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Over the last two years, the AdSense team has offered the powerful Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) product as an improvement over the original AdSense for search. After some recent improvements, we’re now ready to retire the older version of AdSense for search. If the Google logo on your search results page reads “Powered by Google” instead of the newer “Google Custom Search” then you haven’t yet upgraded to the newer version. The new AdSense for search with CSE is available in your account, and we encourage you to make the switch by updating your code as soon as possible.AdSense for search with CSE gives you more control over your search results without changing how you earn money showing AdSense for search ads. For example, with the new version, you’ll have access to advanced features like refinements and promotions. Our team has developed a number of updates and improvements during the past few months, and you can access more advanced features at www.google.com/cse.Your existing AdSense for search box will continue to work normally for a few more months, and we’ll be sure to update you when we retire this version. To take advantage of the benefits offered by the new version of AdSense for search and ensure you don’t miss any revenue during the transition, we encourage you to update your code now. You’ll just need to regenerate your AdSense for search code by signing in to your account and following these instructions:Visit your “AdSense Setup” tab and select “AdSense for Search.”Select the sites you’d like your users to be able to search across (Learn More).Customize the look and feel of your search engine results.Update the code on your website.For more information about AdSense for search with CSE, please visit our Help Center.Posted by Katrina Kurnit - Inside AdSense Team

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In the last video of this series, Evanne, a member of the Partner Development team, talks about her favorite Google perk, her obsession with music, and an important tip she’d like to share with all of you.We hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about what goes on behind the scenes in AdSense. If you have feedback on this series, or ideas for future series, we’d love to hear them so please leave us a comment!Posted by Katrina Kurnit - Inside AdSense Team

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This article is guest posted by Paul.

The last year has been pretty far from comfortable. In fact it’s been a year of hard work, determination, failures, successes, hair pulling frustration and confusion. And I think many beginner marketers who are trying to make money online can relate to this.

However, when you come through the other side of the initial baptism of fire, this making money online “thing” all becomes very clear! You develop a system that you know works, and you can replicate that system to scale your income up to heights previously unimaginable.

In this article I’m going to share with you the exact system that I am using today to create a full time income online in the hope that it’ll help you avoid a lot of the pains that I went through to figure it all out!

My Six Step Process to Making Money Online

I’m going to give you a high level overview of how I make money online and then I’m going to break each step down, one by one, to give you a greater insight. Here’s the system:

Find a hungry market
Create a web site
Build a qualified list of names and email addresses
Build a relationship with the subscribers
Promote genuinely useful products to the email list list
Scale the system up by driving traffic to the web site

And that’s all there is to it. Of course when you break it down to a lower level things get a bit more complicated:

Step 1 – Finding a Hungry Market

I have to say that this is arguably the most important part of the whole process. If you can find a hungry market then you don’t really need to be great at selling and people will still purchase from you.

I liken this to coming across a crowd of thirsty people in the middle of the Sahara desert…You could charge $40 for a glass of water and they’d still buy from you.

Ideally you want to find a crowd of people who have a problem with an emotional attachment, have money to spend, think about the problem more than once per day and like to talk about their problem (in online forums for example).

The three main markets in which there are a plethora of profitable niches are “health”, “wealth” and “relationships”. Human nature dictates that consumers will always look for ways to improve their situation in any of those three markets.

Step 2 – Create a Web Site

Many people think that creating the web site is the most important part of the process. Personally, I think it’s the least important. Sure, you can’t live without a web site, but the match between the hungry market and the offer are much more important than a web site with fancy graphics.

That said, you do need to have a web presence. The only web sites I ever build are “squeeze pages” – they are called this because the aim is to “squeeze” the visitor into entering their name and email address into an opt-in form. Which brings me nicely onto the third step…

Step 3 – Build Your List

If you think about it from a logical point of view then we, as marketers, should always be striving to improve the revenue per visitor to our web site. Why? Because free traffic is hard to get and the higher your value per visitor the more chance you have for running profitable paid advertising campaigns.

Building your list is one of the biggest revenue per visitor multipliers. By building a list you are creating an ever increasing pool of targeted prospects who you can reach at any time.

The marketing rule of 7 dictates:

”that a prospect needs to see or hear your marketing message at least seven times before they take action and buy from you. Now the number seven isn’t cast in stone. The truth of the Rule of Seven is you can’t just engage in a marketing activity and then be done. Marketing must be an on-going process in order for it to be successful.”

