<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281</id><updated>2012-01-24T23:25:57.412-08:00</updated><category term='April fools'/><category term='rss feed'/><category term='MySQL'/><category term='online revenue'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='generate revenue'/><category term='April Fool'/><category term='webmaster'/><category term='web development'/><category term='piracy'/><category term='Google Pack'/><category term='advertising'/><category term='Pranks'/><category term='website'/><category term='legal issues'/><category term='income'/><category term='XAMPP'/><category term='Google'/><category term='Adsense'/><category term='PHP'/><category term='CPC'/><category term='terms of service'/><category term='copyright'/><category term='CPA'/><category term='blogger'/><category term='writers block'/><category term='PC'/><category term='Valueclick'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='Adsense optimization'/><category term='Ad optimization'/><category term='Referrals'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Webmaster Spot:  Tips and advice on creating websites</title><subtitle type='html'>Information about web management, website promotion, advertising agencies and more, straight from a newbie webmaster.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-3671684354725707944</id><published>2008-03-03T11:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T11:46:26.122-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Blogging Courseware?</title><summary type='text'>Came across this offer from Simpleology.  The are offering a course in blogging.  I've got a bit of free time to kill so I'll see how it goes.I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology.  For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.It covers:The best blogging techniques.How to get traffic to your blog.How to turn your blog </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/3671684354725707944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=3671684354725707944' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/3671684354725707944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/3671684354725707944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogging-courseware.html' title='Blogging Courseware?'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-7436445746213797368</id><published>2008-02-25T04:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-25T05:00:13.391-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valueclick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><title type='text'>Excellent service from Valueclick</title><summary type='text'>I just want to take this opportunity to congratulate Valueclick on the excellent service they recently provided after one of my cheques got lost in the mail.The cheque they issued on 20 November 2007 never reached me. I thought it might just be due to the Christmas season and the general slowness of the international postal service. I waited till the end of January and finally on the 3rd of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/7436445746213797368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=7436445746213797368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7436445746213797368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7436445746213797368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2008/02/excellent-service-from-valueclick.html' title='Excellent service from Valueclick'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-7208988399286642738</id><published>2008-02-24T04:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T05:05:20.438-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MySQL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PHP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='XAMPP'/><title type='text'>PHP and XAMPP</title><summary type='text'>Well one of my resolutions or rather goals for 2008 is to get started with PHP programming.  For the last couple of years I’ve been meaning to do it, but just never got round to it.  As websites need to become more dynamic, PHP is becoming an essential tool for any webmaster to master.  Sure you can make use of Open Source content management systems, but you never get something that fits your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/7208988399286642738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=7208988399286642738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7208988399286642738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7208988399286642738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2008/02/php-and-xampp.html' title='PHP and XAMPP'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-4241399103100643254</id><published>2008-02-08T13:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T13:12:43.574-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writers block'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><title type='text'>A bad case of writers block</title><summary type='text'>It doesn't take a genius to notice that I've more or less ignored this blog for almost 7 months.  I must confess that I had a severe case of writers block when it came to find interesting things to write and post about.  Couple that with living in a third world country that doesn't offer any 24/7 internet access in my location (yet!) and you've got a surefire recipe for a seriously neglected </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/4241399103100643254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=4241399103100643254' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4241399103100643254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4241399103100643254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2008/02/bad-case-of-writers-block.html' title='A bad case of writers block'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-5527059443216715330</id><published>2007-07-01T07:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T07:29:03.810-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ad optimization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense optimization'/><title type='text'>The 3 minute Adsense optimization guide</title><summary type='text'>The Adsense team has recently posted their 5 minute Adsense Optimization Demo.  For those of you on slow connections, or those who are too impatient for the Flash presentation to load here’s a quick condensed version:          Ad positions:Ads above the fold (visible immediately when page loads) perform the best.Place ads near rich content and navigational areas, where visitors are more likely to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/5527059443216715330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=5527059443216715330' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/5527059443216715330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/5527059443216715330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/07/3-minute-adsense-optimization-guide.html' title='The 3 minute Adsense optimization guide'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-6796127424288131918</id><published>2007-06-29T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T12:52:25.228-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Referrals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CPA'/><title type='text'>Referrals 2.0 launches for all publishers</title><summary type='text'>Those of you who keep track of all things Google would remember that Adsense launched a Referrals Beta program in March.  