and only one of them comes out successful. This phenomenon isn’t new. From job interviews, to getting a promotion at work, to making money on the Internet. What is it that causes some people to succeed and others to fail? I’ve been busy lately with quite a bit of travel but I did have a few [...]

/* Adsense */ If you live in Canada, you’re probably already aware of the massive backlash Rogers Communications is feeling from the announcement of their Apple iPhone plans. The phone is set to launch in Canada this Friday, and already ~ 50,000 have signed a petition boycotting the product launch. For a company that prides themselves on [...]

It’s Replacing your Television I was watching some tv episodes tonight @ the site Hulu.com. It’s a great website backed by FOX and NBC to try and grab some revenue from those that would otherwise illegally download. It is only open to residents of the US, but if you download and run HotSpotShield you can watch [...]

Check out this great video released by the Google Australia team; Although it’s tailored to AdSense publishers, it’s adaptable to any other text based advertising program you run as well.

A fairly common question I get is how much should I reinvest in growing my business every month? There’s really no easy answer to the question and it depends on quite a few factors but I’ll do my best to outline a few ‘profiles’ that you might fit. You Have a Single Site Sales Page for [...]

Something is brewing at Google. A few hours ago Google posted some interesting information to their Adwords blog. Here’s the juicy part: In early March, we announced that we’d soon incorporate an additional factor into Quality Score, namely landing page load time — where load time is defined as the amount of time it takes for [...]

Do you think no one is clicking ads anymore, Google Adsense is a waste of time, and banner ads are on the way out? IDC says you’re wrong. Their latest release has some interesting projections on web advertising for this, and the years to come. Here’s the parts that matter: Even though IDC anticipates that the threat [...]

IMPORTANT: Do NOT read any of the following without first watching this clip: Get out of Jail Free If you don’t know, the above clip is from the movie Shawshank Redemption, and for some reason every time I think about the topic of re-applying for something online that clip comes to mind. Try and map the [...]

Google Change Draws Massive Reaction How can something that small play a role in defining your online business? Take a look at a change Google made a few days ago: Old Look:   New Look: If you take look in the address bar of your browser on most sites you’ll see a small graphic file called a ‘favorite icon’ which [...]

Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing a series of posts on what to do after you purchase a site or blog. The SitePoint Marketplace is something I check daily. By the looks of it, many publishers in the ‘make money online’ niche are looking to get out as soon as they can so [...]