Dec 18
As you read this you will learn how to create a online web directory and create revenue from it. Most people learn about web directories looking at famous ones such as Yahoo’s directory. Yet this is far from what kind of directory the average person will be able to create. First you want to think about which software you will be using, this is assuming you have a web hosting provider and a domain name. I recommend using a directory software such as phpld. If you do a search for “phpld” you will find their site.
They offer a free and paid version of the script. I highly recommend not using the free version yet it lacks certain features that are crucial to success.
Next the important factor to a directory is building its page rank… Now there are a number of ways to increase page rank. You can submit your site to other directories, use forum signatures, or pay someone to do link building for you.
One of the vital parts of getting people to submit to your directory is listing it on a site like www.directorycritic.com. This is where webmasters rate each directory. You will also gain lots of exposure from the site and its 100% free to list a directory.
Another great place to market your directory is to go to www.digitalpoint.com and in their forums they have a designated area to list directories. You can list it there for free and many people will submit their site to your directory.
After doing this you want to make sure that you have an option in your directory to submit a site for free. You may also create a paid links using the phpld software. I normally price paid links for my new directories at a average rate of $5.
Once doing these steps and marketing your directory properly a directory can make a stable and profitable income with ease.
Nov 02
In the last few years there have been thousands of people making money from their personal web blogs. What is a blog you ask? (where have you been the last 5 years?) If you don’t know what a blog is already its simple. Blogs are basically diaries, journals, or news but the difference is they are on the web!
The best thing to do when starting a blog is to write about things you like or things you like to do. If you try to start a blog just to make money most of the time it will not work out. This is because you will lose interest in your blog and stop writing in it, thus you will not make money.
Blogs do not necessary have to be used to talk about random things about your life. You can use blogs as a news website and many other things.
The key is to make your content interesting and fun to read, if you can do that you will make money from blogs.
Here are some examples of some blogs random topics:
Business Web Design Blog
Better BackLinks in Search Engines
The SEO Optimization Specialist
SEO & Marketing Blog
Jun 22
To start off I’m almost sure that anyone with a website or interested in creating one has see a line like this on the net. “Make thousands a month with AdSense”. Of course it’s a possibility but, the problem is when sites make it seem Extremely Easy to make thousands of dollars each month.
To tell you the truth that’s probably what got me to join AdSense. As time went on and I did more research I realized the majority webmasters shouldn’t depend on AdSense. One reason is, where would your revenue come from if Adsense didn’t exist anymore. AdSense is a good extra bonus, but when it comes to sites revenue there are so many other ways to increase it.
You should always try spread your income streams. This makes your monthly revenue more reliable. This is the same reason most investment brokers invest in hundreds of companies instead of just one.
A very important fact is when you see sites claiming they make $10-$90 a click they are FULL OF IT! Normally it will range from $0.01 - $0.50 per click. I’m not saying you can’t get more money per clicks yet this is what will happen most of the time.
To make this short basically what I am trying to say is AdSense is a good program. Yet there are many things you should research & consider before you think you can make thousands of month using AdSense. I just wanted to give out a friendly warning to all the webmasters =)