Blogging For Money

Its really amazing how someone can say one thing to you, and say something else completely the opposite of what he thinks of you to another person. I have been on the receiving end of that apparently. There is this one webmaster (I am not going to mention names) who is really a talented designer. I have provided work for him in the past and I like to think of him as a good friend whom I will help whenever he is in need.

Well, to cut a long story short, I agreed to allow him to use my wife’s AdSense account for his website(s) after he was banned for no apparent reason. He did put it up for three weeks after we pretty much trashed out the details…but all of a sudden, he pulled the plug by removing all the AdSense code and discontinued communication with me without telling me the reason why.

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Who would have thought that being a full-time internet entrepreneur would have its fringe benefits? Never thought much of it either, but last Saturday I reached an important stage of my life: marriage. So now its pretty much official, we are now husband and wife and I am very glad that I decided to go on this career path of my choice. Without this, I doubt that I could have attained the financial freedom and stability that I have achieved now in order to proceed to marrying my wife.

Its a great feeling, knowing that you have tasted the fruit of your success, that all the hardship I’d faced when I first started out blogging full-time three years ago seemed like dream that is easily forgotten now. I just hope that I can achieve my hopes and dreams, with her at my side.

For those who don’t quite grasp the idea of how link building is possible for SEO (search engine optimisation), the infographic above should give a clear idea of how the concept of link building can be done, courtesy of Datadial London. Link building is considered as the “currency” of the World Wide Web. Without relevant links pointing to your website in large numbers, search engines such as Google will not be able to find and quickly index your web pages or rank your website well in their search engine results page. Your website will be buried under the plethora of other websites which have done their SEO homework well through link building. If you have no idea how to begin building links to your website, you can easily hire London SEO agency, which can do the relevant SEO work for you.

Anyone who has been involved in building and developing websites online knows that one can make a profit from buying and selling websites. Selling a Website, however, requires that you take into account several important things before you decide to pitch your website to a buyer for a sale.

The first step you should undertake is to get a Website Valuation. After that, all you need to do is to weave in your personal touch in your sales message. Nobody wants to be sold to by a total stranger, but many people will buy after seeing a strong recommendation to them. If you can convince your audience that you are a personal friend who has their best interest at heart, they will be convinced to buy your website. Website due diligence must always be kept into mind.

You should also publish testimonials and comments from your customers after every website sale. A good idea would be to publish both good and bad comments; that way prospects will be really convinced that these testimonials are real. When prospects see the testimonials of your past successes, they will have the confidence to buy from you because human beings follow the herd mentality. When others have bought and proven it authentic, they will jump on the bandwagon and buy websites from you as well.

Many websites have very long URLs for their articles, especially more so with blogs that rely on automated permalinks which reuse their titles. For example, a URL can be as follows:

http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2008/resolving-the-christian-i-know-nothing-multi-problem-in-textual-criticism/

Such long URLs can actually break if you try to repost them in forums or e-mails. So what is the solution? You use a URL shortener, of course! With a URL shortener, the long URL example I gave above can easily be shortened into:

http://7les.com/2bb

Short and sweet, right?

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I have been poking around Aaron Wall’s SEO Book after subscribing to its membership and I’ve certainly discovered some important things which cuts through the hype about it. The fee is $300 a month, which is definitely way overpriced after I’ve checked out the material available. Fortunately, I didn’t have to pay for the full amount and the subscription will be cancelled at the end of this month, so….

I personally feel that unless you are a total newbie or just beginning to start into search engine optimization (SEO) and want to expand your knowledge of the industry, SEO Book is not for you. Its not to say that SEO Book is totally worthless….I am still printing out tons of material from their “Training” programme which are relevant to my current SEO and SEM needs. Their community forum also has some interesting case studies and SEO-related articles that I am printing out for future reference (and simply because I can). However, let’s just say that after being in the industry for 2 years or so, there’s really nothing major in the content that I don’t know already. After all, experience is certainly the best teacher of all, not a closed “elite” community which charges a ludicrously high fee per month for membership.