Blogging For Money

Thanks to the Simpsonizer, I am now a Simpson character! I look cool, eh?

I haven’t seen any changes on my sites yet but some people have reported some PR changes to their website, which is an indication that the long-awaited PR update has finally arrived. I really wondered why it took so long for it to arrive, I was expecting the update to be around 27th or 28th July. In any case, its still too early to tell, so I just have to sit tight and see the results after tomorrow.

Some Muslim brothers and sisters have expressed concern about the influx of the half-naked man religion websites and other undesirable, anti-Islam websites that appear in Google Adsense when they are using it for their online Islamic projects and looking to monetise it. Well, fortunately we can keep out these undesirable elements by the use of website filters which are available in the Google Adsense control panel. I have compiled the list that I am currently using and you can download that list (in .txt format) at the following URL.

http://www.ibnjuferi.net/filter.txt

It will keep out at least 60% – 70% of the Islamophobic and half-naked man religion websites that are rife through the Adsense system. Do be warned, however, that this method is not foolproof, as the half-naked man religion websites breed like rabbits and its hard to keep up with them all of the time. Therefore you should always be aware if such sites appear and update your filter list with the new URL should such sites keep appearing and escape the filters even despite applying it for your Google Adsense account.

Somehow I managed to make it to Starbucks at Jusco Balakong last Saturday to meet up with fellow money-making bloggers, Louiss, Michael Woo and Ricko Liew. We discused many things ranging from blogging to SEO to how to withdraw from PayPal (even some bad experiences with PayPal…heh!) and our core business online. It was really a great meeting of minds and I really enjoyed it. I hope there will be another meet in the future, with even more members I hope

I’ve signed up with this get paid for blogging service called Smorty for several months now, and I am certainly making some money from it. Compared to another paid blogging service which I am engaged in, the offers that are available are not many but I did get two serious offers worth $24 each. Not bad for a company which, like its competitors, is a network where you can get get paid for blogging. Advertisers will pay bloggers for conveying their opinions about a product or service in order for bloggers to advertise on blogs.

I like the Smorty interface as it is intuitive and easy to use. Smorty states that they will pay bloggers every week after the job offer is approved, so that is something new that has not been done by the other paid to blog networks. And yes, they do pay me once every week. So occasionally I do get between ten to twenty dollars every two weeks or so from them. On the whole, the emergence of new paid to blog services like Smorty can only be good for the blog advertising industry as more companies offer people to blog for money.

I just happened to come across the Prosense-Blue theme quite by chance. Fell in love with it and decided to use it for this blog. I got tired of the previous one as although it has a nice look, it has only 2-columns. The standard these days is 3-columns. Definitely I am going to stick with this theme for awhile. How do you find this theme? Let me know!

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