Search engine rankings improve

No matter where you're receiving your links from, a link is always a good link as long as it abides by the Google Webmaster Guidelines. With that being said, some of the easiest ways to build links is simply by linking to yourself. Sure, it's important to understand how to get backlinks, but this can be difficult for a new website to do. Linking to yourself is the next best thing. More than not, search engine rankings also improve when you link to yourself.

Lower Bounce Rate

Remember that article I wrote titled: how to lower bounce rate? Well, a good internal link structure is a great way to do so. When you have links within the content area of your page and the link relates to what your user is looking for, they will likely click the link.

How many of you clicked a link on this page just to see what you might find?

Reader Content Navigation

This directly relates to having a lower bounce rate. When you have an internal link building technique and a great structure to your site, readers tend to stay on a lot longer than if you hadn't.

Internal Link Structure also means

1. More page views.
2. More chances for an affiliate sale.
3. More chances for an ad click.
4. More chances for extra subscribers.
5. More trust.

These are all positive reasons to improve your internal link structure.

Techniques

Internal linking really isn't too hard to figure out. Let me give an example.

Look at this page you're reading. As you can see, the topic seems to relate to "link building." If we want to look into greater detail, we could say that this topic is more about "internal link building."

Since this is the case, I am going to link to other sources that also contain information about link building. You can see my links above.

1. Link 1 - High page rank backlinks
2. Link 2 - How to get backlinks
3. Link 3 - How to lower bounce rate

As you can see, almost all of the links above relate to link building in some way. "How to lower bounce rate" relates in a sense that a lower bounce rate does in fact improve when you build internal links so I figured that this would be a good link for users to also see.

Increased Traffic

Internal link building effectively

• Improves your site's SERPS
• Lowers your site's bounce rate
• and Increases the amount of time readers spend on your site.

By understanding the power of internal link building, I believe that we can all agree that it's a must when it comes to SEO. Internal link building is also a must when it comes to effectively lowering your bounce rate and raising the amount of time that readers spend on your site.

How to find DoFollow blogs to comment on

Search Google

There is no guarantee that you will find DoFollow blogs to comment on with this technique. However, I know that if you search long enough you will find some blogs to leave comments on.

Do Follow blog search engine

This is something that can work pretty well. However, it all depends on your niche and how many blogs show up in your search results. DoFollow Diver is the Search that I would recommend using.

Quick Tip: If DoFollow Diver is down, just search Google for dofollow search engines. There are usually numerous sources to choose from.

Fast Blog Finder

You had to know I was going to say it. Fast Blog Finder is an awesome program that allows you to search a keyword, pick a do-follow blog with a high page rank, and then leave a comment on that blog with a free high quality link back to your site.

Download Fast Blog Finder Free - Limited to amount of DoFollow blogs displayed Download Fast Blog Finder Premium - Huge amounts of DoFollow blogs displayed per search.

DoFollow Tips - Avoid being marked as spam

1. Make sure that all of your comments are informative.
2. Don't overdo it. Akismet sucks. They will block you.
3. Always use your name for your anchor text unless you see that others have been successful using their site keywords in their name.

It's true too. Right when I began making pennies on the dollar with AdSense, my earnings began to fluctuate. The reason: I was simply checking my AdSense statistics way more than I needed to be.

In Reality: I was checking my AdSense statistics more than I was doing any actual work.

I then sat to myself thinking: "How come my earnings aren't increasing?" I'm rarely unprofessional in any of my blog posts at Video Blogging Tips, but I believe that this bold comment of mine deserves a LMAO.

Anyway, it took me awhile and a few hundred dollars down the drain to realize that the only thing that was really preventing me from increasing my earnings was myself. I was making things more complicated than they had to be by looking for a lazy way out.

Coming to reality with AdSense

After all of this had occurred, I began to realize that making money with AdSense wasn't going to be possible if I continued to just sat around expecting it to happen.

That's when I began to do some of the things below instead of checking my AdSense ads.

In return, my earnings slowly began to increase.

8. Hanging out with family and friends.

No matter how many times you check your AdSense statistics they're not going to increase. I realize that some of us would be rich if this were the case, but that's not how it works. With that being said, stop refreshing your AdSense page in a hope for more money.

Instead, go hang out with your family and friends. Go play video games. Go workout. Do something else. But don't waste you're time refresshing your AdSense page. Image Source: Friends

7. Researching blogging tips

Instead of checking your AdSense statistics, read some tips that will actually help you better your blog or blogs. Here are some of my favorite blogging tip based websites.

