People are very quick to change and if you beat on your audience ( webmasters predominantly are Google’s target because of Adwords and because of rankings ) it is very easy for them to change as well.

Many people do not remember this, but Yahoo used to be number 1 before Google started favoring content based sites and webmasters.

This is what is commonly on First Page of Google Now after Algorithm Update :

- Algorithm update End of March to Now so far

1. No content sites like the one i noticed yesterday for make money online
2. Sites with less than 10 pages – No authority
3. A lot of scraper sites – This is where a spammer copies someones hard work and then puts it on the web
4. Authority sites that have spent years creating great content gone and no where to be seen
5. Sites being targeted for using too much SEO, what the, SEO is what makes a site readable to readers.
6. Sites being targeted for using a blogroll or network links – Well that was a harsh one seeing as these are usually there for value and less for ranking. Everyone knows a blogroll link has little value in SEO. Why punish when instead you could just discount these links value. How many authority sites use blogrolls or similar? Millions..
7. Sites being targeted for using too much headings, I don’t know about you but i like sites that use headings, it makes it easier to read.

So what is left then on top of Google Results..

1. Sites with no headings
2. Little SEO value on page meaning less interested in reading
3. Less authority so possibly new or spam
4. Small sites with low value content getting top ranking
5. No content Sites getting ranking – Hmmm, it may be a good time to roll out some video blogs..?

That does not mean that all effected by the change in algorithm are changing to Bing or Yahoo, however a large amount will because they are loyal based on good results and like any trends they can change if results like these shown yesterday keep rolling out.

However with that being said, I am sure Google is seeing the stats and eyeing there next best move. Whether it is to roll back and bring back the good search or to open the door to a lessor audience. I guess we will wait and see.

Quality content remember..?

Image Above – Screenshot of Make Money Online Keyword in Google as seen above

Image  Above – Website at number five for this high competitive keyword – Can you believe it? Absolutely no content or value whatsoever, yet ranking for one of the hardest to rank keywords out there.

Anyways, that is by and by, i am assuming this algorithm update will be rolled back once they realize the spam sites that are now displaying on top now.. This is not the only keyword ranking  mistake i have seen either, it is happening in the beauty area, in the health keyword sector and in many others. The only sites that seem to be immune are Google’s partners like Wikipedia ( Article Directory / Encyclopedia that seems to rank for top keywords no matter what is on there and what quality ) and Youtube ( Google owned ) of course. One being a general article site showing all topics which is supposedly frowned upon for rankings by Google as it is not in any specific niche and the other having virtually no content at all as it is a video site.

Anyways, if you are noticing your own rankings going weird or another top keyword ranking unusually like shown above in Google feel free share what you noticed in the comments below.

Maybe Google will notice this post and fix the ranking issue quicker.

However like all affiliate programs some are better than others and also some perform better than others.

What is a PPC Affiliate Program?

First of all before i share my recommended PPC programs for the last two years first let me share what PPC is in a nutshell? PPC is where a advertiser pays you a small amount per visitor you send to there site. Depending on your site and PPC company that pay per click value is determined by the client ( advertiser ) or by the relevance of where the click came from.

( Below is my list of recommended Top PPC Affiliate Programs for the years 2011 to 2012. )

1. AdSense – Adsense is still a great option, while it it not 100% perfect for all sites the return for a targeted site in certain niches can really pay off. To use Adsense however always make sure to have a high quality site with a privacy page to protect you and your visitors.
2. Infolinks – One of my current favorites as they take up no advertising space and the the links are quite relevant to the traffic as well. These appear as hyperlinks in content so on a content focused website with good traffic the income can really add up. And yes they can be used alongside Google Adsense.
3. Bidvertiser – Similar to Adsense this PPC provider is good in certain niches. One of the best aspects of Bidvertiser is that they allow you to set your minimum bid from advertisers as well as you can reject certain types of ads. They also have a commission share program as well meaning more commissions.

Okay so that is my list of used and recommended PPC providers ( only three for now because these are the ones that earn me the most money ), if you can think of any others that pay good as well feel free to share your recommendations below in the comments area. Also while you are here feel free to download my free guide on making money from blogging. To do so all you have to do is enter in your email and bam, it will be sent within a few minutes to your email box.

With the new Etoro Openbook platform there have been many analogies of the program in comparison to famous movies across the years. The below video is a video analogy of Pulp Fiction and of the new Openbook Etoro social feature that is taking a totally new slant on the way Forex has been played.

