Fact number 1: Kids in high school are making thousands of dollars every month with Adsense.
Fact number 2: Housewives, retirees, mom and dads, who are just staying at home and have never made a dime on the internet have created full-time incomes by simply placing Adsense ads on their web site or blog.
These are just some of the “super Adsense earners”. You may have already heard about their story for they are among the few who are on their way to making millions worth of cash just by promoting Adsense sites.
Anyone, any age and gender can become money generating Adsense publishers as long as they what it takes. How does one go about this Internet advertising?
Writing articles for Adsense is the way to do it. Using the right keywords in your articles and having Google ads on a certain site has become the most profitable way of marketing that anybody can get into. No experience and level of education needed. If you are not using this strategy, or may not be aware of it in the first place, chances are you may be losing thousands of dollars worth of extra income and still do not know it yet.
This is one of the many reasons why writing original quality content articles is now the latest in marketing buzz. Content and links. When combined together becomes a really powerful tool to a successful web site and richer individuals. Many internet marketing professionals are already aware of the value of an original quality content and how using keywords can drive targeted traffic into their sites from the search engines.
So why don’t all these web site owners write and submit their own articles if that is what is important?
The simple and understandable answer is that it takes time to write articles, submit them and get targeted traffic to their websites. That is why they get the services of those who can spares sometime to write the articles that would cater to their site purpose but still turn out as a good quality and unique piece of work.
To get into the Adsense marketing business and start earning some good cash, ask yourself. Did you enjoy writing when you were in school? If you answer yes to this question, you already have an initial advantage over most internet marketing business owners that wants to make money online and doing it at home.
With the boom in the Adsense market comes the need for sites to want fresh, quality and original keyword rich content. This way, web site owners can have a steady supply of articles with the proper keywords that they relate to their site contents. The result of this is seen in the sites page rank when indexed by the search engines. Which, in turn, gets more Adsense ads to show above, below or next to the article on their website with targeted traffic.
What do people have to do?
Write quality and original content, keyword or phrase rich articles with links to your website in the resource box. Then build a website or web page with targeted keyword or phrase rich original content for the targeted traffic that originates from the articles you wrote. Finally, you will have a Google Adsense ads that are targeted to your keyword or phrase rich original content site where visitors will get to visit when they come looking for information.
A win-win situation if you think more about it. A favor for persons looking for quality content and information. For the persons writing the original content articles. And the person with the quality original content rich website. Of course, the search engines and its advertisers are getting targeted traffic and sales but so what? As long as you are getting something in your favor, it does not really matter what the others are getting for themselves.
So who else wants to start earning money with Adsense. You. Everyone. Anybody. Internet marketing has many opportunities wide open for this people. Writing articles and using Adsense for your kind of internet marketing strategy is one sure way of getting a piece of that action and cash.
Better not be left behind the many making millions already.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Who Else Wants To Make Money With Adsense?
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Earn money from your websites.
Hi freind,
Below is some basic ways to earn money from your websites.
2. If you have enough web space, you could rentother people web pages. You could also givethem away for free and make money by including your banner ad on the web pages.
3. Charge people a fee to access part of yourweb site. People will pay you money for yourweb site content if it's valuable to them. The content can be ebooks, reports, software, etc.
4. Sell your own products or services. They should be related to your target audience. Youwant to be able to take credit cards on yoursite and deliver your product to them as fast as possible.
5. Make money selling other people's productsand services through affiliate programs. They'll give you a link to all track your sales. You couldbe paid per sale, click or sign-up.
6. Publish an e-zine from your web site. Have them subscribe to the e-zine right from your web site. You could sell classified or sponsoradvertising inside your e-zine.
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
getting more people to click
Getting More People to Click
When it comes to Internet marketing, the person who gets the most clicks wins.
The more people you can tempt to click on your ad, sign up for your program, or subscribe to your newsletter, the more money you'll make.
Why they click
A person is only going to click on your ad, sign up for your program, or subscribe to your newsletter if there's a reason to do so. That reason is some positive outcome the clicker hopes to gain.
