Morning,
You all love blogging, love to write something about your life, your interests, your professions.. etc and it’s always nice to earn some money at the same time, right? :)
However you all know that some bloggers get paid more, the main reason is they optimize their blog very well.
In other words, they write unique, high quality content which is relevant throughout the blog. Then create an exposure on the net that is once again relevant and popular. As I have previously mentioned, publishing a post is not enough. You need to work carefully and passionately on your blog. I know there is heaps of information about blog optimization on the Internet. But here are the basic tool you need to set up the best structure for search engines: http://www.smorty.com/g/9358/blog-optimization.html
There are different tools to check your blogs including keyword search tool, adding url tool, indexed pages tool etc. Simply use those tools to learn more about your blog and find the best way to improve your rankings and traffic.
Start to work with adding your blog URL to Google, just visit :http://www.google.com/addurl/ and sign up to Google Webmaster tool. You don’t need to be expert on SEO, just follow the instructions.
By the way, there are some bloggers almost at the level of being an SEO expert in the Smorty Forum :), check the posts and ask your questions to them if you need.
Bye for now.
Jen.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Removed or changed address of posts
Good Morning Everybody,
Each month, Smorty do a check of all blogs to see all previous posts can be found. If the posts have been removed, the link broken, or the address changed, it will be tagged for fixing in your admin panels. The total money for these missing posts will be held from future payments until they have been fixed. Once they have been fixed, any balance to be paid will be released on your next payment if you have made a post.
We must stress that this is money on hold, if you fix the posts before your next payment then you will be paid the amount pending, not the amount pending plus the on hold amount. We know that some bloggers are against this rule, but we feel the simple logic of advertisers paying for a permanent link means that they should get it. It's also in your best interest to keep pages in your blog as they eventually get a page rank and a good ranking in search engines. Hope this clears things up a little.
See you soon. Jen..
Each month, Smorty do a check of all blogs to see all previous posts can be found. If the posts have been removed, the link broken, or the address changed, it will be tagged for fixing in your admin panels. The total money for these missing posts will be held from future payments until they have been fixed. Once they have been fixed, any balance to be paid will be released on your next payment if you have made a post.
We must stress that this is money on hold, if you fix the posts before your next payment then you will be paid the amount pending, not the amount pending plus the on hold amount. We know that some bloggers are against this rule, but we feel the simple logic of advertisers paying for a permanent link means that they should get it. It's also in your best interest to keep pages in your blog as they eventually get a page rank and a good ranking in search engines. Hope this clears things up a little.
See you soon. Jen..
Monday, March 17, 2008
Can I change the domain name of my blog?
Hi All..
Basically No. Here is the reason why :
You have a domain name, say it is one year old. Search engines index your blog and the pages, all the posts on your domain are indexed on search engines and a value given according to the age, inbound links and content of your domain. Please remember when you change the domain of your blog then all those criteria will disappear. The new domain will start from scratch once again in the search engines. It needs to have it's own value and structure.
So we cannot change your domain, you will need to submit it as a new blog from your account.
The problem is, when you transfer your old blog to the new address all post URLs which have been made for Smorty will disappear and with our periodic checking, the system won’t find the post URL on your blog so your payment will be held until you enter the correct URL. There is no way around this.
So think twice before you change your domain :)
See you soon..
Jen.
Basically No. Here is the reason why :
You have a domain name, say it is one year old. Search engines index your blog and the pages, all the posts on your domain are indexed on search engines and a value given according to the age, inbound links and content of your domain. Please remember when you change the domain of your blog then all those criteria will disappear. The new domain will start from scratch once again in the search engines. It needs to have it's own value and structure.
So we cannot change your domain, you will need to submit it as a new blog from your account.
The problem is, when you transfer your old blog to the new address all post URLs which have been made for Smorty will disappear and with our periodic checking, the system won’t find the post URL on your blog so your payment will be held until you enter the correct URL. There is no way around this.
So think twice before you change your domain :)
See you soon..
Jen.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
What are your Suggestions?
Good Morning Everybody!
I have just realized that I always talk, talk talk... Now I want to listen to what you say!
Tell me your ideas, new ideas are always welcome and helps the improvement of our system.
