or the breach of same by either party hereto, the parties agree to submit their dispute for resolution by arbitration. Any award rendered shall be final and conclusive to the parties and a judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any party from seeking injunctive relief in order to protect its rights pending an outcome in arbitration. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement is personal between you and INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE and governs your use of the Site and/or any INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE service, superseding any and all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements between you and INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Site and/or any INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE service is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision. The parties do not intend that any agency or partnership relationship be created through operation of this Agreement.
AUTHORIZATION BY OBTAINING, OR ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN, SERVICES THROUGH USE OF THE INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE SITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE.

Example of Privacy Policy Page:

INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE does not collect any user information. Information is collected by third party business partners only.

Step 7: If you can’t write, Outsource!

I have to admit that I suck at writing, especially if it is a topic that isn’t my interest. I’ve tried writing for several minisites but I noticed traffic to go up and start dropping over time. My writing is simply for search engines and not really for people, so my point here is that we should learn to admit it and start outsourcing. There are a lot of websites out there that offers this service, however I personally haven’t tried it myself as I hired my own writers. But I recommend outsourcing to keep costs down.

This Post is part of the 6 post series on the Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online with Minisites using PPC

Part 5 PPC Ads (Google Adsense): Ultimate guide to Making Money with Minisites using PPC

TechFilipino — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:59:46 +0000

This is the part 5 of the Ultimate guide in Make money online with minisites using PPC, which is all about adding in PPC ads (Google Adsense) in your minisite effectively. In the last few parts, we’ve already setup your wordpress minisite and have installed and used the complete web design of the site. This is the most important part on this whole process, as even if you get a lot of traffic, if people don’t click the ads then you don’t earn much.

PPC ads with Google Adsense

PPC is the main life revenue stream of a minisite, if done correctly you could earn a lot of passive income. I use Google Adsense on all minisites as this is because it’s one of the easiest to apply to and is credible (it’s Google, you’ll get paid). What’s important is the CTR (Click Through Rate), which means that Out of how many people that come, how many of those click ads. So I’ll go thru my personal techniques to increase CTR.

Step 1: Where to place PPC ads

You have to think about where to place the ads in the page to ensure that it makes the most clicks. What you’d want is to place ads as close to the content as possible, however, I believe that you can’t just clutter all close to the content as it will look really dirty. You’d want to spread your ads around to make it look like a nice website than a minisite. My favorite areas to place ads are:

Header (Usually placed beside the logo of the minisite)
On top of content (Best to be on top of the title of the content or in the middle of the title and the actual content)
Wrapped around the content (The paragraph wraps around the PPC ad)
After Content (Bottom of each article / post)
Sidebar (in the Widget section)

I don’t usually want everything cluttered into one area, it would be best to spread them all out to get the credibility of a website than a minisite.

Step 2: How many Ads are acceptable

You’re allowed to put 3 Ad units and 3 link units, provided that they’re not close to each other.

Ad Units can either be text or image or both, they come in variety of sizes. My favorite sizes are the 336×280, 300×250, 120×600 and 160×600. These are what I found most effective in my minisites.

Link ads are great as it can be blended in as normal links in a minisite, all it takes is blending it in the web design. My favorite sizes are 200×90, 728×15 and 468×15. When used well, these can earn a great deal of PPC revenues.

Step 3: Header

Ad Unit

Some WordPress themes allow you to ad ads beside the logo, either a 468×60 or 728×60 Ad Units. This is great as this is the part where it fits in the first load of the page (before scrolling). It gets a good number of clicks on my minisites.

Link Unit

If you look on the top part (black background) of the header, see how it’s disguised as links to the website but is actually link ads. Usually 728×15 or 468×15 would fit well on the header depending on the space allotted to you by the wordpress theme.

Step 4: On top of Content

Ad Unit

Ad units are great on top of the content, this is because it’s one of the places where the visitors would see first and in the area that they spend most time on. You could chose to have either an image, text or both ads in it. What’s recommended is that if it was text ads then it has to be the same font and color as the rest of the content in your minisite. I get great CTR on this but I found that Link ads do better in this area.

Link Ads

Link units are one of my favorite type of ads on top of the content, it can blend in so well that you won’t even notice that it’s an ad. There’s a special type of link ads that is one of my favorite that I use on almost all minisites that I build. It is the one that is the same as the image above. Here’s how to have it placed in your minisite:















!!!! Insert Google Adsense code Link Unit (200x90) here !!!!





 
!!!! Insert Google Adsense code Link Unit (200x90) here !!!!

All you need to do is first open the "Post Layout" under Settings in the right side of your dashboard. Copy and paste the code given above on the "Before the content" Section of Post Layout. You'll have a similar design as the image above (or like the one I have here in TechFilipino on top of this post).

Step 5: Wrapped Around the Content

Ad Units

What's great about this style is that as users fix their eyes on the content, the ads will also get a chance to capture their attention too. I found that it works well with those minisites that I have that has a lot of contents or text in it. Here's the code to wrap the content around the PPC ad:

!!!! Insert Google Adsense code Ad Unit (336x280 or 300x250) here !!!!

All you need to do is first open the "Post Layout" under Settings in the right side of your dashboard. Copy and paste the code given above on the "Before the content" Section of Post Layout. Make sure to check a post to see if the ad is in the right place. A 336x280 or 300x250 would fit well in this area.

Link Units don't really fit in this area (in my opinion).

Step 6: After the Content

Ad Unit

This is probably one of the supporting ads in the list, end of article usually isn't the most effective but can do pretty well to support the top PPC ads. I personally use 468x60 Text and Image ads in this, as I found that it doesn't need too much scroll (than the taller ones) and can fit pretty well with the content. All you need to do is first open the "Post Layout" under Settings in the right side of your dashboard. Copy and paste the code given above on the "After the content" Section of Post Layout. Check a post to see if the ad is in the right place.

Link Unit

I don't really use this much anymore as I use two link ads on the header, but usually you could add a link ad that are 468x60 on the bottom of the post. Again my thought is always, the less the scroll the better it can be seen or clicked.

Step 7: Sidebar

Ad Unit

Ad Units are the most effective in the sidebar. You could add ad units like 336x280, 300x250, 120x600 and 160x600 (Depending on the width of the sidebar). I always use both text and image ads for my sidebar ads. Depending on the width of the sidebar and how many columns are available are all what you need to consider when you choose the ad size. You can add these ads by using the Widget function (under "Appearance") and using the text widget to insert the Google Adsense code.

Link Unit

Link Units fit only to themes that have a very narrow sidebar. All you need is simply follow the background color and the text color for the ad and it should work out well for you. It is going to look more like navigation which will encourage accidental clicks.

Step 8: AD Design

Whenever I make ads, what I usually think about is the the color of the text and the background. Your main goal is to blend the ad in the minisite, so that it doesn't distract readers too much. This can be done by using the same background color as the website and the font color of the closeby texts. The more the ads look like normal links, the more people are more likely to click it.

This Post is part of the 6 post series on the Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online with Minisites using PPC

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