SkeyMedia » Monetization http://skeymedia.com Blogging about Web Development and Website Management & Monetization Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:18:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google AdSense to Release new Feature – Manage Ads http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/ http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:03:48 +0000 Brian http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/ Google is releasing a new program shortly that lets you manage your ad units all from within the AdSense portal. It will be rolled out in phases, most likely starting with their top producers and trickling down like most of their new features.

What does this mean for publishers? It let’s you paste one ad code on your page never for you to touch it again. via their portal, you’ll be able to change the colors, borders, etc without changing the code block on your site.

For more information, read Google’s help topic

]]> http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/feed/ 0 Auction ads $25 promo http://skeymedia.com/auction-ads-25-promo/ http://skeymedia.com/auction-ads-25-promo/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:28:52 +0000 Brian http://www.skeymedia.com/advertising/auction-ads-25-promo/ AuctionAds has been taken over by a new company, and with it, they are offering a $25 sign-on bonus to all new publishers. Check out AuctionAds and start serving ads today. Can’t beat $25 just for signing up :)

]]> http://skeymedia.com/auction-ads-25-promo/feed/ 0 DealDotCom – a new way for webmasters to make money http://skeymedia.com/dealdotcom-a-new-way-for-webmasters-to-make-money/ http://skeymedia.com/dealdotcom-a-new-way-for-webmasters-to-make-money/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:56:05 +0000 Brian http://www.skeymedia.com/marketing/dealdotcom-a-new-way-for-webmasters-to-make-money/ DealDotCom is going public on Tuesday, Sept 18th 2007 at the stroke of midnight. DealDotCom is a similar service to Woot.com, but instead of electronics and gadgets, they are focusing on webmaster tools, scripts, products, forum software, hosting, and so forth.

The good news for us bloggers and admins, is that there is a great affiliate program, with 2 tiers.
35% for first tier and 15% for 2nd tier.

Check it out, sign up, and start promoting the site to get those affiliate trackers in place — for LIFE. no cookie or 90-day time out like most affiliate programs!

DealDotCom

]]> http://skeymedia.com/dealdotcom-a-new-way-for-webmasters-to-make-money/feed/ 2 The Fall of CPC Advertising, Part Deux: Yahoo buys Right Media http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/ http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:28:23 +0000 Brian http://www.skeymedia.com/advertising/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/ earlier this month, Google announced its purchase of DoubleClick. Today, the news is out that Yahoo has bought Right Media. The fall of CPC advertising is coming soon. :(

]]> http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/feed/ 1 The Fall of CPC Advertising http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising/ http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:19:02 +0000 Brian http://www.skeymedia.com/advertising/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising/ Announced just a few minuets ago, Google has purchased DoubleClick for $3 Billion and change. (Source: NyTimes)

This is a huge buy in many respects, but the one that effects me as a web publisher the most, is that once again, our options for dealing with providers has been literally cut in half.

As you probably noticed on this page, I run Adsense here and on the majority of my sites. Through hard trial and error, its proven to be the best converting provider for me and my content.

Will buying into the CPM and CPA programs be the fall of the CPC focus? I’ve NEVER made good money or conversion rates with CPA offers and ads. In order to secure my income, i need CPC ads to stay popular, and keep the fresh advertisers coming into the Adwords program. If this new buy takes away from the CPC side of things, I may be in for a global shut down as lord knows I cannot afford to pay a $500 server bill every month out of pocket.

Do you think that Google will start to loose focus on its CPC advertising and start putting more effort into CPA? They have already started this with their referrals and products programs through Adsense, and I think that may have been the stepping stone to move away from CPC.

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