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Monday, December 22, 2008

Tutorial #4: Setting Multiple Adsense color palettes!

Tutorial explanation:

This tutorial will explain how to generate code for multiple color palettes for 1 certain ad.

What do you need?

An Adsense account.

Step Number One:

login and go to the AdSense for content setting.

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Step Number Two:

Select Ad unit- text and image ads (default). (it actually doesn't matter if what you choose there..)

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Step Number Three:


Select an Ad format. It doesn't matter which one..

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Step Number Four:


In the color palate, choose 'use multiple palettes'.
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Step Number Five:

Select by holding down the 'ctrl button, the palettes you want to use. (you get a preview of 4 different palettes, on the left. If you select more than 4 different palettes, it will still work, but you won't see them all in the preview.)

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Step Number Six:

Copy and paste your code into the suitable place.
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And that rounds up this tutorial!
Hope it helped you out,
Amigo!

Tutorial #3, AdSense Referral Setup.

Tutorial explanation:

In this tutorial we will learn the basics of the AdSense referral setup.

What do you need?

An AdSense account.

Step Number One:

- Login to your AdSense account.

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Step Number Two:

- Go to the 'AdSense Setup' tab.
- Select referrals.

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Step Number Three:

- Choose the product you want to refer to.
(In this tutorial we will refer to Google AdSense)
- Click Continue.

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Step Number Four:

- Choose the referral button or link you want.
- Click Continue.

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Step Number Five:

- Click inside the code box to highlight it.
- Copy Paste the code into the place you want it to be on your site.

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That's it. Wasn't that simple??

Hope I could help,
Amigo!

Friday, December 19, 2008

AdSense Click Fraud in India - How The Whole System Works?

A recent report on Click Fraud suggests that the maximum number of invalid clicks on Pay Per Click ads originate from India. And this is not the first time - its widely believed there there exists a large “work from home” crowd in India who want to generate “quick cash” by clicking Google AdSense ads.

During a recent trip to Google Hyderabad for BarCamp, I met someone who explained me the whole modus operandi of these secret ad clickers.

work at home google cashPick any issue of Deccan Chronicle newspaper (the English Daily of Hyderabad) and open the Classifieds section - you will see dozens of ads that promise you regular Google AdSense income while working from home. (see this newspaper clipping on the right).

You basically create a website and then write a few articles to get accepted into the official Google AdSense program. Once you become an AdSense publisher, you join any of these “bogus” AdSense network and are introduced to other members who are in the same boat as you.

Now Google would quickly ban your AdSense account if you click Ads on your own website so what these networks do is ask members to click on Ads appearing on websites of other members. So it like a reciprocal behavior - you click my ads and I will click yours.

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Do members of such local AdSense networks make money? I have doubts. They may make a few dollars before Google discovers the click fraud activity, bans the account and returns the accumulated earnings to advertisers.

But in any case, the fraudulent clicks have been generated and added to the global “Click Fraud Index”. No wonder, India tops the chart.

 

Tutorial #2: Tweak the AdSense BG Color!!!

Tutorial Explanation:

I will show how in a few simple steps, you can change your AdSense Background colors, to suit any part of your site!

Needed Tools:

- An AdSense Account.
- Adobe Photoshop.


OK! Lets Begin!

Step Number one:

- Open Photoshop.
- Open your website in your browser.
- Press the Print Screen (PrtScn) button, on your keyboard.
- Open a new document in PhotoShop (CTR+N). (settings don't matter..)
- Paste the printed screen into Photoshop. (Simply press CTR+V)

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Step Number Two:

- Click on the Brush tool in Photoshop.

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Step number Three:

- Hold down the ALT button, on your keyboard.

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Step number Four:

- While holding down the ALT button, select and click with your mouse, the color you want your Ad to be.

- After choosing the color, Click on the color palate. (The colored box in the picture)

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Step number Five:

- You should now be in the Color Setting. (Like in the picture)

- Copy the content of the box I marked in the picture. (Simply select it, and press CTR+C)

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Step number Six:

- Go into your AdSense Account.
- Go into the AdSense Setup page, and select the AdSense for content (or Search..)
- Choose the settings you like for the Ad, and finally, get to the Ad color settings. (it should look like the picture..)
- Select the content of the Background box.

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Step number Seven:

remember that when we were in Photoshop, we copied something? Now is the time to use it.

- Paste the content into the Background box. (Notice the ads background change.)

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Step Number Eight:

- Simply copy the ads code, into the place you want it, in your website. (Like you always do..)

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That's it. Hope it helped you out! I tried to make it as easy as possible!

Amigo. =)

US finance humor

Some humor before the markets open!!

