What is up with Yahoo Publisher Network

Since I have a number of websites, I use some different advertising platforms. Once such platform is Yahoo Publisher Network.

Recently, I put a tracking script on a number of blogs and websites that is available from MyBlogLog.com (yeah!its owned by Yahoo!). One site I have gets between 1000 and 1500 page views a day. I was wondering for a while now why Yahoo! only gets 1 to 3 clicks a day. These earnings always seem to be very poor, 6 cents to 23 cents a day.

After putting the script on that site, I was showing 14 clicks the first day, 9 clicks a second day, and then 14 yesterday.

I sent a note to Yahoo Publisher Network advising them that I believe their reporting system, or atleast with my account, was not reporting the proper amount of clicks. They got back to me to say "their reporting system is currently working properly and can tell when people falsely clicked or clicked accidentally.

All I can say is that is a lot of accidental clicks. The amazing thing is that all clicks for ads other ad networks come up 100% as reported through the tracking script. That includes Adsense and Adbrite.

If this continues, I will just have to remove Yahoo Publisher Network from all blogs and sites. I guess I would lose that 6 to 23 cents a day but I think I will survive.

Here is two actual screen shots from yesterday showing why something is seriously off on the reporting.

Show text-ads on your Website or Blog with Bidvertiser

Show text-ads on your Website or Blog with BidVertiser.

I just started using Bidvertiser on a few websites and blogs. Compared to Google Adsense one feature stands out. When you check out what advertisers are paying per ad, you can accept or deny their ads. Naturally, I declined all the six and seven cent ads and only kept ads that were paying 25 cents and above. Some even pay over $2 a click.

Google Adsense seems lately to be acting kind of funny. This blog among others I have listed in a MyBlogLog account. With that I can tell where people are coming from, what pages they viewed, and also what they clicked on. Here is the strange thing with Adsense. Within the past week, a Google Adsense ad was clicked on six times, this is over different days and on different blogs or sites. Of course, when checking my Google Adsense account the next day, no clicks are shown. Where did they go? I also notice most clicks anymore are only coming in at 4 cents, 6 cents, etc. At that rate, it pays to be able to use other PPC sites like Adbrite and BidVertiser.

For you bloggers and website owners. Give Bidvertiser a try

Google Adsense Sites

Google Adsense Sites

What are Google Adsense Sites? Google Adsense Sites are preconfigured sites with articles,rss feeds,etc. that pull in top paying kewords from Google Adsense. If you ever see the "leave your job tomorrow and become a Google Adsense millionaire" this is probably a shady transaction where you will receive a millionaire making website.

Don't fall for it. Why? Well, if you bought one and just one other person buys the same one you now would have duplicate contect. In most cases their will be thousands of pages on the internet will the same exact duplicate content. Google penalizes for duplicate content.

Google Adsense is a great addition to a website or blog to generate additional revenue. However, I wouldn't expect to retire on it. Now, some sites do generate tons of traffic which can generate hundreds or thousands a day in additional income. For the average site owner or blogger its really great when ad revenue can just support the hosting and associated fees for the site or blog.

As stated before, there is no quick way to build traffic,make money,or build a good page rank. Like so many things in life, it just takes dedication and persistence.

For those looking to become a Google Adsense Millionaire overnight I would suggest playing the PowerBall lottery more.

Social Networking

Social Networking Sites

I wrote previously about website content and also building good inbound links. So lets talk some about social networking.

Socail networks are a big thing today with such sites as MySpace,Facebook,and Twitter all experiencing huge user registrations and traffic. One good way to promote your site or sites is through social networks. Just about all if not all will allow you to put your website url in your profile or create a favorite links area.

With the amount of traffic going through these sites, any webmaster would be a fool not to include their site(s). I personally can tell by referrer urls that some traffic does indeed come from these sites where I have links posted in my account.

Blogging is also huge and a number of good bloggin site exist includng Technorati,MyBlogLog,BlogLines,and BlogCatalog.

Other popular sites that allow you to submit articles or bookmarks include Digg,StumbleUpon,and del.icio.us which are great for building inbound links,sharing links with others,and more importantly, getting traffic.

So use those sites to get more organic traffic and watch your page rank increase over time.

How can I get top search engine rankings?

How can I get top search engine rankings?

Anyone who has a website want to know the answer to this question. Getting top search engine rankings isn't that easy. Do not be fooled by the "get top 10 rankings in Google in the next 24 hours". This just is not feasible.

First of all, your website needs content. You can't expect to have a page or two and have search engines flocking to it. As it is commonly said "content is king". Search engines also use different methods when indexing a site.

Search engines have also become much wiser than in the past. Do not use black hat techniques to get listed in search engines. Some common black hat trickes are to stuff targeted keywords into the page by making the text the same color as the background of the page. This is done so viewers do not see the stuffed text while the spiders do. This practice can get you penalized or even booted from some search engines.

One of the best ways to get indexed in search engines is to have relevant and meaningful content. Whether you have a website or a blog like this one, you need to have content that the user is looking for. When the internet was pretty new, people would stuff keywords on a site that they knew people would be looking for. Take a google search sometime for "sex" or "make money" and see the number of results.

The term "sex" in Google shows 857,000,000 results and I am sure it is growning more at this moment. The term "make money" on Google shows 119,000,000 and growing. So if you are trying to get listed by having content with those terms, I am sure it will be a long time until you can even find your site.

Getting other sites to link to you is another important factor as well as some social site like Digg or StumbleUpon. The more users that bookmark your site, the more a search engine will think you must have something relevant to say regarding that tag.

Use good titles,descriptions,and keywords for each and every page on a site. Google for one does not like to index a website where the title,description,and keywords are the same on multiple pages. If you use Google Webmaster Tools, you can see what pages or problems Google has with a site you have.

Like most things in life, having a good website is hard work. Setting up a site and some pages can be done in a few hours. Adding good content and promoting a site requires a lifetime. One of the best things to remember is to have a site that is about something you really love or have an interest in. Also, never give up. A site takes time. Getting traffic takes time. Having a successful time requires persistence so don't give up in one or two years because you don't have the same amount of traffic as YouTube.

Building Page Rank and Inbound Links

Increasing Page Rank and Building Quality Inbound Links

One important aspect of SEO is building up your inbound links. These links will also increase your page rank if they come from a similar site. If you were selling shoes, you would want good inbound links from other stores or site that deal with shoes.

Some people will say that, "Any link is a good link". Maybe when it comes to bringing in additional traffic, but that's about it.The tried and true method is to find good quality sites that have to do with the same niche or category as you, and ask to exchange links. This is effective, although time consuming. Also, a site with a Google Page Rank of say 7 or 8, will most likely not be interested in exchanging links if your site has a rank of 0 or real low. Still, you can ask. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Google's search engine over the years has become more intelligent. Using link farms or FFA (Free For All) Link sites is not a good idea. Your site can be penalized for using such methods.

Their is software available that will help you find,build,and generate relevant links to your site. Once such linking program is Link Machine.

With it you can generate links by category or keyword, find only sites that have a certain page rank,contact web owners or webmasters,find what sites you link to no longer include your link, get Alexa Rank and much more, once you set everything up you no longer have to manually submit your ad to websites. Their are many options and the software is easy to use. You can also download Link Machine Free. So why not give it a try and start building those links that every site owner needs. Get Link Machine for FREE Now!