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The latest news regarding bloggers happened in California. Affiliates of Amazon, Overstock.com (also O.co) and probably other smaller California based businesses were told, “you’re fired”. In the article, Should the Internet Be Taxed, WebPro News shared: On Friday [July 1, 2011], a new California state law goes into effect that… read more Bloggers – You’re Fired

Do you remember when you first started blogging? Although I don’t think about it often, I still do. I was scared to hit “publish” the first few times, and I worried because I kept switching my theme. I didn’t know any of the blogging terms either. Being self taught, I… read more I Shoulda…

Reviews of any kind (paid or unpaid) are great ways for bloggers to generate traffic. Today’s Lesson Product and/or book reviews can help to increase traffic (to our blogs), and may even make us a few coins in the process. Although I don’t do many product reviews on this blog,… read more Book And Product Reviews Generate Traffic

I couldn’t end this series without talking about making money with blogs. Most bloggers start a blog with money as part of the equation. I did. However, the truth about making money with a blog is often misleading. Search online and you’ll find many sites, e-books, or “subscribe to this”… read more Blogging – Year One – Lesson Twelve

If you use Google AdSense, you may have noticed arrows on the ad unit. Today’s Lesson Just recently Google added two small arrows to their AdSense ads units. What this does, is gives the potential ad clicker, more advertising options. Whether a reader on a blog will notice these arrows… read more Google AdSense – Arrows For More Ads

Many bloggers are being careful not to monetize their blogs too soon. Why? Because a few big name bloggers said you should wait to monetize your blog until you build up a loyal readership. Yes, that makes sense. After all, we don’t want other bloggers to think we’re only in… read more Why Wait – Blog For Dollars Now

Yesterday I wrote how we often marry our blogs, by becoming consumed with blogging. Today, I will share time saving tips I use on a daily basis which streamline my blogging activities.. Today’s Lesson 1) Install a good spam blocker. I use Akismet, however, there are others available which will… read more 15 Time Saving Tips For Bloggers

Photo Credit: srslyguys’ photos We love to blog, but as time passes, maintaining a blog gets very time consuming. Today’s Lesson When you first heard of a blog, you found how to get one for free, or signed up with WordPress and got a web host. You read/watched WP blogging… read more Me And The Blog – Till Death Do Us Part

If you use Google AdSense as part of your blog’s monetization, you can easily set up a “savings account” with Google. Today’s Lesson First of all, if you haven’t done so, you’ll need to: Most of you know, when visitors click on your AdSense ads, you make money. (Do not… read more Sign Up For Google’s Saving Account

It is often written, “Do not try to reinvent the wheel”. In blogging, some will say, find a popular blog, and copy what they are doing, and you have a better chance of becoming successful. Is that true? Or, is there a better way? If you look at inventions, often… read more Copy Successful Blogs/Websites – Or Not

Today’s Lesson Two months ago, I started an experiment with Google AdSense, “ads for content”, ads. As I stated in that post, From this site, I have removed my Google Ads for Content, (which I had in the sidebar). Months ago, I read ( and I don’t know if this… read more Google AdSense Ads – Do Less Mean More

If you have been surfing the internet, you have probably seen many sites that claim they make lots of money with their blog. Some will suggest, that If you buy their ebook, they will tell you how you can get rich, with a blog, too. Today’s Lesson Making money by… read more Can You Get Rich Blogging

In my previous post, I wrote about adding internal links in your posts, to deter having your content plagiarized. Today’s Lesson How would you know if your content is being plagiarized, and if so, what will you do? Shortly after I started blogging, I wanted to see how many of… read more Has Your Content Been Plagiarized

If you are on this blog, trying to figure out how to make millions from blogging, you are on the wrong site. I would suggest you read a previous post of mine, titled Quit Blogging – Make Millions. Today’s Lesson When you sign up for Google AdSense, if you troll… read more Experiment With AdSense Positions

