What is a Google page rank?

It’s.. .a mystery to most. Mainly because Google changes their criteria rather often, so it can be hard to keep up with.

In a nutshell, Google Page Rank is a way Google determines the relevancy and importance of your website (or blog) from 1-10. You will find the majority written on page rank (PR) emphasizes backlinks – which are how many other well ranked websites are linking to you. While quality backlinks (2PR or higher-ideally over 5PR) are high on the chart, content and web design have their share of influence, too. There are many companies that say that they can raise your PR for a small fee…but Google is smart-VERY smart-and they know when the links are artificially generated. As soon as your PR hits 3 or more, you will start to receive requests from random sites wanting to link to you.

Why is Google Page Rank important?
Traffic and search engine results-and not in that order. Everything you work for to improve your rankings, your traffic, your SEO will ultimately refer back to your PR.

An excellent article to fully understand Google PR can be found at http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html

How to raise your Google Page Rank

Relevant content, easy (logical) navigation, and of course backlinks are key. There are things to avoid, too, like those companies that promise lots of backlinks. There are many things to work on, but when doing your search on what to do, Google’s own website is where you want to start.

You will always do well to learn and follow Google’s guide to producing Google-friendly websites at http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40349     

More information about best practices to help Google find, crawl, and index your site:  http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769&ctx=cb&src=cb&cbid=6di8m1brhd9f&cbrank=1

Have you submitted your website URL to Google? 

If you are well established with a minimum of 5 quality articles, and have gone over most of the guidelines in the links above, submit your url to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?pli=1

How to check your page rank:

Here’s a tool you can check your website’s page rank:

The author of this blog is very talented with creating visually appealing content as you will see when you visit. However, it’s not only a beautiful blog, but I was very impressed with not only his top 10 selection, but his reasons WHY he chose them. He builds on the theory that you don’t need to re-invent the wheel, but simply model the best.

Take your blog to the next level by studying these unique, successful blogs and the reasons they have done so well. I plan it-and sure have a lot of work to do!

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Please share with us any ideas or (secrets) you might have to making money online with your blog. Thanks!

The theory is great – teach your kids the basics of business, along with integrity in the marketplace, Christian principles and make some money in the process by starting a home business. You solve the time issue by making it a part of their school. Great. So what business should they start?

Stereotype jobs for teens like lawn care and babysitting are time-honored options. However, I frequently receive emails from rural families that don’t live very close to enough potential clients to make a business profitable. It’s difficult when transportation is required to effectively run the ‘home’ business and drivers and vehicles are in short supply.

One of the factors we **use in our curriculum** to decide on the best home business for your personal situation is what you have to work with. Be it money, equipment, transportation, skills, or time, you have to decide what will work for your family. Here are a few ideas to consider:

Fat Brain Coffee

Fat Brain Coffee is a business and a curriculum in one. For $68 you receive a 3-ring notebook with the basics of what you need to know to run your coffee & tea business. You also receive a supply of (Starbuck’s quality) coffee that you can put your own label on or use Fat Brain’s label. It’s designed for ages 8 and up. Scripts of exactly what to say are even included, and all the forms you will need. This is one of the simplest ‘business in a box’ setups that I’ve seen. I does require an element of transportation, but marketing can be done at homeschool and church events, or by email.

Find out more at: Fat Brain Coffee

Grow Something

On a farm or in a rural area with a little extra land, there are a number of things that kids could grow. Fresh herbs, bedding plants, worms, chicks, you name it. Farmer’s Markets are always a great place to sell such items, and you don’t have to limit yourself to only one. Find all the farmer’s markets in your area at http://www.localharvest.org/. You can also see how entrepreneurial growers have turned their home-grown products into different items like jams, birdhouses and more. Listing your item on the Local Harvest website is always an option, too!

Bake Something

Once again, we’re in that gray area of needing transportation, but if you set one day a week as your baking day and make it the day before a weekly outing you normally take, you can make it work. If your homeschool group or church group meets once a week you can deliver the fresh baked goods that day. Be sure to attach a price list/order form and your phone number on each delivery. Offer a free item to your customer if they refer a friend to you and they purchase something.

Blogging

This isn’t always a fast way to earn money, but some have done very well with blogging. Those that don’t see how you can make an income from blogging haven’t heard of Google Adsense. Google Adsense are those little ads that are found on websites and blogs. When you get distracted and click on one that looks interesting, the owner of the account makes some money. Now, you do have to be 18 to start an Adsense account, so parents of minors are required to obtain the account. You will also want to be sure that their friends understand that they can’t click their friend into riches because Google is quick to expel abusers (even if the owner isn’t aware) and there is no coming back.

