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This is just a little update on extra money I made for May 2009:

• Direct advertising on my blogs – $135.00
• Review on ReviewMe – $25.00
• Ceramic Biz (Malaysian only) – $1,188.40
• Page Peel Ads – $27.00
• TLA – $62.33
• Chitika – $16.81
• Backlinks – $12.00
• Entrecard – $14.00
• Adgitize – 29.12
• DB Hoodia Affiliate – $49.97
• UH Hoodia Affiliate – $213.60
• Squidoo – $5.90

404 Error Page is a page that a visitor see when he clicked on a link that the server can’t find. This happens for quite a few reasons. Perhaps the destination page has been removed or renamed.

As I was analyzing my blog’s statistics recently, I found that there are thousands of 404 error hits! This is a waste of potential readers/subscribers/buyers.

404 error pages very important but most bloggers ignore them, myself included. We are losing all this random 404 incoming visitors. So I did a little research on the subject and found some interesting things that I can do to turn these into a good thing. We can turn these 404 error random visitors into our blog readers, subscribers and even buyers!

So what do we do? We create our own custom 404 Error Page!

On this page we suggest ‘other’ resources on our blog. It’s better that the ‘other’ resource is related to what the visitor was searching for in the first place.

Basically, our customer 404 page should have a simple statement saying that the URL was not found on your blog, a brief explanation on the most common mistakes that could’ve lead to the missing page, and finally the ‘other’ resources.

Oh, if you’re using Wordpress, then you must install the Redirection plugin. This plugin will redirect broken links into actual links

So what are the resources that we can include in our custom 404 pages you ask? Here are a few suggestions:

1. Related posts – use the Related Entries plugin with the 404 related pages extension
2. Adsense ads, Chitika ads etc – you might get extra a few cents hahaha!
3. Your products – you can offer a free ebook, free subscriptions etc, be creative!

If you chose suggestion 1, your custom 404 pages might look something like this:

We’re sorry but we cannot find what you’re looking for. The page you’re looking for is either doesn’t exist anymore or there was a temporary technical glitch. While you’re here, why not check out these:

• How To Make $1 Million Dollar In 1 Day
• 5 Tips To Make Your First $1 Million Dollar
• $1 Million Dollar Blogging Tricks

(the related posts are all made up… of course the plugin will show your actual post links!)

This might turn our random visitors into readers

p/s haven’t implement this on all of my blogs yet. Time to get busy this weekend. Yikes!

I’ve joined Adgitize two weeks ago and all I can say is WOW. Although Adgitize’s main target is for advertisers, being a publisher does has it’s own benefit. I shall talk about benefits on being an Adgitize advertiser another day. But for now, I shall talk a little bit about the benefits of being an Adgitize publisher.

In 2 weeks with Adgitize, I’ve managed to:

• make it into the top 10 spot in Adgitize’s Leaderboard (my main blog is Healthy Lifestyle Blogzine)
• get 90 out of 100 Ad Views points (score for Dec 26, 2008)
• get 406 out of 500 maximum points per day (score for Dec 26, 2008)
• accumulate a percentage earnings of 1.90% (around $6)

All of these starts with the unique Adgitize points system. The more points you get, the more it will translate into real money. So the question now, how do one score high Adgitize points?

Adgitize Points Categories

There are 5 categories. We can score a maximum of 100 points for each category, making it a maximum points of 500 per day. The categories are:

1. Article points
2. Click points
3. Ad views points
4. Page views points
5. Advertiser points

1. Article Points

To score a 100 points for this category, all you have to do is to post an article on your blog. It’s that simple. The difficult part is to post an article everyday. Since this category gives you the full 100 marks, you want to get it everyday. If you did not post anything on your registered blog, you will get a big ZERO points.

It will help if you register a few blogs with Adgitize. This way, you can strategize and plan out your articles. Like for example, for me, starting Jan 2009, I made a schedule when and where to post new articles on my blogs, so that I have a new post everyday.

• new post every Mondays on Natural Health
• new post every Tuesdays on Essential Aromatherapy Oils
• new post every Wednesdays on Healthy Cooking Recipes
• new post every Thursdays on Healthy Lifestyle Blogzine
• new post every Fridays on Natural Health
• new post every Saturdays on Essential Aromatherapy Oils
• new post every Sundays on Healthy Cooking Recipes

This will not only ensure that I get 100 article points everyday, it will also make me more discipline and have my blogs updated with fresh contents.

