How to increase Adsense CPC

Everybody wants to increase their AdSense earnings and the good news is that there is a way to start gaining more money from Adsense almost instantly without breaking any rules or guidelines.

In regards to Adsense,  it is possible to make money with Adsense but you have to ensure that you do everything in right way and without doing a wrong steps that may put your Adsense account in danger.

When we talk about Adsense optimization, there are many things but the main target is to get high eCPM and get more Cost per click. Else, despite of good Adsense CTR, you might not be making good money.

CPC stands for Cost per click, in short money which you make/click is what CPC. Now, you might have noticed Adsense publisher talking more about CTR and less about CPC. Getting thousands impression on your ad won’t be of much help but a blog with good CPC with decent CTR can create a huge difference. CPC has nothing to do directly with your traffic, if you would realize and noticed micro-niche blogs, you might have realized despite of less traffic such sites make more money from Adsense. The eCPM for such blogs are very high that will get paid really well for CPC and then there are other factors like Ad competition, Keywords and many more.

Let's find out some important points that Affect Adsense CPC:

1.  Niches

Yes! Choosing a right niche for your blog or website is of utmost important. CPC of an ad directly depends upon the topic on which you’re writing your blog. There are niches that can pay you high CPC. Below is the list of niches that can give you high return.

Note: List arranged in decreasing order of CPC

• Domains – Blogs on Internet Domains Like Yahoo, Go Daddy etc. ( highest CPC )
• Gadgets – Tech Gadgets like Apple products
• Google – Google Products
• Microsoft – MS office
• Banking
• Automobile
• Health
• Real Estate
• Home Loans
• Jobs
• Dating & Romance ( lowest CPC )

2. Content

Some people do not pay much attention to site content. You must write content that should answer readers query. So before writing blogs try to find what your readers are searching on the Internet and then try to present them with solutions.

Your content must be tailored according to your niche so that more and more readers can read your blogs. Hence good content will certainly ensure higher Adsense CPC rates. More over, good content is what search engine loves, hence more click and more revenue if your ad is highly targeted and your traffic is from the countries like U.S.A, U.K. When you do a Keyword research, make sure to use Approximate CPC column.

3. Using Ad Review Center

Google Adsense provided users a very useful tool - Ad Review Center. You can use it to check how much each ad category is paying. This will show you different ads category that are showing on your website. If you find some ad category is not paying much, then you can block the category.
Try to block those category which are completely irrelevant to the content or niche of your blog. If the blog is about Technology, then block the ad categories for Dating, Politics, Religion etc. This will definitely increase your Adsense CPC and revenue.

4. Page Rank

Google Page Rank is not a new phenomena. Your entire website or a particular page in a website are ranked from 1 to 10. Therefore try to rank above 4, if your PR is 5 or 6 then Google will show ads on your site which will pay you higher if someone clicks on them. Simply it means that ads of higher quality will be more shown on your website. For example your CPC will automatically increase from 10 cents to 40+ cents. So always try to improve the quality of your blogs as CPC directly depends on higher Page Rank.

5. Platform

Your blogs are browse read from different platforms like Desktop, Laptop, Mobile etc. Although CPC is generally not much affected by the platforms on which ads are shown but you should try your best to target as many as readers. You will get most of the readers from desktop and laptop devices.

If you are able to reach to hand-held or mobile readers than CPC may increase as ads shown on cellphones are of higher quality. If you are blogging on WordPress platform, you can use plugins like WP touch which will make your blog mobile friendly and your Adsense ads will optimized for mobile screen size.

6. Country Targeting

One of the most important factor that can increase CPC is the country you are targeting. For example a click on an ad from USA can pay you up to $2 to $3 and click on same ad from India can end up paying only 20 to 30 cents.

Hence always tailor your blog and its content to audiences in English-speaking countries. It will also increase Page Rank of your website. So always pay more attention for the country you are targeting.

7. Text & Image Format

Always remember that choosing the right ads format will effected you Adsense earning. If you can place three ads on a single page, then choose two 336 x 280 ads and one 468 x 60 ad.

Then ad format must be text because text ads have higher CTR (click through rate). You can even try ad format for both text & image simultaneously as it gives you more CPC. Image ads are usually less preferred for both reasons less CTR and lower CPC. Though at times, depending upon the niche and blog type, image ads perform better in terms of higher CTR but CPC won’t be as good as text ads.

8. Competitive Ad Filter

Just like Ad Review Center, there is Competitive Ad Filter in Google Adsense. You can block some specific or general ads from appearing on your web pages. You can block the ads for entire domain or just a particular website in that domain name. Block the ads that may belongs to your competitors. Therefore you can increase your CPC by not showing those particular ads.

9. Ads Placement

Never neglect the placement of your ads on the web page as it is directly proportional to your Adsense revenue. So where to place ads for maximum CPC? You can place 2 ads inside your blog post and 1 outside the post. Place a 336 x 280 rectangle ad on the top of the blog just below the title and place second 468 x 60 ad in between the blog post. Another ad you can place on your right side (left or right sidebar) that is outside your post.

