>Ever since I became a Pro member at MyBlogLog I have enjoyed looking at what my readers click on and where they click it from. One of the most useful bits of information is gleaned by seeing what AdSense banners people click on from what articles. Now, I know MyBlogLog tracking is not perfect (they…
Tag: Advertising
TNX – another way to sell text ads
Are you looking for an alternative to Text-Link-Ads? I know I am. I was recently contacted by a company that is breaking into the text link marketplace. They offer a service that I feel may just be superior to that which is offered by Text-Link-Ads. If you click on the flash banner above you will…
Saying Good Bye to AdSense
For the past three years or so I have been a happy AdSense publisher. For two of those three years I was a nickel and dime guy who never saw a check but did see a steadily increasing balance on his account. that all changed a little under a year ago when I started to…
Dealing with web ads and ad blocking
There has recently been an upswing in talk among tech sites about ad blocking plug-ins for browsers. On one side we have the publishers who feel they are being robbed blind by people who block ads and on the other side we have web users who say that the ads are garbage and they slow…
Am I guilty of click-fraud?
As a follow up to my previous article on the discrepancy between Google and MyBlogLog in regards to click counting I present the following information: Month MyBlogLog Click Data Google Click Data Over/Under March 492 375 +117/131% April 637 637 0/100% May 756 692 +64/110% June 1302 1349 -47/97% July 1041 1132 -91/92% August 632…
Reporting from the Farm
‘Last month I broke away most of my Pokemon content onto a new site called PokeFarm. I lamented the loss of traffic over here at hmtk.com. Are you wondering what happened to the farm? The above chart shows visitors to the site as recorded by Google Analytics over a one month period. The average for…
Make Money Online: Products you never have to touch
I’m sure you have heard those radio commercials by now where a slick announcer tells you about an amazing program that allows you to sell things on the Internet that you never even have to touch. Some of you might think it is some sort of online store scam or an Amazon store front. It’s…
Why you need more than one stat package
People who monetize their websites know that the first thing an advertiser is going to want to know is how heavy their traffic is. Not everyone gets thousands of hits every day but a good blog should be in the one thousand range most days. An excellent blog will be in the five to ten…
Embed videos to make money?
Believe it or not you can make money with a blog. Very few bloggers make enough money to quit their day job but a lot of us do make enough to afford a few video games and other bits of tech to make out lives better. Does the work to reward ratio work in our…
About sponsored postings
In a recent blog post HMTK.com reader Jez asked me where I found the information that I blogged about. I replied that it was a sponsored post. What does a sponsored post mean and why should you care? A sponsored post means that someone gave me money to blog about something. It does not mean…