Simple tips to Maximize your AdSense Revenue

AdSense is the best way to monetize your web traffic. Millions of publishers are already getting benefited from Adsense. This Post helps publishers to maximize their AdSense earnings. It will be updated on regular basis, keep on checking regularly.

1. First Ad impression is the best one.
The first ad impression served on a page contains the most relevant and highest paying ad. So, you must make sure that this ad is displayed on the ad slot that your visitors usually click or having highest CTR. Ad slot with highest Click through Rate (CTR) will have more possibility of ad click. Thus, Publishers need to work more on turning the first ad impression into an ad click.

2. Real content makes sense.
Pages providing unique and valuable content help you in driving prospective competitors who bid more for your ad slot. More the cool stuff you write, more will be the Visitor’s base. Consequently, you will see good user experience that’s what Google really looking for. Try to build up your site with original content and never do keyword stuffing.

3. Keep track of your Reports and Target your Ad blocks.
By analyzing the visitor’s behavior, employ contextual targeting by Keywords or Categories. Better targeting for advertisers means more money for you. Don’t be aggressive about ads. Avoid placing more ad blocks in a single page. Regularly check your reports so that you can optimize your ad blocks to maintain good CTR and eCPM.

If you have any good tips, you can add to comment section.

Guide to change your blogspot.com to dot.tk in Blogger

Are you publishing your blog with Blogger.com? Are you feeling that your long domain name like your-blogname.blogspot.com, giving you bad reputation at many points of view? If your answer is yes! Then you came to right place and read out my post.

Why should I change to custom domain?

Search engines except Google, rest of all will never result your blogspot well at their listing. Social networking sites don’t like your blogspot.com tag when compared with top level domain. They don’t love to back link you. Moreover, the blogspot.com domains are blocked by some Internet service providers including China. You can also get custom e-mail like admin@your-domain.com with Google Apps. So this time, I am posting step by step guide to set up a custom domain using Dot.tk.

Guide to set up a Dot Tk custom domain using free DNS service:

Registering Dot Tk Domain:

Step-I:

1. Go to Dot.tk website.
2. Enter your preferred Dot Tk domain name and click Go. If entered domain is available, you will be promoted for further steps.

3. Now it shows availability of your domain.  For free domain you need to produce minimum of 25 hits per 90 days. Free domain has same services as paid domain. Select your choice and move on to next step.

4. Enter your blogspot URL and set registration length as 12 months. Now sign up with Dot Tk. Here you have to verify your Dot Tk account by email or you can also use social Networking accounts like facebook, yahoo, flicker etc.

Dot Tk settings in Blogger:

Step-II:

1. Log on to your blogger account.

2. Go to Settings and find Publishing option in your dashboard. Now click on Add a Custom Domain. You will be prompted to buy a domain for your blog.

3. Simply click on Switch to advanced settings. Then enter your Dot Tk domain with www in the place of www.filmyhub.tk (as shown in the picture). Now you have to verify domain ownership by adding two CNAME records. For this, click on Settings instructions. You will be landed to a page that having dynamically generated CNAME valus with detailed set up instructions.

DNS Configurations in Dot TK:

Step-III:

1. Now log on to your Dot Tk account and click on Domain Panel. It gives the list of your Dot Tk Domains. Now, click on Modify option to configure DNS Settings for your domain.

2. Here, you will get a pop up window of Domain settings. Select Dot TK DNS Service and configure your DNS settings like above shown screenshot according to your domain name. You will find dynamically generated CNAME values in below image.
   

3. For the first CNAME, enter Host Name as "www" and IP address as "ghs.google.com". It is fixed for any blog. Second CNAME record needs dynamically generated values. It means Host name with dynamically generated name (which is highlighted in blue) and IP Address with dynamically generated value like "gv-xxxxx.domainverify.googlehosted.com" (which is highlighted in pink). These fields are different for different blogs. Do not forget  to select record type as CNAME record.
4. To make your naked domain available, you have to add A record with following details. select record type as A record, then fill Host Name field with your dot tk domain without www (example: filmyhub.tk ) and IP address as 216.239.32.21
   
5. Before you move onto next step, wait about 30 min or an hour for your DNS settings to activate.

Saving Custom Domain settings in Blogger:

Step-IV:

1. Again go to advacned settings that configured in second step under publishing and save them. If you get any error, come back after some time and save settings.

