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Bars in Bangkok

2007-06-07T01:52:00.000-07:00

Bars in Bangkok

A guide to the bars, clubs, and other nightlife in Bangkok, Thailand

"One night in Bangkok………" the song sings, well Bangkok will not disappoint. Below we cover, some of the most fashionable places to be seen and some of the places where you hope you won't be seen, so really the question is will one night be enough?! We are not going to talk in great detail of the 'girlie bars' as we are aiming these reviews more at people who are looking for good quality bars in Bangkok where the women are not half naked and swinging around a pole!
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Please note that due to stricter laws in Thailand on smoking in public air-conditioned restaurants many of the bars which serve food, are now non smoking up to a certain time. This however does keep changing, and to be frank we have no idea how it works as one week you can smoke the next you can't! If smoking is that important to you we suggest you call the bar in advance and check. Another unusual and rather annoying trend for many of the top bars and clubs is they have started asking for ID upon entry, as with the smoking this also keeps changing so it can be worthwhile calling the bar in advance and asking whether a photocopy of your passport will suffice, if in doubt then just take a copy with you and leave the original document at home or in the hotel safe.
Spasso - This restaurant come bar/disco is located at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (Erawan). Definitely one of the 'in' places to be, with a lot of so called 'high society' Thais coming. The restaurant is mainly from 19:00 onwards and the live band begins rocking at around 22:00 when they clear tables off the dance floor to allow for the serious fun to begin. Excellent band and the atmosphere is lively. Food and drinks are on the steep side, with a Heineken costing around 269 Baht after tax and service charge etc. A Premier Travel Award of Excellence winner.
87 Plus - Conrad's new bar/club opened 11 March 2005. Definitely worth a visit. Thursday is Ladies night so a popular night to go.
Hard Rock Café - As with all HRC's they are open for dinner and have a live band that starts at 22:00/30. The restaurant is on three floors with the second looking down on the bar area and stage below. Although slightly cramped around the bar area especially when the band begins, over the weekends it is a great place to meet people and have a great time. One of the greatest things about this bar is the bartenders who actually seem to enjoy their work unlike in some other establishments we could mention and also that the band is so close to the bar you feel a part of it. Beer is very reasonably priced and you should also check out their bottle promotions, recently a bottle of Jack Daniels was on for just over 2,000 Baht. The first mixers and ice are free of charge and if you don't finish the bottle they will keep it for six months, so you can return at any time within that period present your card and all you pay for is the mixers. This can save you a lot of money. This bar was a winner as one of the best three bars in Asia in the Premier Travel Awards for Excellence.
Diplomat Bar - At the Conrad hotel is a great place to go for some early drinks, the drinks are average price for a five star hotel and the ambience and feel of the bar is very elegant. A great place to meet for some pre-dinner or club drinks.
V9 - WOW - A MUST - Located on the 37th floor of the Sofitel Silom Hotel this stunning bar offers some amazing views of Bangkok. The restaurant / bar specialises in wines and because of the novel concept of combining a wine shop with the bar, you can enjoy these wines from all over the world at some of the best prices in Thailand. A bottle of wine starts at around 500 Baht and if you are unsure of what to choose (the choice is very large and varied) then there is a resident Sommelier on hand to give you tips and suggestions. Open from 6pm to 1am this is an excellent place to entertain or just go for a nice relaxing drink, live music is played nightly. The bar is not just about wine though, as there is also a small and spacious restaurant within which serves some excellent food. V9 is a wonderful place to go out, enjoy excellent food, great wines all at very reasonable prices, and enjoy the night lights of Bangkok some 37 floors beneath you. A great place to go as a couple.
Distil - opened in June 2004 and is located in the State Tower on Silom Road close to the Chaopraya River. The bar claims to offer the best of everything - best whiskies, best wines, food etc. They do live up to this claim to some extent although it is by no means a haven for the finest whiskies in the world, as the selection is quite limited. What does make this bar special are the views, as it is located on the 64th floor of the hotel and offers some of the best views of Bangkok available in the city. The bar itself is very nicely decorated with comfortable seating, a small but cosy wine cellar and an outdoor seating area. Unlike some of the other bars that we review here, this bar has a feel of a stopping off place, somewhere to go before dining in one of the hotels restaurants or perhaps for a nightcap after dinner before heading off home. As this bar is still very new we will be re-reviewing it very soon.
The Bed - Located on Sukhumvit 11 this is a very fashionable place to go for dinner, and or drinks. This is regarded as one of the hottest clubs in Bangkok and is worth going to if only to take pictures of the space ship like building in which it is housed. The club is split into two sections, one aimed more at drinking and dancing and the other are for dining and chilling out with friends. As the name suggests the whole concept the club is based on is a bed, they actually have waitresses in rather skimpy but elegant nightwear, and there are actual beds for customers to relax and enjoy. A very unusual but highly enjoyable club, definitely worth a visit.
The Met Bar - Located at the Metropolitan Hotel on Sathorn Road, this new bar we have been told by the hotel is strictly members and hotel guests only. For that reason there is little point in us reviewing it.
Hu'u - Forget trying to work our how to pronounce the name as unless you are in the area this is a bar you could easily miss. Yes, they have very cool advertisements but we find it is more of a restaurant bar than a fully fledged club / bar. Pricey, and chic in design but very little real character.
Face Bar - Located on Sukhumvit Soi 38, skytrain Thonglor. full review to come soon.
Bulls Head - Very popular among expats and locals alike. A great pub with a very 'Olde Worlde' feel to it. They have two floors with the upper floor serving mainly food, and the lower drinks. The closest skytrain station is Prom Phong and the pub can be found on Sukhumvit 33/1 which is almost opposite the Emporium. Not such a good place to watch sporting events, as they only have the one television upstairs, but otherwise a great place.
The Londoner - on the corner of Sukhumvit Soi 33, this enormous pub serves food as well as imported and some of its own locally brewed beer. A pint of their own 'bitter' costs 129 Baht (but be forewarned you get what you pay for when it comes to taste). They have lots of televisions which makes the Londoner a first choice for many sports fans. If there is a very big match get there early as they sometimes operate on a ticket on the door system.
Cm2 - After the HRC above gets too busy most people head over to CM2 which is at the Novotel Siam Square. It is a disco, which also offers karaoke, food, and good music. It is very popular and reasonably priced with a Heineken costing around 180 Thai Baht.
Rivas - Great bar and disco located at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, ground floor, prices are slightly more reasonable than at Spasso. The disco/bar will get busy from around 10/11 pm but the crowd is quite irregular and depends on the band that the hotel has in at the time. Has great potential but is up and down with the in crowd.
Paulaner Brauhaus - This microbrewery is located on Sukhumvit Soi 24. They serve their own beer and serve up some wonderful if not rather heavy food to go with it. For some reason though it does not get that busy. Good Beer.
