I just received the following email from AGLOCO: We would like to update you on the status of AGLOCO’s operations. We continue to believe in the AGLOCO concept, but our revenue is currently not sufficient to give Members a meaningful distribution. And though there are increases in membership, the resulting revenue is not enough to…
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Pay-Per-Post is now Izea
Press Release:ORLANDO, FL – (November 1, 2007) – Social media marketing pioneer PayPerPost, Inc. today announced it is changing its corporate name to organize the multiple properties its has developed within the fast-changing world of social media. Effective immediately, the company will operate under the parent name of IZEA Inc., incorporating consumer generated advertising network…
If Google can’t count how can I count on Google?
>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 don’t…
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 be…
Another one bites the dust
My long time readers remember when I posted several months ago on how you can sell a blog for far more than it is worth. Well, it looks like someone was reading my article and decided to get out early.The blog I am talking about this time is called SiteFever dot com and was just…
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 DataGoogle Click DataOver/UnderMarch492375+117/131%April6376370/100%May756692+64/110%June13021349-47/97%July10411132-91/92%August632294+338/215%September28840+248/720%I’m not sure why March numbers are off by so much but most of the time my numbers are within 10% of each other. Then something…
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 the…
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…
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 makes…