I saw another article today regarding Google and it’s Pagerank algorithm. It seems that a lot of webmasters have been left confused as to the recent changes. As I mentioned in a previous post, my PageRank went down despite the fact that my website is seeing growth, has more visitors and more backlinks.

To read my post go here

 http://makemesomemoney.co.uk/2008/01/13/why-has-my-google-pagerank-gone-down/

To read the article I found, go here:

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/14/webmasters-ponder-pagerank-discrepancy

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My Google Pagerank has suddenly dropped to 2 from 3 (I also have two other blogs which went up.. both were on 0, one now has a Pagerank of 1 and the other, 2). I found this strange as my site has been growing since it’s realise in August last year. I am getting more visitors, getting more backlinks and it is appearing in more and more search engines… so what’s happened?

I did some research on the web and the Google Pagerank ranking system.. it’s some sort of trade secret but there’s more than meets the eye.. it’s not simply a system on ranking your website but Google can penalize you if you link pages which they don’t like and also if you sell advertising.

 It seems that a lot of people have been affected, some people have dropped more than two Pagerank levels..

Anyway, I won’t ramble too much about it but if you’re interested in finding out a bit more, check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

http://www.webworkshop.net/google_faq.html

You can also check your PageRank across different Google servers by going here:

http://www.validrank.com

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There comes a time when, as a blog owner, you decide to monetize your blog. Whether it’s to pay the electricity bills or hosting the site or even as a salary, the main form of revenue for most bloggers is PPC (Pay-Per-Click) ie something like Google’s Adsense programme.

Google’s Adsense programme (and there are many others such as Bidvertiser, Oxado, Clicksor, Chitika etc) basically involves installing some content targetted adverts on your website. Each time a person clicks on an advert you get paid.. the figure is usually a few cents/pence but if you get a lot of clicks, then you earn more money.

However, most sites convert only a small fraction of their visitors. A conversion rate is the percentage of people who click the adverts to the number of visitors who have visited. I know that in my website, I convert less than 0.25% of visitors….

Anyway, there is a new form of revenue stream for your website/blog which aims to change all this. Imagine being paid for every single visitor to your website! How is this possible? The scheme is called NetAudioAds and it involves installing a bit of code on your site so that every visitor who visits listens to a 5 second advert and then you get paid.

It’s still new and they are officially launching on the 1st February. It’s a good time time to get involved if you’re interested in exploring this avenue.

For more details and sign up, click here

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