In making money online terms, this means that the majority of visitors to your web site will not buy straight away. They will likely need to build up some sense of familiarity with the product you are trying to promote first. Building a list allows you to generate that sense of familiarity in a very effective way – in fact, my conversion rate went up over 300% when I first created an email campaign at the back of my web site.

Step 4 – Build The Relationship With Your Subscribers

If a friend of yours recommended a product to you and then a random guy off the street recommended a different product – which one would you purchase? Of course you’d take the advice of your friend…Why? Because you feel you can trust him/her.

It’s a similar concept online. A recent study showed that the biggest conversion killer is actually distrust. Often, consumers believe that they are going to get scammed by being sold a rubbish product and it stops them from making the purchase.

This is why I focus on providing real value to my subscribers for free. Every time I send an email with free material to my subscribers I make sure there’s so much value packed in the content that they’ll be truly thankful and grateful for having received the email.

The “power of free” is massive – the more you give up front, the more you’ll get back in return when you promote a paid product.

Step 5 – Promote Genuinely Useful Products

I’m now at the stage where I can promote genuinely useful products to my list. These products can be ones that I’ve created or other people’s products as an affiliate for a commission.

I always make sure that I do my due diligence on the product before I promote it. The last thing I want to do is alienate the buyers by promoting rubbish.

Taking this a step further – I like to build up what’s called a profit funnel. This is a series of products ranging from low value to high value that I promote at relevant stages in my email campaign to my subscribers. A complete profit funnel can really increase your value per visitor tremendously.

Step 6 – Drive Traffic!

Now the system is in place all I need to do is drive traffic to my web site.

In the first instance I’ll drive traffic for free to see how well my offer converts. I’ll often make tweaks to my email campaign to try and improve conversion. Once I’m happy with the conversion rate I will work out my value per subscriber and per visitor.

With these figures I can then go and find paid advertising sources (such as banner ads and pay per click) and test them over a period of a couple of weeks. Once I’ve found a good source of traffic and an ad, it’s simply a case of scaling up across different sites and networks for increased traffic.

Once you’re at this stage, it’s simply a case of increasing the traffic to grow your income.

This is POSSIBLE!!

When you read this article it seems like a lot of work but actually it isn’t as much as it sounds. You can do the entire process in the space of 4 weeks before moving onto your next hungry market. Remember, this game is all about baby steps – take one step at a time and that way you don’t feel intimidated by anything.

Just a year ago I was completely new to all of this. If I can do it then so can you!

If you’d like to learn step by step how to make money from internet marketing then visit here: http://www.fromzerotowebsite.com and I’ll teach you myself personally for free.

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Over the last few months, we held a number of webinars to help you further optimize your site:Optimization Best PracticesAdSense for Search AdSense Top Tech TipsIf you haven’t seen one yet, you can view the recordings of these events whenever it’s convenient for you!Posted by Caroline Halpin - AdSense Optimization Team

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This article is sponsored by WebHostingRating.com and posted by Valerie.

Finding the right web hosting option in the modern world can be more than difficult. With the explosion of webhosting companies, conducting due diligence and determining which company actually offers you the best price, the best uptime and the most flexibility can seem an impossible task. If you were to undertake such a task on your own, it certainly would be impossible to accomplish this. However, WebHostingRating.com gives you the means to get around this seemingly insurmountable problem. What does the website offer?

Top 10

One of the first things that visitors will notice is the “Top 10″ rankings. This initial page gives you, the visitor, immediate access to the 10 best-rated companies for website hosting. These short, sweet ratings give you access to a considerable amount of information right from the start. For each company reviewed, you will find their rank in the global hierarchy, as well as the provider name, the price of the hosting package, the amount of hard drive space offered, the bandwidth allocation and a ranking for the company.

However, you will also find a checkbox labeled, “Compare.” Clicking this box beside two or more web site hosting companies will give you the ability to compare the offerings from those companies side by side. This ensures that you are able to make a sound decision regarding your hosting needs.

