I recently published a Hub which detailed sites where you could earn revenue with Google Adsense. This hub is the first in a series that takes a deeper look at some of the sites I listed.

There are many opportunities to make money online ranging from selling personal items on ebay, writing content related hubs on Hubpages or earning Google Adsense clicks on your blog. There are literally hundreds of similar opportunities, but out of all of these Webanswers is perhaps the easiest.

What is Webanswers?

Webanswers is a simple site that allows you to ask or answer questions on literally hundreds of different subjects or categories. It has many competitors such as Yahoo Answers, Mahalo.com etc that provide a similar service, but the one thing that makes Webanwers stand out above all is the ability to link a Google Adsense account to your Webanswers account and make money while answering or asking questions.

The beauty of Webanswers is perhaps in its simplicity – there aren’t many bells and whistles, it simply is a site that allows you to quickly and easily ask or answer questions, and while doing so earn a few dollars.

How does Webanswers work?

There are two aspects of Webanswers – asking questions and answering questions.

Asking questions – quite simply you can ask any question you want. While asking a question, you can provide additional information about the question and then categorize it appropriately. Any question you ask is listed immediately on Webanswer’s front page, and if it is a good or interesting question you will begin to get answers immediately from many of the regular or one-off members of the site.

Answering questions – again, simply answer any question that you feel you know the answer to. Generally, the better the answer you provide the more chance you will be rewarded the answer (see rewarding answers below). If you provide accurate information in concise and well written English (no grammatical or spelling errors) and consistently answer questions with the same quality then your quality score will increase (see quality score below). The higher your quality score, the more you are likely to earn on Webanswers (see Earning on Webanswers below).

Rewarding Answers – like most of the Q&A sites out there, the questioner has the ability to award an answer as the ‘best answer’ on a question. This has multiple benefits including increase quality score, increased earnings etc.

Quality Score – the quality score (QS) is a measure of the expertise of a member and is calculated using many factors including length of answers, quality of answers, spelling, grammar and also the amount of awarded answers you receive. The higher the QS the better and this will have a marked benefit in the amount of Google Adsense income you receive.

Earning on Webanswers

Webanswers does not pay you for any question or answer, or any members you send their way. The way you earn is by linking your Google Adsense account to your Webanswers account (note, if you don’t have one, you can apply for one once you have been awarded 10 questions – generally acceptance into the program is pretty quick).

Essentially, Google Ads will be placed next to all questions and the ‘ID’ used on each Ad will vary based on the following criteria:
For questions you ask that you have not awarded – Adsense impressions are shared between Webanswers, you and everyone who answers – priority is given to those with higher QS.
For questions you ask that you have awarded - Adsense impressions are shared between Webanswers, you and the awarded answer – priority is given to those with higher QS.
For answers where no one has been awarded the answer – you will receive a share of the Adsense impressions with the questioner, Webanswers and everyone else who has given an answer - priority is given to those with higher QS.
For answers where you have been awarded the answer - you will receive a share of the Adsense impressions with the questioner and Webanswers - priority is given to those with higher QS.
For answers where someone else has been awarded the answer – you will NOT receive a share of the Adsense impressions.

How much can I earn on Webanswers?

Some users earn up to $400 a month on Webanswers. Over time there really isn’t a limit on how much you can earn but you really have to be a very active member to get the high returns. My own experience is that I earn between $50 and $150 a month depending on how active I am on Webanswers.

What should I know about Webanswers?

Here are some things you should be aware of:
You cannot copy and paste answers from the web – all answers should be unique.
You cannot add affiliate links or any other links to your answers.
Spamming is likely to get you banned.
You must have ten awarded answers before you can link (or create) a Google Adsense account to your Webanswers account - so be patient!

Webanswer’s Competitors

Webanswers has many competitors, the most famous perhaps being Yahoo Answers and Mahalo.com. Yahoo is perhaps the largest competitor and is used by more people however Mahalo does allow you to earn Mahalo bucks that can be used to buy Mahalo merchandise.

Both Mahalo and Yahoo Answers actually better designed and look ‘nicer’, however there’s something about the simplicity of Webanswers that simply makes it easier to use and much ‘friendlier’.