Your job, as the advertiser, is to make it blatantly obvious what that reason is.
A failure to make it blatantly obvious will render every tip, trick and technique that follows completely useless. As with everything else in life, you have to get the basics right first.
This article assumes you already have the basics right. It assumes your ad is already generating clicks, sign ups, or subscriptions. And that you want to know how to increase the percentage of people who respond.
The five-pronged approach
There are five things you can do to improve the number of clicks, sign ups or subscriptions you're getting. They are...
- Get to the point
- Eliminate oblique references
- Ask for the action you want
- Invoke scarcity
- Reinforce the benefit
Get to the point
Your prospect will only act when he or she believes it's in his or her best interests to do so.
Your ad has to make it blatantly obvious why it's in your prospects best interests. And it must do so as soon as humanly possible.
There's a very good chance your ad doesn't do this as soon as humanly possible. There's a very good chance your ad waffles along for several paragraphs before, finally, mercifully, wonderfully — it gets to the point.
And by then, it's too late. Your prospect has fallen asleep on his or her keyboard, accidentally hit the enter key, and surfed off to some other site.
Get rid of all the waffle, and get to the point immediately. And by immediately, I mean in the headline at the top of the page.
Eliminate oblique references
Eliminate oblique references? Huh?
What I'm really saying here, is be direct.
Don't say “eliminate oblique references”. Say “be direct”. Say what you mean in the most economic way possible.
Some of you may well rebel at this command. You've been taught to be polite, and using blunt language goes against the grain.
Force yourself to do it. Become an expert at using short words and sentences. Forget about fancy elements of style. Be direct!
This will help you get to the point fast, reinforcing the first of the five prongs.
Ask for the action you want
Sounds simple, right? You want somebody to click on your ad, sign up, or subscribe. Naturally you're going to ask them to do so!
Some of you will specifically ask the prospect to act. Some of you will waffle around the point, trying to be as polite as possible.
If you're already asking for the action you want, what exactly are you saying? Are you telling the prospect exactly what you want him or her to do? Are you spelling it out in simple steps, and being as direct as possible?
You're not? Then you have a job to do my friend!
If you're being super-polite, then you've been brought up well. Call your parents, and thank them for a job well done.
Then realize that being polite in advertising almost never works (there are a few exceptions). What works is getting to the point, and bluntly telling the prospect what he or she has to do.
You are literally giving your prospect an order.
Do tell the prospect to “Fill out the form and click the Submit button now”.
Don't ask the prospect if he or she would like to find out more, and feels the winds of fate are blowing in an appropriate direction, perhaps he or she could see his or her way to find the time to perhaps, all being well, complete the following form”.
Invoke scarcity
Human beings have a curious tendency to find something more desirable if it's rare.
You can take advantage of this in your advertising, by artificially limiting the supply of the thing you're offering.
When you limit the supply of something, anyone who wants that thing is under increased pressure to act. This helps overcome another human tendency to put things off.
Here are some examples of how to invoke scarcity...
A person offering a special discount places a time-limit on the offer.
A person seeking subscribers to a newsletter gives away a free gift to the first 50 subscribers only, and displays a countdown right there next to the subscribe form.
Reinforce the benefit
This final prong is about giving away a free gift to increase response. Yet it's more than merely finding any old thing to give away.
Your free gift should reinforce the benefit of the thing you're selling.
By choosing a free gift that reinforces the major benefit of your offer, you can be sure you're increasing the value of the overall package.
If you choose a free gift unrelated to your main offer, you can't be sure the prospect will find it valuable. For example, a buyer of tofu is less likely to find a free donut as motivating as would a person who regularly buys donuts.
If you choose a free gift unrelated to your main offer, you lose a valuable chance to restate your main benefit. That's because the section where you hype your free gift, is going to have to focus on the unrelated benefits of the giveaway.
Your prospect gets excited about the benefit he or she hopes to get as a result of taking your offer. By selecting a free gift that reinforces this benefit, you get another bite at the cherry. This improves your chance of getting the prospect excited enough to overcome his or her natural lethergy.
