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To be spammed ...
by a list of some hundred keywords is bad.
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On the internet, nobody knows you are not a writer
Stephen Baker stated a well known fact in the blogspotting blog: You don't need to be a 'writer' to have a blog.
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What do I expect of an offline blog editor?
The more blogs one runs, the more difficult it is to keep track and post / prepare stuff. While it helps to have a bit of organisation around, many bloggers start using offline editors. And I am sure, many also curse about them. So, as Tris from the Isle Qumana ;) asks "What are your needs for an offline blog editor", you have a chance to answer that question.
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Customer who liked this ad also liked ...
At the moment, advertisers display directly linked, contextual ads. But why stop there? With knowlegde about research behaviour, it only seems logical that advertisers like Google and Yahoo will take it to the next level: Customers who liked this ad also liked ...
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RssAds are coming
While Google started it contextual advertisement to feeds, another service goes the Blogads way.
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Inside Adwords, the blog
Seems as if Google is slowly tapping more into the business of having blogs as information channel for its users.
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Amazon: Irritating integration of Adsense?
As we all know, one of the most loved features of Amazon is the "people who bought this book, also bought ..." which helps us to determine other interesting stuff. But as it seems, this is now the place for some quite hidden Adsense ads - and the way it is placed strikes me as being somewhat questionable.
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How to deliver advertisement instead of images?
If you ever have posted cute cat picture, you will know the effect: Other people using your image directly. The long tail problem of this is the search engine traffic. But why not deliver something different to those stolen traffic requests from other websites?
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Anzeigen statt Bilder ausliefern?
Jeder Blogbetreiber, der wenigstens einmal ein Katzenbild geposted hat, kennt das Phänomen: Fremdverlinker. Harmlos, oder? Nicht, wenn man sich die daraus folgenden Trafficzahlen anschaut. Und das weckt den Gedanken: Kann man nicht stattdessen etwas anderes ausliefern?
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On Bloglines security: Preview Feed is evil also
Bloglines can be a tremendous helpful service, but there are many (esp. security) downsides not visible to the common user.
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Beat the Google Web Accelerator?
Just a quick thought on how to 'answer' to the new Google Web Accelerator.
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Google's loosing it's shining touch very quickly
Sometimes articles need a bit longer to sink in my brain and raise the alarm, but of course if Darren blogs about it, it has to be important ;o) The new Google 'feature' is here. And once again this year, Google manages it to disappoint.
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