It Makes Sense to Add AdSense to Your BlogWritten by Sanjay Johari
Google AdSense is easy to install on a web page or blog and constitutes additional source of income without spending anything. You have to apply on-line for Google AdSense Program and generally approval comes from Google within two days. Those having AdWord account can use AdWord e-mail address and password for AdSense account also. After acceptance of application, Google confirms creation of your Adsense account thru e-mail. You get a code for AdSense text ads and another code for AdSense search. These codes are to be installed on web page or blog and within minutes page will start displaying ads from Google, and a Google search bar. AdSense is available in dozen languages worldwide. The code for AdSense can be placed on any of your web pages. I think placing it on your blog will give you distinct advantage because blogs have several points in their favor. They are easily indexed by search engines. Recently two of my simple blogs were indexed by Google within 2-3 days of submission of URL's which I think is quite fast. With Yahoo! it is even easier - just add URL of your blog to your My Yahoo page and Yahoo! will start accessing it immediately. GoogleAlert is a free tool that can be used to know when your blog is indexed by Google. You can have your blog up and running in minutes free of cost from several sites that provide this service. I personally use blogger.com. With blogs you do not need to worry about designing websites, registering domain name or hiring web site hosting service. You simply write your content on blog and it is ready for publication. An excellent article by John Taylor on creating blog is re-published here: http://sanjay-j.com/art1ab33.html With AdSense wide range of options is available - number of ads for display, shape and size of display, color schemes. More than 200 colors are available from which you can choose color for border, background and text. 24 pre-set color palettes are readily available; in addition you can have your own custom-palette to match with appearance of your web page. Similarly, color schemes are available for Google search bar.
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Be Careful That You Don't Become A Slave To Your Home Business
Written by
Kirk Bannerman
Although expressed reasons for wanting to work from home are many and varied, most home based business owners cite ability to set their own hours as a major factor in their decision to work at home. However, many people that have work at home businesses often fall into a trap that flies directly in face of their stated desire for time flexibility.The strong growth in home based business activity continues and, according to Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, fifty-two percent of ALL small businesses are home-based. Some home based business owners have been known to become "workaholics" because their office is so accessible. Don't become a slave to your business...get out of your home office regularly to renew and revitalize yourself. Close door to your office or otherwise remove yourself from your designated "work area" and go into your "home" area to live your personal life. If your business involves use of telephone and you find it difficult to ignore a ringing phone in office, simply turn ringer off and turn volume on answering machine way down. If your business is internet based, just turn off your computer (or at least get away from monitor and keyboard). As a work at home business entrepreneur, you certainly aren't required to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week just because your business is located in your home. After all, your office or workspace is just an area in your home...its not your home itself!
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