My Google Account Is Reinstated!
I received a piece of good news from Google this morning regarding the reinstatement of my Google Adsense account. I have been waiting for an answer for the past one month counting from Day 1 of my account termination. Even though I am a very optimistic person by nature, I have already given up hopes of getting my account reinstated given the information and feedbacks I have garnered from forums and other blogs alike.
But the strange thing is I have gotten so used to making do without Adsense ads that the news did not really affect me that much. I thought I would be very delighted but I am just glad to have an extra revenue channel back. I have some good results in using CBpro Ads on some of my websites and this is where the dilemma starts, should I go back to using Google Adsense or other contextual ads.
Nah! As always, I would go for both. Initially, those first 2 weeks without Adsense is hell but the good thing to come out of this experience is that I am forced to look for alternatives and good things have come out of it. I’ve always believed “whenever there are obstacles, opportunities are always around the corner” and this certainly hold true for me each time I meet with an obstacle. So the next time any obstacle appears, take time to survey and look around for the hidden opportunities that are just round the corner. Good luck! 
Looking For Good Quality PLR Articles?
April 27, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Content Creation
I have mentioned in my previous post “Good Quality PLR Articles Can Save You time” on why using PLR articles can save you much precious time. If you have missed the previous post, you can read it here. However, I also mentioned that you need to look for good quality PLR articles or content to begin with. Now this a problem that many people faced and that is where to look for good quality PLR articles given the high number of PLR membership sites.
Personally for me, the best PLR articles membership site that I have experienced so far is Niche-Content-Packages.com. The articles in this PLR articles membership site are high quality in nature and I also love the fact that only a limited number of a particular PLR article package will be sold. Once sold finished, these PLR packages will be taken off the shelf for good.
Although Niche-Content-Packages.com is by nature a membership site, you can either choose to join its monthly membership or you can opt to purchase credits to buy PLR articles instead. In this way, there is no pressure on you to join and then regret later, although this would be a highly unlikely scenario given the quality of the articles they have there. If you need a lot of quality PLR articles every month, Niche-Content-Packages.com is the place for you to get them.
Check out the video below for more information. Alternatively, you can check out their website here for more information.
Good Quality PLR Articles Can Save You Time
April 23, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Content Creation
Content is king and everyone online knows that the best way to attract visitors to your site like bees to honey is to provide regular, unique and quality content to your visitors. To provide unique and quality content on a regular basic is a time consuming task but one that every webmasters needs to do. If you are good with words, you can either write the content yourself or you can outsource it to freelance writers if you have the cash.
So what does PLR articles got to do with providing quality content to your visitors?
PLR articles are great for people like you and me who write content for our blogs and websites but do not have the time to do the research or look for topics to write on. Should you elect to write the content yourself just like me, you can make use of good quality PLR articles to help you save precious time and leave you with more time to market your business!
CBPro Ads Review
April 20, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Monetization Programs Reviews
Google Adsense may be the revenue of choice for many webmasters. But many webmasters are quietly turning to other contextual networks to monetize their websites after getting their Google Adsense accounts suspended or worst terminated for good without any advance warnings.
That is why I realized it is very important for any webmasters to recognize the need to explore and have multiple sources of income from other networks. If you read one of my earlier posts, you would have known that I got my Google Adsense account closed recently and still pending an appeal. As such I was researching other contextual networks and advertising systems to replace my lost income from Google Adsense. I found a number of replacements and one of the best is CBpro Ads which is an advertising platform and system for ClickBank products.
Good News From Google
Wow! I just received an email from Google today that my appeal is under consideration and although the email do stated that it is by no means a guarantee that my account will be reinstated. Well, at least there is a piece of good news today. After almost 2 weeks of waiting, this is good news indeed.
As for the other contextual networks that I have been testing, I have yet to see any positive results. Maybe it has to do with the fact that my websites are based in very specialized niches. I have been testing some other advertising scripts and systems that come to my attention recently.
I will post some reviews and introduction in the near future and I hope you will find them useful to your online success.