Planet Hollywood - has closed down.
El Nido - Located at the Royal Meridien Hotel and just opposite the Grand Hyatt where Spasso's is this very large bar is popular for those that enjoy a little more space and Latin music. Very enjoyable and nice bar/disco.
Nana Entertainment Plaza (NEP) - On Sukhumvit Soi 4 this is, in our opinion, a more user-friendly version of Patpong. It is quite a sight to behold and definitely not somewhere to take your wife, although people do! The girls are a lot friendlier here than in Patpong and they (as in the bars) are all safe, without the famous "come in for show" rip off that you get in Patpong. We have been informed that Carnival on the third floor is a very interesting place to be at 10:30 onwards, but as this is a family site I will not say anymore. A good night out can be had here. One word of warning when entering and leaving NEP, watch out for pick pockets on the street just outside, some claim its "katoeys" or lady boys, personally I reckon it could be anyone so just take a little extra precaution. (perhaps that is double advice !!)
Soi Cowboy - Many years ago this was indeed the spot for locals or expats living in Bangkok to go to if in need of 'alternative' entertainment, such as go go bars etc. Since then it seems to be slowly retreating off the scene. It still though is very much worth a trip down to this small street of bars between Sukhumvit Soi 21 and 23. Unlike Patpong all the bars here are pretty safe in that you do not get overly ripped off with "show" fees etc.
Thermae - On Sukhumvit road between Soi 13 and 15. If all else has failed and even if it hasn't, most people will not believe Thermae. The beers are reasonably priced with a Heineken costing 85 Baht. Thermae is a large bar that only gets busy when everything else, namely the other bars, are closed..... Or at least that is how it was. With the new laws on closing in place Thermae now closes at 2am just like everywhere else. It can be jam packed full of women. Well not to go on but...... the food here is good, especially after a long hard night, although most people do not come for the food.
Lucifer - Is on Patpong 1 and is one of the most popular discos in the area. It gets very busy and is open till late. The drinks are well priced and it is definitely worth a visit. The music played is mainly dance and trance (if that is what you call it) with some excellent DJ's mixing it up for you.
Delaneys changed to Shannigans and then and now Irish Xchange - Forget trying to remember the name of this popular Irish style bar as it seems to change an awful lot. It is located on Soi Convent just off Silom road and only two minutes from Patpong. This is one of the first Irish bars to have opened in Bangkok. It serves all the typical Irish fare including some very good food. This bar has an excellent Happy Hour. It is a good place to go to watch sporting events or to have an after work drink. The clientele is a mixture of locals and expats living in Bangkok. Watch out for the price of the Guinness and the other imported draught beers, they are not cheap. The pub also plays most live sporting events.
O'Reillys - on the corner of Silom Road and Thaniya Plaza has become very popular with tourists and local expats. They have some excellent promotions such as Happy Hour Heineken pints at 99 Baht on Tuesdays and even John Smiths Bitter at a ridiculously low 95 Baht / pint on Saturdays. Live music is played most nights and they have quite a few television sets including a central massive screen which makes it a popular venue for live sporting events.
Taurus - Is a very in place and is found on Sukhumvit Soi 26 just next to the Four Wings Hotel. It is made up of different sections, and offers, a bar, disco area, karaoke and restaurant. It is frequented by Thai's and expats a like with a lot of the Thai film stars and young high society strutting their stuff.
Witches Tavern - On Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor) is a popular bar for expats and locals that live in the area. It is a reasonably priced pub that has live music on some nights, and a generous Ladies Night on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 9pm. Ladies night offers women the chance to have as many whiskies, rums, gins, etc as they would like for free!!
Q Bar - opened its' doors on Sukhumvit Soi 11, December 17, 1999 and is owned by the same person that opened the famous Q Bar in Saigon, Vietnam. It is the quite probably the hottest spot in town at the moment and very fashionable. Drinks are reasonably priced, and they have one of the widest selections of spirits available in the 'city of angels'. You may have a little difficulty finding it, so from Sukhumvit main road go all the way down Soi 11 and turn left at the last available road on the left, the Q bar is just at the end there on the corner. The bars itself gets busy around 10/11 and closes late. Great place to meet others and if you like 'fashionable' bars.
Barbican is a modern style pub/restaurant that is very popular with the expat community in Bangkok, especially early evening and for lunch. It can be found along Thaniya Plaza (the Japanese Patpong area reviewed below). They serve some very good food.
Thaniya Plaza - between Silom Road and Suriawongse Road is the Japanese Patpong strip, where the bars start from the ground level and contnue up to the third of fourth floor. The women are very beautiful and all the clubs are set up in the traditional Japanese way. While the prices may be cheaper than in Japan, they are high by Thai standards, however if you are Japanese and are looking for a club scene such as the one back home this will probably be a good place. Please note and do not take offense that many of the clubs here will not allow western looking people inside. This small street has some excellent Japanese restaurants where everyone is allowed in some are open almost all night so is handy for a late night snack.
Royal Haufbrauhaus - is a microbrewery that is very large and a popular haunt. They serve good German beer, and food, and they have a live band. It can be found on Silom Soi 1.
Silom Soi 4 - is the gay street in Bangkok. Most of the bars and clubs down this small strip are gay clubs. Interestingly, a lot of "Farang" straight women frequent this area, especially resident expat women. The beginning part of the soi also has some regular (read non gay) bars such as Tapas and a few others which are very popular among the hip and trendy. There is a new gay area which is almost opposite the Wall Street Tower on Suriawongse Road - we have not tried it yet, but newspaper reports say that it is popular among such clientele.
Calypso Cabaret - The most famous and possibly poplar transvestite/transexual Cabaret in Bangkok. Now housed at the Asia Hotel the show is professional and popular with couples, definitely worth a visit. See Pictures of the Calypso Cabaret.
Dubliner - A new Irish Pub between Sukhumvit Soi 22 and 24, and pretty much opposite Soi 33. The pub is in three levels with the third offering 1 pool table and 1 table football, the second level is in a kind of mezzanine that looks out onto some of the ground floor. It is quite an unusual pub, with a little more of a coffee shop feel to it, than most regular pubs. The beers are reasonably priced at 90 Baht for a bottle of Heineken, 90 Baht glass of house wine and 130 Baht for a pint of Heineken. Unless you are desperate for a Kilkenny which they do have on tap, AVOID it, unless you enjoy spending 285 Baht (roughly US$ 7.5) for a pint of beer !
Mambo Cabaret - Right next door to the above Dubliner pub, so between Sukhumvit Soi 22 and 24 is a transvestite Cabaret show. Two shows a day one at 8:30 pm and one at 10:00 pm. More to come on this later.
Narcissus - A very nice disco that gets very busy. It is next door (towards the back) to the hostess bar Pegasus which can be found just off Sukhumvit Soi 23. Worth going to around midnight onwards.
Sukhumvit Soi 33 - This is the chic, and slightly more expensive variety of Nana Plaza or Soi Cowboy. Numerous bars with beautiful ladies in cocktail dresses, to entertain you. Similar to Thaniya Plaza for the Japanese but for foreigners.