And of course, if your prospect has read far enough to get to the point where you're talking about a free gift, you can be sure he or she is interested in your main benefit. Why offer some unrelated randomly chosen freebie the prospect may not even be interested in?
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
Increase your internet speed
Increase Your Internet Speed Fast
I'm sure you've come across tons of articles and even suggestions from some of your friends on how to get your computer to work faster. Everyone seems to give you advice, but your still having issues and your fed up! Relax, take a deep breath and let me give you some basic pointers. It's really not that hard to increase your Internet speed. I'm going to make it real simple for you and you do not need to be a computer geek to make this work.The first thing you need to remember is to never, and I mean absolutely never download programs especially free software without reading the fine print! Most free computer software will bombard your computer with spy ware and other terrible stuff which will eventually bring your Internet speed and computer to a screeching halt! If your PC is already infected with spyware you can download the leading spyware remover called ad-aware which will scan your personal computer and remove spy ware and cookies that track your net surfing habits.
Step 2 and another way of making your PC and Internet connection faster is by following this crucial step: Click on start, then click run and type the words msconfig in the run drop menu. Next go to the start tab and remove any program except your antivirus software and any other program which you must have run when windows starts. Be careful not to remove any program which is necessary for windows to start and work properly. If your not sure about a program then google it and you will find plenty of sites that may help you figure out if the program you want to remove is important or not. This tip will increase your computer start up time dramatically!
Step number 3, and I do this almost on a daily basis is to clean up your Internet cache. Follow these steps:
Go to your control panel which you can access from your start button and click on Internet options. Go to temporary Internet files and clear your history. I would recommend that you also set Internet history to a maximum of 2 days. Next step is to delete your temporary Internet files including offline content. Last but not least is to delete cookies. Be careful though because deleting your cookies will also delete useful information from your computer. You can read a how to on cookies here: www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm.
These steps are the basics you can take which will speed up your Internet connection immediately. I would also recommend doing a virus check on your computer on a weekly basis. If you don't have anti virus software, get it! You'll be happy you did. Just one virus can wreak havoc on your computer! Make sure you test your connection speed whether its broadband or dial-up, before and after you make these simple changes so you can compare if the corrections you have taken have worked.
Of Course there are many more actions you can take to make you net experience more enjoyable. The Internet is a great place to find tons of valuable ideas and articles on helping you speed up your computer and Internet connection. Google It!
Taking these basic steps will make you a happier surfer and will restore your faith in the World wide web!
About the author:
Gio Mangano is the owner of T1 which offers Instant quotes on T1 Line and business DSL. Gio Mangano also publishes a blog on computer tips and tricks and improving your internet speed at DSL Speed Test
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
ONLINE CASINO TYPES
Online casino types
Online casinos can be divided into three groups based on their interface: web-based casinos, download-based casinos, and more recently live casinos. Some casinos offer multiple interfaces.
Web-based online casinos
Web-based online casinos are websites where users may play casino games without downloading software to the local computer. Games are mainly represented in the browser plugins Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Shockwave, or Java and require browser support for these plugins. Also, bandwidth is needed since all graphics, sounds and animations are loaded through the web via the plugin. Some online casinos also allow gameplay through a plain HTML interface.
Download-based online casinos
Download-based online casinos require the download of the software client in order to play and wager on the casino games offered. The online casino software connects to the casino service provider and handles contact without browser support. Download-based online casinos generally run faster than web-based online casinos since the graphics and sound programs are located within the software client, rather than having to be loaded from the Internet. On the other hand, the initial download and installation of a download-based online casino client does take time. As with any download from the Internet, the risk of the program containing malware does exist.
Live-based casinos
Live-based casino gaming is a way to interface with a real world casino while playing online. Recent advancments in communication technology now allow land-based casinos to open a real-time window via the web for players to game tables in an interactive, live environment. With live gaming players can see, hear, and interact with live dealers at tables in brick and mortar casinos worldwide.
