Are site traffic and pageviews directly related to income?

The formula, they say, to successfully make money from a website or blog is Quality Content + Traffic.

A lot of “make money online” experts — the true gurus and fakes alike — claim that fresh, unique, and high-quality content translates to traffic and traffic ultimately equals online income. By now, it probably is an accepted fact that a website with more visitors will earn more than another site with fewer visitors.

But how related exactly are site traffic and pageviews to the advertising income of a site?

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(Video) ‘Deal or No Deal Around the World’ - Manila, Philippines

The top rated US game show Deal or No Deal and host Howie Mandel are going around the world as it showcases three countries in its Deal or No Deal Around the World special edition.

Mandel and the contestants stopped by the Philippines, Estonia, and South Africa and taped episodes of the highly rated US game show.

In the Philippines, Mandel’s counterpart Kris Aquino graced the show and exchanged banter with Mandel and the contestants. Here’s a video of the first part featuring Mandel welcoming American televiewers to the show taped in the Philippines and Aquino explaining the differences between the Filipino and American versions of Deal or No Deal.

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Are your Adsense earnings lower than usual today?

And the page impressions and clicks statistics don’t seem to be updated?

Earlier today, PMT Forum member geeks noted the same thing. He wondered: Mukhang may problema sa adsense ngayon, hindi naga-update impresions ko. (Adsense seems to have a problem, my page impressions stats don’t appear to be updated.)

Don’t fret. Apparently, Google Adsense is aware that there is a problem.

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Is Bidvertiser a good alternative to Google Adsense?

For the past 3 years, our online income came primarily from Google Adsense. But with so many not-so-good things going on with both Google and its Adsense program — PageRank penalties, new rules regarding ad units, and declining Adsense earnings, to name just a few — we thought now might be a good time to try other Adsense alternatives.

There are a lot of Adsense competitors around such as Yahoo! Publisher Network, AdBrite, and Bidvertiser. In our first attempt searching for a good Adsense alternative, we tried out Bidvertiser.

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Seen this week: Car stuck in street hole

Today we start a brand-new section in the blog, the “Seen This Week” section where we share interesting, weird or funny things we’ve seen that we’d like you to see. Armed with our digital cameras and camera phones, we take snapshots of anything we think you ought to see.

For our first edition, here are two photos of a car stuck in a street hole.

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12DailyPro update: Investor Web Portal currently closed

The Court-appointed receiver for the 12DailyPro (12DP) autosurf investment scam recently announced that the Investor Web Portal, the website where 12DP victims can file and monitor their refund claims, has been shut down for security reasons. Investors, however, can still contact the receiver, Thomas F. Lennon, using email or telephone.

Here’s a copy of the letter sent to investors currently waiting for their 12DP refunds.

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More pics of the PBB Teen Edition Plus housemates

You asked for it, you got it.

Here’s for those who previously requested that we put more pictures of the 14 housemates of ABS-CBN’s reality show Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus. Aside from adding more photos, we also updated each individual profile and it now contains a short bio of that housemate.

Click on the name of the PBB Teen housemate to see more of his or her photos!

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