tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266928072024-03-12T18:28:28.600-07:00Swapw - Making money smartA candid review of SEO, Making Money Online, Blogging for money, and affiliate marketing from my personal experienceSwapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-45500873784479342142011-01-20T05:49:00.000-08:002011-01-20T09:54:48.230-08:00Transitions<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rZH4JK0_Mwg" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><br />For those that have been following my making money blog, it's been a while since I have posted anything up on my blogspot account. After looking through a few old items in my old computer a lot of memories kinda came back....streams of emotion in some of the negative events came back as well even though I'm usually not a very emotional guy. Therefore, I've decided to quickly write an update to my loyal readers here in what has happened to Swapw even though I don't believe most that have followed me through the years are still around. Well, whatever haha....I'm posting it anyway.<br /><br />I have gone through a tremendous amount of changes in my life since my last blog post and due to those changes in many ways, it hindered me from posting anything new on my money making blog. Since half of my mind just isn't even here, rather then posting something of a lesser quality like I have stressed over my blog; quality posts are the key into any blog's success.<br /><br />The changes for the past few years included a life altering break-up, a depression, an outlook and mindset change, and a new direction in my ongoing ambition to take on new challenges in life.<br /><br />For those that are interested in tracking my personal success in <a href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">making money online</a>, I am here to tell you that I personally believe I have achieved that so yes if you are a brand new blogger that's kinda pondering in this area there are definite opportunities here still. <br /><br />I myself am now a web developer and at the same token still involved in several business ventures outside of it. For those that would like to still follow me in my blog post even though "money making tips" are just going to be a part of my new blog rather then a complete focus of it please check out my blog at my web development firm at <a href="http://www.xquisite.net/">Xquisite.net</a> which the site should be up in the near future and at latest the beginning of Feb, 2011.<br /><br />This post is probably the last post that I'll have up with blogspot on my personal money making blog here however I would like to end it on a good note. With all sincerity I wish every single one of you the best in all of your endeavors in life, when it comes to money making the question is NOT whether you can make money or not. But whether if your heart and desire is there. That doesn't just apply to making money online, I believe if you try your best you can make money in any field. FIN.Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-50559977405106806262008-12-03T22:53:00.000-08:002008-12-04T01:12:02.017-08:00An overview on Directories<object width="450" height="406"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8qcJLVLgPd8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8qcJLVLgPd8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="406"></embed></object><br /><br />Directory submissions are great ways to help with Search Engine Optimization efforts for a web site which in term helps a site's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">SERP</a>. This is no news as it is known throughout most <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">SEO </a>communities. However, with all of these new and "so called" gurus claiming that they know anything about them they've also stirred up a lot of confusion behind the truth on "how" to do it correctly for it to help. I've also had my share of take on it previously with <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/2007/04/web-directory-submissions-and-meta-tags.html">directory submission</a> as well.<br /><br />Through my video today I will explain to you what paid directories, regular directory submission, and directory submission services are in black and white. Without repeating myself from what's been said on the video, one thing to keep reminding yourself is that manual directory submission by yourself is always the best way to go.<br /><br />Now, the next question that you may have is where or which directories do I submit? Although there are a ton of lists out there, here's a list to help you start:<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.best-web-directories.com/directory-list.htm">http://www.best-web-directories.com/directory-list.htm</a><br /><br />I'll keep the post short but just check out the video, I think it already explains a lot of it in depth. A lot of how you <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">make money</a> on the web has to do with how you optmize your site and make your audience king! Believe me, besides optimizing your site making audience king is one of the most simple concept in the book and sadly 80% of the web companies or sites are far worse in comparison with regular shops in both maintenance and customer service. - <a href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Swapw</span><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr31gx7S7B6EWWF59oQkoanzlDrogdt81_f77oh_iM6-HdqlhAxStlbwupPSr8-95CaLVvHfeYv-MGkqQreAiOI5l8BUo3ecO0mUWL0sDHasLVt9ckMM_A_KtXd5qYzUJRacQ/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 67px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihr31gx7S7B6EWWF59oQkoanzlDrogdt81_f77oh_iM6-HdqlhAxStlbwupPSr8-95CaLVvHfeYv-MGkqQreAiOI5l8BUo3ecO0mUWL0sDHasLVt9ckMM_A_KtXd5qYzUJRacQ/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275858072547427314" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/search+engine+optimization" rel="tag" class="techtag">search+engine+optimization</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-1077085272912906262008-03-01T21:39:00.000-08:002008-03-02T02:20:42.149-08:00The Power of Link Baiting<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Dakoh69Z1A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="450"></embed><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Link baiting</a> is a very powerful technique a lot of people talk about over the internet. There are plenty of debates on how to use it and what it is being used for. A lot of so called gurus claimed to have used them in the past but I'll bet you that maybe 10% of them or less are actually successful in what they preach or know.<br /><br />I have to say it first and foremost that link bait is something that I've used only a hand full of times, but from my studies I've found that they have a profound impact in helping and boosting a blog's popularity including <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">traffic</a>.<br /><br />From my own experiments, I have found that writing against usually a mainstream view or a mainstream figure to be the most effective way in link baiting. Usually the author advocating an opposite view shows up first at your blog and with it also bringing in their supporters. Now the key here is to have a well constructed argument from your end. With a well constructed argument and a well thought out reasoning can a lot of times swayed the visitors that were going against you to be for you. On top of it, let's say that even if they all disagree with you now you got the attention of many others onto your website and blogs that links to you for the negative purpose of publicizing how wrong you are. For the purpose of link baiting, this would be considered a success. Although it may have a short term negative impact on your website or blog due to your opinion differences, but because of the links that's already in place with all these sites or blogs the benefits are huge. Most of it coming from indirect <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">traffic</a>, mostly visitors of their blog going onto yours. The traffic you'll receive can be exponential.<br /><br />Now, I don't think link baiting is exactly ethical but the idea is to make sure that some type of buzz is being created for others to know and that your site or blog gets the attention of free press as a result others talking about it; it does exactly that. One precautionary measure that I would advice from my experience is to do some research before you jump into a heated debate. Without valid points to combat accusations from your opponents, you might just dig yourself into a rut. However, by defending yourself successfully would promote your reputation positively and the respects from the original advocates from the other side. It will give you a long lasting effect in traffic boost and buzz from time to time. And as we all know, traffic is the source of income in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">making money online</a> and I wish the best success with your own results. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ryCikhLL0D0LJvh4CrU8q4omye6ZsQTxRQjUZuMIuSi-zaIMQd0zHcvV8nDLMQsdopHRfqL6bYjvrDv9AmYk2FqO3m2tBHI10Y-LrW0hvK3zq0bTkFofZ8USJT4U-qyty7uf/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ryCikhLL0D0LJvh4CrU8q4omye6ZsQTxRQjUZuMIuSi-zaIMQd0zHcvV8nDLMQsdopHRfqL6bYjvrDv9AmYk2FqO3m2tBHI10Y-LrW0hvK3zq0bTkFofZ8USJT4U-qyty7uf/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173084556283782834" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/link+baiting" rel="tag" class="techtag">link+baiting</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-52999277239113676012008-02-27T23:43:00.000-08:002008-03-02T02:21:32.586-08:00Page Rank vs SERP<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v6yh0E9qr00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="450"></embed><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank">Google Page Rank</a> or PR has been the long time standard for many site owners, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.blogger.com">bloggers</a>, as well as webmasters along with <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_results_page">SERP</a> or Search Engine Result Page. Recently, a range coming from a lot of webmasters as well as bloggers are starting to state that the Google Page Rank is no longer important in the race to become the most popular site with traffic.<br /><br />What I find it comical are some of the leading bloggers and webmasters all of a sudden, just overnight starts to pass to other people the lies that Google has changed its algorithm and that page rank is no longer of importance without any sort of proof. When a reputable blogger speaks up about an idea, the power that they have on many webmasters and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a> community is that a lot of them will follow them without questioning them.<br /><br />In many ways, page rank actually has to do with <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_results_page">SERP</a>. To rank well, you must build up your backlinks in quality. The same thing applies to PR but not as heavy. How well the content is being portrayed is very heavy on both PR and SERP so there are actually quite a bit of similarity here. Obviously there are other ways to promote both of these areas but the top two are the ones I've just mentioned. Thus, to say that to concentrate on one area and neglecting on another area is almost bogus since they are both connected with one another in various ways.<br /><br />Yes, having a high SERP gives you a lot of free organic traffic from Google. However, to build a successful site and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">authority site</a> is beyond <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">traffic</a>. I can almost bet that all of the reputable bloggers and webmasters who started all this talk is probably taking advantage of this opportunity to build up their PR while everyone else is overseeing it and come back several months later to say how important it is, blah blah blah.<br /><br />Don't clog your judgment due to rumors or fabs, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> PR is a measuring stick. Remember, besides other bloggers there are also newbies that are searching for various blogs. For them, what Google determines as good is as authoritative as it gets! On the internet, traffic is big money. When two sites both have the same traffic and as good of a site with one another what makes a big difference is how each is being ranked with Google. If you have that edge then you are definitely winning the race.