Blog Money Makers

There are many ways to make money from a blog, either directly or indirectly. The websites listed on this page list some of the most popular sites that bloggers use tomake money from their blog. It is not a complete list but I'm sure it will point some of you in the right direction

	A Cost Per Action (CPA) affiliate network which lets you offer hundreds of offers to your readers. Most programs pay per lead or per sale.
	TLA is the most popular place on the net to buy and sell text links. You can also sell in content text links too.
	Kontera is an in-text advertising service which lets you place PPC ads within your content.
	BidVertiser lets you add text ads to your blog. You are paid on a per click basis.
	Adsense is the most used advertising network in the world. You can display text or banner ads on your blog. You can also add your adsense code to your youtube videos.
	Netklix is a text based PPC network. You can choose the type of ads that appear on your site and Netklix offer all major ad formats.
	SocialSpark offers bloggers a variety of ways to make money through their blog. You can review products, websites and services and you can display sponsors ads on a per day basis.
	LinkXL lets you sell a maximum of 10 links on individual pages on your blog. You can set the price according to PageRank and you have an option of using nofollow as well.
	Sponsored Reviews is a marketplace which lets you see paid reviews on your blog.
	The PepperJam ad network have a wide range of merchants for you to choose from. Most companies per on a CPA or revenue share basis.
	Performancing is a banner ad marketplace which is very popular with bloggers. Bloggers are paid 60% of the ad sales they generate.
	An advertisement marketplace which is popular with some bloggers. You can sell banner ads, text links and peel away ads.
	Brought to you by the same people as Text Link Ads, ReviewMe is a marketplace for paid reviews. You can let ReviewMe determine your review rate or you can set your own price.
	Similar to Performancing, BuySellAds lets you sell banner ads directly on your blog. They mainly concentrate on 125×125 pixel banner ads.
	LinkWorth have a wide range of ways for you to make money through your blog including text and banner ad sales, in text advertising and paid reviews.

If Facebook and Twitter Aren't Social Networks, What is?

From WebProNews 


Twitter Now Says it's Not a Social Network

According to ReadWriteWeb's Sarah Perez, Twitter VP for business and corporate development Kevin Thau said today that Twitter is not a social network. I seem to recall Facebook saying the same thing a couple years ago. 

You may recall an email that Facebook sent a user when their account was deleted, which said "Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you, not a “social networking site".

 

Wow, that upcoming Facebook movie really is fiction. It's even called The Social Network. 

 

10 Things Bloggers Should NOT Do

1. You Must Not Expect Results Overnight: This is happening everywhere and that is the major reason why a large percentage of bloggers fail. Many bloggers come online unprepared and with the wrong set of expectations. They think blogging is a bed of roses and they only need to write one or two posts and begin to make money right away. Wrong!

2. You Must Not Ignore Your Readers: Some bloggers start gaining traction fast, and after a while they start to make their blogs gravitate around themselves. That is, they start talking exclusively about themselves, about the things they like, about how cool they are and so on. Big mistake. Your blog is about your readers, not about you.

Keep Your Radar On for Emerging Trends

The Internet is changing at a stunning pace. Every day you have new products being launched, new memes spreading, new technologies appearing and so on. For some people this scenario is scary. For others, it is a blessing, because every new and upcoming trend represents a business opportunity.

The strategy of spotting emerging trends early on and launching websites to leverage them is very effective because if your website is among the first to talk about a certain topic, Google will start  seeing it as an authority, and you will be able to attract a lot of search engine traffic.

Secondly, it will be relatively easy to build links with such a site, because when bloggers and site owners start talking about the new trend, there are good chances that they will link to sites that  already have some information on the topic (i.e., you).

Google Getting Rid of Old Version of AdSense for Search

From WebPro News

Google is retiring the old version of AdSense for Search and telling users to switch to the new version powered by Google Custom Search, which has been offered for a while.

If you see "powered by Google" on the logo on the search results page, then you're using the old one. In a post on Google's Inside AdSense blog, Katrina Kurnit writes:

AdSense for search with CSE gives you more control over your search results without changing how you earn money showing AdSense for search ads. For example, with the new version, you'll have access to advanced features likerefinements and promotions. Our team has developed a number of updates and improvements during the past few months, and you can access more advanced features atwww.google.com/cse.

Your existing AdSense for search box will continue to work normally for a few more months, and we'll be sure to update you when we retire this version. To take advantage of the benefits offered by the new version of AdSense for search and ensure you don't miss any revenue during the transition, we encourage you to update your code now.

To upgrade go to AdSense setup and "AdSense for Search" then select the sites you want your users to be able to search across, customize the look and feel and update the code for your site. Google offers more info here.