Many who come to this site probably have their own website(s) and may do a lot of their own webmastering work. If you’re one of these, you’ll probably appreciate this quick introduction to Google’s Webmaster Tools. This powerful collection of Google tools analyzes your website and provides helpful feedback about it, from Google’s perspective. Learning what Google knows about your site and using it to improve your site will help you gain higher prominence in their search results. The video below provides a general introduction to these tools and highlights two of the five sections, Diagnostics and Links. Below the...

Here’s an item of interest for anyone who has a blog or website and wants to monetize their site. Yesterday I came across a link to a new widget—Niche Widget. It enables you to quickly and automatically monetize your website through various affiliate products related to a wide variety of interests and markets. It’s a mind-blower in its ease of use and extensiveness. And it’s FREE to use or you can upgrade to a more powerful version. The free version pays 50% on the software sold and the upgrade pays 100%. The software, accessed through a membership site, allows you...

I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog. It covers: • The best blogging techniques. • How to get traffic to your blog. • How to turn your blog into money. I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free. UPDATE: I’ve just been looking at this free course, and it’s terrific. It gives very specific, easy-to-follow instructions that walk you through the steps to building...

Sponsored article HavAds are a new way of keeping targeted traffic at your site, even when people click on a search engine ad for a different product. The HavAds software helps you generate your own targeted niche ads, so when potential customers click away from your landing page or any page of your site, you still have control over what they are seeing and where they are going, Unlike traditional ads you have no control over, you can manage what customers are seeing and you can even write the text to the ads yourself, with ease. You can place HavAds...

FavAds is a webmaster’s tool to give Adsense the boot. Create your own ads and keep all the commissions on any product you sell. FavAds is like owning your own Adsense and Adwords, your own Ad Farm from which you build 100% matching Adblocks for your website and blogs - generating 100% of the commission for you to keep. You can create ads for ANY affiliate program - and for your own product! Check it out - less than a pizza right now, and the commission is a great added bonus. Eat the Steak - Not the Scraps If you’re...