2. Click Points

Click points is similar to Entrecard points, but not the same. Basically, we score 2 points when we click on an Adgitize ad. Currently there are 32 advertisers on Adgitize network, so the maximum points we can get is 64.

A few facts you should know:

• One advertiser may have several advertisements. We can only get points for only one ad from the advertiser per day.
• Only one ad click per blog per day is counted. If Healthy Lifestyle Blogzine show 2 ads; Ad1 and Ad2. Even though you click on both Ad1 and Ad2, you only score click points for Ad1

How do you know you have completed your click points for the day? Look for the ‘Spot Completed’ ad. If you see the ad spots are filled with the Spot Completed ads, this means you have clicked all possible advertiser’s ad for the day.

3. Ad Views Points

The more ads were viewed by visitors on your blogs the more Ad Views points you’ll get.

There are several ad group size options for us to choose from. Some people choose the ad group that will look good on their blog, some people only put an ad group with only one ad so that they will not clutter up the blog’s sidebar. But I chose ad group which gives me the most ad views, depending on the blog.

Adgitize allows TWO ad group per blog. The smallest ad group is a 1 x 1. The biggest is 3 x 3. The most ad views you can get, per page view/page load, is 2 x 3 x 3 = 18 ad views.

Consider this example:

Scenario 1

• You put 2 ad groups: 1 x 1 on the sidebar and 3 x 1 on top of your articles
• You get a 100 page views for the day
• Your ad view points = 100 x (2 x (1 + 3)) = 800 ad views

Scenario 2

• You put 2 ad groups: 1 x 8 on the sidebar and 3 x 3 at the end of your articles
• You get a 100 page views for the day
• Your ad view points = 100 x (2 x (8 + 9)) = 3400 ad views

See the difference? Although you receive the same page views for the day, you will receive higher ad view if you display bigger ad groups sizes. So choose wisely.

The formula that translates from our ad views to Ad View Points remain a mystery

4. Page Views Points

This category, for me, is the most difficult to score. My highest so far is 50. I have to work more on this category. There are a few things that we can do to increase our page views.

Make your blog pages Search Engine optimized.

Well I’m no SEO expert. There are lots of SEO tips on the internet. Look for them Do the basic things like maximizing on the keywords, style your titles and headers with bold, and use inlinks to your other articles throught your blog. Ken actually wrote an article on how to improve your blog SEO. Go and read it.

Get involve with social networking sites.

Stumbleupon, Facebook, Blogcatalog, there are so many of them. My personal favorite is StumbleExchange.

Leave comments on other blogs.

Leave only relevant and well thought comments. It will be even better if the blog is running the CommentLuv or Top Commentator. With CommentLuv people will get to see your recent blog post at the end of your comment. If your blog post title is catchy enough, people will visit your blog.

Do a contest.

This has proven to work. You can work with several others to make the prize more interesting, attracting more visitors and readers. The contest can be anything, from the most interesting comments to guessing your age The only limit is your imagination.

Guest blog.

This is especially good if you get the chance to guest blog on a more popular blog. Guest blogger are usually allowed to include their ‘author info’ at the very end of the article, with a link back to their blog.

Advertise more.

This one is quite simple. The more you advertise your blog, the more exposure and visitors you will get. Adgitize is a good example. Enough said.

New exciting and interesting contents.

When you update your blog regularly, you will get regular visitor and readers.

Tips: If possible, make use of the MORE tag. Users will read the excerpt on the front page, and they will have to click MORE to read the full article. That’s 2 page views instead of 1 page view with a full article on the front page

The formula that translates from our page views to Page View Points remain a mystery

5. Advertiser Points

Well, this is actually a bonus to the advertisers. You become an Adgitize advertiser and you will get 100 points. It’s that simple. But please take note, even though you have several different campaigns, you still score 100 points.

There you have it people. Now that you know how to score high Adgitize points, get to work! And if you currently not an Adgitize member, I encourage you to join Adgitize now!

Hochstadt announced the winners of his fantastic party a couple of days ago. Here are the list of winners who won my prizes:

• Shaxx won 1 Page Peel Ads script by Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.
• Joan Joyce won 1 Page Peel Ads script by Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.
• Emma won 1 Page Peel Ads script by Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.
• Hank won 1 Page Peel Ads script by Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.
• Mrs. Micah won 1 Page Peel Ads script by Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.
• Adam won 500ec from Borzack of Making Myself Extra Money.

Now, since no one contacted me to claim their prizes, I shall contact Mr Marcus of Hochstadt to get their details.

