Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
36 hours have passed since I emailed the Big ‘G’. As yet I have not received a reply. It’s a little bizarre though. Right now, traffic to this blog is the highest it has ever been, yet, my organic Google traffic is now almost non existent. I guess if anything this experience has highlighted to [...]
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
If you live in Australia you may have noticed quite a lot of advertising talking up the new “Australian Citizenship Test”. From the 1 October 2007, applicants for Australian citizenship need to pass an Australian Citizenship Test, with a mark of 60% or more, before they can submit their citizenship application. Here’s a summary from [...]
Monday, October 15th, 2007
It looks like I’ve just come in on the receiving end of a giant Google bitch slap. Recently I’d noticed a massive drop off in Google search engine traffic. At first I put it down to a weird traffic fluctuation. Today I decided it was time to do some research, and I’ve uncovered some disturbing [...]
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Over the weekend WidgetBucks have made a couple of changes to their site. In particular they have improved their statistics reporting. If you log in to the dashboard now you’ll see a new category called “My Bucks”. This now displays the $25 sign up bonus. Woo hoo! Before I go on, if you have no [...]
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Well, after much hype I finally got around to watching this YouTube video someone sent me. All I can say is WTF!!?!?!? I’ve watched it, yet am no wiser as to what it is actually all about. If anyone out there can shed any light on what this video is all about, or what the [...]
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Well, things just seem to be going from bad to worse for me in terms of AuctionAds. Up until September it had been a decent earner. Not massive, but definitely a welcome, additional, revenue stream. Then, seemingly overnight, things turned pear shaped. Here are my stats for the period 1 September 2007 – 11 October [...]
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
WidgetBucks are now reporting on their blog that real time statistic reporting has just been released. This is a very good move and will hopefully give people a little more confidence in their service. WidgetBucks has only been live since 2 October. In that time over 5,000 publishers have registered, and the network has yielded [...]
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
There aren’t that many ads that I see on TV that I can say I truly like. These two ads for Skittles are the exceptions. Brilliant, if somewhat bizarre, ads. Simple executions, that really cut through thanks largely to their overall oddness.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
The WidgetBucks experiment continues. One thing I have noticed so far is that there statistics are not updated that quickly. Today I logged into my account to check my stats and saw this message: “Figures in Red are pending Impressions/Clicks reporting currently delayed.” That would explain my delay in seeing results. With that being said, [...]
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Now this is just plain strange. Nice little flash animation… although I’m not sure “nice” is the right word in this case. I’m not really sure what else needs to be said. Watch it for yourself. WPvideo 1.10
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Checking in on the forums and a lot of people seem to be pushing WidgetBucks very hard. Whilst I’m not sure that it’s the “Adsense Killer” that some are making it out to be, I have to admit, their ads do look pretty cool, and potentially useful. I’ve run them on this site for the [...]
