Google’s New Hummingbird Search Algorithm

Have you noticed recently that up to 90% massive drop down in Google Search Traffic Worldwide? If you are a blogger then definitely yes, because most of the bloggers noticed it and posted it everywhere on the internet. Why this has suddenly happened to every blogger & webmaster? find out the answers in this post.

That’s all happening just because of new update made by Google to its search algorithm. Google’s new algorithm is named as “Hummingbird“. Google has become much better at offering up direct answers to questions asked by end user that’s because Google recently flipped the switch on a new search algorithm which will focus on parsing searches as complex queries.

“Hummingbird” a new Search Algorithm:

“Hummingbird” is actually the logical step made by Google towards separating the best material from the Internet. Now Google will put less emphasis on matching keywords so search results will be more emphasis on understanding what a user is most likely hoping to obtain. The ways through which Google crawls the World Wide Web will be remained same as it was in past, but the search results will be determined to best suit the user experience.

What Google want to achieve?

Google actually wants to keep pace with the evolution of Worldwide Internet usage. Search queries got more complex so, traditional keyword based system is not showing what a user is most likely expecting to obtain that’s why there is need to match concepts and meanings instead of keywords. So Google makes an effort to match the meaning of queries instead of matching keywords.

Benefits of Hummingbird Algorithm:

1. Search Engine can parse full query more quickly.

2. Google will be able to identify and rank content it has indexed with relevant queries.

3. Search Engine can compile voice-based queries more accurately.

4. Google will only return relevant search results. Irrelevant results will be discarded.

5. Search Results would be determined to best suit the user experience.

Drawbacks of Hummingbird Algorithm:

1. Google becomes more powerful. So webmaster will totally dependent upon Google.

2. Small blogs having great content usually get penalized.

3. Large website in the corporate world mostly gets more exposure.

4. It is harder to get profit from your own original content.

Future of Internet marketing (SEO):

As I mention earlier in the post that according to new “Hummingbird” algorithmGoogle will put less emphasis on matching keywords so search results will be more emphasis on understanding what a user is most likely hoping to obtain. So bloggers should take advantage of all the marketing initiative which focuses on staying ahead of the competition. One who gives priority to the needs of their visitors and create content to satisfy user requirement will definitely see the biggest successes in the future. So it’s time to prioritize user requirements instead of prioritizing the search engine crawler. Google itself set a great example in new “Hummingbird” search algorithm update was actually an attempt by Google to better serve the needs of their users.

Final Advice to Bloggers / Online Business:

Finally I advise every blogger / online business that plan to stay ahead of the competition should focus on better serving their user instead of focusing search engines. The Simple Fundament is that:

“Give Priority to Users, so User Give Priority to You”

Dear Readers above were some general information about Google’s new search algorithm “Hummingbird”. Any Query Related to above post will be highly appreciated. You may ask your questions in the comment section. Thank you for reading!

How much money can I earn online?

This question is asked mostly by newbies who just got aware of Making money facts on the internet recently. In the start up, they think its very easy to make money on the internet because they observed everyone is talking about it and many out there making six figures online. So they think it’s the most easiest job in the world, while when they come to know after the first failure, they ask people and especially the experienced ones about the estimation money they could make monthly on the internet. And the same happened with me many times when I received a huge number of messages and emails from my readers and new visitors who ask about the exact monthly figures. To be honest, there is no fix figures for making money on the internet, it all depends on your reputation, skills, services, products, traffic and even your business. So throughout this short post, I’ll try to explain it a little bit that how can/can’t you measure monthly income on the internet.

Do people really make money online?

Yes they do. A lot of people out there make very good income on the internet on monthly bases and some are even making more than your expectations such as in millions. But they will never tell you exactly how much they earn on monthly bases, this is because disclosing income figures may harm their business or there might be some other reasons for this.. However, some entrepreneurs and bloggers share their monthly income with their readers most often such as John Cow Does.

How much can I earn on the internet?

Again, there is no exact figure for you. You may earn $0 monthly, you might earn from $10 to $100 monthly and maybe you are an experienced person with a lot of skills and professional ideas who can earn up to $50,000 monthly such as John Cow Does. John Cow is one of the top internet marketers and entrepreneur from USA who claims to earn upto $50,000 monthly from his blogging activities and online marketing skills [reference:www.johncow.com]. Also, there are average bloggers and entrepreneurs who make $500 to $2000 or higher than this. Moreover, there are bloggers who make $5000 to $10000 monthly only from their websites such as Harsh Agarwal (Shoutmeloud.com), Mustafa Ahmedzai (MyBloggerTricks.com), Amit Agarwal (Labnol.org), Syed Balkhi (Wpbeginner.com) and so on.