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My Definitve Guide to Google Adsense Review

2007-06-07T01:41:00.000-07:00

My Definitve Guide to Google Adsense Review

My Definitve Guide to Google Adsense Review
This book is right up there with the gurus of Adsense information. I highly recommend this book. It has a different flavour to it from Joel Comm's Adsense Secrets but just as valuable and full of great information.It also includes a high paying keyword report and if you are just starting out or need some new information this is a must have! His site is also worth looking into with some free courses to get started. If you are seriously considering Adsense it is important to know what you are doing to maximize your income. I still see a lot of poor ad design but with a little effort you can make it worth your while, these guys - Adsense Gurus- make it easy. Definitive Guide to Google Adsense

Customer Reviews for Adsense Gold

2007-06-07T01:39:00.000-07:00

Customer Reviews for Adsense Gold

In order to maximize your AdSense earnings, you need five things:1. the right ad format and placement, 2. the most valuable keywords to target, 3. lots and lots of targeted content4. huge amounts of traffic from search engines,5. better statistical reporting than Google will EVER give you.
My Adsense Gold ReviewEssentially Adsense Gold is a program that keeps track of all your Adsense activity. You install it on your server and insert code into your web page and extract valuable information about your Adsense clicks such as which as blocks are performing better, where your visitors are coming from and many other useful feature. I chose to do this Adsense Gold review because I think it is important for everyone to understand the value in tracking results. It is not the most exciting part of the job but this program makes it easy and I experienced good customer service as well. There is also a keywords list and an EPC gold account updated every two weeks. The keywords account can be valuable if you are looking for top paying Adsense keywords. Keywords are the "key" (pun) to getting great adsense revenue so you first must determine which keywords your site will focus on and see what the payouts are.My very first Adsense site has a good CTR (click through rate) but the keywords are very low paying and not in great demand so therefore I don't do well with this particular site but it was my first try so cut me some slack:-). My point is that keyword research is important and high to moderate paying keywords are crucial. There are also some articles included in the package but there is a real issue about "duplicate content" these days so I would make sure you change up the articles and/or add your own information to make them unique. There is something for everyone here. Great if you are really interested in good paying keywords and the software has just been updated, quite comprehensive and a great research tool to get you started. Adsense Gold

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Customer Reviews for adsense secrets

