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Speed Linking: 27-Jul-07
2007-07-27 00:08:38
Useful links for the day: SEOMoz has an article which has a comprehensive list of SEO jargons. Very useful link for SEO beginners. BONTB has an interesting post on how to make money online using CafePress. I guess this will work well on fashion related sites as mentioned on the site. Want to make $100,000? A very interesting article on how to make it $7 at a time! Submit your blog to MySpace News for an additional source of traffic. Enjoy! Related PostsSpeed Linking : 06-Jul-07Speed Linking: 25-Jul-07Speed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)June 2007 RoundupSpeed Linking: 10-Jul-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth


A new concept in viral marketing
2007-07-26 07:13:01
Pedro Sardinha has come up with an interesting concept in viral marketing . This is the first one that I’ve seen of this type (correct me if I’m wrong)… He is offering $2 for anyone linking back to his site to promote his free e-Book. Posts like this just help in spreading the word; which is what viral marketing is all about! The concept is quite simple. His e-book has links to affiliate sites from where he hopes to reap in the benefits. Nice concept Pedro. Let us know how successful you get at this. Related PostsReviewback: You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yoursApogee Search: A review of the SEO GlossaryBoo-Box: A simple affiliate marketing toolSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)‘Make Money Online’ community at BumpZee! © 2007 Anuj Seth


Cash Back To You: Online Shopping Discounts for UK customers
2007-07-25 14:12:23
Do you stay in the United Kingdom? If the answer is a “Yes!”, this is a site just for you… Cashback provides you with some great deals for shopping online. Not only do you get good cash backs on your purchases, but on several products you will get Free Stuff with Cashback! CashBackToYou has a large portfolio of categories ranging from audio, books, computers, travel, gadgets, and many many more. This is not surprising considering that they cover 1300+ shops. Some interesting discount offers on Internet connectivity that they offer currently include BT Internet Broadband at a £25 discount and AOL at a £17.50 discount. So, the next time you want to shop online, do visit CashBack and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. Related PostsGet great discounts at CouponChiefKeepCash: Another way to save money while shoppingShareapic: My feedbackFirst Blogvertise payment receivedSpeed Linking: 20-Jun-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth
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Speed Linking: 25-Jul-07
2007-07-24 13:30:12
Some useful links for the day: Teli Adlam has a nice post on 5 Ways You Can Monetize Your Niche Blog. This isn’t rocket science but its a nice refresher nonetheless. Want to make $2,500? Enter the Blog Catalog BIG IDEA Challenge and walk away with this grand prize if you win. A nicely written article on10 SEO Tips posted at Earners Forum by one of the members. Enjoy! Related PostsSpeed Linking : 06-Jul-07Speed Linking: 27-Jul-07Speed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)June 2007 RoundupSpeed Linking: 10-Jul-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth


A look at the Alexa Toolbar for Firefox
2007-07-24 05:00:28
I had mentioned about Sparky, the Alexa Toolbar for Firefox a couple of days ago. Here is a look at it: Sparky differentiates itself from SearchStatus by showing a graph of the traffic trend for the site.  The above image is for http://www.google.co.in/ Clicking on the “a” will show you a menu with some additional options: A nice toolbar from Alexa, which was long overdue! Download Sparky. Related PostsWordPress & Firefox plugins for you…Speed Linking: 06-Jul-07Speed Linking: 04-Jun-07V7N NetworkAlive Web Directory: A PR6 directory © 2007 Anuj Seth


Shareapic: My feedback
2007-07-23 23:55:27
I had written a few posts about Shareapic a while back: Get paid to have people view your photo galleries My first few Share-a-pic galleries Just to refresh your memory — Shareapic is a photo sharing service that pays you when people see your photographs. My intention of evaluating Shareapic was to see if it could be a good replacement for PicasaWeb or Flickr, while at the same time getting paid for it. I tried out two different experiments: 1. Uploading personal photos: The aim here was to see if my vacation photos, family photos, etc., which I typically share with the rest of the family could be uploaded to Shareapic rather than the other two sites. 2. Uploading “most-wanted” photos: This is to do with riding the wave; basically uploading celebrity photos, controversial photos, etc. I think the verdict is quite simple and many of you will guess it as well. For #1, you cannot expect to make huge amount of cash. Stick to Picasa or Flickr in my opinion for this categ