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online casinos
Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional ("brick and mortar") casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet.
Online casinos generally offer odds and payback percentages that are comparable to land-based casinos. Some online casinos claim higher payback percentages for slot machine games, and some publish payout percentage audits on their websites. Assuming that the online casino is using an appropriately programmed random number generator, table games like blackjack have an established house edge. The payout percentage for these games are established by the rules of the game.
Reliability and trust issues are commonplace and often questioned. Many online casinos lease or purchase their software from well-known companies like Wager Works, Micro gaming, Realtime Gaming, Playtech and Cryptologic in an attempt to "piggyback" their reputation on the software manufacturer's credibility. These software companies either use or claim to use random number generators to ensure that the numbers, cards or dice appear randomly.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
MESOTHELIOMA
Mesothelioma is a cancer which affects the tissue which surrounds and protects various organs in the body. This tissue is called the Mesothelium, and Mesothelioma causes it to become abnormal, divide without control, and invade and damage nearby organs. The most common form is pleural mesothelioma which affects the sac that lines the chest cavity and protects the lungs (the pleura). Other forms are peritoneum mesothelioma (which affects the abdominal cavity) and pericardium mesothelioma (affecting the lining around the heart). The tumours can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) although they are most often malignant.
Symptoms
Mesothelioma is often advanced before symptoms occur. This means that the prognosis is not usually very good, with the average survival time for all stages of Malignant Mesothelioma being about one year. Symptoms resemble pneumonia, which coughs, breathing difficulties and abdominal pain being common.
Treatments
Mesothelioma can be treated by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery, or a combination of the three.
Surgery
Extra pleural pneumonectomy is where the entire lung and a portion of the lining of the chest, the diaphragm, and some or the entire sac which surrounds the heart is removed.
Wide local excision targets and removes the cancer and a limited amount of the healthy tissue surrounding the cancerous region.
Pleurectomy and decortication removes part of the covering of the lungs, as well as the lining of the chest and portions of the outside covering of the lungs.
Pleurodesis uses a blend of chemicals and/or drugs to create an intentional scar between the layers of the pleura. Post surgery, the space created by the scar must be drained, using either a catheter or chest tube, and is then filled with a chemical which inhibits the accumulation of fluid in the pleura cavity.
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
what is forex
The foreign exchange (currency or forex or FX) market exists wherever one currency is traded for another. It is by far the largest market in the world, in terms of cash value traded, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other financial markets and institutions. The trade happening in the forex markets across the globe currently exceeds $1.9 trillion/day (on average). Retail traders (small speculators) are a small part of this market. They may only participate indirectly through brokers or banks and may be targets of forex scam.
The forex market is a cash inter-bank or inter-dealer market, which was established in 1971 when floating exchange rates began to appear. The foreign exchange market is huge in comparison to other markets. For example, the average daily trading volume of US Treasury Bonds is $300 billion and the US stock market has an average daily volume of less than $10 billion. Ten years ago the Wall Street Journal estimated the daily trading volume in the forex market to be in excess of $1 trillion. Today that figure has grown to exceed $1.8 trillion a day.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
some adsense tools
here are the tools which might be intresting to you. pls post ur experience with any of this tools.
- Adsense Notifier - Firefox extension that displays your Adsense earnings on the Firefox statusbar.
- SysSense - personal desktop Google AdSense monitor. It keeps your current Google AdSense information in the Windows system tray.
- Adsense Widget - a Mac Dashboard widget that automatically logs into your AdSense Google account and displays the last 6-days of revenue generated from your Google advertising account.
- Google Adsense Yahoo Widget - displays the current income directly from your Google AdSense account.
- Stats for AdSense widget - allows you to view your Google AdSense™ reports directly from your Mac OS X Dashboard.
- Adsense Status - GoogleDesktop plugin to View earnings information from your Google Adsense account in the Google Desktop sidebar. Available information: page impressions, clicks, page CTR, page eCPM, and your earnings.
