Another important feature is the page layout. A professionally build page will require programming skills in order to change the structure, design and so on. Yet we always offer a number of variations to each template. All the rest is easily changeable with editing tools.

We will assist you with everything you need and if you require help in any particular problem we will be right there to help you out. Menu buttons’ names titles and headers, images and illustrations, color scheme and additional visual effects are included into your template. All you need to do is edit them with our tools in the simple-in-use Admin Panel. To get the taste of what we’re taking about here is simply visit us online at Site2you.com.

Ebay

Ebay is the place to buy and sell just about anything. You can take items that you no longer need or use and sell them off to people who might be able to get some use out of them. It is a simple way to make some money.

Craigslist

You can use Craigslist in the same way that you use Ebay or you can get a little creative. Craigslist has a section where people give items away for free. If you take the time to procure some of these items then you can turn around and sell them again using the same website. This is a fantastic way to get something for nothing more than a little effort.

Fill Out Surveys

While filling out surveys may not be the equivalent of a second job, it can help you earn some quick cash. Just be sure to find a credible site so you get paid without a problem.

Read Emails

There are some companies that actually pay people at home to read the company’s emails. These companies do not have time to read through the deluge of emails that they receive on a daily basis so they outsource this task to people like you. All you have to do is follow the company’s directions for handling these many messages and read a bunch of emails and you will have extra money coming in.

Become A Photographer

Believe it or not, some websites such as Shuttershock and BigStockPhoto allow you to sell your pictures. You may even make a predetermined sum each time a picture of yours is downloaded. This is a good chance to turn your camera skills into easy money.

Sell Your Crafts

If you make crafts then you can sell them online on Etsy. This community buys and sells craft items and accepts all types of crafts. This is the perfect opportunity to put your craft skills to good use.

Write An Ebook

You can write an ebook on any area of expertise that you happen to have and then sell it online. This allows you to take a passion of yours and to turn it into an ebook that will help to educate other people on a topic while making you money. Share your expertise with an online community and you could be raking in extra money sooner than you think.

These 7 ways students can earn extra cash online take advantage of your passions and just your desire for extra cash. There are many opportunities out there for enterprising individuals so use some of these methods to start making some extra cash today. With these methods, even students have time to make extra money.

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When I first started making sites, getting them indexed fast was something I enjoyed doing. I tried all types of methods and read of new ways to get them indexed faster. After learning more about how Google indexing works, I am now able to get any site indexed within a day. I will explain how Google crawl sites, index sites and how to get your site indexed fast.

Google bots are always crawling the web looking for new content. The job of a crawler is simply, follow links, copy content, and report back to Google. Sites like Digg.com have crawlers on them 24 hours 365 days a year, following links and collecting content. A site like Digg is always getting new content from all over the web and Google wants to index this new content ASAP. I have found that crawlers usually start at Hub sites (Lager sites that have links flowing in and out) and spread out over the web by follow the links they find. They will eventually find a link to your site and crawl your pages (assuming you have a link). That is the simple explanation to how Google find sites to index.

Google indexing process is pretty complex and only Google knows the formula. What I do know is, there are many filters setup to that helps determine where sites end up in the rankings.

• Duplicate content filters: These help to rank site that copy content from other sites. I have come to realize that this filter is not very effective. It works, but have many short comings and many scraper sites will out rank the original site. Google has chosen to fix this be putting an emphasis on brand names, sites that are known to provide great content. I can see many flaws in this method, but we will have to wait and see how it goes.

• Linking Filters: These filters find sites that have unnatural linking patterns. Patterns like, thousands of links with the same anchor text, acquiring thousands of links within a short period, links from non relevant sites, link farms, paid links, links from bad neighborhood sites and many more.

• Free site Filters: While there is nothing wrong with free sites, Google knows, these are sites that webmasters can use to create a link farm. While some of these sites are trusted authority sites, there are filters in place to keep this behavior under control. Links from these sites tend to have little if and effect on ranking your site.

Like I said before there are many filters in place and this article world turn into a book if I was to list them all. You will learn more about these filters as you gain knowledge and preform your own experiments.

Getting indexed fast is a very simple method that does not require much work. Once your site is up and running, you simply have to let Google know that it exist and the way to do this is by getting link from these hubsites.

Here is how I get my sites indexed fast:

• Create a Digg account and Digg your own site.

• Create a yedda account and place your link into the about me section.

• Submit your URL to Google

• Claim your site on Technorati.

• Place a link in your forum signature

Do all of these and you could be indexed within minutes. Make sure you have a xml sitemap in place, so the crawlers will index all your pages on the first visit.