Google Closed My Adsense Account
Recently, I have my Google closed for suspected fraud click. Imagine my surprise when I tried to log on to my account, only to receive a message that my account has been closed due to click fraud. It was beyond anything I have experienced during my brief time as an online marketer.
The thing that makes it the more surprising is that the previous night; I was still checking my stats and everything seemed normal. There is no surge in traffic to indicate I may be a victim of someone trying to get my account closed by Google.
A quick check on Google Adsense forum revealed that a large number of webmasters are affected too even though there are no indication of any click fraud involved. Some webmasters suggested writing in to Google to highlight our plight. However, the general reply from other more experienced webmasters is that the chances of getting your account reinstated will be very slim. Left with no further options, I sent an appeal email to Google immediately and I hope to get a reply from them as soon as possible.
Using Videos To Drive Traffic To Your Sites
April 13, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Traffic Generation
Remember my previous posts on video marketing and how video marketing is boosting sales and commissions of affiliates and merchants who are using videos to promote their products. If you missed that, you can read this post “Video Marketing Made Easy” and also check out the “free video marketing e-course” if you are keen to take your income to another level.
Now, this post is not on using videos to promote products, rather it is focus on using videos to drive traffic to your websites. Regardless of which niche you are in, using videos to drive traffic to your websites is the way to go and it should be a definite part of your marketing plans for your online business.
I am sure everyone has heard of YouTube. If not, you must have been living under a rock for the past few years. YouTube is the biggest and most visited video hosting sites on the internet. Every day, millions of people visit YouTube to watch or upload videos. No matter what types of videos are being put up, there are definitely audiences for your videos. With so much traffic, it is no wonder this is one of the best website to reach out to targeted audience.
Using PLR Materials To Create Your Own Products
April 9, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Product Creation
Using PLR materials to produce an entirely new product is not new. In fact, most internet marketers in one way or another would use other people’s products to create a better product. However, a lot of online marketers misunderstood the concept of using PLR materials or simply put it, they don’t care at all. Most of the time, these online marketers, instead of using PLR materials to create a superior product, opt to rehash the same thing or worse, simply change the title and cover design to give an appearance of a new product and then release it to the market.
If you are the buyer, you will obviously feel shortchanged and definitely not going to buy from that particular marketer again. This is something that happens on a very regular basic and if you have been online for a period of time, you will find a lot of products that you have bought will be in some way or another similar in context and content. I know that because I have purchase products that are simply rehash materials from another previous product. While this maybe a very profitable way of generating a good amount of cash, it does leave a sour taste in the mouth for consumers and definitely will not do your reputation any good at all.
Choosing A Niche To Target
When I first started my forays into online opportunities, I was told time and time again when starting out to focus on something that you like and have a passion for. This is the same “advice” almost every guru or everyone online has been harping about. While this advice is not entirely misguided and to a certain extent, I still believe this is still partly correct, a lot depends on which side of the fence are you on.
Let me explain it more clearly.
We are all into online opportunities for one single big reason and that is to make money. Some just want a couple of hundreds extra a month to pay the bills, others are it for their passion and to make some money out of their passion and most of us want to create a business that can last and give us a passive income for life.
5 Basic SEO Tips When Designing Your HTML Site
April 6, 2008 by Albert
Filed under Search Engine Optimization
HTML is still one of the best web design languages to use when designing your website. Even though there are more sophisticated ways or languages to design your website, you can never go wrong with the plain old HTML if you want to please the search engine spiders.
If you are new to web design and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and you are designing your first website using HTML, the following tips below will stand you in good stead when designing your website.
1) Always start with the HTML codes or tags commonly found on top of your HTML design page. Always begin and end your document with an HTML tag or with <HTML> and </HTML>. The slash before each code indicates the end. These tags are very important because without them, search engine spiders will have no way of knowing what kind of language your website is “speaking”.
Another important element to take note is the head tags or <HEAD> and </HEAD> which indicate preliminary information regarding your website. One element found in the head of a page is title or <TITLE> and </TITLE>. Even though you may not have any plans of placing a title for your website, it’s still better to have one. And you need to include the appropriate keywords with it because search engine spiders prioritize title information when indexing websites.
