Blog Monetization | Blogging Experiment

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“Find out how you can make loads of money from Google AdSense!” “Google AdSense is just a hobby, but it pays my mortgage!” “Scientifically proven methods of exploding your AdSense earnings… Instantly!” If you’ve been around the make money online niche for long, you’ve probably come across these impressive claims ...

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Well, that didn’t take long. Two weeks after I first added Kontera’s contextual advertisements to the site, I’ve pulled them off. While I initially planned on giving them at least one month long trial, I’ve pulled them down and will test them on one of my other blogs. Why? Simple… ...

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Many bloggers logged onto their site today and were astonished by the number of subscribers Feedburner was reporting for them. I’ve read accounts of blogs going from 300 to 3,000 and over at ProBlogger the count went from 41,000 to 100,000! The glitch has been tracked down to FeedBlitz reporting ...

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In a continuing effort to make money online, and to hit my goal for the month of $1,500, I’ve decided to give the contextual advertising service, Kontera. For those of you that read other “make money” blogs, you’re probably familiar with the double underlined text links. Basically, these are ads ...

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Google Adsense made a shocking announcement on their blog today. They’ve changed the payment structure back to the old , one threshold, one payment structure. But more importantly was this announcement: “- If you’re outside of North America, Latin America, and Japan, AdSense referrals will be retired. For publishers not ...

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One of the steps I’m taking this week to prepare myself (and my blog) for 2008 is to look for new ways to make money blogging. Once again, the observant among you will notice another change to the site. I’ve decided to give ScratchBack (SB) a try and have added ...

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For anyone using WidgetBucks, there’s good news. You now have more options for how your ads will look! According to the email I received (as well as their blog post): The new ads are noted with a “B” (for “B Series”) in the pull-down menu of the “Customize Your Widget” ...

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Last weekend I received not one but two pitches for a new service that promised to help site owners make money with their sites. I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m naturally skeptic but I try to remain open minded to any and all offers. You never know when the ...

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Last night I logged in to Blogging Experiment to set the schedule of posts for this week and noticed a comment awaiting moderation. The comment was from David Peralty, the author behind the popular BloggingPro.com blog. The comment was this: Most of the code of this theme, as well as ...