Widgetbucks – A User Review
I want to thank Yogi from All About Coffee Makers for sharing her Widgetbucks review on this blog!
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I started using Widgetbucks in July 2008. Basically , the reason I first used them on my site was just as a filler in the empty right side column of my website (I have a 3 column website)
It doesn’t interfere with the other ad networks that I have on my website. And it can be used along with Adsense as well as Chitika or any other networks. The only restriction being, you can’t use more than 3 widgets on a page.
Am I happy with the results I get from it? I would say yes, because Widgetbucks has become another regular stream of income for me. Read more
Copaclick Review
Copaclick.com is a new player in the field of pay-per-click advertising networks and I’ve been testing Copaclick on a few of my sites.
While I haven’t been using them for that long, I’ve decided to share my Copaclick review here because the company is constantly improving their system.
The one thing that Copaclick are proud of is their quick adaptation to the publisher feedback.
Therefore, I’ll cover here what they offer at the moment (September 2009), but I suggest that if you read this Copaclick review later, head over to their site to see what’s new.
Choosing Your Ad’s Appearance
You can select typical sizes for your ads like 300×250, 160×600, 468×180 and others. There are currently 7 color themes to choose from but I am sure that you’ll be able to choose many more soon.
One interesting feature that comes with Copaclick ads is the Highlight section which enables you to highlight the title of the ad. Read more
Amazon Affiliate Program And How To Make The Most Of It
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If you’re not yet using the Amazon affiliate program, you may be losing on quite some income.
I’ve already shared my experiences with Amazon Context links before, but this program has been cancelled by Amazon and now you have to build links yourself.
My earnings with Amazon has not been comparable with how much I made with Adsense and Chitika but then I changed a few pages and focused more on Amazon affiliate links.
The results can be seen on the picture…
So what do you need to do to increase your earnings with Amazon affiliate program?
1. The affiliate links convert best if your site is product based and people are actually looking to buy something. If you have an informational site, then your conversion will be very low. Read more
Infolinks Review
I’ve been planning this Infolinks review for some time since I’ve been very satisfied with Infolinks and this review will hopefully help you decide whether this advertising program is suitable for your online business.
What is Infolinks?
It’s a in-text advertising program which usually shows as a double-underlined link. Here’s an example how the Infolinks shows on my vacuum site:
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Here’s how it works (from their FAQ): Read more
Chitika Now Available For All Types Of Content Sites
As you probably know, Chitika ads were until recently only product based. That’s why Chitika also approved publishers into their network only if their sites featured products. (They especially liked product review sites.)
But now they have introduced Chitika Premium, which includes non-product ads. There are two tricky things with this ad though:
1. It shows only to the US traffic.
2. It is behaviorally targeted – so it shows only to certain US traffic.
Chitika doesn’t explain what that means but my guess is that the ad will show only to visitors who came to the site through the search engine query. Read more
Looking For A Website And Blog Designer?
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Look no further than Brian Purkiss from Plainbeta.com.
Brian offers plenty of blog design tips and tricks on how to improve the functionality, ease of use, choice of colors and SEO of your wordpress blog.
If you are thinking about designing your blog by yourself then you need to check his post about What Makes A Website’s Design Look Good.
Brian shared 7 tips that will make your blog look good:
• Easy navigation
• Images
• Graphics
• Colors
• Engaging content
• Minimalism
• Animation
How To Stop Global Warming – WATCH THIS!
If you wonder how to stop global warming and want to do something about it, then watch this video.
I first came across this global warming debate video through Yahoo News and then I watched some of the associated videos on YouTube.
This video doesn’t really look like it’s on topic with financial freedom, but in the worst case scenario, money won’t really be the issue. 
Your life will be.
So again; if you really want to know how to stop global warming you must first understand your choice and the consequences of it. (Hmm, sounds like Morpheus from Matrix…)
You can watch the video here on my blog or head straight to YouTube and watch it there with all the other associated videos from Greg Craven.
Oh, and if you have a blog and at least 1 reader, you can help spread the word!
Remember the risk of not taking action… ;(
GetAFreelancer.com Review
I’ve been using GetAFreelancer (GAF) lately and decided to write a review about the site and my experiences.
(Note: the links in this review are affiliate links.)
My first experiences with freelancers began with Elance.com a year ago and I was never 100% satisfied. I tried hiring writers and link builders and none of those were really good.I also didn’t get that many bids for my posted projects. (maybe I was just unlucky…)
I decided to test GAF a few months ago with a few smaller projects like outsourcing ten articles or getting a few links to some of my niche websites.
There are two things that I really liked about GAF:
Best Affiliate Program With Lifetime Commissions
The affiliate program that you’re about to discover has been rated as the best affiliate program by many well-known internet marketers, like Allan Gardyne from Associate Programs and Clint Pheeney from the Affiliates Program Directory.
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In fact, as soon as you hear the words “lifetime commissions” they should make you very excited.
The program in question is the Sitesell.com affiliate program.
Why has this affiliate program received so much praise? Read more
Never Got Dugg? Then Get Blogging Zoomed!
BloggingZoom is new website aimed at bloggers only. That means only content from blogs can be submitted and voted for.
It works similar to Digg where you can submit and vote for favorite stories. The reason for creating BloggingZoom was to give anyone a chance to get some traffic.
I am sure you have submitted many of your posts to Digg only to find out that they are buried deep on the hundredth page of the upcoming section.
There’s another catch to BloggingZoom. It requires you to fill in at least 350 characters of description for your post which will of course help a lot with indexing and ranking of that page.
