My Blogging Tricks!

As a newbie in blogosphere, you might be confused on which platform you will have your blog built on, either self hosted (wordpress) or free hosted (blogger), as for me, that is a beginner in blogging, i prefer free hosted, to test my knowledge and to see if i will make it in blogging before advancing to self hosted blog.
Now let me start by free hosted blog (blogger).
Free hosted blog is easy to setup, now these are the pros in free hosting account
• It is easy to setup, no coding skills required
• You don't have to worry about the maintenance of the server, you are hosted on
• Your blog comes with a free subdomain, e.g yourname.blogspot.com, you can add your custom domain later
• No matter how much traffic, you get your blog will never go offline
• To crown it all, it is free except you want to upgrage to some premium plans
Now that we have the pros, why not let me highlight the the cons
These are the cons of free hosted account
• You are not the primary owner of the blog, you have created
• Incase of copyright infringement, google might take down your blog
• You can't actually design your blog to your taste
• No use of plugins, unlike self hosted blog
• Bad site navigation
We have seen both the pros and cons of hosting a blog on blogger platform, now let's take a look at self hosted (wordpress).
Pros of self hosted account
• You are the primary owner of the blog
• The maintenance and look of the blog is on your hands
• You make use of plugins
• You can have the opportunity to own a custom email address like yourname@thedomain.com
Let's take a look at the cons
Cons of self hosted account
• The burden of server maintenance is on your head
• You will be restless ( have experience it before)
• Too much coding required to design your blog
• Wordpress hosting doesn't make use of visual editor
No matter how the cons are in self hosted blog, i think it wins it all, but some of us bloggers want free things (it's normal), that's why i myself prefer blogger platform for a startup, before advancing to self hosted.

These are the questions, bloggers ask themselves when purchasing a domain name, there are so many domain extensions out there, ranging from the top tlds to the least ones, examples are; .com, .net, .org, .co, .biz, .info, .edu and even country generic tlds like; .com.ng, .ng, .us, .co.uk, all this are domain extensions, so the question is "which one fits my blog", these days bloggers buy domains names according to their pockets, some even use .me tld for a blog, .me tld is fits for a personal/profile website, something like ifeanyionuegbu.me, the domain itself will tell that it is about somebody, without wasting much of your time, i would like to tell you what this tlds means, starting with .com = this domain name means commercial, that means anybody using this tld have a business and wants to make money/profits, .net = this tld stands for network, somehow they don't want make money, .org = this tld is the short form of organisation, websites using this tlds have a company, .edu = this tld is limited to educational institutes, such as schools, universities etc.

For you running a blog, the best tld you can go for is .com, a second choice would be .biz (as it also stands for business), how about country-generic tlds, as you are living in nigeria, and your pocket can't buy .com, why not try .com.ng tld because it is cheaper in nigeria, .com = N3,000 while .com.ng = N1,700, so do the math, how much are you saving? N1,300, think about it yourself
Note:- You will hardly have visitors from other countries
So that's the disadvantage, am not trying to convince you, why not give it a try? and share your testimonies here.

Hello, just this evening i visited a blog (name withheld), i read one of the blog posts, the post was so catchy, so i decided to leave a comment, only to see " Your Comment Will Be Approved By The Administator", so tell me how do you think i will feel? am i a spammer? this was the question i asked myself when i encountered that scenario, and the worst part is that the blog is upcoming, so tell me "will this feature help the blog owner?" if you think, it will help then comment here, like i was saying this step in preventing spammers, will also pursue your loyal readers, who wants their comment to appear immediately after posting/publishing it, and to also be included in the picture, this is just a " piece of cake" to aspiring bloggers/blogs.

I have been recieving so many questions on the difference between nigeria adsense account with usa adsense account, the truth is "if your visitors is coming from nigeria, then you need to register your adsense acct under nigeria, but if they are coming from usa and some other american countries, then you go for usa adsense.

The Difference (Nigeria)
If you open an adsense account with your country (nigeria), then what you open is a nigerian adsense account, that means your ads will be nigeria-based ads, and in nigeria advertisers don't pay huge money for advertising needs compare to usa.
That means you will get poor revenue from google adsense, some nigerian bloggers get majority of their traffic from nigeria, but still opt-in for usa adsense account, for this single reason; Pay-Per-Click, like i said earlier advertisers in nigeria pay low for their advertising needs, so you could imagine what you will get on pay per click with a nigeria-based ads, but usa ads revenue is different, clicking on a us-based ads will see you earning about $0.10, but on a nigeria-based ads you might get about $0.4, so tell me what is the difference? Another difference is the verification of your nigeria adsense account, which is quite easy if you living in nigeria, this is where the bad news lies for those that want to run a us-based adsense account but they are living in nigeria, 😂 because you might not be able to verify it, except you have a friend there, or you are willing to spend your cash, because if you don't verify it, there will no payments to you, now let's talk about the usa adsense account