They seem to be finished with testing and have announced that Referrals 2.0 will soon be available to all Adsense publishers.The Referrals 2.0 program seems to offer some nice features for those interested in affiliate marketing:Expanded product inventory: While many of you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/6796127424288131918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=6796127424288131918' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/6796127424288131918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/6796127424288131918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/06/referrals-20-launches-for-all.html' title='Referrals 2.0 launches for all publishers'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-2142949639487165966</id><published>2007-06-24T12:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T12:18:52.724-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='webmaster'/><title type='text'>I'm back!  With a new PC....</title><summary type='text'>Any regular followers of my blog would have noticed that it hasn't been updated since the first of April.  Aside from some network issues with my ISP (and still lacking the option of getting any form of 24/7 internet connection in my area) I decided to take some time off, and recharge my batteries.I finally got a brand new PC - funded by Adsense income (Thank you Google!).  For those interested </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/2142949639487165966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=2142949639487165966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/2142949639487165966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/2142949639487165966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/06/im-back-with-new-pc.html' title='I&apos;m back!  With a new PC....'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-4270158380018495868</id><published>2007-04-01T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T01:25:41.108-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='April Fool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pranks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='April fools'/><title type='text'>Google the prank masters</title><summary type='text'>I couldn't wait to see what Google came up with for April Fool's this year.  They definitely did not dissapoint, with not one, but two pranks (I came across so far).The first one is the revolutionary Google TiSP -  wireless broadband for people who want to go with the flow!:Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/4270158380018495868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=4270158380018495868' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4270158380018495868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4270158380018495868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-prank-masters.html' title='Google the prank masters'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-6031100429471379708</id><published>2007-02-07T12:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T12:55:07.875-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Referrals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><title type='text'>Adsense team on overdrive</title><summary type='text'>The guys on the Adsense team have been quite busy the last couple of weeks.  In case you missed the latest developments here's a brief recap:Updated Program PolicyThe Adsense  program policy has been updated with some minor (or major depending on your view) changes  in effect.  The most  prominent is the fact that they have removed the contextual ad restriction, but modified it by not allowing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/6031100429471379708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=6031100429471379708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/6031100429471379708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/6031100429471379708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/02/adsense-team-on-overdrive.html' title='Adsense team on overdrive'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-5775367954121805409</id><published>2007-01-20T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T14:14:16.661-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Referrals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google Pack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><title type='text'>Google Pack Finally available to all international publishers</title><summary type='text'>When I logged into my Adsense account today I was very surprised to finally see Google Pack as an option for referrals.  In my previous post regarding the international Google Pack release, I explained that it wasn’t an actual “international release” since there were many countries left out (including my own).Recently the Adsense team announced that Picasa referrals would be rolled into Google </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/5775367954121805409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=5775367954121805409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/5775367954121805409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/5775367954121805409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/google-pack-finally-available-to-all.html' title='Google Pack Finally available to all international publishers'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-7852058875632030625</id><published>2007-01-20T10:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-20T10:30:23.215-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online revenue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='income'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='generate revenue'/><title type='text'>Making money from your website – the 101 guide</title><summary type='text'>Let’s face it; although it might not be the primary reason, most websites are created to generate some kind of revenue for the Webmaster.  After all it’s only reasonable to expect that someone who put hours of effort into creating a site would want something to show for that effort – even if it’s only enough to pay for hosting to keep the site up and running. There are basically 5 main methods </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/7852058875632030625/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=7852058875632030625' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7852058875632030625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/7852058875632030625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/making-money-from-your-website-101.html' title='Making money from your website – the 101 guide'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-8374043644285697156</id><published>2007-01-13T08:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T08:26:04.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rss feed'/><title type='text'>New Blogger</title><summary type='text'>I finally received the option to convert my Blogger blogs to the new version of Blogger.  