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Elzends ...
Lemme add my own

1) A true bro must try to rescue this bro from falling into the friend zone.

2) A true bro should always snitch on the his bro's hoe.

3) If a bro is terrible at sports, excuses may be made, no matter how bad they are. Good bros will start to play worse so that their bro doesn’t look so bad.

Mediapace:
Nopes! I WILL START WATCHING OUT FOR Health THEN

Very good, watch out for me too

Mediapace:
Not because you are blogging on healt makes it the best bro ,there are many niches better than health

Yes, it's because am blogging on health. And I think it's so bad that in your list of 7, health niche isn't among. Shaaa it's because there's no popular, established health blog or health blogger in NG

Mediapace:
Mediapace is here again,iow was you night and how is your day going


Blogging has become a profitable business in Nigeria,Are you thinking of starting your own blog ?
These are the recommended niches to use :

Before we start,i just want to inform you that there are even more categories under this niches that can even stand as niche on their own :
Entertainment : Celebrities,Lifestyle,fashiön e.t.c.

Technology : Phones Autos Computers

Education : tutorial,project hint

Romance : Dating , sexuality

Now to the main topic

1.Entertainment : : Entertainment is the act of providing or being provided with amusement/enjoyment. Entertainment as far as Nigeria is concerned the best online niche with varieties of patronizers.

Topics like :
*Conflict between Nigerian celebrities
*Top 10 Nigerian rappers
*Happy birthday to tonto dike

catches the attention of many Nigerians especially youths


Examples of blogs are : Lindaikejis dot com Amiloaded dot com

2.Vacancy/Career : It is ranked second though some ranks it 1st,38% of Nigerians are graduates searching for job even those that already have one are not satisfied with it.
Even jss1 student is willing to know more about chevron where he/she wish to work in the future .
Blogs on this niche focus on how to build a career in areas of human endeavour,they also advertise new jobs openings and give links through which to apply for them .

Talks like :
*How to package your Cvs
*Top leading companies in terms of payment are discussed

Example of blogs are : Jobberman dot com,vacancynigerians dot com


3.politics: According to information guide Nigeria, It is obvious that many people are coming alive to their environment unlike in the past when people hardly had time for politics.
During election campaigns, many Nigerians tend to keep up to date with events in political news via blogs. Some blogs are designed specially to discuss the policies of government and they always have high traffic of visitors because of high interests of many Nigerians.
Many Nigerians seek to know more about about government policies which determine who they vote for in future elections.
Therefore, blogs that are designed to discuss all political happenings tend to generate high traffic.

Talks like :
*Re-run Election in rivers postponed
*Fayose aims to become president
are discussed

Examples :

4.Technology : Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for pratical purpose.
Hardly will you see Nigerian house without cars talkless of phones. The best niche i cherish most.

Talks Like :
*Bb bold 5 review

Examples : Misstechy dot com ,techcabal dot com


5.Sports : We are Nigerians and we love sport.
Sport blogs deliver a unique mix of breaking news on sport,fixtures,log e.t.c.
One common Trend among our youth is now sport betting which really shows how Nigerians are interested in sport.

Talks like :
* who is the best striker between suarez and lewandoski
*Chelsea sacks mourinho,Rafael Nadal resigns from tennis e.t.c. Are discussed

Examples : Goal dot com,sportsblog dot com,espn dot com

6.Education:
Every student want success,they want more informations about their schools,this is why it is a major niche that catches the attention of Nigerians.
It is also profitable due to high rate of admission jams every year

Topics like:
* O.A.U. Past questions available,
*Dibu charged to court
*jamb release cut off marks for schools are discussed

Examples : Myschool dot com dot ng

7.Romance :
Everybody want to improve their relationship status,they want to know more about their partners,it is a very nice niche if you are good in it.

Example : Tosyne2much dot dot com

Note : Dot were used to avoid ban

Other featured niches :
Finance : E.g. Bloomberg
Music: 360nobs dot com
Travel : Booking dot com
MOVIES

writer:Mediapace/Ayobami

cc Lalasticlala seun dominique

Lol,You didn't even include the health niche, The health niche is the most profitable niche for AdSense apart from legal niches. Get your facts right

haryomikun:
AdSense is also $1 per 1000pv

The only thing that makes Adsense better is the per click ish. Info links doesn't pay per click

Me sef ah dey find ways to improve traffic massively. I need it. I prefer traffic to adsense I swear.

