Facebook Platform A Brilliant Move
Facebook opened up to all a while back. I joined. Usually, these contact networks leave me cold. The business contact networks are a bit too…business-y…..and MySpace is a glitter-covered mess. Facebook sits somewhere in the middle. It proves the value of usability. It’s easy, transparent, and does what it says on the box. It’s also a hugely, hugely powerful revenue …
Twitter Sucks
I’m glad Nick Wilson said it, but I was thinking the exact same thing….. Twitter sucks. Great idea. Doesn’t work. It’s slow, it loses posts, it goes down more regularly than a….insert inappropriate prostitute joke here. I was beginning to wonder why Nick loved it so. I was beginning to think he was a masochist. I’ve followed Nick’s lead and …
Adsense Monitoring
Interesting post on the Adsense Blog. They’re asking webmasters not to advise Google if they accidentally click on an ad. Google claim to already know you’ve done so, and have discounted it. “As most of you know, our program policies state that publishers are not permitted to click on their own ads for any reason. For this reason, we’ve received …
Googles Vulnerability: Adsense
Nick Carr makes some good points about Google’s strengths, and their weaknesses. “To competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo, Google must seem like a greased pig. You can see the damned thing running amok in your garden, but you can’t figure out a good way to get hold of it“ The beauty of Adwords, in terms of defensibility, is that Adwords …
How to get traffic from directories
As an operator of a web directory, I often field the question, Can I expect traffic from your web directory? My answer is always, it depends. Users Do Not Browse By Category, They Search Web Directories And as such, when you submit, it would do you well to understand that web directories do not index your pages. We can only …
Google Killing Adsense Accounts
Well, some of them. It’s been reported that Google have been closing numerous Adsense accounts, and some people have been speculating it’s due to a new crackdown on arbitrage tactics. Without a copy of the email, it’s difficult to know for sure. From WebmasterWorld: ” know of two associates who were doing arbitrage and yes they got the same email …
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