I'm still trying to figure out how everything works and making changes so my blogs look more or less like I want them.The new interface seems to be running much smoother than the original version and I like the customize option which allows you to  use a drag-and-drop interface to drag  layout elements to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/8374043644285697156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=8374043644285697156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/8374043644285697156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/8374043644285697156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-blogger.html' title='New Blogger'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-4237973523800289326</id><published>2007-01-13T04:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T08:32:14.199-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legal issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='copyright'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='webmaster'/><title type='text'>Linking to copyrighted material unlawful</title><summary type='text'>Recently someone on Digitalpoint asked whether it would be illegal to start a site that linked to ripped MP3’s, movies and TV shows hosted on third-party file hosting sites.  This comes hot on the heels of another member asking whether it would be illegal to imbed YouTube videos containing full-length TV episodes on their site.    From an ethical and common sense standpoint there was no question </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/4237973523800289326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=4237973523800289326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4237973523800289326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/4237973523800289326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/linking-to-copyrighted-material.html' title='Linking to copyrighted material unlawful'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116846271467358845</id><published>2007-01-10T12:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-10T12:58:34.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple iPhone - WOW!</title><summary type='text'>The first thing I have to admit is that I’m not much of an Apple iPod fan.  I always thought that the whole iPod craze was way overrated.  With the introduction of the Apple iPhone it seems as if I will have to swallow those sentiments.The iPhone looks stunning.  When I checked out their site and saw it for the first time my jaw actually dropped.  It is one amazing looking gadget.  I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116846271467358845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116846271467358845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116846271467358845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116846271467358845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/apple-iphone-wow.html' title='Apple iPhone - WOW!'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116785759169144101</id><published>2007-01-03T12:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T07:14:13.043-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CPC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terms of service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online revenue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><title type='text'>Beware!!! Adsense as forum posts.</title><summary type='text'>After the recent clarification the Adsense team made concerning images next to ad units, I decided to err on the side of caution and e-mailed Adsense support to do a review of one of my sites to make absolutely sure that it is in compliance.Two days later I received a response from them and luckily my site was still in compliance with the ToS (phew!).  Their response did however contain a very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116785759169144101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116785759169144101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116785759169144101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116785759169144101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/beware-adsense-as-forum-posts.html' title='Beware!!! Adsense as forum posts.'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116756656575276601</id><published>2006-12-31T03:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-31T04:02:46.146-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adsense and image placement</title><summary type='text'>Placing images next to Adsense ad units has become a very popular method of increasing the CTR (click-through rate) on websites.  The principle was that by placing an attractive and eye-catching image next to the ad unit you immediately drew the visitor’s interest to the ad unit.  Many webmasters had great successes with this technique.There was quite a bit of confusion on what exactly was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116756656575276601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116756656575276601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116756656575276601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116756656575276601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/12/adsense-and-image-placement.html' title='Adsense and image placement'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116627240861350794</id><published>2006-12-16T04:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-16T04:33:28.876-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Payment History page for Adsense</title><summary type='text'>The Adsense team has revamped the payment history page for Google accounts.  It now provides you with easier and clearer access to your payment information.  The new layout consists of six columns:Month, Date, Details, Earnings/credits, payments/debits and monthly balance.  This makes it easy to see how much revenue is still owed to you and when payments are made.Clicking on the details link, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116627240861350794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116627240861350794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116627240861350794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116627240861350794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-payment-history-page-for-adsense.html' title='New Payment History page for Adsense'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116620792720489400</id><published>2006-12-15T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-16T23:13:16.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Opera Mini – A mini browser miracle</title><summary type='text'>The majority of websites don’t cater to users who want to browse sites using their mobiles (cell phones).  You either get a “413: page cannot be displayed” error, or if you are lucky the page loads as a garbled mess – provided that your mobile browser can even make sense of it.  Let’s face it.  