Internet Marketing (7)

I use Google on like, an hourly basis. So do a lot of people I know. Wouldn't it be sweet if I got paid for that? Well, duh. Now, you can!

Les, over at The Radical Blogger, was talking about this service that pays you for using their search, which is effectively using Google's search engine. Downside is, it's using the UK version, but, it defaults to the "Web" setting, not the "UK Only" setting, so it's no difference at all, I've noticed.

Entrecard has finally rolled out a feature that allows users to put multiple blogs under one account, and spread credits between them as you desire to do so. Great feature, and for once I can't take advantage of it as this is the only blog I've got running (for now hehe). But for those of you that have a ton of blogs, this will make managing and campaigning for them much easier.

After finding Entrecard, I've been looking at other new-ish advertising systems based on an exchange principle. I found one called BlogRush that is almost the same, but still quite different. Either way, it seems to generate a good amount of sticky traffic.

Google Adsense. It's a wonderful product that many webmasters/bloggers utilize to varying degrees of success. Some bloggers live off of Adsense (and other affiliates), others may get just enough to have them cut a check. More than that, most people probably don't receive enough monetization to receive a check once every three months.

Why is that? Not enough traffic? Too high of a bounce rate? Poor placement of the ads (such as below the fold, etc)? Readers who are of the "I never ever click ads" mindset? All or a combination of all of the above?

I'm always looking for cool and interesting methods advertising my blog and whatnot, and I was floating around There's A Blog In My Soup!, and looked at a few of Patrick's adverts, and saw this Entrecard thing, and decided to check it out. It's a pretty interesting method of exchanging "digital business cards", and gaining exposure for your site through showing ads for others through a widget on your site (mine is below the Random Links of Goodness block in the sidebar).

Maki over at DoshDosh just published a pretty cool little article called Social Media Networking and ROI: How to Maximize Value and Minimize Cost. He's got a good outlook on taking advantage of social media outlets and making your site profit from them, so take a look at this pretty in-depth nugget of knowledge.