2007-06-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

Customer Reviews for adsense secrets

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Are the above claims to outrageous? Probably but Mr. Comm has done extensive research and you will save hours of valuable time implemeting his reccomendations. There are plenty of real world examples to see here also. 3rd Edition just released! It is every bit as good as the first. There are a few unknown facts that were new to me and I thought I knew all there was to know ! (about Adsense that is :-)). The book does tend to jump around a bit and I would recommend getting out a pen and paper, making notes and reading over a few times to really absorb the information.
This is a great first start and an absolute must for basic as well as some advanced information, although if you are well versed in Adsense it may be to basic overall. For starters and intermediates this is well worth the price is you are serious about Adsense revenue! Joel Comm is very successful in many areas but this was his start and there's really nothing he doesn't know about Adsense, well maybe not everything since he doesn't actually work at Google but you get the point. If nothing else this is the book to have. The only drawback to this book is the price of $97 but for a serious Adsenser it is worth the investment!Adsense Secrets

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Free WordPress Blogs and Adsense – A Money Maker for Anyone Who Can Type

2006-12-16T23:14:00.000-08:00

Free WordPress Blogs and Adsense – A Money Maker for Anyone Who Can Type
By Joshua Spaulding

If you own a blog that you update frequently; there is an easy way for you to monetize it and start making a lot of money. If you do not own a wordpress blog and you can make a post to it on a weekly or daily basis; it may be something you should look into. There is an advertising program called Adsense that the well known search engine, Google runs that earns people thousands of dollars.
In order to get this system started all you have to do is sign up for a Google Adsense account and find one of the several wordpress adsense plug-ins. Now add the plug-in to your blog and insert the code that adsense provides you with. Once you have it all set up Google will place ads on your blog that will be relevant to the content of your site. The Google spiders will crawl through the HTML, title and description of your blog and come up with sites that are the most relevant to your material. When visitors come to your blog and click on the ads you are paid so much for each click.
Wordpress blogs are so extremely popular because they can be created for free and anyone can use them. You can create a free wordpress blog to post updates on your life, job, hobbies or anything else you choose.
If you are familiar with the process of registering a domain and building a website wordpress offers another option. You can download the wordpress script and install it onto the web site of your choosing. The advantage to this is that you have a unique web site not a sub-domain like the free type. If you prefer the free wordpress blog do not let this discourage you. There is still an enormous opportunity to make money online by placing adsense ads on a wordpress blog.
The key to success with this technique is to add as much content as possible. Make a new post as often as possible for the search engines to index and show in their result pages. If you have friends that own blogs as well you can ask them to put a link to your blog on theirs. The more quality links on the net that are pointing to your blog the better.
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AdSense Money Maker through Blog Niche Marketing

2006-12-16T23:10:00.000-08:00

AdSense Money Maker through Blog Niche Marketing
By Michael Kralj

You too can build a money making site from home, that will earn you extra money for that vacation you want to take, for that car you need to purchase or those inflating credit card bills.
First step: you need to pick a Niche market. What is a Niche market you may ask? It is a topic that is more focused, and does not take the general aspect of a topic. You want to pick something that is out there, but is focused so you can get up there in search engines and build traffic to your site.
Want an example of a Blog with Niche Marketing?
Mesothelioma Info and Updates at http://mesotheliomainfoupdates.blogspot.com. This site taylors to Mesothelioma, a rare disease caused by Asbestos, and the site goes in depth about the Niche Market of "Peritoneal Mesothelioma". Asbestos would be more of a General Blog without Niche marketing, while drilling down to "Peritoneal Mesothelioma" is a niche market.
Another example of a blog that is not Niche Marketing is the Domain Names and Web Design Info blog at http://domainnamesatretail.blogspot.com. This blog is maintained in a general sense that it discusses topics from Web Design, Web Hosting and Domain Names to Money Making strategies. It is not focused to one single topic.
Once you have picked your Niche market, you have to find out if it pays well through advertising, and has actual advertisers willing to pay you to advertise the site!
The Overture bidding tool will tell you just that! Go to: http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/
Type in your niche market term, and it will tell you how much people on overture are willing to pay for each term. If it pays well, and is worth your while, then that will be your niche market you want to pursue.
Now you need to find the keywords you want to target and rank high for in Google. The suggestion tool located at will help you find just that: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
Type in a keyword and it will show you what people search for and how many times per day. Pick a keyword that has a good daily search, but does not have too high of a number. This will allow you to have a fighting chance to cracking the top position for this search term. For example you may want something with about 100 searches per day.
Once you pick one, go to http://www.google.com, and search for that term and see how many results show up. If you have less than 1 million results, then that is ideal. Now take a look at the current #1 spot. See their page rank and how many links they have. If you think you can outrank them, then you are good to go. Target that keyword with your Niche market, and your site research is done.
Once you have the research complete, you set up a blog or web site.
To Set up a blog, go to one that I use Blogger at http://www.blogger.com. Set up your blog and begin posting in no time. This is a good and quick setup for getting your site started and getting searched by Google. However, your own site with its own domain name and hosting, tends to come up higher in search rankings. Also, having your own unique Blog Design as opposed to using a Blogger template, will help your site stand out from the rest. Emenki Web Solutions can provide you with such a custom template.
To set up your web site, purchase a domain name and web hosting. Download the Web Site Startup Handbook Ebook to learn more at http://www.domainsatretail.com/DomainsAtRetail.pdf. Then get free Blogging software and begin to run your site. Search on http://www.hotscripts.com to find Blogging software that you can use for Free.
Run your said Blog for about two weeks with at least 1-2 posts per day to develop enough content for search engines to consider placing you site in its rankings and for you to build traffic.
Once you have done this, set your site up for Google Adsense (http://adsense.google.com). Remember to follow the Google Adsense Terms of Service.
Once your site is approved for Google Adsense, place the AdSense code and begin to market your site through SEO software like Traffic Blazer and One way Link Building Strategies!
Read up on SEO techniques to get your site to the top! Once you are there, you will generate traffic and if you have enough click through on your ads, you will make money!
Thanks for coming out and learning how to become an AdSense money maker!
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The advantages of adsense for search

2006-12-03T22:49:00.000-08:00

The advantages of adsense for search
by John Ugoshowa
Adsense for search provides publishers with the opportunity to provide a search tool through their website. The search tool provides results which contain adwords adverts, and therefore publishers can generate revenues.