By the way, I won something too!

• Borzack won a Beer Stock Page and a One Buck Wiki page at SiteHoppin.com as well as a 10 cards account at SendOutCards.com

It was a good party.

I was contacted by Marcus Hochstadt recently. He’s having a party to celebrate the day his blog breaking the Top 50K rank, and asking my participation and sponsorship. I was excited about it Unfortunately Alexa changed their ranking algorithm just few days after that.

He’s throwing the party nevertheless.

Here are the prize contributors (notice me in the list!):

Consultations, Products & Services

• Max from SiteHoppin gives 10 Beer Stock Pages worth $20-$100 each = $200-$1,000 PLUS 50 One Buck Wiki pages worth $20 each = $1,000, altogether making it to a whopping $2,000!
• Martin Russell from Word of Mouth Marketing gives 50 (!) accounts of 10 cards each at SendOutCards.com worth $25 each = $1,250!
• Gary Evans from Law of Attraction Secrets gives 10 (!) of his Manifest A Miracle systems worth $97 each = $970!
• Marcus Hochstadt from Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress gives respectively 1 of each of his 4 DVD products worth $100 each = $400 PLUS one 2-hour Multimedia Coaching Session worth $300, altogether making it to a $700!
• Debbie Lane from Wisdom Hypnosis gives 7 of her Living The Lucky Life! audio CDs worth $23.77 each = $166.39 PLUS a personal 1.5 hour Hypnosis Session by phone worth $250, making it a total of $416.39!
• Pat King from FitnessLifeClub gives 1 month of his Premier Health Coaching Package worth $357.98!
• Keith Goodrum from On Becoming a 2%er gives 2 of his DVDs 10 Minute Blog Post worth $100 each = $200!
• Andreas from XavierMedia.com gives 5 one-year VIP memberships to CreateBanner.com worth $35 each = $175!
• Larry Brauner from Online Social Networking gives a personal 1 hour consultation worth $150!
• Jason from The University Kid gives two 60 minute Blogging Consultations worth $60 each = $120!
• Leisa Watkins from Dream Act Plan Believe gives 3 Robert G. Allan books that are personally signed by Robert (!), as well as 3 Richard Paul Evans books, also personally signed by Richard himself!
• Karl Gechlik from Ask The Admin gives a professional technical e-mail support session worth $50!
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives $50 in hard earned PayPal cash!
• Borzack (me! me!) from Making Myself Extra Money gives 5 of his Page Peel Ads scripts worth $8 each = $40!
• Stephan Miller from Stephan Miller gives one copy of Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate worth $29.95 PLUS a Special Report he wrote specifically for the person who wins this e-book!
• Crystal from Ubiquitous gives a Site Review worth $20 PLUS a link on her Blogroll for one month worth $10, making it a total of $30!
• Sam Freedom from Internet Marketing Controversy Blog gives a 2-month membership to a large Private Label Rights (”PLR”) membership site worth $30!
• Kelly Naylor from Aerten Art gives one of her unique art work Acid Rain, an original water color painting worth $25!
• Dwayne from Pro Blog Reviews gives a Blog Review worth $25!
• Frank from Technology Blog and more gives a StumbleUpon advertisement campaign worth $20 (400 targeted visitors)!
• Kacie from Sense to Save gives a StumbleUpon advertisement campaign worth $10 (200 targeted visitors)!
• The Fool from Foolsville 2.0 gives $10 in hard earned PayPal cash!
• Lightening from Lightening’s Blogworld gives 2 Blog Reviews worth $5 each = $10!
• Constantin Codreanu from INconstantIN gives a one year .com domain registration worth $10!
• Iris from thebuzz gives a link on her Blogroll for one month worth $10!
• Layne from Reward Rebel gives 1 copy of Reward Rebel LOOT worth $7!
• Fitz Villafuerte from Ready To Be Rich gives 2 stumbles & diggs per week for one month!
• Theda K. Rogers from Crayon Writer gives a full-blown site review on her blog which will certainly increase the buzz for her winner’s blog!
• Mert Erkal from Search For Blogging gives an Invitation to the May issue of www.bloghology.org, which has more than 3,000+ subscribers!
• Alexys Fairfield from Soul Meets World offers to interview her winner (about his/her product, service, Web site, life, etc) PLUS providing a link from her site to his’/hers! (She used to interview celebrities, so this one is PRICELESS!)

