Friday, June 30th, 2006

Joel Comm’s “Made for AdSense” Saga

Leave a blog for a few days, and thousands of interesting stories pass by. One of the most interesting throughout the past week must have been the hoo-hah over Joel Comm’s upcoming “Made for AdSense” programme, i.e. Instant AdSense Templates.
If you want some background on the issue, I suggest reading the extended coverage by […]

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Blogging Provides Non-Web Opportunities

A few days back (three to be exact), Paul Stamatiou blogged about how he landed a gig with Yahoo as a Blogging Intern.
It might not be a full-blown job offer like the one Steve Rubel received in February, but there’s little doubt that you’re talking about a great experience and networking opportunities in a […]

Friday, June 16th, 2006

“Hidden” AdSense Link Unit

While randomly surfing the web recently, I came across an AdSense vertical link unit blended in a way I’ve never seen before. I’m not sure how unique it is to you since you could have either seen it (the site I found it on, Blogger Templates, is very popular) or done it before, but here’s […]

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Chitika Running Adult Ads?

Seen “adult” Chitika ads on your blogs recently? Well, I haven’t, but a few have been caught (with screenshots and all) over at JenSense.

Jen has blurred the screenshot thumbnails to remain family and work-friendly, but you can click into the screenshots to see some “uncensored” screens. As a commenter notes, it’s nothing particularly “adult” given […]

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Adsense Video Ads Out of Beta

JenSense reports that Adsense video ads have “graduated” from the rich media beta test to become part of the Adsense ad lineup, but these ads will only be available to AdWords advertisers in the United States, Canada and Japan.
Both CPM and CPC video ads will be available, and like Adsense’s text and image ads, the […]

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Adsense: Some Interesting News

This post was not pre-written, but I am still on vacation in South Korea. As such, I might not be able to respond to any comments posted here. Thanks for understanding.
Just a short link post for a couple of interesting news pieces I just read over at JenSense:

Adsense Webmaster Guidelines Changed QuietlyGoogle has quietly added […]

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

BlogHer Ad Network for Female Bloggers

The following was pre-written to ensure continuity while I’m on my trip to South Korea. As such, for the next few days, I might not be able to respond to any comments posted here. Thanks for understanding.
Ahh, another advertising network. Don’t get me wrong. Niche advertising networks can only help its publishers get maximum opportunities […]

Friday, May 12th, 2006

The ProBlogger’s Income Streams

For some reason or another, everybody loves looking at figures relating to online income. Yes, that definitely includes me. Every time a problogger (or more generally, a web entrepreneur) publishes his or her income information, a jolt of pure pleasure shoots up my spine.
So, when the ProBlogger, Darren Rowse, of ProBlogger.net fame published his […]