Social Networking in India using YouMint
2007-07-21 02:08:48
YouMint is another social networking site with a difference. They pay you to grow your network!! Yes! You heard that right. The current payout is as follows: Rs. 110 for 20 friends! Approx Rs. 650 per month for receiving SMS ads Free SMS across India ! If you’re not already signed up on YouMint, I would encourage you to do so right now –> Signup for YouMint. I’m not too sure if the site is open to people outside India currently. Related PostsCreating links to social bookmarking sitesText messages on your phone: A new medium for making moneySpeed Linking: 14-Jun-07Speed Linking: 04-Jun-07Speed Linking: 29-May-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth
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WordPress & Firefox plugins for you…
2007-07-19 00:16:10
I came across two nice plug-ins for Firefox and WordPress which you might find useful… The WordPress comment relish plugin sends an automated response back to people who comment for the first time on your blog. Its a nice way to provide a personal touch. The link provided is a patch to the original plugin since the original one had some serious bugs. Do read the article to understand the changes and how to incorporate the plugin on your blog. If you like to have Alexa rankings integrated into FireFox, you have two choices — SearchStatus or Sparky. Sparky is quite fancy since it provides the traffic graph besides showing the ranking; all in the status bar of FireFox! Related PostsMonetizing WordPress PluginsA look at the Alexa Toolbar for FirefoxImpactful WordPress PluginsNew Theme for Online PresenceJune 2007 Roundup © 2007 Anuj Seth


FilmyFundas: Your source for all things on Indian Movies
2007-07-18 23:47:19
Have you been wondering where I disappeared for the last few days? Well…I got busy in another project that I am working on currently — FilmyFundas. The site is focused on all things related to Indian Movies. The site is still very much under construction and will take another month to really get up to speed on things. But, a lot of functionality is up and running. Do visit the site and let me know your feedback. PS: The layout is under work right now besides a host of other features. Related PostsLaunch of TechNotesWeb Advertising: Launch of AuctionAdsWhat category of posts works for your blog?Boo-Box: A simple affiliate marketing toolGet paid to receive ads on your phone: Part 2 © 2007 Anuj Seth


Ha Ha Ha - Watch this cute baby…
2007-07-13 11:38:55
I just couldn’t resist even though it is not as per the blog’s theme. The baby is way too cute…Watch and have a great laugh Related PostsLaunch of TechNotesAdvertCube: Another medium for making money onlineTag Directory: Get a link from a PR4 directoryImpactful WordPress PluginsGoogle AdSense disabling arbitrage publisher accounts as of June 1st © 2007 Anuj Seth


Axill: Another source for publishers
2007-07-28 00:21:03
For some of my sites I was looking for India specific advertisements to ensure better geo-targeting. While doing my homework on this, I came across Axill India. Axill provides India specific advertisements and has a fairly large database of advertisers. The best part is that you can choose the ads that should be shown on your site. Axill is present in US and UK as well. So if you visit their US or UK websites you’ll get equivalent advertisements for those regions. Axill provides CPA and CPM based advertisements. Related PostsGoogle AdSense disabling arbitrage publisher accounts as of June 1stSpeed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)Web Advertising for PublishersWhat category of posts works for your blog?AuctionAds/eBay tracking issue resolved © 2007 Anuj Seth


In-text advertising on your blogs
2007-07-13 06:05:37
In-text advertising is a form of advertising and source for bloggers to make money online. This is medium where keyword in your blog articles get linked to show pop-up advertisements on a theme connected with the keyword. There are various companies that provide such forms of advertising. Surprisingly Google does not figure on the list yet. The Online Presence Blog uses Kontera’s ContentLink for this form of advertising. You will find double underlined text on this blog which will show popups as in the image below when you hover over it. When someone clicks on the advertisement (and not just the link!) you get paid for it. All of these services work on a PPC model. Does in-text advertising really work? The simplest answer is Yes! It does work. But it goes without saying that the blog/website needs to have good content and well written content to ensure that the appropriate keywords get linked into ads. You need to ensure though that there are not too many of these on each page


PAYjr Visa Buxx Design Competition
2007-07-11 12:18:07
PAYjr is a VISA card for teens 13 and above. The card got launched today and they are running a one of its kind design contest, the PAYjr Visa Buxx Competition, which allows anyone to upload their card design. They have pretty fancy prizes like MacBook Pro, iPods, and Wii’s. You can submit as many designs as you want. Get started right away… Related PostsImpactful WordPress PluginsSpeed Linking: 10-Jul-07Get paid to receive ads on your phone: Part 2 © 2007 Anuj Seth


