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Two Major Stories on Click Fraud

Anyone conducting keyword ad campaigns on sites like Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Engine Marketing should check out these two recent articles on click fraud:

  • Click Fraud is Growing on the Web – New York Times
  • Click Fraud: The Dark Side of Online Advertising –
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The Story of a Failed Submission to Digg, Reddit and Netscape

The last year has seen the rise of social news sites that give users editorial control of the sites' homepage by voting on their favorite stories.   Users submit stories which are then voted on by other users, with the most popular stories appearing most prominently on the sites.  The key to this concept is users spending time reading through submissions to find the most compelling stories. ...

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ProBlogger’s “How to…” Contest

The collaborative blogging project and contest started Darren Rowse, AKA Problogger, earlier this week has come to a close.  And unfortunately, neither Todd nor I were winners of any prizes.  Just to show that we're not bitter, I decided to give a shout out to some of my favorite posts that were entered in the contest....

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Four Great Internet Phenomena

Ever now and then something hits the Internet and spreads like wildfire.  Below are four such phenomena I've come across recently that I figured I'd share.

(1) Million Dollar Homepage

On August 26, 2005, English college student Alex Tew launched the Million Dollar Homepage as a way to fund his education....

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How to Build a Better Political Campaign Website…

(1) Create a graphic design that says something about the candidate.  Most candidate websites are cookie cutter in terms of design.  Stand out by creating a graphic identity that actually speaks to who the candiate is.  The Kinky Friedman for Governor website is a good example of a site design with some personality....

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