Now... I’m listening...
What sort of company do you want to work with? Are you happy with your dashboard? Is it easy enough to accept a task, submit a task? What about our Blogger Support Team?
etc...
Yes I am listening..
Jen.
I have just realized that I always talk, talk talk... Now I want to listen to what you say!
Tell me your ideas, new ideas are always welcome and helps the improvement of our system.
Now... I’m listening...
What sort of company do you want to work with? Are you happy with your dashboard? Is it easy enough to accept a task, submit a task? What about our Blogger Support Team?
etc...
Yes I am listening..
Jen.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Some Suggestions
Well well well .. Happy week for all .. I know you all love Mondays :)
Now I want to say something about your blog and the posts you'll write for Smorty.
It’s important not to miss the purpose of owning a blog. You should write not only for commercial purposes, but for your readers as well. Quality content will bring traffic and in time that will bring you money. So don’t start off being greedy.
Believe me guys, sometimes it's hard to read your posts because of the number of ads in it. Lots of ads, very complicated design, very large image sizes also (impossible to download) background music is not a good idea for your readers. Simply look at your blog from the outside, check the design and the pictures on it. The reader should not have to search for your posts, they should be obvious. I also recommend you to remove advertisements at the top of posts.
You can easily find a lot of useful information about this on the internet, I just wanted to remind you. ...and please don’t forget to use webtools for your blog. Some of you have already spoken on this subject in the Smorty Forum. Please visit the forum and discuss with the other bloggers further. After all, that’s what it’s for!
About your Posts;
What makes a post perfect in Smorty’s eyes?
a) Please think twice before using duplicate content, even to get more posts at once. You all know your blog will be banned with no way to un-ban .
b) Your post must contain min 150 words. While submitting a post please find the box on your admin panel. Simply paste your content in it. You will see an error message if it does not contain 150 words. Do not forget if your post is declined or sent back for fixing, it will affect your rating .
c) Only enter the sponsors link. It will also be declined if the advertiser find any other link on the post they have paid for.
d) You also need to submit your Post URL . Please click here for more information. Submitting your homepage is not a good idea because the advertisers have 5 days to read the posts. Say, they read it at the 4th day after the submisson .. tada! they won't find it on your home page because you already published new posts above theirs!
My last words are; you need to work for your blog, publishing a post is not enough ... Visit other blogs, leave comments (do not leave something like “link exchange?” or "visit my blog". Remember, the blog you visit is not your advertising area.)
Enough chit chat, today is Monday and I have a lot of work! I have a meeting with our engineers about a surprise project for you ;)
See you soon ...
Jen .
Now I want to say something about your blog and the posts you'll write for Smorty.
It’s important not to miss the purpose of owning a blog. You should write not only for commercial purposes, but for your readers as well. Quality content will bring traffic and in time that will bring you money. So don’t start off being greedy.
Believe me guys, sometimes it's hard to read your posts because of the number of ads in it. Lots of ads, very complicated design, very large image sizes also (impossible to download) background music is not a good idea for your readers. Simply look at your blog from the outside, check the design and the pictures on it. The reader should not have to search for your posts, they should be obvious. I also recommend you to remove advertisements at the top of posts.
You can easily find a lot of useful information about this on the internet, I just wanted to remind you. ...and please don’t forget to use webtools for your blog. Some of you have already spoken on this subject in the Smorty Forum. Please visit the forum and discuss with the other bloggers further. After all, that’s what it’s for!
About your Posts;
What makes a post perfect in Smorty’s eyes?
a) Please think twice before using duplicate content, even to get more posts at once. You all know your blog will be banned with no way to un-ban .
b) Your post must contain min 150 words. While submitting a post please find the box on your admin panel. Simply paste your content in it. You will see an error message if it does not contain 150 words. Do not forget if your post is declined or sent back for fixing, it will affect your rating .
c) Only enter the sponsors link. It will also be declined if the advertiser find any other link on the post they have paid for.
d) You also need to submit your Post URL . Please click here for more information. Submitting your homepage is not a good idea because the advertisers have 5 days to read the posts. Say, they read it at the 4th day after the submisson .. tada! they won't find it on your home page because you already published new posts above theirs!