( Etoro Forex Openbook and Pulp Fiction Analogy )

For those unaware of what Etoro is, they provide a unique form of Forex trading by mixing a social aspect to it. By doing so, not only can you do normal Forex trading but you can also copy other professional traders to make money, communicate with other professional traders and see exactly what anyone in the network is buying, selling or ordering. By this feature alone new traders can see what is best to trade which in turn provides less risk to a new market that they have never traded in before.

To learn more on the possibilities of Forex Trading with Etoro then jump over and read my larger more comprehensive review on the program and its features.

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Please be aware I have lost money too and i have also gained money from forex, at first losing seemed to be the easiest one. However like anything in time one can improve and get better and better so i will begin with my list of tips to trading winning trades rather than losing trades.

10 Ways to Stop Losing Trades in Forex

1. Always start small – When a beginner to forex always start small with your first trades for weeks and weeks until you feel you are getting a higher than 80% success rate. Do not start big, you will lose it, forex is very emotional and not a place for gamblers.
2. A good starting trade for those starting out in forex is a mini account (less than $400 dollars), you can do a demo free account but you will find it will not be the same as real money which is what you need to learn. Instead start small and risk little money. An example of a trade that is little to me is 1 trade of say buy trade of aud/ usd  0f 20 dollars at risk level 50 or smaller which does a pip count of 10 cents or lower. That way if you lose a trade it is only a couple of dollars, not hundreds. That is a hard lesson to learn that many do unfortunately.
3. When starting out copy successful traders, this can be done easily on the Etoro trading platform  which has the feature of copytrader. This awesome feature allows you to see ranking on all traders in the network and if you like one copy them for all future trades. Always pick a 90% or higher success rate trader with this one as a good tip.. For more on Etoro.
4. Don’t walk in think forex is an easy get rich quick scheme, while it can be a way to sure wealth in order to achieve that you have to learn how to do it properly.
5. Keep your emotions out of trading, trading should be seen like any real business with a real business plan, don’t just Set it and Forget it – With forex the most successful traders put in a trade with a good deep stop loss with easy achievable take profit margins. What this does it it allows the currency to drop and return past profit while you are not at your computer. While this is not a guaranteed success method it has a 95% or better ratio.  To do it right however takes practice. And you still want to buy when the market is heading that way as well.
6. Always buy a short trade when resistance breaks – This is one you have to learn the hard way. Learn to be quick on the buy button when the conditions are right. What do i mean by a short trade or resistance? A short trade is where you just try to take a few to several pips out of the market. There is nack to doing it but it takes time. Resistance is where all of a sudden a currency breaks free of the battle against another currency and bounces up quickly or bounces down quickly. This one takes practice and timing.. A good short is 5 or more pips and at a mini account of 10 cent pips that is 30 cents or more. I know it is small but this developing a way to stop losing trades..
7. In time after 10 or more small trades making a few good dollars, then think about looking for the 20 cent pip trade but be ready to lose all your winnings. This is okay and a learning process as well. It takes time. If it wins however then it pays off and if it loses cut the trade before you lose and break even..
8. Look for the good trades, they are out there, it takes a bit of time to find but learn to not trade on emotion, instead look at exactly what each pair is doing.
9. Use a Forex Robot – While I have not tried this one myself, many rave about two big robots time and time again which apparently have over 96% success ratio. What a robot does is analyse the market conditions and looks for weaknesses to buy and sell at a profit. Some people claim to make over $10,000 a week from such robots and software. And that is on autopilot.  These two recommended mostly are Fapturbo and Forex Megadroid. Use both of these carefully and always ask what the recommended settings are.
10. One trade at a time – Unless you are copying a professional trader that knows what they are doing such as on Etoro then just do one trade at a time. I know it is small earnings, make daily goals of say 5 dollars a day, then raise it once achieved to ten dollars a day. Many rush in trying to get as much out as possible when there experience is small, this is the same as gambling if you ask me, learn and improve over time..
11. BONUS TIP – Buy low spread currency pairs rather than high spread pairs, aud / eur is under 3 and so is the aud / usd two I like overall
12. BONUS TIP 2 – Buy when the market is right, usually the London gmt time is best for trading ( most pips overall ) which is from 6pm AEST to midnight in Austalia time zone. Look up the GMT time for your area to correlate the time zone.

Number One Way to Lose Money in Forex

The overall number one way people lose money in Forex when they are new to it is because of emotions. People have a hard time realizing that the forex is out of there control and so they blame themselves or others and at times can really make it difficult on themselves when trying to learn to trade this amazing market. Emotions need to stay out of the forex at all times, instead plan your trades well and have an amount planned as well that you are willing to lose on each trade.. This saves the stress..

Number One Way of Making Successful Trades in Forex?

