January, 2007

Below are links to articles posted in January, 2007

New Type of Adsense Channels


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Just a quick heads up for those who do not know. Yesterday Adsense started using a new featured that allows you to define channels as more than just a way for you to keep track of earnings, but also as a way for advertisers to bid on your site. So when doing site targetted ads […]

One More Reason to Hate SEO Contests


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I think SEO contests are stupid. Honestly? What serious professional would waste their time trying to win a contest when you can use your link equity and abilities to rank your own sites to the point where they will earn you, every month, more than what the prize is worth? In general as such these […]

Adsense Gets Less Restrictive


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There was some hullabaloo (is that a word?) with the issue talked about in my most recent blog post. Many saw it as Google trying to be monopolistic and forbidding the use of other contextual ads anywhere on their site. I surmised that maybe it was really there way of being more open because they […]

Adsense Policy Changes


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Jensense has a summary of some new Adsense policy changes. The highlights include an explicity forbidding of images next to ads among other things. Of the two biggest changes, the first is a change in regards to copyrighted material. It looks like Adsense is now forbidding their ads be shown in conjunction with any copyrighted […]

Discovering niches.


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While most webmasters are busy with their next arcade, lyric, cheat code, and Myspace template site, some webmasters are focusing on building content sites spanning a wide variety of topics. They’re always on the lookout for the next original idea for a site — I know I am. With every last medium to large market […]

WebMythWorld Strikes Again!


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I know it may seem like I rant on this issue a lot, but it frustrates me so much. Brett Tabke is the founder of WebmasterWorld, better known as WebMythWorld. A really crappy webmaster forum that has been riding the first mover advantage for years. It was the first major webmaster forum, and that head […]

..and the Golden Globe winner for best comedy: YPN


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The incompetence of YPN reached a new height today. I was one of the thousands of publishers kicked out of YPN for serving ads to international visitors. As I dicussed in the linked to blog post I find it absolutely ridiculous that YPN lacks the resources to implement their own geotargeting system. How do they […]

Get it in Writing


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One of the happiest days for a website publisher is when a buyout offer comes. Even if you do not accept it, even if it is far lower than what you would sell the site for, it is nice to know that others do value your site. However, before answering any purchase proposal, ask for […]

About Advertising Cycles


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This comes up all the time, it gets to a certain time of year and multiple people start posting about how they’re suddenly earning less, and a few of them may incorrectly theorize about the cause of their woes. If this coincidence happened at a place like WebMythWorld it might grow into some sort of […]

Don’t buy the Snake Oil


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There is something that has been bouncing around inside my head for awhile now, it involves an issue that makes me uncomfortable. I thought I would take this opportunity to get it off of my chest, and to hopefully shed some light on this issue so that all may benefit. In many ways marketing can […]

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