The effectiveness of this tool for publishers comes in its functionality for website visitors. Those who have browsed resources on a website may return to Google to complete a search. If this resource is contained within a website they are currently on, then they are likely to use the publisher's website for search, and therefore the publisher can receive returns.

Publishers often claim that having a search tool within their website is a good way to generate Adsense revenues without the concern of diminishing their brand. In the way that a company who sells a product would not want a rival provider having an adsense advert within their website, they will not feel that this disadvantage is relevant. The advantages of adsense for search also lies in the space that it occupies on screen. The results are displayed on a separate page, so publishers do not feel that they are sacrificing space where Adsense would previously appear.

The tool may also lead to visitors selecting the given website as their homepage. If the website contains relevant resources, and still has the functionality associated with Google then the website has broader general appeal. Those who are visiting the website for the first time, and realising it will not satisfy their needs may still use the websites search function.

Adsense publishers often state that they receive less per Click Through with Search. Although this is the case surfers are more likely to be targeted towards adverts than with Google Adsense. If a visitor has have changed the item or topic they wish to search for, and isn't compelled by the adverts; they can still find what they are looking for as the publisher earns a percentage.

It is also a good tool as publishers can allow their site to be searched using the same technology. Therefore surfers are more likely to also find the resources within the publisher's website that they require.

Google has a lesser database of advertisers for Adsense through the selectiveness of advertisers. The search toolbar provides results which include advertisers that do not want to appear in Adsense for content.

Google for search is also used by large market leading websites where this is rare with adsense. Companies who provide a service or sell a product are more regularly opting to incorporate the search toolbar into their website whilst not feeling that it depreciates their brand.

In fact; many businesses actually feel as though their brand is strengthened through it's alignment with the Google logo. Other's who choose not to use the Google logo, may benefit from the customers assumption that the search technology used belongs to the website they are on, and therefore further benefits are reaped by the publisher.

As adsense is plagued with click fraud, the same is less likely to happen with search. Click Fraud would require the person or persons committing the crime to follow realistic searches, and to avoid any suspicious behaviour. This could be particularly hard, and with less revenue per click those committing click fraud are likely to stay away from search all together.

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About the Author
John Ugoshowa. For more information about affiliate marketing see the affiliate marketing section of The Free Ad Forum at: http://www.thefreeadforum.com/infowizards/CAT/Affiliate-Marketing_68_1.html

Text v graphic on adsense

2006-12-03T22:46:00.000-08:00

Text v graphic on adsense
by John Ugoshowa
Google Adsense provides advertisers and publishers with the opportunity to place adverts in both text and graphic format.

As advertisers decide to put adsense into their website over banner advertising, the question still remains. Which is the best for advertisers and which is the best for publishers?

On one hand advertisers may feel that image adverts are more responsive yet less likely to stimulate a sale. On the other hand text adverts may convert more, whilst being less visible to the consumer.

Text based adverts are considered the least intrusive of the two formats. However does that mean that Graphic advertising is better? Consumers are used to graphic advertising from signing into free email accounts, and from using other web based services. Through being used to graphic advertising they have almost programmed their selves to ignore it. Through the adverts being untargeted, the consumer is used to brand advertising which they feel is generally less purposeful. This may cause the consumer to ignore the graphic advert from the assumption that it will be the same.

Text adverts are not forced upon surfers. Through being less obvious some people will not see them at all, however those who do see them, and read them are significantly more likely to click on them. This is for a number of reasons, but the first is that they provide more information. Generally, someone who is reading text on a page is not going to be fully satisfied by what they read, and if they check adsense adverts they will most likely read something which will further supplement whatever their intention is next. With an image advert, it is far more of a gamble for the surfer.

Graphic advertising is often paid per impression. This is because the advertiser may be trying to promote their brand, instead of promoting a specifically useful service. They therefore are assumed to have worse conversion rates, and with this text adverts are in the consumers eyes more effective. However, if the text contained within an advert was placed in graphic format, which would be the most effective? Well firstly it can assumed that the surfer will be more likely to view it, however if their were multiple image adverts appearing next to each other they may feel overwhelmed.

Graphic adverts are also harder to regulate. Let's consider Google allowing adverts to be changed frequently and without regulation. The advertiser could claim affiliation from the website they are advertising on, and contain keywords such as "ipod" which cannot be contained within a text advert. Although more regulation and quality control could be in place, a pornographic image for example could be made to appear in an advertiser's adverts unknowingly.

Text adverts also have a broader market appeal, as advertisers don't generally have the in house resources to create an image advert, but do have the in house resources to write a text advert. This could mean that a wider array of advertisers find text advertising accessible, through text adverts being less burden on the advertiser, and being easy to change.

