Website or a Blog: Which One Makes Money Online?

Arman Panji
It is so easy to make money online these days. Even if you are a beginner you can still make extra cash like $200 or $300 a month or even more. How do you do that? Simple, just make a website or blog covering a topic you are knowledgeable about and slap some ads on it. As long you are willing to spend an hour or two everyday to work on your venture you can definitely make that much. However, if you are a beginner you might be confused about which route to take. A website or a blog? Which one's the better option?

Here's the short answer; make a blog!

Okay, first thing first. Why should you make a blog? Because it's really easy to make even if you don't have any programming skills. The second reason is because search engines are in love with blogs. If you make a blog right now the search engines can index it in minutes! That is a big deal because people can only find your site through search engines after the engines index your site. If you can get your site indexed fast people can start discovering your sites in the next couple of days and that means you can start making money right away.

What software should you use to make the blog?

Wordpress, that's the answer. If you host your site on a decent hosting company you will most likely given access to cPanel. After you login to your cPanel account click on the Fantastico icon and then start installing Wordpress. You can complete the installation in less than a minute. Yes, you read that right. You can install Worpress in less than a minute. It's really that simple. Once you have Wordpress installed login to the Wordpress administrator page and start playing with it.

Another good thing about making a blog with Wordpress is that you can make it pretty easily. Go to Google and search for free Wordpress templates. You'll find thousands of them so you're bound to get some templates that match your taste.

Can't a website perform as good as a blog?

Of course it can. As long you know how to structure your site properly. Search engines prefer sites with good structure because that's what quality sites look like. With Wordpress a good website structure is a given so you're only chore is to fill it with quality content. When you have quality content monetizing your blog will be easy. You can place Adsense ads, promote some affiliate products, write sponsored posts, selling text links, banner ads, and many more.

Conclusion

Instead of trying to code a new website on your own it is better to use Wordpress if you want to make money online. Fill it with some quality content and start monetizing right away.

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