Google AdSense video units are now ready for use on blogs. I went to my Google AdSense account and downloaded the video unit. If you do not have a YouTube account, you must first establish one prior to downloading the video unit. After getting your confirmation code from YouTube, you… read more Google AdSense Video Units

Leaving a comment on another blog, can spark many things. One comment can create a rush of traffic to your blog. A meaningful comment can also bring you many loyal visitors. Keep in mind, “comment traffic” can be “spikey” traffic, i.e. you could see an immediate spike in your traffic… read more Write Traffic Building Comments

Google AdSense is a common way for bloggers, to try and generate income for their sites. If you sign into your Google account, you may see that you also have a choice for Google “referral” ads. Don’t yet have an AdSense account, you can click on the following link, and… read more Google Referral Ads vs Ads For Content

Is your blog being found by search engines, referrals, or direct (bookmarks, or someone types in your blog URL)? I have two blogs, and interestingly enough, readers are finding this blog, by referrals, almost exclusively. (A lot of my referrals, become “direct”, due to bookmarking.) My second blog, Observation Mountain.com… read more Search Engines, Referrals or Direct Traffic?

Should you monetize your blog, by inserting ads? Or should your blog be free of ads? Should you insert ads as soon as you set up your blog? Or, should you wait until your readership increases, and then add Google AdSense, affiliate ads, etc? Most bloggers do write, because they… read more Monetize Your Blog?

Google AdSense is a great way to make money with your blog. After adding some code to your pages, the ads will automatically appear – like magic. Once readers start clicking on your ads, you can start making money. An added bonus, it’s free to you. If you’re comfortable adding… read more Make Money With Google AdSense

If you’re new to blogging, you may be overwhelmed with all of the blogging language. You did find out that blogging has it’s own language, didn’t you? My best advice to new bloggers, is to take it, one step at a time. There is no way, you’ll learn all there… read more Are You A New and Overwhelmed Blogger

Adding a Google Search Bar on your blog/website, can help you increase your Google earnings. This is almost a no brainer, as most themes already include a search bar. To add AdSense for Search is easy. Log into your Google account. Go to “AdSense Setup”, click on “AdSense for Search”,… read more AdSense For Search

Would you like to be able to make a million dollars blogging? Of course, you would. Although most of us blog in an effort to help others, money always enters the picture, in one form or another. We may want to make a few bucks via our affiliate advertising, by… read more Quit Blogging and Make Millions

If you use Google AdSense ads in your blog(s), and are constantly clicking “Google AdSense” to check your account balance, Firefox has an add on that will list your earnings in your status bar. Just go to Firefox, search for “AdSense Notifier”, and download (“install”) the add on. Then, go… read more No Click Google AdSense Reporting

If you blog, and have incorporated Google AdSense ads into your pages, optimizing the performance of those AdSense ads to generate income, becomes an issue. On Google’s blog, there’s a great little “Optimization Demo” for AdSense ads. It takes approximately five minutes to watch, and is full of neat little… read more Optimizing Google AdSense

The expected stats for a newbie’s blog seems to be a mystery. I’ve done some research on stats for a new blog, but so far only found one newbie blog, where the author listed their stats. I’m curious, are my new blog stats inline with other new blogs? Am I… read more Stats For Newbie Blogs – I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

Learning where to insert code into a WordPress blog can be confusing. Most code is written in HTML, as are the “presentation”, “theme editor” pages. All the more reason to learn HTML. The process I follow to make inserting code into my WordPress blogs easier, is to study the “theme… read more Learning Where To Insert Code In A WordPress Blog

O.K., you decided to become an affiliate of Commission Junction, Link Share, or any of the other affiliate marketing companies. You carefully choose which ads to place on your site to target your audience. Everything’s going along fine, until you start micromanaging your site, and see that Google has an… read more Competitive Ads By Google? Use Google’s Competitive Ad Filter?

As you can see, I have added advertising to my blog. I signed up for Commission Junction shortly after I started blogging, and took time to go through their extensive list of advertisers. I picked advertisers for both this blog and my other blog at www.observationmountain.com. Since I strive to… read more Pick Your Advertisers Carefully