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New WordPress plugin for Kontera users

| August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments
Kontera has created a WordPress plugin to make integration of their service into WordPress sites and blogs more streamlined. For those of you who are not familiar with Kontera, it is a way to monetize your site by automatically adding hyperlinks to keywords within your text, which when clicked on, take readers to ... View Post

Google Adsense: clicks don’t make money

| August 1, 2007 | 23 Comments
After blogging for a while and building up a decent readership, I've decided to test out the whole monetization thing. I figured "why not?" - I've got nothing to lose, and if I make a few bucks, then I can kind of justify the time I spend (waste?) blogging. So I've decided to give ... View Post

Pros and Cons of Google AdSense

| April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
As I've mentioned before, I don't like AdSense. I think that most of the time it's tacky. Here are two more opposing opinions on this issue:
  • Daily Blog Tips has a blogger face-off between Brian Gardner and Cory
    • ... View Post

    Must See: 52 Ways to Promote Your Blog

    | April 11, 2007 | 0 Comments
    Better Business Blogging has put together an amazing list of 52 ways to promote your blog. I have seen many lists out there that address this issue, but I've never seen one that is so comprehensive, and has so many tips ... View Post

    WP e-Commerce Lite

    | March 14, 2007 | 0 Comments
    The WP e-Commerce shopping cart plugin for WordPress is an elegant easy to use fully featured shopping cart application suitable for selling your products, services, and or fees online.
    WP e-Commerce Lite>> View Post

    I don’t like AdSense

    | February 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
    As both a publisher and a reader of blogs, I don't like AdSense. As a reader, I find that the ads look too much like the content and I have to scan pages until I find what I really want to read, and what I really want to ignore (the AdSense!). People trying to ... View Post

    16 AdSense Optimized WordPress Themes

    | February 25, 2007 | 0 Comments
    Dosh Dosh says that if you want to make any significant amount of money from ads on your site, the ads needs to be placed properly. This post has a collection of 16 themes that are optimized for AdSense so that you can make easily make sure that your ads are ... View Post