Out of all of the answer websites I’ve tried, I haven’t found one that is as good or as easy to use.

Webanswers Experts

What I find interesting is that as I continue to be an active member of Webanswers it is obvious that there are quite a few experts on there who always provide excellent answers in their specialized area – it’s this availability of experts that really makes me want and value the opinions I receive on Webanswers.

Conclusion

From my experience, Webanswers is a fun and interesting site in which I have earned a little money but also have gained a lot of knowledge. My motivation is more about helping others than making money and I do find that this site is a little addictive.

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Where Adsense Should Appear

When deciding whether to incorporate Adsense into your website there are several factors to consider. Many feel that it diminishes their brand, whilst others see it as a useful tool for visitors which creates revenues and makes their content profitable.

The choice can largely come down to the commercial goals and the purpose of your website. Many businesses who sell products decide to place Adsense adverts within their website. This would appear to be a strange choice, opening up opportunities for rivals to promote their service or product to your potential customer base.

Many publishers claim that they are only doing this to allow companies who provide ancillary services to advertise. These claims have some merit, as those who for example sell pillows could provide those who sell bedding with an opportunity to advertise.

Although this would make sense, there are still those online retailers who allow rivals to penetrate their audience. Many claim that there are still benefits in allowing your direct competitors to advertise within your website. One of these is that ultimately if visitors wish to see your competitors they would be able to see them through a Google search regardless. This may be true however the thought of an established brand like coco-cola having a Pepsi advert in their website is not even a possibility.

Another factor which is considered in this situation is that publishers do not feel that Adsense is effective in making conversions. They feel that visitors who would click on adverts are not highly qualified customers, as they would quickly navigate to the materials or products that interest them if they were.

Despite Adsense being a questionable choice for online retailers, it is surely a good supplementary service for other varieties of online publishers. For example, a website which provides a free service like dictionary.com gets high levels of traffic, and is able to make their service profitable through adsense. This has been the case for Bloggers who originally provided content free of charge, being unable to reach the scale that is necessary to contract with advertisers directly.

This could also apply to other previously free services, including wider forms of information broadcast, and news for example. In 2006 a man who later published a selection of Videos claims to make $19,000 a month through adsense, claiming that he was also contacted through Google to help him increase the CTR (Click Through Rate) that he achieved. The thought of success like this has been a major factor in stimulating online publishers to opt for Adsense.

Many publishers also claim that adsense makes their website look more professional. Those who are able to contract with advertisers are generally seen to provide a service with large appeal, and therefore those unfamiliar with the program may feel that the Adsense advertiser is in this position.

Adsense however, is also aligned with those publishers who use the service purely to provide links to adverts. Everyone has done a Google search, clicked on an Adwords advert and came into a website which reads top ten resources on… This is a major problem, as is generally something that surfers find frustrating. If people see that it says adverts by Google, and they then see adverts by Google on another site, they may align that site with consumer unfriendly practices. This is therefore an issue which Google has to address, to maintain Adsense as a reputable service.

Regardless of the disadvantages and the websites for which the service may be inappropriate it is still a useful tool for website visitors. Those who visit a website, and click on a link provide revenues for the publisher, whilst those who provide free services are able to generate revenue.

The only fear that Google has, is that rival PPC programs offer better deals to publishers and they decide to go elsewhere, therefore taking advertisers with them. However, ultimately it is best for advertisers and publishers if they largely remain in same PPC circuit.

You need to have optimized niche website templates for best results. You may find the best adsense templates and blog templates at www.AdsenseTemplates.com (http://www.adsensetemplates.com). They are offering 100 fresh new templates every month.

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Google Adsense: Where to Place Ads on Your Web Pages and a Profile of Bloggerparty.com

Deciding Where to Place Your Google Ads on Your Web Pages so That They Will Be Most Profitable

This is one of the best parts of the whole Google Adsense experience. No one else gets to make this decision except you. It’s your page. You get to decide how many ( up to 3 ads per page), what colors and shapes you will use and on what part of the page the ad will be placed. Should you place your ads at the top or bottom? In the middle of the text? To the left or right?

The most important decision should be based on the needs of the visitors to your site? What are they looking for? Are they there to read or merely to browse. If they are there to read an entire article, say, you might try placing your ads at the bottom of the page so they will have something to do next. Some publishers swear by placing the ads at the top left of the page because they think customers look there first.