Optimizing Google AdSense
2007-07-11 00:29:24
I came across a nice article this morning at AffiliateKB on how to optimize your site for Google AdSense and thought of sharing it with all of you. Some excerpts from the article: You know that the 336 x 280 ads tend to have the highest click-thru rates, and you know that you should blend your ads into your site. But users are getting used to these ad styles and seeing blended ads and are growing a new “blindness” to these ads. What can you do to better increase the performance of your ads? Here are a few advanced optimization strategies. Read the full article on Optimizing AdSense. Related PostsSpeed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)Google AdSense disabling arbitrage publisher accounts as of June 1stPowered by Google AdsenseSpeed Linking: 28-Jun-07Google buys FeedBurner for $100 million © 2007 Anuj Seth


Speed Linking: 10-Jul-07
2007-07-10 00:03:19
Some good posts from around the blogosphere for today: Matt Huggins has a wonderful list of 55 must read articles for all bloggers categorized under various headings. If you haven’t read those articles in the past, set aside a day to catch up on them. Its worth the time. Freelance Switch has a very nice article on how bloggers should get organized. A good set of tips has been provided. A lot of us use FeedBurner but don’t take advantage of the FeedFlare option available in FeedBurner. Dosh Dosh provides us with the details on how to set up a personal FeedFlare. The same article has a link to his earlier post on how to use the standard FeedFlare options. WickedFire has a post on how to ensure your website logo’s are SEO friendly. Follow the entire thread. Enjoy! Related PostsSpeed Linking : 06-Jul-07Speed Linking: 25-Jul-07Speed Linking: 27-Jul-07Speed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)June 2007 Roundup © 2007 Anuj Seth


Google Supplemental Cache and its Impact on your Blog
2007-07-09 00:18:51
Google ’s Supplemental Cache is an area where it dumps pages which it thinks as duplicates. This can hamper your page listing in Google quite significantly if you don’t take care of it. If you’re running a blog, you just won’t realize that each post that you write can be classified as a duplicate. How you ask? Just think of the numerous ways in which the same post can be accessed from your blog: You can access it directly from its page where you posted it You can access it via the RSS/Atom Feed for your blog You can access it via the Archives You can access it via the Category pages Now, how can you convince Google that all of them are actually pointing to just one source rather than being classified as a “duplicate page”? As part of improving SEO for this blog, I noticed that mid-last month I had over 100 pages from the BlogSailor network dumped into Google’s Supplemental Cache. After doing a bit of searching around, I read a very well writt
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Integrating Job Portals on your site
2007-07-08 13:30:06
A new angle that you can introduce on your blog for making money is by integrating job portals. There are several options available to do so. Job-a-matic and JobCoin are two websites that provide easy to integrate widgets for your blog and you can make money online using them. Infact, you should notice a Job Board on this blog in the sidebar. Its features some of the best blogger jobs available in the US market currently. Also, you can simply post a new job requirement using the same widget. Its easy to use and integrate. The widget is powered by JobCoin and I have a subdomain dedicated just to the Jobs — http://jobs.blogsailor.com/ Visit the site and see if you can hook yourself a great blogging job. On the other hand, if you’re looking at hiring someone, you can use the BlogSailor Job Board to hire someone. At the backend, the system integrates itself with all other JobCoin boards and the job will be visible across all of them giving you a great reach for your job ope
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Alive Web Directory: A PR6 directory
2007-07-08 01:56:08
The Alive Web Directory is a family friendly Internet Resource Directory. It has a Page Rank of 6 (PR6) and an Alexa ranking of 16,420 (as of today) making it one of the prestigious directories to have a listing on. Alive Web Directory is a completely human edited web directory offering quality spam-free listings which is very well categories as shown below. Listing within each category is sorted based on the Google Page Rank of that site. The number of categories compared to other similar directories is limited but you should still be able to find the right sites if you go through the categories carefully. Featured and standard listing packages are available. The pricing structure for submitting your sites to the directory is shown below: The pricing is on the higher side, but considering that its a PR6 site you can surely expect a lot of traffic coming your way from this directory; but do ensure that you submit your site in the correct category. The easiest way to do so is to loc