• Blogger Noob
• Smart Bloggerz
• Widgets for Free
• Business Blogging Guide
• Wolvering Hacks
• Duo Blogger
• Blogging Tips dot Com

By researching and learning a little more about blogging, you will learn to better yourself and again, better your blogs. And a better blog for you means more money for you. That's always a good thing.

6. Engage in communities

Remember that post I did about increasing traffic via social networking. By taking a few minutes out of your day you can gain loads of targeted traffic to your website through social networking sites such as Yahoo Answers and FaceBook.

Here are some other good traffic sources

• Youtube - Works extremely well!
• Forums - Definitely work well!
• Myspace - Depends your niche.

5. Replying to readers questions and comments

Avoiding or disregarding readers questions and comments is probably the worst thing that you can do for your blog. By ignoring your reader, their comment will feel useless, wasted, and pointless. They won't come back for more. So be sure that you always take all of your readers seriously. Respond to every comment as soon as you possibly can. Image Source: Reading

4. Building relationships online

Although you aren't required to have any friends when it comes to your online success, they sure do help. By collaborating with other bloggers you're putting yourself out there. You're letting other bloggers know that you're a resource. You're letting them know that you want to share some of your success with them. In return, they will do the same for you. Image Source: Victory Shake

3. Researching SEO

It's always important that you understand the concept of Search Engine Optimization for if your blog isn't Search Engine Optimized, it's not going to get any organic traffic anyway. With that being said, SEO is something that you definitely need to understand.

2. Building Backlinks

Whether you're using Fast Blog Finder or you're using some of my other link building strategies, it's always important to get high page rank backlinks. You can also look at my tips on how to get backlinks if you're having trouble.

By building backlinks to your site, you'll begin to rank higher in the search engines.

1. Writing Posts

If you don't write any articles, you're not going to get anywhere. Instead of checking your AdSense statistics for three hours straight, try writing some articles. For writing articles is how you began making money in the first place correct? Don't waste your time looking for "back doors." Continue to write posts and it will eventually pay off.

Have that extra time to get a post in? Then do it. Write a post and set it to post for tomorrow. Or simply post it now. The more posts you do, the more Google likes you.

Coming to reality with AdSense

Understand that AdSense is a powerful tool. However, if you think it's easy money you're completely wrong. You have to learn to control yourself. Don't lose site of what's truly important when it comes to blogging. If you don't lose your site and you continue to fight for success, you will be successful.

Building backlinks by creating blog templates is something that's pretty time consuming, but at the same time, it's definitely worth doing if you have the time to do so. I've began doing it. I have my 3 column blogger templates, but I only currently have two.

Building templates for free links

1. Choose a blogging platform to build the template for.
2. Build your template
3. Place a link to your site and to your template page in the footer of your templates. a. Be sure to use correct anchor text for your link titles.
4. Select a standard title for your template. a. "Three column template" b. "Two column template" ...
5. Spread the word. a. Use link building strategies to build links. b. Use Fast Blog Finder to build links.

If you follow the above tips, you will get loads of free backlinks pointing towards your site. I usually don't do more than one tip a day, but I figured I would let you guys know about this.

PayPerPosts = Static Payment - Unique Posts = Forever

Other then the fact that paid posts lower your Google page rank, paid posts are also a waste of time simply because it's a one time payment.

• Paid Posts Suck With each paid post that you do you get paid one time and one time only. That's it. You're done. You made your $5.00 and now it's over. Not to mention that for each paid post, you'll probably spend a great deal of time writing to please the advertiser.

• Regular Posts Rock However, with unique posts or even a post set up for affiliate purposes, your income will always be coming in for that page over time. Forever. It's unlimited. You're not held down to a static payment.

Wasting time with PayPerPosts

I realize that paid posts can sometimes payout a great deal of money. Yes. I admit that I occasionally still complete a paid post. However, try to slowly make the change to an income source that's unlimited and that pays you while you're sleeping.

Programs such as:

• AdSense
• Private Advertising

Any noob can make money via paid posts. The wealthy bloggers are the bloggers who make good money while they're sleeping.

Traffic through Google Image Search

• Save your images with your keywords.
• Fill in the image alt tag.

Saving images with your keywords

As you can see to the left, I have decided to save my image with the same keywords that I used for the title of my post.

How to use the image alt tag

As you can see again, I have placed my alt tag just after my "src" code. I have also used the keywords of my post title in the alt tag.

Proof of traffic via Google Images

I have used this tactic to get loads of free and extra traffic to my sites via Google Images. As you can see above, this tactic works. (Please mind the titles of the images. lol) This tactic is no trick. Instead, you're simply letting Google know what your images are about.