Depending on the subject you choose to blog about, there are other ways to make money also. That’s another ebook. Blogging can be an extremely educational project, giving practice in writing, grammar, graphic design, marketing and more. One of the few ways anyone can start a business with $0 and end up a millionaire, it’s easy to learn, but complicated to master. So, why not start today? Free blogs can be set up immediately at WordPress.com, Blogger.com and HomeschoolBlogger.com.

Of course, there are dozens of other ways a kid can earn money and learn the way of an entrepreneur. What are some ways you (or your kids) have earned money?

**Our curriculum is Entrepreneurship 101 also known as The 9 Week Homeschool Entrepreneur. See details at http://homeschool-entrepreneur.com/entrepreneur_course.html

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Lynette’s energetic style is truly a reflection of her name, and you will want to bookmark this one or sign up for the updates like I did to keep posted on all she has to offer. She offers a premium service, which I have not checked out yet so I can’t speak for it, but she offers enough for free I haven’t found the need for it. . .(sorry, Lynette).

Some of the free items you can pick up on Blog Energizer are:

-Downloads: The 12 Topics You Need To Blog About Now, A Blogging Planner, A Blog Calendar & Traffic Generating Ideas (All separate downloads, free-well, at least for the sacrifice of your email address!)

-A free recipe book you can offer your readers

-25 quick and easy crafts for the holidays

-Free Ebooks from Barnes & Noble

-2010 Cartoon Calendar to offer your readers

-Learning with Lego magazines to giveaway (or keep!)

You’ll also find occasional ads for guest blog posts. There’s much more, but I think that’s enough to motivate you check out Blog Energizer to get some ideas to spice up your blog.

Happy November!

photo credit: Ninjanna

Here’s a way to combine a great homeschool learning experience with volunteer service and make a business out of it! I got the idea when I stumbled on the site LibraVox, which is a non-profit site that is attempting to put all public domain books on audio for the public. They are looking for volunteers to read books aloud onto their provided software (free, of course!) and release it onto their public domain site for anyone to listen to.

What if…..you volunteered to read, chose books of a particular subject that enhance your current homeschool studies, and also posted them on your site? You don’t want to charge for these audio, because they were created on software you received free for the purpose of creating public domain material. However, a website that has free audio downloads of a focused subject, you could put adsense on that site, and put the books you are reading aloud for sale through an Amazon affiliate link. This site won’t make you rich, but as you read different subjects, you could start different subject sites. Keeping your sites focused on one subject will give you an edge in the search engines.

As you learn your subjects that you’re reading aloud for LibraVox, you could also start Squidoo lenses on the subjects and earn additional revenue from that….and increase your traffic to your new sites.

Steps to start your online audio download biz:

1. Apply for Adsense with Google. This can take a week or two to get approved.

2. Start your volunteer service with LibraVox and start reading!

3. Sign up as an associate with Amazon. Follow our link or find the link at the bottom of any Amazon page, it says “Join Associates”.

4. Decide how you want to start a web page. The easiest option, which is also free, would be to start a blog with Blogger. More and more beginning website builders are starting out with a free blog as their website. Since Blogger is owned by Google, it makes it that much easier to put adsense (also owned by Google..) on it. If you want to get started right from the beginning with your own webhost, etc, BlueHost is the most recommended host, and has great tech support and comes with a free domain. They also have a good set up if you want to start a blog on WordPress, and they will (patiently) walk you through set up. The advantage to having your own site versus Blogger is the ever-present danger of shut down. If you are making a profit on your site, yet hosted on a free service of any kind, there is that fine line that only the free service knows between allowed advertising and too much. WordPress.com will usually at least give you a warning and tell you to remove all the links, but Blogger has been known to just remove your site. That can be devastating if you have put months or years of work into something that is now making a nice income and one day you wake up and it’s completely GONE. Google works hard at protecting their good reputation and the people they represent, but are very powerful and have little tolerance or patience for any infractions. What some people will do is get started free while doing all the footwork towards their own site and switch it all later. You can learn more about this process at our main site, Homeschool-Entrepreneur.com

What will they learn from this …looks harder than it is…project? LOTS!

1. The books they are reading will take on new meaning!

2. The writing skills putting a website and maybe a Squidoo site together.

3. Business skills for their new business.

4. Accounting skills running their business finances

5. Website, SEO, and online marketing skills

6. The value of doing something good by contributing to public domain works.

Have fun! Be sure to email us and let us know how it worked for you.

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