Blogs are indexed very fast as its content are updated frequently. To take benefit of this, paid blogging became a big hit amongst advertisers who wanted more targeted traffic and the best part was that they were likely to get better page rank and come up in search results when their links where included in blog post. Bloggers were paid well so it was going good but then Google will not like to see sites coming up in search results by buying links in blogs and getting good ranks. So Google punished bloggers by taking away their page rank that did sponsored postings extensively. But in this whole drama, I can see (and many others as well) that crap sites are given better ranks and some good sites were left without any rank. Smorty (get paid for posting site) says that Google detected Payperpost disclosure text and snatched the rank. This doesn’t seems 100% true for every blog. Anyways no matter how much google can try but paid postings will never stop as the sites like Payperpost, sponsoredreviews and reviewme etc either have their own ranking system or detect the quality of blog from alexa ranking, feeds, backlinks and technorati etc.

Bloggers have been writing good articles for the world to read and today blog is not just a page with text, bloggers now take it more seriously on how their blog is performing. This is because having a successful blog is a valuable asset. I personally give more importance on Search engine optimization so that my blog can get a regular supply of quality traffic from search engines. After the optimization, second most important thing is to learn more techniques on Traffic Building. Allinanchor.com blog have some good information on this topic and many other which might be useful for bloggers. One you have got an established blog, you may want to get it sponsored. This is not a tough job if you read Blog Marketing on allinanchor.com. Remember that if you want to have a good blog, give importance on content and update your blog daily to feed the search engine spiders.

I started blogging as I needed a medium to get known on the web. After few months of blogging, my blog became somewhat popular and now it needed some upgrade. I purchased a domain for it but was still using a free host. With domain name and some publicity, the number of my blog viewers increased and to further enhance the quality of my blog I decided to switch to a paid host. One of my friends who were blogging long before me advised to take benefit of the traffic my blog is getting and get sponsors for it. It was a great idea but how to get sponsors? He introduced me to PayPerPost, a website where you get sponsored post related to your blog to write and get paid for it. I joined PayPerPost and started getting offers. Now my blog is yet another medium of earning for me and I make enough money not only to pay the hosting fees but also I recently upgraded my computer all from the money earned from my blog. Thanks to PayPerPost!

It’s a win-win situation for both bloggers and advertisers. Bloggers get paid to write for advertiser’s website, their product and services etc in their blog letting advertisers get more exposure to their business. Their website also now gets more targeted traffic and better ranked in search engines by increase in the number of back links. This is the reason of advertising in blog network is getting popular amongst advertisers and PayPerPost is doing a great job by connecting bloggers to advertisers.

Techtreak.com announced a review contest today where you just have to write a review and if your review is selected, you can win some cool prizes. Contest is open to all bloggers from any country and rules are very simple. A total of $700 worth of prizes will be given so you just can’t afford to miss this one! A special eBook on web design worth $50 from theNetGuruZ.com will also be given to lucky winners. Go to the contest page, read the rules (simple) and make your entry now. Contest start today and end on 28th Nov. 2007.

Contest Ended !

Blogging has now become much more popular and matured. These days it has become very easy to start a blog and indulge in blogging. Gone are the days of sub domains, more and more people are now shifting to their own domain and paid hosting for their blog. Since blog is also a type of website, people used the power of blogging for variety of uses. Advertisers were also interested in promoting their product / service thru blog advertising. Sites like Smorty are a big advantage for bloggers as it connects them with advertisers who maybe interested in their blog and pay them for writing their opinion about their product. Some people called it against the blogging ethics but I feel that when a blogger get paid for blogging, he do even better blogging as he can now upgrade to better hosting or spend it on buying something for himself which will encourage him for even better blogging. If one has aimed to only blog for money and his blog only contains sponsored post, survival of his blog is difficult. Making money blogging is good but only blogging for money is not.

As a new blogger I always use to visit successful blogs to know what they are doing, to whom they are affiliated with and get ideas etc. I was posting about stuff I was interested. I am a gadget freak so use to post a lot about gadgets and gizmos, but sometime I use to think that I am publicizing their product and in return these companies offer nothing. Although some visited my blog, posted their comment, emails me personally with appreciation and that use to be my good day. I saw some bloggers placing ads on blogs or better call it advertorial. I was amazed that now these companies are ready to pay us for posting about their products or services! This was all made possible by a website called Payerpost which connected bloggers with advertisers. If you are a new blogger and want to make some real money out of your blog, I recommend payperpost. Apart from this, you can also try affiliate programs and PPP direct which let any advertiser who visited your site to contact you and offer you to write about them. Go, join now and indulge yourself in new standard of blogging!