Webmaster Journey

Merry Christmas and Happy 2007.
I’ve decided to take a break from this blog, will be back in 2007…

2006 is coming to an end, lots of webmasters and bloggers are happily making their year end summary.
Brian Clark from copyblogger.com shows that he is a normal human after all, with his The Best of Copyblogger 2006 list.
Do check it out, Brian’s articles provide some of my best knowledge in 2006.

Google Adsense has clarified their standings with image beside ad placement, although I felt that there are still some grey areas that are not clearly defined.
To be safe, avoid all image placements beside Adsense that is meant for increasing CTR.

Paid advertising program Payperpost.com has finally make the right move, requiring the paid postees to disclose that they are being paid for their posts.
Techcrunch have the details about the latest change.
I have been on the fence with PPP since knowing their existence, but with this change I might seriously consider about their monetization options.

Sometimes it’s pretty irritating when newbie ask some questions in forums seeking for advice, and when they got some advices they said that it’s too general blah blah… waiting for spoon feeding.
Fact is, people give general advices because lots of the times it works. If you ask me how to build a successful blog, […]

I have a soccer related website that I have been abandoned for a while, but the archive still managed to get a few hundred visits a day.
Last time I was still pretty naive about ads optimization, so the ads positioning was rather lame. Before the change, the website was monetized with Adsense with a […]

An article from SEOmoz has reviewed that major search engines are ok with paid posting.
In recent months some incentivized blog posting programs are introduced where bloggers are paid to make a review for products and websites. The system has created quite some debates among webmasters and bloggers.

Top 20 US websites based on October 2006 stats. [Source]
1. yahoo.com
2. google.com
3. aol.com
4. msn.com
5. ebay.com