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Google Wireless Mouse

Since I’m an AdSense publisher, Google sent me an awesome little Christmas gift. This is an assumption, however, because they didn’t include a card or note. But it’s addressed to my name, so it’s surely for me. The box says: “From your friends at Google”. Everything came neatly packed in a stylish red zippered book-like…Continue Reading…

Connection Refused to GoogleAdServices

I can’t figure out what’s wrong with this. “Connection was refused when attempting to contact www.googleadservices.com” Nevermind… I’ve found the problem: C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>tracert googleadservices.com Tracing route to googleadservices.com [127.0.0.1] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localhost [127.0.0.1] Trace complete. It’s blocked in my HOSTS file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc). I’ve…Continue Reading…

Revenue Sharing

There’s a general trend towards offering revenue sharing on websites that depend on community and visitor involvement. It’s a good way to get visitors engaged. The primary method of doing this is by inserting other peoples’ AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) publisher codes into the ad code on pages that they should be credited…Continue Reading…

YPN Yahoo Publisher Network Ad Units

Inspired by Google’s AdSense support, but modified for the Yahoo Publishing Network: How can multiple ad units be used effectively? You can place as many ad units per page as you like. There is no limitation on the number. Here are some instances where multiple ad units may prove successful: * Pages with lots of…Continue Reading…

Ads by Yahoo

I’m checking out the Yahoo Publisher Network. So far, I’ve found that the ads don’t appear to be particularly relevant. Also, nobody has clicked on one yet, so I can’t compare earnings with Google AdSense. What do you think?

Google Search Top Queries

Here’s what people are looking for. from the beginning to now Total Queries: 10,032 inappropriate queries removed Top Queries # Queries % Total Queries m2k 97 0.967% pagerank 63 0.628% story 54 0.538% gmail 46 0.459% page rank 46 0.459% google earth 45 0.449% xstory 35 0.349% 1069 33 0.329% webxstory 29 0.289% orkut 28…Continue Reading…