I have learnt some tips now from experience tho. LinkedIn and twitter are the worst ways of getting traffic. Facebook and search engines still reign.

Guy use Google+..

haryomikun:
Trust me mah nigga, apart from AdSense none other is better than info links.. Except u want peanuts

M still trying to gain traffic jare... Am trying all available ways now bro. All the ways am being given are long term roads...

Blog for a year, traffic will come, blah blah blah
They just don't understand... Blogging has changed.

Am gonna use ads tho... That's the best. Thru the ads am gonna try to keep them as returning visitors tho

Shebi you said $1 per 1000 PV, That's very small nah. If I can get an ad network that'll give me $100 per month then am okay. My AdSense approval was also rejected last month, but I'll reapply in 2 weeks time.

My traffic is equally nothing to write home about o.. But I'm just focused on improving. We'll get there someday.

haryomikun:
Thanks tho.

Info links pay per impression and not per click... They are a good alternative to AdSense tho... I think its $1 for 1000 impressions

So if you have like up to 20k pageviews Nah $20 be that

Chair, That's very poor, I don't get up to 5000 PV a month sef. Hmmm, How about your traffic is it okay. And do you use analytics to measure your stat

haryomikun:
Thanks a lot bro... I appreciate the love.
But the part that confuses me is how am still earning despite the fact that I was disapproved

Hmmm I don't think it's real. Just wait and see what happens. How about Info links do they pay well??

Thanks for this thread emmalexdboy I've already downloaded the eBook and I'm hoping to learn from it.

My blog is www.youmustgethealthy.com. It's a good health blog, I'm proud of it. I just want to get better and go ahead. So please take a look at it and tell me where I need to improve on.

Haryomikun
I have been trying to reach you since you got disapproved earlier. I was however banned for sometime.

I think your blog is okay for AdSense, just that you made a mistake. You were not supposed to place the info links ad after applying, because you haven't been fully approved. You just passed the first stage, the second stage is done by a human that works in Google. That's why they disapproved you so fast because they already so those infolinks ad.

This is my blog http://www.youmustgethealthy.com you can send me a DM and we can start networking and learn from each other.

Your blog is okay, but why not choose a niche?

I don't understand why Nigerian football is always like this

lakesidepapa:
What's this?

The confirmed line up

Squad to face Egypt:

Eagles start- Akpeyi-Shehu, Amuzie, Efe, Oboabona, mikel, etebo, Aminu, Musa, Victor Moses, Ighalo

Confirmed

zuchyblink:
This line up can defeat Egypt in Cairo-

...................................Ikeme..........................................
/
Shehu--------Efe----Oboabona------Amuzie
/
-----------------Onazi---------Mikel--------------
/
-------------------------Etebo----------------------
/
Moses-----------------------------------S. Moses
/
------------------Iheanacho----------------------
/
/
Iheanacho is a sharp shooter while Ighalo is dull and doesn't have the strenght to play African football.

This guy sense na follow come... Confam lineup joor

amagunnerfan:
I will be more regular on here soon. Was addicted to the politics section ( with another username ) but not any more. I can't stomach the tribal war ( igbo vs yoruba vs hausa ) hence I am back to my first love, FOOTBALL.

I'm Looking forward

amagunnerfan:
Thanks to joseph1013 for these threads. I use them to kill depression. Whenever I am about pressing the depress button, I head straight to nairaland and read the many replies on this thread.

Welcome!!! we want to also read your opinion too

rosalieene:
I am writing this to encourage students and Jambites so they'd realize that they can get to whatever point they want to attain in their academic pursuit. Forgive my grammatical blunders, am not perfect.Focus on my point and not on my writing.

I didn't attend my convocation last friday due to
some personal reasons but all the same na Godwin. But seeing the convocation pictures of others, I decided to post this. I wasn't there physically but was there spiritually. At least my name was in d book of life lol.

HOW THE JOURNEY STARTED;

I wrote my first UTME in 2010, even if I forgot anything other thing I learnt in English language,
I would never forget that the exam is called UTME and not JAMB as people always call it.

