PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page's PageRank is calculated.
PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.
Not all links are counted by Google. For instance, they filter out links from known link farms. Some links can cause a site to be penalized by Google. They rightly figure that webmasters cannot control which sites link to their sites, but they can control which sites they link out to. For this reason, links into a site cannot harm the site, but links from a site can be harmful if they link to penalized sites. So be careful which sites you link to. If a site has PR0, it is usually a penalty, and it would be unwise to link to it.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Best affiliate programs
Here are a few of the affiliate programs that you can sign up with to help you make money:
Google Adsense - You may or may not be admitted into this program. Google has a lot of rules about who can and can't use their program. If you do get in, remember to never click on your own ads. This is a pay per click program, and if you get caught clicking on your own ads, and you will, you will be dropped from the program fast. These ads are mostly text ads, but are very eye catching and are self-updating. By this I mean that you place the code on your page for an ad and Google figures out which ads to put on which pages for you. This is really easy and is a big money maker for a lot of people
Amazon.com - This program is a pay per sale program. You place a link to a specific product on your Web page. If someone clicks through to Amazon.com and buys something, you make money. A lot of people buy from Amazon, so if you place the right ads on the right pages you just may make money from this.
Commission Junction - Use with caution. This is probably one of the biggest affiliate programs on the Net. Because of this, there are some rules you need to know. If you don't make money in six months they will charge you a fee and close your account. I'm not sure of the exact rule, but I had this happen to me once. This is a pay per sale program, and they have a lot of companies to choose from.
LinkShare - This is also a pay per sale program. They have a lot of companies you can choose to use. Place ads for companies that are similar to your site, and don't choose too many. It's tempting to choose a lot of different companies to place ads to but don't do it. Using the same ads on many different page is actually better for getting your readers to click on them.
Affiliate Fuel - Some of these ads are pay per sale and some are pay per lead. The companies advertising here are different than the kinds of companies and ads you will find on other affiliate programs.
Google Adsense - You may or may not be admitted into this program. Google has a lot of rules about who can and can't use their program. If you do get in, remember to never click on your own ads. This is a pay per click program, and if you get caught clicking on your own ads, and you will, you will be dropped from the program fast. These ads are mostly text ads, but are very eye catching and are self-updating. By this I mean that you place the code on your page for an ad and Google figures out which ads to put on which pages for you. This is really easy and is a big money maker for a lot of people
Amazon.com - This program is a pay per sale program. You place a link to a specific product on your Web page. If someone clicks through to Amazon.com and buys something, you make money. A lot of people buy from Amazon, so if you place the right ads on the right pages you just may make money from this.
Commission Junction - Use with caution. This is probably one of the biggest affiliate programs on the Net. Because of this, there are some rules you need to know. If you don't make money in six months they will charge you a fee and close your account. I'm not sure of the exact rule, but I had this happen to me once. This is a pay per sale program, and they have a lot of companies to choose from.
LinkShare - This is also a pay per sale program. They have a lot of companies you can choose to use. Place ads for companies that are similar to your site, and don't choose too many. It's tempting to choose a lot of different companies to place ads to but don't do it. Using the same ads on many different page is actually better for getting your readers to click on them.
Affiliate Fuel - Some of these ads are pay per sale and some are pay per lead. The companies advertising here are different than the kinds of companies and ads you will find on other affiliate programs.
HostingCon 2009
Great Location for HostingCon 2009:
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
HostingCon 2009 will take place in National Harbor, MD-just 8 miles from Washington DC. Sitting on the Potomac River, National Harbor is a 300-acre development with an array of entertainment, upscale living, artistry, shopping, food and fun.
For residents and visitors, National Harbor offers world-class dining and shopping, signaturefestivals and events, along with thousands of homes within steps of the water. Two of the four piers are a pair of 700-ft.-long structures accommodating large concerts, dinner cruises, light shows and other outdoor events. Water taxis serve Old Town Alexandria, Georgetown and Mount Vernon.
Brought to life throughout the year with festivals, music and more, National Harbor embraces arts and entertainment in various forms.
Plus, Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team, is just across the river, easily accessible by bus or water taxi.
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Monetize WordPress? make money online!
If you’re trying to make money from home, a WordPress blog is an easy way to get started. For the cost of a domain (under $10) and a webhosting starter package (probably less than $30) you can have your own home based business. That business can quickly start to build you active and passive income.
WordPress is a free blogging tool that you can use in many ways. Not only is it easy to set up and use but search engines love it so when you set up your website with WordPress, you’ll get indexed quickly online so that potential customers can find you.
No Technical Skills Required
If you can compose an e-mail and surf the web, you can be a WordPress blogger. There are other blogging platforms out there such as Blogger, Typepad and others but WordPress has a reputation for being the top choice because of it’s scalability, many themes available, user friendliness and search engine friendliness. You can start a Wordpress.com blog for free but it’s very advisable to start off on your very own domain which is very inexpensive. Having your own domain from the start gives you the freedom to do what you want with your website instead of being bound by terms of service with WordPress.
How do you monetize WordPress?
WordPress can show ads for products and services as well as link to other sites with your affiliate hop link built right in. You can put on Google Adsense advertisements and do other contextual ad programs as well. You can make money through several methods on one single
WordPress blog and then you can set up several and link to them from one another so that people who visit one of your blogs may visit another one. There are also companies that will pay you to post articles on your blog with their link embedded in the blog. There are also a lot of other free tools that work with WordPress to help you further monetize your online approach. There are various multi-column themes to choose from that are free and you can also order premium WordPress themes as well as have your very own theme customized.
What should you blog about?
Choosing a niche isn’t always easy but you can find many things to blog about that can help you make money online. Instead of making your blog ‘general’ or ‘generic’ it’s wise to choose a niche or category and give your blog a theme or an angle so that search engines will find you, people will subscribe and remember you and so that you can build an online following. Of all the free website tools available, WordPress is one of the best free web tools around because it could help you build your own business from the ground up if you’re willing to learn to use it and learn to market yourself.
If you currently do not have a Wordpress blog, you really have not embraced making money online yet. Get a free, hosted blog at places like Blogger.com or Wordpress.com
Wordpress is called a Content Management System (CMS). After you install Wordpress, it forever lives on the internet and is managed on the internet.
You will receive an adminstrator's login when you first install Wordpress. Once you log into the site, you will be able to create and manage posts and websites in much the same way as you would a simple email. It is really that simple.
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