The image alt tags tell Google what your image is a picture of. Thus, filling out those alt tags will Search Engine Optimize your images. Thus, you will increase your traffic.

I hope to soon become a writer for blogging tips.com. I have been granted the permission to write a few articles there and if these articles are written well, my dreams for writing for Blogging Tips dot Com may come true.

So again, thank you Kevin for the interview and the opportunity to write for your site. I hope to be a part of it soon.

• You were so happy one day and the next day you became extremely frustrated.

• The layout of your site and your AdSense ads were exactly the same both days in a row, so why did your earnings and your CTR drop?

Less traffic means Lower earnings

Traffic Spike - Maybe you had a traffic spike. You've earned a good amount of money during that spike, but after it, your earnings went back to just a little bit above normal due to increased popularity.

Traffic spikes and fluctuating Adsense earnings are not uncommon.

However, a fluctuating CTR is.

Stable traffic, but unstable CTR

This issue is actually a little more difficult to understand. However, it all has to do with how your page is presented to certain individuals and how deep these individuals are willing to search to find what they're looking for.

Common reasons to varying Click-Thru Rate

• Clicking more ads Today's audience didn't feel that you answered all of their questions in the post that they read. To find more, they clicked an ad.

• Clicking less ads Today's audience received all that they needed from your content and didn't feel the need to click anywhere including your ads to get more information.

• Relevant Ads You had a lot of views on an individual page today. The AdSense ads were quite relevant to the content you've provided on that page.

• Irrelevant Ads A lot of your views were on pages that weren't very relevant to your AdSense ads.

• Organic Traffic Spike Although your traffic is steady, maybe you've had a huge spike in organic traffic today. This spike greatly increased your AdSense earnings.

• Traffic Exchange Traffic Spike Organic traffic is low, but traffic exchange program traffic is high. Although you shouldn't be using traffic exchange programs with AdSense anyway, this is another common reason for a lower CTR.

• Traffic enjoyed your ads For some reason, today's traffic simply enjoyed your AdSense colors and placement. Today's audience simply clicked more adverts today.

• Traffic hated your ads Today's audience wasn't as generous. They didn't click any of your ads. In fact, they bounced right out of your page when they saw your first ad.

Earning consistent AdSense money

If you want to make consistent money with AdSense you need to first understand that it's nearly impossible to do so for your sites traffic may often also fluctuate. However, consistently receiving the same CTR or a similar CTR everyday is far more realistic.

How to consistently get the same AdSense CTR

1. Make sure that you're following all of the "Good CTR" tips above, but note that some of them are out of your control.
2. Always display AdSense relevant ads.
3. Follow these AdSense Tips to make sure you're doing everything in your power to make the best money you can with AdSense.

Inconsistent AdSense earnings are common

Even if you do follow all of the tips above, don't be surprised if your earnings are still a little bit inconsistent. Remember that you will always have good and bad days with AdSense.

The best thing that you can do for yourself to make your bad days not so bad is to simply gain more organic traffic to your blog. I recommend that you learn how to get high page rank backlinks to increase your organic traffic.

Also be sure to check out my article on how to get backlinks.

• Set up Feedburner with Blogger.
• Set up an Email Subscription area.
• Set up an RSS Subscription area.

AdSense arranges ads based on relevancy

Here's what I have noticed. The more ad blocks you have on your page, the less relevant the ads will become as you go down your page in the HTML. So that's a fact. The less ads you have on your page, the more relevant your ads will become as a whole.

AdSense ads appear based on relevancy and cost

To me, this makes the most sense. AdSense ads appear based on relevancy first. However, if two AdSense ads are both considered as having the same amount of relevancy, the AdSense algorithm then goes to the CPC or the Cost Per Click that the advertiser is willing to pay. Whichever advertiser is willing to pay the most will snag the top spot on the ad unit.

I'm pretty excited about the new update. I hope that you all enjoy it.

This is obviously a major problem for if you're not displaying relevant ads, nobody is going to click. It doesn't matter how well your ads are placed and how well they're blended. Nobody is going to click an AdSense advertisement that isn't relevant to the content you're providing.

Fixing Ad Relevancy

There are three known solutions to this issue. If possible, I would implement every solution into your website or blog so you can maximize AdSense revenue.

Increase CTR Niche Blogging

If you're blogging on a niche, the AdSense advertisements that appear are that much more likely to be relevant than if you're not. With that being said, try to stick to a specific topic on your blog. The more specific your topic is, the more clicks you'll end up receiving.

