Archive for June, 2006

Earn money blogging series: Master The Basics

Friday, June 30th, 2006

The first posting in our new Earn money blogging series is "Master the basics". This is true of any field, but especially so of blogging. There's a lot of details to get right, and you need to make sure you don't miss any. Every post is like ...

Excelling in the new media - is it tougher than in the old?

Friday, June 30th, 2006

That's my question today. People are constantly hailing the new media, and making predictions about the demise of the traditional media, but Connie Chung still has her job, and a blogger hasn't been elected President. We're still in the nascent stages of the revolution, and there are some ...

Blogging for dollars - ad placement - increase your CTR by 600%

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

There's really only so many ways to bring in money with blogs, and context sensitive ads are definitely one of them. When you run context sensitive ads, you need to really concern yourself with their performance. If you can double or triple your CTR, the same effect happens ...

Baidu to start offering blogs

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Blogs are already quite popular in Asia, but now they're likely to become even more popular as Baidu launches a new blogging service.. They intend to call the service "Baidu Spaces", and it is though to be similar to MySpace and MSN Spaces. The Chinese market for blogs ...

Google search results really messed up today

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Google has had their ups and downs with their research results lately, but what I'm looking at in the last 24-48 hours really may be the worse yet. Three of my blogs have been replaced completely in the SERPS by the site's Feedburner Feeds. A case of the ...

6 reasons blogs are a must-have for any serious business

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

There's no way companies can afford to ignore blogs. They better do so at their own peril. Blogs are ruling the charts in Web 2.0, because they give voices to regular people and they put faces on large corporations. If you don't add a blog to your ...

CEO of Sun sees blogs as a competitive advantage

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Everyone's into blogging, and Sun CEO Jonathon Schwartz is no different. Schwartz was already an active blogger when he took the reigns at Sun. Sun is largest company by far with an active blogger at the helm. A lot of other companies have their eye on how ...

A blog is a remarkable investment

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

You can take a really small amount of money and invest it into a blog. I'm talking $7 or $8 to register a domain. Then you set up a hosting account for $100 bucks or less a year and you go to town. For this tiny amount ...

New Digg.com coming on Monday - you can vote on new subjects

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Digg has long been famous for being the place to go for technology enthusiasts. Now the website is looking to expand their horizons by entering new fields starting this upcoming Monday. Digg has had amazing growth in the last few years and is looking to expand their dominion ...

CPA ads in Google Adsense may hurt publishers

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

A move towards CPA (Cost Per Action) ads could deliver a hurting to Adsense publishers. CPA ads are very attractive to advertisers because they lower their cost of acquisition for leads or sales. However, there's a big flaw inherent in this type of set up: it's not ...