For a newbie other than copying someone that is a trading king, such as on Etoro as i mentioned above is to look at yourself. Take emotions out and do trading for the long haul no matter what happens with each trade. As an example do a 20 dollar trade on a mini account look for a good time to buy or sell depending on preference then work out a take profit around ten or more pips in front of where you want to go, then set a stop loss at a good distance to avoid the currency hitting it if things go bad and allowing it to do a recoil which happens so much in Forex.

What i mean by recoil is a curreny pair goes down, then it can return half an hour to two hours to days later. It’s all mathematics this one, on occasions it does not return then you may lose the lot, however it gives to best chance overall on each individual trade you do. Over 90% to be exact.  Indications to watch out for here are is the currency at a resistance level or can it go higher, is it resisting against the opposite curency meaning chances it will drop. If so wait patiently for the drop or rise depending in the situation, then click the buy or sell order and bam walk away. Let the stop loss and take profit decide. If by doing right and it rises, feel free to adjust the stop loss into the profit zone and take profit one to move up as much as it can. From time to time check and see if it needs adjust in the profit zone.. Then all you have to do is hop for more than 50 pips.. It does happen everyday..

One aspect to keep in mind is the forex is not fully controllable, by understanding this it actually gives you more control…

Last Thoughts on How to Stop Losing Forex Trades

Overall like any market, learn how currency pairs move, don’t rush in, just relax breath and look for an opening, if an opening does not appear then just wait or try later. Not every time is a good time to buy currencies.

With a growing online company called Etoro those many beginner trading risks are being reduced and in a big way.

What is Etoro?

(Etoro – Introduction Video to Using the Forex Trading Platform)

In a nutshell, Etoro is the biggest online Forex provider in the world with the largest amount of users as well. They provide easy online Forex access in nearly all countries and provide easy to use systems in which to learn to trade and which to start to trade as well. Like all traders know when it comes to trading in Forex without know how it is a bit like trading in the dark. What makes Etoro unique is it changes that by providing one of the largest social networks built into the Forex platform as well, that way you can share ideas on what to buy, what to sell and when with real potential traders, and not only that you can also see there performance in real time as well. They call this the Openbook and it is a feature of Etoro that really makes forex a hell of a lot easier.

Etoro – Openbook Trading Platform Makes Trading Easier

The openbook feature within Etoro allows a Etoro member to communicate with online traders that are making big money and i mean big money like say over 10,000 a day from trading and you can openly see what they are trading and can openly see there performance and success rate in trading and it is updated live to give real results. No tricks, just real information that can really help a trader. Especially for a new trader to the market as well.

Build More Confidence with Copy Trader

By using the feature in openbook a member of Etoro which is free by the way can simply copy a trader automatically with the push of the button. Or if you like a traders performance simply select copy and then the next trade they do your trade will be the same. This feature is good as it shows in real time how a good trader does it and you can also copy on a already successful traders performance as well. This feature alone by itself is so unique and is partly what makes Etoro so much easier to use in comparison to so many other online trading platforms out there.

Benefits of The Platform

• Copy a Professional Trader in Forex
• See Everyone’s live Performance – This is like legal insider trading
• Sign up free
• Easy Setup
• Social aspect gives real confidence
• Easy payment system for deposit and withdrawal – PayPal, bank deposit, Neteller, Credit Card are all excepted to name a few.
• Free Trading Account to begin to learn how to Trade in a real environment.

( A bit more on Copy Trader and Etoro )

Step by Step Forex Trading Platform

Etoro really hits this on the head, they provide easy to see and easy to use step by step process to starting up with the Forex market. To anyone that is new Forex can really be a daunting place where money can be made and money can be lost. In fact without the right understanding Forex can even appear to some people like gambling. While this changes in time with knowledge and understanding of pattern analysis to many that begin in Forex a graph is simply a graph. That is what drew me partly to Etoro, I could practice away for free and build confidence then quickly jump to a real account with guidance from the top traders and make some easy quick trades that made me profit. While there is always a chance of loss, by following the system and learning how to read patterns in Forex one can profit more than lose which is what makes a professional trader in a nutshell.

So if you are looking for a way to trade online, but have been putting it off, Etoro is probably one of the best places to trade in a free demo account, build confidence, talk with other real online traders and get a step in on the market without having to feel the pressure of feeling alone and vulnerable.

My Thoughts on Etoro

I give Etoro a good thumbs up overall as a great learning tool to Forex especially for those wanting to learn how it works. I myself, have been using them for a while now, while not all trades are in profit, I seem to have a good 70% t0 80% performance rate and I owe all those results to discussing with top performing online traders and spending a few weeks and months reading on how to do it similar to the way they do as well.