<br /><br />Unless Google comes out and says that PR is no longer something they look at, you can bet on its confidence for other users. Take advantage of this situation and focus on your PR is the best way for your websites or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">blog to make money</a>. Staying in the trend with others don't make you the big bucks, being on top of it will. - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zkPMKSVKYi8PTU1dzeBs_0Gnv1K6MZ3BBt_osxDRkeljQ7geOz-1S8fy8nohnANNSy27hY-dzsOkwwO-vb0CdaHJNBuHYtbNMxFyH2xqGCZbn914_l7dGSEaizyWUC6aIvEq/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zkPMKSVKYi8PTU1dzeBs_0Gnv1K6MZ3BBt_osxDRkeljQ7geOz-1S8fy8nohnANNSy27hY-dzsOkwwO-vb0CdaHJNBuHYtbNMxFyH2xqGCZbn914_l7dGSEaizyWUC6aIvEq/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171991357370149522" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/page+rank" rel="tag" class="techtag">page+rank</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/search+eingine" rel="tag" class="techtag">search+eingine</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/search+eingine+result+page" rel="tag" class="techtag">search+eingine+result+page</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-43613550290445414502008-02-25T21:37:00.000-08:002008-02-28T01:09:23.032-08:00Dot Asia, an opportunity or a bust?<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CBFk4ZmzuWc&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="450"></embed><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh2OyjuLD8qjZfR9T07D1qYgxi3mn77rxZsscU937jTm5Tra8F6xgYxnWEQzbdjXWX935MU0joDtwWmowIPVFY8riNuDJqmzP8TZr_8xPgczObROQvRNKPn8E9CMLmTbkGE1S/s1600-h/dot+asia+%28Swapw%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh2OyjuLD8qjZfR9T07D1qYgxi3mn77rxZsscU937jTm5Tra8F6xgYxnWEQzbdjXWX935MU0joDtwWmowIPVFY8riNuDJqmzP8TZr_8xPgczObROQvRNKPn8E9CMLmTbkGE1S/s400/dot+asia+%28Swapw%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171164215388416626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you haven't really heard about it yet, well the dot Asia extension is about to come out in a few weeks. You can see some of its release and details here:<br /><br />https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/tlds/asia.asp?tld=asia&ci=10002<br /><br />In short, similar to dot com, dot info, dot net, dot org, etc. Dot Asia is supposedly something that's specifically made for "Asians". My guesses in why they did that is they kinda figured that the rise of GOP in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html">China</a> would mean a new breed of internet users coming onto the internet. Not only will they come to the internet, the domains that will be acquired by the Chinese will be in growth exponentially. I believe that, however what I have a problem with is how much they've hyped the dot Asia deal to the effect that it'll be "THE" solution to it which is completely BS to me.<br /><br />The idea behind obtaining good domains is in the fact that people sometimes don't go through <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com">search engines</a> to type in a name of a domain. Some people actually make a living through utilizing these types of techniques by obtaining good named websites and let the profits from advertisements <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">make them money</a> without any work from their end ever with these sites. For example, I may want to search for computers and instead of going to Google for a search I might just type in computers dot com instead. If the domain is parked and I happen to click on an ad per say, both the company that parked the domain as well as the person who owns the domain make some profit as a result and they share it together. <br /><br />This idea of making money in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.sedo.com">domain parking</a> as I have addressed in my blog previously. (you can read them <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/2007/05/domain-parking-real-monetizing-solution.html">here</a>) is all calculated through probabilities. In another words, the probabilities of you going into a site with the name computer dot com is a lot higher then a term that's unpopular like zyx dot com or something similar.<br /><br />Dot Asia is just a solution these dot moguls came up with in hopes to lure audiences primarily from Asia I'm guessing to jump into the world of domains and owning a piece of internet property. Honestly, do you think that would be the case? Most of the sites outside of the us uses various different prefixes. China for example uses something in the nature of dot com / cn and Japan would be / jp in the back. To literally try to change all of their domains overnight is a joke. Not now, not ever. If it's hard to comprehend, just think of it as a dot North America. Do you think people from Mexico, Cuba, etc would just jump in?<br /><br />I just don't believe on it and be real cautious if you are looking to jump on with the bandwagon. Honestly, Dot Asia is a bust in my humble opinion and in a way comical to say the least. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAJGBmZJOQnpM4wj8y_CFE3mB-o6bssuIusOdOQ5cv6tGuKCK4d3et68TSQOfv0nlfCocpm41dXITG1qN3VdJYTYylj-CBgPa2daSWy5I2Ra1V61ypvkOS7Ua6iUIWNSNUIii/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAJGBmZJOQnpM4wj8y_CFE3mB-o6bssuIusOdOQ5cv6tGuKCK4d3et68TSQOfv0nlfCocpm41dXITG1qN3VdJYTYylj-CBgPa2daSWy5I2Ra1V61ypvkOS7Ua6iUIWNSNUIii/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171171864725170818" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/domain+parking" rel="tag" class="techtag">domain+parking</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-79823616554231632492007-12-25T12:44:00.000-08:002007-12-25T13:48:36.107-08:00Blog commenting<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/--wet6Kpy8c&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="450"></embed><br /><br />Merry Christmas everyone. Since it is Christmas day, I thought I post something special for everyone today and I'll be talking about Blog commenting today. If you're a blogger, you may have already realized that there has been an increase in the number of spam in your blogs. Mostly it's really just other people trying to post links of their website into yours. Why is that? And what for?<br /><br />This whole buzz recently on the internet is really all due to the buzz that some of the webmasters started passing the words to others that "blog commenting" really helps optimize your search engine listings. Well, whoever started this saying really is not very knowledgeable about how <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">SEO</a> works. Most blogs, like blogger that I'm using and Wordpress uses a tag called the "no follow" tag embedded within its source code by default. What this does is no matter how many links that you have posted in your comment toward another blogger's comment box, the search engine will not pick it up! In another words, link it all you want it will not help your site in optimization a single bit.<br /><br />Unless the blog that you comment do have that particular code & line changed or modified to make it where it is now a "do follow" tag, search engines will never pick up those comments ever! The next question that follows is, "how do I know if the blog has a no comment or a do comment tag to their <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a>?" The answer to that is, you simply don't know! Unless you dig through the blog where they actually have a post that states it or others that passes you the word that it has a "do follow" tag, it really is a hassle to just dig through a single blog just for the purpose of one link. Mean while, let's say that people have compiled a list of "do follow" blogs what do you think about it? Yes, everyone will comment on those blogs thus making it a link farm site. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> hates those type of sites and once they blacklist it not only will it not help your site but hurt your site because it is linked there.<br /><br />Trust me guys, it's a lot more risk involved then positive impact toward your site or <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. Do your link building with other proven methods, it's probably the best way to achieve success for your sites!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77f2cQ0PhSU6gZ6AtmF9Aq2JBeFHTM27MZ45FJCeH6NZojlaZO0oPi-mBcwq0MUvzLEGfCq-LcM23vJpJ1lUyJe0uSjoIHOz5vCsSpd1_6QtZVNebzduupLOtAqvK1P6O49A8/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77f2cQ0PhSU6gZ6AtmF9Aq2JBeFHTM27MZ45FJCeH6NZojlaZO0oPi-mBcwq0MUvzLEGfCq-LcM23vJpJ1lUyJe0uSjoIHOz5vCsSpd1_6QtZVNebzduupLOtAqvK1P6O49A8/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148019495625024978" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-55943906623255770422007-12-01T02:01:00.000-08:002008-02-25T21:46:36.145-08:00Choosing the right company for affiliate marketing<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4g2n_M5_rlI&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4g2n_M5_rlI&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />For those of you that have been following my blog, you will notice that I've talked quite a bit about <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">affiliate marketing</a> recently. I do however want to provide a disclaimer beforehand and apologize about the video quality today due to the mic problems that I have been having. Without further due, let's jump right into the topic.<br /><br />Now <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">affiliate marketing</a> has been the hot topic that I hear a lot of people talking about recently. Some have really made a real fortune out of it and some may get skeptical but I have personally witnessed a trusted guy I know making $12000 from it. Before you get too excited about it I want to say that it is a very lucrative field! Meaning that it will take some initial investment in it and I'm not talking about $50 or even $100. You'll probably be testing out with at least $200 or more to really see some results. I have to first say that it's not for everyone, after all there are only a few that's willing to invest $200 upfront without a guarantee return. However if you are willing to invest your time to test different campaigns out, the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">reward</a> is handsome.<br /><br />Let me just briefly explain how this process works. The chart below is something I've made really quickly to sum everything up in a nutshell.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Guy or company wanting to sell their product or service -> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Affiliate companies</span> -> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Affiliate marketers</span></span><br /><br />Each of the guys will get a split of the profit. So let's say that I'm a guy who wants to sell remote controls over the internet for $30 and however I don't have time to promote my product, I can go to a promotional companies such as an <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">affiliate company</a>. These companies are pretty much guys who claim that they can sell products for people for a living, in term they take a cut in the profit in every sale. So for example if I want $30 per remote control and the fee per sale was $15, then it's likely that I would like the sales price for these guys to sell them at $45.<br /><br />So, in theory I will get $30 per sale on remote control and these <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">affiliate companies</a> will make $15 per sale at a sales price of $45 per remote control. How do these affiliate companies really make that $15 per sale? Obviously they in term hunt for potential affiliate marketers or current affiliate marketers like you and I to sale these products for them and in term split their $15 in profit with us. Now, how this split really varies between various affiliate companies. Some may split their profit with you more while others less, and there are some that just doesn't pay.<br /><br />If you think you have the knowledge or is capable of selling on the internet for a product that you know really well about or the fact that you're just a good salesman, being an <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">affiliate marketer</a> is not a bad place to be. Having pushed sales as an affiliate marketer, below are a couple sites that I would recommend joining if you're thinking of jumping into this industry.<br /><br />1. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">Azoogleads</a> - These guys are probably one of the best affiliate marketing companies around in my opinion. Beside that they are one of the bigger <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134">affiliate companies</a> around, they always pay on time! Now that may sound silly to some of you but some of these affiliate companies will actually delay payments to their affiliates. From my experience not only do Azoogle pay on time they are usually the ones offering one of the industries highest pay rate per product sales. The account rep they assign to you is usually very helpful and that's always a plus in this industry. Because if you have questions you can always call them personally or e-mail them for help. If you would like to try, here's the link to go to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.azoogleads.com/corp/publishers/apply.php?i=29134" target="_blank">them</a><br /><br />2. