Google search just got better. To see how, visit Google and enter any search term you choose.

For example, I searched for “affiliate marketing.”

Once you get the results, you’ll see a three-column layout. As always the ads are on the right side of your screen, and at the top of the page.

Your search results’ links are on the left, and if you click “Page previews” as in the image above, you get nifty previews of pages in the results.

Here’s how you can use the new search results to make money.

Use the New Search Results Make More Money

There are lots of ways to save time and make more money now that you have more information at your fingertips.

Let’s look at a few ways I just came up with — you can find plenty more.

1. Click the Updates link to see what people are talking about right now — and get ideas you can use

The Updates link takes you to Google Real Time search, which tells you what people are saying about your search term (“affiliate marketing” in our case), right now on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.

You can use this real world info in many ways; I like to use it to find new keyword terms I can exploit. For example, I notice that someone just asked “Are there people that make a living off Affiliate Marketing?”. “Affiliate marketing make a living” turns out to be a popular keyword (yes, keywords can be phrases), and I’ve just added that to my keywords list.

2. Find videos you can embed on your sites — find great content fast

If you’ve got lots of money-making sites, as I have, updating those sites is simple: add a video, and the search engines can see that your sites are alive, and will send you more traffic.

3. Find affiliate products to promote: add more shopping sites to the results

You want to make money with your sites, so you need affiliate products. That’s super-easy now, just click the More shopping sites link, and you’ll find products within your niche to promote.

There’s lots more you can do with Google’s new search results to make more money. Give it a try yourself, I’m sure you’ll be pleased.

And if you too have lots of moneymaking sites, you’ve got ways to refresh your sites and increase your income, with little extra effort.

Got a WordPress blog? If you have, check out the WordPress plugin, Post Ideas+.

As the plugin’s name suggests, it helps you to track blog post ideas. If you’re anything like me, you get ideas all the time, and write them down on any handy piece of paper, or in your To Do List. This is great, but if you have many blogs, you lose track of just where you noted your ideas for a particular blog.

Now you can keep your ideas FOR a blog, ON that blog. When you’re ready to work with a blog, log in to the dashboard, and look up your ideas.

Here’s what Post Ideas+ looks like on your WordPress dashboard.

I enjoy this plugin, but as Jonathan Bailey warns, there are a couple of problems you should be aware of:

For one, though the plugin pre-populates the title of the post when you write a post idea, it doesn’t seem to carry over the other information. The tags are not put in as tags, and the other elements, including the links and description, disappear. This can be very frustrating if you forget to open the links you were saving before hitting the “Write” link.

I’m avoiding hassles just by saving the idea, then when I’m ready to write it, I hit Edit, and copy the data, then I write the post in my desktop editor, MarsEdit. Yes, it’s a workaround, but at least you’ve captured the idea at the moment inspiration strikes.

If you’re using WordPress to create your Mini Site Formula sites, you’ll love this plugin. It can be a real challenge to keep up with all your sites — but as you know, it’s worth it.

If you’re new to making money online, you’ve heard the term “niche marketing”, and were told to “find a niche.” Six months later, you’re more confused than ever. You don’t know where to start. Here’s how.

1. What Magazines Do You Read?

Niches are basically topics. To find a profitable niche, check which magazines you read regularly. Do you read gossip magazines? Do you read fashion magazines? As well as checking out your own reading habits, look at what your spouse and children are reading.

Magazines are always created around topics which are profitable, because magazines depend on advertisers to survive. Once you know that there are advertisers in an area, you know that money is being spent.

Next go to your favorite search engine, and type in the topics you found. Find websites and blogs on these particular topics, and read them. Do these sites carry advertising? If they do, the sites are making money.

2. Choose a Topic

Your next step is to choose a topic which you like. The more interest you have in a topic and the more knowledgeable you are about it, the easier it will be for you to make money in this area.

3. Write Down Your Opinions

Everyone has opinions. Your opinions matter, because the more passion you have for an area, and the more honest you are, the easier you’ll find it to make sales, because you’ll be real and credible to your audience.

Write down your opinions about the topic you’ve chosen. Be honest.

(If you go back to the sites which you found, you’ll see that each site has its own point of view.)

4. Find Products to Promote

Now you’ve found a topic, and you’ve decided on your own particular point of view, it’s time to find some products to promote. Go back to your search engine, and type “topic + affiliates” in the search query field.

Sign up for several affiliate programs. Now start promoting those programs.

5. Create a Niche Website

You may be tempted to spend a lot of money and time setting up a website — don’t do that. Create a site as quickly as you can by using any of the free site-creation tools which are available online

Follow this simple process and you’ll become a proficient niche marketer without tears.

“Affiliate marketing is a scam!”

I used to think that too, until I found Wealthy Affiliate. Join us: we’re the happiest online marketers you’ll find, and the friendliest too. Turn your hobby into a full-time, exciting career — you get ALL the information, tools (great tools!) and help you need.