Pictures In Post

I wanted to talk just briefly about adding pictures to your posts.  I am sure you have all heard that there is potential, and have probably done it with some of your sites.

I am learning more and more that adding pictures to your website posts is a fantastic way to boost your rankings.  It is working for me.  Every site that I have updated to include pictures in the post has gained in the search rankings.

Take a look at the screenshot below:

When adding a picture to your post, make sure that your keyword is not only in the Title Field, but in the Alternate Text field as well.  Test it out on one of your sites.  Ad an image to all of your posts, use the post title for the Title and Alt Tag of your image, and see if your rankings improve.

By the way, that image of a wedding cake was just an example.  I do not have a website in the wedding cake niche.  Way too broad for my liking!

I’d love to hear feedback on this.

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October 2011 Niche Site Earnings and Flippa Report

What on earth did I do to deserve a Panda attack?  I was hit by Google’s Panda update, and it affected quite a few of my sites.  On exactly September 29, 2011, I noticed that many of my sites had tanked!  At first I panicked, and then realized that if it weren’t for challenges, it wouldn’t be internet marketing.  It is just another obstacle we have to deal with when trying to earn a living online.  11 of my sites dropped more than 3 places in Google, and I cannot figure out why those sites were affected, but no others.  There is really no rhyme or reason, at least not that I can tell as of now.

The good news for October is that I finally listed some of my sites on Flippa to see what would happen.  I listed them with no reserve, which scared me a little. I would have hated to see a bid for $50 win the auction, but it was a chance I had to take.

I listed 6 of my sites together as one auction. The total Adsense revenue for all sites was $200.00 per month. I set the auction to last 5 days, and there were bids almost immediately, although they were low bids, it was a good thing because the more bids you have, the higher your listing goes when people are searching Flippa.

At any rate, my sites sold for $2,000 to a very honest buyer.  It was a scary process for me, but I am so glad I jumped out of my comfort zone and finally went for it.  Now I know what my sites are worth, and that is exactly what I wanted to find out.

October 2011 Earnings

Adsense: $1,230.05

Amazon: $45.96

CPA Network: $266.64

CJ: $39.73

Linkshare: $22.41 (new addition to my affiliate programs – I am currently promoting one website with this network, and the results have been looking pretty good)

Flippa Sale: $2,000

Total October 2011 Earnings = $3,604.78

My original plan for October was to build a site a day, but I failed miserably.  I have been focusing on getting my sites back up in the rankings, and hopefully when I report for November, I will be able to give you more details.

I only launched 5 sites in October, and I swear I will do better next month.

Keep on building your sites, and don’t let things like Panda discourage you.  If you are seeing results, then you are doing something right!  Now just keep doing it.

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September 2011 Niche Site Earnings

Holy moly!  It’s been way too long since I posted my earnings.  I am really sorry about that!  September was a fantastic month for Adsense earnings, in fact, it was my highest month ever.  Although I realize that anything can happen, it is encouraging to know that my hard work is continuing to pay off.

I only launched 9 new sites in September, but it’s better than what I have been doing :)

I don’t really have anything new to report from September, as I am using the same process as before when building my sites, so I’ll get right in to my earnings.

September 2011 Earnings

Adsense: $1,737.12

Amazon: $50.37

CPA Network: $347.62 (more than double from what I earned last month)

CJ: $13.50

Total September Earnings = $2,148.61 (increase of $303.22 from August 2011)
I have been continuing to outsource my article writing using iwriter.com, and have had a great success with that.  I am also using Unique Article Wizard for backlinking, and it is paying of as well.  I will do a more detailed report on that at a later date.

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