Category Archives: Blog Monetisation

Adsense Ad Positioning & Your CTR

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Google Adsense can be a useful and fairly simple way to monetise your blog, right?  WRONG!  It may be easy to generate the ad code and paste it into your site, but the job doesn’t stop there.  This post looks … Continue reading →

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Traffic Conversion Secrets – How to Convert Your Website Traffic Into Sales

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

? A few days ago I wrote a guide to business blogging, where I covered traffic sales conversions a little, but I figured it’s such an important area, it would be worthy of a post of its own.  In my … Continue reading →

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Adsense Makes Me Feel Like My Parents Are Coming Round To Visit…

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

I’ve been using Adsense since it was launched and do love it’s simplicity and effectiveness as a method for content sites to monetise.  But sometimes I do get overly paranoid about following the TOS and not clicking on my own … Continue reading →

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Hidden Gems for 2007

Posted on October 11, 2007 by

The latest Adsense incarnation – rounded corners – nice!   About time Google got out of the dark ages and realised that angular ad placements are sooooo last decade! Not exactly groundbreaking, but I do like the change – the … Continue reading →

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Blogging to the Bank the Unethical Way

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

Call me cynical, but sites like Blogging to the Bank just attract gullible people who think that they can earn thousands of pounds by following ‘hidden truths’ to make money on their blog. I found this site within Google Adwords, … Continue reading →

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Search Engine Optimisation – Part 2

Posted on May 26, 2007 by

Without traffic you earn no income from the likes of Google Adsense, and without a good Google Page Rank, people don’t want to pay you for advertising on your blog. So, the best solution is to continue to write unique … Continue reading →

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Don’t Sell Yourself and your Blog Short

Posted on April 30, 2007 by

I’ve finally realised that unless you have good traffic or a blog on a popular niche, you have very little chance of earning an income straightaway. The Blogged Out project has, so far, been a complete flop, but it’s been … Continue reading →

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