The fun thing is experimenting with all the possibilities. Try different ad locations and different colors for a week and note the differences in your reports. When you hit on something successful, you’ll see the difference.

Profile of Bloggerparty.com For Those Who May Want To Use it For Google Ads

Blogger Party is another blog hosting website where you can make money with Google Adsense. You create an account and use the publisher id you got when you created your Google Adsense account. If you have not done that yet, that is the first step to making money with your blogs.

At bloggerparty.com, targeted Google Adsense ads will be displayed on your blog pages. Fifty percent of that time, the ads will have your Google Adsense publishers ID and the other fifty percent of the time they will have Blogger Party’s Adsense ID or split between them and the person who referred you. That’s right, referrals get 25% of the ad time, which comes out of Blogger Party’s share and not the original blogger’s or the referral’s.

Blogger Party promises “party points” any time you write something or comment on someone else’s blog. They don’t do anything as yet, but later you will be able to trade them in for prizes according to Blogger Party’s admin.

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Where Adsense Should Appear

When deciding whether to incorporate Adsense into your website there are several factors to consider. Many feel that it diminishes their brand, whilst others see it as a useful tool for visitors which creates revenues and makes their content profitable.

The choice can largely come down to the commercial goals and the purpose of your website. Many businesses who sell products decide to place Adsense adverts within their website. This would appear to be a strange choice, opening up opportunities for rivals to promote their service or product to your potential customer base.

Many publishers claim that they are only doing this to allow companies who provide ancillary services to advertise. These claims have some merit, as those who for example sell pillows could provide those who sell bedding with an opportunity to advertise.

Although this would make sense, there are still those online retailers who allow rivals to penetrate their audience. Many claim that there are still benefits in allowing your direct competitors to advertise within your website. One of these is that ultimately if visitors wish to see your competitors they would be able to see them through a Google search regardless. This may be true however the thought of an established brand like coco-cola having a Pepsi advert in their website is not even a possibility.

Another factor which is considered in this situation is that publishers do not feel that Adsense is effective in making conversions. They feel that visitors who would click on adverts are not highly qualified customers, as they would quickly navigate to the materials or products that interest them if they were.

Despite Adsense being a questionable choice for online retailers, it is surely a good supplementary service for other varieties of online publishers. For example, a website which provides a free service like dictionary.com gets high levels of traffic, and is able to make their service profitable through adsense. This has been the case for Bloggers who originally provided content free of charge, being unable to reach the scale that is necessary to contract with advertisers directly.

This could also apply to other previously free services, including wider forms of information broadcast, and news for example. In 2006 a man who later published a selection of Videos claims to make $19,000 a month through adsense, claiming that he was also contacted through Google to help him increase the CTR (Click Through Rate) that he achieved. The thought of success like this has been a major factor in stimulating online publishers to opt for Adsense.

Many publishers also claim that adsense makes their website look more professional. Those who are able to contract with advertisers are generally seen to provide a service with large appeal, and therefore those unfamiliar with the program may feel that the Adsense advertiser is in this position.

Adsense however, is also aligned with those publishers who use the service purely to provide links to adverts. Everyone has done a Google search, clicked on an Adwords advert and came into a website which reads top ten resources on… This is a major problem, as is generally something that surfers find frustrating. If people see that it says adverts by Google, and they then see adverts by Google on another site, they may align that site with consumer unfriendly practices. This is therefore an issue which Google has to address, to maintain Adsense as a reputable service.

Regardless of the disadvantages and the websites for which the service may be inappropriate it is still a useful tool for website visitors. Those who visit a website, and click on a link provide revenues for the publisher, whilst those who provide free services are able to generate revenue.

The only fear that Google has, is that rival PPC programs offer better deals to publishers and they decide to go elsewhere, therefore taking advertisers with them. However, ultimately it is best for advertisers and publishers if they largely remain in same PPC circuit.

You need to have optimized niche website templates for best results. You may find the best adsense templates and blog templates at www.AdsenseTemplates.com (http://www.adsensetemplates.com). They are offering 100 fresh new templates every month.

Read more!