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| About
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Making money on the web
became more important to me a few years ago, when the economy tanked
and I had to close my small business..
I have been publishing
websites for over ten years. I began to focus on making money from
those websites.
I now own over 100 domain names and publish websites for perhaps
half of them. My monthly revenue is modest (generally in the $1,000
per month range) but it's growing because I continually tweak my
websites and look for alternate sources of revenue (advertisers).
It's been, and continues
to be, a learning process for me. Information offered at this site
is based on my own successes (and failures).
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| Making
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It
Requires Time, Patience, Attention:
People don't get rich quickly on the web. You will probably
start slowly and gradually grow. Sure, there are a few dramatic
success stories out there, but they're the exception, not the rule.
To grow, you'll have
to pay attention to the traffic to your website--where they come
from and what they searched for to get there. Knowing what they're
looking for can help you fine-tune your site.
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Different
Ways To Make Money On The Web:
You can sell merchandise at your website. You can publish interesting
content and make money from ads on your website. You can sell stuff
at e-bay. And you can find places that promise to set up a turn-key
website for you -- all built and ready to go, but be sure to read
the fine print and find out if they charge minimum fees to you (I
generally don't recommend these turnkey operations).
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Payments
May Be Delayed:
If you earn advertising revenue, it may be 30 days or more before
you receive it, so take that into account if you plan to buy advertising
or materials..
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Marketing Is Key:
Your objective is to get as many people as possible to visit your
website. Some of them are discussed at the "marketing"
section of the What To Do page.
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| Beware
Of The Scammers: |
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The
Web Is Full Of Scammers:
You can find many sites promising to show you how to
make lots of money. If it sounds like a carnival barker or a snake
oil salesman, it probably is.
You'll also get e-mails
from people telling you they can optimize your website and bring
more traffic to your site. It might work, but it might not. I've
gotten hundreds of such e-mails from people in India and other countries.
Learn a bit about SEO (search engine optimization) and you can probably
improve your site's search engine placment yourself.
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| SEO
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SEO is all about getting
your website to appear on the first one or two pages of a Google
search. Most people don't go beyond 2-5 pages of search results.
SEO is not rocket science.
Think of one or two key
words or phrases about your website.
Incorporate those keywords in:
- Website tite
- "Content" metatag
- "Keywords" metatag
- The first few hundred words of text (include the
keywords
or phrases several times)
- "alt" tags for pictures
Links to your site:
- Your search engine placement will improve with
more links to your site. Some
people do link exchanges
with other sites. Include a
link at forums, blogs, and
social media sites (but don't
do it too much and
make yourself a spammer!).
Monitor your web log.
Hopefully, it shows you keywords people used to find your site.
Pay attention to what they searched for and adjust your keywords
as necessary.
Learn more: Do a Google search for "SEO"
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