Web Hosting Ratings

In addition to the Top 10 rankings, visitors to WebHostingRating.com will also find that they can organize the rankings in a number of other ways. For instance, you can choose to search for Linux hosting providers, for Windows hosting providers, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated server hosting and collocation hosting. This functionality ensures that you are able to find exactly the type of hosting you need. As not all companies have the same hosting needs, you must be able to find the right hosting package for your requirements. The variety of hosting ratings gives you the ability to do just that.

Search Host Catalog

Those hoping to make an even more in-depth venture into the world of web hosting can make use of the Search Host Catalog function. This allows you to search for hosts via a number of different criteria, giving you the most comprehensive list of possible options. The criteria you can use to search includes location (North America, Europe, Asia, etc.), as well as hosting type (Linux, Windows, etc.) and price.

Utilizing this tool, you will be able to easily locate numerous providers within your price range, geographic area and hosting type. Once you have these listed on your screen, you can browse through the options one at a time, or you can opt to compare them side by side to make a detailed comparison of your options. This will result in the best possible fit for your needs in a hosting company.

CMS Web Hosts and Knowledge Center

In addition to offering you the ability to compare standard web site hosting options through the features listed above, WebHostingRating.com also gives you the ability to compare CMS web hosts by hosting type, such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and vBulletin. Of course, this is not all – the company offers users a wide range of in-depth information outside of direct comparisons.

The Knowledge Center gives you access to news and articles detailing advancements in the industry, how-to articles and quite a bit more. In addition, you will find video tutorials designed to help you get online as quickly as possible, as well as buying guides that will help you make the best possible purchase decision for your needs.

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In the next part of our video series, Alton, our Optimization specialist, shares with us his experience working with publishers, his favorite meal at Google, and some recommendations on summer reading.For more videos, please visit our YouTube channel.Posted by Katrina Kurnit - Inside AdSense Team

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This article is sponsored by Make Money Online and posted by Valerie.

There are few topics hotter than making money from the Internet, today. In fact, a quick Google search will yield an amazing number of results. However, a quick perusal of those results will show you that most of these so-called experts simply want to charge you money for the same content, repackaged and re-titled. Isn’t there a better option?

Information Comes at a Cost

Actually, Make Money Online is a far better solution for those who want to find out how to generate a considerable income from the Internet. Where others want you to pay upfront for unverified, duplicate information, you will find that things are very different with Make Money Online. How does this resource differ? In reality, you will find several key differences here, all of which add up to a winning experience for you.

Information at No Cost?

As mentioned, one of the largest drawbacks with finding a way to earn money online is the cost. Whether you’re purchasing a membership to a training course, an eBook or a video tutorial, you’ll be asked to provide cash up front. If you don’t pay, you can’t access the content.

However, once you do pay, you will find that the information is basically the same from course to course and book to book. This is one of the key differences with Make Money Online – there is no cost. This powerful resource brings a wealth of viable informational sources together and aggregates them in one spot for you to access – for no cost at all.

Viable, Powerful Tools

The old adage, “You get what you pay for” might come to mind here. How can the information contained in a free website be of any real value? If everyone is out to make a buck off of those seeking a way to earn money from the Internet, why would this website be any different? Below, you will find a screenshot of the website, which clearly indicates the diversity of subjects covered here.

The topics covered here range from affiliate marketing programs to harnessing the power of AdSense and WordPress. If you don’t know the top markets in which to make money, never fear. The website also offers you a detailed list of the top markets in which to get involved, as well as the secrets to developing real success as an online entrepreneur.

Ongoing Tools for Greater Success

Of course, powerful, well-written guides and tutorials are not the right option for everyone. Therefore, Make Money Online offers a unique resource for those seeking success – the School of Making Money Online. This resource allows users to develop their skills, and then learn how to apply those skills in a real world setting.

Classes are broken up into simple segments that mirror the education process in the physical world. Students begin in “elementary school,” then “middle school”, “high school” and, finally, on to “college”. This natural, logical progression of education ensures that students are able to learn the skills needed, why they matter and how to apply them in a real-life situation.

In Conclusion

The Internet offers an incredible diversity of options for those seeking to earn an income. However, it can be difficult to learn just how to go about generating that income. Defining the areas that offer the best possibility for compensation, how to get involved in those areas and the skills needed for success all require a considerable investment of time and effort on your part.

Make Money Online simplifies the entire process. Rather than making prospective students pay for information that might or might not be relevant, Make Money Online offers free access to powerful resources, all of which play an important role in ensuring your success.