Unless you have the latest and greatest mobile, chances are that the default browser installed on your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116620792720489400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116620792720489400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116620792720489400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116620792720489400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/12/opera-mini-mini-browser-miracle.html' title='Opera Mini – A mini browser miracle'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116504298984436495</id><published>2006-12-01T22:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T23:03:10.476-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DirectX Hell... but I'm back</title><summary type='text'>Those people following this blog will have noticed that I haven't posted anything useful in quite a while.  Well, the last month or so I've been struggling to complete a DirectX project for a course I'm doing.  Let me tell you, DirectX is hell.  Unless you are seriously wanting to get into game programming it might be best to stay well away... if you can!I'm almost finished, so hopefully I'll be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116504298984436495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116504298984436495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116504298984436495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116504298984436495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/12/directx-hell-but-im-back.html' title='DirectX Hell... but I&apos;m back'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-116090901638413384</id><published>2006-10-15T03:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T08:01:37.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Digitalpoint Down?</title><summary type='text'>One of my favourite Webmaster related forums, Digitalpoint Forums seems to be down for more than a couple of hours now.  The initial error message stated that there was a database error, but currently I'm getting a 500 server error.Since I spend most of my time there I've been trying to figure out what to do to keep occuppied.  Guess I can finally  get to work on some new content for my sites, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/116090901638413384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=116090901638413384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116090901638413384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/116090901638413384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/10/digitalpoint-down.html' title='Digitalpoint Down?'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115964590654940456</id><published>2006-09-30T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T12:51:46.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Reader - A definite must</title><summary type='text'>When Google first introduced the Google Reader I tried it for all of ten minutes and never gave it another thought.  It just didn't offer me anything that I needed or made life any easier.  The newest version, however, is a whole other story - I'm totally hooked and won't be using anything else.Now for those of you that don't know what I'm on about, no Google hasn't introduced a new application </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115964590654940456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115964590654940456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115964590654940456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115964590654940456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/09/google-reader-definite-must.html' title='Google Reader - A definite must'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115834583440844778</id><published>2006-09-15T11:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T11:45:21.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Pack Available Internationally... well almost.</title><summary type='text'>I was very pleased to see that Google has made referrals for their Google Pack software suite available to international publishers, at least according to their latest e-mail:After analyzing your site, our team concluded that you'd be a good match to try a new feature called AdSense referrals for Google Pack. Referrals will enable you to generate additional revenue from your site by referring </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115834583440844778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115834583440844778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115834583440844778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115834583440844778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/09/google-pack-available-internationally.html' title='Google Pack Available Internationally... well almost.'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115815100002152137</id><published>2006-09-13T05:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T05:36:40.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Copyright 101</title><summary type='text'>Content is king!  That is a fact that most webmasters would agree with.  If you want a successful site, great content is the key.  Webmasters spend a great amount of time, effort, and a considerable amount of money to have unique, good quality content created for their sites.  With thousands of new sites sprouting up just to make a few quick bucks from advertising networks, it should come as no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115815100002152137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115815100002152137' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115815100002152137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115815100002152137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/09/copyright-101.html' title='Copyright 101'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115653876385461463</id><published>2006-08-25T13:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T00:01:32.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Adsense for search - Do's and dont's</title><summary type='text'>Adsense has recently introduced a new feature to Adsense for Search.  Previously when a visitor used an Adsense for Search box on your site, they were taken to a page served by Google when they viewed the result of their searches.With the new "Open results within my own site" feature, you can display the results on your own page.  This allows you to maintain the look and feel of your site and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115653876385461463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115653876385461463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115653876385461463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115653876385461463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/08/adsense-for-search-dos-and-donts.html' title='Adsense for search - Do&apos;s and dont&apos;s'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115356970940988351</id><published>2006-07-22T04:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-22T05:01:49.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Adsense: Site Diagnostics</title><summary type='text'>Adsense has just introduced a site diagnostics tool.  