1. The US has made a new weapon that destroys people but keeps the
building standing,. Its called the stock market - Jay Leno

2. Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are?? Wall Street is now
being called Wal Mart Street - Jay Leno

3. The difference between a pigeon and a London investment banker. The
pigeon can still make a deposit on a BMW

4. What's the difference between a guy who lost everything in Las
Vegas and an investment banker? A tie!

5. The problem with investment bank balance sheet is that on the left
side nothing's right and on the right side nothing's left.

6. I want to warn people from Nigeria who might be watching our show,
if you get any emails from Washington asking for money, it's a scam.
Don't fall for it - Jay Leno

7. Bush was asked about the credit crunch. He said it was his
favourite candy bar - Jay Leno

8. The rescue bill was about 450 pages. President Bush's copy is even
thicker. They had to include pictures - Jay Leno

9. President Bush's response was to meet some small business owners in
San Antonio last week. The small business owners are General Motors,
General Electric and Century 21 - Jay Leno

10. What worries me most about the credit crunch, is that if one of my
cheques is returned stamped 'insufficient funds'. I won't know
whether that refers to mine or the bank's

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Poker Affiliates: Use PPC Ads For A Traffic Boost

As a poker affiliate, you should always be on the lookout for ways to generate more player sign ups. PPC advertising is one such technique that can deliver in this area. Here is a quick rundown of exactly what PPC advertising is and how it can benefit your poker affiliate marketing business.

Pay per click advertising is a search engine marketing technique that involves bidding on keyword phrases and paying a fee when visitors click on the ads. Here are some of the benefits that PPC advertising can provide for your business:

1. You don't need to be a computer genius or SEO guru to run a highly profitable PPC ad campaign.

2. PPC advertising gives you the ability to test ideas and see results immediately.

3. No need to worry about tedious search engine optimization.

4. You can instantly target any keyword phrase that you choose.

PPC advertising is not without negatives however. Here are the downsides to using PPC advertising:

1. Monthly advertising bills to pay.

2. PPC ads are at risk for fraudulant clicks.

3. Pay-per-click pricing can become very expensive over time.

PPC advertising gives advertisers complete control over their ad campaigns. Advertisers can effectively target their audience and determine how much each visitor is worth to them. Pay per click ad networks provide an excellent platform for identifying a desired target audience by geographic setting and subject.

Advertisers have access to various tools provided by PPC ad networks to monitor the effectiveness of their advertising. It is easy to use these powerful tools to track campaigns and tweak them for optimal profitability.

When you begin using PPC advertising to promote your websites, your keyword phrases are extremely important. Choose as many specific keyword phrases as you can and then write an attention grabbing advertisement that uses as many of those keywords as possible.

Also, it is important to remember to stick to your advertising budget. Start slowly and work on improving the effectiveness of your advertisements, avoid placing high bids right out of the gate.

PPC advertising has really caught on in popularity and should continue to grow. It is a relatively new form of online advertising and in my opinion, hasn't yet reached it's full potential. Try using PPC advertising to promote your poker websites today!

Friday, December 12, 2008

How To Boost Blog's Traffic- And Make Money.

Ok. This is probably the most interesting and exciting part for most of you.

You might be:
- Just an ordinary blogger, and you would be happy if more people visit your blog.
- Just an ordinary blogger, but you would be happy to make some money out of your blog.
- A little more than an ordinary blogger. You write well, and think you deserve a large amount of cash for you blog.
- An exclusive writer, who thinks he can make tons of $ from his blog.

If you can fit yourself in one of the description above, follow these steps.


First step- Look and Feel.

If you enter a blog, and the writing in poor, the outlet is messy, the colors are disgusting and the topic is boring, wouldn't you just leave?
One of the most important things about a successful blog, is first of all the way it looks. When you start your blog, or have already started one and want to improve it, you should first of all think about the person visiting your blog. Ask yourself 'would I like to visit this blog?'
Important rules you should keep:
- Write about interesting stuff.
- Make sure you keep your Blog updated.
- Keep the blog organized:
Make sure your outlet- backgrounds, pictures, text color, text size, all look nice and clean.
- Make sure, or try your best, your punctuation is correct. Look for your spelling mistakes, if you find one- correct it.

If you make sure you keep the rules above, I assure you your Blog will be a great one to visit and read. People will start talking about it, and it will start spreading as fast as the wind. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

Next- Make Sure your Blog is easy to Search for.

Their are plenty of different search engines. The main one are Google, Yahoo, Msn and so on. Make sure you let them know about your Blog!
How? For example, log onto google.com, and search for submit site. The site you will find will be the following-
http://www.google.com/addurl/?Continue=/addurl.
Start there, and follow the same process for any search engine you find.

Make sure you don't miss special Blog Searchers! For example- http://blogsearch.google.com/ or
http://www.blogsearchengine.com/ or
http://www.ysearchblog.com/.
And their are plenty more. Just search for 'Blog Search' and submit your site to them.

Check out sites that incourage people to visit your blog. Sites like- http://www.blogmad.net


Next Step- Google Adsense. (coming soon, really soon.)

Amigo.

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