Archive for October, 2006

Google Wants Feedback on How to Improve Measuring AdSense Success using Google Analytics

October 31st, 2006

If you are both a Google Analytics and Google AdSense user, Google is seeking your feedback on the following:

  1. Which Google Analytics reports do you use most often in conjunction with your AdSense account?
  2. Which reports or metrics would you most like to see added to Google Analytics to help you succeed with AdSense?

Google has created a topic thread in Google Group “Anaytics Help” for users to post their feedback.

» Read more: Google Wants Feedback on How to Improve Measuring AdSense Success using Google Analytics

Free Internet Marketing Training Videos at Marketing-Videos.com

October 30th, 2006

A few days ago, I blogged about free internet marketing videos on Tubetorial.

Well, I found another site offering free internet marketing videos. Check out Greg Rozsa’s Free Internet Marketing Video Training.

» Read more: Free Internet Marketing Training Videos at Marketing-Videos.com

Firefox 2.0 Not Supported by Google AdSense Referrals?

October 30th, 2006

I came across Barry Schwartz’s post saying that the recently released Firefox 2.0 is currently not supported by Google AdSense Firefox Referrals program.

Google AdSense program pays $1 per download of Firefox plus Google Toolbar from a referral. At this time, the referrals program only covers Firefox 1.5. [Update: Google has retired its referrals program in August 2008.]

» Read more: Firefox 2.0 Not Supported by Google AdSense Referrals?

New Google Webmaster Tools

October 29th, 2006

Google has added a few new features in to its webmaster tools.

The new features include:

1) Googlebot activity report

It shows you the following:

  • Number of pages Googlebot has crawled your site per day
  • Number of kilobytes of data Googlebot has downloaded per day
  • Average time it took for Googlebot to download pages.

» Read more: New Google Webmaster Tools

Google Now Indexes URLs Containing “&id=” Parameter

October 29th, 2006

It’s now official. Google search indexing algorithm has been updated to index URLs containing the “&id” parameter.

Well, does this mean you should ignore using friendly URLs or permalinks?

» Read more: Google Now Indexes URLs Containing “&id=” Parameter

Free Internet Marketing Videos at Tubetorial

October 28th, 2006

Looking for free internet marketing video tutorials? Try Tubetorial.

I took some time to view some of the videos and I have to say that the videos are really engaging and full of educational value.

All of the videos are professionally produced. The mind-mapping presentation techniques that the video publisher used are really effective at conveying internet marketing concepts.

Here’s a sampling of video topics at Tubetorial: » Read more: Free Internet Marketing Videos at Tubetorial

WordPress 2.0.5 (Ronan) Released

October 28th, 2006

Hi blogging folks! WordPress 2.0.5 (a.k.a. Ronan) is out and is available for immediate download. This release comes with 50 or so bug fixes.

Would I upgrade from version 2.0.4? Probably no. [Update: Oh well, I might consider upgrading. Thanks Brian. :) ] I’ll wait for the next major release.

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Redirect Affiliate Links to Increase Click-Through Rate

October 27th, 2006

If you are using regular affiliate links to promote an affiliate program, chances are you are missing out on traffic and commissions. You might want to use redirection links instead.

Here’s how a direct affiliate link and a redirection link look like:

Direct affiliate link: http://www.example.com?id=123 (where 123 is your affiliate ID)
Redirection link: http://www.yoursite.com/product.html

Notice that the redirection link appears to be like a regular static page on your site. » Read more: Redirect Affiliate Links to Increase Click-Through Rate

Searching for Internet Marketing Notes?

October 26th, 2006

Wowee! In less than 2 weeks, this blog has been listed as #1 on Google for the search keywords internet marketing notes.

Nothing is permanent on Google. For now, I’ll just savor the moment. :D (See screenshot below)

» Read more: Searching for Internet Marketing Notes?

Create a Google Custom Search Engine and Connect to AdSense

October 26th, 2006

Google has just unveiled the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine. Well, Custom Search Engine allows you to:

Create a highly specialized Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. Place it on your website and, using our AdSense for Search program, make money from the resulting traffic.

With Google Custom Search Engine, you can restrict sites that appear in your search results or simply give your chosen sites a higher search rank or priority. You can even later add sites for inclusion using Google Marker. Google will give you a piece of code for a search box for you to embed in your site or blog. You can also customize the presentation and functionality of the search engine. Also, you can invite others to co-edit your search engine using the collaboration feature. » Read more: Create a Google Custom Search Engine and Connect to AdSense

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