Section Targeting

There is special AdSense coding that allows you to tell the AdSense bot what code you'd like it to target the most.

<!– google_ad_section_start –>This coding lets AdSense bot know that you want it to target this content.<!– google_ad_section_end –>

Placement

AdSense ad placement is also very important. If you have an ad at the bottom of your page that is more relevant than the ad at the top of your page, you may want to place the ad at the top of your page in your left sidebar, then the ad at the bottom of your page to the top of the page.

This is usually quite rare because most of the time, the AdSense ads that come first in your HTML will be the most relevant to the content you've provided. However, this isn't always true. See the picture at my article titled less ads more money AdSense and you'll see that whoever has the highest bid will take the top spot for the AdSense ads.

With that said, you'll need to learn to look at your ads to see what placements will deliver the most relevant ads for your. This is a "last resort" type of deal, however, it really can increase your CTR.

Results - Increase in Earnings

I followed the above steps and my AdSense CTR increased and more importantly, so did my earnings. Try it for yourself. I almost guarantee that if you display AdSense relevant ads, your earnings will increase.

Best Formats

The best AdSense ad sizes are as follows. Again, this has been tested and proven. There is no need to go back and redo the testing. It's already been done for you.

Large Rectangle 336x280 / Medium Rectangle 300x250

These are by far the best AdSense blocks for most users. These blocks usually receive the highest CTR. These two ad units also blend in quite well with the most common blogger templates.

Leaderboard 728x90

For most of us, the 728x90 ad unit can be quite difficult to work into our template. However, when it's blended properly it can also receive quite a high CTR.

Wide Skyscraper 160x600

Finally we have the 160x600 Wide Skyscraper. This is a great ad to use if blended properly, but to be honest, it's also the most overused ad there is. Don't make the common mistake of putting this ad in the right sidebar. It doesn't work there.

Link Units - Anything Goes

Anything that blends in will work well when it comes to the link units. Just pick a format that looks great and you will be fine. PS: Remember, with the link units you need two clicks to get paid.

Worst Formats

Anything that is not listed above is not listed above for a reason. The following ad sizes should be completely avoided at all costs.

• 468x60 - This is the "old school" banner ad size. Anything shaped in this form usually has a pretty low clickthru. Whether it's content or an ad, it's not really a good idea to place anything you want clicked on in this format.

• 234x60 - This is half a 468x60 ad. It's also quite small meaning that it usually goes unnoticed by users. When users do finally notice this ad, all they see is the "Ads by Google" logo anyway.

• 125x125 - This is only a good sized ad if you're into private advertising. However, if you're trying to make money with AdSense, it's a good idea to steer clear from this ad size.

• 180x150, 120x240, 200x200 - These ad formats are noticed by the users, but they're so small that the "Ads by Google" shows way too much steering users away from these ads.

• 250x250 - I've heard of some people having some success here. However, the 336x280 and the 300x250 perform way better.

Best Placements

In this section you'll learn where to place your AdSense ads. We'll be using the best AdSense ad formats from above as our advertisements.

Below Post Title - 336x280 or 300x250 or 728x90

The number one spot for an AdSense Advertisement is directly below a post title. Now, you don't want to break AdSense TOS by having a misleading title above your AdSense ads.

So make sure that you do one of two things.

1. Have a sentence or two of the post and then display the ad.
2. Put the word "sponsored links" or "advertisements" above the ad. (Not recommended, but if you have to do it, at least make the word a light gray and a little smaller so it's less noticeable.)

Blogger Users - Be sure to check out my article on how to put AdSense in Blogger Posts if you're confused at how you can go about doing this.

In the Middle of a Post - 336x280 or 300x250 or 728x90

Simply have your article flowing and then break it. Put an AdSense advertisement right in the middle of your post. Now, this is a little difficult if you're a Blogger user. Actually, I believe it's impossible. However, if your platform allows you to do this, I highly recommend it.

Think about what you're doing with this. Your reader reads down your post and gets bored midway. They now have two options. They can either exit your page or click an ad.

End of a Post - 336x280 or 300x250 or 728x90

Give your reader somewhere to click after they read your article. Don't allow them to simply exit your site. Give them an AdSense advertisement at the end of each of your posts.

Many AdSense users make the mistake of only placing one AdSense ad above the fold and then calling it good.

If you want to make the most from AdSense use the most ads that TOS allows on any given page. PS: Less ads doesn't mean more money with AdSense. That's simply a rumor.

