Online Money

How to Build a Credible Blog
Building Credibility is something that is well worth working on as a blogger. We live in a world where people are increasingly suspicious of information that they’re presented with (particularly online where there’s a lot of dubious information going around) so when people find a credible source of information they tend to become very loyal […]

AdSense Introduce ServerSide Ad Management
Late last week I took a call from an AdSense rep asking if I’d like to test a new feature that would enable publishers to make changes to their AdSense ads without having to manually change the code on their sites. She called it ‘Serverside’ ad management.I said yes and the it became available to […]

Blogging Harder for the Money - The Fall of the US Dollar
Yesterday I was interviewed by an Australian Financial Review journalist about how the falling US dollar is impacting my business. There’s not much to say except that:95% of my income comes to me in US dollars.5 Years ago when I started experimenting with blogging for money the US dollar bought about $1.80 AUD.Yesterday it was […]

How Old Are ProBlogger Readers? Poll Results
Last week I asked readers a simple demographic question - ‘how old are you?’My reason for asking wasn’t because I’m gathering data for advertisers (although I’m sure they’d be interested) but to test a theory that I’d been hearing a number of commentators say recently - that blogging is just something that ‘young people’ do.In […]

Google Analytics Announce New Features
The Google Analytics team posted about some upcoming Announcements on their blog today. New features are coming to Google Analytics including:tracking of site search - ‘find out what people search for on your site and where these searches lead’Event Tracking capability - reports ‘designed to help you understand how people use and interact with Ajax, […]

A Secret to Profitable Blogging - Trending Up Over the Long Haul
Click To Playplay_blip_movie_432379();Over in my question box reader JoLynn Braley asked me:“Was there a time when you first started blogging that you became despondent and thought about quitting? If so, what happened that gave you the confidence to keep going?”This video is all about hanging in there for the long haul with your blog and […]

AdSense Introduce a Validation Period for Referrals Program - a Sign of Conversion Fraud?
AdSense have made a change to their referral program by putting a validation periods on publishers when they display non Google products. In this period publishers earn a lower conversion commission while AdSense works out if your conversions are ‘valid’. Once the validation period ends you then will earn the maximum commissions on the […]

What would you do if you owned ProBlogger.net?
Mani got my attention with this post today - What would you do if you owned ProBlogger.net?There’s some great answers in the comments section - would love to hear more of your ideas!PS: I actually think it’s a good question to ask others about your blog. In fact I asked this very question to two […]

How to Launch a Blog Network
Last week David put together a great list of 46 Things To Do Before Launching a Blog Network which might be worth a read if you’re considering going the network route instead of just having your own blogs.As I read his post a few comments on his list come to mind. Let me attempt to […]

AdSense: BTW - That Video Product We Launched - It s only for US Publishers
<rant>Once again AdSense have alienated publishers not based in the US with an update to their blog post announcing their new video units with a short update:“Video units will be live in AdSense accounts later today (10/9). Currently this feature is open only to publishers located in the United States with English-language websites.”These US-centric product […]