But once again, there is no exact answer for you, because you can’t say how much will you earn right now on monthly bases. This all will depend on your online reputation, your followers, your skills, your hard work and absolutely will depend on your business. Once you get started, you’ll start make money, slowly and gradually your earning will grow, but it will need your continue attention and care of your content, business or whatsoever you do on the internet.

Can I earn $500 to $2000 easily on the internet?

Yes you can, but not easily. If you started a website with a little investment at the beginning and you worked hard for almost 2 years then it may become true and that You’ll earn between $500 and $2000 or higher than this figure. What you’ll actually need to do is; start your first website with a niche topic/idea in mind, work day and night to attract people and make the difference in online world, keep working till a year and promote your work everywhere on the internet. After a year when your first blog/website is successful then create another one with another great idea, so 50% out of 100% of your old readers/visitors will follow your new website/blog from the first day. After 1 and half year you may start your third website with one more great idea, and you’ll reach your target of making $2000 monthly from the internet, because by using your website you can offer services to the Worldwide audience and customers, also you may sell your products through your website and you can make money by displaying advertisements on your website. Affiliate commission is another great way to reach your target.

You actually need to build your business, and it starts from 0% out of 100%, so whenever you start a business you try to do something new which can attract people and get attention of the world. Because if you started with the same thing already being done by others then I don’t think so you’ll get success. This is a common nature that everyone in the world likes and notice new things and new ideas. So you should go the same way.

After reading all above, still there is no exact answer for “How Much can I earn on the internet?“. but yes, you may earn as much as you want with your ability and skills you have to show. Thank You for reading!

XML Video Sitemap Generator Plugin for WordPress

Still, submitting a sitemap to search engines and especially to Google is the real way to get traffic back to your content from search engines like Google. The sitemap actually includes all of your site’s content in a single file which is very helpful for search robots to index the pages/post or links which they might have missed in the past. If you are usingWordPress or blogger for blogging then it would be very easy for you to submit a sitemap to Google using your Webmaster Account. However, if you have videos on your site then you might miss them to be completely indexed by Google, because Google can’t recognize your video content without having “Schema.org” metas. But the good news for you is; you can easily create a video sitemap of your videos by using a simple plugin in WordPress created by “Amit Agarwal”. This plugin actually does a very simple job and creates a sitemap for all videos embedded to your site from YouTube. After creating your sitemap, you can easily send it to Google usingWebmaster Tools. Here is how to install and use this plugin.

How to Install and Use “XML Sitemap for Videos” Plugin?

The procedure of using this plugin is very easy, you can install and use this plugin very easily by following simple steps below:

• Go to WordPress Dashboard
• Plugins >> Add New
• Search for this “XML Sitemap for Videos”
• Install the Plugin and Activate it

After installing the plugin, you’ll need to click the setting page of the plugin, so you’ll see following screenshot:

In above screenshot, you might see there is just a button says “Generate Video Sitemap” which is very easy to be clicked :), while if you want to include the duration of the videos as well then just tick the “Check Box” which says “Include Video length”, but this is not recommended if you have a large number of videos such as thousands of videos. Now just click the Generate Video sitemap and the sitemap will be generated within few seconds of time.

How to submit Video sitemap to Google?

When you generated the sitemap, use the exact method which you use to submit your normal sitemap to Google Webmaster tools, go to your webmaster account, and then to that site for which you have just created the Video sitemap, click add sitemap and paste the link of the video sitemap that you just created which should be looking like this “http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap-video.xml” the yoursite is actually your site :).

If you want to alternatively download this plugin from WordPress plugins directory then here is the link to do so:

• Download XML Video Sitemap Plugin

After downloading the plugin, you must install it and activate it using your Plugins section in your WordPress dashboard.

OK, now as many of you know that WordPress is all game of Plugins and useful free resources, so I’ll tell you more about free and useful plugins in the future, so you can make your blog/site more SEO friendly and secure.

Bonus Tips: 

Here are some bonus plugins related to “XML sitemap for Videos” and which are “Images sitemap” and “Mobile Sitemap”, these two helpful plugins are also created by “Amit Agarwal” from India. I appreciate his efforts and recommend you to use these plugins for free of cost. Here are the links to download the plugins and use for creating Images and Mobile sitemaps easily:

• Google Images Sitemap
• Google Mobile Sitemap 

So the more you use and implement new tools, the more you’ll grow and will be your business with WordPress.