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This summer and fall, the AdSense team is coming to visit you! In an effort to work more closely with our publishers, we’ve launched the AdSense in Your City program. As part of the program, members of the AdSense team will be traveling to five cities this summer to hear directly from you, as well as to share best practices, top optimization tips, and new products.Last month, we kicked off our first AdSense in Your City event in Mountain View, California. Sixty publishers came to Google to learn how to make more money with AdSense, to meet members of the AdSense team, and to get to know each other. Today we’re heading to Santa Monica, and later this summer we’ll be visiting Chicago, New York, and Boston. While attendance is very limited due to space constraints, we have a few more spots in some cities. If you’d like to request an invitation to an event, please sign up here. Though invitations will be sent on a first-come, first-served basis, we’ll do our best to include as many of you as possible. We’ll also be sure to make sessions available online early this fall. Throughout the summer, look for updates on the blog from the AdSense team who will be traveling to these cities. We’ll also be tweeting live from the events (follow us at http://twitter.com/AdSense) and posting videos and publisher interviews.And this is just the beginning. We’d like to expand this program to be able to travel to more cities around the United States and to meet with more of you face to face. Are you a publisher in Austin? Seattle? Orlando? Leave us a comment and let us know if we should bring AdSense in Your City to your city next!Posted by Talia Brodecki - Product Marketing Manager

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Your opinion matters to us! So we’ve put together a short survey so you can tell us how we’re doing, and what you’d like to see more of on the Inside Adsense blog. We hope you’ll take the time to let us know what’s on your mind — click to give us your feedback.If you’re keen on letting us know how you feel about our product and support, remember that you can opt-in to receive invitations to test new features, surveys about Google AdSense, and heads up about opportunities to provide feedback about your experiences by email. To do so, log-in to Google AdSense and visit the settings page under the ‘My Account’ tab, edit your ‘Email Preference’ by checking the box next to ‘Google market research’, and click ‘Save Changes.’We look forward hearing from you!Posted by Natalia Niznik - Publisher Support

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Continuing our Behind the Scenes video series is Alejo, our AdSense for video and AdSense for games specialist. Alejo tells us about his first job, which city he’d love to live in, and what he’d like every AdSense publisher to know.For more videos, please visit our YouTube channel.Posted by Dia Muthana - Inside AdSense Team

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Fiction: AdSense disables accounts and issues warnings at random.Fact: We rely upon a detailed set of guidelines when looking at policy violations, and these policies are published in our Help Center. Our intent is to keep Google’s content and search networks safe and clean for our advertisers, users and publishers. We seek to be as transparent and consistent with our decision making.Part of our job of monitoring the AdSense network involves working with publishers to identify and address potential issues. We understand that there are a lot of policies to take into account, and so for minor policy violations our first step will be to issue a warning. The reasons a publisher might receive a warning will vary, but in general they tend to be for violations that can be fixed fairly easily. Examples of these violations range from deceptively labeling ads “Today’s hot deals” to having a minimal amount of adult-content comment spam in a forum. Publishers, after receiving a warning, are given three days to fix their violations. If changes are not made in that time, ad serving will be disabled to the violating site.There are some situations when we would need to disable ad serving to a site without first sending a warning. We usually reserve this action for egregious violations like adult content, copyright infringement, as well as cases of extreme violence and gore. We may also disable ads to a site when we find a violation that we’ve already contacted a publisher about in the past.The final and most severe action that our teams can take is to close down an account completely. This normally only happens when we find that a publisher’s entire network consists of violating sites or for repeat policy offenders. If you have received a policy notification from the AdSense team, please visit this help center entry for additional information.We want to point out that notifications that result from the previously mentioned policy violations are different from notifications sent because of issues with invalid click activity, which are monitored by Google’s Ad Traffic Quality Team. Invalid click activity consists of any clicks or impressions that may artificially inflate an advertiser’s costs or a publisher’s earnings, and for which we decide not to charge the advertiser. For more information about invalid clicks and impressions, please refer to this page, which includes a link to our FAQ page for accounts disabled due to invalid activity.Lastly, we highly recommend reviewing these guidelines to help avoid policy violations, and to help keep your AdSense account in good standing.Posted by Andres Schabelman - AdSense Policy team

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