JAMB is the body /organization organizing UTME
thanks to my English teachers in secondary school Mr Ikuyajolu Daniel and Mr Samuel Ezebuiro. I applied for medicine in University of Ibadan and it was my dream school. I wasn't even shortlisted to write post-utme. That school is very mean and heartless, lol.
The second time I wrote UTME, that was in 2011,
I also applied in Unibadan. This time around, Industrial chemistry because I later realized that
Med &Surgery wasn't my calling. Again, I wasn't
shortlisted, haba!!. By this time, my twin sister was already in her 100l and about to enter 200l in Unibadan.

One day, my dad saw an advert in Vanguard newspaper in which ANSU called for no-choice candidates to apply. I applied, wrote post-utme.
The list came out but my name was not there. Really, I was frustrated. I also applied in a private university who's advert I also saw. Godfrey okoye university and was given admission!! But in my mind, I was like that one no be school jhoor!!.

I had no other option but to go to GOU. I spent 2 months there when someone called me and told me I got admission in ANSU.I was dumbfounded!,
couldn't believe it. I heard so many stories about the course(Industrial chemistry). Its a no-go- area, very tough and difficult, why didn't you choose biochemistry instead people kept asking. I left GOU for ANSU, people kept on talking.....Industrial Chemistry is hard, the lecturers are very wicked in ANSU , they don't like it when their students pass. , they haven't recorded a single 1st class and 2.1 is always very few since the history of the dept in the
school(not until 2013 set produced the first 1st
class ever),2.1 is like 1st class in ICH dept, I kept on
hearing such. I had a roommate then in my yr1
who was in final year in Industrial chem.

Everyday she came back from class and exams
complaining, regretting why she was in the dept.
I hope she is not seeing this post, lol. She would
complain and complain, I was so scared. I thought of changing course, but to where? I asked myself. I lost hope. I told my parents since they wanted the best but they said 'don't listen to what people say, hardwork is the key''.

The struggle began, thanks to my friend and
reading partner Anasioke Onyinye and also to my parents for the encouragement. I was able to graduate with a comfortable 2.1 in Industrial Chemistry. I was the fifth best graduating and am proud of it. Thanks to all those who called and texted to congratulate me after seeing my name in the convocation brochure. Finally, God is the secret. Truly, those who put their trust in God shall be like mount
Zion. Most Importantly, I was able to overcome
the pressure of Examination Malpractice because
I believed in God's power. God doesnt fail. Just Obey him by not indulging in examination malpractice, and pray and believe, have faith. Also, read your book, dont depend on small micro chips(mgbo). You can't cheat God. You may use expo and at the end last, you may graduate with a result you least expect, you can't cheat God.

Singing *you are
great* in Steve crown's voice. # faithfulGod
# gloriousGod
Congrats to me and other graduands especially
my fellow kemists!!.
NNAWUIHE ROSELYNE

I'm so happy for you. Am a fellow ANSU student!

joseph1013:
Then please answer this: You are one goal down. You have more than 30 minutes into a win-or-go-home Quarter final match, your entire team have not been able to muster a shot on goal all day, you have on the bench the following attacking players Iheanacho (Man City, England), Ezeh (Porto, Portugal), Yahaya (Tottenham, England), Moses (Gent, Belgium), you've got nothing else to lose, what would you do?

What would a coach with half a brain do?

That first match against Brazil completely shattered their morale. In that match he started with his best attackers, yet he lost. And that was he lost faith in his own total football ideology.

He didn't know that the reason we lost that match was because of the mistakes the defence made, the goalkeeper and his poor midfield combination. (Ifeanyi n Matthew). I'm sure he thought the foreign pros was the cause. That was how the madness and crazy selections started. Arrogance set in and we failed.


Note: that team was extremely talented, that first loss was due to silly mistakes. All they had to do was improve and forget the mistakes. Only Enaholo the GK did that. He was impressive throughout the rest of the tournament.


This present set should learn from this, but their story has not even begun.

Icon4s:
In addition, which to me was the major reason for the failure, we went with mostly inexperienced players. Yes that was lacking. A typical U20 Team should have mostly players that have played 2-3 years of professional football. Talent is not enough. I never expected much from that team. Did we have players in the mode of Sadiq Umar, Chidozie Awaziem, current form and experience of Ifeanyi Mathew, current form and experience of Taiwo Awoniyi, current form and experience of Chidera Ezeh, Sincere Seth, Azubuike Okechukwu, Current form and experience of Zaharadeen Bello, current form and experience of Musa Yahaya. These lads would be part of our next U20. . Remember it is for 2017 which means one more year of professional experience from now.That is what I call a typical U20 team that is matured and experienced

The last time we went with mostly academy 17 and 18 yr old kids.

cc Caspian22

You have a huge point. But Germany had the oldest squad and also had more professionals than any other yet there were far from convincing.

