Posted by on January 21, 2007

PPC vs. PPS Affiliate Programs Promote the Right Affiliate Program Posted By : Theo Swan
When to choose to be paid per click, and when to choose a PPS model? People familiar with adsense or other forms of contextual ads with a fluctuant amount paid for each click are aware of the big difference between the price for a click in a competitive

Interstitial Ads, Skip This Page Ad, Are Not Allowed by Google AdSense (Search Engine Roundtable)

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if it is allowed to place AdSense ads on pages that require you to skip the ad to see the content. There are many sites that have what are called interstitial ads. These ads act as a gateway to the content you want to see. Typically, you click from a site to see an article of interest. But before the content is shown to you, you are taken to an intermediate page, …

Plaintiff in China’s first AdSense arbitration case makes second claim (Interfax)

By Rita Shen Shanghai. July 10. INTERFAX-CHINA – The plaintiff who filed the first arbitration case against Google AdSense in China told Interfax yesterday that he has now filed a lawsuit over the same issue.

Forcing Google AdSense to Display Non-English Ads (Search Engine Roundtable)

A DigitalPoint Forums advertiser was wondering how to display relevant ads to his non-English sites. Because he’s embedding a lot of YouTube videos with English descriptions, AdSense seems to be feeding him with ads that are English even though they are not pertinent to his reader base. I did some research and discovered this Google AdSense Help Page that shows you how change your display …

Google Banning Ephedra & Ephedrine Ads (Search Engine Journal)

The Featured Homepage Discussion today on WebmasterWorld is about Google notifying advertisers that it will no longer run ads for Ephedra or Ephedrine products. Google sent me an e-mail today addressing me as an AdWords Advertiser, though they sent it to the e-mail account that I use for managing AdSense, for whatever thats worth. The note informed […]

Pay-for-blogging site raises questions (USA Today)

Is Associated Content a next-gen media site or an exploiter of search engines and AdSense? At least Google and Yahoo are on “board.”

Armstrong In Associated Content Conflict of Interest? (WebProNews)

Elinor Mills is asking whether Googles Tim Armstrong involvement with Associated Content is a conflict of interest. Associated Content creates content optimized for Google – so it can earn revenue from AdSense ads – and that raises questions about Armstrong sitting on the companys board of directors. Does it exist to game Google search results and generate revenue through Googles …

Made for AdSense Sites Can Get You Delisted (Search Engine Roundtable)

A very interesting Google Groups thread has many bloggers, including SEO Buzz Box , DaveN , and Search Engine Journal voicing their reactions. The background is that the webmaster of AlkenMRS.com realized that his 10+ year old site had been delisted from Google. With help from his friends, he addressed what he thought were technical issues related to his site. But even so, his site was …

The sploggers’ service of choice (Guardian Unlimited)

Spam bloggers make cash from Google’s AdSense – but they face determined opposition.

Stupid AdSense (Addict 3D)

Scott Smith sent along these ads which he spotted on Envirolet.com: The ads read, “This is a Test ad – Please update with image ads once they send them.

Optimizing for Accidental Clicks (WebProNews)

I havent been to HotorNot.com for a long time, since the site first started and got a whole load of attention while I was at uni. I have read a couple of articles of late about how they have been forced to adapt to survive, so I thought I would take a look around the site. The first thing I noticed is how damn close the adsense adverts are to the rating system. I accidently clicked on one …

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