Day 3 of the "Build A Blog Workshop" is about picking your blogs domain name. If you have decided to use Blogger as your blog host, then you have the option of using a free sub-domain name. If this is your first blog, then this is what I would advise you to do. You can start paying for a domain name later if your blog takes off and starts doing really well. Until then there is no point in spending money if you're just starting out.

When choosing your domain name, it's important to have name that it is relevant to your blogs topic. A good example would be my blog here, my blog title is "Bloogle AdSense", which of course is about "how to make money blogging using Google AdSense". A couple of the keywords I want to get a good ranking for in the search engines is Blogging, Google, and AdSense. "Bloogle AdSense" is a combination of all three of those keywords. As you can see my domain name is bloogle-adsense.blogspot.com.

If your blog is about bikes and your domain name is bike.com, when somebody Googles the word bike, your blog will likely appear as one of the results on Googles front page. Unless of course, there are 2 million other blogs out there about bikes. This is why it's good to try to pick an original topic that a lot of people haven't done already. Like we discussed in the last post "Choosing Your Blog Topic" .

So put a lot of thought into your blogs topic and domain name. Don't be afraid to get creative, this is one of the most important steps to having a successful blog.

Make sure to read my next post where I will show you what to look for when your picking a blog template. Keep up the good work and as always, good luck!

For the month of December I have decided to do a 31 day "Build A Blog Workshop". I will show you the ABC's and 123's of starting and promoting your blog for free. I am going to help you pick a blog host and even show you the type of gadgets and modules that you should use on your blog. You will find out the best way to monetize your blog and also where to place your AdSense to get the most clicks.


When starting a blog there a few things you'll want to do the very first month, I will let you know what you should do and how to do it. This will be great for all of you that are newbies to the blogging game and possibly even help the more seasoned bloggers learn a few new tricks.

Make sure to check in everyday throughout the month of December for some great tips and tricks. Keep up the good work and as always good luck!

By now you should have created your HTML file, copied your Google AdSense code, and pasted your AdSense code in your new HTML file. If you have not done this, go back to my previous post, Google AdSense On Windows Live Spaces Blog: (Part 1) , and follow those steps to create your HTML file.

Now that you have created your googlead1.html file with your Google AdSense code in it, you will need to upload your HTML file to one of your other websites, if you don’t have another website don’t worry I’ll show you where to get a free website and then walk you through the steps of uploading your HTML file, this will only take a second. Click Here To Get Your Free Website!

When you get there the first thing you need to do is click on the blue rectangle button that says “Sign Up”.

It will then take you to the page where you will need to pick a domain name (Choose The Sub-Domain Option) for your new website. Try to pick a good domain name for your site and in my future posts I will show you how to make some good money using your new website. Then give your name and a valid E-mail address because you will need the username and password they will be sending you. Next choose a password and enter in the number they show you. Last, just check the box agreeing to the Terms Of Service, and then click the button that says “Sign Up”.

You will now receive an E-mail informing you that your website has been created. Now all you need to do is choose a website template and delete the default.php file from the public_html file, then you will be able to upload your HTML file that has your AdSense code in it, which we created in the previous post (Part 1).

Hopefully now you have received your E-mail, I’ll walk you through these few simple steps to get your website ready to upload your googlead1.html file.

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  Access the control panel by going to: http://members.000webhost.com/. (This link is also in your E-mail that 000webhost.com sent to you) Log in with the username and password that was E-mailed to you.
  
  
  
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  On the table, underneath where it says, “List Of Your Domains” directly under the word “Domain” you should see your website name, next to that directly under the word “Status” it should say “Active”, followed by, “Go To CPanel” in the last box on the table. Click directly on “Go To CPanel”.
  
  
  
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  When you get to the CPanel Menu Double Click on the icon that says “Another File Manager”.
  
  
  

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  Next, Double Click the file that says “public_html”.
  
  
  
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  Then, Click ONE Time on the file default.php just to highlight it. (DO NOT Double Click!)
  
  
  
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  Over to the left side of the screen click “Delete File” and Confirm if needed.
  
  
  

Now all you need to do is pick a website template by going to http://builder.000webhost.com/sitebuilder.php and log in using the username and password E-mailed to you by 000webhost.com. Then click the blue button that says “Next>Step 2”.

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  You should now see thumbnails of website templates. Scroll through the templates and choose one. After you find the template you want, click on the button in the right hand corner that says “Next>Step 3”.
  