I have a few websites I am working on and have all come to a grinding pause. Google’s sandbox.
What is the infamous sandbox? The short answer is your Site is put on probation by Google spiders for an undetermined period of time to control search engine spam. They will still crawl your Site but will not index it in searches which leads to my problem.

I cannot get to the top of Google is my Site does not get indexed and there is nothing I can do but wait. I still keep them updated and acquire as much anchored backlinks as I can so when they are released backed into the search engine ocean these links will help my rankings. I try to think of it as getting a head start (It doesn’t really work).

There are ways to avoid the sand box, that are not 100% because it’s a hit and miss kind of thing. Meaning you can do everything in your power and still end up in the box. It is all up to big G’s spiders, which Sites go in and which does not. 90% of Site that get put in the box are new Sites like mine that seems to be spammy ( they are legit they just seem spammy).

There is not much I can tell you on the sandbox because I do not know that much about it. Some say it is not even real and others swear that it is real, on one really knows.

I will just have to wait it out and continue to build my Sites and if you find yourself in it.  The best you can do is keep working and try not to let it discourage you. It will all work out in the end.

What is it you ask? Keyword research.

Before you buy a domain name, setup a blog, start getting backlinks or even write your first post. You should know the keywords you are trying to target. Here are some things you should know:

1) Number of searches your keywords receive per month.
2) The number of pages indexed for your keywords.
3) How many backlinks the top ten Site have.
4) where these links come from and if they are anchored with the keywords
5) How much Google is paying per click and how much affiliates are paying per action.

All these and more will play a big part in your Internet marketing plans and the way you build your Site and how you write your content. Internet marketer must know how to research the niche that you are planning to build a Site for it is the first step.
Let me explain…

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT EXACT.

Let say your main keyword is “Glass”.
The number of searches “Glass” receives per month will tell you how big the niche is and if it is worth building a Site for. If your main keyword “Glass” receives 10,000 searches on average per month and you do all the work to get to the top of the SERP’s, you might only get half of these searches if you are lucky. That would be about 5,000 hits to your glass blog every month .

Let’s not forget your longtail keywords “Glass repair service, Glass cutting tools” these get about 2,000 searches each and again you are not likely to receive more than half if you get to the top of the SERP’s for them. Now you have 7,000 hits coming to your Site per month.

Now, getting to the top of Google would be your next concern. You have to know how many pages are indexed in Google for your main keyword and all your longtails. If your main keyword has 1,000,000 pages indexed than you have to beat all these pages to get to the top and same for your longtails.

The number of backlinks the top ten Sites have for the page they have at the top will let you know how many links you need to beat them. The quality of the links they have coming to their page. If the pages linking to them have high Page Rank and if they are using the keywords as the anchor text of the links and only a few links on that page than it will be hard to get pass them, on the other hand if the links are of low quality on low PR pages with no keyword anchor text and many links on the page to other Sites then it will be a lot easier.

Google’s Adword tool can tell you how much a keyword is worth. If the words “Directv Deals” it going for $5 per click then you can expect to get anywhere from 1/2 to 1/4 of that $5. That would be $2.5 to $1.5 per click from you site. If you choose to go with affiliate programs and you can find one that pays $3 per action (THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES) meaning every time someone from your site completes the the required action you get $3.

Let’s put it all together now. You are getting 7,000 visitors to your site on a monthly basis and the average conversion rate is between 3% and 5% so we’ll just say your getting 4%. So, 4% of 7,000 is 280 visitors clicking on your links and you are getting $1.5 per click that would equal to $420 per month (AGAIN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE).

Now you know:
1) How many hits you can expect.
2) How hard it will be to get to the to.
3) How many links it will take to get you to the top and what kind of links you will need.
4) How much you can expect to get paid.
5) The keywords you should have in your domain name.
It will be much easier to build your site and write keyword filled content.

There is more to Keyword research, but this is a Internet marketers Blog for beginners so we will leave the advance stuff for later. Build a foundation by learning the basics first this is always the best way to build a business.

Keyword research is the first step when building a blog. It will give you a quick insite into the niche you are looking to target. Take the time and do the research or you will be flying blind and have to play catch up later.

I will have to end this here as it is 1hour to the new year and I have get ready for the count down.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS!!!

As a new Internet marketer you have to know how you will be making money online. There are two basic choices when it comes to this… Adsense and affiliate programs. Some IM’ers use both and some live by one or the other. There is really only one way to know which is best for you. Experiment!