Text adverts are also cheaper for the advertiser to create, where as a graphically designed advert may cost in excess of $200. Through removing this fixed cost advertisers may be willing to allot a higher rate to advertising itself; thus benefiting the advertiser and the publisher.

Text advertising appears to be the preference of the advertiser. They pay a CTR (click through rate) and only receive targeted traffic. This removes risks from businesses that previously had to worry that adverts were not only seen, but clicked on and stimulating sales. As CPC (Cost Per Click) is more relevant to text adverts, advertisers are able to gain exposure without needing a high click through rate to be effective.

The big brands are willing to advertise in both formats however the broad market appeal of text inevitably makes it the winner. As flash websites disappear with image adverts, it is becoming clear that text and information is the preference of the website users.

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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John Ugoshowa. For more information about affiliate marketing see the affiliate marketing section of The Free Ad Forum at: http://www.thefreeadforum.com/infowizards/CAT/Affiliate-Marketing_68_1.html

Adsense-ble, Or ”The Art Of Promoting, Without Promoting”

2006-11-25T07:23:00.000-08:00

Adsense, a new way for almost anyone online to make a profit. All you have to do is to get cleared by Google, put some code on your web pages. And wai

Adsense, a new way for almost anyone online to make a profit. All you have to do is to get cleared by Google, put some code on your web pages. And wait for someone to come and click!

Hey, wait a minute.

You can't have popups on the page. Ok, no problem. Moreover, you can't tell anyone you have an ad from Google on the page. You can't write about it, point to it or tell someone to click on it.

Also, remember that you are not allowed to make a traffic pulling page, with no other way to leave it beside the ad.

You must have more links on the page (now what, will anyone notice it?).

So how can you help up your click conversion rates?

1.Placement. Do not hide your ad. Put the ad to the left or somewhere near the top to ensure that anyone will see it without any scrolling.

2.Colors. There are several schools, each one pulling their way. One way is to contrast the ad as much as possible (but still possible to read it). The second one is to blend in the ad with your site as much as possible.

Click conversion rates

People say that a click through of 5-10% is very good, while others are happy with 3-5%. I have pages reaching 30% click through and they have several product and affiliate links, plus sales copy for products.

How to get that high click throughs?

My secret weapon is trying to make my WebPages as likable as possible for Google.

I have found that better ranking on your search term (for a page) in Google, increases the click through.

Not because you get some secret bonus or extra points (according to those who know, are there no connection between the Google search engine and adsense).

However, I believe that if the Google search engine ranks you high, then you have created a webpage that Google understands very well.

Therefore, when the adsense ad is placed and Google scan your page to determine the content of the ads to show, it also will find the page clear and understandable, and as a result choose very targeted ads.

All of this boils down to using the page tags, content, headers and similar to focus on a very narrow search term. People coming in after finding the web page in the search engine (and having read the title and description), actually find exactly what they where looking for.

In addition, the ads showing are exactly in the area they where looking and will pull a higher click rate, then ads showing for someone looking after arriving from a false or misleading link.

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He is the founder of "The Designed Software Series", found at http://www.kndata.com. And he also runs several other sites like, http://www.biztips.biz , BizTips Online and the popular Free Newsletter Templates, Http://www.free-newslettertemplates.com

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7 Steps Of Mega Adsense Earners

2006-11-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

The Google AdSense program is like finding money in the street.

Kids in High School are making thousands of dollars a month with Adsense... Housew

The Google AdSense program is like finding money in the street.

Kids in High School are making thousands of dollars a month with Adsense... Housewives, Retiree's, Mom and Pop's who've never made a dime on the Internet have created full time incomes by simply placing AdSense Ads on their web site or blog.

Then you have the "Super AdSense" earners. We have all heard of them... the Elite few who are on track to make half a million dollars a year or more promoting AdSense sites.

Do not be mistaken though... these people are not building like your Mom and Pop's do. They have systems in place that create sites for them... people who build sites for them... they have outsourced and automated many of the tedious tasks such as posting to blogs and searching for keywords.

While most people cannot emulate everything these Super AdSense earners do... many of them you can.

Here are 7 Required Steps you can implement today to copy their success.

1) Starting today... treat your AdSense business like it is a REAL business and track what you do.

Begin tracking what you are doing that works... as well as what you are doing that does not work. This will keep you from making the same mistakes over and over, and you can repeat the steps that have worked in the past. As simple as this step seems... most people do not know the reason(s) to their success or failure.

2) Utilize the latest tools and software available.

The Super AdSense earners are not any smarter than your average person. I know many people think they are... but for the most part, they are regular non techie people.

They are smarter in one respect though... they use the latest tools available to them to automate most of the tasks involved with researching and creating sites. They use the latest keyword, site creation and search engine optimization tools available. The tools they use are their secret weapons.

3) Quit chasing the Mega Dollar keywords.

You cannot compete with the search engine experts who create sites for the $80 payout keywords. You may get lucky every now and then... but in the long run, you are better off building sites for the low to mid range payout keywords. The competition is less, and your chance of success is much higher over the long term.

4) Choose broad niches and break it down.

Choose a broad subject as your main theme (lets use computers for an example). From there... break it down into as many sub niches as possible.

Using Computers as the example... you could build sub niches/sites like laptop computers, computer hard drives, computer keyboards, etc, etc. You could literally build hundreds of sites around one major theme and stay totally focused. Once you have exhausted every possible sub niche of that major theme... choose another main theme and repeat the process.

