Linkbait - A Cat With Two Heads!!!

Did that title get your attention?? Were you actually expecting to see a picture of a cat with two heads???? Great!! My linkbait worked!!

Linkbait is simply the name given to posts with sensational titles created for the purpose of getting people to read it. It's based on an old method, as newspaper editors and magazine publishers have been using headlines like that for many years. It's kinda like the circus barker calling people to come inside to see the bearded lady. It makes you WANT to click that link, just out of curiousity.

Some linkbait titles are outright lies just to get surfers to click, while others are merely sensationalistic rewording of the truth. For example, if you have an online jewelry store and wanted to announce a sale, then instead of the usual "We Now Offer 30% Off All Diamonds", you could say something like "Internet Thief Stole Our Jewels!!", and then explain that your new sale is so great that it's almost like stealing!

It's about doing what you can to grab a surfers attention as they bounce from one site to another. You want them to STOP at your site and take notice of what you have to offer. Think of those endless commercials you've seen on TV and which ones piqued your interest. Now it's your turn to write the commercial!! You can do it!!!

SEO Joke: What do you call Zelda (from Legend Of...) wearing lingerie? Link Bait!! yuk-yuk...

Adsense Proof Of Earnings

I'm showing a pic of my adsense proof of earnings today for a few reasons. One, because a member of the LR forum seems to think that Google is running an adsense scam and that they don't actually pay anyone ever. I thought this was a bit silly and I told him so, but he wants to see proof, so here you go...

This is the check I received yesterday for money earned up to the end of July. They issue checks at the end of every month for the amount made up to the month before, as long as you reach the $100 minimum payout. I just made it this time with $110 earned!

I blocked out any identification numbers and I put a piece of paper with my site url written on it instead of my name so you would know it was posted on this blog first, in case someone tries to steal the pic for their own site "proof". I think that's better than a photo of some smiling guy holding a check for 40k in his hand...you know the one I'm talking about. I'm too homely to pull that off! lol

If you noticed, there are NO Adsense ads at all on this blog though. That's because of all the cheaters and scammers going around committing click fraud by asking people to click on their ads if you click on theirs. I prefer to earn money online the honest way, so I don't want any part of those schemes and I've removed Adsense from this blog to prevent anyone from trying that here.

I'm an Adwords user as well, and these cheating idiots can affect your campaigns with inflated clicks that have no value to you as an advertiser. If you cheat the system you WILL get caught and your account will be banned, so just don't do it! There are far too many legitimate ways to earn money online than to resort to cheating.

The other reason for posting the adsense proof picture is to give more transparency to my readers who follow my rantings. I know it's not always easy to believe what someone says if it's just typing and so this is my response to the "show me the money" request.

In the future I will be posting more pics and screenshots to prove more of what I have been saying all along...you CAN earn money online!!