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The Best Idea in IT for 2008I was diddling around trying to get the Hiveminds mobile pages going when I came across the best idea for 2008. It involves Google so maybe they will send me one of those cool varisity jackets for the suggestion. read more | GoogleTracking Downloads with Google AnalyticsWhile updating the Hiveminds website I thought that we should be tracking downloads via Google Analytics. I had two reasons for doing this. The first was to have a proof that it could actually be done because of constantly being ignored by management. For some reason they always bring up the subject of tracking downloads , flash and internal campaign links but there ears and minds shut down whenever the solution is to use Google Analytics. read more | Developer Zone Google Tips and Tricks5 Good Reasons to Drop Google AdsenseDropping Google Adsense is easier said than done. First I have to acknowledge why I use Adsense in the first place. I use it because it is easy and if I get lucky and write something meaningful then maybe I will get enough traffic, appreciation or sympathy to nail a few clicks that pay. Otherwise there is no good reason for using adsense. That was the pro but there are many cons to using Google Adsense. read more | Announcement Google ReviewMore Google Adsense NonsenseThis morning I spotted some new sitings of google testing of Adsense formats. This time they seem to be testing scrolling the iframe through multiple ads. It threw me off at first because i though that it was adbrite placing an overlay on the Google ads. But then they appeared in ads that come directly from the Google Adsense server. read more | Announcement Google NewsThe Google Monopoly is Becoming a RealityNow more than ever website owners and internet businesses are realizing that Google is in total control of the free internet economy. Not just a monopoly but one that can effect the internet in the same way that OPEC can influence the transportation industry. In its latest incarnation the Google pageranking scheme has taken another competing advertising target, the PayPerPost crowd. Not only has Google controlled the contextual ads market via their strict Adsense policies but are rapidly... read more | Google Internet SEOGoogle Pagerank Dropped to Stop Adsense Competition?Twice in the last week or so the Google Page Ranking of this website dropped. At first I was a bit baffled and concerned like everyone else on the web that experienced similar activity. That is until I figured out why it happened. It is only a theory of course but one based on good evidence. The reason that Google is dropping the pagerank of websites is to stop Adsense competitors from taking advantage of using pagerank. The pagerank for this site was 6 and probably was due to go up since... read more | Editorial Google SEOGoogle's Adsense Branding ExperimentsGoogle is experimenting with adsense again. Many still have not gotten used to the "Ads by Goooooogle". Complaints about the branding scheme have remained. Now there is a new logo appearing in ads. The new logo was seen on this site and on others in the last few hours. It shows an image with "ads by Google". What is irritating is that the background for the image does not match the chosen color in the ad setup. read more | Google Internet News |
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