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.reseller.hop.clickbank.net/">Clickbank</a> - Similar to Azoogleads, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.reseller.hop.clickbank.net/">Clickbank</a> is a decent sized affiliate companies around. A lot of their products which they provide affiliate marketers to sale are usually niched toward web content based products such as Ebooks. Personally I'm not a big fan of Ebooks so I haven't given these guys a try for too long but I've heard great things about this company and their support so if you are interested in joining them, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.reseller.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>!<br /><br />3. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.neverblueads.com/signup?ref=aff_9761">Neverblueads</a> - The guys from <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.neverblueads.com/signup?ref=aff_9761">Neverblueads</a> provide decent payouts similar to the top two that I've mentioned but one of the things that they specializes on is in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.neverblueads.com/signup?ref=aff_9761">incentivized offers</a>. What it means is that the affiliate marketers can actually pay people to sign up for certain products. In another words affiliate marketers are able to pay users to sign up certain products to make money. Neverblueads has actually quite a bit of these products and if you are interested on incentivized offers, they're not a bad choice to go into. You can join them <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.neverblueads.com/signup?ref=aff_9761">here</a>!<br /><br />4. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cj.com/">Commission Junction</a> - They are the biggest affiliate marketing companies around that I know of as to date. They promote for a lot of well known companies including Yahoo and Best Buy. They are one of the most stable companies around with a large selection of database in products that you can promote. The problem with them is that they often delay their payments due to product verification purposes. Although by nature, there's nothing wrong with this process I have talked to some folks who have had problems with them in the past on payments. I wouldn't personally recommend them because of my lack of experiences with their products. However if you prefer joining this industry with one of the biggest guys around, they will be your go to guy. You can join them <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cj.com/">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">!</span><br /><br />We'll talk about simple promotional ideas some other time, but why don't you guys check these affiliate companies out? By joining a good affiliate company makes it a good start in your journey onto <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.neverblueads.com/signup?ref=aff_9761">affiliate marketing</a>. With smart promotion, that's how you <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">make money smart</a>. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-o3_MP-ZH0gCXf-00_hnQlsg_XqkfOl0RghNMpmaG_H7k7cmBTWUHzIu1dn_cq-BcJZ56VpSWnsIW0E5F0swah3eHgF8Wtn-k6foPA4JAJ3elHeRZPBGnW5I8pGg2X6GNeUZC/s1600-r/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvirNCwUiebLFDi0X3I5g7UnQQDcpNaxtfAdNFlIb1qLS5INqlojC4YqxG5A0hcbiDtKgeTazfAMrsEPVS0zsatKBtIXKgH8gfPQPpBmJ-3gewqkml0nnE_-k0vvZJPrGYwak/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138972256293329730" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/affiliate+marketing" rel="tag" class="techtag">affiliate+marketing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/completing+offers" rel="tag" class="techtag">completing+offers</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-73906158152690396132007-11-10T11:50:00.000-08:002007-11-15T15:23:03.315-08:00Widgetbucks, a scam to avoid!<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><object width="480" height="406"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jz3GalWdoLM&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jz3GalWdoLM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="406"></embed></object><br /><br />I don't understand why, I have noticed that a lot of reputable <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">bloggers</a> are all jumping into promoting Widgetbucks before actually reviewing the product in its entirety including <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/10/26/widgetbucks-update-speeds-up-loading-time-removes-backlink-and-removes-non-english-sites-from-network/">Problogger</a> Darren Rowse. I am a bit sick and tired of these reputable bloggers that are just trying to suck money out of their visitors by giving false or untested reviews of products so visitors are signing up under their affiliate link for them to earn a few bucks. <br /><br />Bad take on their end to sacrifice reputation for a quick buck or two. What I personally like to do is actually use the product first before promoting them, so here's my honest review of Widgetbucks.<br /><br />In short, I don't feel that they are a legitimate company and they do seem to fall under the categories of what I called a scam. At its first looks, I have noticed that there are claims by Widgetbucks that they are actually comparable to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com">Google Adsense</a>. Now, if anyone were to tell you that they are at par with Google Adsense this is definitely a red flag!! It's like a small fish saying that I eat sharks along with us humans.<br /><br />With my pre-judgments aside, I have went ahead and test them out by implementing their widget onto my website. After a few days later I have realized that not one, not two, "ALL" of their ads are the same. Technical knowledge aside, are you interested in the same advertisements over and over? Even if you were interested at it the first time, are you interested in it at a second time? Chances are the answer is no. It is clearly reflective on the click rates of my experiment as well. The original advertisement that I was getting a 1-2% click rate now drops down to less then 1%.<br /><br />Now waiting for a few additional weeks, I have noticed that <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://widgetbucks.com">Widgetbucks</a> practice what is known as backdating. Something that is prohibited by Wallstreet which has gotten a lot of stock brokers locked up in jail and Widgetbucks is doing the exact same thing. Not only did they reduce my rate per click to 30% of the original pay rate, they have backdated all of my earnings from the first day that I have signed up with them. This is fraud!!!<br /><br />To test out their <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.widgetbucks.com">customer service</a>, I have went ahead and called the customer service line which promises to return all requests within 24 hours. Not only did I not get a response, after 48 hours there's no call no e-mail from them. What this has demonstrated to me is that this is another program which will turn out to be something scam oriented with red flags signaled everywhere. So if you are hyped to join Widgetbucks because of bloggers or webmasters wanting to join their affiliate links, be careful out there. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Making money smart</a> sometimes doesn't mean jumping on the bandwagon first but to jump in at the right timing! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjDn7o97IfTMxbZoCqp2JL-N07fA5XG7AbYwH9NmLVmi7AbCWwxcUcm1eA87qxFocoBqlOn94Ccf5waWAX9ckDRguKpF_0JHCvZx62_2Wvp0SbN_mEVjFWcuSqah0riuncwo6/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjDn7o97IfTMxbZoCqp2JL-N07fA5XG7AbYwH9NmLVmi7AbCWwxcUcm1eA87qxFocoBqlOn94Ccf5waWAX9ckDRguKpF_0JHCvZx62_2Wvp0SbN_mEVjFWcuSqah0riuncwo6/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131330684252059122" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+adsense" rel="tag" class="techtag">google+adsense</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/referrals" rel="tag" class="techtag">referrals</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/reviews" rel="tag" class="techtag">reviews</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pay+per+click" rel="tag" class="techtag">pay+per+click</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-50034377278838404002007-11-03T15:51:00.000-07:002007-11-03T18:03:52.294-07:00Surveying your visitors<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBPNzOSZxGQ&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBPNzOSZxGQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />A lot of times I see SEO or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Online Money Making</a> Bloggers keep telling people to focus in advertisement of some sort as an effective way to increase traffic, this is great and all but a lot of times they fail to point out way to retain your traffic which is really the heart of the problem.<br /><br />Advertisements get you the traffic but to keep the traffic that has came to your site is how well you retain and understand your visitors. For example, when you purchase a computer such as Dell obviously the functionality and how well Dell present its computers to you is very important in making your final decision. However, it is how Dell service you afterwards that retain you as a customer of a lifetime not more advertisements. Let's just say that their customer service is horrible, do you think anyone would go back to Dell although new and fancier advertisements are being presented? Most likely not.<br /><br />If you consistently get new <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">traffic</a> from different venues of promoting your site, imagine the magnitude of loyal visitors if you keep them all happy? I can tell you as an experienced webmaster that the growth is exponential. Now the next question that you may have in your mind is how do you keep your current visitors happy? The answer to that is simply survey or ask your visitors! You might think, why should I ask my visitors or why would your visitors help you right? Surprisingly enough, from my personal experience visitors are quite informative in telling you exactly what they want and how they want it if you just take the time to ask. An example of a simple survey would be, "what would you prefer to see on my website?" then you offer them different choices that you have in mind and leave the last option up to them to provide a feedback to. Put the survey out for let's say a month, it's probably a good amount of time and most of your loyal readers have probably seen or given you inputs then. Just by looking at the result you can see exactly what's needed to be done in terms of your focus or the needs your visitors coming to your website.<br /><br />Believe me guys, this advise is golden. A survey takes you only 5 minutes to make, but the impact can fair well steer your site's future as well as improvements based on suggestions directly from your visitors. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Making money online</a> a lot of times it is similar to your real life businesses, if you understand your visitors better then your competitors you would then leap out as the leader of the pack instead of a follower or a copy cat. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VDJjuq4hjFU/Ryz5HHfzJCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SNqBx-GYuX0/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VDJjuq4hjFU/Ryz5HHfzJCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SNqBx-GYuX0/s320/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128747976334976034" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/survey" rel="tag" class="techtag">survey</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-60009940403796903422007-10-11T20:29:00.001-07:002007-10-11T21:00:16.255-07:00How to deal with online bullies?<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Ex5JC7muNA"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Ex5JC7muNA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Imagine walking into a forum that others have spoke about as being popular in the topic of your interest as a newbie, after your first question or post on the forum a guy usually with 100000 posts flames (demeaning words) you on the forum right away after your first post. How do you feel?<br /><br />All of us are newbies at one point, whether it is in a certain field, work, or life. Even in the world of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">money making</a> which is something I blog about, the same idea applies. Somehow, somewhere, there are always ones that bullies people around. What is the reason behind it? Usually it is caused by a lack of self confidence, a bad day, or to proof that they are better.