Thursday, March 20, 2008

FREE Website Set Up in Minutes

Before I knew much about marketing and affiliates online I had absolutely NO interest in BLOGS. But, Blogs are extremely profitable. First of all it is free to have as many blogs as you like...about as many different topics as you like. Just go to http://www.blogger.com/ and within minutes you can have your own website online. YES, it is your own website. The domain name may be something like, http://www.yoursite.blogspot.com/., and you can use that or purchase a domain name and then Forward and Mask it to a different domain name which you purchased.



When you first go to create your blog make sure your tittle has STRONG keywords. If your site is about Turkey Stuffing Recipes then I recommend you look that topic up on different search engines to see your competitors site titles. Choose something a little different that will stand out because that is what will appear as your site tittle on the search engine. If you want to make money, here are a few ideas: Think about what holidays are coming up. If Thanksgiving is in a month or so away you can search on Google to look for very specific things relating to Thanksgiving. For example, look up "turkey stuffing recipes" and see how many ads show up. It really doesn't matter how many appear because if you add enough posts, links and back links to your blog site then you will gain the search engine placement needed.



Blogger.com has a great feature which allows you to add Google AdSense ads to your blog. It pretty much inserts it for you to fit the theme of your blogger site and colors. If you make your blog all about Turkey stuffing recipes and put a huge AdSense Ad right on the top of the page and content below....many people may click on it. I'm surprised sometimes how many people click on my AdSense ads on my websites. Each click = money.



The only way that you will gain a high placement on the search engines is by updating your website or blogsite daily with new content and also by getting as many back links as possible. Back links are INCREDIBLY important to increase your search engine placement....especially on Google.com. You can have a site ranking of number one on Yahoo or MSN but have no raking in Google because you need to create lots of high-quality back links. What are back links? Back links are created when other website online add your link to their website. If their website has a PR ranking on Google of 3 or higher out of 10 then it will most likely increase your search engine placement.



Once you have your BLOG you can make money from it many different ways. You could use it only for targeting specific topics such as the Turkey Stuffing Recipe example...use it to sell a specific product. Or, you can use it to promote your affiliates. You can write reviews about affiliate products. I've seen many, many blogs which are "make money online" reviews for different products. If it has a high enough placement, grabs the attention of the reader then the reader clicks on the affiliate link and purchase it....then you're making money.



Whatever you do....remember that after each time you post your BLOG, go to http://pingomatic.com to Ping the blog to dozens of online news venues. It basically submits your blog all over the place online to help its search engine position and HIGHLY INCREASE VISIBILITY.