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Building Your Own Website via WordPress

Building your first website via WordPress isn’t so hard as it seems. I’ll try and explain the steps below with a few screenshots. Some web host can do this with one click of a button. However, I like to install this manually on my favorite FTP program. A list of things you will need are below.

- Domain Name (you can go to www.namecheap.com to purchase domain names) don’t forget to search for coupons online. “namecheap coupons”. I most always pay about $8.88 for domain name.

- Web Host Account (recommended web hosting) Click Here

- FTP program (ie: filezila) Click Here to Download FileZila

  • Step 1 – Go to wordpress.org and download the latest wordpress files.
  • Step 2 – Upload all the files to your web host, by using the ftp program mentioned.
  • Step 3 – Follow this simple wordpress installation guide. This is the famous WordPress 5-minute installation guide. Click Here

There’s no need to learn HTML, CSS, or any other languages.

My Highest Day in Adbrite Earnings

I was really surprised when i logged into my account and discovered this amount. Normally, I only average about $20/per day on this network. I’m pretty sure the advertiser had over paid for his/her banner impressions on the Adbrite network. It must have been a newbie advertiser. This advertiser was paying over $0.61 per click for his/her banner ad. I was grinning and had a smile on my face for a few weeks until, the advertiser noticed the click amount and abandoned his/her banner ad campaign.

What is Adbrite? Adbrite is an ad network for advertisers and publishers. You can sign up as an advertiser and buy website traffic through this network. There’s the option of displaying banner ads on their network of many publisher sites. You can also display ads in text link formats. As a publisher, you are simply selling your website space for advertisers to display banners on your site. Publishers get paid per clicks for the banner ads. Payment is anywhere from $0.01+ $1.90. These amounts are based on my own website statistics. If you want to start making some money with Adbrite, click here to learn more and to sign up with their ad network. Make sure to read about there company and policies.

Here’s a little publisher tip, if you have a gaming or an arcade website, it works well with this ad network. Just make sure to only place banners on your gaming website. Do not choose text link format. Banner ads get a much better Click Through Rate (CTR) in my opinion. The more people click on the banner ads on your website, the more money you make as a publisher. Advertisers do not make money with Adbrite, they essentially buy web traffic for their products or services. They would have to optimize their ad campaigns and watch their return on investment (ROI).

My New Blog

Welcome to Keith Surivan (dot) com!  A few friends have asked me what I do for a living and I didn’t know how to exactly explain things to them.  I tell them “I work online”, or I’ll either say, “i’m online marketer, web content developer, etc.”  My job has many titles such as “online publisher, webmaster, web developer, affiliate marketer, so on and so forth.”  So yea, my friends have asked me to guide them on how to make money online, hence this blog is born.  Be sure to check back often, as I’ll update this website with some tips and tricks to make money online.