The diagnostics tool can be viewed under your reports tab and will show you if there is any problems accessing the pages of your site(s).People using Sitemaps will be familiar with the interface and reporting style. If the Adsense crawler is having trouble reaching any of your pages, you'll see those URLs listed in the Blocked URLs section of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115356970940988351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115356970940988351' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115356970940988351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115356970940988351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/07/adsense-site-diagnostics.html' title='Adsense: Site Diagnostics'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115304332700003475</id><published>2006-07-16T02:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-16T02:48:47.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Adwords landing page quality</title><summary type='text'>A recent Adwords blog post highlights some interesting changes to the Adwords program.  Each landing page will be assigned a quality score based on how useful that page would be to a potential visitor.  Pages with a low quality score will then have to pay higher minimum bids for their ads to be shown.This move is an attempt to curb MFA (Made for Adsense) sites, spam sites and other sites that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115304332700003475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115304332700003475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115304332700003475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115304332700003475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/07/adwords-landing-page-quality.html' title='Adwords landing page quality'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-115122207280365025</id><published>2006-06-25T00:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-25T00:54:33.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Google CPA Network being Tested</title><summary type='text'>Google is currently busy testing a CPA (cost per action) advertising network on a invite basis.  The CPA model means that advertisers will only have to pay once a visitor on your site clicks on the ad AND performs a certain action (such as buying a product or registering on the advertiser's site).  This is a good step in the eyes of advertisers, seeing as click-fraud shouldn't be a problem.  They</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/115122207280365025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=115122207280365025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115122207280365025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/115122207280365025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/06/google-cpa-network-being-tested.html' title='Google CPA Network being Tested'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-114639644087897815</id><published>2006-04-30T04:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T04:29:52.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Goings on at Adsense</title><summary type='text'>I had problems with accessing the Internet for a week (struggling to keep a connection live long enough to do anything useful) and it seems in that short span of time the guys and gals at Google Adsense have been extremely busy.  So if you are a bit behind the times like I am, here's a quick recap of what's going on:Text Links for ReferralsWe've been asking for it for quite some time now, but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/114639644087897815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=114639644087897815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114639644087897815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114639644087897815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/04/goings-on-at-adsense.html' title='Goings on at Adsense'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-114146055287616141</id><published>2006-03-04T00:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T00:22:33.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why lower eCPM?</title><summary type='text'>Google Adsense has updated their blog once again with more information about the new ability to compare the contextual and site targeted CPM ads.It seems that many people are a bit concerned about site targeted CPM ads showing a lower eCPM as normal contextual ads.  The answer?  It's perfectly normal.  The CPM and contextual ads bid for the same ad spot on your site.  Adsense ensures that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/114146055287616141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=114146055287616141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114146055287616141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114146055287616141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/03/why-lower-ecpm.html' title='Why lower eCPM?'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-114141093785080863</id><published>2006-03-03T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T11:04:20.266-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Site targeting or contextual: Enigma solved</title><summary type='text'>Finally the enigma of whether your site is showing only contextual Adsense ads, or if someone is showing site-targeted CPM ads on your site, has been solved.Google Adsense has introduced Advanced reports that now show you the amount of contextual ads displayed by your ad unit vs the amount of site-targeted CPM ads.Having tried it out, it seems like a pretty neat feature.  It doesn't tell you much</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/114141093785080863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=114141093785080863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114141093785080863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114141093785080863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/03/site-targeting-or-contextual-enigma.html' title='Site targeting or contextual: Enigma solved'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-114123724634253951</id><published>2006-03-01T10:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T10:26:22.933-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adsense Changes to referrals</title><summary type='text'>It has been confirmed that Adsense has now changed the time limit for the Adsense referrals to 6 months instead of 3 months.  This will give new publishers, who have been referred by other publishers, a bit more time to reach the $100 limit... and for the referring publishers to stand a larger chance of getting paid for that referral.Below is the official response from an Adsense representitive:I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/114123724634253951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=114123724634253951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114123724634253951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114123724634253951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/03/adsense-changes-to-referrals.html' title='Adsense Changes to referrals'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-114089875902521785</id><published>2006-02-25T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T12:20:57.836-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Payments:  Things to come</title><summary type='text'>Google has just posted a bit more information regarding their payment service on their Blog.  