Google stock price at $4,488?
July 19, 2008
Did the Google (Stock Code: GOOG) stock really trade yesterday at $4,488.24?
Philippine major daily GMANews.tv reported last night (see screenshot of online article below) that the stock price of the number one search engine in the world reached $4,488.24 — a big increase considering that Google’s price recently hovers within the $500 range only.
Say goodbye to Google Adsense Referrals
July 2, 2008
And now, the end is really here.
Back in January, Google announced that its Adsense Referrals program will be retired in all regions except North America, Latin America, and Japan. Two weeks later, it backtracked and offered the program again although with new conditions.
Adsense ads with Times New Roman and Comic Sans fonts
June 24, 2008
Tired of the usual Arial font for Google Adsense ads?
The wait is over. Adsense is now experimenting with ads using Times New Roman and Comic Sans fonts.
50% increase in Google Adsense earnings
June 11, 2008
ack in March, I asked whether your Google Adsense income is decreasing. At that time, my earnings dropped by as much as 30% compared to the best earning month. I pointed out several factors that could have caused the drop but, until now, I have not really identified what really caused it.
The good news, though, is that last month saw one of the best highs of my Google Adsense income. From April to May, earnings increased by 50% although traffic and site visitors increased by only 15%. I have not seen this income figure since Google slapped our blog with a PageRank penalty back in October 2007.
What caused this? Honestly, I don’t know. But like before, here are some guesses.
Received $33+ Paypal payment from Bidvertiser
June 2, 2008
Last month, we talked about Bidvertiser and our $33.15 earnings during our first month in April. Last week, we received this payment in our Paypal account.
Here’s a screenshot of the payment.
Electronic Funds Transfer of Google Adsense earnings in the Philippines?
May 31, 2008
Google Adsense recently announced that publishers in Hungary and Hong Kong are now able to receive their Adsense earnings via Electronic Fund Transfer or EFT. Through EFT, earnings are deposited directly to the publisher’s bank account in his country. Payments are made in the local currency and converted using the exchange rate at the time of the payment.
EFT definitely saves one’s time especially if the publisher’s current mode of payment is checks, which arrive several weeks later. In the Philippines, publishers can be paid via Western Union but the hassle of visiting a WU branch will be gone if EFT is to be implemented.
What ‘Third-Party Ads’ means for Google Adsense publishers
May 23, 2008
If you are a Google Adsense publisher, you probably have already received Google’s email about Third Party Ads:
We’re happy to announce that the Google content network now
accepts display ads served from qualified third-party vendors.
During this initial release, only ads in English are eligible,
although we look forward to offering more options in the future.By accepting third-party ads, we can attract a greater variety of
advertising on the Google content network, which we believe will
result over time in increased revenue for publishers and more
relevant advertising for end users.
What this means is that Google has opened its content network and can now accept ads from qualified third party vendors. Some of the identified third party tracking vendors include DoubleClick DFA, Mediaplex/ValueClick, Eyeblaster, EyeWonder, Interpolls, Pointroll, Unicast, Dynamic Logic/Safecount, Factor TG, IAG, and InsightExpress.
Many large, top-brand advertisers use third parties to create and manage their ad campaigns. By accepting ads from these third parties, the Google ad inventory is expected to increase — ultimately translating to more ad earnings for Adsense publishers.
How to get link love from scrapers
April 8, 2008
Scraper sites are always a problem for blog publishers, but don’t worry because there is a way to fight back.
Scrapers are sites that steal content from a blog by syndicating its RSS feeds then republishing those stolen content in another blog usually peppered with ads. By stealing content, they get to earn from their own ad clicks but the worse thing is, they even compete with the original blog in terms of “duplicate content.”
When there are several versions of a blog article in several sites, search engines like Google still find it difficult to determine the original author of the duplicate content. How important is it to be recognized as such? Well, for one, Google ranks higher a site it thinks is the original author of an article. How would you feel if you wrote a unique post then was copied by another site and yet that scraper site was #1 on the search result and yours was nowhere near the first page?
Fortunately, you can fight back. Here’s how.
Scrolling Adsense ads now officially rolled out
April 4, 2008
After almost four months of beta testing, the Adsense Ad Scroller is now officially a part of Google Adsense ads.
We were one of the first to spot scrolling Adsense ads back in December 2007. Today, the Google Adsense blog officially talked about the details of this feature.
After months of testing, we’ve just updated our text ad format to include ‘next’ and ‘previous’ arrow buttons for cost-per-click (CPC) ads. When a user clicks on the ‘next’ button, an entirely new group of ads will appear in the ad unit, giving your users greater control over the ads they see and click.
Clicking the ‘next’ or ‘previous’ buttons won’t generate earnings for the publisher but the arrows will supposedly help deliver targeted advertisements to users, thus increasing the cost per click.
You probably are now seeing the Ad Scroller in most Adsense ads. Here are a few more variations of scrolling ads we’ve seen in the past.
The 5 biggest Google Adsense checks
February 12, 2008
With amounts ranging from almost a million dollars to US$636,000 to US$132,000, the following are the biggest known checks ever received from Google Adsense.
Check amount: CAD 901,733.84 (US$900,000)
Website: PlentyofFish.com
Markus Frind runs the online dating site, www.plentyoffish.com, with only one employee: his girlfriend. The site, now ranked by Alexa.com as the 760th most visited site worldwide, receives up to 500 million pageviews a month and makes up to $10,000 a day. According to Frind, the check represents his Adsense earnings for 2 months.
Payment amount: US$636,524.75
Website: Unknown
This does not necessarily fall under the list of “Biggest Adsense Checks” because the money was sent via EFT or Electronic Funds Transfer, but who gives a damn if the payment amount is worth more than $600,000? The check owner understandably does not want to announce what his site is, but for now, just drool at this check and the other check of his below.