Get paid to receive ads on your phone: Part 2
2007-07-08 01:02:30
A while back, I had written a post about mGinger, an Indian company focusing on giving a new channel to cell phone users for making money — their phones! Basically, they would push advertisements to the phone and the users would be paid for it. mGinger is still very much in its infancy since it does not have a large advertiser base right now. The highest single earning till date is Rs. 99.40/- which is next to nothing with total combined earnings standing at only Rs. 72,462. The mGinger blog provides details on what they are up to currently. Given stiff competition to mGinger, we have another two similar services in India: m-earn and AdMAD. m-earn The monetization model in m-earn is: Get 25p for every SMS you receive Get 10p on every SMS your buddies receive Get 5p on every SMS their friends receive Get 3p on every SMS their friends receive Sign-up: Click here to sign-up at m-earn AdMAD The monetization model in AdMAD is: Get 20 paise for each SMS you receive Get 15 pais


Speed Linking: 06-Jul-07
2007-07-06 00:57:05
Some useful links for the day: TechNotes has an article on two useful add-ons for FireFox (FEBE & Foxmarks). This would be useful for any blogger to ensure the work environment is safely backed up against any crashes!! An interestingly titled article on SEO — 10 reasons why SEO is like sex with a wondrous woman Sizlopedia details out the new profile layout at StumbleUpon Enjoy! Related PostsSpeed Linking : 25-Jul-07Speed Linking: 27-Jul-07Speed Linking: 03-Jul-07 (Advertising Updates)June 2007 RoundupSpeed Linking: 10-Jul-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth


10.5% Average CTR on PayPerPost Sponsored Posts
2007-08-03 02:14:59
PayPerPost recently concluded a study on the average CTR (Click-Thru-Rate) on PayPerPost sponsored posts. CTR as defined by Wikipedia is: Click-through rate or CTR is a way of measuring the success of an online advertising campaign. A CTR is obtained by dividing the number of users who clicked on an ad on a web page by the number of times the ad was delivered (impressions). For example, if your banner ad was delivered 100 times (impressions delivered) and 1 person clicked on it (clicks recorded), then the resulting CTR would be 1%. The result claims an average ctr of just over 10.5%. The study was done with 40,000 blogs and 8,000 advertisers on the PPP network. This is one of the highest CTRs you can get for any form on online advertising medium. This goes on to prove that sponsored reviews or posts is a great way to draw attention to your products and draw traffic to the site. It surely is not a replacement for other forms of online advertising, but is a form that is catching on and
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Chitika on Online Presence
2007-08-03 00:48:24
You might notice some advertising related change on Online Presence today. The Online Presence Blog got accepted into Chitika , and I’m giving it a try. We all know about Chitika, and how successful publishers have been with their products. I’m currently using Chitika’s most popular product called eMiniMalls. You will see this in action at two places on this blog: At the Index page just below the first post Randomly on some single post pages below the post If you have not yet tried Chitika, do give it a shot. It might bring about some significant money for you. Wish me luck… Related PostsPage #1 on Google for ‘Online Presence’‘Make Money Online’ community at BumpZee!Impact of Problogger’s Group Writing Project500$ million made by Top 50K blogs in 2006Migrated to FeedBurner MyBrand for Feeds © 2007 Anuj Seth


500$ million made by Top 50K blogs in 2006
2007-08-02 04:55:56
Wow! Did you hear the news… According to a study done by Chitika and The University of Texas, the Top 50,000 blogs in 2006 made as much as $500 million . Talk about making money online!! The approach used to calculate this might be debatable since the data was extrapolated from 12,000 blogs. But, the fact still remains that a hell of a lot of money was made by the Top Blogs. The gist of the report is: The top 1% accounted for approximately 20% of the total revenue. The top 5% accounted for approximately 50% of the total revenue. The top 10% accounted for approximately 80% of the total revenue. The top 15% accounted for approximately 90% of the total revenue. Related PostsSpeed Linking: 04-Jun-07Google buys FeedBurner for $100 millionIncrease traffic on your blogsWhere does your traffic originate from?‘Make Money Online’ community at BumpZee! © 2007 Anuj Seth


Get your own Blog Theme!
2007-08-02 02:00:54
How many times have you visited a blog just to be put off by their theme? What was wrong with their theme? Oh! Its the same old theme I’ve seen on so many other websites. Yes! Isn’t this true. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of free WordPress themes available for download. Many of them are really awesome, but the better they look, the more they are being used by other bloggers as well. I realized this very early on when I started this blog. Infact, the current theme that I’m using is the 4th on this blog. The first three were ‘free’ themes that were good, but soon enough I realized there were enough and more blogs out there that used the same theme. If you’re serious about building a reader base, you will need to differentiate your blog, not only by the content you offer, but by its visual appeal as well. Either come up with your own theme or hire someone who can come up with one. I’m sure my theme is not the best one around, but at leas
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Speed Linking: 01-Aug-07
2007-08-01 08:01:43
Two useful links for the day: If you have a discussion forum on your site, or plan to start one, read this article on the AdSense Forum on how to optimize AdSense ads for forums. An unbelievable list of 50+ tools for WordPress Admins at Mashable. You might need to take a week off from your blogging to try each one of them Related PostsJune 2007 RoundupSpeed Linking : 20-Jun-07Speed Linking: 13-Jun-07Speed Linking: 22-May-07Speed Linking: 20-May-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth


BOXSTr: 5GB+ of free online storage
2007-08-01 07:00:50
I just stumbled upon an interesting site called BOXSTr and thought of sharing it with all of you. The slick looking site provides free and paid plans for online file storage . The free plan itself provides 5GB of data storage! Now, that’s a lot of free space. Related PostsTake daily backups of your blogFree eBooks on BloggingCash Back To You: Online Shopping Discounts for UK customersWin a Free Copy of The AdSense Code by Joel CommA large collection of WordPress Themes © 2007 Anuj Seth


RetailMeNot: Get your discount coupons here!
2007-08-01 03:30:53
RetailMeNot is one of the most popular coupon sites on the Internet. An Alexa ranking of approximately 13,400, with a Google PR of 6 clearly shows off its popularity. If you like roller coasters, you’ll love the six flags coupon available at RetailMeNot. They have a pretty interesting add-on for Firefox to alert users of available coupons when they purchase something online!  It just doesn’t end here: you can get coupons delivered to your Inbox on a weekly basis. So, if you’ve not visited RetailMeNot yet, do so right away… Related PostsCash Back To You: Online Shopping Discounts for UK customersGet great discounts at CouponChiefHosting Providers: ICDSoft rules!KeepCash: Another way to save money while shoppingThe New TextLinkAds “Hotlist” © 2007 Anuj Seth


July 2007 Roundup
2007-07-31 13:30:57
Its the 1st of the month and its time to announce the Top 3 most popular posts on my blog for July 2007. Mobile Advertisments:  mGinger, m-earn, and AdMAD are 3 popular and upcoming SMS advertisement service companies in India. The post covered the payout details of these 3 services. We all know about the Google Supplemental Cache. The article focused on how to avoid getting into this cache. Job-a-matic and JobCoin are two Job Portals which provide widgets for integrating job widgets into websites. The article provides details on these two sites. The Alexa ranking for the site improved by over 50,000 points last month. Related PostsJune 2007 RoundupHelp me break into the Top 100K of TechnoratiSpeed Linking: 01-Aug-07Speed Linking: 06-Jul-07OpenAds: Online Advertising Software © 2007 Anuj Seth


Migrated to FeedBurner MyBrand for Feeds
2007-07-31 07:38:58
I finally took the bold step of trying out FeedBurner MyBrand for all of BlogSailor’s feeds. All feeds are now served via http://feeds.blogsailor.com/. The new link to the RSS feed for Online Presence can be noticed by clicking on the subscription button on the right sidebar. MyBrand is described on the FeedBurner site as: MyBrand lets you use your own domain name to host your feed instead of feeds.feedburner.com. It puts you in even greater control of your own content with FeedBurner and best of all, MyBrand is now free. Do let me know if you notice any glitches after this migration! PS: In some regions, this change might require 24hr to reflect. Related PostsGoogle buys FeedBurner for $100 millionSpeed Linking: 10-Jul-07Speed Linking: 06-Jul-07Increase traffic on your blogsSpeed Linking: 02-Jun-07 © 2007 Anuj Seth


Speed Linking: 31-Jul-07
2007-07-31 03:51:52
Some useful links for the day: David talks about 7 blog mistakes to avoid. I especially liked Mistake # 6 - not linking to others as I’d like them to link to me. Technosailor talks about guerrilla marketing techniques for your blog. How about renaming your home WiFi network to your blog’s domain name? Neat one!! I’m going to do that today PureBlogging has a nice article on how to expand your blogging network. I agree with the fact that we need to “Leave intelligent comments on other blogs”. This is one area I need to still improve upon further. Daily Blog Tips has a nice article explaining meta tags to bloggers. The Venture Skills Blog talks about incorporating captcha into your comments to prevent spam. All this without increasing bandwidth usage from your server. A very old article from ProBlogger but something worth remembering: SEO for Images is essential. Enjoy! Related PostsSpeed Linking : 01-Aug-07Speed Linking: 06-Jul-07Speed Linking: 25-Jul-07Spee


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