It is pretty vague at this time.Basically it appears that you will be able to link your Credit Card information to your Google account and then pay for services (mostly from Google).  Google will handle the payment process.  This especially makes sense for Google Base where Google has recently introduced</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/114089875902521785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=114089875902521785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114089875902521785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/114089875902521785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/02/google-payments-things-to-come.html' title='Google Payments:  Things to come'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113853864674131103</id><published>2006-01-29T04:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-29T04:44:07.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Changes Adsense Referral Terms</title><summary type='text'>It seems as if Google is only cloaked in contraversy lately.  If it's not for complying with the Chinese Goverment's requirement to filter their search results, its for refusing to hand over information to the US goverment.In another step they have gone and changed the requirements for a successful referal for their Adsense program.  Previously Adsense publisher got paid $100 each time they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113853864674131103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113853864674131103' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113853864674131103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113853864674131103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-changes-adsense-referral-terms.html' title='Google Changes Adsense Referral Terms'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113795616420006177</id><published>2006-01-22T10:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T11:01:11.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The ABC list of advertising Networks</title><summary type='text'>Advertising is the backbone of websites and allows webmasters to generate revenue through various advertising methods.  Finding the right advertising network to use on your site is essential.With the help of other webmasters I've spent some time compiling a reasonbly comprehensive list of most of the major advertising networks. Below you will find a list of advertising networks offering CPC, CPM </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113795616420006177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113795616420006177' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113795616420006177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113795616420006177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/abc-list-of-advertising-networks.html' title='The ABC list of advertising Networks'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113760679781025636</id><published>2006-01-18T09:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T09:53:18.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adsense Statistics</title><summary type='text'>There has been heavy speculation in webmaster circles on how often Google Adsense update their statistics for your Adsense account.Their latest Adsense Blog post has shined some light on the subject:AdSense reports are usually updated every 15-30 minutes, but sometimes there can be a longer delay before your reports are fully updated. Even if you notice a delay in your account reporting, fear not</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113760679781025636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113760679781025636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113760679781025636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113760679781025636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/adsense-statistics.html' title='Adsense Statistics'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113726615378694257</id><published>2006-01-14T11:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-14T11:20:25.173-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tracking your Revenue</title><summary type='text'>Google has once again come up with an addition for all of those Adsense Publishers suffering from G.A.S.S (Google AdSense Stats Syndrome).  They've added a "Since last payment" report which shows you the revenue you have generated since your last payment.It makes it just a bit easier to see how far you are from reaching that magic $100 payment mark.  Now you can while away the hours checking when</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113726615378694257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113726615378694257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113726615378694257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113726615378694257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/tracking-your-revenue.html' title='Tracking your Revenue'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113670714686996870</id><published>2006-01-07T23:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T23:59:17.526-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google does it again</title><summary type='text'>Google has done it again.  They have just released the Google Pack, a collection of software that would make anyone's life much easier.  The Google Pack allows you to download and install the applications using one neat package.Included software:Google Earth:  3D Earth BrowserGoogle Desktop:  Desktop companionPicasa:  Photo OrganizerGoogle Toolbar for IEGoogle Pack Screensaver:  View your photos </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113670714686996870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113670714686996870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113670714686996870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113670714686996870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-does-it-again.html' title='Google does it again'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113657302764817302</id><published>2006-01-06T10:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T10:46:54.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Years Resolutions for AdSense</title><summary type='text'>The Adsense team have posted a list of 10 New Years resolution for Adsense publishers to try to adhere to for 2006.  Unlike most New Years resolutions these are actually something you might want to try keep.1. No more clicking on my own Google ads (tempting though they may be!).2. Subscribe to Inside AdSense to get updates and suggestions sent straight to me. 3. Broaden my vocabulary of AdSense </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113657302764817302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113657302764817302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113657302764817302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113657302764817302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-years-resolutions-for-adsense.html' title='New Years Resolutions for AdSense'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113615124864146571</id><published>2006-01-01T13:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T13:34:24.006-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Setting Goals for your Website</title><summary type='text'>With the start of a brand new year it's the perfect time to start setting some goals for your websites.  