Month of April , 2006

Website Services just sent me a copy of their latest magazine. I thought it was a pretty good read. What I found most interesting about it was the article on the top 50 web hosting resources.

:: homestead.com
:: powweb.com
:: planetxmail.com
:: ipowerweb.com
:: s5.com
:: pair.com
:: prohosting.com
:: bizland.com
:: addr.com
:: 1and1.com
:: tierranet.com
:: globat.com
:: cnchost.com
:: fateback.com
:: sv1hosting.com
:: hostdepartment.com
:: ripway.com
:: nexcess.net
:: hostforweb.com  read more »

I found a great Keyword Selector Tool. Using keywords in your article is extremely important. Keywords are the words that people will use to find your site.

If you are not sure what keywords to use. Overture has a keyword selector tool http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ that works great. All you do is enter a term related to your site and the tool will show you related searches that include your term and how many times that term was searched last month.  read more »

Overture Bid Tool - Sometimes it’s nice to find out how much advertisers are paying per click on particular words. This can be extremely helpful when you are trying to decide on a blog topic.

Wouldn’t it be helpful to know that advertisers are paying up to $7.00 for the keywords credit cards. While something like gardening is only paying $.10. This can be a huge factor in how much money your blog earns.  read more »

How tough is it to get on the first page of Google? Well that is an interesting question. Sometimes not as tough as you’d think. It all depends on what your keywords are.

The great thing about a blog is, each article you write, you focus on different keywords. So eventually you will have hundreds of different keywords…hundreds of different ways for people to find you.  read more »

The Google keyword tool generates other keywords for you. You type in your keywords and the keyword tool tells you what other keywords are related.

The tool also reports the keywords Google statistics, including search performance and seasonal trends.

The Google keyword tool will also do site related keywords. All you do is enter in your webpage URL to find keywords related to the content on the page.

Some great stuff. Be sure to try the Google keyword tool.

There are a few situations where you should not use ads. I only use ads on pages that offer information or content.
If you have a page that is selling something. Do not put ads on this page. Think about what the sole purpose of this page is…to sell something. You don’t want users clicking the ads rather than the order button.

The second place is a newsletter sign up page. The purpose of this page is to gain long time visitors. You want them to sign up for the newsletter, not click your ads.  read more »

That is the million dollar question: Where Should I Place My Ads? There is a ton of info out there on where to place your ads on your pages. I personally use the heat map on Google Adsense for my bible. Why would Google steer you wrong?

There is a thing called ad blindness. How many pages do you go to that have a banner ad right at the top? How many times have you clicked it? Or on the right hand side of the page? Or at the very bottom?  read more »