If you’ve been wanting to give your blog the Web 2.0 look without hiring a graphic designer or without worrying about image editing software, then you will be glad to know that there are four online image-manipulation tools that will enable you to create Web 2.0-ish background stripes, reflection logos and images, tabs, backgrounds and tartans.
Here is a list of four free online tools: Continue reading
Posted in Blog Design
If you’ve been overwhelmed by the make-money-online-by-blogging parade, chances are you’ve overlooked other ways to earn money off the Internet.
Blogs may be great, but you may want to consider these “10 Websites You Should Have”: Continue reading
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New to WidgetBucks? Here are 10 things you need to know about. Continue reading
Ads suck. Ours don’t.
With that catchphrase, a new pay-per-click affiliate program has been launched to provide web publishers and bloggers another way to monetize content and traffic — Widget Bucks.
WidgetBucks offers contextual, interactive shopping widgets powered by MerchSense, Mpire‘s patent-pending contextual algorithm engine. It detects and analyzes the content of your website or blog to determine what product offers are most relevant to your audience.
Signing up takes less than a minute. Submit your email, password, check the confirmation link, then you’re brought to your “My Widgets” admin page. (see below)
$25 Bonus and Payouts
When you sign-up with WidgetBucks, you’ll automatically receive a $25 bonus into your account. Minimum payout is minimum of $50.
How do you make money from Widget Bucks?
You earn money each time someone clicks on a WidgetBucks ad widget on your site, also called pay-per-click, or PPC. You can also earn money by referring people to WidgetBucks.
DEMO
Below is a demo of WidgetBucks with the MerchSense (contextual) option turned on. The widget is served by javascript. You can embed it is single blog posts, on your homepage, or sidebar.
Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Monetization, Pay Per Click
1and1, the giant domain registrar known for its cheap domain registration rates, has announced that it was raising its fees by a dollar in order to stay competitive.
“It has become necessary for us o increase the rates for some domains due to price increases by the major domain registries,” 1and1 said in an email sent to clients this morning.
For domain renewals and orders as of November 2, 2007, the following domain
rates will apply:* .com, .net, .us, .org, .info, .name domains will be increased from $5.99
to $6.99 per year
Despite the increase, I still find 1and 1 cheaper than other popular registrars like, say Godaddy, which charges $9.99 per year (except .info).
1and1 also offers free private registration which other registrars normally charges for an additional fee.
Posted in Blog Domain Names