Google Adsense Payment In More Countries

I am sure that you already know how to make money with google adsense. The great news is that Google Adsense is expanding the list of countries to allow Western Union Quick Cash as a payment method.

The 7 new countries are Barbados, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nepal, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

Therefore there are 23 countries (including the 7 new countries) that are eligible to collect their payment via Western Union Quick Cash payment method. They are:

* Argentina
* Barbados
* Bolivia
* Bulgaria
* Chile
* China (Mainland)
* Colombia
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* Guatemala
* Indonesia
* Lithuania
* Malaysia
* Morocco
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Panama
* Peru
* Philippines
* Romania
* Taiwan
* Uruguay
* Vietnam

You can read more about it at Inside Adsense.

However I am yet to collect any payment. I need more traffic and more c l i c k s on you know what.

Are you making enough money with your Google Adsense?

June 11, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging Tips, Make Money Online | 7 Comments 

The Alternative To Google Adsense


Google Adsense is one of the most well known program to help you monetize your website. Although it is fairly easy to register to this program, it does not always guarantee that you will be accepted in this program. Therefore before you actually sign up for Google Adsense , ensure that you have a quality website on hand. It is important to understand the basic of Google Adsense in order to fully gain from this program.

Here are some excellent alternative to Google Adsense:

1. Adbrite
Adbrite is a great alternative to adsense. It’s very easy to sign up for adbrite. Furthermore during the creation of the adverts you can specify what kind of adverts and your target audience.

2. Chitika
If you are an independent blogger with original content and opinions, Chitika provides you an excellent platform. Chitika is good especially for site/blogs that get a lot of traffic from North America.

3. Bidvertiser
Similar to the adsense program, Bidvertiser basically pays you for valid clicks on the adverts that are displayed on your website. All you need to do is copy and paste a HTML code on your website and the adverts will start displaying. Advertisers will bid against one another to have their adverts on your ad page. Therefore the more popular your website the higher chance that an advertiser will select your blog/website.

4. Yahoo Publisher Network
Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN) is Yahoo! Version of Google’s Adsense. The only drawback about YPN is that you are not allowed to display any other adverts from other networks on the same page as the YPN adverts.

May 24, 2009 | Filed Under General, Make Money Online | 5 Comments 

Revisiting The Basics Of Google Adsense

If you were to ask me what Google Adsense is, I would be shocked. Almost every blog or websites now will have Google Adsense embedded within the site. Anyways since I am in a cheery mood, let us revisit the basic of Google Adsense.

Please take note that there are other type of Adsense as well. They are Adsense for feeds, search, mobile content and domains. This article will be centered on the most common one which is Adsense for websites.

What Is Google Adsense?

Google Adsense is advertisements that you can include on your website or even feeds. These advertisements can be in the form of text, images or video (flash). Now here is the best part. You make money whenever someone clicks on your Asense.

How To Qualify For Google Adsense Program?

Basically you can sign up at Google Adsense. If you do not have an existing blog or website I would suggest that you create a blog using blogger and create 1 post per day for the next 10 days or so before signing up to Adsense. That is because during the sign up process you will need to include your website address. Please make sure that the contents of your website fall within the Google’s term and conditions. Once you are done, you will have to wait for a couple of days for Google to review your website. In the mean time you should continue to update your blog regularly.

What Are The Different Adsense Sizes?

The text advertisements are available in different sizes. They are categorized as banner, wide skyscraper, small square, large rectangle and many more. Here is a complete list of the different Adsense sizes.

Which Is The Best Adsense Size?

It would be a turn off if your website is filled with just Adsense and very little content. Therefore it is important to remember that adverts should never overpower the contents of your website. It is recommended that you select large rectangle adverts and embed them in your articles. If you prefer to keep the contents of your article free of adverts you can use the wide skyscraper advert and include it at the side column. Banners on the other hand are normally disregarded by people therefore not recommended.

What Color Should I Select for My Adsense?

This is very subjective to each individual. However it is recommended that your adverts color should blend in together with your existing website.

Where Should I Place My Adsense?

If you own a blog it would be best to place the advert either directly above the post (but below the post title) or top right of the post. Some people on the other hand prefer to place the adverts at the end of the post. Try to place your adverts on different places and see which position gives you the most clicks.

With all these basic tips in mind you are on your very first step in making money online with Google Adsense.

May 22, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging Tips, Make Money Online | 13 Comments 

5 “Must Have” Plugins For Money Making Blogs

Here are 5 important wordpress plugins that I think are useful for any money making blogs:

1) All In One SEO

As mention in the plugin name, All In One SEO is used so that your blog is search engine optimized. You are able to customize the home title, home description, post title and many more. This ensures that your blog contents get pick up by search engines much easily.

2) Whydowork Adsense

Whydowork Adsense is a great plugin to embed your adverts into your post. You are able to specify the position of each advert. Since you can only display 3 text adverts at one given time, this plugin allow you to customize the position of the adverts for the top 3 post. All in all this is one great plugin.

3) Wordpress Related Post

With this plugin installed you can display related post at the bottom of every other post. This is a great way to link your blog and to promote other older post.

4) Statpress

Statpress is a great plugin to track you blog statistics, such as number of unique visit per day, last spiders that visited your blog and many more data regarding your blog.

5) Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin creates for you a sitemap of your website. This is important so that the search engine spiders are know how to crawl through your webpage.

May 11, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging Tips, Wordpress | 5 Comments