- Adsense Alert - desktop client monitors your adsense earnings.
- Adsense Gold Tracker - tracks clicks from Google adsense and Yahoo publisher network ads
- AdLogger - an open source Adsense tracker designed for web publishers and website owners.
- Performancing Metrics - a free professional grade blog statistics service that track limited adsense click data
- AdSenseDesktop - provides a wide variety of analysis methods for your AdSense statistics.
- Google AdSense Module (Clicksafe) - special edition Google Adsense module for Joomla.
- Adsense earnings RSS feed - a simple script that will create an RSS feed with your daily Adsense earnings to track via your regular feed reader.
- Google AdSense Charts and Graphs - chart your adsense data in a multidimensional line charts.
- AdSenseLog is a tool for checking and analyzing your Adsense ads data (Content, Search, Custom/URL channels and Referrals).
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Friday, September 15, 2006
VoIP security
VoIP security has been called in question recently, though there is little evidence to indicate that VoIP security is any less than conventional telephony systems.
VoIP voice data is transmitted via a packet-switched data network using IP. VoIP systems can carry a significant higher number of calls, and very much faster, than traditional PSTN networks due to compression of the voice packets, modern broadband technology and a number of other gateway developments which have reduced the previous packet delivery problems to an extent that the protocol is now a viable mainstream telephony solution to most business needs.
VoIP security should therefore be shown to be at least as effective as that of traditional telephone systems.
There is actually very little difference between VoIP security and that required for any other type of data transmission system. Look on it the same as you do your email system. The same as your office LAN if you have one. You probably have a system in operation whereby only authorized personnel can use certain aspects of the network. VoIP security can, and do, use the same techniques.
However, having said that, let’s have a look at potential weak points in VoIP security that budding hackers may see as good points of attack.
IP PBX CALL MANAGEMENT BOXES
PBX stands for Private Branch Exchange, and is piece of software running on a server. It’s function is to deal with all the switches and connections involved in the telephone system. These can be attacked by hackers or viruses which could compromise sensitive data. VoIP security systems are designed with this risk in mind.
PBX equipment should be placed behind firewalls, locked down and regularly monitored for unwarranted intrusions using intrusion-detection software. It is also possible to put the server in a different domain from the rest of the system, making it much more difficult for intruders to reach. PBX security is a basic aspect of VoIP security systems
GATEWAYS AND DATA PACKETS
The gateway’s job is to convert voice to data packets, transmit them then receive and convert the packets back into voice. These are a potential VoIP security risk in that thy can be hacked into unless there is an access-control system in place to prevent unauthorized people from accessing the system. VoIP calls should only be permitted to specific people, and most good VoIP security systems allow only authorized user to operate VoIP systems under password control.
The data packets themselves can be hacked into using data-sniffing techniques. This can be a serious VoIP security risk and packet sniffers, as they are often called, capture binary data passing through your network and can reroute it to a computer on another network for decoding into a readable form. In order to do this, the ‘sniffers’ has to be on the same network wire as the packet is using to reach its destination. The problem in installing an effective VoIP security system is that there is usually a lot of information passing at any one time, and the hacker has a higher probability of getting useful information than from a conventional telephone system.
Encrypting VoIP traffic and routing it through a virtual private network would reduce the VoIP security risk, and most corporate systems have multiple encryption layers for external messages. Internal security could be improved by running internal VoIP messages through this corporate network. Small businesses should seek the advice of their supplier, or of a security expert if they feel that they may be subject to such attacks.
However, VoIP security advisors can point small to medium companies in the right direction. Corporate VoIP security is generally not so much problem in that it is normally contracted out to expert advisers.
In the final analysis, however, there are no real differences between VoIP security and the normal security concerns associated with any data network service, such as normal office internet and email LANs. The security firewalls and restricted access to use, common on these systems, should suffice to deal with VoIP security
About The Author
Peter Nisbet is an industrial research chemist with almost a fixation with data transfer systems, starting with audio and video file formats and codecs, and here with telephonic transmission systems which allow what is commonly known as VoIP. His fascination with subject is obvious from his website: http://www.data-voip-solutions.comPosted by rick at 11:46 PM 0 comments
unix and windows hosting
Windows and UNIX are in fact two different systems and of course we are referring to computer systems. A web host uses computers, (we shall refer to them as servers, just computers, but sometimes larger) to host websites, and all computers need a operating system, so Windows and UNIX are the operating system.