5) KISS

Keep your sites easy to navigate and forget the fancy graphics that distract your visitors attention. Unless you are just building AdSense sites for the fun of it and to impress your friends... the purpose of having the site is to have people click on one of the ads, right? Then keep the site layout simple... dump the scrolling banners, dancing chickens and colored scroll bars... they are distractions.

6) What is the purpose of your web site?

Your web site cannot be everything to everybody. If you have a full fledged ecommerce site, with products for sale... links to other products, it is not a good site for AdSense. If the primary focus of the site is to sell products... let it do that.

Do not distract or confuse your visitor with to many options or choices. The best AdSense sites are AdSense only content sites that sell nothing. They are sites that "Tell"... not "Sell."

7) Be consistent.

This is not one of those deals where you build one site and you are done. Refer back to Step #4. You must continuously build in order to be successful.

Think of it as planting a crop that you will harvest in a month or two, and the sites you build are seeds. Once the seeds have grown and matured... you will reap the harvest. The more seeds you plant... the larger the harvest.

To sum it up... utilize the tools available to automate as much of the process of building sites - doing research and building keyword lists as you can. This alone will help keep you organized and on track. Be consistent in building... treat it like the business it is and you will reap the rewards of your harvest.
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4 Ways To Get Relevant Adsense Ads On Your Site

2006-11-25T07:15:00.000-08:00

If you're an active Adsense publisher, I'm sure you have seen irrelevant Adsense ads on your site. Right? I've experienced them too. Not

If you're an active Adsense publisher, I'm sure you have
seen irrelevant Adsense ads on your site. Right? I've
experienced them too.

Not only these ads do not relate to your website content,
they will not get clicked as well.

Recently I've figured out several ways how to solve this
problem.

1- Try adding META tags to your web page. The most
important tags are TITLE, DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS.

2- Rename your html file. Don't use a generic name.
Instead, use your keyword(s) as your file name. For
example, if the page is about making money with Adsense,
simply name it make-money-with-adsense.htm.

3- Try refreshing your page again and again until you see
relevant ads displayed. You can refresh the page by
clicking on the refresh button, or pressing F5 key on your
keyboard.

4- If any of the above tricks do not work, you can send an
email to Google Adsense Support telling them about the
problem. Don't hesitate. Their support team will reply to
your email shortly.

I've experienced this problem with several sites of mine,
and it was solved 2-3 days after contacting Google Adsense
team.

About the Author

Mohd Fairuz maintains a website called AdSense Insider
Secrets. On his site, he shares with his visitors free tips,
secrets & strategies how he managed to boost his Google
AdSense earnings by 700%. Go to his website, and get the
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5 Ways How I Boosted My Google AdSense Earnings By 700%

2006-11-25T06:40:00.000-08:00

5 Ways How I Boosted My Google AdSense Earnings By 700%

Google AdSense is a great way for webmasters to monetize their websites. While many webmasters are struggling hard to earn $3 - $10 per day, so

Google AdSense is a great way for webmasters to monetize
their websites. While many webmasters are struggling hard
to earn $3 - $10 per day, some 'genius' webmasters have
already enjoyed $30, $100, and even $300 a day from AdSense
ads on their websites. How are these 'genius' webmasters
differ from their counterparts? They think different! They
think out of the box!

Let me share with you some tips which has been responsible
in boosting my AdSense profits by 700%. Here are 5 of them,
and if you follow these steps, I'm sure you'll see a
difference in your AdSense income.

Here are the tips:

1- I concentrate on 1 format of AdSense ad, which is the
Large Rectangle (336x280). This format has been proven to
work with me in resulting high click-through rates (CTR).
Why this format? Because the ads look like normal web
links, and people are trained to click on these types of
links.

2- I create custom palette for my ads. I choose white as
the color for the border and background. This is because,
all of my pages have white background. The idea is to make
the AdSense ads look like they are a part of my web pages.

3- Previously, I put all my AdSense ads at the bottom of my
pages. One day, I moved those ads to the top of the page.
The result surprised me. My earning increased! Since then,
I don't hide my AdSense ads anymore!

4- I maintain some links to other relevant websites, and I
put my AdSense ads at the top of the links, so that my
visitors see them first.

5- I automate the insertion of AdSense code into my
webpages using SSI (server side included). You'll need to
ask your web administrator whether your server supports SSI
or not. Here's how to do it. You just put the AdSense code
in a text file, save it as 'adsense.txt', and upload it to
the root directory of your web server. Next, call the code
on other pages using SSI.

This trick is really a time saver especially for those who
use automatic page generators to generate pages on their
website.

Here's a tool I use to generate thousands of pages on my
website within seconds:
http://www.adsense-insider-secrets.com/page-generator.htm

Try these tips today, and I guarantee your AdSense earnings
will improve. For more tips, you can visit my site at:
http://www.adsense-insider-secrets.com

About the Author

Mohd Fairuz maintains a website called AdSense Insider
Secrets. On his site, he shares with his visitors free tips,
secrets & strategies how he managed to boost his Google
AdSense earnings by 700%. Go to his website, and get the
tips, free of charge at:
http://www.adsense-insider-secrets.com

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2006-11-25T06:31:00.000-08:00

10 Adsense Tips for Maximum Click Through Rates.
You should make your Adsense ads look as a part of your web page. They shouldn't look like an Ad. People are negative to advertising. They search

1) You should make your Adsense ads look as a part of your web page. They shouldn't look like an Ad. People are negative to advertising. They search the internet for content not ads. Especially Banners have a less of 0,5% response. Their days are over. Imagine if you have an Adsense ad looking like the typical Banner with different colors. It will not be profitable.

