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9 Tricks I Used To Triple My AdSense Earnings In 30 Days

2010-02-09T01:57:18.734-08:00

Guest post by Daniel Scocco from Daily Blog Tips. I have been using Google AdSense to monetize my blogs and websites for as long as I remember. In fact it was the first method I ever tried (I made a whooping $15 on my first month… back in 2005). Over the years I migrated to other methods (e.g., direct sponsors and affiliate marketing), which made AdSense become merely an inventory filler. I

Guide to Listing on DMOZ

2010-02-07T23:34:52.507-08:00

What is DMOZ? Dmoz is a human edited directory that has been running since 1998. It was created as a cooperative environment that would allow volunteer editors to keep up with the internet explosion. Way back, Yahoo used to be a directory - not a search engine - and Dmoz was an (eventually bigger) alternative to this. The only difference of course is that we are now well into the Google

Google Social Search - Choose Your Friends Wisely

2010-02-04T23:34:51.723-08:00

Refusing to sit still long enough for anyone to catch up, Google has rolled out another Labs experiment to the public. Google Social Search Beta launched last October, hard on the heels of Personalized Search. But this week, Google graduated Social Search out of Labs and into the public sphere. What Is Google Social Search? As we become increasingly connected online, we start to build

Facebook Largest News Reader?

2010-02-04T23:31:43.166-08:00

February 03, 2010 Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read Write Web had an interesting piece suggesting that Facebook could become the world's leading news reader. A recent Facebook company blog entry encouraged members to set up a news feed on Facebook. Kirkpatrick contends that with a few tweeks, Facebook could become a major distribution force for news content. The last time I wrote about feed

Link Building in Online Marketing: Tougher Than It Sounds

2010-02-04T23:30:39.634-08:00

You probably don't need to read the latest advice from the marketing online consultants to figure out the basic idea behind link building. Without links, your site won't develop authority. Without authority, it won't move up on the search engines. But even the most savvy online consultant would have to admit that doing that is just not as easy as it sounds. More Is Not Better In Link Building

Is Article Marketing Still Effective In 2010?

2010-02-03T21:46:32.044-08:00

Don't exactly know what it is about starting a new year of marketing online, but I always stop and take a hard look at all my marketing tactics and methods. Article marketing is always at the top of my list, mainly because it is and has always been the cornerstone of everything I do on the web. By cornerstone I mean it is the key to basically all of my online earnings. Without article marketing

UK Internet Map (as featured on the BBC’s Virtual Revolution)

2010-02-03T21:45:11.728-08:00

February 02, 2010 If you managed to catch the first episode of the BBC’s excellent Internet documentary, Virtual Revolution, on Saturday night you may have noticed occasional flashes of “Source: Experian Hitwise” at the bottom of your screen. In amongst interviews with such luminaries as Tim Berners Lee, Jimmy Wales and Bill Gates, the Beeb built a couple of funky graphics using our data.

iPad – which Aussie telco has the best audience fit with Apple?

2010-02-03T21:44:41.088-08:00

February 02, 2010 Last week Alan and Robin wrote about the hype leading up to the announcement of the Apple iPad. In Australia, major telcos are well aware of consumers' interest in the iPad, and are keen to replicate the success of the release of the iPhone in 2008. When the iPhone was launched in Australia, I noted how the initial interest in apps for the iPhone quickly transferred to

The next 10 online trends

2010-02-03T21:43:28.963-08:00

It's never been harder to keep up with the latest web trends - with the expansion onto mobile platforms, the growth of social media and the need for start ups to be aware of new SEO techniques. As a result, we've assembled a team of web experts to help you and your business keep on top of the most important trends on the web. Constructing a mobile website, creating social media campaigns and

Social network impact for retailers

2010-02-01T21:32:38.404-08:00

January 29, 2010 Social networking has become the most popular activity online and visits to the category represented 13% of all US Internet visits in December. As the social networking audience continues to grow, the category has become a major source of traffic for retailers, surpassing categories such as Rewards and Directories, comprised of comparison shopping tools and affiliate

The Benefits of Installing Internal Site Search

2010-02-01T01:48:35.751-08:00

Today's websites are more complex than ever before. Many contain a wealth of information visitors can use to answer their questions and learn what they need to know before contacting a company or making a purchase online. But with all the information and features packed into many of today's websites, it can also be more difficult for site visitors to first of all determine whether or not

The Apple Tablet - iWonder!

2010-01-31T23:28:50.453-08:00

January 25, 2010 The computing industry and no doubt a few other industries, such as publishing, are holding their collective breath for the announcement of the impending release of the Apple iSlate / iPad / iTablet this coming Thursday morning (8am Australian East Coast time UTC/GMT +11 hours) There is already substantial hype about what the product specs and name will be and competitors

Internet 2009 in numbers

2010-01-31T23:21:57.957-08:00

What happened with the Internet in 2009? How many websites were added? How many emails were sent? How many Internet users were there? This post will answer all of those questions and many more. Prepare for information overload, but in a good way. We have used a wide variety of sources from around the Web. A full list of source references is available at the bottom of the post for those

The FTC Needs to Shut Up!