10. Keep Experimenting

Always keep trying something new. Experimenting can really pay you high dividends. You can try out for different niches, choose different ad placements. Take some times to research and get a help from Google Adsense center.

Can you really earn money with online surveys?

Many people very likely seen pitches like this via mail spam:

"Earn $120 per day! Earn $840 a week! Earn $10,080 a year! All by just sitting home, sipping coffee, and filling out surveys."

Is this too good to be true?

Yes. Although it does make sense that a few companies are willing to pay for market research by using online surveys, we believe this is not a good way to spend your time.

Why?

Here's how the scam works:

Scammers use spam and promise you quick money for little effort. They claim that you only need to spend a few minutes and you'll earn excellent money. Of course, you have to pay the "low" price of $35.95 to learn how to do this.

So their goal is to get thousands of people paying $35.95 (or whatever amount is charged) for the info.

This would be fine if they didn't spam and actually delivered what they promised. However, the vast majority of these online survey products are worthless.

Now, you may be thinking, "Well, I'll go online and find a site that screens out the scammers and ranks paid survey sites, and that way I'll find the legitimate online survey companies."

This makes sense on the surface, but unfortunately, many of these "ranking" sites may actually be middlemen who are paid commissions by the survey companies for referrals. Often, whoever pays the most to the ranking site gets the highest rating, and the online survey companies they rank well are not necessarily reliable.

Are there legitimate online survey companies? Yes, there must be, but unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find them. It's like picking a needle out of a 113,000,000 haystack (type "online surveys" into a Google search for similar results).

In fact, legitimate online surveys often are quite long, which means they take awhile to fill out. That's one of the reasons the hype isn't true.

Yes, you definitely can earn money on the Internet working at home. Many people do this very successfully. But not by doing online surveys, stuffing envelopes, or medical transcription!

Now, we'll probably get a lot of email telling us that we're wrong. We've followed this area for quite awhile, and we believe that our advice about online surveys is correct for the vast majority of our subscribers.

Before you become a survey stasher, there are a few things worth knowing.

Note: Patience and Consistency are key virtues.

DO...

Keep a log:
Some sites are better than others at tracking which surveys you've completed. To avoid wasting 20 minutes, keep a record of all surveys filled out, jotting down the title and the promised payment. Take a screenshot and make a note of any reference numbers.
Missing some cash? Chase the sites up, asking them to give you the correct points. Survey sites are often happy to add them to your account.

Set up a dedicated email address:
Don't use your normal email address - it'll be immediately flooded. Instead, set up a dedicated email account. As a powerful free option, Gmail is among the best.

Spend gift vouchers ASAP:
If you have a choice, opt to get paid in cash. If you do get paid in gift vouchers, spend them ASAP. That way the retailer can't go bust on you, invalidating them. Plus you can't lose them or forget them until they go out of date.

DON"T...

Tell porkies:

When a survey pops up that's clearly aimed at a certain group, it's temping to say, "Yes, I am a 41-year-old, tobacco-chewing dentist from north Manchester who was a middle child." Yet, in the long run, you'll lose out. Companies often corroborate previous answers, and will uncover any fibs.

Forget to check your emails:

The key is logging in often, because surveys close once enough people have responded. If your boss doesn't mind, check surveys in your lunch hour with a cuppa.

Forget tax:

Before you start counting the dosh, don't forget some of it belongs to the taxman. For most people it'll be around a third. Survey earnings are unlikely to push non-taxpayers over the threshold, however.

Store cash in survey accounts:
Survey companies aren't banks. There's no protection if one closes, taking your cash with it. So withdraw your cash as soon as you reach the payment threshold. When a previous survey firm closed down, many lost money. 

Expect to be instantly rolling in it:
One downer is you've no control over how many surveys you're picked for. So it can take a while to earn enough to hit survey sites' payout thresholds. If you give up, it means the surveys were done for nothing.

Twelve guidelines you should follow to stay safe online shopping

There are many advantages to shopping online, you can shop at any time, you don't need to worry about parking and your purchases are delivered to your door. Online shopping can be a lot of fun, rewarding experience and can also help you find good deals.

But there are some security traps to watch out for. Follow these basic guidelines and you can shop online with confidence and safe.

1. When you visit a bank or retailer's website enter the address manually, remember never follow an email link. 
2. Keep account details and passwords secret, if you surrender them yourself you may not be covered in the event of fraud. 
3. Stick to trusted companies, don't judge a company or person on their website alone – look for a telephone number and address.
4. Be wary if the website looks suspicious or unprofessional or makes unrealistic promises, bargains which look too good to be true often are.
5. Know what you are buying and read the description of the product carefully, check the size, colour, value and safety of the product.
6. Check the currency, postage and handling and other charges, there may be extra charges you aren't aware of. Only pay via a secure web page-one that has a valid digital certificate.
7. Read all the fine print. This includes refund and complaints handling policies.
8. Use a secure and trusted payment method such as PayPal, BPay, or your credit card. Avoid money transfers and direct debit, as these can be open to abuse.
9. Never send your bank or credit card details via email.
10. Always print and keep a copy of the transaction, also includes refund and complaints handling policies. Keep all the records of any emails to and from the seller. 
11. Never do a private contact or payment directly with buyers or scammers will often use this ploy to offer a better deal.
12. Always conduct transactions within the auction website

