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trustee20:
. just visited ur site. ur niche is good, but the content is very foreign. look for more naija and African related news on fin tech. weldone. beyond the sky is ur limit.

Thanks for the complements. Actually, I do have Nigerian and African content although I agree that the bulk of my content may be foreign. Did you see the links below? They refer to Nigerian and African content.

http://macksonwakama.com/?p=695
http://macksonwakama.com/?p=709

Wisdomkosi:
How old was your blog before applying?

I registered my domain on 05 October 2016. I got Adsense on 21 October 2016

Wisdomkosi:
How old was your blog before applying?

Less than a month

Wisdomkosi:
you have to wait for like 6 months before applying for adsence

Not true. I am a perfect example that what you wrote is not true

kateskitty:
I think 2 months, because she just gave me the gist about it last year December

Age of a blog has nothing to do with having a Google Adsense approval. I got mine in October just about a week after I applied. This is my website http://macksonwakama.com/

Just meet all the terms and conditions stated by Google and the website would be approved.

corperscorner:
Yeah....several. They will even tell you their data source just for quality assurance.

Drop me a mail if you need one corperscorner@gmail.com

OK. Sending you a mail in a few minutes. By the way, this is my website http://macksonwakama.com/

corperscorner:
I don't know the revenue model you have in mind. But here is the thing no one else would tell you.

A lot of bloggers want to earn by leveraging on adsense simply because they hear Linda...Naij....Vanguard....Stella...etc cash out big on adsense. The truth is....if you are starting out or intend to blog so adsense could make you a living - then you will be disappointed.

Those pretty banners won't be clicked by robots. And for the rational audience, they seek out specific content and not online frivolity. From research and experience, the best way to get those things clicked in usually by spoofing your audience the way Naijaloaded does - which is pretty annoying by the way. Spoofing here entails masking your original content with an adsense element. A typical example is when you jump on a webpage to view Mahida's nak3d video and you click the youtube play icon just to be redirected to sites like onclickads.....etc. It's an easy way to lose your users dear.

Now here is what I think you need to capitalise on. You could stick with WP. I personally love it by the way cos its way flexible - tho might be a little expensive. Engage a telemarketer for an authentic database of the target audience your content might appeal to. Spend some money promoting your contents to these people for some time to get a retainership - say 3months. Check the progress of your site's traffic rating using siteworth or similarweb. Then scout the net or other online media platforms for persistent advertisers and pitch your platform to them.

Believe it or not. Since you weren't lucky enough to be among the early adopters of online media portals such as Nairaland etc - who started out early. This is your only way out for now.

You will grow with time and more people will get to know your platform for its style and uniqueness. You might even end up not needing Google adsense if you handle this properly cos I could personally confirm a few unpopular sites that make over 150k monthly from sponsored publications.

Good luck.

Nice write up!

As regards the bold quote, do you know any?

Qtechpluz:
Please you guys should stop.... Please is not a most to click on my blog.... OK there are billions of people who are more sensible out there who is ready to.... So his click or Non click will not add to my bank balance...... The post is for people who need it...... Thanks.....

Work on your grammar

Brazilian pensioner has defied doctors to become the oldest person to get engaged at the age of 106.

Valdemira Rodrigues de Oliveira said yes to her 66-year-old toyboy Aparecido Dias Jacob at a ceremony despite being given advice by physicians not to go ahead with it.

The smitten seniors with the combined age of 172 years have separate rooms at Nossa Senhora Fatima retirement home in Pirassununga, south east Brazil, and were determined to prove it's never too late to be with your soulmate after three years together.

Medics assessed their health and age and warned the duo, known affectionately as Valda and Jaco, would not be able to cope with living on their own.

But the elderly sweethearts exchanged engagement rings in a betrothal service organised by volunteers under an initiative called the Project of Dreams.

Volunteer Fabiane Zaffalon, said: 'As they couldn't get married we came up with another way to make their dreams come true by holding an engagement ceremony at the retirement home.'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4187466/The-world-s-oldest-fiancee-gets-engaged-106.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline#ixzz4XcJTPvLM


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4187466/The-world-s-oldest-fiancee-gets-engaged-106.html#ixzz4XcKsBBUJ
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The Prof should know the procedure as regards making such claims. Has the World Health Organisation (WHO) or any other reputable organisation involved in the fight against AIDS confirmed his claim?

It's good to be patriotic, but we should not just accept any claim without verification from reputable organisations.

Nice page but not exceptional.

Let me see what happens if I post my news website here. I hope it leads to more traffic. http://macksonwakama.com

So just because at age 22 you haven't gotten a job you now think you are cursed and want people on NL to pity and help you? Ok.

Jose213:
One thing about those cheap page views is that they come from low quality countries and of course non targeted people who are not interested at all with what you have to say.

An example is adfly who will deliver you thousands of visitors for only $5 but guess what?
You might not get a conversion at all!!!
And no.....Google can't ban you for not getting most of your visitors organically.

