Since I began blogging again, I'm seeing a little AdSense revenue - few bucks a day. That develops my Google AdSense Stats Syndrome (G.A.S.S.) again! Had to reinstall the AdSense Notifier to save my time from logging into AdSense again and again.
It's not a new thing on the web, but if you have not heard of it before, get it here: Adsense Notifier.
Notice this tip from Google when I was checking my AdSense revenue. Make sure you check out this new program from Google. Basically, with this program, you'll be paid when your visitors click through to an advertiser's site and complete an action defined by your advertisers, such as a sale or sign up. Of course, the pay per action will be much higher than a click in pay-per-click AdSense.
It's still not open for everyone yet, but you can try to sign up, to be considered by Google.
I just received a newsletter from Chitika, telling me that they have come up with a new advertisement unit, the Multi-Product Unit. As the name says, it's a single ad unit with multiple products in it.
When you point your mouse to the small image at the bottom, it will be swapped with the large image, together with all the text on the right updated. For this feature, I find that it is still quite buggy. Have you ever seen a black iPod that looks like a camera? After swapping the products for a few times, I see this (notice the text and the image):
It's only available in the size of 468x180, which is why I don't put a sample here.
I like it when they are creative to create eMinimalls last time. And now, they have multi-product unit. Keep up the good work, Chitika. (However, they need to do more tests on their product as well!)
Anyone notice the new click-to-play video advertisements from Google Adsense? I have not seen any yet. But I read it in "What's New - June 2006".
If you would like to enable video ads to be displayed on your website, do these:
Although you have it configured correctly, you probably won't be seeing them straight away. On this issue, Google (Help Center) has this to say:
Note that as there is currently limited video ad inventory, you may not notice any ads on your site for some time. As our inventory grows, you may begin to see video ads appear on your pages. In the meantime, we recommend opting in to both text and image ads for your ads units to ensure you're getting the ads that represent the maximum revenue potential for you.
Let me know how cool is it, if you have seen any. Google has them in their ads format page (scroll down).
Clicking on play button will show "buffering".
After buffering, the video will play.
Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to unveil a keyword advertising system for eBay sellers to promote auctions on other Web sites, borrowing from the strategies of Google and Yahoo.
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Eng Lee, a blogger, a freelancer providing IT solutions such as customised system development, web design and development, and IT related consultation.
