Google has finally launched Adsense Site Diagnostics. Some people announced it earlier, but it was only a test, since the option was soon to be taken off the Adsense Control Panel.
However, today I was able to see it in action, so I took a screenshot (see it below, click on it for a bigger image)
More, you can see how my Ubuntu desktop looks. Isn’t it looking smokin’? :D
Prin martie-aprilie anul acesta, Matt Cutts recunostea ca MediaBot (robotul care face analiza paginii web pentru a livra reclame targetate) mai face si treaba lui GoogleBot (robotul care ar trebui normal sa indexeze pagini).
De atunci, insa, nici o reactie oficiala. Pana acum, recent, cand, odata cu introducerea Site Diagnostics, Google a publicat urmatorul paragraf:
The AdSense crawler is different from the Google crawler
The two crawlers are separate, but they do share a cache. We do this to avoid both crawlers requesting the same pages, thereby helping publishers conserve their bandwidth. Similarly, the Sitemaps crawler is separate.
Ca urmare, avem doua lucruri:
Concluzia? Incercati sa puneti Adsense pe o pagina, sa vedeti ce repede v-o citeste GoogleBot (pana la 48 de ore, zic ei pe site, dar in general vine dupa 10-15 minute). Este adevarat, mai e mult pana la indexare, dar macar motorul isi face datoria 🙂
Sursa: JenSense
I was reading the earnersforum yesterday and find out this topic on what to do with $50 to promote a tutorial site. First, I wanted to write an answer, but figured out the topic could very well be a blog post.
I have recently tested the opportunity of creating Photoshop Tutorial sites. Still, I had two big problems: I had no idea of Photoshop (resizing an image and saving it for the Web is not really rocket science, isn’t it?) and I had no idea where to promote such a site, since there were a lot of similar sites all over the web.
After some searching through the topics at Sitepoint forums, I have found that:
The sites that are worthy of mentioning, in my opinion, from a two months test experience (I spent about $30-40 and got a return of around $150 without any optimization on page, any Adsense optimization aso. Just a simple free Wordpress theme on the Wordpress.org script. ) were only 3. After those 2 months, I got bored. Yeah, it is true that you have to write about things you like and know when blogging :) . My cousin, that knows Photoshop, has made his own site that was bringing around $450/month in 6 months (he sold it at that point). I have included in this article both his and mine experiences. Note: bear in mind that I bought the tutorials really cheap (around $5).
So, which are the sites that really worth submitting tutorials to (by regard of traffic, of course, and IBL):
There were a lot more sites where you can put your tutorials, but these were the ones that actually got out of the crowd.
You can see some more sites on this page.
3 tips:
The conclusion: if you like Photoshop or want to learn some, create a site like that. You will both have a hobby and earn some good money along the way. Even if you do not create the tutorials yourself, but you know how to use Photoshop, it will be a great advantage, because you will know which are quality tutorials and which not.
Daca aveti un blog despre sport, puteti sa va bucurati: Digg/Sports tocmai s-a lansat.
E o veste foarte buna din doua motive:
Hm 🙂 Back to blogging 😀
It sounds like a “1984″ identification, but it is far from that. Since I started using Ubuntu, just two weeks ago, as my laptop’s default OS, I have had a great experience and I have to say that I am starting to move my desktop on Ubuntu too.
Anyway, I am Ubuntu user 3296 over at the Ubuntu Counter, a project whose point is:
The project is half novelty, half curiosity. The admin thought it would be fun to have a miniature version of The Linux Counter, especially for Ubuntu. Why? Because Ubuntu is so varied and it is nice to know what people prefer. It also gives the Ubuntu community something interactive and fun (ie the User buttons) and lets Ubuntu users proclaim their usage of the system they prefer.
Nice :D
Found out at Ubuntu Blog
People at onestat.com have made an analysis of over 2,000,000 search queries and came with an interesting result:
Of all the search phrases world wide, 28.91 percent of the people use 2 word phrases, 27.85 percent use 3 word phrases and 17.11 percent use 4 word phrases. Less and less people use now 1 keywordsince the last measurement in July 2005.
I bolded the most important thing in this quote, in my opinion: it is not as important as it was to optimize your pages for one word queries. As people get more and more Internet savvy, they realise it is a lot more practical to search for multiple words, as it will be more likely they will find what they are looking for.
Though most SEOs already knew this, still, a report makes it a lot more official.
Source: SearchEngineWatch
Cautam astazi materiale pentru un articol si imi trebuia data oficiala la care a aparut Adsense. Ca urmare, dupa cateva sapaturi, am ajuns la press-releasul initial, pe care il gasiti aici.
