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When you view the Google cache of many individual status messages, the Twitter users picture and name are laid right on top of a Google AdSense ad. [sarcasm] Wow, the advertisers must be loving the quality of that traffic! [/sarcasm] read more »
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Seth Godin has an article today called ads are the new tip jar, where he advocates clicking on Google adsense to help bloggers get paid for their work. Michael is right - this needs to be discussed more as to why it's a terrible idea. read more »
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Seriously, first comic sans and now variations of Times, Plain Serif, No Serif, Vanilla and Arial. At least I hear CTR is up. :) read more »
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Google Webmaster Central and the Google Search Quality team have a new ally in the global fight against Web spam, cloaking, paid links, link farms and other non-sanctioned schemes: the Security Group at the University of Cambridge.

Web sites crea read more »
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Domain Tools reports that Google will stop allowing "domain tasters" to register a domain, slap Adsense on it for a couple days and make $$, then drop the domain. Quote: "A confidential informant says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they read more »
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SearchEngineRoundTable TWICE reported Google AdSense publishers' checks bounced. How can one of the world's richest companies checks SEEM so rubbery? Read the SEORoundTable Post for info about your AdSense checks. read more »
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Alonzy, 57, now makes $120,000 a year from the ads Google places on his Natural Handyman website, and he couldn't be more thrilled. "I put in two, maybe three hours a day on the site, and the checks pour in," he says. "What's not to like?" read more »
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If you're an AdSense publisher, and you're not using the free widget, it's time to update your privacy policies again. :) read more »
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25% of the AdSense publishers I polled took in over $5,000 in 2007 from AdSense. But 33% took in less than $50. Which one are you? :-) read more »
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Google seems to feature ads TO your site ON your site. This is obviously wasting webmasters' money. Surprised to see that there is not some sort of filter to prevent this from happening. read more »
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From the page: "Are you sure? Do you know who Google is? You’re kidding me, right?” She says she does know who Google is, but that this particular account doesn’t have enough funds to cover my check."

More from the page: "I say to the teller, “Ho read more »
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A nice little tool I built to help easily stay in line with the new AdSense privacy requirements as far as third party ad providers go. read more »
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Andy Beard: "For me the obvious reason why they would restrict this to only partners in certain counties is fraud, or gaming the system. Google is made up of regional offices, so it would be hard to separate Eastern Europe from the rest of Europe, o read more »
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People are reporting seeing a new type of AdSense ad appearing on their blogs - ads with little arrow buttons on them which rotate ads. Here’s how they look... read more »
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Google emailed me that they are changing what constitutes a click on AdSense ads. They are implementing the same rules they have with AdWords ads. A click on the title or URL is a click, but a click on the background of the ad will no longer be a read more »
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I’m wondering if there’s any connection between this and a thread on Digitalpoint that claims their ads are being blocked. There’s some confusion that the missing ads may be related to some database errors that the site was having last week, though read more »
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SEO may seem like "rocket science" to some (like Dave Pasternack!), but one teen has cracked the code, turning knowledge of SEO and Neopets into an income-generating asset. read more »
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Google sells ads at a low cost because it doesn't have to pay for the content. Most of the content they use to monetize is harvested from the Internet for free. If you pay editors & writers to create content (or do it yourself) you are at a huge dis read more »
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I am honestly tired on how Google makes it easy to report spam and paid links in Google Webmaster Central but AdSense makes you go through hoops to report stolen content.

To report an AdSense account stealing content, you need to file a DMCA requ read more »
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Is Google just completely inept, despite have a gargantuan amount of money and brain power behind it? read more »
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It looks like Darren's not so secret lover still loves him... at least a little read more »
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You wanted to get out of the rat race, and in reality what happened is that you started a new rat race. Only this one can be scary as f-ing hell, since you don’t have an employer to hate who will keep putting money in your bank every single month. read more »
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Looks like Google is finally testing mobile AdSense ads. Sweet! read more »
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Some problems with user privacy confirmed with some Facebook app developers, but resolved. read more »
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Scott Hendison finds an El Grande Giganto Adsense Skycraper Ad while surfing at the Ezine articles site. Screenshot included. read more »
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