Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
I’m a professional freelance writer who makes money writing online in several ways, one of which is using Google AdSense on websites I own and publish content on. I don’t do much (Ok, none) buying of ads via Google’s AdWords platform. However, an AdSense publisher I find it very useful to stay up to date … Read more
I’ve been micro-managing which Google certified ad networks have been allowed on my websites. However, lately, I remembered that there was a time when I allowed them all and saw my earnings go up. I did not click the AdSense publisher option to automatically allow new third-party AdSense networks. The idea is that by enabling … Read more
While perusing the greatly improved performance reports for AdSense ads displayed on my websites I began to wonder whether a new option for AdSense would be valuable. I use AdSense to help me make money writing online with some of the various websites I publish. I don’t make millions but I do well enough to … Read more
The website Smashing Magazine published a take on whether or not ad blocking software hurts good websites and by extension those who make their living working with good websites. This time the article comes from the point of view of web designers. My conclusions remain the same. I will turn off my AdBlock Plus, actually … Read more
Facebook is not a publicly traded company. Although there are many people speculating that Facebook will go public in the near future. As a privately held company, Facebook is not required to release any financial information to the public. Furthermore, the company does not have to have its finances audited either. That doesn’t keep financial … Read more
An interesting post over at ARS Technica about how ad blocking hurts websites. The post is interesting for two reasons. First, the article, written by ARS Technica’s founder and owner, goes into more detail than is often the case regarding how ad supported websites work and how blocking those ads can hurt the website in … Read more
Amazon announced a shift in the way it pays its affilitates, known as Amazon Associates, who send paid search results ad based traffice to its homepages.