SixApart.com just announced today that they are planning to "help bloggers make money from their sites". Read about the announcement HERE.

While most bloggers have heard and most likely be using well known advertising platforms such as Adsense, Bidvertiser, AdBrite, Kontera and Text Link, I'm rather eager to see what form of advertising method that SixApart has to offer.

Bloggerfocus Explores SixApart.com
The advertising section at SixApart.com is divided into two categories, consisting of the "Bloggers and Publishers" category and the "Advertisers and Media" category. Like any other typical Ad management service, there is a short, somewhat virtuous description about how SixApart can help Bloggers make money from their blog. There's even a catchy text link at the end of the description using the phrase "Generate more income through your blog". (Wow I'm "sooooo" impressed!)

A click on that text link brings me to the Solutions for Bloggers page. Why am I not surprise to find more well written "virtuous bragging" on that page as well? Reading that page gives me the impression of a salesperson (in this case SixApart) trying to convince customers (thats me and you) to buy a product without actually showing what it is.

As a last resort, I had to sacrifice submit my email in order to obtain more information about SixApart advertising program. Fingers crossed, I hope they will send me the details soon. Rest assured there will be more updates on SixApart once I receive the requested information.

Bloggerfocus Summarizes on SixApart.com
From the announcement article, I get the impression that SixApart.com has already prepared the full program plus interface for publishers to register and start making some moolah! Yet a visit to their Advertising section leaves me with a page full of text and a submission box requesting for my email. Some sort of an anti-climax in my opinion.

Honestly, I have no qualms over the services such as VOX and TypePad being offered by SixApart to the public. However, I do question the capability of SixApart to provide a substantial publisher program that could help "small time" bloggers to earn some serious cash. Perhaps it is still too early for me to judge or maybe I have jumped into an early conclusion based on what I've seen so far. My only hope now is to receive some sort of mind blowing information from you guys in exchange for my email.

For the time being, I'm left with a bag full of promises and nothing to show for.

Peace and Happy Blogging to all!
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When you talk about using blogs or site to earn money from the Internet, the first thing that comes out of it is Google AdSense. How many times have you come across forum and threads idolizing Google AdSense? How many times have you seen blogs stop updating after getting their AdSense accounts banned by Google?

Would you be demotivated to blog if your AdSense account got terminated for no reason? What if your application to Google AdSense receives this reply:

In fact this is the very reply I got from Google Adsense for my most recent application. I did feel the sudden pang of demotivation when I received that reply from AdSense. Never the less, I knew very well that my past actions have come back to haunt me. I'm paying the price of a folly committed by myself four years ago.

I started blogging four years ago and was rather excited when I came across Google AdSense at that time. I thought to myself, I just need to place the Google ads on my blog and if people click on the ads, I get paid. By God, is Google giving out free money to me??

So I registered myself and approval was given almost instantly (unlike nowadays where an application for Google AdSense requires days to get a response from them).

Those days, there was no guide on how to add Google Ads to your blog. Furthermore, using Blogger Classic was a horror for beginners likes me. I knew nuts about HTML and you expect me to stick a bunch of codes from Google AdSense into my blog?

It took me hours and probably days to get the right placement of ads into my Blogger Classic template. I had to paste the code, save the template and view it to see if the codes fit correctly. This was repeated over and over again until I was satisfied with it. Now that the ads are up, I'm ready to make some fast money. I click on the ads once and then log in to my Google AdSense account. Wow! my account has been credited with a few cents from that one click. I click again on the same ad and refresh my AdSense account page, more money got added.

Back then, I had no idea that my IP was tracked by Google. Back then, I was totally ignorant about the terms and condition of Google AdSense. How was I know to what is wrong or right when all I did was click "I Agree" during the registration. The only thing obvious to me that time is clicking the ads as many times a possible to generate more income for myself.

After days and probably weeks of clicking my own ads, I received an email from the AdSense Team. Were they sending me an email to congratulate me for being the top clicker? Or is it time to pay me for dilligently clicking on their Ads? I opened the mail, my heart beating with excitement as I expect to see some good news.

Alas, there were no congratulatory words in the mail! Neither was there a single sentence saying that a cheque has been sent to me. I couldn't believe my eyes as I read the mail over and over again. My account has been TERMINATED! What in the world have I done wrong?

Back to the present, you can see how naive I was then. Once your name has been blacklisted by Google AdSense, you can never again apply for a new AdSense account using the same name. Use another name? Well the cheque payment from AdSense is issued to the registered name, so if you intend for some stranger to earn money from your ads, go ahead and proceed.

Four years have past since then. I regretted my action but there is no turning back. Life has to go on. I still love to blog, with or without AdSense. There will be other alternatives to make money from blogging. I'm still here posting articles, getting a Dot Com domain and starting a site to help other bloggers. Has my blogging world ended the day Adsense left me four years ago? I guess not.

A piece of advice for anyone who has just started blogging and want to use Google AdSense for your blog. Please and I repeat please read the Terms and Condition stipulated by Google AdSense before you click the "I Agree" button. When it comes to money, large corporation like Google can be pretty strict with their policies. No amount of plea or appeal will get you clean again once you're blacklisted.

Remember this and remember well my dear readers,

NEVER EVER CLICK YOUR OWN ADS!

P.s : Thinking of some other ingenuis way to outwit Google? Think twice! A 200 billion dollar corporation isn't run by dimwits you know.

Good luck making money and happy blogging to all.

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