Bob Bly, asked on his blog — I have one question for you: would you advise a teenager today to pursue copywriting as a profession? Why or why not? My answer — Any job in which the returns depend on the amount of effort you put in is bad. Your assets should make you money while [...] [...more]
Last time I saw, Google AdSense was not allowed on sites containing poker content. And now they are themselves serving Poker Ads! If they don’t have sites containing poker content in their network, how are they going to place these “contextually-targeted” ads? [...more]
Old habits die hard… or perhaps they can be put to good use. The ex-media mogul Barry Diller is using the power of mainstream media to promote the search engine ASK.com, that his company IAC recently acquired. Ask.com is running AWESOME ads on TV featuring the creator of Ask.com (Teoma) Apostolos Gerasoulis. You can see them [...] [...more]
I came across this on Mook-Jon’s blog — Yahoo! Publisher Network is now offering direct deposit facility, i.e. they will directly deposit your earnings into your bank account on the 26th of every month, instead of the 10th of the following month. Here’s the letter Jon got : Dear Jon, We’ve just made receiving your Yahoo! Publisher Network [...] [...more]
Here’s what I got in my inbox a few hours ago! This court-ordered notice may affect your legal rights. Please read it carefully. If you purchased online advertising from Google between January 1, 2002 and the present, you are a class member in a class-action lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas. This notice [...] [...more]
Comparison shopping. Consumers do it all the time and find easy access to many Internet sites that help them find the real deal. Until recently there wasn’t one for merchants shopping for shopping cart services, merchant accounts, and credit card payment gateways. Although many sites compare merchant credit card services, the deck is usually stacked [...] [...more]
Do you use Google AdSense to earn revenue from your site? Don’t be guilty of making the same assumption that I had once made. That’s going to cost you a lot of money. And what was that assumption? That AdLinks are going to be ineffective compared to ads. I thought that it was difficult to get [...] [...more]
Check out this article in The Guardian about Game Advertising industry – The games industry is thriving, and is estimated to be worth £23bn worldwide this year alone. Reports this month that Microsoft might spend $400m (£211m) buying Massive, a New York-based games advertising firm, has thrown a spotlight on in-game ads - one of the [...] [...more]
Yahoo is tweaking its homepage again and the preview is up! What’s notable about this redesign? 1. Yahoo is moving away from 800px width to 1024px. 2. Re-inforces that Yahoo is a complete portal rather than just a search engine. 3. The right menu is all AJAXed up and so Web 2.0ish! 4. More focus on Market Place. 5. Excellent [...] [...more]