The Windows used is normally Windows NT or 2000 and of course as you know Microsoft charges for it's software, while UNIX is an open source operating system, this means that the original creators of the system have given up the rights and anyone can use it, change, improve or do anything they want with, free of charge.
From this we already have to main differences, Window hosts are more expensive and UNIX is more reliable, because it as been improved by thousands of anonymous people.
Most probably you are reading this in front of your computer which most probably is operates on a Windows XP, have you noticed that it sometimes, it freezes, and the only solution is to restart it? UNIX is much more stable, robust, time-tested, flexible platform for a web server.
But Windows servers have also it's positive sides, they are compatible with Microsoft applications, and fully support Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Access and MS SQL, they also offer advance-programming environments and features such as Active Server Pages (ASP), the ASP.NET framework, Visual Basic Scripts, MS Index Server, Macromedia's and Cold Fusion.
Windows operating system require little or no experience in web development to get advanced features working very quickly because of better graphical user interface (GUI) Software such as Microsoft's FrontPage is specially developed for the webmaster to decrease the website development time and efforts.
Lets go back again to UNIX, they support FrontPage, Flash, Shockwave, Real Audio/Video, Cgi Scripts, Perl, PHP, SSH (Secure Telnet), MySQL, Web-Based Control System, Anonymous FTP, Web Site Graphical Statistics, Web-Based Email System, Miva/XML, Cold Fusion Perl, JAVA, PHP, C, C++, Miva, Shell Access and other wide verity of feature like Telnet and SSH that provides lots of flexibility and freedom in managing file and directories, but some of this require advance knowledge of Unix commands in order for you to customize the scripts to match your website needs.
Because of the nature of UNIX, (open source) and the people who love it, there is on the WWW freely available software and scripts, again bringing the cost down.
Concluding which one is the best, it really depends what you need, if you need high uptime, security and not so expensive then go with UNIX, if you need to run Windows applications like, MS Access or the MS SQL SERVER then Windows is your choice.
About The Author
Paul SantosCEO
Hosting Marketers
http://hosting-marketers.com/
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Step by Step to Your Own Website
Step by Step to Your Own Website
A lot of people these days are interested in getting their own place on the World Wide Web. Whether it’s a personal site like a blog, or a business site, they all need to have a decent plan before they get started.
A few years ago I started designing and creating websites myself. I started just to show off to others, but I noticed it wasn't as easy I thought it was. I mean, it is easy to get a site online; you just buy a template, pay a coder, and pay some one to insert content and advertise for you then you're done. But if you want to do things yourself, that's where it gets tricky.
After a few sites, I managed to find a certain pattern in the process of creating and managing my websites.
1. I always start with an idea for subject and content. Believe me - never create a website about something you hate and know nothing about. Instead create a website about something you know a lot about and like to tell other people about. What also works is writing about a subject you would like to know more on, after doing your own research. Newbie’s can explain information to other newbie’s easier then pros explaining information to newbie’s.
2. Then I think of a design to go with it, to reflect its idea. Like if your subject is Boats, then don't go with a flaming red design. Sure it could do it, but I would prefer for a blue, water-like design to reflect its subject.
3. If the design is done, you need to get it coded. Some create their designs while they code, but I prefer to use a graphical program to first create the whole design, just the way I want it to be. Then I slice it all (contact me if you want to read an article about that) and save it for the web. I usually have a small group of coders I trust to code my designs and they send it back to me when it's coded.
