>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: Google
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…
Google Assumes 10% click fraud rate
I was just reading an interesting article over on Marketing Pilgrim about Google and click fraud. The essence of the article is that Google automatically discounts about 10% of all AdSense clicks as fraudulent. These “false positive” clicks are just thrown out and the advertiser is not charged and the publisher is not paid. Google…
How many paths lead to Google?
I was doing some Internet browsing today and, on my way to Google, I mispelled the url. Instead of typing in google.com I typed in foofle.com. Imagine my surprise when I found myself at Google! This got me to thinking, how many other “typo” domains has Google purchased? Google typos that still take you to…
Google’s new PR rankings
Every three months Google recalculates Page Rank for all of the sites they track. Many people have speculated on what things you can do to help and/or harm your Page Rank. It would seem that I have done something to harm my Page Rank as I have dropped from a five to a three. I…
Google loves me
A common question bloggers ask is, “how do I get on Google?” It’s a question with multiple answers: Answers AdWords – pay for access. Links – get lots of inbound links. Register – Use Googles webmaster toolkit to ‘claim’ your site in Google’s eyes. Sitemaps – Create an XML document for spiders to read. Write…
What’s your Google Page Rank?
Every three to six months Google does a big update to their Page Rank system. This is the system that all those SEO people worship, and with good reason. Having a high Google Page Rank means that Google will give more weight to your website when a search is run. Up until a few months…
A quick way to increase your AdSense CTR
The higher your CTR the better the ads Google AdSense serves you. Want to know how to increase your CTR in one easy step? It’s very simple: Remove AdSense code from any page which does not generate clicks. Yup, it’s that simple! Many people put AdSense code in their navigation area or at the bottom…
Google Search + AdSense = ????
As many of you probably already know, Google has recently allowed AdSense members to create custom Google search pages and get a cut of any ads clicked on those search results. As an AdSense member I see this as a good way to increase revenue but… I have to wonder if this will only lead…
Google Analytics
I’m trying to put the Google Analytics service through it’s paces. Please click through my site and I will post charts and a write-up in a few days. It’s been running for about 12 hours and I’m starting to get some results. I still need some more data before I can post screen caps. So…