Need Help???

If you need further help regarding these plugins or anything related to this post then kindly use comment form below to post your questions, I always love to reply to your questions and to solve your problems. Best Regards;

How to Identify a Scam Website in Pakistan?

Internet is without any doubt a great invention and has given a lot to the humanity in terms of providing free information and opportunities for everyone regardless religion, language, country and cast. But as every invention has two sides, the one which people positively use for better serving the humanity and the another one is using it for negative activities. And the same thing is happening with the internet since its invention. People use it for researching and publishing their stories, and also to buy any stuff online, companies use it for selling their products, for providing services and a lot more. While, there are a few number of people who use internet for bad activities such as making some people fool and getting money from them. There are hundreds and even thousands of scam websites which takes money from people for jobs or income and then don’t give that money back. Some scam websites offer online jobs and home-based work and when the users reach their withdrawal amount, they refuse to pay the payment, and don’t do a fair business with its customers.

So in this article we’ll be addressing a very common issue called “Scam Websites” or it might also be called “Fraud websites”, I’ll give you some tips to identify whether a website is “Scam” or “real”. So after reading this article, its your turn to identify the website you are going to do a business with or a deal with. Alhamdullillah, I have common sense myself and have never been scammed by anyone on the internet. And I’ll share the same measures with you which I use for checking a website and its credibility.

How people are scammed on the internet?

I received many emails, SMS and comments from our readers and some people who were complaining that some sites or a site scammed them and didn’t refund their money back. They mostly complain about their own money which was taken from them by “Scam websites” in order to provide them benefits and income, but there was neither income nor the invested money was given back. My answer to all those brothers and sisters is; why didn’t you ask someone for the reality and credibility of that website before investing your money there?, if you quietly did everything yourself and then you came to know you’ve been plundered then why you are asking people to get your money back from them, but at the time you were blindly investing your money, you didn’t ask anyone.

How to Identify a Scam website?

So here I come with few indications that are given by the “Scam websites” themselves, which are common in each and every website who are doing bad business with people. Here is the list of those common indications which you must consider in order to identify whether the website is scam or not? and should you invest your money or not:

• Mostly scam websites offer “Guarantee” on everything, even they offer you lifetime money back guarantee
• Scam websites mostly don’t have the real owner or contact numbers on their websites
• Scam websites mostly try to hide their country and office address
• Scam websites are always designed with “colors” and “Shiny” words, so that one may be inspired by them easily
• Most of the scam websites tell you a shortcut for getting success or making money online

The above are few indications which you can use to identify a scam website or a fraud company, but there are a lot more to be pointed out when making a decision about the reality of a website on the internet.

Some websites offer services like SEO, Web Designing, Web Development and making money online etc in Pakistan. So if you want to get any of their services then kindly first check their own ranking and reputation as well as their history in the market.

You can check anyone’s ranking using different tools such as Alexa.com, who.is and many other tools. You should also check the projects they have already done and ask their customers for more satisfaction. If their customers told you about their services and customer support that would be an extra information for you before making any decision.

If anyone is just offering you services they have not expertise in then it might be harmful for you in the future. you might lose your money as well as precious time.

My message is particularly for Pakistani users who are mostly being affected by scam sites because they mostly don’t consider the factors which I mentioned above. So be aware and do a comprehensive research before you join any website that asks you for investment.

Last Thing: 

In USA and western countries even the governments are taking care of people and making them aware from losing their money. So you can take a look at this FBI’s page for increasing your knowledge more and more in order to be on safe side:

• http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/internet_fraud

There are however some other websites which can help you to detect how a website is secure and reliable, so you may always use these websites to check more about the website you are going to do any business with:

• http://www.scamwarners.com/
• http://www.scamadviser.com/
• http://www.scamwatch.gov.au

Note: All the above information provided by us is just for common awareness about identifying the spamming and fraud websites, we have not mentioned any particular website or company, its just for general purpose to identify a website or company on the internet.

Let me know in comments if you have further questions or you want to add any suggestions to this post, so people may get more help from your suggestions. Thank You!

