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I’ve been pondering the new Site Targeted Ads from Google that I mentioned in the last post and have been thinking about all the interesting implications that this might have on those advertising on blogs. I suspect that with the advent of these ads that we’ll also see some pretty ...more

Google is beta testing a new feature for AdWords that will allow advertisers to choose which sites their ads will appear on – Site-Targeted Ads. They explain the program with the following statements: ‘Since Google first introduced AdWords, advertisers have asked us for the ability to run their ads on ...more

If you’re interested in tracking the performance of your blog you might like to start using UrlTrends – a tool that checks page rank in Google and Alexa as well as tracking the incoming links to your site. It looks like a useful tool – although when you first use ...more

T.L. Pakii Pierce has a great rant about Blog and Ping and the growing trend of using Blogger.com blogs for the purposes of Spam. Especially the emerging automated mechanisms that allow spammers to ‘blog and ping’ hundreds (if not thousands) of times in a very short period. I won’t link ...more

Wayne writes on the topic of Non Profits Profiting From Blogs. He believes that not for profit organizations can gain incredibly from blogging which is something that I’m also a strong advocate for. ‘The value of blogs to any non-profit is almost unlimited. First of all, a blog provides a ...more

Paul has been imagining if the Blogosphere was a Nation and has started putting together some office bearers including: President: Robert Scoble Vice-President: (still thinking on that one) Goodwill Amabassador: Steve Rubel Department of Justice: Glenn Reynolds Department of Commerce: Darren Rowse Department of Education: Susannah Gardner Supreme Court: Shel ...more

Ever get a feeling someone is talking about you? My mum likes to use the phrase ‘my ears are burning – someone must be talking about me’. One of the interesting things about having a blog or two (or twenty) is that people do talk about you from time to ...more

What would be your top 5 qualities for a Pro Blogger to have (in order of preference)? Discuss below in comments if you like or write about it on your own blog and leave a link below.

With the recent reports of Google’s massive surge in profits ($369million) for the first quarter of 2005 I can’t help but wonder how much of it is due to bloggers like us. Of course its a little arrogant of us to take all the credit – after-all they do have ...more