2) Text ads are better than image ads. Like before, people are more responsive to text than images. In a way it is considered as a part of the online document and is more clickable.

3) No Border ads. One of the best tricks is to erase the borders of Adsense ads and make them again having the same color with your website's background.

4) No other advertisements. The first reason is to be legitimate according to Google's Rules and the second more practical reason is that you do not want to distract your visitor's attention and go somewhere else without clicking your Adsense ads.

5) Placement. Even if you have the best Ad, people will not respond if they don't see it instantly. The best place to see the ad is the top of your web page and the next is aside your document's text. Visitors will click it more frequently since it will look like your text.

6) Traffic. Try to use legitimate ways of traffic. Some people use Google Adwords and other Pay per Click search engines. The problem here is to search very carefully for the right niche and keywords in order to make your campaigns profitable. Other ways is link popularity techniques like link exchange directories, software or even mass blog submission techniques. Don't use link farms and classifieds for that, because search engine's algorithms are extremely clever and they will ban your listings.

7) Do not rely on one website. Yes you can make money with one website but try to make as more as possible.

8) Relevant content is King. Articles are one of the best tactics to create huge websites that will be crawled by search engine's robots. Don't forget search engines exist to provide relevant content at first. One excellent resource to automate your article directory procedure is http://www.articleequalizer.com .You can create an article database in minutes which otherwise is time consuming and it would take you a week!

9) Use site maps. Google's site maps visit your site and crawl it much sooner that any other submission process. More information is here: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps

10) Relevant ads. It's one of the most important factors for Adsense success. If the internet user can't find relevant ad in your page he or she won't click the ad. Would you act differently? So it's critical to create relevant resource for your web page. In order to do that, you must do the following steps.

First the file must be saved with the appropriate name for example: Golf-Secrets.html if your article is about golf. So the webpage will be: www.yoursitesname.com/Golf-Secrets.html

Second thing you must change is your title tag. For example: Golf-Secrets article

Third is the heading. The first sentence must have this heading: h1 12 Golf secrets h1
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2006-11-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

Basic AdSense How to

What makes AdSense™ the first choice in advertising programs for most publishers. What could be improved.

While AdWords™ is Google™'s program directed to advertisers, AdSense™ addresses to publishers. We participate in both programs and we've already drawn some guidelines on AdWords™. So, here we are, aiming not to build a guide on AdSense™ (as Google™ has already a good one!) but to share from our experience with it and to present it in a simplified, structured, friendly manner.

Thus, to begin at the beginning,

What Is AdSense™?
It is one of the most used revenue sharing programs at the present moment. AdSense™ is part of Google™'s advertising system allowing website owners to earn money easily and rapidly by displaying relevant ads on their websites.

Roughly, AdSense™'s functioning principle is: ads are administered by Google™ and monetize on a pay per click (PPC) basis.

They introduced just recently the cost per thousand impressions (CPM) advertising system (or, should we say re-introduced? thinking that AdWords™ started initially as a pay per view advertising program).

AdSense™'s Pink Side
What made it make sense for many and gain huge popularity was that:

it actuates a win-win situation and it's designed for the lazy: it produces money requiring no effort.
Why a win-win program
The readers see ads that interest them, the publisher gets additional advertising revenue without effort. The only risk involved is generated by the universal, mighty fear of the publisher of being kicked out of the program, which would be not only an unpleasant situation but might trigger a chain of unfortunate events. But the complexity of this topic requires a separate space and is to be found with more details in How to Qualify for Using AdSense™ and How to Deal with CTR Fraud.
Why for the lazy
Website maintenance does not require special attention, other than normal. That is, you just have to insert your AdSense™ code on your pages and it will take care of the ads. This way, you can concentrate on your site's content, not having to deal with lots of affiliate's codes.
the program was a success due to the fact that, when introduced (back in 2003), it came as a fresh advertising method, an alternative for banners, which worked no longer efficently. The ads were less obtrusive and more content relevant.
it allows even “small” publishers monetize their websites if they are high-quality, by promoting content-rich sites.

Well, so far it's great, you'll say, BUT there has to be something not-so-wonderful about it. And there is! In fact, there are some things:

They do not disclose the exact revenue share of the publisher, neither what influences it. This limits webmasters' control over financial factors.
The program terms do not allow you to share with others information on any site performance statistics.This could be rather frustrating if you wanna know how you're doing compared to other AdSense™ users.
In March they modified their confidentiality policy on payment allowing program users to disclose their earnings.

The stats are incomplete (even with channels). There are still some shortcomings and there is still data missing:
The stats are not accurate: the update of stats is not constant in frequency and is often not synchronized. Thus you may find at a certain moment no change for a longer period in your stats; or the data on page impressions and those of clicks from different times in the day. Some realtime reporters are: AdSense™ Tracker, AdSense™ Monitor, a realtime earnings reporter — Revenue Checker for Google™ AdSense.
A detailed report on earnings is not available. Users find it useful to know exactly which sites/pages generate the most clicks and revenue, which ads are clicked on, details on the “winning” ad formats/colors. Webmasters can use channels, but there are still limitations in the amount and details of data. There are helpers permitting to get accurate reports on your earnings.
Sometimes the automatically targeted ads are not best fitted. Though not very important, there are still errors in matching ads to the page's content.
To compensate for these, there are various tools you can use to find out essential info.