2. Once you are done with saving, under publishing edit your custom domain and set redirection option by putting tick mark as shown in picture.
3. If you have any trouble in following any step, put a comment that helps me to catch you back.

Adsense Invitation to earn revenue from YouTube videos

Do you know that your YouTube videos can make tons of Money? Yes , It’s true. YouTube is a good platform to view and share interesting video clips. You may upload videos just for fun. But it helps you in making money online. It doesn’t need much skills and efforts. However, creativity is needed to make video which pull to generate noticeable hits. Know more about Adsense here. Let’s see how it works

How to get into Adsense Revenue sharing program?
This process involves mainly two steps. First step is uploading a video and making it popular (promoting ). Here popular in the sense, getting good number of views (hits). With the help of Social networking websites like twitter and facebook , we can make views by posting on profile. I hope ,it’s not a difficult task for you. Writing attractive keywords for your video title ,description and caption can tend users towards video click. Once you reach certain number of views , you will get a mail from the Youtube team saying – “you are eligible to earn revenue from the playbacks of your videos”. In my case, I got invitation after crossing 500 views.

Second step is following sign up procedure for adsense account. For this, Simply click on the link that enclosed in your mail. Fill the details carefully and wait for review. Once you get approved with adsense, you will earn a share of the revenue from the ads as long as you meet the program requirements. In countries like US and UK have direct option to enable revenue sharing, whereas in complicated countries like India, Pakistan , Srilanka and China , youtube is following Invitation process.

What types of videos can help you to get adsense invitation?
Adsense strictly follows copyright act in monetization of any content. So you will not be allowed to monetization, unless your video content is copy right free. Check my guideline in creating videos.

• I advise you to create your own video. That may be a short film with own audio, video tutorial or funny seen . Rule is only original content.
• Avoid using background music that are copyrighted. If you use any music, you need to produce proof of ownership.
• Check youtube terms of Copyright policy and content. Also check for monetization here.

For any additional information, you can ping me by making comments

Fix 404 Page Not Found Error with redirection in Blogger

You will often notice that visitors come to a page which doesn't exist on your website, either by clicking a broken link (unreachable link) or typing a wrong URL. Typically, this may result bad user experience. As a webmaster, it is our concern to avoid misleading with a status message.  In Blogger, page not found site errors can be identified with the help of Google Webmaster Tools. It also works for any website that capable of verifying ownership with Google webmaster tools.  If you encounter an error, then the next step is putting it in right direction. In order to resolve the error, we will employ following error handling mechanisms in Blogger.

• Blog's custom page not found message
• Blog’s custom redirects

Organization of errors can be done easily in updated blogger interface. Please note that you won't find any options in older interface.

Set custom 404 Page message in Blogger:

1. Go to Blogger and open your blog Setting in Dashboard
2. Under settings click on Search preferences. There you will find Errors and re-directions.
3. Now edit Custom Page Not Found option and enter the message which you would like to notify your users about the error page.

Custom 404 page will be displayed only to the visitors who come with 404 HTTP status code. Instead of message, you can use HTML, as well as CSS code up to 10k characters. If possible, try to put search box within the message and provide link to most popular articles or posts. This method is perfect solution for the visitors who came with a mistyped URL.

Set custom redirects in Blogger:

So far we have discussed about Custom 404 page, Now it's time to fix errors related to deleted or removed pages or posts.
1. For this edit Custom redirects option in Search preferences.
2. Then click New redirect and enter non-existing or removed post URL path followed by root domain in From block.
3. Next enter the URL path followed by root domain in To block to where you would like to redirect.

This option will helps you to drive your old visitors to new relocated page or home page. But It is not compulsory to fix all 404 errors with redirection. Because you may not able to control every link to your site. Moreover it doesn't affect your site search performance. So just try to fix every 404 error listed in Webmaster Tools or top-ranking related issues. Have any feedback or query? if yes, then post a comment.

