Read This Before You Attend Any Internet Marketing or Blogging Seminar

I received an email from Larry Lim of LarryLim.net letting me know about a post he has written about blogging for money seminar over at his blog.

I stumble upon the seminar page before and was thinking to write about it and the growing trend I noticed where our enterprising local netpreneurs organizing seminars here and there to teach the general public how to make money online.

First off, the aim of this article is not to discredit the blogging seminar organizer, I am just offering my opinion for the benefit of those wondering if there’s any other alternative.

eBay Spent $26 Million Monthly on Google AdWords

Last week eBay pulled all their campaigns from Google AdWords to protest a party planned by Google to promote Google Checkout that was coincide with the eBay Live event in Boston.

The eBay’s event was overshadowed by Google planned to promote Google Checkout to eBay sellers who used PayPal.

Google said eBay has been refusing to offer Google Checkout as a payment option for sellers and buyers on eBay even after Google had been approached by power sellers to obtain access to Checkout.

When I read the story I wondered how much cash Google lost after eBay pulled their ads.

John Chow Contest: Win a 24″ Wide Screen LCD Screen

This is probably the best prize for a contest that John Chow has offered so far in a string of contests held over at JohnChow.com

To enter the contest, just write about it in your blog. Link to his Make Money page using the anchor text “make money,” link to BlueFur.com using “hosting Canada” and link to the contest post.

(As you may notice, the above paragraph has qualified me to take part in the contest.)

Then send an email with the URL of your entry to him. The contest ends on 31st July 2007 and winner will be selected on 1st August.

Google AdWords Introduces IP Address Exclusion

A few days after Google AdWords introduced Placement Performance reporting on the Google content network, another useful feature was recently unveiled.

In addition to controlling your ad placement through methods such as location and language targeting, site exclusion, and network distribution preferences, you can refine your targeting with Internet Protocol (IP) address exclusion. With this tool, advertisers can now specify if they do not want their ads to show up for specific IP addresses

The tool currently allows exclusion of up to 20 IP addresses, or ranges of addresses, per campaign.

How to Split Long Posts Into Multiple Pages

Gary King has a post up over at The Blog Herald where he writes about a useful but not very well known feature in WordPress that could help you break up a long post into multiple pages.

I think I’ve come across this feature before but have never paid much attention to it. Once in a while when you write a long enough article and need a way to use pagination (the numbering of pages), here’s how to do this with WordPress.

In the Write interface in your WordPress admin, switch to the Code view if you are currently using the Visual view, then enter the following code at the end of the first page:

Upgraded to Windows Vista and Here’s My Thoughts

A few months after I wrote about my intention here and here to upgrade my operating system to Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows Vista, I finally did it on Saturday last weekend.

I managed to grab an OEM copy for RM680 after shopping around at Karamunsing Complex in Kota Kinabalu.

 

Getting Ready For Vista

I ran the Vista Upgrade Advisor, an application that helps Windows XP users identify which edition of Vista meets their needs and whether their PCs are ready for an upgrade and I passed with flying colours.

68 Online SEO Tools and Resources

If you are into Search Engine Optimization, here is a list of SEO tools to help you check your current website and help you in your marketing effort.

The keyword research tools in particular are useful if you are doing pay per click marketing. The problem with the services is that since they are free, your competitors are probably using most of them already and finding similar keywords.

While this somewhat reduce the competitive advantage you may enjoy, it’s still better than nothing.

Other tools include link checking tools, browser compatibility tools, speed tester, useful Firefox extensions and a few others.

Which One Is More Effective - Long or Short Posts?

Darren Rowse of Problogger.net has recently received a questing from his reader where he was asked about the length of articles the reader should write.

Is it true that long and detailed articles will help them get indexed and linked while the shorter ones keep the feed readers happy?

The quick answer to that question is, just do what works in your situation. Sites like Engadget.com or Gizmodo.com for example often posted short posts while others like DoshDosh.com or SteveParlina.com prefer longer ones.

Those blogs are successful in what they are doing.

I Was Invited to Join AdSense Optimization Program

This morning I received an email from the AdSense Optimization Team where they invited me to join their AdSense optimization program.

I was actually asked to refrain from sharing this information with the media (I won’t do that) or with other AdSense publishers. But I can’t help it but share something at my blog but I won’t divulge everything.

Their goal is to work closely with interested publishers to apply their best practices and implement optimized layouts for your pages. As part of the Optimization program, a participant will gain access to an optimization specialist who will review his/her site to create and provide an optimized site layout.

Google Adds Paid Link Reporting Form At Google Webmaster Tools

Got paid links on your site? Someone might report you to Google.

Google has added a new feature to Webmasters Central Tools which allows you to report paid links that you find on various sites.

It’s unclear whether Google will start penalizing all sites that’s being reported to sell paid links but if they do they might as well penalized all the sites, over 20,000 of them that are listed in Text-Link-Ads.com directory.

On the report paid link form, Google writes

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