There's nothing more motivating than knowing that you need to achieve something and that you actually know what you need go out and do.Unlike new year's resolutions, these are things you can actually work towards accomplishing.  With determination and a little bit of hard work, it will pay off</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113615124864146571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113615124864146571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113615124864146571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113615124864146571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2006/01/setting-goals-for-your-website.html' title='Setting Goals for your Website'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113424658664275007</id><published>2005-12-10T12:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T12:33:41.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Show me the money</title><summary type='text'>Many a twinkle eyed webmaster-wannebe has fallen for the illusion that websites are an easy and fast way to make money.  Unfortunately they soon come to realize, that there is nothing fast about earning some money online.  It takes hard work, hours of planning, coding and promotion to get your site up and running.  Only after you have put in the elbow grease will you start reaping the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113424658664275007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113424658664275007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113424658664275007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113424658664275007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/12/show-me-money.html' title='Show me the money'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113300745170878153</id><published>2005-11-26T03:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T04:22:49.696-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hosting and domain registration</title><summary type='text'>Domain registration and choosing a host for your website can seem daunting for the beginner webmaster.  Actuallly it's quite easy, and once you have been through the process once, you'll find it much easier in the future.Choosing a website hostIt's often  best to choose your website host before you register your domain name.  During the domain registration process you'll need the nameserver </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/113300745170878153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=113300745170878153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113300745170878153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113300745170878153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/11/hosting-and-domain-registration.html' title='Hosting and domain registration'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113121204113302543</id><published>2005-11-05T09:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T22:08:09.220-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google AdSense Reviewed</title><summary type='text'>AdSense from Google is the best known, and arguably the most widely used contextual advertising network. Adsense initially offered only CPC (cost per click) advertising where the publisher gets paid for each click on the ads displayed on their websites. Recently they have also introduced CPM (cost per thousand impressions) campaigns where you get paid for each view (impression) of an ad. This is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113121204113302543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113121204113302543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/11/google-adsense-reviewed.html' title='Google AdSense Reviewed'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-113087963018771075</id><published>2005-11-01T12:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T13:35:18.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Smart Pricing - good or bad?</title><summary type='text'>"Smart Pricing" for AdSense publishers has recently been the talk amongst webmasters. For those of you that don't know what it's about. In a nutshell 'smart pricing' is an algorithm Google AdSense uses to track the conversion from their Adsense ads. You get paid less/more depending on the conversion of the ads you place on your site.Now there has been lots of complaints about this. Most </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113087963018771075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/113087963018771075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/11/smart-pricing-good-or-bad.html' title='Smart Pricing - good or bad?'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112950672009160211</id><published>2005-10-16T16:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T16:54:22.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Does Listen</title><summary type='text'>In various discussions the topic of reporting webmasters for Adsense ToS violations have come up. Most people believe that Google mainly ignores any ToS violations and that you are wasting your time when reporting them.This is not the case. The proof is in the pudding (or banning in this case)! The site discussed in "5 Easy steps to an Adsense Ban" has been banned for their violation of Adsense </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112950672009160211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112950672009160211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/10/google-does-listen.html' title='Google Does Listen'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112880486216831390</id><published>2005-10-08T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-08T14:01:24.786-07:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Easy steps to an AdSense Ban</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to post a totally different topic, but I came across this prime example of what NOT to do when you are an AdSense publisher and thought I'd take up the old disecting knife and show you what was done wrong.For your amusement, you can peruse the above screenshot of a site created by a webmaster that most likely doesn't know the difference between his toes and Google's ToS. To save him </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112880486216831390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112880486216831390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/10/5-easy-steps-to-adsense-ban.html' title='5 Easy steps to an AdSense Ban'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112824153947163483</id><published>2005-10-02T01:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T01:29:02.470-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Planning your website: Getting ideas</title><summary type='text'>The planning phase is often one of the hardest.  