  
  
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  The last step to create your new website is to enter in your company/website information, you can do this now if you want or you can do it later. When you are done click on the button that says “Go>Install My Website”. If a warning pops up about overwriting existing files just click “Ok”.
  
  
  
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  A congratulations message should now appear. Click on the button in the bottom right hand corner of the page that reads “Go, Edit My Website”.
  
  
  
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  If it asks you to Login again use the same username and password as before.
  
  
  

This is where you will upload the googlead1.html file by clicking on the “Asset Manager” icon. (Only Click One Time)

When the window opens follow these simple steps.

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   Click on the little drop down box in the upper right hand corner then click on the word “Documents”.
   
   
   
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   Where it says “Upload File” click on the Browse button.
   
   
   
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   When your computer files pop up click on “Desktop” and find the googlead1.html file that we created in (Part 1) and Double Click on it.
   
   
   
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   You can now click on the button that says “Upload”.
   
   
   
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   After the file uploads it will show your googlead1.html file listed.
   
   
   
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   Then click on the small box below the white preview window that says “Use Full URL (http://...)”.
   
   
   
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   Highlight and copy ( Control+C ) the Full URL that shows up.
   
   
   
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   Now paste ( Control+V ) and save the Full URL in Notepad or somewhere that you can have easy access to it.
   
   
   
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   Then click the small button in the bottom right hand corner that says “OK”.
   
   
   

Now you’re ready to place the Google AdSense ad on your Windows Live Spaces Blog with just a couple more steps. To complete this process, go to your Windows Live Spaces Blog and sign in.

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  Next, click on the “Customize” button located in the upper right hand corner of your Blog page. The Customize Menu Options should then drop down.
  
  
  
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  Then, click on “Add Modules”.
  
  
  

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  Now you will see the “Modules” drop down menu.
  
  
  
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  Scroll down to the “Gadgets” section.
  
  
  
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  Under the “Gadgets” heading click on the link that says “Add gadgets from the Windows Live Gallery”
  
  
  

You should now be at the “Windows Live Gallery”. What you do now is click on the “HTML Sandbox Gadget”. Then confirm it by clicking on the blue button that says “Add”.

Another box will now pop-up with 3 options “Live.com”, “Spaces”, and “Events”, make sure to choose the “Spaces” option then click “Add” to confirm. Now another screen should pop-up with a preview of the HTML Sandbox, click the Install button on the bottom right hand side of the page. It should now take you back to your Windows Live Spaces Blog, when it does click on the “Save” button which will be at the top right hand side of your screen.

Now, click on “Edit” in the upper left hand corner of the HTML Sandbox to ad the code below.

Finally, open your Notepad program then copy and then paste the following code into Notepad.

<Iframe src="http://www.yourwebsite.hostzi.com/web_documents/googlead1.html" width="140" height="230" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>

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  Make sure you replace your Full URL (that we got from your new website earlier in this post) with the URL in between the quotation marks “” above.
  
  
  
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  Then Copy ( Control+C ) and Paste ( Control+V ) the code into the HTML Sandbox Module that you just added to your Windows Live Blog.
  
  
  
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  Then click the little button to the left of the “abc” button below your code to make your Google AdSense ad appear in the HTML Sandbox Module.
  
  
  

NOTE: If you use Internet Explorer the little button will say save on it, this snapshot was taken with Firefox.

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  Last, click the “Save” button at the top right hand side of your blog page.
  
  
  

And your Google AdSense ad should now show up on your Windows Live Spaces Blog!

For more tips on Google AdSense and Blogging check out my other posts on the 1 Look Here Blog.

Or,

The Bloogle AdSense Blog.

Make Sure To Bookmark This Page So You Can Add More Google AdSense Ads To Your Windows Live Spaces Blog In The Future.

Google AdSense is one of the best tools a blog or website owner could ask for. It enables you to monetize your site very easily. If it's used the right way, it can earn you a very large amount of money. However if you aren't using AdSense the right way you are missing out on a lot of potential income.

Earning money with Google AdSense can be quick and easy. You'll be blown away with the results you'll be getting in just a short amount of time.

The first thing you can do to start earning more money with AdSense is to start writing unique articles which are rich in content and loaded with profitable keywords. Now some people out there are just good with words and have no problem putting the right words together to make great content. However if you're not one of these people don't worry I have a few tips that will help you out.

There are actually three important tips you need to know when writing your articles and web content to get good results with Google AdSense.