160x600 Wide Skyscraper

The 160x600 AdSense format is very notorious. I don't really like it, but others do. If you're going to use this ad block make sure that you don't place it in the right of left navigation. Instead, float it in with your post to the left of your article so your article text flows just around it.

Link Units - Below Header - In Sidebar

Link Units often work best in these two positions. Link Units work well below a site's header / banner. Link Units also work well in the left sidebar navigation. Some people use them within posts, but this isn't actually something that I can say I have tried.

A quick note about link units - You actually need 2 clicks to make money with link units. You need a click on the unit itself. This click then takes the user to a page with ads. The user will then need to click an ad on that second page for you to make any money.

Best Colors

This topic can be quite controversial because many users believe that a standard blue or #0000FF works best when it comes to getting AdSense clicks. However, for me #425BC4 works a little better.

Link

AdSense Link colors should be a blue color. Like I said above, #425BC4 works best for me however, Joel Comm recommends #0000FF otherwise known as "standard blue."

Description and URL

The simple answer is black or #000000. However, you want to blend it to your sites text color. So say you have a site background color of black and a standard text color of white, you'd want to mimic that for your AdSense ad.

Background and Border

Again, you'll want to blend this with your template. No borders, and background color should blend / match your site's background.

Common Mistakes

These are some of the most common AdSense mistakes that I can think of. Please be aware that there are probably a lot more mistakes then I have posted here. With that being said, be sure to carefully scan over the TOS of AdSense.

1. Clicking your own ads

Never click your own adsense ads to "see if they're working." The same rule applies to friends. Don't call up a bunch of your "boys" asking them to click ads for you. You'll surely be banned.

If you do happen to accidentally click your ad, be sure to refer to "I clicked my own Google AdSense ad" over at Dave Taylor dot Com. This article will tell you how to go about contacting AdSense Support so you can avoid being banned from AdSense.

2. Using competitive ads

For example: Don't use Yahoo and AdSense on the same page. Also note that you're not allowed to use anything or have anything on your site that looks like or is formatted to represent an AdSense advertisement.

3. No Privacy Policy

AdSense now requires that you have a link on all of your pages that states you're using AdSense. If you don't have this "privacy policy" you could be banned from AdSense. Be sure to get your privacy policy today.

Other common Mistakes

There are many other common AdSense mistakes. Be sure to check out these 15 common AdSense mistakes. Also refer to the AdSense TOS to make sure you're not breaking AdSense guidelines. Again, it's important to read through the TOS as carefully as possible so you're not banned from AdSense. PS: Entrecard and AdSense do not work together. Entrecard users should be aware of that.

Everything You Need

All the AdSense tips you need can be found throughout this article. You don't need to purchase programs and you don't need to do a load of research. Everything is here. Everything is done for your. You just have to implement the advertisements into your site and let your traffic do the rest.

Want a Free Link?

In final note, my big brain does believe that everything is here. However, I know that I likely missed a thing or two. If you notice a missing tip, please let me know by commenting below so I can add it to this article. Cool tips will receive a DoFollow link to their website as long as it's appropriate and related to my niche.

Addicted to checking AdSense Statistics?

Let me make it a little easier for you. You'd make more money if you decided to write more articles instead of checking your AdSense statistics. This goes the same way for Statcounter, Google Analytics, and Feedburner.

Some people become so addicted to checking their blogging statistics that they end up forgetting how they got where they are in the first place. Their blogging income plateaus and then they fall off of the map altogether.

Greatest Blogger Tip Ever

Again, STOP checking your stats and start writing posts. I guarantee an increase in earnings and traffic if you do this and are Search Engine Optimized.

I am talking about a program called Fast Blog Finder.

Do Follow Commenting Software

Fast Blog Finder is a powerful blog commenting program that gives you the ability to search for DoFollow Blogs with ease and simplicity. These DoFollow blogs allow you to leave a comment with a link to your page in that comment. This leaves you with a high, one way page rank backlink pointing towards your site allowing you to rank higher in Google.

DoFollow Comment Program Features

Fast Blog Finder Features the ability to:

1. Find DoFollow blogs that allow comments. 2. Search for blogs related to your niche. 3. Refine searches to better meet your link requirements. 4. Sort blogs for user specific search preferences. 5. Keep track of when you make a comment on a blog. 6. Favorite a blog for later commenting. 7. Comment on high page ranked DoFollow blogs.

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I am going to take this afternoon off from giving out the blogging tips to enjoy the weather. Hope you all have a good day!

Taylor

Why PayPerPost Affiliate conversions are rare.

• Lazy
• Skeptical
• Don't have time
• Or simply forget about the program.

PayPerPost Affiliate program scam?