Top 5 Methods to Receive Online Payments

There are hundreds and sometimes thousands of new people coming into online business every single month from Pakistan. The same is happening around the world, but in developing countries like Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the growth is more rapid because of the damaged economy and financial crises. Mostly, people try to find internet the only way they can make their life better with, and thus, everyone wants to either start blogging, freelancing, online business or anything on the internet to make money online. But the problem is; most of the people don’t know how to get their Payments from online companies/people when they do/complete a project. And this is one of the major concerns people share with me every single day. Therefore, I’ve decided to write on this issue and to provide you some available options/methods to receive your payments online and then somehow withdraw it either in Pakistan or in any part of the world. So carry on reading.

Top 5 Services to Receive Payments Online?

In this post, we are gonna discuss which services/methods you can use to receive your payment on the internet and then transfer to your bank or debit card. I’ll give you a list of top 5 services which you can use to receive your payments online, while there are many other methods out there which can also be used to receive your money. But the most famous are these 5 which I’m gonna share on this page.

Note: You must have a valid Bank Account, a Debit Card (Visa or Master), Mobile no and postal address in order to complete your registration and account over these websites/platforms I’m just going to share with you.

#1. Paypal.com

Paypal is without doubts the most secure and the most popular online transaction service, and the great thing is; Paypal is accepted by almost every merchant online. It supports more than 100 countries worldwide. You can easily receive, send and withdraw money if you are in a country which is supported by Paypal, but unfortunately, as a country Pakistan is not supported by Paypal, therefore, you can’t use it directly in Pakistan, but there are alternative ways to use it and one of those methods we’ve already published on this website here:

• How to Withdraw Paypal money in Pakistan

#2. Skrill/MoneyBookers

Skrill also called “moneybookers” is the second best method/service to receive/send/withdraw money/payments online from around the world. You just need to have a bank account, a debit card (usually your ATM Card) and a postal address on which you can receive any document send by Skrill. So if you have above facilities then you can easily use Skrill in Pakistan and by this method you can easily receive your money directly into your Bank account or your debit card. Skrill supports more than 150 countries around the world and thousands of online merchants. It is mostly used by overseas Pakistanis to send money to Pakistan. Here is the link to join:

• Join Skrill Now 

#3. Payza.com (AlertPay)

This is the third in my list, Payza formerly called “AlertPay” is also a well-known online service for transactions, sending money, receiving money and doing shopping online. To use Payza in Pakistan you can read one of our previous tutorials on this blog in which we’ve covered all the procedures from creating an account to withdrawing money. So you should read that in order to know more about it, here is the link to that tutorial:

• How to withdraw Payza money in Pakistan

#4. WebMoney.com

WebMoney is another service you can use for receiving money online, you can also send money to your friends around the world as well as you can buy things on the internet using WebMoney. All you need to do is; having a bank account with Standard Chartered, UBL or Askari Bank, and you will also be having a debit card (usually visa ATM card), so you can create an account and start using WebMoney services, however, it is not supported by every merchant, but somehow you can use it for sending money and receiving money from around the world. Here is the link to join Webmoney:

• Join WebMoney Now 

#5. PerfectMoney.is

PerfectMoney is another solution for you, it also supports Pakistan as a country, while you can send money to anyone on the internet, can receive money from anyone online and moreover, you can shop online whenever you want. You’ll have to add your bank account, visa card and some other information in order to create an account and start receiving payments. Here is the link to Join:

• Join PerfectMoney now 

Payoneer as a Bonus

If any of the above methods don’t suit you, then don’t worry, here is one more alternative for receiving money directly into your “MasterCard“, Payoneer is one of the online services which provides you a “MasterCard” and you can use that MasterCard to receive money from more than 900 companies on the internet. While it also provides you a US based bank account which you can use to collect funds from online companies and later on you can withdraw your money using your payoneer “MasterCard” from selected ATMs in Pakistan i.e Faysal Bank, Muslim Commercial Bank and Askari Bank. First you’ll have to create an account with Payoneer then you’ll have to wait upto 25 days to receive your Payoneer MasterCard and after receiving the card you can then receive money and withdraw money from selected ATMs in Pakistan. Here is the link to join Payoneer:

• Join Payoneer Now

Important Note: 

All of the above mentioned companies are free to join and they don’t take a single penny for creating an account, while whenever you send money to someone or receive money from someone, they will charge their normal transaction fee which may be vary by each service provider, while most of the time they charge you 1% to 3% fee depends upon the amount of the transaction.

Let us know your questions in the comment section, also mention more online services if you know, so our readers can get benefits from it. Thank you for reading this long post.