So far so good. After cleaning up this site and reinstating the Google Adsense Leader to a position above the fold, I have noticed in the past three days a small uptick in my Google Adsense Revenues. Now to go slightly off the point. But I believe to a relevant point! I have noticed that my sent packets on my Local Area Connection seemed to be suspiciously high. Why should I be sending so much when I am actually doing a lot of browsing? AND ADSL broadband where I am is far too expensive (this is another topic for another time or maybe even another blog). So what? Well I found a great site and I copied their code in about Top 5 Security Threats - see top right. There is no affiliate or referral on this link, but if, you, like me have always been suspicious of the processes running in task manager then this is just the site you need to use to analyze the processes running on your PC. So after doing the following: 1) reviewing my processes 2) running my disk cleanup and 3) ensuring I have up to date MS Windows XP updates and after rebooting, I find my network packets sent to be way down. Although this post is not directly about blogging, it will help you to keep your PC safe from unwanted intrusion while you are online and blogging.

In my planned Blog Posts to come I will be giving tips on: 1. Adding NAVBAR to this Blog, 2) Adding a TAG Cloud 3) Adding a Blog Roll. After that I will look at adding social bookmarking and tagging. So please subscribe to this site (click on the Orange Button to get updates through the feeder (which I have has burnt on Feedburner.com) and visit this blog frequently). I realize NOW that I have an audience and I need to improve the quality of information on this site.

So this is what I have learnt so far (continued from my last post):
1. It is now no longer enough to put up a site, stick some Google AdSense links onto the site and hope for the best (it never was enough!) - You need to get much more information about how to succeed in this area. You must read a lot and try out what you learn. If you find what works for you then you have distilled the correct essence from the information overload on this topic. I think you should check this click bank offer out. I have not bought it yet, but it looks like it could be genuine: AdSenseVideos
2. I think that there is good money to be made with AdSense as long as you have a good product targeted at a market of willing buyers AND as long as you can reach your market by participating in the other side of Google's service offering, which is called AdWords.
I am still looking for a good affiliate program to advertise on this blog (not just in this post). I think I might have come across one. I registered on click bank. There could be some good products there. I am also looking for a 3 column Blogger template and I came across a good site for this. They also have a pixel page for Blogs (This is Like the fabled Million Dollar Home Page) of legend and by now ancient history - I liked the idea so I decided to spend a very small amount of money on a few pixels. Go here to check it out. Still a lot of space.
Click on the pic:


I am going to sign off now, but if you feel you have maybe learnt something from this post then please leave a comment and a track back link to your site/blog and fave me on technocrati.


Two other good blogs I came across are;

1. Money Blogger Nice Neat and Clean Site - Look at the January 09 Post about changes to Google referrals.
2. jakeldaily.com What I like about this site was how it started with a blog and developed into what appears to be a good online business...

I have spent the weekend blogging and learning about blogs. Once again, I am left with the profound "learning" that successful blogging is dependent on three things:
1. a passionate and engaged blogger;
2. an interesting subject - the more "niched" the better;
3. a blogger with the time and patience to filter through all the garbage that is out there and to discover useful sites with really useful information.
We are, after all, in the INFORMATION Age! I would guess that of all the information that is out there, at least 80% is garbage (if not more). Why do I say this? Well, let's look at the theme of this blog. It is about learning to blog and about making money while doing so (Continued in next post..).

Excellent! I have CLEANED UP THIS BLOG. Keep it simple. Focus is on Google AdSense and Google AdWords. I have Kept my AMAZON Widget. This site is dedicated to the discovery of the best way to blog and to make money blogging. Please read my tips in the posts below and comment on them.

Time for another post

Blogger Tip 101: See below there is an inline advert from Google Adsense. How did I do this? Well, it is very easy! After I WASTED the whole of last night trying to find a Blogger hack for this, I found out it is very easy to do! So, Q) how do I put an ad just under a post in blogger? A) Sign into Blogger, go to Template > Page Elements > Blog Posts > Edit > check the option to Show Ads Between Posts. Great Huh? Now all I need to work out is how to get rid of the block immediately below this first post (forgot how I managed to place it there...)

Keep on discovering

Hi All. Another day another dollar! Soon it will be an internet million dollars! Or an online million dollars! Blog Tips (101) for you: Sign up for affiliate programs - I have. e.g. goto: www.offerforge.com. Sign up for blog directories - I have - look for them on the net. Join me as I discover this blog thing. I reviewed my site today. It sucks. It is a crashing bore! I MUST and WILL raise the BAR! Blogging is hard work! But it should be FUN!!! More Blog Tips (101): Set up AdBrite. Go there and do it yourself. I have also downloaded RoboForm as it takes away the pain of filling in all these forms!

Posting a Meaningful Daily Blog Entry

My New Year resolution was to master WEB 2.0 and WEB 3.0 (the so-called Semantic Web). I chose to do this by creating and maintaining this blog. I know that this blog's current theme is about Learn to Blog (using the theme: Make Money online). This blog is, however, slowly changing into one that gives tips to people on how to create and improve a blog. I do not keep "before and after" snapshots of my site as I change it. But this site today is a vast improvement on its first version (Idea! - i will see if I can do "B4 and After pics of my site for every major delta... )

Blogging has taken off. I think, because of the inherent desire of people to form communities. In my view the best blogs are about very good content of posts, graphics and the quality and "mass" appeal its topic. For example, go to Blogger: Blogs of Note and you will see what I mean. Below is a list of their most recent TOP Blogs (really good examples of the standard of blogging that is possible and which we should all seek to emulate);

Sexy Spanish Club in Buenos Aires | http://sexyspanishclub.blogspot.com/
Bird Lovers Only Rescue | http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/
Political Arithmetik | http://politicalarithmetik.blogspot.com/
Juiced Sports Blog | http://www.juicedsportsblog.com/
.: Mommy Doodles :.| http://mommydoodles.blogspot.com/
Carbonfund.org | http://carbonfund.blogspot.com/
NarelleWorld | http://bnarelle.blogspot.com/
Tacky Christmas Yards | http://tackychristmasyards.com/
"Do You Speak English?" |Radio Show: http://doyouspeakenglishradio.blogspot.com/

AND BEST OF ALL (My favourite just now;... :

Local Girl's day in pictures: http://www.dayinpictures.co.uk/

ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE ON BLOGGER

I have found some very good blogging tips on the site: Problogger.com.

So from now on this blog will more and more dedicate itself to finding good blogging "education" and learning information and material both off-line and on-line with a view to reach that interested community of people who are looking for a good resource to help them, especially at the beginning stages of their blogging career.

Happy Blogging...