Surf Other Blogs and Comment on Them

Try going to Google Blog Search and look for blogs that have a simlar topic to the webpage or blog you're promoting. Then leave useful comments on those pages. Don't just make spammy comments. Share useful thoughts and participate actively in any discussion. When you frequently do this, you wll accomplish three basic things:

1. The owners of the blog you comment on have a greater chance to visit your website (this is their way of returning the favor to you). Most blogs allow you to leave a link to your webpage each time you post a comment. People see your link, so they click it and end up on your website/blog.
2. Your website link will be popular. When your website link is posted on hundreds of other different blogs (just by simply posting comments), Google will decide that your link is important and popular. Therefore, your website address will push higher on search engines.
3. You will gain more recognition in the blogosphere. This is important for long term traffic.

Study Google Trends

By going to www.google.com/trends, you will find popular search keywords that real people are actively searching online. For example, a recent Google trend showed that Michael Phelps ranked number 2 on Google as the most searched keyword in August. Based on that trend, you may want to provide content that appeals to readers of the same topic. By knowing what's truly popular online, you will be in a position to provide content that many people will love to read. The result? More traffic and more clickthroughs for you.

Ride The Web 2.0 Wave

There are many sites that offer you opportunities to share your useful links and content to other people. The sites that come to mind are Digg, NewsVine, Facebook, Myspace, Reddit and many others. The key is to build a network of friends and a solid reputation on each of these sites. Then when your network of contacts has been established, sharing yor stuff is gonna be a whole lot easier.

Take time to master the culture of each site mentioned above. Others are strict and doesn't allow you to blatantly promote your links. In other Web 2.0 sites, meanwhile, you are expected to read and promote other people's works so others can do the same for you as well. Master the rules and regulations of each Web 2.0 site mentioned above and make sure you abide by them.

Is building traffic hard work? Is this a rocket science? My answer to both questions is yes! Now let me ask you a question: Who ever told you that it's all gonna be easy?

There's no free lunch, so to speak!

The good news is, as you gradually move up and build a huge contact base and reputation online, things will start to get easier and easier. The traffic will become more constant. It's all worth it in the end, if you have the patience and perseverance to do what it takes to succeed on the internet.

The first step is then to help other people find your blog.

Promoting your blog is rather easy, if you do it systematically. Here are fifteen easy steps to help you get more traffic to your blog.

1. Get an account at  Blogcatalog Post your blog entry there and surf around, make friends, visit their blogs and leave supportive intelligent comments.
2. Get a RSS feed from feedburner so that you have an RSS feed URL that people can subscribe to. RSS means Rich Site Summary. It lists updates of websites or blogs available for syndication as headlines and summaries.
3. Join Bloglog service and invite everyone in your network to subscribe: family, friends, colleagues, clients, and associates.
4. Join MyYahoo.com Choose “Add Content” and add your blog RSS feed.
5. Read and comment on other blogs that are in your subject area. Rather than writing comments like "cool" or "great post." leave intelligent, useful comments with a link to your blog.
6. Use  Ping-0-matic to ping blog directories. Do this every time you publish content on your blog. But don’t do this every five minutes.
7. Submit your blog to blog directories. A comprehensive list of blog directories is here
8. Add a link to your blog in your email signature file.
9. Put a link to your blog on every page of your website or ask other bloggers to exchange links.
10. Get your personal page at http://wiGoogle and add your blog details there.
11. Print your blog URL on your business cards, brochures, and flyers. Tell everyone you know about your blog.
12. Write articles on the same topics as your blog and send them to different free article sites like Ezine Articles Include a link to your blog in the author info box.
13. Use sites like Faves.com or Delicious to favourite your blog entries, find interesting favourites from others and make friends.
14. Join StumbleUpon and start stumbling your blog entries and those of others.
15. Post your blog entries to your Facebook  contacts. If you contribute to writing communities like  Triond.com make friends there and mention your blog.

One more thing! Content is king. Do write interesting things in a sensible way. A Niagara of complaints about your boss or your spouse may not make occasional readers come back for more.

By doing all these steps the traffic for my blog at Original Wavelength increased 1000%.

Enjoy your blog!

