Google Introducing Third-party Ads on the Content Network
Posted by reviews on May 22, 2008
Google has recently began allowing third-party advertisers onto their content network. Now you’ll see a larger assortment of ads displaying on Adsense.
The Google content network now accepts display ads served from qualified third-party vendors. Third-party ad serving has been a longstanding request from top brand AdWords advertisers who use third parties to create and manage their online campaigns.
Limitations (this will change as they develop):
- Right now it is only available in English, but it will eventually be extended to other languages.
- Only images and Flash ads will display third-party advertising. Text ads are not included.
For more information, click here.
StumbleUpon: Improving Your Fan Network and Increasing Traffic
Posted by reviews on Nov 15, 2007
StumbleUpon is a wonderful thing. You can find all sorts of sites, pages, photos, videos, and games that would otherwise go unnoticed or not found when using your typical search engines. Use the Search in StumbleUpon and you can find gems of sites that you would very likely not find, as they could be buried deep into the pages of Google or Yahoo!.
Another benefit of StumbleUpon is the amount of traffic that can find your pages and sites. If you have something that you would like shared, you can add it to StumbleUpon when you or another stumbler discovers it and reviews it. From that point on that page, image, or video is on the StumbleUpon network.
This leads us to the next point.
Ways to improve your network of Fans:
- Create a StumbleUpon blog and have thoughtful, entertaining, funny, or simply fun content.
- Use the StumbleUpon PhotoBlog It! option to blog about a great photo that you have found. Do this by Right-clicking on the photo and choose StumbleUpon PhotoBlog It! Then comment on the photo you have found.
- Join various groups, such as Stumblers, StumbleUpon, or StumbleUpon Tweaks and Tricks (to improve your StumbleUpon layout and add features!)
- Read the StumbleUpon tweaks on The Prawn website.
- Also, you can improve you chances of meeting other like minded people by adding various interests to your profile. There are tons of interests to choose!
Interesting Blogs to read about StumbleUpon:
Ways to Find Your PPC Niche (Adsense, etc)
Posted by reviews on Oct 24, 2007
Many of us want an income in which we can “set it and forget it”, such as creating websites that may have great content, but also brings in some steady income along the way. How do you find good ways of determining what is searched for and what is bought?
There are a number of good ways to find revenue niches for your sites.
You can take a look at Google Trends which is Google’s report of what is hot.
With Hot Trends, you can see a snapshot of what’s on the public’s collective mind by viewing the fastest-rising searches for different points of time. You can see a list of today’s top 100 fastest-rising search queries in the U.S. You can also select a recent date in history to see what the top rising searches were and what the search activity looked like over the course of that day. We update Hot Trends hourly.
It’s a great way of seeing what is happening at the peak of a wave.
Another handy tool for seeing what is selling well is to look at Ebay’s What’s Hot page in Seller Central.
Selling success often translates into being at the right place, at the right time, with the right product. Check back often to stay on top of the latest promotions and hot items on eBay.
Ebay also lists Hot Items by Category, has an Ebay Pulse, and many other options on the above page.
John Hold had a great suggestion;
I find the best tool to use is the google search box. Not on googles home page but in your browser. I use firefox and have a google search box in the header. what you do is just type in any one letter like “f”. it will automatically fill the search box with first, all the searches you’ve made starting with that letter but under that will be “suggestions”, that’s what you want to look at. with “f” you’ll find “facebook, firefox, friendster, etc etc”. these are the top searched for sites. next type in a second letter like “a”. Now you see the most popular search terms that start with “fa” like”family guy, fandango, etc”. I then typed in “t” so that my first three letters are “fat”. After “fat people, fathead” you’ll see some good niche material like fate, fatigue, fatty liver, and fatima. Now click on a search term (niche) that you think will pay good and look at the ads that show and how many there are. From that info you decide if it’s worth going after.
The possibilities are indeed endless. I just typed in “str” for kicks and found these 3 niches, stress, strep throat and stroke. Bet any of those could pay some big adsence bucks. Knock yourself out!
Another is to try to get your hands on Google’s monthly list of most searched for terms or the monthly highest paying words for PPC. These lists can be a challenge to get, but can be insightful.
The last suggestion is to simply read magazines, ezines, and newspapers for the latest news or research being done. You may be able to get a jump on your competition just by using the ‘old noodle’ (your brain)!
An Ongoing List of Adsense Alternatives
Posted by reviews on Oct 24, 2007
Webmasters can place Google AdSense JavaScript code on their web pages which would then allow Google AdSense to be displayed as advertisements based upon the content of the web page.
Some webmasters are either not accepted into the Google AdSense program, or do not wish to do business with Google.
For those webmasters, there are many alternatives to Google AdSense.
Click here for a list of alternatives
for the List of Google Alternatives Page of this site
The Internet’s Largest List of Adsense Revenue Sharing Sites
Posted by reviews on Oct 16, 2007
Earn Extra Money With Google Adsense Revenue Sharing!
Please see the link on the right side or click the link below (created a page instead).
Ginormous List of Revenue Sharing Sites
Electronic Funds Transfer for Adsense Now Available in Mexico
Posted by reviews on Sep 14, 2007
Good news for those out of Mexico using Adsense. They can now transfer straight to their banks.
We’re happy to let you know that Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) is now supported in Mexico.
Signing up for EFT to receive your future payments directly in your bank account is simple. Just follow these steps to set up your bank account — you’ll then need to verify a test deposit that we’ll place into your account. To learn more about EFT or the sign-up process, please visit our Help Center.
We’ll continue to announce any new country support for EFT or additional payments options here on the blog, so feel free to check back often!
The Best Free SEO, Marketing, PPC Tools
Posted by reviews on Sep 6, 2007
Below is a list of the best tools on the internet for SEO, internet marketing, PPC (pay-per-click) and webmaster related needs.
Backlinks (who is linking to you):
Domain Pop Backlink Checker - This is probably the best backlink tool out there. It sorts by site, so if you have sitewide backlinks, you won’t have to look at pages and pages of backlinks from the same site. Fantastic!
Key Words (helpful for PPC - Adsense, YPN, etc):
Google Key Word Tool - You can’t beat Google’s own keyword tool!
Assortment of Web-based Tools
SEOChat - On left side
Browser based tools:
–Firefox Plugins–
Smart Pages plugin - Very handy tool!
SEOQuake - shows nofollow links, along with much more
Niche Watch Tool - Excellent tool for studying keywords. As it states, “This wonderful SEO extension provides you the technical information required to beat your competitor websites in serps.”
SearchStatus - Also shows nofollow links, plus much more
Alexa Sparky - Official tool for Alexa. Displays a nice graph along your bottom task bar. Also, helps to boost your Alexa rank (not very relevant unless you sell blog posts)