Darren Rowse

The announcements today by Google Adsense of new features (see last three posts) seem to have been strategically timed to preempt the launch of Yahoo!’s new contextual ads for small publishers. It seems that Google might be trying to strengthen their relationship with publishers by giving them new payment options ...more

Just looking over the new Adsense rules of use which were also released today and I noticed this in the confidentiality statement which SEEMS to indicate that we can now talk about the total of what we earn. It might be worth checking with Adsense before you do this publicly ...more

Google have also launched a new form of text advertising today – Adsense Ad Links where by readers of your pages are offered a list of topics that are relevant to your page which they can click to find relevant ads for that topic. Its a pretty interesting system that ...more

After months and months of lobbying by publishers Google Adsense have just announced changes to their payment system! Their site has just been updated with the new details. Now they offer checks to be sent in local currencies to 35 countries (listed below) and Electronic Funds Transfer to 15 countries ...more

Over the past few days I’ve had a number of bloggers email asking for advice on how much to charge for advertising on their blogs. I thought I’d open the question up for some discussion. How much would you charge for advertising on your site? Of course the answer would ...more

Jesse Ruderman has a great post on Switching from Movable Type to WordPress for those contemplating the switch. The article goes through some of the advantages and disadvantages of WordPress over Moveable type and talks you through some of the problems encountered in the move (along with some solutions and ...more

Microsoft will begin a beta search advertising program shortly says Bloomberg – no word yet on if they plan to extend this system into other websites as Google have done with Adsense and as Yahoo are expected to do shortly. ‘Microsoft Corp., which runs the No. 3 U.S. Internet search ...more

If you’re looking for a way to increase your Amazon affiliate sales you might like to check out AmazonAds – a textual ad system that puts Amazon Ads on your pages in a similar format to the way Google serves Adsense ads to your blog. I’m yet to use the ...more

Wayne over at SEO Chat has a good article on Links – Links: Frequently Asked Questions. It might be of some use to those of you interested in optimizing your blogs for Search Engines. Don’t be put off by the basics at the start (ie first question is – ‘what ...more