What Is A Faux Pas?:

Now that this list has gained a bit of credibility, if that's what we want to call it, the biggest question I'm hearing now is just what in the hell is a Faux Pas? Well, let me put it simply -- A Faux Pas (F-oh P-ah) is something typically viewed as unacceptable by social standards. I use that term in regards to forums because, as we've moved into a new era of Internet participation, people expect a great deal from forums when they come by for a visit, and we've advanced to the point where Faux Pas both exist, and can adversely affect your chances for success. With that in mind, this list was created with the best of intentions, to see that you have the chance to succeed and do not fall into these Faux Pas categories. Don't think that just because I reference this topic when posting in your advertisement that I am trying to criticize you for falling into a Faux Pas category -- I'm simply trying to point out ways to help you improve your current product and make it more appealing. Don't take it personally

Why Should I Listen To You? What Are Your Credentials?

I've had a few people ask me now what makes me think I should be the one to write a list of Faux Pas and "shoving it in peoples faces?" So, I thought I'd list my credentials here, even in a very brief format. To start with, I don't aim to be a pretentious critic that is simply out to shovel my ideals of what makes a forum worthwhile at other people. I'm not an arrogant person by nature, and anyone that's taken any time to get to know me could tell you likewise. I enjoy talking about forums and that naturally lead to the Faux Pas list, which was subsequently posted here in an effort to benefit the members of *Site* that choose to make a forum. Now, I realise that doesn't answer the question as to why I feel that my Faux Pas list in particular should be taken with anything more than a grain of salt; however, to outline the reasoning behind that will sound somewhat arrogant and I felt it best to outline the particular fact that I try not to be arrogant in posting such things.

I would start by mentioning that I have been around forums and working with them since 1997 when I first discovered two pieces of software in particular -- WWThreads and Ultimate Bulletin Boards (owned by, at that time, Madrona Park). I was intrigued by the possibilities of such software, and took a keen interest in both products. Over time, that interest grew and I came to experience just about every piece of forum software out there (freeware and otherwise). Whenever a new group started up with a new script (and there have been almost as many groups as there are users), I would take the time out to sit down and play about with it. Even today I like to sit down and take a good hard look at any new forum scripts that come along and see what they're offering in comparison to the others. Today in particular is an exciting time to look at each forum, as numerous new coding methods and languages are being adapted into products we already know and enjoy today. So, as I'm sure most of you have heard me say by now, I have indeed been involved in the forum world for over a decade and I don't say the things I say just to be a pretentious critic. I say them because I've had the time and done the research required to know what I'm talking about. My sole aim is to help people improve their forums, and that is ultimately what I am aiming for when I offer "constructive criticism" on any particular forum.

Faux Pas

1. Colour Scheme and Overal Presentation
   
2. Number of Posts:Forums Ratio
   
3. Forum Rules
   
4. "The Promise"
   
5. Staff Members
   
   • Staff Member Etiquette
   • Staff Forums: Hide Them
6. Content
   
7. Guests and Logging In: Total blocking is a no-no!
   
8. What Hosting/Forum Solutions Are for Me?
   
   • How Far Do You Want To Take It? A Guide to Proper Solutions for Your Forum

Colour Scheme and Overall Presentation

This is a different age on the internet than it was a couple of years back. In a time in which there are hundreds, even thousands of forums for each niche to find a home in, colour schemes are taking on a more prominent role as a deciding factor in whether or not guests stay to post, or go elsewhere. The biggest problems we see with today's colour schemes include: sticking with the default scheme or throwing together a disgusting/blinding scheme that should never have seen the face of the internet.

We'll start with the default. While using the default skin isn't all that bad, it does detract from the originality of your forums. It shows that you put next-to-no effort into your forums layout, and could infer that you don't care about brining in new posters. Invision Board, phpBB, vBulletin, they all give you a fantastic default layout, but take it one step further and customize it! The default style has been used so much by so many sites that it's cliche these days. A simple colour change is not that hard to achieve, and can improve the look of your forums ten-fold.

That being said, we'll move on to the next problem with Faux Pas Number 1; the completely unattractive and blinding colour schemes. While turquoise/cyan might be a nice colour for word documents (and even that's a stretch), it does NOT work for a forum colour scheme. The same is true of lime green, blindingly bright pink, and other such colours. If you're looking for a light colour scheme, start with white and work your way towards the various shades of the colour you want to achieve. Learning Hex code values is a great way to achieve a good colour scheme, and it's fairly straight-forward. Once you know your Hex codes, it's time to learn what colours mesh well together, and what colours are absolutely blinding to the eyes (the colours mentioned early, for example). The best way to do this is to mix & match, then ask someone whether or not it looks ok. Take hints from other websites if need be (DO NOT COPY!), but use caution, as you never know what's going to work for you. Just please, please, avoid the cyan, lime green, and pink designs.