Ad Space

• KiwiPulse from KiwiPulse gives 3 x 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $15 each = $45
• Deimos Tel´Arin from ahkong.net gives a 468×60 top ad banner box for one month worth $36
• Anna from My Cornerstone Trio gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $35
• Turnip from Turnip of Power gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $35
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives a top ad space (125×125 or 468×60) for one month worth up to $30
• Caleb Hartley from environmentastic! gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Kathleen from Entrepreneurs Only gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Marty from Money Maker Times gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Constantin Codreanu from INconstantIN gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $15
• Mirjam from Me Myself and I gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $10
• Lee Doyle from Lee Doyle – Contains Nuts gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $10

Entrecard Credits

• Marcus Hochstadt from Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress gives 12,966ec
• Layne from Reward Rebel gives 5,000ec
• Caleb Hartley from environmentastic! gives 3,000ec
• Constantine Balbozar from Ideas and Money gives 3,000ec
• Kacie from Sense to Save gives 3,000ec
• Larry Brauner from Online Social Networking gives 2,500ec
• Joan Joyce from Joan Joyce Dot Com gives 2,000ec
• Tim from Yimto Affiliate Marketing Blog gives 2,000ec
• Crystal from Ubiquitous gives 2,000ec
• Lee Doyle from Lee Doyle – Contains Nuts gives 2,000ec
• Art from Article Specialist gives 2,000ec
• Jonathan from Archon Digital gives 2,000ec
• Jonathon from Tech News Source gives 1,500ec
• Gary Evans from Law of Attraction Secrets gives 1,000ec
• Suzanne from Dot Com Mogul gives 1,000ec
• Dwayne from Pro Blog Reviews gives 1,000ec
• Michael Aulia from Michael Aulia’s Tech Blog gives 1,000ec
• Stephan Miller from Stephan Miller gives 1,000ec
• Dave from Is A Man’s World gives 1,000ec
• Scott Main from Scott’s Space gives 1,000ec
• Kumo from Toast & Egg & Me… gives 1,000ec
• Mirjam from Me Myself and I gives 1,000ec
• Jasmine from Pixelated Thoughts gives 1,000ec
• Lincoln from Canucklehead gives 1,000ec
• KiwiPulse from KiwiPulse gives 1,000ec
• Lightening from Lightening gives 1,000ec
• Wangbu from Hulag gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from Juliana’s World gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from Juliana’s Lair gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from My Library gives 1,000ec
• Iris from thebuzz gives 1,000ec
• Anna from My Cornerstone Trio gives 1,000ec
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives 1,000ec
• Collin LaHay from Mixed Market Arts gives 600ec
• Shelia from Black Tennis Pros gives 500ec
• David Thorne from Media Morgue gives 500ec
• Stan from Fantasy Baseball gives 500ec
• Borzack (me again!) from Making Myself Extra Money gives 500ec
• The Fool from Foolsville 2.0 gives 500ec
• Marty from Money Maker Times gives 300ec
• Fitz Villafuerte from Ready To Be Rich gives 300ec

Here’s how you can enter the party contest, from Hochstadt’s post:

1. Subscribe to the Hochstadt.com Blog Announcement List (see the sign-up field in the top right hand corner of this page, right below my image? Yup, there it is.) Not only does it bring you 2 points but I may send you a cool gift when you do – 2 Points
2. Post a comment to this blog post – 1 Point (one point per person)
3. Stumble and digg about this contest and fav me on Technorati – 1 Point respectively
4. Use the below party contest image(s) on your site (linking to this party contest) – 2 Points
   
5. Write about this blog and this Hochstadt.com Party Contest on your blog, linking to both this blog and the Hochstadt.com Party Contest. Use your own wording, one that fits to your audience. (It shall be easy because the above prizes fit to ALL audiences!) – 10 Points
6. Write about this blog and this contest on your blog, AND link to ALL contributors (just like you see my list above including all the prizes) – 30 Points
7. *PSSST* When you write about this contest on your blog it may be a good idea you indicate which of the above prizes you would like to win most. Perhaps Santa is listening and your wish comes true, who knows…

Hint: Use the same e-mail address and Web site’s URL when performing the above contest actions. That way, I will be able to track your entries.

NOTE: I changed the point structure slightly because it turned out to be a bit unfairly weighted. Hopefully it is fair now so more people can win something. And I now give 2 points when using the party contest image below.

The more points you accumulate the higher your chances to win one of the BIG prizes worth up to $357 per single prize! And yes, all above sponsors are entitled to enter the contest, too!

The winners will be picked May 1st. Join the fun!