As one of the most widely used ad networks out there, you probably already heard of Google Adsense. If you want to monetize your website through ads, you should consider hosting Adsense ads. Adsense is a pay-per-click ad network: you make money every time someone clicks on an ad. Depending on the theme of your site, the payout can be pretty generous. Read more…

Everything-Everywhere.com, by Gary Arndt, is a great travel blog. The site chronicles Arndt’s trip around the world, which he began in March 2007. So far, he has visited more than 45 countries, mostly in Asia and the South Pacific. Read more…

Until I read this story in the New York Times, I never thought of YouTube as a way to make money online. The story is about Michael Buckley, a 33 year-old comedian from Connecticut and founder of YouTube comedy show, What the Buck?. Buckley is a member of the YouTube Partner Program, a relatively new revenue sharing program. Read more…

JohnChow.com, the blog of founder John Chow, is a true testament to what can be accomplished with some smarts and an internet connection.  Chow is one of my favorite bloggers, not only because his posts are so informative, but also because of how effectively he has marketed and branded himself. Read more…

Markus Frind, the founder of PlentyOfFish.com, is an inspiration to anyone who ever dreamed of creating something big from the comfort of their own home. PlentyOfFish.com is a lot like other popular dating sites out there, except it’s free. Read more…

As I mentioned in a recent post, URL Rewriting for SEO, static URLs perform far better in search results than dynamic URLs. Now, let’s look at URL rewriting for WordPress blogs. The good news? WordPress makes URL rewriting very easy.

How to enable URL Rewriting in WordPress 2.6.5
Log in to the admin control panel and do the following: Read more…

I wrote a post recently called Affiliate Marketing with Worpress Blogs. The explanation about URL rewriting got so lengthy, I thought I would write a separate post on the topic.

What is URL Rewriting?
Rewriting your URLs involves changing a dynamic URL to a static URL. This is typically done to fool search engines into thinking your dynamic pages are actually static pages. Read more…

One of the must-haves of any website and the foundation of any good SEO strategy is reliable visitor tracking software. You need to see how much traffic your site is getting, where your traffic is coming from, and what your visitors are doing once they get to your site. Without tracking software, you won’t know if any of your SEO tricks are improving your position in any of the big three search engines – Google, Yahoo. and MSN.

Here are a few visitor tracking software apps that are free or very affordable: Read more…

In my posts I refer to Google PageRank a lot so I decided to dedicate a post it and explain it in a little more detail and outline the essentials for SEO. If you are looking for a thorough explanation of the PageRank algorithm go here.

Google PageRank is a scoring system for pages Google has indexed. It is essentially a measure of a page’s importance to Google. Read more…

Inbound links are essential to any good search engine optimization strategy because they help determine how well your site ranks in search results in the big three search engines. The more other sites link to your site, the more likely your site will show up higher in search results.

How do you get inbound links?
The best way to get inbound links is to create content that people are interested in. Over time other sites will link to you. Read more…