Number of Posts:Forums ratio

Forum Faux Pas Number Two is fairly straight-forward, yet it's something that's been seen a lot in newer forums. When you're starting out with a new forum, there is absolutely NO reason to create hundreds upon hundreds of forums if you don't have the members to fill them. What you do is start small, and expand as you gain the activity. Let's use the biggest niche we see here in the GW advertising forum and go with gaming as an example. When you're starting out your forums, there is NO need to create game-specific forums until the need for them arrises. Instead, create console forums and let the conversation stay there. Once a certain game starts to overrun the forum, create a forum for it, and so-on. It's a fairly simple concept that doesn't need to be abused.

Another part to this Faux Pas include the use of similar forums where they aren't needed. For instance, having a "Lounge/Chat" forum, and a "Random/Spam" forum. They're one in the same, and they don't need to be there when you're starting out. It looks tacky to have forums like that, and spreading posts over too many forums gives off the appearance of inactivity, regardless of how active your forums may be. Keep it to a reasonable level, and you'll be fine.

Forum Rules

Ah, the ruleset. Big problems have been coming from newer forums when it comes to the creation of a ruleset. The thing I'm seeing the most are GW Copies. *Site*' ruleset is *Site*' ruleset, it is not yours to take, and it should not appear on forums outside of *Site*. I've noticed flat-out copy/pastes of the ruleset, copy/change a few words/pastes of the ruleset, and paraphrasing using similar verbage of the ruleset. Let me lay this out clearly for your new forum owners out there: You do not want a GW-like ruleset on a small board. It will not work! *Site* has a relatively strict ruleset because it is a large board with lots of members. More defined rules are always needed as newer members tend to need harsher punishments to understand that rules are there to keep a general pace within the forums, and to keep idiotic/useless/disruptive content out of the forums.

Why won't this work on a smaller board, you ask? Simple: because it is a small board, and small boards don't have the member resources to pull from that *Site* does. If we loose a member that breaks rules here at *Site*, there will still be thousands of users that could fill any gap that the user might have filled with positive contributions. If you loose a member that breaks strict rules on a small board, you've lost that member for good, and holes start to form. Until you've reached a point in which rule-breaking causes a disruption of your forum, then you add more defined rules, but when you're starting out, keep the rules laxed, and you won't have the problem of gaps forming from positive contributors that broke (potentially) borderline rules. That doesn't mean you can't ban blatant spammers or problematic users, it just means you won't have to enforce those rules on the positive contributors to your forums.

"The Promise"

Ever read this on a forum before: "We're going to upgrade to X product here soon!" or "We're going to be MUCH better than *Site* because BLAH BLAH BLAH!"? Well, that's what I like to call "The Promise," or making promises that you more than likely can't keep. A lot of people make the claim that they'll upgrade their forums to vBulletin or Invision Power Board "soon," and use that as a selling point. Few people deliver on that promise, as those that make the claims seem to be oblivious to the fact that both of those products cost a significant amount of money, and that pirated versions of those products are illegal. Perhaps most importantly here is that it shouldn't be used as a selling point, as there are hundreds of alternative forums out there, in the same genre, that already have vBulletin or Invision Power Board installed and ready to go (InvisionFree doesn't count, as they use the older, free version of IPB, that is today outdated). It's not a selling point, as the prestige isn't there until the software is installed. Don't make the claim until you know you can deliver. Also: DO NOT USE PIRATED VERSIONS. If that's how you plan to fulfill a claim of using a paid-for product, you will be caught, and it is illegal. Don't do it. Simple as that.