<br /><br />What do you do when you are faced in such circumstances? Simple, ignore and acknowledge authorities when applicable. These bullies thrive when others are giving them a reaction they want, why should you fall victim of it? If it is in a forum, heck jump to a new thread and ignore their accusations. Acknowledge a moderator of such circumstance and if repeatedly done in such fashion the moderator will ban them without you needing to do a thing. Some may say, let's just go head on! Well, the results are often times mixed. If the guy speaking it in the forum has 100000 posts like I said earlier, they probably have others that they are familiar with that will stick around by their side within the forum so as a newbie it's probably best not to argue with them. Plus, what result does it bring? Nothing! Let's say that you win the argument, so what? They can start another thread and do the same thing. Don't ever loose your cool, because once you do you loose all respects from others.<br /><br />Let's change the environment a little bit. What if it is done on your blog? What I like to do personally is that I like to screen my comments and delete anything that is malicious or spam. If you are using Wordpress, then use spam plugins (there are many of them) to fend off spams. Whenever a blog gets popular, there are always spammers or others that is jealous of your success or just want to link bait. Don't fall for it and keep things clean and professional! Remember, your blog or forum's authority is built based on how you handle or deal with certain type of events. If we are so stuck with what others think about us there will never be an end! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmITGkdDKokPcvF9MdtNlfq97-RFnSe8GJlAckKUZB8tmfLi7FlRk3wapJtV6v95DiOMtdgcrNe-uuCqOdI3-IQRKU-QL7GJhSo3DSZIALyADHdBb8NhzGT3iZTeyzZGLpP1-W/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmITGkdDKokPcvF9MdtNlfq97-RFnSe8GJlAckKUZB8tmfLi7FlRk3wapJtV6v95DiOMtdgcrNe-uuCqOdI3-IQRKU-QL7GJhSo3DSZIALyADHdBb8NhzGT3iZTeyzZGLpP1-W/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120294754782654242" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/criticism" rel="tag" class="techtag">criticism</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-37380663245760488602007-10-11T19:30:00.000-07:002007-10-11T21:01:57.469-07:00Onlinecasinobluebook Reviewed<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qsIGCc1gfNw"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qsIGCc1gfNw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Thanks to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.reviewme.com/">Reviewme</a>, this will be a sponsored review to a site called <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.onlinecasinobluebook.com/">Onlinecasinobluebook.com</a>.<br />Gambling has always been looked at as the thing to do in Vegas and it is not until recently that gambling is introduced onto the internet. Thanks to the heavy broadcasting over media, gambling has really gotten really popularized is now called as a "sport".<br /><br />As a result, more and more gambling sites are surfacing onto the internet starting from the big sites such as Fulltiltpoker.com all the way down to small poker sites which you have never heard about. Now, whether you are interested in gambling how do you know which site to start looking into? <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.onlinecasinobluebook.com/">Onlinecasinobluebook</a> offer exactly that. From reviews of various casino sites all the way down to how to play a certain type of game they have it all. Although from the first look at the website, it does seem like it needs a lot of work at its site designs in competition with its competitors the content is pretty well written. Let's look at the game "black jack" for example:<br /><br /><blockquote><p class="body">"Its important to re mine your self that blackjack is between the player and the casino. The other players at the table can not affect the outcome of your play. </p>Also, there are no plays that are left to the dealer, all regulations of play are already predetermined by the online casino."</blockquote>Which gambling sites tells you that type of information? All of the casino's incite is to get a hold of your money and take as much money away from you as possible. I really think the information that <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.onlinecasinobluebook.com/">Onlinecasinobluebook</a> has to offer is actually something genuine and that's not to say that they actually offer support at the bottom of their page? Honestly, which gambling site offers support for gamblers? I can honestly say only a hand full of them does because it is simply not to their interest to do so.<br /><br />Whether you are a veteran gambler or just somebody that's interested to check out online gambling in this field why not play a few hands with their promo? Most of these casinos offer $50 to up to $200 just to join and it doesn't hurt to try out your luck once or twice right? Worst comes to worse, you lose them and you call it quits but if you win the upside is obviously towards your favor. I would say look at it as a few free lotto tickets, don't hurt right? -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISjKLVIKYAaCT0KgQijwfS3jR6qTvOAeluowtQ-cUK_dtC1vXeg6KgU1n0bfT0R6r4EbEmkcDroJTirhN4m3sdO-qhDSorX0e0fzkbaYABZd3kgbH4Ue8JHqGLQcspCqWJ-tm/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISjKLVIKYAaCT0KgQijwfS3jR6qTvOAeluowtQ-cUK_dtC1vXeg6KgU1n0bfT0R6r4EbEmkcDroJTirhN4m3sdO-qhDSorX0e0fzkbaYABZd3kgbH4Ue8JHqGLQcspCqWJ-tm/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120295497811996466" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/online+business" rel="tag" class="techtag">online+business</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/reviews" rel="tag" class="techtag">reviews</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-17833714874228074162007-10-07T02:35:00.000-07:002007-10-07T04:39:20.270-07:00Be weary of the idea behind incentivized links<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ujygXVly5dk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ujygXVly5dk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />You may have hear it here and there, get <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com">links</a>, get lots of links to your <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">website</a>. By getting links, it is the solution to your website problem. Well, what people are saying is not a myth according to my experience and I believe that they are true.<br /><br />By getting links that are related to your blog it will help boost your blog or site authority for search engines. By having relevant and related content with each other, each link provides a small representation of the legitimacy of your website to search engines that it is not a spam. On top it, the site traffic can also be exchanged with one another in a natural fashion therefore the both of your site will benefit as a result. Whether the links is in relations to directory or sites, that doesn't really matter and the idea behind it is as long as it is done in a natural fashion then it is all good and dandy.<br /><br />The problem hits when people start to incentivize others to provide them with a link in hopes to jump start their <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">blog</a>. Now, we all know as a rule of thumb that natural links are the best and anything that's unnatural is not. Google has been keeping quiet about the way their algoirthem works for sometime and the actions they will take against others who are incentivizing others to gain traffic. I don't blame them, afterall they are the biggest search engine on the web today. However, through Google's actions by removing one of my favorite blogger <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.johnchow.com">John Chow</a> of its' own website name under its search, it has definitely shaken the idea of incentivizing your traffic.<br /><br />Now, if <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://johnchow.com">John Chow's</a> site was an isolated incident we can say okay he's pushing the link back a little bit too much therefore he got the Google judge to rule against him. However, I have been keeping an eye on <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> and it seems like a lot of "paid" directories have been heavily penalized as well. Starting from a decrease in SERPS all the way to some actually getting de-listed from Google. What does this all mean? In simple terms, the search terms for these high page ranking sites are disappearing and where do I think this is heading? Yes, incentivized and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">paid</a> links on individual sites!!<br /><br />Here's a quick video directly from Google which affirms my points. Matt Cutts, the spokesman from Google tells webmasters that "Buying links is outside of our (Google) guidelines".<br /><br /><object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_r2vp4x-JtU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_r2vp4x-JtU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Ok, so is it the end of the world if you have a few paid links? Well, no but keep it real low and concentrate building up your site through natural links. And for those of us that did not incentivize links or pay any links, great! Afterall, cutting corners gets you nowhere even on the web. Nothing is better then doing everything the natural way right? -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4DEjVXV4hr3mbxymu-qvnrg1YqgGEO2Uej95dyT7qJFOfETCoVlo6MyfEtHH-oFQr24VKZTA29YW2yLwX0WyUvrqrlXmo5tTwUN99omVByWXh9Kdcxi3SeuOWQC-fz0cGhMt/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4DEjVXV4hr3mbxymu-qvnrg1YqgGEO2Uej95dyT7qJFOfETCoVlo6MyfEtHH-oFQr24VKZTA29YW2yLwX0WyUvrqrlXmo5tTwUN99omVByWXh9Kdcxi3SeuOWQC-fz0cGhMt/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118556044647051026" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/links" rel="tag" class="techtag">links</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/link+exchange" rel="tag" class="techtag">link+exchange</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-68323991496255581432007-09-16T00:41:00.000-07:002007-09-17T06:44:00.869-07:00Fighting back against cyber crime<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/79BF7XMEJKU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/79BF7XMEJKU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />So you've fallen victim to an <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cybercrime.gov/reporting.htm#ip">internet crime</a>, what should you do? Surprisingly, most people from the internet shy away from actually taking any action and most of the time it's due to laziness or you just don't know where to go for help. Others just feel it's none personal connection to the internet itself and therefore forget the scam or just call it off.<br /><br />If you were mugged by someone from the street for $200 or got your favorite watch stolen, I bet you are really mad and you will most likely chase the guy or the situation down until it is rightfully resolved. Some of us will even chase after the crook although he or she has a weapon on their hand, why? Because these are all actions that is very visible. Yet, over the internet I find it very often that people will just ignore or just take it as a loss if they were ever <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cybercrime.gov/reporting.htm#ip">scammed online</a>. Because most of the time or I dare to say almost all the time, this is the very reason that scams on the internet thrive today and yet very little or no one has really stood up to it.<br /><br />The good news is that there are actually quite a bit of resources for you out there on the net to fight against <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/dmca.html">infringement of content</a> or intellectual property. One of the biggest search engine out there Google actually has taken some strong steps toward it. So fellas, if you find yourself in trouble report them to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/dmca.html">Google</a>! Especially if you are a Blogger user like myself, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/dmca.html">Google</a> will terminate any account that it finds guilty of infringes documents or content that is copyrighted. Google has had stated with specific clauses to fight against Blogger infringement which helps us fellow Bloggers. That's not to mention that if you're not a Blogger that you are out of luck. If you find yourself in trouble with infringement of your product you can still report them to Google! Now what I like about this link I will provide you is that Google will ban infringing parties after it is being done repeatedly. Now the ban is not something to temper with, unlike just an Adsense account ban which the user can still use their gmail and other functions with Google. This ban is permanent with all functions with Google. Here's the link to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/dmca.html">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a> provided by Google. Here's the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/blogger_dmca.html">link!