Earning Money

Earlier in the month, I talked about how it is important to always update to the latest version of your blog software. The reason for this is because there are a bunch of very mean, cruel people out there who would love to just destroy everything you have worked for. Why? I haven’t the faintest idea. However, one of the things most people are always afraid of is messing up when they update. Blogging is easy; however, the technical aspect of it is not the easiest.

That’s why there is now a plug-in that allows you to automatically update your blog without fear of messing things up. Basically, you install the plug-in like you would with any other plug-in that you use, and then it starts to do its job in updating your blog, if you need it, to the latest version. This is really great because I normally had to pay my friend $5.00 per blog to update it and if I was ever going to start opening more blogs like I intended, this would really become costly. Now I can use this service to get it done.

All you need to do is install it and then it takes care of everything from disabling all your current plug-ins, to backing up your database, to putting the site in maintenance mode and everything else. It’s really a wonderful plug-in and once I am done with this post, I intend on installing it myself so that I can update my blog without having to freak out about messing something up. For those that are not amazing with updating blogs and all of that, this is for you. If you’re good at it, then…Have fun!

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In my series about creating a content site, part 1, part 2, and part 3, I explain how you could create a content site, get traffic to the site, and potentially earn from it. Now, that’s great information to have, but there’s something else that I wanted to touch on in this article that might help you a lot when you are creating your content sites. Because I am a science major in college with aspirations to become a doctor, I am going to use a topic I am familiar with to explain this to you. Shall we get started? Good.

Assume you are making five content websites. One is about the brain, one is about epilepsy, one is about brain tumors, one is about spinal chord damage, and one is about reflexes. Those are five different websites that you are looking to create. Now, if you look at the topics, you’ll realize one thing: they’re all about neurology. They’re all about something to do with the nervous system. Now, it is important to understand that if someone is interested in the nervous system, they might be interested in something else that has to do with the nervous system. I know that I am…But…I want to be a neurologist. Anyways…

One of the things that you can do is build a small network. Basically, you create these five sites, throw your adsense on them, but then you do one other thing. At the bottom or the right or left or top or where ever on the site you want, you link to the other four sites. If you are writing about the brain, you link to the other four topics. If you’re writing about spinal chord damage, you link to the other four topics. Basically, you link to the other four sites on the one site you are working on. What this does is creates a small little mini-network.

Creating a small network really is a great way to share traffic amongst your sites. It gives each of your sites a little link boost and it also gives you the ability to get the traffic that goes to one of your sites to perhaps go to another one of your sites. If you are running any kind of cpm ads on it, this just helps increase the possibility of maybe making some good money on the site. Or, if you are just running adsense on it, this helps to increase the chances of someone seeing an ad that interests them and clicking it. It may seem sort of difficult, but once you start creating the sites, you can link to more and more creating a very nice network.

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