Archive for December, 2006

BlogKits wants to help you monetize your low traffic blog

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

BlogKits is a new affiliate marketing network that launched a week ago. BlogKits is Jim Kukral’s brainchild and it is funded and owned by Forge Corporation. BlogKits uses a CPA model and it is specifically designed to help bloggers monetize low traffic blogs. Most blogs generate less than 100 pageviews a ...

Google’s AdSense team makes it official that images next to ads are bad

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Webmasters have always been trying to come up with ways to increase the click-through rate (CTR) on AdSense ads. One popular method this year has been to display small images next to the ads. Many AdSense gurus have often pointed out that AdSense terms-of-service did not make it clear whether ...

Digg gets a facelift

Monday, December 18th, 2006

This morning, Digg received an update both on the site’s layout and content. The navigation menu has now been moved to the top of the screen and presented horizontally. In addition, users can now see the top 10 stories and videos to the right of the page. Digg has also ...

The blogosphere is finally safe from PayPerPost’s evil revenue model

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Michael Arrington has posted on TechCrunch an upcoming press release from PayPerPost (PPP) which will require bloggers to disclose that some of their posts are paid for. PPP has been under a lot of fire since they launched over the fact that they did not require bloggers to disclose that ...

Yahoo and Google take center stage this week with new and upgraded products

Friday, December 15th, 2006

This was a busy week for Yahoo and Google as they continue to fight for dominance in the online world. First, Yahoo celebrated the one year anniversary of Yahoo Answers outliving Google Answers that was shutdown last week after a dismal performance during its existence. Yahoo Answers clearly dominated the market ...