4. Well then everything is almost done you would think. You got a design coded and everything. But the answer is NO. You are just starting. Sure you have a site and all, but you do not have hosting or a domain name. In order to get your site up and running, you will need something called hosting. It's like when you buy a house it needs to be on ground. Well the hosting is the ground here, and your website is the house. Without hosting, your site is almost useless. These days you can choose between free hosts, which in my opinion aren't great, but if you want to start and try out, I'd suggest you work with a free host first. And then there is paid hosting, you pay for a certain amount of server space and bandwidth and sometimes extra features.
5. Now if you have chosen to go for a free host, then please skip this step, because you probably won't be able to use it. A domain is needed for people to find your website. For example if you website is called BoatFish, then you could make the domain www.boatfish.com or www.boatfish.net, whatever you choose for. There are quite a large number of extensions you can go for. But I always suggest you go for a .com domain name. People tend to look for them more often than for a .net or any other extension.
6. the most important part of your website is your content. People stay or come back to your website because you have good content, or leave if you don’t. So please write up some good content for your site before launching it; this can cost you a lot of visitors. I can't show you how to submit content, or what kind of content you should be submitting, this is something you should look into yourself.
7. Now you got everything you need to get your site online. And still you are not done at all. You can site around and wait for people to come to your website, but not many will. That's why advertising will be your best bet to go for. You can link exchange and/or go for SEO. Search Engine Optimization is a great way to get many hits towards your website. I do not have any websites that haven't been optimized for search engines, because I know seo'ing brings in many visitors, and customers. SEO means Search Engine Optimization, which means that it will try to rank you as high as possible at search engines. If some one searches for a keyword regarding your website they will see your site and click on it. This is seriously a great way to get many, many visitors.
8. Now your site is done and you can keep submitting content to your site, to keep visitors coming back. Good luck! And let me know if this helped you in any way.
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Monday, August 07, 2006
domain registration
- Godaddy.com:GoDaddy.com Domain Names is a low-cost, easy to use service that comes loaded with extras. In addition to registering your domain name, you will receive free a complete email account, domain forwarding, a starter web page and much more. One of the greatest features is the Status Alerts which ensures that you will never be surprised once your domain expires; you will be given ample notice. GoDaddy is a bargain deal for an excellent service
- Yahoo! Domain Names is easily the most recognizable domain name registration service, and with good reason. The entire process is simplified from start to finish and is ideal for smaller businesses. Yahoo! employs a knowledgeable support team that is available to answer your questions around the clock. Included in the package is even a placeholder website that can be up and running in no time until your official site is ready. Yahoo! Domain Names comes most highly recommended
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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Things to consider before starting website
In the time that I have been using the Internet, I have seen a lot of websites. I have seen a lot of good websites and I have seen a lot that were just plain awful. Here are some things to think about before you start a website.
What is the purpose of your website? Is it meant to be primarily a sales site or is it meant to be purely informative??
Once you have decided on your website's purpose, you need to decide on a theme.? There is nothing worse than going to a website and having to play guess what this website is about.? To pick a theme, I suggest that you write down a list of things that you are interested in and/or knowledgeable about.?
Once you have written your list down, you need to do some research. Use a tool such as the search term suggestion tool on overture to see if there is a demand for your topic.? If you type in your topic and see a lot of searches done for your topic then you should use that topic.? If you don't see a lot of searches done for your particular topic, try another one.
Now that you have picked a topic that is in high demand, you need to either develop a product that fits the theme of your site or find a product to sell that fits within the theme of your site.
You also need some sort of freebie to offer on your site so that you can build your own opt-in list for marketing purposes.? You should offer an ebook or a special report.? Maybe even offer an e-course.? Whatever you offer, make sure that you have a way of capturing the email addresses of your visitors.? These people will become your "warm market" or people that you can market your other offers to.
You will need to find a hosting company to host your site. Free Web space is fine for just casual websites, but if you are serious about making money online you should eventually graduate to a paid host. The reason behind this is that many people perceive a site hosted on a free web space to be unprofessional. I don't agree with these people myself, but you do have to deal with what the majority thinks in this industry.
You also need your own domain name. See the above tip.