2010-01-31T23:11:28.474-08:00

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is one of the most unique parts of our government. It has a wide range of powers given by law, which encompass among other things the ability to pass rules and regulations against unfair and deceptive acts or practices. The FTC often issues "guidelines which are no more than notices that they will push for prosecution or civil action against individuals

Apple Tablet the fourth most searched for laptop in the UK

2010-01-31T23:08:38.174-08:00

anuary 26, 2010 Apple’s much anticipated – but not yet even announced, just rumoured – Tablet PC became the fourth most searched for laptop model in the UK last week. The table below is from the latest Hitwise Hot Consumer Electronics List, and shows that a portfolio of searches including terms such as ‘apple tablet’, ‘apple islate’, ‘itablet’, and ‘ipad’ accounted for 1.9% of all laptop

How Google Image Search Helps SEOHow Google Image Search Helps SEO

2010-01-31T22:47:10.520-08:00

What is Google Image Search? Google has a dedicated version of its search engine called Image Search which helps find images. Claiming to be the most comprehensive image search facility on the web, it has billions of images from websites already within its index. When searching for images, you can tailor the search for various sizes and choose a specific type of image you're looking for,

Affluent shoppers increase during holidays

2010-01-31T22:43:10.033-08:00

January 28, 2010 Last week, during our Holiday Recap webinar, we examined how the demographic profiles of the visitors to the Retail 500 shifted in 2009 as compared to the previous year. When looking at the household income of visitors during the peak weeks of the holiday seasons, there was an increase in those earning $100k and over. Visitors that earned over $150k increased 21% and those

Christmas Dinner – Homemade cheesecakes in; roast potatoes out

2010-01-31T22:36:43.979-08:00

January 29, 2010 Guest blog by Jonny Steel, Marketing Insights Manager, mySupermarket.co.uk With Christmas now behind us, it’s time to look back at how our eating habits changed during one of the most financially challenging festive seasons for years. mySupermarket.co.uk, the grocery shopping and comparison website, not surprisingly found that “turkey” was the most searched for term in

2010 Resolution - Give Your Website a Legal Check-Up

2010-01-31T22:35:49.343-08:00

We all make New Year's resolutions - some are personal, some are business or professional in nature. Even if we don't actually make New Year's resolutions, we engage in formal and informal "planning" as we look ahead to the new year. If you operate a website, you're probably aware that your website operations are now highly regulated. And the pace of legal regulations continues to accelerate.

Customer Connections Now Important for Google Results

2010-01-31T21:54:53.929-08:00

Customer Connections Now Important for Google Results Chris Crum | Staff Writer Google Puts Social Results in the Mix If you are one of those people still skeptical about the business uses of social media, you may be interested to know that Google's Social Search is no longer just an experiment. Though it does have the beta tag on it, it is now

Relationship Marketing for the 21st Century

2010-01-31T21:47:10.287-08:00

Quick! Answer this question: What do you think of when you hear the term "relationship marketing"? If the only things that came to mind were your local business networking group, local chamber of commerce, or service club, you might not be aware of new strategies in 21st century relationship marketing. There is nothing wrong with any of these organizations, but if your relationship marketing

Do you think social networks like Twitter and Facebook could be used as a main news source?

2010-01-31T21:43:13.853-08:00

Do Facebook and Twitter Threaten or Compliment the News Industry? Chris Crum | Staff Writer Do Social Networks Pose a Threat to Traditional News Sources? Five reporters from radio stations in in Canada, France, Belgium, and Switzerland are going to spend five days locked in a French farmhouse with only Twitter and Facebook to get their news. It's not a lame reality show,

Your Meta Descriptions Now Affect Your Google Rankings Again

2010-01-31T21:34:52.862-08:00

Meta descriptions (the text snippets of the webpage you see in search results) used to be an important ranking factor. Until not too long ago both Google and Yahoo! officially announced they no longer used Meta-descriptions in their search algorithms. But recent developments in Google's search algo bring Meta description back to life as a ranking factor. No, Google did not back out of their

Getting to the Top of Search Engines Through One Way Linking

2010-01-31T21:30:02.888-08:00

One way links are links that point to your site from others, but which are not linked to from your website. Google and many other search engines include link popularity as part of the way they evaluate and rank websites. Links are seen as a positive "vote" towards the quality of the website. As such, the more links from other relevant websites to yours, the better. Here are some of the ways

Canadians Searching for Winter Escapes

2010-01-28T21:55:05.046-08:00

January 19, 2010 With no end in sight to winter and the charm of the ever-mounting snow banks wearing off, Canadians are turning to the web to book winter escapes. Visits to Travel websites have seen a sharp increase over the past two weeks. Canadian Internet visits were up 34% to Travel websites in the two weeks to 1/9/2009 (as illustrated in the chart below). Looking at the increase in visits

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