Posts Tagged “advertising”

Facebook advertising on a shoestring

You’ve got an interesting project to advertise but your advertising budget is, nil, nada, nothing. An empty box of air is worth more than you can spend on getting the word out. That’s sort of what Frank said when he asked me (and I presume a number of his friends, the Facebook email is generic) [...]

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Life after Text Link Ads

Hi, my name is Donncha and I used to have text-link-ads on my blog. They’re gone now but only after Google slapped me into submission and reduced my page rank to 4. Initially I felt angry and shocked that this happened but I have no excuse, I heard it from the horses mouth, I knew [...]

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Friends don't let friends see adverts

This post has been a long time in the writing. Ever since I started advertising on my blogs my strategies have been tweaked continuously so consider this post a snapshot description of what I’m doing with Adsense advertising now. This is a long post, but read through it. The plugin I use to do most [...]

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Do Text Link Ads use Text Link Ads?

The front page of Text Link Ads doesn’t have any text link ads, and neither does their blog. The blog has “Auction Ads” adverts there instead. Matt Cutts warned that sites selling links would be penalised by Google. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

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My £30 Adwords Temptation

I’m a sucker for vouchers, if they’ll really save me money that is. I generally read the small print just in case I have to “subscribe for 12 months to take advantage of this deal” and it’s a good thing I read the ones attached to this offer from Google. They’ll give me a £30 [...]

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Is my competitive ad filter broken?

I have noticed adverts from a particular domain listed in my Adsense competitive ads filter are still appearing. I understand it might take several hours for changes to the filter to become active, but 4 days? creativeinterview.com has been on my list since the 22nd of December but I still saw it appear on the [...]

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I want a free house

Cork student Shane Murphy is running iwantafreehouse.com and selling advertising on his homepage in €100 blocks. Unfortunately, it looks like the site is struggling under the load of a free plug on Today FM but I’m sure they’ll sort that out later. He’s also running a simple blog on there so be sure to check [...]

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That Hunkey Dorey Advert?

Ray D’Arcy and co are talking about the Hunkey Dorey advert that displays 3 ladies and asks, “Who would you throw out of bed for eating Hunkey Dorey crisps in bed?” Has anyone seen it around Cork? For purely research purposes of course, I’d like to see the advert that would keep a line of [...]

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The Citreon Ad

Remember that cool Citreon ad with the dancing car? Go grab it while it’s still available!

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How to Make More Money with Google AdSense

How to Make More Money with Google AdSense or any advert driven website. (Via Angie)

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