</a><br /><br />Some of you may think it's a lot of hassle, but it's really not that hard at all! The steps are simple. What you need to do is type up a brief letter to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> explaining the permanent link you have placed for your content as well as the content being infringed upon. Write it like you would to the court and identify your name, address, etc. and send it to:<br /><br />Google, Inc.<br />Attn: Google Legal Support<br />DMCA Counter Notification<br />1600 Amphitheatre Parkway<br />Mountain View, CA 94043<br /><br />Now what happens here is <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.google.com">Google</a> will note the account in their database & forward the info to a third party called <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chillingeffects.org/">Chilling Effect</a> and they will let the owner be aware of the situation and the complaint will go in public circulation anonymously through publication. Now you might think what does a publication do right? I'm with you there completely! Now, the deal is this. If a guy is infringing just like a post that you have written, chances are they are probably infringing others as well. Report it to Google enough, their account will be banned from Google and that is the idea behind it. Now worse comes to worse, sue the guy in small claims court. As Americans, we get into lawsuits at least once in our lifetime so why would we hold back with issues on the internet? Do what you would in a real life situation.<br /><br />An alternative that you can also look into is simply report them to the FBI. Click <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cybercrime.gov/reporting.htm#ip">here</a> for the link. Give cops a call and let the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cybercrime.gov/reporting.htm#ip">FBI</a> handle the jerk. Remember, most of these criminals hide behind their computer tempering with different IPs to cloak themselves so be sure to do your research before you get too blown away. Catching these criminals takes one at a time, if you stop infringement it takes someone to step up against them one at a time. Good luck! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzfgjpiWVzTWop4Slzn3ccMHg3wGZwuFfREdYzx5v0FGdB_3I09vUpff7Xrqp6bLyuzKrahCUMI0v-6KMvDbtcGDkg6DqTAyC0wKkWhHkdzuboF8s18dxi3uFa-BICImvR_rd/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzfgjpiWVzTWop4Slzn3ccMHg3wGZwuFfREdYzx5v0FGdB_3I09vUpff7Xrqp6bLyuzKrahCUMI0v-6KMvDbtcGDkg6DqTAyC0wKkWhHkdzuboF8s18dxi3uFa-BICImvR_rd/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110768882077014914" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+adsense" rel="tag" class="techtag">google+adsense</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/hyper+links" rel="tag" class="techtag">hyper+links</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/copyright" rel="tag" class="techtag">copyright</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-4019689432345366382007-09-14T04:40:00.000-07:002007-09-15T17:21:42.397-07:00Dangers of international site purchase<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QkPnRhAwOr8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QkPnRhAwOr8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Since my previous post about owning a website over the internet, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.blogger.com/swapw.blogspot.com">I</a> have been seeing a shift in the growing number of people eyeballing the endless possibilities of the internet in recent months. With the internet still having plenty of unexplored possibilities, it is also a growing haven for the amount of scams. Since everything about owning a piece of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.google.com">web</a> is still relatively new, it is also a place very vulnerable to scams as well.<br /><br />I myself will step up and say that I had almost became one of the victims and I am glad that the whole crazy merry go round is finally coming to a close with minimal loss. It was a very clear lesson to me and I felt it was important to share with all of my readers as well. Yes, I have been gone for sometime from the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a> world but throughout the past month I have really learned a lot about <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">owning</a> a piece of web. Personally I haven't found much information about it throughout the web and I learned it the hard way. For you guys, you are more fortunate because here's a post for all the people looking for some advice on this topic from my personal experience.<br /><br />Without further due, let's jump into the lesson. Remember my previous post about how to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">purchase a website</a>? If you haven't, here's the <a href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/2007/06/basics-on-how-to-purchase-web-site.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">post</span></a>. So you have done all the preventive measures before buying a site, now does the geographic region of the site has anything to do with the results?<br /><br />Sure it does! Not only does it have to do with the result of the website itself, it is the very heart for any possible expansion as well. Let's say you live in the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/">US</a> and you are looking into buying a website that is related to shoes located in Asia which claims to make a lot of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">money</a> per month through different avenues of advertising and let's say in all the best case scenarios that they are all true, what will happen after you purchase the site? With all the right tools, of course you can promote to the same audience. But what if there are changes in habit on the visitors demographically that are coming to your site? You and I are most likely not be familiar with the changes and even if we hear about it here in the US of things happening in Asia it is also hard to comprehend with a mind of an American. This is just one of the many realistic scenarios that you have to think about prior, in consideration to value a site of its or worth. On sites that are purchased internationally, you are also heavily reliant on the original owner of the site in terms of providing accurate maintenance and promotional strategy.<br /><br />Personally I have found international communications to be fairly difficult even though most of the time we are speaking in English. The phrases and understanding is usually different and this can cause many unnecessary miscommunication or misunderstanding in many cases. It is also important also consider the problem in the aspect of support as well. What if the support from the seller drops or the fact that he or she decides to terminate any communications with you, "the buyer" what type of laws are there governing that? Like international crime and scams with lotto, cases like these are very difficult for the police to track down because most instances people provide fake names or addresses.<br /><br />Lastly, within its transition in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.escrow.com/">payment</a> and domain. Again, all it takes is one party to not have merit than the other party is in deep trouble. Not only is the wire none refundable, if legal disputes arise the police is most likely not going to have power to do much. After all, it's not just a local case but an international case and any cases revolve internationally requires both police force to cooperate with each other.<br /><br />Unless you have a good understanding of the backgrounds of countries which the site originate as well as how to grow it with the local audience, I would not recommend buying sites internationally. Any site purchased whether it's locally or internationally requires a lot of thought placed before making a final decision. Sure there are sites that are definitely attractive and well maintained from different countries, be sure to consider its potential consequences before making the right decision for yourself. Owning a site requires a lot of care and attention, without them it is like any business without traffic people and it will eventually die out. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Making money smart</a> comes with first making the right decision, remember that! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWOHtyhKCjMCIZtwxVNg6ON3CoIrnO9Ip_eFDmwoVHemYac25Lr6Q3uKni6bWpL7D7T5XUey3ZffCHc08ZlIJbYc88ge42lUMtpg1I33tF67fdVvgXjxvbRtK7SCo3TJmSoxl/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWOHtyhKCjMCIZtwxVNg6ON3CoIrnO9Ip_eFDmwoVHemYac25Lr6Q3uKni6bWpL7D7T5XUey3ZffCHc08ZlIJbYc88ge42lUMtpg1I33tF67fdVvgXjxvbRtK7SCo3TJmSoxl/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110044686166399858" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/purchase+website" rel="tag" class="techtag">purchase+website</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/online+business," rel="tag" class="techtag">online+business,</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-11508718613878272862007-08-22T14:31:00.000-07:002007-09-14T06:08:27.803-07:00Auctionads<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-WwSEytXbk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-WwSEytXbk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Many of you may heard about <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.auctionads.com/">Auctionads</a>, but do you know what <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.auctionads.com/">Auctionads</a> is and what it does? Auctionads is basically an affiliate marketing site for Ebay. What they do is they utilize the API from Ebay and turn it into very nice and pleasant looking ads for you to display on your site.<br />After you copy and paste the codes which <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Auctionads</a> give you, you're live with their ads! So, let's say that you have chose to display ads about kids in your website which happens to also talk about kid related topics, the ad will display listings from Ebay based on products that are categorized with the word "kids" and display them onto your website. The looks of the ad itself is a combination of the pictures from the acutal auctioned item which the owner is selling and the name of the item which is displayed beneath the picture.<br /><br />What happens is when a visitor visits these ads coming from your site and they bid and wins the product, you will then get a cut of the profit from <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Auctionads</a>. Now, this part is actually not easy. Just think about how many times have you actually bid on a product but just to gave up later due to the amount of bids involved for the item? What I have found to be a more effective way to promote <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.ebay.com/">Ebay</a> goods is to target your products that are cheap and is in high popularity with the general public. Personally, I have found goods that range between $0-$20 performs the best from my own experience. I think the reason behind it is that most of us don't mind spending a buck or two on a few items and most of the time, the item isn't expensive enough to really bother us at all. However, once the price is hiked up we tend to shy away or the interest level becomes target oriented. It is like buying an ice cream in the street for $3.50, sure it's more expensive but most of people would not feel uncomfortable with the price knowing that it's more expensive because they expected it. If the scenario switches to a LCD TV that cost $500, you would think twice about buying it and most of the time compare prices with other places or even brands of TV that's available for that price range.<br /><br />I have heard success stories about people utilizing <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Auctionads</a> on an investment property or related site. Although the visitors in this case is being advertised properties that are available to be purchased in a much higher price, but most of the time these visitors are injected with the idea that it's a smart investment therefore they are more prone to do so. I have not personally tested this concept but I can definitely see it having potentials of becoming successful if it is properly marketed.<br /><br />Now, the most important part of today's post. The payout! How much do you get paid by <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Auctionads</a>? Well, you get paid 75% of the revenue that Ebay makes and not the ended auction price! So really, it isn't that much per listing. The good news is that their minimum payout is $10 so it's one tenth of Google <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adense.com/">Adsense</a>. Personally I make about $150 with Auctionads per month in one of my most traffic site, so I think it's not too bad. So check them out and see how it performs for you. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQjT87OMutS179_cDfVyWi-xgXk83Q6Nv44FgVvWQt19Z_gnXfWYnwAaIxUXht3fMF2FuWYhUHKcucOJFWavc14el-63ixodwFHJF2v0u2VYfckfsFrDAkx1sFDplnPJ5D3M5/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQjT87OMutS179_cDfVyWi-xgXk83Q6Nv44FgVvWQt19Z_gnXfWYnwAaIxUXht3fMF2FuWYhUHKcucOJFWavc14el-63ixodwFHJF2v0u2VYfckfsFrDAkx1sFDplnPJ5D3M5/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101674017587612882" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/affiliate" rel="tag" class="techtag">affiliate</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/affiliate+marketing" rel="tag" class="techtag">affiliate+marketing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-5259470927092266662007-08-17T23:28:00.000-07:002007-08-18T03:57:28.171-07:00Google Referral Ads<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-YqiwORkXyA"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-YqiwORkXyA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Google has newly introduced an ad system called <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Referral Ads</a> under Adsense. From its first view, it's quite clear that it's an attempt by Google to poke into the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">affiliate marketing</a> niche which has already been congested with many other competing companies. Why? Because affiliate marketing is actually one of the hottest segment over the web today.<br /><br />How Referral Ads work is pretty simple. Basically like the regular <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Google Adsense</a> ads, referral ads display items which you the owner of site select to display. For example if your website is about bike and you prefer displaying ads about bikes they will display exactly ads for that and nothing else. It also provides you the option to display various other ads and you the owner of the site can let referral ads autopick as to which ads "convert" the best. When I say the word convert, I mean a customer either signing up for a product or buying it. This term is defined differently with various types of advertisers, it just depends. The payout is based on the amount of visitors that actually buys the product that your site is advertising through referral ads, whenever a customer buys something you get <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">paid</a> a certain percentage as the result.<br /><br />Now imagine if a visitor that goes to the ad displayed on your site and buys a tv and let's just hypothetically say that the payout is 3% and the TV is $300 you have just earned $9 right on the spot. Instead of you getting paid on pennies on the dollar per click with regular Adsense this program seems to be paying a lot more and in many ways better in comparison right? WRONG! Dead wrong and the here's the reason why. With your regular <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Adsense</a> you get paid per click from your visitors going to the advertiser, however with referral ads you don't get paid for that and that is a very big deal!<br /><br />Now, let's do some math together. How much are you currently getting your clicks with <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Google Adsense</a>? If you blend in your ads and optimize it, you are probably sitting at 1-2% tops. The percentage is awfully low. From these percentage of people, how many of them do you think would actually buy something or sign up with someone? Extremely low and you're looking at something close to 1% but less than that. In another words, every 1000 visitors that come to your site 10 visitors will visit your ad and close to none will sign up. To get any sign up with our math, we are looking at at least 10000 visitors.<br /><br />I have tested referral ads in one of the site that own that is filled with visitors. You are probably curious as to the results right? Out of 9000 unique visitors in the day that I've tested it, only 9 people have actually "clicked" on the ads and obviously no conversions. If you are considering using referral ads, I would suggest looking elsewhere to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">make your money online</a>! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJHC_zUrjb_eHnGZ6PdHS5OU-Lcoqlp7h3XwqJv4AEctrlARkxXVQ-NqqoO2slMBD9cOW_15wfzzCW2V7z31G7QDyaML-3qBSuxfrp5AFgSsKa0g8JyAtTg9ydZ1Dz2fcUOCp/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJHC_zUrjb_eHnGZ6PdHS5OU-Lcoqlp7h3XwqJv4AEctrlARkxXVQ-NqqoO2slMBD9cOW_15wfzzCW2V7z31G7QDyaML-3qBSuxfrp5AFgSsKa0g8JyAtTg9ydZ1Dz2fcUOCp/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099992018200186050" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+adsense" rel="tag" class="techtag">google+adsense</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/advertisement" rel="tag" class="techtag">advertisement</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/make+money+online" rel="tag" class="techtag">make+money+online</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-28293101948735048812007-08-15T00:59:00.000-07:002007-08-15T03:59:02.259-07:00Stumbleupon<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nymRSIwDI2c"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nymRSIwDI2c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://swapw.stumbleupon.com/"><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/small_su_logo.png" alt="StumbleUpon" border="0" /> </a><br /><br />What's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">Stumbleupon</a>? Stumbleupon is a popular social web site that has a combined idea of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg</a> and Myspace. Not only will users be able to customize their own spot in Stumbleupon their most fascinating feature to "stumble" really has caused a lot of buzz.<br /><a href="http://swapw.stumbleupon.com/"> </a><br />Seems like a lot of web <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">gurus</a> have already been talking about them for sometime but I thought I take sometime to dig into them today for you in my personal experience and why I really think they're a great way to drive your traffic. Let's first look at one of their most unique features which they offer is called "<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">stumble</a>". What is stumble? It's kinda like a voting system where users vote for each other on sites or pages and even images which they like throughout the net. Like many other sites that provides users to vote each other Stumbleupon pushes the most voted or popular page in the front page of their website. Obviously as you know, any content that sits on the front page gets viewed by everyone that visits simply because they are the first thing that you see when you come into a site.<br /><br />How do you "stumble?" Stumbleupon requires users to first download a "stumble" tool which is just another tab on the already cluttered navigation bar which you'll have to install. This is actually the <a href="http://swapw.stumbleupon.com/"> </a>most annoying part for any internet users but if you want to get involved Stumbling others <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">I</a> guess you don't have much choice. The good news is that you can customize the icons being displayed so you can minimize the buttons that you'll have to place in your navigation bar with only the necessities so it won't clog up more spaces then it actually needs. To Stumble on someone's page you have to click on the hands up hand which says "<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">I like it!</a>". By doing so, you have just stumbled on a page or gave the page a vote. Obviously if you don't like a page you can just give that page a hands down which will push the page further back. With this technique you can do it on both the pages you enjoy and the images you enjoy as well. Stumbleupon also offers a regular widget similar to Digg and that just simply enable you to have that function within a post for others to Stumble you as well.<br /><a href="http://swapw.stumbleupon.com/"> </a><br />Stumbleupon is currently testing their video aspects of the feature and just imagine if it's available on how amazing it would be for video sites like myself to have it being Stumbledupon? Now just get your buddies to start stumbling one another and like I said previously the more buzz you create the more opportunities it will be for you to appear on the front page of Stumbleupon. Before you run out and start going crazy to have others Stumble be sure to first survey the audiences of your niche. Currently, most users of Stumbleupon are quite young so if you are aiming at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">marketing</a> products for an older group of audience, this is probably not the best idea.<br /><a href="http://swapw.stumbleupon.com/"> </a><br />Any site like I've said it many times are as good as the visitors that do come, so if your site is well made without visitors go and start stumbling!! The more visitors, the more money you make. That's the game of the internet and that's how you <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">make money smart</a> with advertisements, etc. The best part of having a blog is that it's all free from our end! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsPsKmAo1Y2ENrbJnr4gQal6bFw9rZLeXWx2reiNv4c3mA9IBIukZz0Y2a5LlbPrz4OVA7VkIljnaSkYcY1t-Yh-Xv94_AateH7FN9O08npoubrf_BLFM5mLxFXfzTQ8xZSje/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsPsKmAo1Y2ENrbJnr4gQal6bFw9rZLeXWx2reiNv4c3mA9IBIukZz0Y2a5LlbPrz4OVA7VkIljnaSkYcY1t-Yh-Xv94_AateH7FN9O08npoubrf_BLFM5mLxFXfzTQ8xZSje/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098867767123155442" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/social+bookmark" rel="tag" class="techtag">social+bookmark</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-91427830097996053252007-08-06T13:27:00.000-07:002007-08-16T01:56:39.072-07:00A glimpse in the life of Swapw<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nh8E5yGTFZs"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nh8E5yGTFZs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Part 1 of 2<br /><br /><object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zV-1AjhbDIM"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zV-1AjhbDIM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Part 2 of 2<br /><br />These videos were filmed at a farewell party for one of my best friends. These video you will see the real me in action in a rare glimpse. Of course, Swapw whoops ass not only in his blog to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">making money smart</a> he also wins in wii. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErQU1YGtu9qZfWRQ1aK3kEO6UQ2jClNmTVVzz7Ecqs7YOsx9Pb6XjQF5ow4I-Upr-gxuZWRFaKnYoT5Ya9WUYbjbZk4dTTG1AuwNBhGjt8dqRW24lVAqyxrTd7hsALBYtlJ-i/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErQU1YGtu9qZfWRQ1aK3kEO6UQ2jClNmTVVzz7Ecqs7YOsx9Pb6XjQF5ow4I-Upr-gxuZWRFaKnYoT5Ya9WUYbjbZk4dTTG1AuwNBhGjt8dqRW24lVAqyxrTd7hsALBYtlJ-i/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095688211423861186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-33491885045124895752007-08-06T02:54:00.000-07:002007-08-06T04:09:33.295-07:00Online payment services<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWCT4T33hXI"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWCT4T33hXI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />As more and more people shop and engage with one another over the internet, the options and availability of online <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">payment</a> services are becoming more prevalent. Besides just the regular payment services in your local currency, there are also several "online currencies" available as well. Which one of the service should you be using?<br /><br />For those of you that have been reading my blog, you would know that I am not a very big fan of<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/"> online currencies</a> in general. A short explanation to those of you who has not read my post in the past, I'm simply not a big fan of anything that's not established or recognized globally. Because online currencies have yet to be recognized by countries globally, therefore any unethical actions taken by the online currency company itself is hard to be seriously examined or regulated. I'm not saying they are not legitimized companies, however the risks are there and I will not take it nor recommend my readers to take it. Look at it as monopoly <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">money</a>, would you seriously use it as real money? Probably not.