The Difference (United States)
Like i said earlier, advertisers in usa pay higher for their advertising needs, you can't compare us ads PPC rates to nigeria PPC rates, there is a huge difference, but the only problem is to verify the us adsense account, and their ads is catchy compared to nigeria ads, no much thing to say about them, so i will stop here

My Conclusion
If you living in nigeria, i will advise you to go for adsense account bases in nigeria, don't waste your time for us adsense acct, when you live in nigeria, cause when it's time for payment, and you haven't verified, nothing for you

Don't mind my title, i am just kidding, advertising network to consider in nigeria, i think you guys will definelty try them, here is number one;

Dochase
Dochase has been around for a while, they pay-per-click, and good thing is that they pay in naira, isn't good, click to register as an advertiser or a publisher

Nairapp
Nairapp is an online advertising network, as the name implies, they pay in naira, and its is also pay-per-click, register now

Adblabla
This type of ad network is based on exchanging links, and it's is a free ad network, payment applies on some bigger plans

Adquet
Adquet is a pay per click network, advertising network, i don't know much about them, but you should check them yourself

Alternative Adverts
As name implies, it is an alternative network for any ad network you don't like, sign up now to see for your self.

Over the years, alexa ranking has been the most sufficient way to analyse a website traffic, and it's has also been the number one spot for website rank, personally i use alexa rank for my blog rankings, without wasting your time, let me tell you how to improve your alexa rank

Write Unique Contents
You need to write unique contents, as i said in my previous article, when i was doing copy and paste, my alexa remain stagnant on 17million, but since i started writing unique contents it drifted down to 7million, my alexa rank improved because i publish unique articles.

Insert Alexa Rank Widget
Insert alexa rank widget on your website, this will enable alexa alogrithms to focus on your site traffic

Publish Posts Regularly
Publish posts often, and remember to publish unique contents, if you are the type that publish unique contents, then you can publish 2-6 posts daily

Share Your Posts
Share your posts on social media, through this you will attract more visitors to your blog
With all this step placed, you are sure to rank high on alexa, you can drop your comment here, if you have any questions

Propeller Ads
This type of ad network is also referred as "Pop Under Ads" which means when a user clicks on a link in the site, the click will trigger the ad, to display as a pop-up, those having a high bounce rate should not apply this ad network

Bidvertiser
Bidvertiser is a good ad network, though i don't know much about them but you should try it out yourself

Infolinks
Taking the 5th position is infolinks, infolinks is based on contextual ads, which means text advertising, they review applications, but you have 60% chance of approval compared to adsense, they don't just disapprove application

You might also like these ones
Media.Net
Taboola

In my previous post i talked about monetizing your blog with adhitz,  today i am going to talk about the top 5 best platforms for adverting
We have seen alot this year so with detailed topic you will know the one that is best to suite your needs

Adsensebr />Adsense is the best advertising so far, with their PPC ranging  from $0.10 to $5.00 , depending on the keyword top blogs/website use them, the factor is the way  of approval, they easily reject applications, click to register for an adsense account

Adhitz
Adhitz is the best alternative to adsense, they don't review application, if they do it, it is because you are found wanting, they pay via paypal or payza,  click on thr above link to register a free account

Propeller Ads
This type of ad network is also referred as "Pop Under Ads" which means when a user clicks on a link in the site, the click will trigger the ad, to display as a pop-up, those having a high bounce rate should not apply this ad network

Bidvertiser
Bidvertiser is a good ad network, though i don't know much about them but you should try it out yourself

Infolinks
Taking the 5th position is infolinks, infolinks is based on contextual ads, which means text advertising, they review applications, but you have 60% chance of approval compared to adsense, they don't just disapprove application

You might also like these ones
Media.Net
Taboola

Afflilate marketing is the process of monetizing your blog with affliliate programs, it works like an advertising çompany, such as adsense, the process of integrating it with your blog is what i will teach you,

Afflliate marketing can be a better option in terms of monetizing your blog/website, while waiting for  adsende approval , thr good thing is that you don't need to be reviewed and approved like Adsense or other advertising network,  once you registered you have got it

For those asking what is afiliate marketin/programs this answer is for you, affiliate prpgram is the process of registering in a company affiliate program, following the guidelines and placinh their ad code on your blog/website, once a visitor from your blog clicks on the ad, they will be transferred to the company's own website, the browser will store the infomation in a forms of cookies, in case the visitor bookmarked the page, with these detailed post i hope, you have  been able to kearn affiliate marketing

Summary: Affiliate is a good monetizing process aside from adsense, there are so many out there