Internet Marketers spend a lot of time experimenting with everything we used to make money and it will be no different for you. In fact the only true way to know if something is effective is to take the time and test. The Internet changes every day and what may have worked yesterday might not work today. If it did not change making money would be much easier and we wouldn’t have to constantly have new information. This is the nature of the Internet and you will have to get use to it.

Anyway.

Adsense is Google’s ad network and it is the biggest online ad network in the world. Webmasters from all over the world use it to make money on their web pages day in and day out.Adsense is what is call a Pay Per Click or PPC network. There are many PPC networks like adsense, but again it is the largest and most advance. It is very simple to use and much easier to make money from than affiliate programs. The setup of it is very simple also, after you have your Website up and running you simply sign up for an adsense account and wait to be approved. Once you are approved you create an adsense block and put it in you site and wait for the clicks to roll in. Unfortunately getting the clicks are much more difficult and will have be a whole other article. All your earnings will be tracked by Google and you can see all your stats in one place. This make it easy to know how much you are making on all your Site and can be setup to show you which is performing well and which is not doing so well. Google will give you all the tools you need to make the best of ad blocks on your site.

Affiliate programs get a little more complex, but in my opinion has the best potential to make the most money. Most Internet marketers choose affiliate programs over adsense for this reason. The setup of affiliate programs take a little more work. You have two choices with affiliate marketing, you can join an affiliate network or you can find individual programs for products that you want to promote and join if they have an affiliate program.

Affiliate networks have many products and services you can promote from many different merchants. This would be the best choice for beginners because you have all the programs in one place and like Google Adsense you can track all your stats in one place.

Finding individual Affiliate programs have only one benefit over affiliate networks. Since you are going to the source and not through a second party you can get paid more for the same task, but it will require more work on your end. You will have to manage all the merchants you have accounts with and make sure you get paid for all the sales you make. My advice on this one as a new Internet marketer stick with the affiliate networks until you gain some experience.

There are many affiliates programs, affiliate networks and adsense type (PPC) programs out there for you to choose from. The best ones I know are:
Affiliate networks: commission junction, Clickbank and max bounty.
Pay Per Click (PPC): Adsense, Yahoo ads (YPN) and Chitika.

Thousands of Internet marketers make a good living promoting any combination of these, and you can do the same. Learning something new is never easy, but it is an excellent way to make the amount of money you want to make right from you computer.

Remember every good Internet marketer read as much as they can get their hands on and test what they have learned
over and over again. You will come across many people telling you this works and that doesn’t work, but the ONLY
way to know is to test it for your self (I cannot say this enough).

I will leave you with this Internet marketing is fun and profitable so, just take your time and build a solid
foundation. If you take the time to learn the basics now the money will come much easier for you later.

Till next time….

While most of these blogs do have useful information about Internet marketing what they don’t tell you is the whole story. Making a living online can be easy, if you have the resource, knowledge and connections the A-listers do
but, we do not have these benefits coming out the gate. The truth is we are not Internet marketers we are students
and the problem with that is we do not have any teachers. We have to read and learn enough to separate the crap
from the bullshit and then the bullshit from the gems.

I think I have enough knowledge to recognize a gem when I see it and Make money online for beginners is a hell of a
gem. I started reading this blog about four months ago and  while he might only post 4-5 times a month the information he gives is the real deal. This blog ranks second in the SERP’s for the most competitive keywords. I Feel uncomfortable praising others so I will end the praises with this… Take the time and read this blog and you will understand what I am trying to tell you and this is my gift to you. The best resource of knoledge I know.

As a student in this Internet marketing game we have a lot to learn and while we cannot learn it all in one place we should have a good place to start. I would love to tell you that my site is the definition of Internet marketing its not, I’m learning just like you. What I try to do here is help new marketers that are just learning about
blogging and making money online and I can only tell you about what I know. One day I will rank on the first page
for Internet marketing but right now I don’t think I’m on the first million pages.

Anyway, it is Christmas and while I should be with my family I am here working so, I will end this by saying…
MARRY CHRISTMAS! to you and your family. Ho! HO! HO!

When you have a chance to place a link on other sites with your anchor text it is a golden moment. When you go to a blog and read a great post (like this one) you might read the comments too.

Let’s say you read a post about back links and you see a comment by some one that look like they know what they are talking about. Their anchor text say something like “Girlie blog” would you click that link to continue your education?
Now same scenario but the anchor text say “Back link Guru” would you click that link? I would.

Just because it’s a no-follow link does not mean it’s useless. I check my visitor stats daily and one of the things I look for is the referring page. I get about 50 visitors from no follow links on a daily basis and Jermaine Fitzgerald Dot Com is brand new.