<br /><br />Moving forth to general <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">online payment services</a>, including big names like Paypal are great ways for buyers to purchase goods in a secure manner. Especially with Ebay products, Paypal has inplaced with a program of buyer's protection which is great for buyers like you and I. For general payment services where you deal directly with a company, they are definitely a great company to use.<br /><br />Now, here comes the tricky part. How do you pay someone within the internet? There has been a growing number of forums out there today. Many of them provide users a platform to exchange, buy, or sell services and goods within one another. Which <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.escrow.com/">payment services</a> should you use? Many of the online payment companies out there do not provide protection to these types of transactions. Why you ask? The reason is because that it's really difficult to discern who's right and wrong. Not online is there a lack of evidence, most of these transactions are verbal. Not only is it only difficult for these online payment companies to discern, it also takes a lot of time involvement as well. There can be numerous exchanges without much results and to read them in a thorough manner, it can take hours at times depending on the amount of exchange and the dispute.<br /><br />So, what service should you use in these types of exchanges when you deal with someone over the internet in any number of exchanges? I would personally recommend checking out <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.escrow.com/">Escrow.com</a>. Escrow.com helps both buyers and sellers deal with that exact problem that I've just mentioned. They provide a platform acting as the third party bank which both parties are involved. After a certain agreements have been set and completed, Escrow.com then releases the correct funds to the right party. The service fee is not cheap, however when the amount of money gets involved are higher I definitely believe its significance and role becomes huge. I have actually used Escrow.com a few times and I would highly recommend it to everyone out there. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41WmHag-l6zVx23e8JW-KkS5k9YUmOE64SB_Z2pZSFktKl9quZ7-GIH_SVpRWkwxkt7vF8XAmWa3A8xFZOJ9aCGiyMxJB37OFJi1vcRuBbm1wbG5Z2GEqqbhPw3lmy4z18Ebb/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41WmHag-l6zVx23e8JW-KkS5k9YUmOE64SB_Z2pZSFktKl9quZ7-GIH_SVpRWkwxkt7vF8XAmWa3A8xFZOJ9aCGiyMxJB37OFJi1vcRuBbm1wbG5Z2GEqqbhPw3lmy4z18Ebb/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095540765196589490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/online+business" rel="tag" class="techtag">online+business</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-43315122437418124362007-07-31T19:18:00.000-07:002007-08-02T00:03:30.244-07:00The importance of ghost bloggers<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK0oKEmWjI8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK0oKEmWjI8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Ghost <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">bloggers</a> are very crucial and important to the survival of blogs believe it or not. Many times we have actually overlook their importance and blogging becomes a burden over a period of time. Before I speak further about ghost <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">bloggers</a>, let me just first explain to you what they are first.<br /><br />Ghost bloggers are also known as guest <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">bloggers</a>, what they simply do is basically blog for you! After many months of blogging, many bloggers get tired, bored or just burned out. Better yet, what if you have to go on a vocation with the family or with friends? What happens to your blog? Most of the time, the blog will get neglected and as we all know anything that's neglected will die out in traffic eventually.<br /><br />So what you do is talk to some of the bloggers that you know, enjoy, or trust and provide them the opportunity to blog for you. Obviously, you should find someone who blogs about the same subject as you so you can keep your blog content consistent. For example in my case, I blog about <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">money</a> so I would find someone who also blogs about money. You ask, why would anyone do that right? To be honest with you, there are actually quite a few bloggers out there that are willing to do so. First, if they are an experienced blogger that's looking to expand their readership by <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blogging</a> for someone else they can advertise about themselves within the post as well. That way, it will provide them with a free backlink or in another words free advertisement to their blog. Vice versa, if you are a beginner blogger and a more advanced blogger is willing to blog for you it's also a good way to see the difference in their writing style. It is most likely that their writing styles are in high demand and thus the success of their blogs. Take it as a free lesson for you from them indirectly.<br /><br />Another way to grab a ghost blogger besides asking bloggers to do it for you is to simply <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">pay</a> the blogger to do the job! If you simply don't have time, get someone to do so by paying them. Nothing gets a guy to motivate more then money, so this is quite self explanatory. However, I've seen instances where blogs are actually completely done by ghost bloggers which doesn't seem to make sense because why would you pay someone to blog for you everyday? Seems to be kind of foolish if you put the amounts of money that the blog is making per day versus hiring someone to blog for you. Obviously if your blog has a ton of readers, then that's a different story. It's pretty gray in the world of blogging to have someone else blog for you everyday and I would shy away from it as much as possible. Interesting enough, there are actually several people who have decided to make this into a little business which I've seen.<br /><br />The bottom line is this, it's crucial not to neglect your blog! I was busy dealing with several ventures that I am involved with recently thus the neglect in my blog and I can definitely see the difference in performance has drastically declined. Try a ghost blogger next time if you are busy so you don't get burned out from blogging. After all, it should be something that's fun and enjoyable right? -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nxE5fRRfTeBwt-DWPHZyCc_SBllOKng0rQ2rJSRBflbucCOg4QrRtVZPq3pAMKAkKy6f-5Oaa4yM5Zs08eG0VF_moyoBcbnlon1JLvAN8SUZHTxk839MLc1faqtPvxEdII5o/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nxE5fRRfTeBwt-DWPHZyCc_SBllOKng0rQ2rJSRBflbucCOg4QrRtVZPq3pAMKAkKy6f-5Oaa4yM5Zs08eG0VF_moyoBcbnlon1JLvAN8SUZHTxk839MLc1faqtPvxEdII5o/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093558981386869138" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Paid+to+blog" rel="tag" class="techtag">Paid+to+blog</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-68092323765542791492007-07-26T20:21:00.000-07:002007-07-31T19:52:15.177-07:00Automated Adsense blogs, does it work?<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IS5rajeAgEQ"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IS5rajeAgEQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />There has been a growing number of people selling the idea of so called "automated <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">Adsense</a>" blogs. The basic concept behind these is quite simple. What is being sold is pretty much a <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a> used purely for Adsense purposes. The contents itself is aggregated from various sites depending on topic so indirectly it fools Google, Yahoo and other major search engines into thinking that it is just a blog like the rest of us who writes diligently. The biggest difference is obviously that the content itself is not unique and is usually taken from news resources and displayed into the blog site itself. So what these sellers sell is that the more you buy, the chances of visitors stumbling upon your blog or network of blogs is higher thus providing you a greater return of what we know as Adsense. Through today's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">video</a> I will provide you some of my opinions about this concept in whether it works or not.<br /><br />Let's hypothetically say that you have stumbled onto a site like this, what would you do? Chances are that you will hit the "X" button a lot faster then anyone else. Like a junk site, the visitor knows that he or she has stumbled into something that's useful or junk. To get a grasp of consistency in any type of ad agency, the golden rule to remember always is the retain your traffic. Instead of showering them with junk which shuns all of them away, think more like how you can provide something that they are looking for exactly?! With these type of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">blogs</a>, they provide only irrelevant information which almost all visitors will never come back again. So let's say even if you market well on these websites and that you get a lot of traffic, the money would come at most the first day or two and spiral down to the tubes. It's good to have multiple number of blogs, but if you can't maintain them it is probably best to just do what you can like myself of just maintaining one blog. No one wants to visit a <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a> with no updates, so yes there are no shortcuts around it.<br /><br />If you want some serious <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">residual income</a>, do it the safe and long way. Yes it can be a pain sometimes and at times very time consuming but it's all worth it once you get to the top of the hill. Best of luck with all of your blog endeavors! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQopb0vj9PEzinYAj-na-VkIhsYmkDs0BB1Qmd5EknC8u9Yu27oHhgTiLM8seix0U9hbZnJoomkjI0645k6V9ugdYMJVoCK3tLEc5OB1cZ0k4-sc0POIg63Im_TuPWZLlJRp7A/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQopb0vj9PEzinYAj-na-VkIhsYmkDs0BB1Qmd5EknC8u9Yu27oHhgTiLM8seix0U9hbZnJoomkjI0645k6V9ugdYMJVoCK3tLEc5OB1cZ0k4-sc0POIg63Im_TuPWZLlJRp7A/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091718957334125986" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+adsense" rel="tag" class="techtag">google+adsense</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/residual+income" rel="tag" class="techtag">residual+income</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart," rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart,</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-83365875871920928722007-07-21T10:43:00.000-07:002007-07-21T10:49:56.615-07:00America's Got Talent - Kashif<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dqIaRjnrDjQ"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dqIaRjnrDjQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />I have been watching America's Got Talent for sometime and I am not too familiar with dances from Pakistan, but does this seem familiar for those of you from that region? This is got to be the funniest dance ever. From the outset it looks horrible, but in some ways I think it's very unique in comparison to our dances here in the States. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UAdVcXQfyKFH_414vFN362h_x44OQuznffzat49fRgtiD4R81W3TMRxDYQn9F-UTrLs2xkBWyuVnItt2zMWXif4ByAWWXqARG-U62T0dRlRk7lShy2w2ey1ZXQpdGNVZEVeR/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UAdVcXQfyKFH_414vFN362h_x44OQuznffzat49fRgtiD4R81W3TMRxDYQn9F-UTrLs2xkBWyuVnItt2zMWXif4ByAWWXqARG-U62T0dRlRk7lShy2w2ey1ZXQpdGNVZEVeR/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089708796675480978" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/video" rel="tag" class="techtag">video</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-14162286236343768422007-07-20T13:56:00.000-07:002007-07-21T08:52:39.225-07:00Yahoo Publisher versus Google Adsense<object height="406" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVzYBpdM8ME"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVzYBpdM8ME" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="406" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />It's been a while since <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">I've</a> blogged, just to give you guys some clue about what's been going on in my life is pretty much projects after projects. I've personally acquired a few sites recently and I thought it be a good idea to kind of test and play around with it. Therefore I have been spending quite a bit of time on them as well as implementing some of the things that I've learned over time.<br /><br />I thought I share with you guys something that I hear a lot of debates and buzz about and that is the whole ordeal with Yahoo Publisher versus Google Adsense. It's really not that complicated actually, basically Yahoo Publisher is Yahoo's version of Adsense to really sum it up. You can check out my video today to see some of what I think and feel about both Google Adsense and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://publisher.