Now the other part of "the promise:" the claim that a certain forum is better than *Site* because of *insert numerous reasons here*. This is not a selling point, either, as *Site* is a well-established website, with a very deep community that is next-to-impossible to match without the proper resources and money. No, an exact duplicate of *Site*' forum layout isn't going to work and No, claiming your forums are better because of a less-strict ruleset isn't going to get you anywhere, either. As I mentioned earlier, *Site* has a more defined ruleset because there is a more established community that requires a more defined ruleset. Sure, it can seem harsh at times when someone is penalized for something that others see as "harmless," but that's the way it has to be to keep a large community going. Forums that start up claiming to be better than *Site* because they use either a pirated copy of vBulletin or a free board and then stick in a "less-strict ruleset [usually consisting of "OMG respect me now!!1!!!"]" is NOT going to cut it, as they're merely carbon copies of *Site* started up by people that haven't got a clue what running a forum the likes of *Site* entails. Dont' fall for the claim, and don't use the claim as a selling point. It won't work.

Staff Members

As you may or may not have noticed, *Site* has a total staff count well over the 100 mark. That's a lot of people to watch over the forums, isn't it? Well, it sure is, but that's because the actual ratio of members:mods is probably well over 50:1. Now, when someone starts up a forum and invites friends to post there, the first instinct these days is to make friends moderators/super moderators/administrators. DO NOT DO THAT! You'll wind up with more Mods/Smods/Admins than members, and that never works out well for the overall flow of a forum. It'll eventually reach the point in which there won't be anything but staff members, and no normal members to enforce rules upon. Guests aren't looking for quantity of staff members as a selling point, they're looking for a balanced system wherein members are equal or greater than staff members. As with the posts:forums ratio, keep it reasonable and you'll be fine.

Staff Member Etiquette

While staff members are a needed part of the forum hierarchy, it is adviseable to NOT choose the route of nepotism, and instead choose the route of ability. Do not make your friends moderators or administrators simply because they are your friends. Choose people you can trust, and that will do the job properly. Staff members are expected to maintain a higher standard of posting and behavior than regular members, and as such, it is proper to require certain personality aspects that can command a users' attention. This applies also to yourself as an administrator. If you plan to take your forums seriously, you must also keep yourself at a higher standard of behavior than the members you serve (and that is important to keep in mind also, you serve the members, they do not serve you). In so saying, do not do anything that would give off the appearance of being too immature for the position. This includes boosting your postcount to reflect an inaccurate number of posts (especially a number higher than the actual postcount of the forum), and imposing rules that are outlandish, or entirely irrelevant for a startup board. Keep it simple, but at the same time "professional," and you'll be fine.

Staff Forums: Hide The m

Another issue related to staff members is that of the Staff forums. When creating staff forums, always keep in mind that timeless phrase "Out of sight, out of mind." As is the case here -- keep any and all staff forums hidden from view, as it is generally unacceptable to see them flaunted about in front of members. Yes, permissions allow you to privatize forums whilst still showing them on the forum list; however, this is not an acceptable procedure, and they should be hidden so that members cannot see that they are there. Thus, they are out of mind.

Content

This stems back to "The Promise." Don't create GW copies and think you'll be successful. *Site* has been successful because Al got started early in the game and worked his way up towards being one of the best. There's no need to copy *Site*, as we're still right here! If you don't like the ruleset, that's fine, but making a copy of the forums isn't going to get you anywhere. *Site* has survived literally thousands of "we're better than GW" clones, and is still going strong. What makes you think your copy will be better? To be successful in this day and age of internet forums, you need to have original content, or find a niche with a relatively small outlet of meeting places. Gaming's overdone now, so the chances that you'll create a successful gaming forum in today's internet are slim to none. So please, use original content, don't try and copy *Site*, and don't make outlandish claims.

Guests and Logging In: Total blocking is a no-no!

Another trend on the rise lately is blocking guests from viewing a board until they've registered. Not only is this the easiest way to discourage guests from ever returning to your forums, it's also downright stupid if you're just starting out. You see, a guest wants to decide for his/herself whether or not s/he wants to join your forums based on what they see right off the bat. If all they get is a "registered members only" sign, they won't want to return at all. If a guest has access to view the boards (with or without guest posting enabled), they then have the ability to scout the boards out and decide if this is a place they really want to be. If they do, they'll register; if they don't, they won't. Blocking is a surefire way to get rid of guests for good, but do you really want to risk loosing so many potential members?

What Hosting/Forum Solutions Are For Me?

This is a fantastic question that deserves an in-depth answer. Simply put, however, it depends on how serious you want to take your forums, and how much money you're willing to spend to get your forums where you want to go. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? Well, it truly is that simple, if you have the drive to make your forum one of the best, then you've got to have the patience and the resources to back up that drive. In today's bulletin board world, it's not always easy or cheap to create and operate a successful board, so your drive is what's going to be the determining factor.

