If the website looks low-quality – with ugly flashing advertisements, overload of Google Adsense and a cheap looking template – a visitor will instantly assume that whatever they are selling is also likely to be junk. No advertisement overloads, no content segmented with textual ads and a clean, crisp graphical interface. Relevant Content. Once the professional appearance of the website has persuaded a visitor the website is worth further investigation, the next item they will look at is the actual content. But how does a website build trust? Appearance. MORE >>

As a blogger in a competitive and increasingly saturated market, it can be hard to continually create magnetic content, build a community and increase your skill level. On top of that, earning money through a blog is no longer a shoe-in – it’s an ongoing challenge, and for a lot of bloggers Google’s AdSense is the only life-support system they have for their writing projects. There’s something you should know: AdSense isn’t the only option for earning advertising revenue out there. This is a guest post by Jacob E. Dawson. Revenue Share: 75%. Adbrite. MORE >>

→ Google’s Inside Adsense home for spam comments September 19th, 2010 · View Comments Comment spam is a constant pain and chore for anyone running a blog. The prospect of gaining links to their websites means that a mix of human and automated spam producers will keep submitting their comments packed with terrible content. As an Adsense-powered publisher, I’m one of them. Google’s Inside Adsense home for spam comments (thewayoftheweb.net) [.] Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Good blogger outreach and is Worky worth trying? MORE >>

If you’ve been blogging for any period of time, you’ve inevitably had your content stolen.  In fact, you’ve probably already taken steps to protect your content from being copied. And You see, content scrapers are stealing your content for two basic reasons—to make money off it, or to build a site for links and/or traffic with it. Most content scrapers are in business to use your content to make money.  If you’ve found their site, you will usually see some type of monetization, like AdSense. . How to Hit Content Scrapers Where it Hurts. MORE >>

They meticulously curate and edit this content so that it fits within the allotted pages. The big question is: Can robots do a better job than these editors in knowing what content you are most interested in? Through studying Web analytics and niche topics that are getting search engine traffic online, Demand Media uses the information to create content (mostly text articles and videos). The success of this type of business is predicated on the ability to not only create, monetize and syndicate content, but to get it to the top of a search engine's natural listings as well. MORE >>