Big Foot Web Marketing

A popular- of not risky =- way for blogger to make money is to be be paid for posts that they write on their blog using an advertiser link. There are many of these types of services PayPerPost being the most popular . Others include ReviewMe . In order to be paid for the you cannot use nofollow tags with the link. In an effort to stamp out the practice of buying page rank Google enforces its policy but taking away any of your page rank. If your page rank is important to you- proceed with caution before accepting these kinds of links.

I am of the opinion that Google can do whatever it wants to do and blogger an do whatever they want to do. Google page rank is a made up value the Google came up with and users can chose to give it credence or not.

At any rate here on some tools and utilities that PayPerPost bloggers find useful when doing paid posts.

Helpful PayPerPost Tools

Word Count: A Firefox extension that counts word in text area. It counts how many words and characters you have types in a blog post draft. The tools is great for anyone who needs to know quickly how many words they have written in a post. It also disregards html for more accurate count.

PayPerPost Opps Hider lets you hide PayPerPost opportunities you don’t want i.e. low paying ads or types of ads you deem inappropriate for you blog. I have not tried this but bloggers I know that do Paperpost use it and like it.

Kontera Integration Wordpress Plugin Depdning ont he way you set up this let you turn off Kontera for any given post OR add Kontera to post. Kontera is set up to add links to content in your blogs. PayPerPost does not allow post to contain other links so post are rejected. You can use this plugin to to turn of Kontera in your PayPerPost posts.

Adsense Integration with PayPerPost blog posts. Currently the are strict rules about AdSense ads in you PayPerPost paid posts.
You can use Feedburner tool, AdSense Integrated with FeedBurner Site Ads to insert Google ads at the very end before comments section of your posts. I think there are better ways to do this and not sure how valuable a tool this is to be honest. I prefer to track my adsense ads and will insert blanket code onto my site as last resort, ie. I will put one in header because it make the most amount of money for me- however I still can’t track what page the header was on when the user clicked.

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I have been promoting The DoFollow Directory project and came across a site that follows, Dot Sauce. The owner was discussing flipping web domains for money. I have always been curious about this- but not curious enough to pursue. The concept always seemed slightly low end to me, and I feel a bit guilty for being so snobbish.

SEO an search engine marketing are a clique-y bunch- some would even say elitist. It would drive me nuts when i was link building that the same SEO guys publicly would eschew reciprocal links or brand 3-way links as demonic and privately email or PM me to trade links. I got the same vibe when paid links became an issue. They would be screaming about how awful they were in forums and then have all kinds of ads from Text Link Brokers ,Text Link Ads, etc. But I digress….

I have sometimes turned my nose up at legitimate types of business and feel badly about it. One of the mission of this blog is too help women and parents who are at home to earn extra income while staying at home to take care of their families.

The concept of flipping web domains may be viable for people who really don’t want to write a blog and are more interested in “wheeling and dealing” and the buzz that comes from it. The site was very well written and I was surprised by how much information the author shared with his readers.

Other Information on Web Domaining
http://www.onlinedownloads.org/diary/web-hosting/how-to-make-money-with-parked-web-domain-names/
http://www.thekidscollegefund.com/

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How do I make a request to Google for reconsideration of my site?

Have you decided that your page rank IS important to you? It might be if that is key factor in attracting advertisers to your site.

If you have been using PayPerPost, Text Link Ads or Text Link Brokers and your formally healthy page rank is gone and you now have page rank zero, then you most likely have a penalty. it is fairly easy to have penalty removed and have some of not all of your PR restored by Google.

Steps To Getting Your Page Rank Restored By Google

1. Add nofollow tags to perceived paid links ( i.e. PPP blog posts). Instruction for add no follow tags to your posts. I would not outright delete your PayPerPost posts as they add content your your site. You can also flat out get rid of the active link in post.

2. Get rid of Text Link Ad scripts and remove Text Link Broker links. Weight income you get vs. perceived value of your page rank.

3. Add no follow tags to your other paid ads. if you have advertisers who have bought links or buttons, banners, add nofollow tags to their links. Inform advertisers you have done so.

4. Remove any PayPerPost logos, etc.

5. “Blogger Disclosure” you may want to re-word or remove. Some sites actually use an image or graphic of the text.

Go to Google site and request reconsideration. Go Here Sign in with your Google account and add your site. ( they verify you are in fact owner).
State your case. Don’t get emotional or give them sob story. They don;t care,. Just state facts. Tell them what you have done and ask for them to reconsider your page rank. State the you do not have any paid ads on your site. period.

If your site is not included in Google’s search results, and you believe that it does not violate our webmaster guidelines, you can ask Google to reconsider your site for inclusion in the index.

In addition, if you recently purchased a domain that you think may have violated our guidelines before you owned it, you can use the reconsideration request form to let us know that you recently acquired the site and that it now adheres to the guidelines.

To request reconsideration of your site:

1. Sign in to Google Webmaster Tools.
2. Under Tools, click Request reconsideration and follow the steps.

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I make no claims to being a PPC expert. I have had some experience using AdWords. Just read a quite good, easy to understand article on using PPC to make money with your affiliate marketing. Some good solid ideas great for those new to PPC.
PPB is a good way to get traffic and convert to sales if you do it right. With niche markets can also be quite inexpensive.
Take a look if you have ever thought about using PPC or have no clue what I am talking about and are but curious.

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