Archive for the 'Make Money Online' Category

Amazon Omakase Links, contextual advertising?

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Amazon has been running beta with their Omakase Links, where associates can automatically display the products and content that visitors to the page are most likely to buy.
Aside from being ’smarter’, the compensation plan for the Omakase Links is the same as existing compensation plan for associates.

Google Adsense Video Ads

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Google Adsense Video Ads has been introduced since May 2006, the effectiveness of the video ad is yet to be seen for both advertisers and publishers.
It’s not easy to find a Google Video Ads on display, I only saw it once on my website and a few times on other web pages.

Google Adsense image in ad unit

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

One of the common tips to increase the click-through-rate (CTR) of Google Adsense is to put the ad unit beside images.
I have yet to experiment with the trick but Adsense have been experimenting with the tips itself by putting an image beside the ads in an ad unit.

Dual language ad unit in Google Adsense

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Darren from problogger.net had made a post about Google Adsense displaying dual language ad units, and wondering if it’s a glitch or common thing.
As an Asian blogger myself, seeing dual language ads is pretty common for me.
The screenshot on the left is a sample of a square ad from one of my blog, showing an […]

Ads optimization tips for blogs by Google Adsense

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Google Adsense have updated their ads optimization tips with a bigger and better version [link].
The common Adsense tips are like blending ads with content, using multiple ad units and ads positioning etc. One of the new addition is the page of “Blogtimize - Optimize the ads on your blog” [link].

Importance of geo-targeting your audience

Friday, July 14th, 2006

It’s commonly known that advertising network pays much better for US traffic, and sometimes Canada traffic as well.
Some of the ad networks go to the extend to only pay for US traffic especially those in pay per impression advertising network.

Trying Amazon associate program

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Amazon.com has been here since the dotcom boom in late 90s and is one of the largest online store currently, if not the largest.
Amazon has introduced their associate program for years, and I joined as member last year but didn’t really utilize on it after reading some forum comments on how difficult it is to […]

Google Adsense, how it works?

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

One of the easiest ways to make money online is to build a useful website, attract visitors and join advertising programs like Google Adsense to monetize the website.
Google Adsense is among the best advertising network, with excellent track record and great technology behind their advertising system that make them the best in contextual advertising.