Google AdSense has been around for some time now but do people really make money with it?  The answer is yes. Kind-of. You can verify this question on the forums. Some sites do real well but for most of us we’re lucky to make a buck or two a month.

Not a big profit but that’s OK with me for two reasons.

1. Google is used as a tool to draw traffic to my site. I do this by adding AdSense to my site and Google does the rest. Pretty simple. Call it light weight SEO.
2. My readers deserve options and Google does a pretty good job now of staying on niche to better serve them. In the long run it should be about your visitors needs and not yours.

I personally feel that Google has been a big asset to my Internet Business over the years and has been good for the Web Industry in general.  By handing out low ranking scores to millions of worthless websites, blogs and articles and by tirelessly filtering out the garbage, the world wide web is now a much better forum than it was 10 years ago.

It may seem cruel on Google’s part to have to take such a hard line in order to combat all the trash but believe me they are doing us all a great big favor.  Do you like searching for something and having 50 crap affiliate articles come up. Point made.

Reputation and relevant content is what will win the race these days on the search engines and especially on Google.

So how is Google helping me now?

I couldn’t get any traffic to my Software Center website and the search engines ignored me at my every turn.

When I attached the Software Center website to the Webit Geek blog as an extension website we saw hardly any visitors at first but as of the last few days a once worthless website has just received over a hundred visitors.

Happy Web-IT

Tom Jones

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For those of you who suffer from less than perfect pc connections and are finding that your browser runs slower and slower these days, you just might find this piece of information of value.

I found this post by Pratap Vardhan at techQE offering some really good ways to speed up your connection while browsing. You can use the following tips to browse faster even if you only have limited bandwidth.

See the original here - Browse faster – simple tips

Happy Web-It

Tom Jones

Whew, Webit Geek starting hitting top Google Ranking in less than 60 days on several of its niche topics. Thanks to everyone for reading, tweeting and joining my community. We can all do this together!

So what is Webit Geek anyway?

Basically Webit Geek is a model blog that you can follow and I’m showing you how I built it right in front of your own eyes on video. From the beginning Webit Geek walks you through exactly how I set everything up and exactly what tools I used to get the job done.

You of course will pick your own unique theme, content and style as you follow the video lessons.

I created Webit Geek for two reasons.

1. To help share with people how to set up the tech side of things, which many folks find kind of frustrating. learn more
2. To prove that a simple blog set up correctly and with good content is the best SEO you will ever need.

I show you how to click on my banner ads to get the tool you need, and yes,  if you do click and buy then I get paid, but the truth is, these are the merchants I use and…

The banner ads on my site are all hand picked and not just any merchant but rather the one’s I have done business with or have thoroughly checked out. I’ve spent many years collecting this knowledge for you. Google AdSense is the only exception to that.

I’m aware that a Google ad may drag a visitor or two away from your site but you will get way more visitors in the long run than you lose and you will receive a higher ranking score from Google when you let them advertise on your site.

Webit Stats

Here is what’s happened so far at Webit Geek:

• Site Launched March 30-31, 2009
• April 2009 – 245 unique visitors.
• May 2009 – 657 unique visitors.
• As of Today – June 10, 2009 – 533 unique visitors.
• That equals a 70 day grand total of 1440 total unique visitors and nearly 50,000 pages viewed.
• It’s likely we will see 2500 or more total unique visitors by the end of our first 90 days.
• Webit Geek hit page one and several page two Google rankings on a few tough to rank niche topics.

Here Are Two Examples

Ranked Page One Google for "Web it Geek" Out Of 176 Million Search Results

Ranked Page One Google for "How To Add A Favicon Video" Out Of 3 Million Search Results

It’s a good start and as I’ve said before, these are not rock star results, just a good solid foundation from which to build on from here.  You can follow the Webit Geek Lessons and achieve similar results too. Be sure to stay tuned because now that our foundation is built we will continue to learn and improve in order to web-it better, faster and smarter.

Remember, most rock star results usually come from those clever marketers who pay, lie or steal to build false fast start results and then sell a get rich quick course leaving you wondering why it never works.

I recently received a refund on a $77 dollar course just like it that spent most of the ad talking about how it wasn’t just another PPC course (lie) then basically all the course taught was that once you find the PPC keywords that are winners you simply RAMP IT UP at Google AdSense to increase your profits. NO DUH. LOL.

If you could use a little help on your next Web-IT adventure then I welcome you to join our Live RSS Feed so you’ll never miss a thing. Be sure to leave a comment to let me know what you think or if you have success to share. All the best!

Happy Web-it

Tom Jones

Choosing a good web host is one of the most important decisions you will ever have to make when starting your next Internet adventure. 

Your web host can either make or break you, so you need to hook up with a host you can depend on, one that works every single day with out fail and provides daily backups just in case something does happen.

Warning:  Check out the help forums if you don’t already know what I’m talking about and see all the problems people are having with stuff not working correctly. Many times it’s their faulty hosting system. 

It is important to always remember that by selecting the right web host in the first place you can effectively avoid many of the common pitfalls associated with low end web hosting. 

But don’t let price fool you!

You don’t have to pay a lot of money for a quality web host.

Hostgator offers several robust plans for under ten dollars a month. I have had Hostgator as my web host for 7 years now and they have provided nearly flawless service and almost instant support.  I can have an answer to a question within twenty minutes but usually not more than an hour or two 24 hours a day.

With over 40 full time support techs on hand to help you with any question you might have, you’ll find that you will never need to endlessly wait for useless support again.

Here’s Just A Small Sample Of  What You Get From A Quality Web Host Like Hostgator

• 99.9% Up-time
• High Speed Servers – Backed Up Daily
• cPanel – Runs every thing from one master control panel
• Create Unlimited Websites and Blogs
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Mailing List
• Unlimited E-Commerce Shopping Carts
• Audio/Video Streaming
• Hundreds Of Free Professional Custom Templates
• Tons Of Extras – Auto-Install – Guestbook – Forum – FAQ – etc.
• Generous disk storage space and bandwidth allowance – even on starter plans.
• Visit Hostgator To Learn More

Happy Web-It

Tom Jones

Webit Software Review – Total Screen Recorder Gold

Total Screen Recorder (TSR for short). I found the TSR simple enough to use and it worked perfectly, clip after clip, producing very sharp clear videos of absolutely everything you see on your computer screen.

You can use this screen capture software to record full screen or any area of the desktop screen and you can record audio and mouse cursor’s movement. It can be used to record web cams from AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, record movies from TV card or live streaming video, record DVD, RM, VCD, MPEG, or other video medias, make slide-show training documents.

I was successfully recording my screen in seconds and it’s priced to satisfy the beer budget at just thirty dollars. The TSR will output nice clips to 4 output formats AVI / WMV / SWF / FLV.

Visit the Webit Geek Software Center to download your free trial and for more information about the Total Screen Recorder Gold.

Happy Web-IT

Tom Jones