1st-Keyword search. Find some popular topics. Choose the ones that you think might be interesting for a lot of other people out there. Then you can use a keyword suggestion tool to find the most profitable keywords for those particular topics. A great keyword suggestion tool that I like to use is Keyword Spy. Keyword Spy can even tell you how many website owners are using those same keywords on their sites.

2nd-Write articles. Start writing articles with original content and the keywords from the topics that you have found in your search. Keep in mind that search engines take pride in the quality of their articles and the articles that you write should meet their standards.

3rd-Original quality content. Build your blog or website with original quality content. Then strategically place your AdSense ads with colors that match your blog or website. Remember Google chooses what AdSense ads will show up on your site based on the content of your blog or website.

When deciding where to place your AdSense ads. Try to position your ads where your blog followers or website visitors are most likely to click on them. Research shows that one of the first places that people look when visiting a website or blog is the top left side of the web page. Nobody knows for sure why that is but maybe it's because that's where the most important information on a website usually is shown.

Some people that are just starting out at the AdSense game might think that if visitors are clicking on their AdSense ads they must doing well. However, there is a lot of different techniques and styles to help you generate more clicks that can dramatically boost your AdSense earnings. By learning these techniques and using them you will see that many more of your sites visitors will click on your ads.

AdSense has some excellent tracking statistics too that allow you to see which styles and colors are working best on your blog or website. Make sure you are taking advantage of these statistics because that's how you will become most successful.

Another thing you should remember is that banners and skyscrapers do not perform well at all anymore, at least that is what the experts say and I have noticed this on my sites as well. People surfing the web normally ignore these types of ad formats. The reason for this is that people automatically recognize them as advertisements and nobody visits a blog to view ads. So the more you can make your AdSense ads look like it's just part of your content the better, just don't be deceiving, that's a big no no for the Google AdSense program and can get you banned for life from showing AdSense ads on any site.

Finally, don't just think that putting the AdSense ads on your site is enough, monitor your results and be patient, you're not going to get rich overnight but if you try out different strategies and find what works best for your blog or website you will be glad that you started using AdSense on your site.

As always good luck with your AdSense earnings and your blog.

If you're a first time blogger, a free blog website is a great way to get started in the blogosphere. Popular blog site hosts like Blogger and Wordpress allow its users to set up and host a blog for free, and you don't pay any fees at all. This is encouraging more people to start blogging, because the fact that one of these sites can provide you with all of the tools that you need to get your blog up and running without spending any money, means that you have nothing to lose by starting your own blog. Also nowadays it is so easy to set up a free blog website, there is really no reason not to.

By signing up with a free blog website, you may find it even easier to get your site listed in search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN, than you would if you were to start your own blog from scratch. For example, Google runs the free blog hosting site Blogger and crawls its pages regularly looking for new updates, so if you have your site hosted by Blogger you're almost guaranteed to be listed on Google. This easy access to search engines can take some of the work out of promoting your blog, it can also help you gain a lot of followers, and with very little marketing. Of course you must have good and unique content, don't think just because you have a Blogger account that you'll automatically get top rankings with Google, unfortunately it isn't that easy.

If your blog does attract a large group of readers, you should probably consider moving your blog site. A lot of people feel that free blog hosting for your blog site gives it more of an amateur feel to it, which is fine for bloggers that are just starting out, but isn't so appropriate for a more high profile blog site.

Starting your blog on a free blogging website is a great way to build a following before you spend any money on your blog. If and when your blog becomes popular and you're ready to take the next step and purchase your own domain, your readers will follow you to your new home. The fact that it's possible to use an awesome blog host like Blogger, or Wordpress as a start for your blog website is great news for bloggers everywhere in the world. I guess that's why so many people who have never had a website, blog, or any other kind of presence on the web before, find themselves suddenly drawn to blogging. 

Also, having your own domain can help make your blog feel a little more professional, and finding a company that will host your domain is not hard or expensive. If you're lucky and your blog takes off, you just might be able to sell enough advertising space to afford to buy a domain and pay for a nice hosting package. However, it doesn't make too much sense in most cases to invest in these types of things before you have a large number of followers.

So I've just started this "Bloogle AdSense" blog which of course is about blogging, Google AdSense, and the different ways to make money online when you have time but no money. I first started using these free websites and blogs less than a year ago and I haven't made a ton of money yet but it is starting to pick up. I am trying to figure out if it is possible to make money online using affiliate programs, Google AdSense, and blogging. I am only using the free websites, like this one, to do it. If I succeed I plan on writing an E-book with all of my secrets and give it away for free of course. So wish me luck and I hope I can get a ton of followers to this blog. Thanks.