In the last U20 our most experienced players were Moses Simon and Ndidi but there were below average in the tournament. The likely cause was fatigue.

Bottom line: Professional and experienced players are good for the team, but you can't rely on them for fitness in an U20 world Cup.
This is my opinion.


In the next U20, Imagine they called awoniyi or bello or yahaya, who now play week in and week out for there clubs. You can't expect them to play at their best. The U20 is a different ball game.


Good observation by the way

Whizzcute:
so wat do u suggest?

It's up to you. If you enjoy the traffic u are getting from making front page it's fine. At least it's going to be higher than traffic from Google. You can keeping writing your great posts and making front page. OR
You can stop posting half of your posts here on Nairaland just once in a while for traffic.

Whizzcute:
Yes, i knw..

It's affecting your search engine ranking. Anybody that is searches anything related to ur post will see those copied ones. Google doesn't give 2 answers to a single search so they'll choose the website with the highest PR

TheGoodJoe:


We trained for the tournament under the Summer conditions and played in a winter condition in the tourney. Even a one week preparation in a similar climate would have gone a long way.

After the Brazil match, we had a less tough fixture and Coach Garba should have used the top players of the team to get them to adapt to the team's philosophy. They were the best legs, Success, Iheanacho, Yahaya and Co. but he played a different front line. Coach Garba had the illusion that was a better team. Not talent wise but based in team cohesion.

It backfired in the German game where we needed individual talents to unlock a disciplined German side.

I think Coach Garba lacked experience of coaching the U20 World Cup and I hope he gets a second chance to correct his mistake.

I expect Coach Amunike to learn from the errors of Coach Garba and prepare better for the competition.

The preparation will be in great location next year hopefully. I just want the players to play the U20 with more caution. But they still have a long way to go, I am just waiting for their qualifier.

Whizzcute:
how do you mean?

Check all your posts that have made front page on Nairaland. They've all bin copied by someone.

A large majority of fans here blamed the poor outing of the last set ,due to poor team selection. But the problem was not just that. Other reasons were;
Overconfidence, Defense and poor midfield cohesion.

I'll Just hammer on the overconfidence part for now. Even though manu garba was always speaking humbly, we all know he was overly confident about winning the cup. He had won the title as an U17, won the AYC and had very popular players. I think that is the reason why no team that won the U17 has gone ahead to win the U20.

Guys please let's stop derailing this thread. Let's talk about something important.

I was wondering, What caused the U20 of 2015 to fail despite the talents? and what can make this next set to succeed?

This is how I was making front page with my health blog posts when I started. Now I kind of regret it. All of them copied everywhere,

mokoshalb:
hmmm.... If that was what you got,do the following:
:::
1. Delete any post u knew you copied
2. make sure u add the name you applied with in ur about and contact pages
3. wait for 2weeks before applying again...
:::
after doing those, there is a much certainty of getting approved!

The thing is I didn't copy any post, my posts were copied when I posted them here on Nairaland. I'll try n do what you said.

mokoshalb:
u are free to request for any template, i have them in bulk...feel free

Mokoshalb, I just got disapproved and my account was disapproved, I made sure I fulfilled all there criteria, only to receive this mssg as the reason.

" Site does not comply with Google policies: We're unable to approve your AdSense application at this time because your site does not comply with the Google AdSense programme policies or adhere to the Webmaster Quality guidelines. It's our goal to provide our advertisers sites that offer rich and meaningful content, receive organic traffic and allow us to serve well-targeted ads to users. We believe that currently your site does not fulfil this criteria.

Here are some recommendations to help you improve the user experience on your site and comply with AdSense criteria:

It's important for sites displaying Google ads to offer significant value to the user. As a publisher, you must provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.
Don't place ads on auto-generated pages or pages with little to no original content.

Your site should also provide a good user experience through clear navigation and organisation. Users should be able to click through your pages easily and find the information that they're seeking."



I am really disappointed, But I want to know what I can do.
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Compiled By: Collins 'Caspian' Nwokolo
Author of www.youmustgethealthy.com