If you are interested in Forex as well, then why not jump on over to the Etoro website now for more details on how to learn. It may even change your life.

( Braveheart analogy of Etoro and its easy forex trading platform – Openbook)

Risks Of Trading Forex

Like any form of investment, trading is no different, there are potential risks and losses as well as profits that can happen. This is something anyone new to the system or Forex needs to be aware of and prepare for when trading in general, however by learning the ways to do it properly like anything and excepting those risks in time it has the potential for great gains and benefits as well.

The Australian Dollar Rising Against the USD

At the beginning of 20o8 what was the value of the Australian dollar? It was around the 80 cent mark, this was a good value for most online marketers as it meant that when earning mostly in US currency they would get a larger return than what was actually made. In a way like getting a 20% or pay rise. Now at the present moment in 2011 the Aud soars around the 1.04 mark meaning that each time we convert our earnings to Aud we actually lose quite a bit on the conversions. This all adds up over the course of a year and at the end of the year at this average it can mean a lower earnings of around a quarter less ( taking in fees and what not ). That is not great news for affiliate marketers.

As an example, recently I did a conversion for 3000 USD to AUD and it brought me back about 2800 dollars back. That’s a good loss when you think of the return expected back in 2008 where I could be getting anywhere around the 3500 mark for that type of exchange, nearly a loss of over 700 when you work out the figures.

Above is a graph showing the rise and fall of the Australian dollar over the last five years, each time it rises for the Australian online affiliate marketer they make less and less profit compared to the previous years of glory. By looking at the graph you will see the drop in 2009 to 60 cents which boosted our earnings up to present day high averages. If you are also an Australian affiliate marketer, such as myself that has been effected by the rise comment your thoughts below on how it effected you..

5 Blue Background Themes for WordPress

1. Sky WordPress Theme

This is another amazing design from Elegant Themes. The unique design allows the user to split there wordpress blog into multiple sections giving the user a more broad and professional look. Also one can create a front less like a blog revealing the most important points of the site. This improves navigation and access for many. With this theme there is many options of blue style background.

2. Lightbright Blue WordPress Theme

Lightbright is a totally unique style in that it divides the blog posts up into like bubbles and the sidebar blends more into the background. This helps make the content stand out more and would be good for art style blogs or similar. Very impressive style again from Elegant Themes.

3. Studio BLUE WordPress Theme

Another excellent blue background theme from Elegant themes, this one focused on the more simple easy to navigate look. The trendy style uses a blue backgound that merges into the sidebar giving it a more unique and 3d type look. This style would suit many types of blogs that want a easy to look at magazine style layout with a different type of sidebar.

4. Delegate Blue Background WordPress Theme

This one is a clean cut wordpress theme from Woothemes. Designed for that business look and style. With this style one can add there main products or services to there homepage an have them impressively sliding showing visitors exactly what you offer in a good easy to view slideshow. Good for review, product or service sites. Basically anything business related.

5. Modified Headway WordPress Theme

Headway is in a total league of it’s own when it comes to what you can do. Basically said it can help anyone turn an average blog into a total unique professional design that suits you totally. This is done by its in built function, the Visual Editor. This tool allows the user to drag and drop elements, change css, edit widths, edit header designs etc, all without going into any core files straight from the browser. This is a highly recommended theme option by Buyers Web and as you can see Buyers Web is powered by it also.

Ways to Double or Even Triple Your Infolinks Earnings!

1. Ensure the Infolinks links are the same color as the other links on the page. This will make them blend better increasing click through ratio. To find the exact color of your links on your page you can use a tool such as gimp to screenshot your page then use the color selector tool to get the exact link color. It should be a six letter code. Another way to find out your link color is to go into your stylesheet.css within your wordpress admin and look for the color of link text. This can be tricky for newbies so be careful in there.
2. Use the single line dotted links instead of the double lines, the double lines do not get as many click troughs as the single line style.
3. Think of top earning bidded keywords when writing a post subject. This is beneficial for all forms of ppc programs. Then focus your niche on them as well within your writing.
4. Limit the number of Infolinks links on page to suit your website. As an example a large content site can use 7 to 10 per page whereas for low content sites I would recommend using 4 or less. This is because Infolinks can look spammy on low content sites thus giving a higher bounce rate which in turn will lower earnings all over your website. An example of a high content page is at least 600 to 700 words per page.
5. Add the other infolinks options such as related tags, the cloud and seo keyword search.

Overall when you look at the tips above you will see as well that they follow the similar formula of how to increase AdSense earnings as well. This is because people think in the same general way and pattern as they do with these ads as they do with Infolinks ads as well.