While it didn’t invent search-triggered ads, Google figured out a far more efficient way of turning web-users into buyers. Rather than doling out premium space to the highest bidder, as its competitors did, Google used another algorithm to work out how relevant the ad text was to a given query […]
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Friends don't let friends see adverts
This post has been a long time in the writing. Ever since I started advertising on my blogs my strategies have been tweaked continuously so consider this post a snapshot description of what I’m doing with Adsense advertising now. This is a long post, but read through it. The plugin […]
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Google Adsense joins the Google collective
Did anyone else get this email from Google Adsense? They’re migrating their Adsense logins to regular Google ones which is a good and bad thing. It’s good because it’s a single sign on for Adsense, Gmail and whatever else you’re having, but it’s bad because Google know so much more […]
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My £30 Adwords Temptation
I’m a sucker for vouchers, if they’ll really save me money that is. I generally read the small print just in case I have to “subscribe for 12 months to take advantage of this deal” and it’s a good thing I read the ones attached to this offer from Google. […]
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How to accidentally erase your ad filter
When you’re adding sites to the Google Adsense “Competitive Ad Filter” please do not do what I just did. As my filter has the maximum 200 urls I have to delete entries before adding new one, but I had deleted a couple of urls so I thought I’d have space […]
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How to graph your Adsense Earnings
Michele blogged about a new simple and easy to use Adsense earnings graphing tool this morning that generates nice graphs. Besides graphing the average earnings per day it also displays two moving averages which are useful as another indicator of growth. Finally, the gold line is a trend line for […]
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Is my competitive ad filter broken?
I have noticed adverts from a particular domain listed in my Adsense competitive ads filter are still appearing. I understand it might take several hours for changes to the filter to become active, but 4 days? creativeinterview.com has been on my list since the 22nd of December but I still […]
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I want a free house
Cork student Shane Murphy is running iwantafreehouse.com and selling advertising on his homepage in €100 blocks. Unfortunately, it looks like the site is struggling under the load of a free plug on Today FM but I’m sure they’ll sort that out later. He’s also running a simple blog on there […]
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Google Adsense Tips, Tricks, and Secrets
Lots of tips and stuff here! 1. Build and Empire? 2. New Sites, Files and Maintenance 3. Managing URL’s and channels 4. Site Design and Integration 5. Using Images 6. Multiple Ad Units 7. Adsense in RSS 8. Affiliate Sites 9. PPC Arbitrage
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WordPress.. earn a buck releasing free software
So, Matt accepted articles for publication on the WordPress website that are not WP related. They are (were? The Google searches linked to don’t return anything) there for generating revenue and nothing more. There are plenty of ways to make money doing free software, but they usually mean doing work […]