Ummmmm, Matt? Is Googlebot tying to send me some sort of secret message here? All kidding aside, I saw something interesting recently. I was looking to see if Googlebot had come by one particular page of a site. So I logged into the server and grepped the access log for ‘googlebot’.
The picture you see here [...]
And here I thought those of us in the USA probably had the lowest gas prices.
Despite using a captcha to fight comment spam I’ve seen an increasing amount of the junk in the past few weeks. At first I thought maybe the spammers were getting past the captcha, but carefully analyzing the log files shows that isn’t what happens.
In the most recent comment spam I received the spammer simply used [...]
There has got to be a better way to deliver secure documents to people. Today I received a 1099-MISC form in the mail. The window on the envelope which is supposed to display your name and address also displayed my tax ID number. But even that slip didn’t really matter because the envelope wasn’t sealed.
I’m [...]
Things are crazy. Things are very crazy. I’ve written close to 100 blog posts this week and I’m still behind on one of them (flightnest). This whole craziness has been the result of a few different factors.
Google let one of my websites out of the sandbox. Or since Google barely acknowledges such a thing exists [...]
Google policy prohibits the use of other contextual advertising programs alongside AdSense ads. We all (should) know this. But what exactly is the definition of contextual advertising? How would you define it? Go ahead… think about it now… write down what you think is the definition of contextual advertising. Really, write it down now because [...]
So have you ever had someone say “please don’t _____” over and over again to the point that you think they might actually want you to do it. You keep looking for the {wink}, {wink}, but it doesn’t quite appear…. yet you keep thinking in your mind that Jeremy Wright really wants you to post [...]
Most people who have been able to compare YPN and AdSense on the same site have reached a similar conclusion; earnings per click (EPC) are much higher on YPN however click through rate (CTR) is lower resulting in similar revenues. I’ve experienced this as well so I set out to see how I might be [...]
GPS Review has made CNET News.com’s Blog 100 List! Wow!
GPS Review has been selected as part of the News.com Blog 100, a feature in which News.com editors and reporters are helping find the best news and views on the Web for the convenience of our readers.
They cited the reason as “Good aggregation of product news [...]
Someone recently asked me in the comments of one of my posts how much of my work comes from advertising and how much comes from word of mouth. I have not spent one cent on advertising and therefore all of my business comes from word of mouth.
Still, while I know 100% of my business comes [...]