Monthly Archives: May 2007

New video ad formats for Adsense… will they make you more money?

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

If it took Google a whole year to roll out more video ad format sizes, does that mean they work, or not? I would guess not… but then, why roll out new ad format sizes at all? Google uses either … Continue reading →

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Worldpay says to Switch to Maestro…

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

Message from online credit card processing company Worldpay to their customers… “Over the past couple of years, Switch has been migrating to Maestro, MasterCard’s global debit brand. Switch has largely disappeared from most shop windows and this change now needs … Continue reading →

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Adsense Clicks for charity?

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

I’m not sure why Google would even need to clarify this, but I guess it was a frequently asked question… — “Many publishers have asked if they can place text on their sites which states that all or a portion … Continue reading →

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XSitePro Version 2 is on the way…

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

Good news for fans of XSitePro. According to Paul Smithson, “there are NINE programmers working on it full time and numerous others on a part-time basis.” Wow. That’s a huge project. It seems that almost all programming projects balloon in … Continue reading →

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Brad Callen’s Free Directory Submitter…

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

I’ve just downloaded the free version of Brad Callen’s Directory Submitter. It’s a very nice piece of software… very slick. If you’re familiar with software that helps you automate submitting articles to article directories, it’s a lot like that. The … Continue reading →

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Instant PageRank?

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

If there’s a news website with “breaking news”, such as this page at Telegraph.co.uk, that page is, by definition, brand new. So how can it have PageRank 2 already (according to my Google Toolbar)? Does the Googlebot crawl the Telegraph … Continue reading →

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Did Ken Evoy call me a tortoise?

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

click to enlarge I just got a present in the post. (that’s one of the nice “perks” to being a top affiliate… you get really nice unexpected gifts in the post… sometimes for winning JV competitions, sometimes to solicit your … Continue reading →

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Google Adsense wants to call you?

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

Why would Google Adsense want to verify your account using your phone number? I’m guessing this is a North American verification system or only applies to new accounts because they haven’t asked me to verify my account this way yet. … Continue reading →

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Testimonial time…

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

How about this one? —- I bought my first computer while recovering from a car accident. At the time I was on benefits & working part time as a club bouncer on a weekend for $150. One of the first … Continue reading →

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PayPal changes European base to Luxembourg.

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Neil_Shearing

In an interesting development, PayPal has become a bank in Luxembourg and will migrate all their EU-based accounts to fall under the control of the new Luxembourg bank… “PayPal was granted a bank license with the Luxembourg bank authority. Under … Continue reading →

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