Minimize the bounce rate and Keep your Readers Engaged

Bounce rate is the percentage of single page views i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the landing page without visiting any other pages. Most of the ranking systems like Google and Alexa will take it into consideration. So I am going to explain you some effective tips to reduce the bounce rate. We use Google Analytics to track the bounce rate. It can be calculated from the following formula.

Bounce Rate = single page views / total page views.

What does this metric tell us?
It decides how much pull and interest your website is generating for your visitors. Usually, Website with a high bounce rate indicates that entrance pages are not relevant to visitors and changes are necessary for improvement. Many Analytic Experts told that up to 50% is the good rate, over that is some what worrying. Moreover, it gives an idea how you can optimize your website further.

How to lower the bounce rate?

• Keep the navigation simple and Make it easy to reach every page of your website.
• Embed related post widget under every page. Instead of related posts you can place popular or recent posts. I suggest LinkWithin widget, if your site contains at least one image per page.
• Write effective headings for your anchor text while linking.
• Link your each keyword to other pages that focusing same topic.
• Concentrate on the quality of content rather than writing for ranking systems. Be realistic and write killer articles.
• Don’t fill your pages with unrelated ads and excess ad blocks.
• Many situation proved that visitors will get frustrated from unwanted things, so give your visitors good experience by avoiding pop-ups and redirection.

Tips to Secure your Gmail account From Hackers

This time, we are gonna discuss Gmail protection and its measures. As days are passing, Victims are increasing but intelligence levels are decreasing to crack a Gmail account. Everyone feels that – “I have strong alphanumeric password. No one will get into my Account”. But single layer protection can’t guarantee the security of your Gmail. Key loggers, phishing attacks, port scanners, cookie Loggers, password cracking software and many more – these are some popular hacking tactics. Moreover,ready made tools are making it worse.

How to stop your Gmail account being hacked?
Turn on 2-step verification on your Google account. It will enforce you to enter the verification code that sent via text or voice call to your phone upon every successful log in. As we are using a combination code (dynamically generated) in addition to your username and password, it adds an extra layer of security to your account and reduces the chances of getting hacked. Generally, we observe this kind of two layer protection in Net banking and online trading portals. Click here and follow the instructions to set up 2-step verification.

2-step verification can only keep your account safe from password cracking tactics but not from Cookie theft and session hijacking. Here Attacker will steel your cookies and installs on his browser to get access to your account without username and password. To avoid this, you have to click "Sign out”, whenever you are done using your Gmail. Also clear private data from your browser after every use. Sometimes, you forget clicking “sign out” then click on “last account activity” at the bottom of the page and there you will be provided a button to sign out all sessions.

Some tips to keep your account safe and secure:

• You have to ensure the SSL Certificate and URL as  HTTPS  before every log in. This will save you from fake login pages.

• Do not enter login or other sensitive information in any pop up window.
• Add your mobile number to Google account; it will allow you to SMS-based account recovery.
• Keep an eye on your forwarding and delegation settings in your account. Not to worry; you will be warned with a banner message whenever your settings are changed.
• Regularly check your login activity record at the bottom of the page.
• Never reveal your password to anyone. Keep it confidential.
• Latest browser versions and operating system updates are recommended.

Cheap Auto Insurance in your Location

When you buy a new car, you have to insurance it. It's a compulsory need! Since, you don’t want to waste your precious money in today's economy. Well, now you won't have to.

Are you in confusion to decide the right insurance plan for your car? If yes, then you have to visit Cheap Auto Insurance website provided in this post. You will see many insurance agencies in your location, but you have no idea which one suite you best. Also you may not have idea on which quotation charges you less and how to decide unwanted coverage.

Suppose you are in New Mexico, Simply you need to enter your area (For eg:Albuquerque) zip code in the box. That takes you to quotes from various insurance agencies that provide cheap auto insurance in and around Albuquerque, NM. Then you can compare the quotes and choose a policy that really works for you. If you want help on cheap car insurance Albuquerque, then use their time saving tool. You need not drive all over town spending valuable time and gas looking for the best deal in auto insurance. It will get your quotes in seconds.

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