I was reading through my 50+ subscribed feeds in Google Reader and found a blog post about consumption and material items. It reminds me of a lesson: money can buy some comfort, but material items don’t bring happiness. The more stuff you own, the more it tends to own you. The things you own have…
What do Microsoft and Seinfeld have in common? They both peaked in the late 1990’s. Below is a video of the partnership of Microsoft, and Jerry Seinfeld, who was reportedly paid $10 million to do these ad spots. There is something strange about Microsoft’s advertising agency, they really try hard to copy apple, but fail…
Google Webmaster Tools can now display on your igoogle.com homepage. This is a huge competitive advantage for google, as having your website stats on your start page is convenient and helpful. One more reason to use google.com/ig for your homepage – I do. GWT is the only location that shows accurate link count data and…
Google just released Ad Manager, their custom ad serving tool. This slick program allows you to serve different ads on your site through one interface. So for example if you have sold targeted ads for 1/3 of your pages you can display your own ads, and the rest can be adsense/doubleclick backfill. This gives you…
Pepperjam Network is a new affiliate network that has won over the affiliate marketing world. They have taken the best features of Commission Junction, Linkshare, Connect Commerce and created a great affiliate platform with personalized service and true customer support. To inspire new users and existing publishers, Pepperjam is offering bloggers $10 for every post…
I have used Twitter.com for several months and love it. I have found real value in public microblogging and consider it an important part of social media marketing. Follow me at Twitter.com/Cvos Checking my account today I saw this unique color collage from my random followers. These people created unique color shifted avatars to increase…
There are several ways to make money online, and some of my favorite are affiliates and CPA. Affiliate networks are regular sites that have signed up to give an advertiser a specified percentage on all completed sales. A webmaster places a targeted link with affiliate tracking code on their site, and if a user clicks…
A day in the life of webmaster support from Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead. Maile filmed her day at the Mountain View Googleplex. I didn’t think video camers were allowed inside Google – when I was there last year they had security searches to make sure no cameras of any kind were brought in.…
The Securities and Exchange Commission now officially recognizes public information sharing on corporate websites and online information sharing sites. In a landmark announcement, the SEC now allow disclosure of financial information through corporate blogs. how companies can use their web sites to provide information to investors in compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly with…
If you are looking for advice on how not to begin a search engine optimization project, the user SEO Quick Project just created a case study for you. this job has a 100% chance of failure. Here is the title of the job listing: SEO Quick Project – See original job posting at Elance »…
