Hello and welcome to the celebration of my blog, My Money Design turning 2! This week marks the second year since we first hit the Internet and I started putting my thoughts out there for the world to read. You can catch my write up for my first year blogging anniversary here. Since last year a LOT has happened - both personally and on the blogging front. Although my website still isn't as wildly popular as some of the other personal finance sites out there, I did enter the second year a little wiser having made so many mistakes the first year. And therefore half of this post will be dedicated to helping you by sharing some of the SEO tips and tricks I've learned along the way. More on that below. … [Read more...] about My Money Design Turns 2 – Plus SEO Tips and Tricks
Blogging
Niche Website Update 8 – NS2 on the First Page Search Results Already!
I’ve got some terrific news: My new niche website (NS2) is currently ranking on the first page of Google at #4 for my main target keyword! Believe it or not, this comes as a great accomplishment to me because it means that all the tricks and things I learned through the first niche site do in fact work! This is also very exciting news to me because if I consider how much my first niche site (NS1) makes in terms of a modest residual income every month from the advertising, I now just DOUBLED my income potential! Can you imagine how much money I could be making after experiencing success with perhaps 5 of these types of sites? The possibilities are endless! … [Read more...] about Niche Website Update 8 – NS2 on the First Page Search Results Already!
Niche Website Update 7 – Site Number 2 Launched!
If you’ve noticed a slow down on the posting frequency here at My Money Design, first let me apologize. I don’t value my readers any less. No, instead something big has been happening behind the scenes. I gave myself a deadline of the end of June to launch my next niche website. And you know what? I did it! … [Read more...] about Niche Website Update 7 – Site Number 2 Launched!
Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 6
Unfortunately after many attempts, my niche website has still not broken into the ultra competitive Top 10 in the Google search engine results (SERP) for my main keyword. While some may call that a disappointment (since the goal for most money earning sites is to make it to No. 1 and start generating revenue), I’m not completely sure that all hope is lost just yet. I have noticed a few very interesting things that put a little bit of sunshine over my situation. Let’s take a look at them: … [Read more...] about Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 6
My Affiliate Marketing Ideas for Targeting the Right Audience
For as long as I’ve ran this blog, I’ve tried on many occasions to market affiliate products. Why? Because as far as blogging goes, the right execution of your affiliate marketing ideas can be very lucrative! It is one of those passive income methods where you really and truly don’t need to lift a finger to make money. For anyone reading this who is not a blogger, here’s what we’re talking about: Affiliate marketing is when you put ads on your website. Those links can either be in the form of images or just simple text. When a reader clicks on the link and either fills out a form or completes a sale, that results in a commission for the website owner. Get enough of the right kind of visitors to come to your site and click … [Read more...] about My Affiliate Marketing Ideas for Targeting the Right Audience
Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 5
I’ve got to admit that I’m slightly frustrated. Ever since the Google penalty was removed from my niche website, I was happy to see it go from as low as Number 40 and stabilized between No. 16 and 20. But then over April it hasn’t really moved too much beyond that … Obviously the goal with building these money earning sites is to make some money! With Google Adsense as my major monetization stream for this site (for now), I’m not going to receive nearly as much action on the bottom of SERP 2 as I would if I were at the No. 1 spot. That’s why cracking the Top 10 spots by getting to the first page of Google and eventually the number 1 spot is absolutely imperative if I want to see any amount of significant income. And so that leads … [Read more...] about Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 5
Accidental Organic Optimization for My Money Niche Site
I’m not sure if I just made up a new phrase here with Accidental Organic Optimization, but I can’t think of what else to call it. Here’s the funny thing I noticed this week about my niche site IRA vs 401k Central.com: … [Read more...] about Accidental Organic Optimization for My Money Niche Site
How to Increase PageRank, Get Found Through Google, and Make Some Money!
If you’ve had a website for any length of time, then you’re probably already aware that every 3 months or so Google will give you “grade” called a PageRank. Your PageRank is simply a score of how prominent your website is, and it can have a lot of implications on other factors like your earning potential, rank placement, and more. If you’ve been struggling to figure out how to increase PageRank within Google, rest assured you are not alone. My Google PageRank was pretty much stagnant for 9 months at a PR2 before it finally increased to a PR3. Even though I’m not an expert on search engine optimization, I have tried a number of things to get my rank to increase. Consider this a “regular guy’s guide” of straight-forward strategies that … [Read more...] about How to Increase PageRank, Get Found Through Google, and Make Some Money!