 How Far Do You Want To Take It? A Guide to Proper Solutions for Your Forum

Free Hosting/Free Forums (Remotely Hosted Forums, for those who just want a start)

If you're either looking to just get your feet wet in the forum world, or you're looking to go the free hosting/free forum route (typically less successful than the paid route), you're going to want to go with a remotely hosted solution. Remotely hosted solutions are sites that provide you with pre-installed copies of bulletin boards that you can monitor with relative ease. If this sounds like your thing, a few sites that could be mentioned include:

InvisionFree (Switching to ZetaBoards)
ProBoards
Runboard
ezBoard (Moving to Yuku)
Forumer

Paid Hosting/Free Forums (For those with a bit more drive)

If you're willing to put a little time and effort into your forums, but don't want to spend too much money, you'll want to go with the paid hosting/free forums route. This means that you get a proper webhost (free hosts are severely limited, so you're better going with a paid host), and installing free forum software (not typically as good or unrestricted as paid software), which could include:

phpBB
QuickSilver Forums
PunBB (Now Forked into FluxBB)
OpenBB
MyBB
FUD Forums

Paid Hosting/Paid Forums (For those who really want to take their forums seriously)

If you've really got the drive to take your forums the distance, you're going to want to snag yourself a whopper of a host, and a great forum script. The best forum scripts usually cost a pretty penny (regardless of what others say, when it comes to forum development, you get what you pay for), however, in the long run, the startup costs are usually a small price to pay with the proper drive. The best examples of paid forum software are:

vBulletin
Invision Power Board
IdealBB

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You even might not be familiar with them at all.

It's a shame! Marketing nowadays is a necessity in every field.

These marketing words are used a lot all over the internet and it is every important that you have some understanding of what they mean.

And since I know all about these words and language, I am going to help you understand the reality and nature of these top used marketing words.

Today I am going to list the next 25 words of the top 247 marketing words you have to know about now!

1. Crawler: also called “spider” is a program that searches websites to add them in search engines
2. Cross promotion: it is a plan in which you sell your product in conjunction with promoting another product
3. CSS: cascading style sheet. It is a form of html coding which allows you to change the style of a web page without having to edit each individual page.
4. Dedicated hosting: it is a web hosting server that is dedicated only for your website. This means it isn't shared by other customers.
5. Del.icio.us: a social bookmarking site for sharing and storing bookmarks with other users. It is free and viewable by public, so simply anyone can see the bookmarked pages on it.
6. Digg: a web 2.0 site that articles and blogs are listed on. It brings more traffic to your site.
7. Directory site: it is an organized site that lists a huge number of websites. You can list your sites in a directory to be found online and get more traffic.
8. Domain name: it is the name of your website such as: triond.com
9. Double opt-in: it is when you opt-in for information from a site and asks for your email to send you the information and then send you an email with a verification link to make sure that you really want this information requested. So after you verify that they send you the information requested.
10. E-bay: one of the biggest online markets where you can buy anything. It uses an auction form in buying and selling where the highest bidder gets the product.
11. E-business: it is any business that gets its income and traffic online
12. E-book: a book that is downloaded and read on computers. It can be of .pdf or .exe extensions. Pdf is the format of books read on acrobat reader.
13. Emoticons: these are icons that can be animated in order to show emotions when you are chatting or talking to anyone online
14. EPC: earnings per click
15. Ezine: electronic magazine where you can submit articles about your products to drive traffic to your selling site
16. FAQ: frequently asked questions that are asked about any website. It acts as a help forum to understand what the site is all about.
17. Flaming: it is writing comments that seem normal but they contain degrading tone and intents. These comments are called flames.
18. Folksonomy: a labeling system that allows you to categorize websites, links and photos
19. Forum: is a place online that holds discussions about a website or topic. There you can post comments or questions to be answered. A great way to express your point of view and to get more publicity to your site.
20. Freelancer: someone who works by a job done. They get paid for each job they get done. You can find freelancers on elance.com and rent-a-coder.com
21. FRA: free reprint articles. These are articles you are free to use again to add on your blog or site to gain extra content that helps you be found on search engines.
22. FTP: the standard protocol to download and upload files online. It is essential to upload your files on your website.
23. Ghost site: a site that is no longer updated but still online
24. Guru: an experienced teacher that influence others to do as he/she teach
25. Give away rights: this is when you give away a product for free and allow others to distribute it for free

