As of today, to get your domain setup with AdSense for domains, you can simply delegate your domains’ nameserver to Google’s DNS nameserver. This is typically a single step with your registrar, and simpler than the old method of changing A records and creating CNAME records. You can still use the old method if you prefer, and domains that are already set up will continue to work.

Which means that, if you want to setup a domain for adsense, just log in to your domain registrar and set the domain nameserver to point to AGoogle’s DNS nameserver. All you need to do is change you domain’s nameserver to be all four of these values:

• ns1.googleghs.com
• ns2.googleghs.com
• ns3.googleghs.com
• ns4.googleghs.com

If your domain is registered with NetKL. Log in and go to My Domain, and then change all the Nameservers as example below:

But … don’t forget to setup your domain at Google Adsense. You need to setup on both sides for it to work.

Hosting
I had to decide whether to stay with the the old hosting company or move. I had to re-organized and re-group similar blogs together. The ones that have been receiving more traffic from US are moved to a US server. The ones that are still in infancy stage are group together while the one that are already making money need attention to grow.

Seems like there are many blogs involve, but there’s only a few actually

New Domain
There’s also a domain that needed a new name. After a while, a personal blog tends to head towards a specific niche. So in order for it to grow further, I decided that it needed a new domain name. Hence Comics & Games dot com. That way, if in the future I decide to sell it, it will be much easier. This took a while, as planning is quite crucial. Maybe I’ll do a post of domain migration later.

The niche may not be as profitable as Cyza’s Chemical Engineering, but as long as I can maintain the traffic, it will do just fine as I am blogging about what I like. And in October 2009, after marketing related affiliate products on that blog, I got my first affiliate commission from Commission Junction. Although a small amount, but it is a start.

Most of my time was spent on this particular blog and it was fruitful. Alexa rank has gone up. Traffic has doubled and Page Rank is now 2.

If you look at the statistics of the most viewed posts on the left, you will know what I mean. And that does not include the main posts yet. I have a few anchor posts that will be the main pillars of the blog, and those will only be posted in the first quarter of 2010.

New Niche
There’s also a new niche that I am experimenting. Will blog about this in detail later. It’s a video blog, however  copyright may be an issue. Not be my cup of tea, but it is already making money. May consider to sell it. Anyone interested?

Joint Venture
There’s one project with another blogger that started in August 2008. A blog specific to Johor Bahru, although I am not from Johor JB Cool is currently looking for guest bloggers. So, if there’s anyone interested, let me know

And a few other things. I am also considering to build my own list. Have been blogging and making money for quite some time, but no list yet. Most IMs says that the money is in the list, but I don’t have any yet. You can still do it without a list, but having one does make it easier

Happy blogging!

Has anyone of you tried it? Are you able to make any money from it? I tried, but so far have not made any although there are some traffic going to that site. I didn’t ‘market’ that site either, maybe that’s why. Anyway, do not expect to earn a lot of money with this, but still, I am pretty sure you can make some rather than letting your domain rot. If you have an extra domain and don’t know what to do with it, why not try Adsense For Domains? If it contains the right keyword and could generate some traffic, it sure would make you some money

Ok, as per the title, this is how you setup Adsense For Domains with domain purchased from NetKL.

Here is what you need to do. Part 1,  Adsense:

• Login to your Adsense account. Go to Adsense Setup and then Adsense for Domains.
• Choose Add New Domain and you will see this screen.



• Just add in your domains, set the language to English and you are done for the first part.

Next, you need to set your domain to point to Google. You need to log in to your domain management to do that. Google uses CNAME and not NAMESERVER, and since my spare domain is maintained at NetKL, I have to purchase the ‘Managed DNS’ service which cost $1 (RM3.65).

At NetKL domain management, this is Part 2:

• Once you have purchased ‘Managed DNS’, NetKL will point your domain’s nameservers to their domain server.
• Then you need to log on to the provided DNS server to manage your DNS. Where? NetKL will give you the details
• Inside, just maintain the info as below. All the info is provided by Google at part 1 above.

Part 3, Wait
You just need to wait in Part 3. Wait for Google to approve your domain and Adsense will be displayed accordingly. Usually within 24 hours. If there’s traffic, the probability your ads will be clicked is high, and you will get more money.

As usual, don’t click on your own ads. Don’t ever forget that

p/s There’s another way to make money with your spare domain. Wait for my next post.

Orang kata – Lebih Kecil, Lebih Terampil

Previously, when I registered my domain, I wanted a dot com dot my, but I could only do that if I have a registered company in Malaysia, which I don’t. That’s why I settled for a dot com. Now that dot my is open to all Malaysian (although a bit expensive if compared to other dots), made my decision and registered azwan.my

It’s still a personal blog, focusing on my life, my opinions and ramblings, Malaysia and of course, how I make money online