You need to consider the following:What is this website going do be about?Create a site about a topic you enjoy and which you are passionate about. If you know a lot about a certain topic, then you’ll enjoy creating content for the site. The more you know, the more you can write yourself. Paying content writers to write all your content for you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112824153947163483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112824153947163483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112824153947163483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112824153947163483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/10/planning-your-website-getting-ideas.html' title='Planning your website: Getting ideas'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112763494266938528</id><published>2005-09-25T00:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-25T00:55:42.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fastclick Advertising Network Review</title><summary type='text'>FastClick Ad Network is a CPM network offering pop-unders, 728/468 banners, 160/120 skyscrapers, invue, interstitial, medium rectangle, rectangle, half page and even text ads. A large selection that will make it extremely easy for you to find the ideal ad unit for your website setup.Their interface is very easy to use. You simply select the ad type, activate that ad type in the campaign menu and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112763494266938528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112763494266938528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112763494266938528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112763494266938528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/fastclick-advertising-network-review.html' title='Fastclick Advertising Network Review'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112698313086198047</id><published>2005-09-17T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-18T11:28:30.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Make money online</title><summary type='text'>Make Money online - the secret revealedTo make money online is a dream for many people. More and more people are getting into the web master arena thinking that’s the easy way to get rich. And they keep looking for the "secret" to having the money roll in.I've decided to reveal the real secret of making money online, right here, right now. This is not a scam and the advice is totally free. You </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112698313086198047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112698313086198047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112698313086198047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112698313086198047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/make-money-online.html' title='Make money online'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112690109809010560</id><published>2005-09-16T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T13:10:51.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Webmaster Lifestyle</title><summary type='text'>Being a Webmaster is hard work and it is not a way to get rich quickly.  There are no shortcuts to creating a successful site.  It takes time, hard work and determination and ultimately it becomes a way of life.  Most people are under the impression that you only need to create and upload a few pages to a webhost, and suddenly you’ll be a Webmaster of a successful site that earns you loads of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112690109809010560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112690109809010560' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112690109809010560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112690109809010560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/webmaster-lifestyle.html' title='The Webmaster Lifestyle'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112664977390976428</id><published>2005-09-13T15:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T15:16:13.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Put your visitors first!</title><summary type='text'>Nowadays there is an alarming amount of webmasters that are only in it for the money.  They churn out hordes of websites consisting of pages filled with little or no real content and which are created purely to cash in on some high-paying keywords or topics. The Web is now littered with these “sites” that are only out to create as much revenue as possible from any unfortunate visitors that end up</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112664977390976428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112664977390976428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112664977390976428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112664977390976428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/put-your-visitors-first.html' title='Put your visitors first!'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112644072067129752</id><published>2005-09-11T05:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T06:31:09.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Casale Advertising Network</title><summary type='text'>After some time, I've finally gotten my own top-level domain - www.spacewallpapers.net for my space wallpaper site. Being totally free, I rely heavily on advertising to pay for the hosting costs of the site.I'm happy to say that with the top-level domain I also got into a first-tier advertising network:  Casalemedia.com, and I must say they are great.  Here are my experiences with them so far.I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112644072067129752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112644072067129752' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112644072067129752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112644072067129752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/casale-advertising-network.html' title='Casale Advertising Network'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605281.post-112642961781702141</id><published>2005-09-11T02:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T14:58:01.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the WebmasterSpot. Here I'll post about my experiences with running and promoting a website. I'm relatively new to the webmaster area, so I'll be learning as I go along.Hopefully you guys will find in useful by learning from my mistakes and successes. I'll cover subjects like, choosing a host, how to create your site (although I'm not going to teach you HTML or CSS), generating site </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/feeds/112642961781702141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16605281&amp;postID=112642961781702141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112642961781702141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16605281/posts/default/112642961781702141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://webmasterspot.blogspot.com/2005/09/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>KJ Mulder</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9pXGVypeuoE/TJEnYzCyQZI/AAAAAAAAADs/PMVeRRu6VJU/S220/avatar130.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
