All Entries Tagged With: "Advertising"

Adify Ad Networks Commits Online Suicide

I try to not make calls or send emails at work in anger, and this is the first time I’ve done this on this site, but the Adify Ad Network that I’m a part of have just made one of the stupidest business decisions I have ever come across, which is surely going to lead to [...]

Digg Ads Doomed To Fail

I had to check the date today to check it wasn’t 1st April when I saw the announcement from Digg for Digg Ads.  This has got to be one of the worst thought out new ad programmes.
Digg Ads are displayed inline with comments on Digg, and the more times an ad is dugg, the less [...]

Compare Mobile Broadband Providers With Broadband Genie

I’d like to welcome Broadband Genie as one of the Connected Internet’s sponsors.
For those of you who haven’t come across Broadband Genie before, the original site allowed users to quickly compare broadband providers and to find the best deal based on their requirements e.g. where they lived, what price they were willing to pay [...]

Forbes Blog Network To Start April 15th

I got an email this morning from my Forbes account manager saying that paying test banners are due to start on April 15th.
I’m quite excited about the potential of the Forbes network, as if the $10-20 Gross CPMs do materialise, then it will nearly double this site’s overall earnings:

Customise Your Browser Homepage With HomePagle

I’m not sure who the HomePagle service will appeal to….maybe I’m just too old and unable to  see the point of the service.
HomePagle, who purchased this sponsored review, allows you to create a free custom internet homepage using either your own picture, or one from their image library.  Once the image is uploaded a custom [...]

Why You Should Keep A Blog Housekeeping Checklist As You Could Be Losing Traffic & Money

Blogging can be fun, particularly if you are somebody like me who likes to constantly fiddle with stuff. The problem with this approach, is that over time you can break things or remove vital tweaks that you included in the past without realising it.
This could not only damage the performance of your site, but [...]

UK ISPs Sign Joint Targeted Ads Deal

Three of the UK’s largest ISPs made a major joint announcement yesterday that didn’t seem to cause as many ripples as I expected, as I thought more sites would pick up on the potential privacy issues.
BT, Virgin Media and Talk Talk announced that they had signed exclusive deals with advertising technology company Phorm to use [...]

Does Your Blog Have A Privacy Policy?

I’ve just applied for a new blog advertising network, and one of the requirements for membership is to have a privacy policy linked to from the homepage.
I have a comment policy to reduce the chances of the site being accused of online libel, but I suddenly realised that I didn’t have a privacy policy for [...]

Thank You To The Site Sponsors

It’s been a very busy week on the site, and I’d just like to send out a quick thank you to the site sponsors.

CrawlScore: CrawlScore is a new service that crawls and diagnoses any crawling related issues with your website. This may not sound very exciting, but ensuring that Google and other search engines are [...]

Early Days But Pay Per Play Ads Payout Is $4CPM

Pay Per Play is a new advertising method that has started trials this week before full rollout. The service works by playing 5 second ads to site visitors with a maximum of one ad played per visitor, and with a payout per play not per click.
Yesterday Pay Per Play ran the first test campaigns [...]

Welcome The New Site Sponsors

This month saw the introduction of the site sponsorship scheme and I would like to thank the first sponsors of Connected Internet:

Top 1o Broadband: The UK’s best broadband comparison website. Compare home broadband packages from the UK’s top broadband providers.
SEO Book: The first book and only book you should read to understand Search Engine [...]

OpenAds Launch Free Hosted Service For Managing Your Blogs Ads

Many bloggers run some form of ads on their site i.e. affiliate banners, banners from ad networks etc. However, most don’t have a way of tracking whether their ads are performing well, or a way of rotating ads easily.
Openads is a great free ad serving service that allows you to run your own adserver. [...]

Looking For The Best Bingo Site? – Try BingoPort

Occasionally I feel like having a dabble at Blackjack or at online bingo. Because I gamble so infrequently, I can usually never remember my account details, so I end up creating a new account with a new provider, which normally means I get some free cash as a signup offer.
Services like BingoPort, who have [...]

MyBlogEarnings For December 2007

December saw the end of my first full year of trying to make money from this blog. Although December wasn’t a strong month, when I look back at the growth I achieved over 2007 I’m very happy.
If you’re new to the blog my old MyBlogEarnings reports are available, as well as my Guide To [...]

Design And Monetization

Good design draws a reader in instead of repelling them. Good design makes your web site appear more credible. Design is secondary to content, but it’s an important cornerstone of your web site’s foundation. Since design is subjective, mastering the design that works for your web site is a task you will never really consider [...]

Looking For A Cost-effective CRM App? Try AIMpromote

It’s been a while since I had to complete a review ordered by SponsoredReviews, so I was surprised to see a review request sitting in my inbox from AIMpromote, a CRM application. AIMpromote is an on-demand web-based software application to manage the handling of sales leads. It is essentially a CRM, but is focused [...]

Monetise Blog Search With PredictAd

If you’ve used the search engine on Connected Internet in the last 24 hours you might have spotted a cool new auto-complete feature.

This comes courtesy of PredictAd and I installed the feature in under 5 mins. The service works by adding related searches automatically to search queries, as well as adding contextual ads below [...]

MyBlogEarnings For November 2007

If you’re new to the blog my old MyBlogEarnings reports are available, as well as my Guide To Making Money Online With Blogging. The guide is worth checking every month or so, as I update it every couple of weeks or so.
November was a disappointing month for Connected Internet. After a record October, [...]

iRemotePC – Free Remote Access

Providing Remote Access to my home PCs was one of the reasons I decided to build a Home Server at the weekend. Good remote access solutions allow you to access your machine from any other web enabled PC, as though you were actually sitting at your machine.
I’ve been trapped in the office over the last [...]

Clearly AV – One Stop Shop For Quality Audio and Video Cables And Accessories

Over the last year my home AV setup has changed dramatically, from a single CD player to a fairly advanced connected home. As the number and complexity of components has increased, I’ve realised the importance of buying good cables and storage units.
Picking the right cables, particularly cost effective ones can be quite difficult, which [...]