My last words are; you need to work for your blog, publishing a post is not enough ... Visit other blogs, leave comments (do not leave something like “link exchange?” or "visit my blog". Remember, the blog you visit is not your advertising area.)
Enough chit chat, today is Monday and I have a lot of work! I have a meeting with our engineers about a surprise project for you ;)
See you soon ...
Jen .
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Payments
Hi Everybody ..
Bloggers generally get paid on a weekly basis, however Smorty do not have a set payment day. The reason for this is because we pay via PayPal mass pay. The transfer of tens of thousands of dollars through PayPal can sometimes vary in time. As soon as your post has been approved, which takes 5 days, we try to pay for that blog article on the first payment day of that week.
I have pasted this information from our FAQ’s page, I strongly suggest you to check our rules and FAQ’s page before submitting a post.
Cheers
Jen ...
Bloggers generally get paid on a weekly basis, however Smorty do not have a set payment day. The reason for this is because we pay via PayPal mass pay. The transfer of tens of thousands of dollars through PayPal can sometimes vary in time. As soon as your post has been approved, which takes 5 days, we try to pay for that blog article on the first payment day of that week.
I have pasted this information from our FAQ’s page, I strongly suggest you to check our rules and FAQ’s page before submitting a post.
Cheers
Jen ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
New advertising methods are coming !
Good Morning All !
I want to thank all for input to Smorty forum . It is really great you guys are giving ideas and helping others.
On the forum lately we have had a few suggestions of offering new advertising methods to our blog advertisers. Thanks for the feedback, and yes, we are currently working on new methods to offer our advertisers to market their websites on your blogs. Currently the methods will remain a secret as they need refining, however, be assured you will have many more ways to make money blogging with Smorty.
As I told you on my very first post ,our purpose is to find different ways to allow bloggers to earn more money by using our system. All you need to do is write quality, original content and hard working :)
Not to worry, we're only growing from here
See you soon.
Jen .
I want to thank all for input to Smorty forum . It is really great you guys are giving ideas and helping others.
On the forum lately we have had a few suggestions of offering new advertising methods to our blog advertisers. Thanks for the feedback, and yes, we are currently working on new methods to offer our advertisers to market their websites on your blogs. Currently the methods will remain a secret as they need refining, however, be assured you will have many more ways to make money blogging with Smorty.
As I told you on my very first post ,our purpose is to find different ways to allow bloggers to earn more money by using our system. All you need to do is write quality, original content and hard working :)
Not to worry, we're only growing from here
See you soon.
Jen .
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Referall Commissions
Hi All ...
We often get emails from bloggers saying we haven't paid their referral commission. Let me explain why this might happen.
Smorty's referral system works automatically so their is no reason you won't get paid unless it's a user fault. I'll list the stages in which a commission is registered and paid.
1. Firstly a blogger must display the Smorty banner correctly with all it's coding on their website. It must also be on an approved, active account with Smorty.
2. Your referral must have their cookies enabled when they click on your Smorty banner.
3. The referral must register their blog with Smorty whilst the cookie is still active in their computer.
4. The referrals blog must be approved and then make a post.
5. The referrals post must be approved before your next payment is due. This way it can be added to your next payment.
6. The referrals commission is only paid if you have other pending earnings, it is not paid on it's own.
Hope this helps you find the reason if you didn't receive commissions.
Jen .
We often get emails from bloggers saying we haven't paid their referral commission. Let me explain why this might happen.
Smorty's referral system works automatically so their is no reason you won't get paid unless it's a user fault. I'll list the stages in which a commission is registered and paid.
1. Firstly a blogger must display the Smorty banner correctly with all it's coding on their website. It must also be on an approved, active account with Smorty.
2. Your referral must have their cookies enabled when they click on your Smorty banner.
3. The referral must register their blog with Smorty whilst the cookie is still active in their computer.
4. The referrals blog must be approved and then make a post.
5. The referrals post must be approved before your next payment is due. This way it can be added to your next payment.
6. The referrals commission is only paid if you have other pending earnings, it is not paid on it's own.
Hope this helps you find the reason if you didn't receive commissions.
Jen .
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