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Why should you comment on anyone else’s blog? Does it serve any purpose? Can you get away without doing it?

Well this is kind of a complex subject. Because done right it can give your site such a wonderful lift. A nice backlink which makes you stand out better for Google, and it builds a community rapport.

But done wrong it is really a detriment, and it can cause pain to yourself and to others. And you can look like a real jerk. A friend of mine on Factoidz where I also write,  has written a very informative article about blog commenting and what the four types indicate. I think you’ll find it interesting and helpful.

After commenting on so many blogs and reading and replying to comments on my own blogs and articles, it is safe to say that all blog commenters can be categorized into four groups.

*The other bloggers
There are more blogs than you can count out there and new ones are launched pretty much every minute. Even I started 3 new blogs recently. With so many blogs, come many bloggers. Commenting on other blogs might be a part of a strategy to get a link back to your blog, engage with similar-minded people, help build your own community, just say what you think or a combination of these.

But if … From: Blogging: The 4 Main Types of Blog Commenters This is a blogging article that categorizes blog commenters (people who comment on blogs) into 4 main categories and how each of these should be approached.

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I have been working very hard on Google adsense. It seemed dumb to ignore such an obvious source of income. Is it an easy source of income? NO it is not. Should you give it a try anyway? Absolutely!!!

What I have learned over the last few months is that you must test, test, test, Get yourself set up with Google Analytics, Be sure to do the url analytics, And see what works and what doesn’t work. And then make the necessary changes to try something new and then test and test and test some more.

And remember while you are testing, you are going to earn, maybe not as much as you would like, But definitely you will make some money.

But here is the thing, You can not create one blog, fill it with adsense and sit back and watch your bank account fill. It ain’t gonna happin!

So what I have been doing is building several blogs that I actually have a love for the subject of the blogs. This is important because you are not going to stick with something if you are not interested in it, at least a little. And blogging does require that you give it some attention occasionally. But another thing I have discovered is that you do not have to post every few seconds to your blog to keep it ranking well in Google.

The Big Guru’s told me that I had to post on the blog at least 2-3 times a week. At the very least, weekly. Well you remember from reading this blog, I am still working at the J.O.B. although I am happy to announce I have been able to cut back on a few hours. Which gives me a little more time to work online, but life still happens, and I am a woman. So my home, my family, my husband takes up enough of my 24 hours each day that I could not blog one, let alone all of my blogs 2-3 times a week.

I worried myself sick over my impending failure, due to my inability to be a “real” blogger. I was posting every few weeks on one at a time. That is what I could do. So that is what I did.

If you find a good keyword and make really good content, your blog will get some traffic. Good content is key. Good content will get you excellent adsense ads and that will get you more clicks.

Let me take you through getting your url channels set up so you can watch your adsense and begin your test, test, testing.

FIRST: Go to your Google Adsense account and click the Adsense Set Up tab.

SECOND: click the “Channels” under the Set Up tab. 

NEXT: click the “URL channels”, about 1/2 way down the page.

THEN: click “add new url channels”

Here, put the url of the page you want to monitor your ads. It will show up on your channel reports and you can see how active a page is for adsense and if the ads you placed there are working for you.

Don’t be afraid to switch out your ads. Try different configurations, color schemes, corner shapes or whatever. Just keep testing. You’ll be surprised what you learn, not to mention it’s just fun to see where the clicks are coming from.

Google Analytics allows you 200 total Channels  to track, so every page that you want to track how well your adsense is doing on, just add the url and analytics will do the rest.

So get on it, make some blogs, put some adsense on them, track how well they do in your analytics account and start making some money!

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