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Myth: Paid to Click (PTC) is Nothing but a Bunch of Scams

Fact

There are scams and there are legitimate sites in ptc. You just have to know which ones are not. It’s a trial and error thing. The more you penetrate the community, the more you’ll know which sites do really pay and which sites stay the longest. There are some sites that pay at the start and then will disappear just when clickers start to invest money by becoming premium members. NeoBux is the top legitimate site today with its $2.00 minimum payout that can be cashed out instantly; payment was sent to my Alertpay account in less than a minute. It is also the fastest growing number of members in the ptc community. In fact, it has changed the reputation of ptc. It called itself “Innovation in PTC.” Click here to see ptc scam lists.

Myth: PTC is a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme

Fact

PTC is NOT a get-rich quick scheme; earnings are in trickles from $0.0001 to $.02 cent per clicked or viewed site.

Myth: You Can Easily Get 100 Referrals by Inviting All Your Friends

Fact

You can invite all your friends and relatives in all your social networking sites and you’re one lucky person if a dozen will even become a referral much more keep on clicking daily. Not all your friends will be interested. 95% will even delete your message rather quickly without reading it. Isn’t that what we do when we receive the same thing from them? Only those who have been wanting to earn money online or at least open to the idea will give your message a thought. A few will try but will likely not last.

Myth: You Can Earn $100 USD Daily by Clicking 10 Ads in 10 Sites with the Help of 100 Referrals Who are Doing the Same Clicking

Fact

Sure, it’s possible to get 100 referrals (especially when you buy them). The thing is, not all referrals click daily. I myself don’t click 7 days a week. Maybe at the start, but it’s definitely impossible to keep on clicking for 10 ads in 10-20 sites every single day. My fingers would feel sore and my back would ache not to mention eye strain plus I have other things to do online.

I made sure I will not invest money when I join online businesses and ptc is no exemption so I didn’t buy referrals. What I did was advertise my links or website (Blogger.). A few times I advertised on some classifieds since I’m too lazy to post/advertise my website. After a month I got about one or two referrals in some sites. I got excited only to realize that they clicked only one to five ads or clicked all the ads on the day they joined and I’ve never heard from them again.

Myth: You’ll Earn a Monthly Income at Each PTC Site

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Relying on your own clicks will only earn you $0.10 cents daily in most sites which translates to only $3.00 monthly granting you clicked 10 ads daily at $0.01 each. 98% of the proven legitimate sites today only pay out when you reach $10.00. It will take you three to four months to reach the amount. Even if you’ll join NeoBux with only a minimum payout of $2.00 the first time (it increases by a dollar in the succeeding payouts up to $10.00) it only gives 4-6 sites to click daily for free members(demographically). If you’re clicking on your own you will still not reach the amount in a month. You can reach it if you have one referral who will click daily but not anymore when the payout increases by a dollar. I'm not sure about when you're in a different region though. Only 5-6 ads are available for me daily.

Myth: Joining Many Sites Will Maximize Your PTC Earnings

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Initially, I registered to more than 30 sites but I slowly narrowed it down to 12. Joining as many sites will waste your time and effort. It’s not worth it. What if most are scams? It’s a very big risk that will only discourage you. Know the real sites that pay and stick with them.

Myth: PTC is the Easiest Way to Earn Online

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If you can’t join the get paid to blog because of certain qualifications such as having your own paid website then ptc is the easiest way to earn online. But being a ptc aficionado means a whole lot of perseverance and patience. And I really mean a whole lot. It is one tedious job. Yes, it’s easy since all you have to do is click and view ads; anybody with basic computer knowledge can do it, you don’t have to do research and thought processing. You do need more than basic computer knowledge if you want to promote your links and banners using your own free website. For me, it’s a side job worth risking. I don’t think about monthly income, instead it’s about quarterly or annual with hopes that the sites stay that long and my referrals will increase and will keep on clicking.

Do the So-Called Legitimate/Trusted Sites Really Pay?

Do zebras have stripes? Of course they pay. Absolutely! I have been paid by a few sites so I can honestly say that they pay. The question should be more like which sites do pay?