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AdSense Introduces New Ad Format

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Haven’t you heard? It’s all around the news! Google is making changes to their ad format, the big update is the clickable area. So far a click was counted as valid if a visitor clicked anywhere inside the adbox but from now on only clicks on the title or URL will be registered. What that […]

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What Not To Do With A 100$ Budget

Monday, November 12th, 2007

A lot of bloggers email me all the time asking how should they promote their blogs. I thought I wrote enough about the subject for you to have a clear picture of what direction should you follow but it’s always better to read it one more time than not at all. You’re all entrepreneurs, amateur […]

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Text-Link-Ads Launches CPC Program

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I recieved an invitation today from TLA company to join their new project - ShoppingAds. ShoppingAds is a new Cost-Per-Click advertising program powered by the major shopping comparison sites that displays relevant merchant offers in the form of an image and a text so it’s compliant with Google AdSense TOS, that means you can run […]

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…but I don’t quite agree. I believe their program is good but it’s still far from AdSense. WidgetBucks is a Pay-Per-Click program, similiar to Google AdSense, AdBrite and Chitika, that pays per click and for thousand impressions. What’s so cool is that ads aren’t text-based or boring graphic banners, they run flash. Yes, 24/7 […]

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Amazon Context Links Beta

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

It’s been half a year since Amazon introduced their contextual link program, Closed-Beta in the beginning and now Open-Beta, and judged on the feedback of publishers it’s better than Kontera. Although Kontera is CPC-based program, bloggers have reported that Amazon is generating more revenue.
Context Links are a quick and convenient way to add links to […]

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3 AdSense Tips You Should Know

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

AdSense was always a hot topic so I decided to share some tips about improving your CTR. Perhaps you already know that but there are people that will find this helpful, I hope. If you know some good tips and tricks, please be my guest and post them here.
1. Increasing CTR
Do you get decent number […]

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How To Get Approved By Google AdSense?

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Google is not as picky as everybody likes to say, I don’t know why people try to present Google as Satan. You would probably think you need to develop your site for months before you’re ready to apply for Google AdSense but that’s not true at all. You can make your site ready for AdSense […]

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This topic has gone hot since they invented online advertising and I keep getting asked for an opinion why people don’t click on ads(?). To be able to answer this question you would have to get into the mind of a visitors, that is yourself. Remember that you’re not just a blogger, entrepeneur or a […]

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Let me start by asking why would you install AdSense on your blog at the first place? What’s your purpose there, making money or giving your visitors an opportunity to find something you don’t have on your blog? If the first option is what you’re trying to achieve then you should know you’re just selling […]

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Did you know that two thirds of internet users watch videos online at least once a week? According to Advertising.com, people’s choices break down to 49% News clips, 47% Music videos, 33% Movie trailers, 26% TV shows and 21% User-created videos while older people preffer news and young ofcourse stick with entertainment. Online video entertainment […]

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