I hear about this problem on a regular basis. Unfortunately, pageviews don’t pay the bills. Purchases/Conversions do.
If you’re struggling and want to improve your conversion rates, you should look beyond the traditional CRO recommendations and A/B testing recommendations for bottlenecks.

I once contemplated buying a Facebook page to increase the views for my website macksonwakama.com but I changed my mind since I knew the members of the page would clearly not belong to the niche I was targeting

Why should Bovi join the protest? Is it mandatory? Does he not have the right to say "no"?

Bovi campaigned/voted for GEJ and now the people who campaigned/voted for GMB want him to join them in protesting against the way the country is under GMB As you lay your bed so you lay on it!!

By the way, would the people who took part in the fuel subsidy protest against GEJ also take part in the protest? I mean Tunde Bakare, Tinubu etc

Jose213:
One thing about those cheap page views is that they come from low quality countries and of course non targeted people who are not interested at all with what you have to say.

An example is adfly who will deliver you thousands of visitors for only $5 but guess what?
You might not get a conversion at all!!!
And no.....Google can't ban you for not getting most of your visitors organically.

I hear about this problem on a regular basis. Unfortunately, pageviews don’t pay the bills. Purchases/Conversions do.
If you’re struggling and want to improve your conversion rates, you should look beyond the traditional CRO recommendations and A/B testing recommendations for bottlenecks.

Excellent comment

A FinTech website http://macksonwakama.com

ProsperUSA:
I guess nobody has the courage to review.

??

A Legal Practitioner complaining about an alleged crime on a social media platform? Why not go to court to prove your case and get justice? You expect justice from Facebook and Nairaland?

I keep seeing adverts that they can guarantee thousands of page views for blogs and websites and I believe lots of people patronise them.

In the mid to long run can you pay for such and not get penalised by Google or even make money?

I believe Google must have an AI that detects if large views on a blog or website is not organic and would penalise appropriately.....but maybe I am wrong

LOL

This film ended before it began!

You guys forced the OP into panic mode and won!

Use this https://jetpack.com/support/publicize/

It would help you auto-publish your post on selected social networks

brokenplate:
I am not ruling out PDF actually. I can categorically tell you that most of our HR systems have not being upgraded to process PDF. How do you know?

The painful aspect about it all is that it will be vividly stated that " all CVs should be submitted in word " but Ok will still get over 30% response in PDF.
And guess what? Most of the PDF profile are so perfect for the role .

If you can't follow instructions then you shouldn't get a role!

brokenplate:
Hi, just like I said the system used in processing your CVs are called ATS (Applicant Tracking System).

This system helps HR to do keyword search and store CVs for central access.
ATS have always had difficult times reading PDFs .

Through modern version of ATS might accept PDFs(as used abroad) errors are being encountered still.

Pls visit this link by a foreign HR. You probably get better understanding.

Resume vs ATS System
https://www./strong-resume-vs-job-application-samuel-nelson

Very untrue! Modern ATS accepts PDF without errors!
Recruiters usually specify the format that they want for your CV whether it's word (doc or docx) or PDF. So simply follow instructions. Don't just rule out PDF!
What's the relevance of quoting a "foreign" HR? See my attachment.

bareal:
Since you don't wanna encourage him, hope he has encouraged you?

Hope he has encouraged me to do what? Where in any of my comments did I indicate that I needed encouragement to do anything??

if you want to ignore child exploitation/labour then fine. If you want to encourage a 10 year old to be working for a living then fine.

But I fail to understand your comment that you hope he has encouraged me! To do what exactly?

erico2k2:
Is there an age limit to whom might cut your hair ?

Is there an age limit for one to work?

optimus09:
Many of us are lucky to have parents that sweat day and night to train us.You can call it child labour,but i see it as a boy who has to bleed from thorns to pick the roses.many of parents out there are irresponsible.Go to the bridge in oshodi,u ll understand what am talking about.who the govt "epp"?its even better he learnt this,so he can rely on himself not the parents.

Does not necessarily mean one should justify child labour.

The fact that we have many irresponsible parents in society also does not justify child labour.

Although its great to be hard working and to have dignity in labour but we need to know where to draw the line between "to bleed from thorns to pick the roses" and what is clearly child exploitation and child labour.

JayIlych:
Lol. This boy has encouraged me

Underage/child labour has encouraged you?

Child labour? Is this what we should encourage?

thunder74:
If the bank can erroneously release the money to a thief, they are also free to release the thief's picture to their real customer. After all it is her money. 50/50.

How can you tell that the bank erroneously gave money to a thief?

Do you know if the customer gave out her card and PIN?

I believe you also know that cases of stealing are crimes that are reported to and investigated by the police. You dont`t release a security footage to a customer for her to share on social media

I`m surprised that a bank would release footage from a security camera to a customer. You can show the customer but not give it to her to share