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Elliot’s Short Updates for 2008-12-08 via Twitter
12/8/2008Watching Peter Schiff on the Auto Bailout. http://tinyurl.com/66m34e # Part 2 of Peter Schiff on the Auto Bailout. http://tinyurl.com/68tybx # Real estate prices are too high. It’s a failure of government, not a failure of the free market. http://tinyurl.com/federalreserve # … Continue reading →
Cost of Storing All the Email in the World
5/19/2004Here’s an interesting theory from a Slashdot comment. Google doesn’t even need the limit. (Score:5, Interesting) by image (13487) on Wednesday May 19, @09:21AM (#9194576) (http://www.breakdownindustries.com/) A few people have made the comment that Google can do this because 99% … Continue reading →
Democracy in action
6/13/2002Nine out of ten Americans agree that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine. Colin Mochrie
Buzz Aldrin at USC Viterbi
3/20/2006Looks like Buzz Aldrin is coming to speak at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. That’s kinda neat. Copied from the flyer: ASTRONAUTICS & SPACE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION invites you to attend a special talk by Buzz Aldrin astronaut “to the … Continue reading →
The Way by Fastball
9/23/2006I once heard an acapella group at USC perform “The Way” by Fastball. It’s really catchy and has been stuck in my head all day.
Category Archives: AdSense Journal
Life is nothing without goals: 2008
Yesterday, I talked with my friend Steven. We’ve been friends for many, many years. However, he has selected a much different path than mine, and we haven’t talked much recently. The main thing that struck me from our conversation is that he doesn’t … Continue reading
AdSense Wide Skyscraper Test Results
Which do you think is better: a wide skyscraper with blue links and no border, or one with red links and a gray border? My testing shows that the blue links and no border outperform the other by 73%. Did … Continue reading
Google AdSense Image Ads
I just swapped the text ads on the GoogleCommunity.com channel “GCvBGuest2ndLargeRect” for text and image ads. In 2 weeks, I should see how the performance compares. I might be leaving a lot of money on the table! Do you have … Continue reading
24 hours of Firefox
I’m currently running Level 3 (Dead-Serious) Explorer Destroyer on this blog. Let’s see how it goes. These are my stats from WP-ShortStat from before the switch (I haven’t had it installed for a long time, but I don’t expect it … Continue reading
Invision Plus now serving AdSense & YPN
Invision Plus is now serving 50% AdSense, 50% YPN — for US visitors only. International users will see AdSense.
Four ad units
I’ve added a link unit to the header, a small button below the title, a small rectangle after the post, and a half banner after the comment box. Let’s see what happens.
AdSense Journal: US Targeting
I’m now geotargeting YPN ads for US users on Invision Plus forums (example: Support Forum). It looks reasonably good! US visitors will see 50/50 AdSense and Yahoo, while those outside the US will only get AdSense. I’ll test this for … Continue reading
Hundred-dollar days
I’ve actually had a few hundred-dollar days with AdSense. The first that I see was Tuesday, May 3, 2005, when I earned $108.34. Of course, my average is a little below that
Large Rectangle & Collapsing Ad Units
I made two changes to my AdSense setup here today. First, I added a large rectangle to the footer. This should give you some links of interest when viewing any page of the blog. I also put this unit in … Continue reading