
16 Oct
Posted by Hock as Google AdWords, MSN adCenter, Search Engine Marketing
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Open Ads - Open Source Ad Inventory Management
The Big List of Affiliate Marketing Events
Secret To Get On The First Page Of Google
Note: As of today, October 22nd, the tool has been taken […]
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Google is running a promotion now that will give you $2,000 if you spend $1,000 on a radio ad. They call it their Audio Ads program. How’s that for instant cash? Even though you don’t get the cash in hand, you’ll get it as a credit in your advertising account. So if you’re planning to […]
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09 Oct
Posted by Hock as Google AdWords, SEO, Search Engine Marketing
Here’s an interesting take from GrayWolf (Michael Gray) on the whole paid links debate as interviewed on the LinkJuicy blog. Google has recently been cracking down on websites that are selling paid links, take for example, directory sites. If you are selling links, it’s like you’re renting out space on your lawn to put up […]
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Google is cracking down on affiliate/internet marketers again. According to the AdWords blog, types of websites that will be penalized with low landing page quality scores include:
* Data collection sites that offer free gifts, subscription services etc., in order to collect private information
Translation: Pure “name squeeze” pages are likely to be […]
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28 Aug
Posted by Hock as Affiliate Marketing, Ask Hock, Google AdSense, Google AdWords
One reader asked me what I am doing after I got the boot from AdSense a couple of months ago. Being kicked out of AdSense is actually a good thing for me. I miss the nice revenue stream but looking back (as they say, hindsight is always 20/20) I was focusing too much on one […]
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16 Jun
Posted by Hock as Affiliate Marketing, Google AdWords, Webmaster Tools
There has been a flurry of products recently focusing on “spying on your AdWords competition”. For example, there is X-Ray Domination which sells for $1500 (program is closed for the moment), Undercover Profits (sold out)at $291 per month (yikes!), and Google Cash Detective for a $497 up-front payment and $97 per month (sold out). Then there is AdSpyPro which goes for […]
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26 Feb
Posted by Hock as Google AdSense, Google AdWords, Search Engine Marketing
I caught this news story in the NYT today which may have implications for AdSense publishers if what it talks about is implemented by Google. Basically, the upstart Quigo lets advertisers select specific sites where their ads will be showing on the contextual network.
In response to further questions about Quigo, though, Google said it was […]
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