by Jennifer Brister

Created on: July 20, 2010

If you are going to make money online, then there are a few key essential online tools that you will need. Beginners who know very little about making money online are likely to think that they can set up a blog, place some affiliate links on it and the money will come rolling in. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Those who enjoy writing might think that they can write a few articles on websites such as Suite101, Helium, Bukisa or Infobarrel and be able to pay the bills off passive income. Though it is possible to make a decent living off passive income though writing or websites, there is quite a bit involved in the process.

When you begin your adventure into making money online, you will need to do a lot of reading and research. One of the main things that you will need to know about are keywords. In order to make money on the internet, you must have a lot of people visiting your website or your articles. The key to getting people in front of your writing is to know how to get your articles or websites on the 1st page of Google.

Keywords are the answer to getting traffic to your online ventures. If you write an article about organic gardening, the keyword you are using will most likely be "organic gardening". This means that you would like people to be able to find your website or article by searching for the keywords "organic gardening". But what happens when there are thousands of people using the same keywords? How does Google decide who gets the number one spot?

Google and other search engines rank websites and articles based on how many other websites are linking to them. This means that others think that the website is important. In order to find out how many links a competitor for your keyword has, you can use a free online tool called the SEO plug in for Firefox. This is one of the most important online tools that you can use.

Another way to get your article or blog to the first page of the search engines is to choose good keywords from the start. If you can choose a keyword that have very little competition, then your chances of making it to the front page are even better! You can do this by using a tool called Micro Niche Finder. This tool shows you a ton of keywords on your topic and then shows you what the competition is like for each one of them. By using this tool, you can get better keywords, and have more people read your articles. This is the key to making money online.

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