2 Basic Ways to Make Money Online in the Philippines

There are only 2 basic ways to make money online in the Philippines. One method is FREE and the other one is NOT FREE. If you’ve ever done a basic Google search you will see two main sections on the results pages after clicking “Search”.

Let’s say you were interested in looking for online jobs here in the Philippines so you type in Google the keywords “online jobs in the philippines“. Here’s what the page will look like after your search.

The Left Side (FREE)

The web pages that are returned on the left side are the free side of Google’s search result page. Google will list a web page if they think that it’s relevant to the keyword that the user searched for.

So how do you make Google fall in love with your web pages? You can make your web pages more relevant by applying Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Now don’t get scared by that term because it’s quite simple and straightforward to learn and to implement.

One of the most effective free methods to make money online is article marketing. Basically all you have to do here is write and submit your articles to directories so they would come up in free search engine listings provided that you do proper keyword research. If you write a decent article and provide the reader some value then they might want to learn more and click your link that will lead them directly to the product that you’re promoting.

Google is the number one search engine because they provide searchers with quality search results. And they want it to stay that way and be on top of the competition above Yahoo and Bing. Google has a patented formula or algorithm on how they judge certain pages and your job here is to optimize so you can help them understand what your web page is all about.

If you’ve managed to get your web page on the top 10 then you can really expect a good amount of traffic especially if you’re in the top 3 spots.

The Right Side (PAID)

Now the right side of a Google’s search results page is the paid advertising section (sponsored listings). These are advertisers who sign up for Google to create ads that will show up when a certain keyword is being searched. This paid advertising method is what we call Pay Per Click (PPC) because an advertiser gets charged every time a searcher clicks on their advertisement.

The cost per click can range from 5 cents all the way up to $10 or more. The cost of each click will depend on the competition of a certain keyword. Beginners are advised to stay away from this type of method because you can really lose a lot of money if you don’t know what you’re doing.

Conclusion

Now these are basically the 2 methods in which you can make money online. I’m sure that most of you will be interested in using the free method. Even if you have some money around it’s still best to start learning how the search engines work because this will really help you in your paid campaigns.