Yes, we all know Google goes ape shit over anchor text, but the visitor that are on the site reading the content are looking for more right then and there. This is your chance to get them to your site and if you have quality content you can keep them coming back. Building links in a way that people will use them is a strategy I use on a daily basis and trust me it works. I don’t care about no-follow tags or page date, if I read an article that is relevant to one of my own, I use anchor text that will make other readers want to click on my link. Even if Google never see that link real humans will and if my anchor text is interesting and relevant it’s more likely to be clicked on for more information.

Like I said in the last back links post “The more links you have the better the chance of visitors finding your site.” So don’t even waste your time looking for no-follow tags just use some creativity in your anchor text and get as much links as you can.

Anchor text I simply a way for Google to know if one site is relevant to another but, to you is should be a way to get new visitors. Webmasters forget the reason they have a site in the first place. Its not for Google it’s for real user to get information, service or products. Build your site and back links for them and Google will follow.

I have other blogs to write for so I will end this here. I will write about reason # 2 in my next post. I have to go make some breakfast for my wifey. I promised. Good luck with your link build campaigns. See ya!

Link building…Yes, getting back links.
I am an active member in many of the SEO forums and I see it all the time. The same question “How do I build back links?”

Some spend hours commenting on blogs, posting on forums, article submissions and what ever else they do to build links and don’t even understand the basics of link building. The simple things you should know before they waist all that time and effort. You can’t build anything without a foundation and if you want it to grow a lasting solid well thought out foundation. You better know the basics.

Well, this is one of the reasons I started Jermaine Fitzgerald Dot Com. I believe that webmasters are the backbone of the net. Yeah, yeah I know some of you think Google is alpha and omega, but that’s a whole another article. We should have a free flow of useful information that will help each other and that is the basis I am building this blog on.

Anyways, back links… better yet the basics of link building. While I’m not going to teach you how to build links I will teach you something just a valuable. There are two main reasons to build up your links.
1: The more links you have the better the chance of visitors finding your site.
2: To rank better in the search engine result page or SERP.

I will start with the first one just plain having massive amount of links. How people find your site should be the third most important thing on your mind after the content of your site and your keywords. The way people find your site is through … you guess it. LINKS. The simple math is the more you have the easier you are to find. Most webmasters won’t give no-follow links the time of day. These are the ones that think that Google is god. Just as you should write your content for the readers of your site you should get link in the same manner. The visitors to other site don’t care if your link has a no-follow tag after it, if they think you have the answer to their questions they will click the link. You have to remember that you can’t see html tags and you click links to other sites all the time. The no-follow tag was create for the purpose of managing the “juice” from your site to the next and it does one thing and one thing only. STOP ROBOTS. That’s it. This tag tells the search engine spiders not to follow this link because I don’t want that site being associated with mine, but humans can’t see this. If you follow the rules of placing you link on pages with content that are related to yours with good anchor text people will click it. What I am trying to say is, if you have the chance to get a link on a page with information related to yours get it no-follow tag or not. Build links for people not just robots. Part 2 is coming soon!

Oh the life of a Internet Marketer. Good luck with your link building campaign and give me a link. See ya!

I have come across many sites that has the potential to be come more than just another blog or website, but site owners don’t take the time to brand much less update for that matter. Reports have shown that there’s over 70 million blogs and out of this massive number, how many are worth your subscription?

People have a range of emotions when it comes to John Chow… mostly dislike, but his blog earning for October is over $30,000 , Digitalpoint is one of the largest forums for webmasters with subscriptions of 100,000 plus and Sitepoint is the leading website/blog auction site with over 1,000 auction’s monthly. These 3 sites have one major thing in common. They all started as just an idea and has been built into brand name sites that earn generous income month after month after month.

Brick and mortar companies across the globe spend billions upon billions to build their brands and will continue to do so long after we are dead and gone. Yes, I know that we don’t have billions to spend. We have something better… the “Internet”. The only place that you can start a business without a penny and build it into your very own money making machine. All in your Fruit Of The Looms.

A lot of webmasters have many sites that make them a good living, but I am a firm believer in building a brand not just websites. A brand will last you for years, grow in value, make you an authority in your field and can be passed on to the next generation.

Here are some simple tips for building your brand.

1) Build it around something you love.
2) Don’t pay any attention to the amount of competition. Just build it.
3) Make sure you have a logo.
4) Don’t follow any blueprints just keep it legal.

This is my first blog and I have plans to build it into my own little brand. You can easily do the same with a little work.

Good luck. See ya!