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Publisher</a> but if you don't feel like watching me talk through <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/">Youtube</a>, read on.<br /><br />Google Adsense is undoubtedly the number one advertiser over the internet. No one will dispute its' presence and influence throughout the whole advertising industry. In terms of pay, they fluctuates upon the topic that you blog or write about and obviously the more popular topic will get you less click per advertisement versus a topic hardly spoken a higher share of click per advertisement or CPA. The real advantage of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Google Adsense</a> is their variety of ads that are available for the public to use including text ads which have yet to be seen from their competitors surprisingly. The idea is not unique that it's been around for some time, but it's success is undoubtedly indisputable. Most people still uses Adsense as their primary source of advertising and if you're looking for something that's proven for many as well as its availability of help out there, then Adsense is the way to go.<br /><br />Yahoo Publisher is a little bit different to the extent that they're one of the newest advertisers on the block. The general format is actually very similar to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Google Adsense</a> in what they have to offer. The commonly used leader boards, box, etc are just some of things that's available with Yahoo Publisher. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://publisher.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Publisher</a> does in many cases pay a lot higher then Google Adsense when it comes down to advertising similar topics. Yahoo publisher does however offer targeted ads. What this means is that you can set it where only a certain type of ads show up in your site. From my personal experience however I don't find this functionality to be quite useful for the topic which I place it with. This could be due to the age of Yahoo Publisher's existence as well as its awareness around the web.<br /><br />In conclusion, I would say if you know what optimal ad placements to maintain the high CPA which involves ads that Yahoo Publisher has to offer then go with Yahoo Publisher by all means to maximize your earnings. However, if you are looking for something solid which many others do blog and talk about at a regular basis then stick with Google Adsense. It'll take time but take some time and test them out to see which one out of the two makes you the most money is how you <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">make money smart</a>. Last but not least, you can use only one of the two advertisers between Yahoo Publisher or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.adsense.com/">Google Adsense</a>. It's against their TOS and the reason and logic behind them is simple, they are competitors against one another! -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4WXGoJxBT5_3dy_ALStbHh9gnVKNHRbPp5C6jGEz_ekOBEfX-ha69XkBMdLJMMkx3HsxL_yIPqD68cHbrON_LBSyyKC3B6qupddQIa07sTeFKg5yETTs3quq77j_1SeLeNcL/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4WXGoJxBT5_3dy_ALStbHh9gnVKNHRbPp5C6jGEz_ekOBEfX-ha69XkBMdLJMMkx3HsxL_yIPqD68cHbrON_LBSyyKC3B6qupddQIa07sTeFKg5yETTs3quq77j_1SeLeNcL/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089473544136809858" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+adsense" rel="tag" class="techtag">google+adsense</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/advertisement" rel="tag" class="techtag">advertisement</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/advertisement+reviews" rel="tag" class="techtag">advertisement+reviews</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-65454346983221227382007-07-14T11:44:00.000-07:002007-07-15T16:45:55.916-07:00An alternative besides DiGG, Netscape<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxzQYHvqE-s"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wxzQYHvqE-s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Social bookmarking is something that most of us get involved with nowadays if you are a blogger. Backtracking myself a little bit, let <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">me</a> first explain to you what a social bookmarking is. A social bookmarking is basically where all the bloggers chunk up in groups to unify themselves therefore visitors of their websites may spread to other <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">bloggers</a> and in the end it increases exposures to everyone that is involved in the social network. You can look at it in similarity to electronics section of Wal-mart, instead of selling just one brand of electronic, there are varieties of electronics for the customers to select thus brings in more audience and exposure.<br /><br />Out of all the social bookmarking websites, one of the most well known website out there is named DiGG. Why <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.digg.com/">DiGG</a>? Well, beyond just being a place where it gathers bloggers it provides an additional "voting system" for its visitors. In another words, not only will the visitors get to view the blogs in that website it also gets to vote who's got a better blog or story as well. With more votes on the story the better chance it has to get into the front page of DiGG, thus it creates a unforeseen incentive for bloggers to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">blog</a> better so they can get into the front page of their website. Partially because of pride, partially because it provides maximum exposure for the blogger since that's the reason why they've joined such community in the first place.<br /><br />Well, you can kinda see where this is going. With more community members come with people that will abuse the idea. Before <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">I</a> get into it, can you think of any ideas to abuse it? The idea is not too complicated and that is to abuse Digg's system of voting for a story. What people end up doing is they've started paying people to vote for their article and thus creating a lot of artificial votes and corrupting the sites' original intent. The front page articles at Digg becomes less quality and basically destroys the system. So, instead of camping with <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.digg.com/">DiGG</a> there's another site which I would like to introduce and that's Netscape. Surprising enough, I don't hear many people talking about it and it is definitely a hidden gem.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.netscape.com/">Netscape</a> as a site has been around for ages from being an internet browser almost 15 years ago to now a site very similar to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg</a>. The biggest difference between the two is that with Netscape, you'll have to submit your stories to them instead of installing a widget in your website which others vote on instead. It is very different then Digg in its limiting method for article submissions. Through this limitation however, it allows Netscape to monitor articles that are being submitted and voted thus provide a stronger policing system to prevent abuse. Netscape also provides another type of policing system which allows users to report abuse on the articles or potential abusive activities posted by the user. This is great because no one wants to see others get ahead of them with methods of cheating when they've spent all day writing one thus it provides benefit to those who report abuse. At the end of the day when it comes down to abuse, anyone can always go around it if they really really try in any type of system in place. However, in comparison with other social bookmarking websites I definitely think Netscape has one of the best systems out by far to monitor articles. It has a lot of potentials and it is definitely not a place where you should miss to get your blog exposed. -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">Swapw</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSEOtJuEMdBywGNAbYaz3YAkCNteJVNoujCq_0pM4RBhdmNOzdziw-PcBp-qxb2AygdggBKgW-ltFFyzCE5wRMW45_cynY4c9PQDmIQO9ah357xVvIPEk5RHmQyYB7Yjhyphenhyphen9UT/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSEOtJuEMdBywGNAbYaz3YAkCNteJVNoujCq_0pM4RBhdmNOzdziw-PcBp-qxb2AygdggBKgW-ltFFyzCE5wRMW45_cynY4c9PQDmIQO9ah357xVvIPEk5RHmQyYB7Yjhyphenhyphen9UT/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087148359053301282" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/netscape" rel="tag" class="techtag">netscape</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26692807.post-33202894501048112552007-07-12T16:02:00.001-07:002007-07-13T11:55:27.009-07:00Importance of a website design<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/elfBlEdfEys"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/elfBlEdfEys" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />For some of us, we did all the right things that others have told us; having our own unique content, placing ads, and done all the things that others have told us but we still don't see any results from our hard work through the number of visitors or our <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">monetary income</a> that is generated from our web site. What's wrong here?<br /><br />You would be surprised at how basic these problems can be, but many times it's really easy for you and I to overlook into the nature of our website and how it is being designed. I will be explaining about it through my video today. Design is very important to the life of a website. Take my own website for example. For those of you that has been following my posts since the beginning you would know that <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">I</a> have made a lot of changes throughout the past few months in my own website. From settling in the beginning with just a very standardized template offered by Blogger to something more personally designed today. The contents remain the same, but the results and difference are clearly astounding based on templates alone.<br /><br />Is the look of your website dull? Is your <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.swapw.blogspot.com/">website</a> a bit overcrowded? Are you placing too many ads or banners in your website? Or are the spacings just a little bit off? As little of an issue as it sounds, it can really portray your personality through your page. Let's face it, if you use a blogger given template, how many additional people will choose the same type of template as yourself? The chances are, probably tons and your content may be a lot better then the next person writing however since the templates are similar a lot of time people would just assume it's similar to each other.<br /><br />It's always better to design your own template if you have some knowledge in programming to make your own template one of a kind. However, if you don't know any coding there are actually many websites which offer free templates. The ones that I've seen which I would recommend would be from the following links. Obviously you can always customize with different pictures or colors instead as well, enjoy! <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://swapw.blogspot.com/">-Swapw</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/">http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templates/">http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templates/</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://freetemplates.blogspot.com/">http://freetemplates.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.geckoandfly.com/blogspot-templates/">http://www.geckoandfly.com/blogspot-templates/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1m3PM7PHAlppyH1RtiMmPzRigCqqOpcBtibNHCltDt6cVj0qoYnGA9roDNHczwmtMuULoyeT9Q0StfuZs89z20jawNvu2EazcqW19P6r-DVnu4_HtTleSYWWPtVy91DWecYt/s1600-h/swapw_banner.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1m3PM7PHAlppyH1RtiMmPzRigCqqOpcBtibNHCltDt6cVj0qoYnGA9roDNHczwmtMuULoyeT9Q0StfuZs89z20jawNvu2EazcqW19P6r-DVnu4_HtTleSYWWPtVy91DWecYt/s400/swapw_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086480113681651218" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/website+design" rel="tag" class="techtag">website+design</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/swapw" rel="tag" class="techtag">swapw</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/making+money+smart" rel="tag" class="techtag">making+money+smart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog+make+money" rel="tag" class="techtag">blog+make+money</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/traffic" rel="tag" class="techtag">traffic</a>Swapwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046739769627299437noreply@blogger.com5