Work From Home Scams

Most commonly used by internet scams

There are several work at home scams, here is a list of the work at home scams that are in operation:

• Envelope stuffing
• Pyramid scheme
• Advanced fee payment
• Paid for survey
• Typing
• Data Entry
• Medical claim
• Assembly
• Online businesses
• Posting ads
• Multi Level Marketing

Tips to help you to avoid it:

1. Check the job listing. Ask several questions to clarify certain things about the work at home job such as how you will be paid, what are the hours you will work, how do they evaluate your work and will you need to be contactable online.
2. There is no such job that you can earn money quickly and also earn a high income. If there is a job site that is offering twice the money you are getting now working form home its likely that this site is a scam.
3. Sites that ask you to pay money upfront to work at home are scams.
4. Check the authenticity of the work at home opportunity. Ask for references and contact that you get in touch.
5. Be vigilant when you get email offering work at home opportunities.
6. Check if the company is registered and have fulfilled all legal obligations.
7. Check if these types of businesses are scheme that are offered by sites as work at home opportunities are legitimate.
8. Be ware of envelope stuffing and other work at home scams that are using other excuses and plots to lure you into their schem.
9. Carry out an investigation about the company you will be work for or the work at home job opportunity that you have been just offered.
10. Ask family and friends to recommend some reliable work at home sites. Chances are that you will not get caught to a scam this way.
11. Check the disclaimer and the company details out. If you are not successful in finding any details, chances are that the site you are looking for is a scam.
12. Join a scam forum so that you get to share your knowledge about scams as well as see what others have to say about scams.

Beware of Internet Scams

A genuine or real online job websites never request a upfront fee or joining fees. You don't have to pay and work online. If there is a fees for joining, subscription or membership, step away from this site, that's may be a scam.

The contact details and address is not very clear. Check the address out its one way of spotting an internet scam. You may never be able to find the street address or a genuine telephone number. If it's a mobile number then is a sure sign that it's a scam.

Does it feature testimonials that are too good to be true. Testimonials on scam sites are always positive and very appealing.

Are you asked to send money to several people like the pyramid scam. Never even think about offering money to one person let alone 5 or 7.

Some scammers request for an insurance payment or your credit card details. If you won a prize, you don't need to spend money to insure it.

If the word scam is mentioned somewhere in the email or letter then you can be sure it's a scam. The genuine offer never refers to a scam in their introduction letter or email.

If you received an email that showing you about "Get rich quick and easy" program or system, that's a scam. There is no such thing as getting rich fast. So never believe for this trap.

Asking for your account password or personal secret information. Never give your password out to anyone.

100% Risk Free In 30 Days Money Back Guarantee - Don't believe that you will get your money back.

Advertising a high return for your small investments. No one pays you a high return or interest rates on your investments, that totally bogus.

There are a lot of attractive messages such as "you can be a winner" or "you have just won" or "your bank had just credit $$$ to your account" are featured as subject lines for internet scams.

Never respond or reply any suspicious email like - "We are customer service department of XXX Bank, please send us you bank account information for updating our database for security reason,...!". Please note that the bank will never ask for your personal password and information via email or telephone.

Money transfer scam alert

Money transfer scams are the most common scams that consumers fall for, according to research from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Fraudsters dupe victims into handing over their bank details or cash either by email, phone or text. This type of scam accounted for nearly two in five (39%) scam victims in the past year, according to OFT figures.

Victims typically respond to appeals from supposed charities, to help release funds from a corrupt country or because they believe they are entitled to an inheritance.

The money transfer scams are sent out on a mass scale and advice service, Consumer Direct has also received more complaints about money transfer scams than any other type of scam, highlighting how prevalent they now are.

Scammers are using ever more sophisticated and cunning tactics to dupe people out of their cash. People need to recognise the warning signs, and feel confident enough to seek advice from friends and family or from Consumer Direct.

Before responding to a money transfer request, consider the following things.

1. Are you the chosen one?

Is it really likely that you have been specifically chosen for this offer? It's far more likely that thousands of others will have received exactly the same information.

2. What could you lose?

How much money could you lose by replying to this type of scam?

If you only have to send off a small amount of money you could decide the gamble is worth taking for the chance of a much greater sum but your willingness to reply will make you more susceptible to receive further scam emails, calls or letters and you could be put on suckers' lists – scammers put together lists of people who have responded to scams in the past.

3. Giving to charity isn't always good

Giving to a good cause or charity can be done direct rather than through an email. While charities do send out emails, if one you haven't heard of appeals to you for bank details stop and ask yourself why you are being contacted by an organization you've had no involvement with. Go to the organisation's website directly rather than click through to links.

4. Has someone you know been targeted?

Would your family or friends be suspicious? Given the number of bogus money transfer scams, it's likely that someone you know has either received a similar request or knows someone else who has. Ask people you know for their opinion and if they have any background knowledge.

If still unsure, contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06. However, the very act of consulting others suggests you already suspect it's a scam.