You will need to code your site. You can either learn how to do this yourself or you can hire someone to do it for you. The amount of money you have to spend on this endeavor should help you to decide whether or not you want to hire someone.
Lastly, you need to figure out how you are going to promote your site. Here are some suggestions:
writing free articles for reprint in ezines and on websites.
buying advertising in ezines
buying advertising on websites
trading links with relevant sites.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of things to think about when starting a website. This article's purpose is just to get you started. You should certainly read everything you can find about doing business online while you are building your business.
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What is E-commerce
I had surfed the internet for years and had often considered the idea of participating in the internet revolution. I had read some statistics on the use of internet and the increasing numbers of homes with computers and the increasing percentage of Christmas shopping done over the internet. So I decided to jump in with both feet.
First what is ecommerce? The online world designates web sites devoted to retail sales as an e-commerce site. E-commerce sites sell either information or hard goods. E-commerce sites also have Shopping Carts and Payment Gateways attached to them that non-sales web sites do not need.
Ok??so you want to develop an E-commerce site. You are now probably asking do I have enough skill, mental patience or aptitude to be successful?
Well if you have average intelligence, I believe that you and thousands of people just like you could have an E-commerce web site. All that is required is the willingness to learn a few things, patience, and the determination to apply yourself.
How? I am glad you asked.
Let's begin. We first need to discuss the basics components you will need.
1. Computer 2. Internet connection 3. Site building software 4. Graphics Software 5. Web hosting company 6. Shopping cart 7. Payment gateway
The above elements are where most people stop when they think of what they will need when they want to start an ecommerce site. However, there are other elements that need to be considered, such as getting legal and product sourcing.
Items 1 and 2 above are pretty straight forward and most people can understand why they are necessary. The other items however are a little more complex. Site building software allows the beginner to construct a web site without knowing html programming code. What is Html programming Code?
Html is the programming language of the internet and stands for Hyper Text Mark Up Language. The two best software programs currently available to write Html are Microsoft's FrontPage 2003 or Macromedia's Dreamweaver. These programs are more correctly known as HTML Editors.
These two programs are the best ones available. I have them both but use FrontPage 2003 primarily. I think FrontPage 2003 is easier to use and does better tables then Dreamweaver. Most professional web site developers, however consider Dreamweaver the better of the two because some claim it has more features, but I find it is a little more complicated to use. I would recommend that you surf the internet and read the reviews on both of these programs and make you own choice.
Next you will need a good graphic program such as Adobe Photoshop 6. A graphics program allows you manipulate the size of images create images in different formats and create special effects. "PhotoShop 6" is the current version from Adobe and is the best software program for graphics. Adobe "Photoshop Elements" can also be used, but is a limited version of the full Photoshop software. The programs from Adobe are expensive so shop around for the best price.
Web hosting is very important and you need to comparison shop for features first, not on price. Web hosting and ecommerce are extremely related, and learned by personal experience the mistake trying to separate ecommerce from web hosting. The web host company is the company that rents room on their server for your web site, but they can much more. They can offer an integrated shopping cart.
The shopping cart is the heart of the ecommerce web site. The shopping cart for all intents and purposes runs your ecommerce web site so it is critical to get a good one. It contains and displays the products you intend to sell. It also does other neat administrative functions that will make your store easier to run. There are some stand alone shopping carts for sale but most come with web hosting service attached.
The "Payment Gateway" is the cashier in the store and is also known as a "Merchant Account." This is basically a business credit card account. The payment gateway allows your se store to accept credit cards and transfer money to you. Merchant Accounts are very important and you should also carefully review their services and prices. Search the web and check out the available shopping carts and payment gateways.
Now what are you going to sell, and where are you going to get it? You can look every where for the products you want to sell. How do you know what will sell well? You need to do some market research. Not everything sells well, including electronics. Next, you will need a source for those products. Assuming you are not making them yourself. The best way is to drop ship them. The trouble is finding a reliable drop ship source and avoiding the imposters.
Once you find you product source you need to open an account and stock your store and start selling.
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