Facebook to start charging membership fees?

Some Facebook users have started posting on their walls a message claiming that Facebook will start charging fees for access and services to users starting this summer. And if you will repost the message, you will get it for free. This hoax is not new. I have seen many Facebook hoaxes from the past and this is the latest.

The picture above is one of the example circulating messages on Facebook. You might read other verions like the following:

IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY.

And here's another one.

It's official.. signal at 12;20 it even passed on tv. Facebook will start charging this summer. If you copy this on your wall your icon will turn blue and facebook will be free for you. Please pass this message if not your count will be deleted. p.s, this is serious the icon turns blue, So please put this on your wall

Facebook is the most popular social networking site with over 800+ million users. Do you think Facebook needs subscription revenue? If Facebook will charge $9.99 per month to Gold Services, imagine the revenue after a month.

However, this rumor is untrue. Please take the moment to verify the speculations. There is no link or official announcement from Facebook that they will charge for a fee. The message is nothing more but an updated version of an old hoax. Facebook, as written on the homepage of the website is "Free and Always will be."

Google Analytics V5 is out for everyone

Google has improved the old version of Google Analytics into Google Analytics V5. When you sign in you can find a "New Version" link at the top right corner of your account page on Google Analytics. You can access both the old and new version anytime. The interface was redesigned and made faster than the previous version. Google Analytics is now available to all users in all languages.  If you haven't tried it yet, I encourage you to try the new version today. Experience new features and send feedback to further improve the new version.

Here is a list new features: 

• Multiple dashboard feature. You can add up to 20 dashboards per user that can contain up to 12 widgets. 
• Event Goals to track interactions from your site like PDF and video downloads 
• Powerful new custom reports.
• New Term cloud visualization
• Plot Rows to view two report graphs over time.

Google Analytics is soliciting feedbacks from users to improve the new system. More features to be release on the future so stay tune!

Automating Updates to your Facebook Fan Pages with your Blog Posts

I am the blogger behind the Ninja Saga Cheats blog and to make it easier for visitors to read the blog's updates,  I made a Facebook Fan page. Over 5,000 and counting Facebook users who play Ninja Saga love the page. It is never a pain to make the page updated but I want to make it automated. Then I found RSS Graffiti. A tool that reads your blog feed and automatically write it on your wall.


RSS Graffiti also works on Profile pages, Groups and Application Profile pages. To set this up on your Facebook accounts, follow these basic steps:


1. Get it Here: http://apps.facebook.com/rssgraffiti/

2. Select a fan page, groups, or profile on your left panel and click "Click here to add RSS Graffiti to this Fan Page". A confirmation box will ask you to add or leave the application. Click " Add RSS Graffiti"

3. You will have to allow RSS Graffiti for publishing permissions to post to your fan page or groups.

4. After that, you are now ready to add an Atom/RSS feed. Fill in the Feed URL Box and complete the following needed information.

5. Customize your posting styles and set your posting schedule. Done!

Sample post using RSS Graffiti from my page

My Biggest Money Maker this 2011

I will be inactive for a week because I will be looking for an offline job. But before that I want to share my biggest money maker online this 2011. I have two blogs PC Holics and Ninja Saga Cheats. My Ninja Saga Cheats blog is the key for my online earnings as I get 1000-2000 PVs a day on this blog. I am serving ads from the following ad networks.

Google Adsense

I recently got an Adsense PIP (Payment in Progress) status on my Google Adsense account. I will be receiving $126.50 this April 22. Thanks for my Ninja Saga Cheats blog. I acquired most of the clicks from this blog. Although this blog is having  low CTR and low bid on the keyword, I still made it through the payment threshold.

Infolinks

I will be receiving my first ever infolinks payment for the next 5 months. I earn $2 a week on infolinks. I now got $40. If I can maintain the $2/week earnings, I will reach the $50 payment threshold. Five months seems like forever LOL.

CMF Ads

I receive $8 - $11 monthly on my CMF Ads account. This is due to my Ninja Saga Cheats blog. I am also active on clicking spikes which helps on reaching the said amounts. 

Adgitize

I received my payout last April 9. I got $13 from Adgitize. I will stop adgitizing for a moment as I don't have any active ads on them. The earnings I make on Adgitize depends on whether I will buy an ad or not. I will return after I get an offline job. If you want to learn more about adgitize, read the articles below. That should help you.

• Make Money Online with Adgitize Advertising Network
• Tips on How to Maximize Your Adgitize Earnings
• Reasons on Why and Why Not Advertise with Adgitize

I want to say thank you to all who visit and read my posts. Without you guys, I will not able to make these earnings. Happy Easter everyone! 

Blogger Custom Domain Using NameCheap

I bought two .net domains on Namecheap. One is for my Ninja Saga blog  and the other one is for this blog. I bought .net domains because the .com is no longer available. But why do I use Namecheap instead of other popular sites like Godaddy? When I bought these domains,  my Paypal account is not verified. Namecheap accepts payments from unverified Paypal accounts. Below are the steps on how to achieve perfect redirection in Blogger and Namecheap.


1. Register you account first on Namecheap. After registration, immediately buy your domain name. A step by step instructions will be provided by Namecheap for you to follow.


2. After buying your domain name, open your Blogger account and do the following:




From your Blogger dashboard, select the blog you would like to have a custom domain. Click the "Settings" tab and then the "Publishing" tab located at the top left corner. Click the "Custom Domain" link and after that the" Switch to Advance Settings".


3. Input the domain name which you recently bought. After which you completed all the fields, hit "Save Settings". Review your settings, put a check on the redirect to box as seen below:

4. Login to your Namecheap account > Click on My Account > Manage Domains


5. Click on the domain name which you set for blog. Click on URL Forwarding under Host Management located on the left corner.

6. Enter the Following details

7. Hit Save and you are done!

Youtube and Search Engine Optimization?

YouTube has grown into an authority site. It gained its popularity as a public video sharing website. Uploading and sharing videos can be done conveniently on YouTube. But that's not the only thing that can be appreciated with YouTube. It can also be used as a medium to search engine optimization. 

Millions of people logged on everyday in search for videos that provide their current need. Be that instructional or informational in nature. As you all know, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine! Of course Google is the first one. And also FYI, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. This gives birth to the Youtube SEO. 

How to do SEO on YouTube?

Youtube = Video SEO. Video SEO is an online marketing strategy for optimizing videos that elevates the search engine ranking of a website. As millions of people search for videos everyday, it makes sense to take this opportunity to advertise and promote websites to gain maximum traffic and exposure. Not only traffic, but also an opportunity for link building.

How do you actually promote your website and gain traffic on YouTube? How about the link building? On YouTube, you can upload a video with clickable links or watermarks using a software. The clickable link could be your website url. You could also put your website's logo on your videos. And imagine if this video went viral.

On the description of the video you could also put your website url. And when someone re-post the video on their own channel, websites, Facebook page, twitter and other social media sites, the title, description and tags are automatically included unless deleted by poster.

You could also post comments and video responses. There, you could put video links as responses and you can invite more viewers to your own. If you could also create your own video or at least could edit one, you can recommend your website at the beginning or at the end of the video for more information. 

Ideal for link building and SEO isn't it?