Website publishers that already serve ads on their pages can use Google AdSense to complement their existing advertising and reduce unsold inventory. Additionally, publishers that do not currently display online advertising can integrate Google’s targeted ads with minimal effort. Publishers apply online and once approved by Google for participation in the program have instant access to Google’s network of search advertisers – comprising more than 100,000 advertisers, ranging from large global brands to small and local businesses. This depth and breadth of advertisers provides publishers with ads that are highly relevant to their content, even if it is specialized.
Cine s-ar fi gandit atunci ca AdSense va genera revolutia site-urilor de content?
Adsense este sursa de venit cea mai des intalnita intre bloggeri. Ca urmare, in urma unei discutii de pe forumul bloggerilor, cand am observat ca elemente fundamentale nu sunt cunoscute, am decis sa fac o lista rapida de ponturi pentru viitori si actuali probloggeri:
1. Blend!
Adica, fa in asa fel incat ads-urile sa nu strige: “Hei! Sunt reclama!”. Pune background-ul si border-ul la culoarea fundalului de pe site, pune culoarea scrisului si a linkurilor la culoarea celor de pe site.
2. Vizitatorii nu vor reclama!
Google permite, oficial, 3 blocuri Adsense pentru Content si 1 bloc de Adsense Links, precum si doua referral buttons (ma refer aici la Adsense pentru Firefox Download si Refferal pentru Adwords). Asta inseamna 6 blocuri de reclama. In functie de audienta, acest lucru va poate reduce drastic traficul.
3. Esentele tari se tin in sticlute mici!
Anumite blocuri Adsense for content au 3-4 reclame, altele au 1-2. Daca pui 3 blocuri de cate 4 reclame, ai pe site 12 reclame. In functie de asezarea in pagina, prima reclama va avea cea mai mare valoare pe click, pentru ca cea din urma (in cazul nostru a 12-a) sa fie la o valoare foarte mica (chiar si 1-2 centi, uneori). In concluzie, 3-5 reclame sunt de ajuns.
4. Folositi Google Heatmap!
Google vine in intampinarea webmasterilor cu o “harta” a celor mai bune pozitii ale reclamelor pe un site.
Folositi-o! Dupa cum vedeti, cea mai buna solutie este un bloc Adsense introdus in continut, urmat de stanga sus si imediat sub meniul de sus.
5. Folositi tag-urile specifice (section targeting)!
Adsense are cateva tag-uri care va ajuta sa definiti ce parti din text doriti sa fie luate in calcul cand se analizeaza continutul pentru relevanta: google_ad_section_start, google_ad_section_end si google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore). Cititi aici mai multe despre implementare.
6. Folositi URL-uri si tag-uri title cat mai relevante!
In primul rand, sper ca folositi smart URLs (sau Search Engine Friendly URLs, sau permalinks). Astfel, cand creati numele paginii, dati-i un titlu cat mai relevant, pentru ca Adsense evalueaza click-ul si in functie de relevanta acestor elemente (la fel de importante sunt si meta tag-urile description si keywords).
7. Experimentati!
Nici un site nu este la fel. Experimentati si vedeti ce merge cel mai bine pentru site-urile voastre!
Sper ca aceste cateva idei sa va faca sa aveti mai multa incredere in Adsense si in faptul ca se pot castiga bani bunisori din site-urile voastre. In afara de Adsense, pentru a castiga bani, trebuie sa mai aveti si continut care sa atraga trafic, si o nisa clara pentru site, dar deja acestea sunt alte discutii.
Zoso face o lista cu lucrurile care nu ii plac la blogurile romanesti.
Sunt de acord cam cu tot ce spune acolo, mai putin cu tag-urile (pe care de altfel le am si aici, puse ieri). Din experienta mea pe celelalte bloguri, tag-urile iti maresc numarul de page views si usureaza si modul in care vizitatorul se misca prin site.
Ce ma enerveaza cel mai tare insa, la blogurile din Romania, este faptul ca, in proportie de 90%, nu se face referire decat rar la sursa. Ti se va recunoaste meritul numai in masura in care te cunosti cu titularul blogului respectiv, si poate nici atunci. Dar asta este deja un alt post.
Edit: Ah, ma mai enerveaza si cei care nu accepta trackback-uri.
Edit din nou: Mi-am dat seama care este insa cel mai enervat lucru in general, nu numai in Romania: oamenii care scriu fara rand liber intre paragrafe si pe care vreau sa ii citesc, pentru ca imi place cum scriu (gen lulutza). People!!! Scrisul pe internet are si el anumite reguli, iar faptul ca faci scroll ca sa iti poti citi trebuie luat in considerare.
O alta problema: scrisul alb pe negru. Da, stiu, e odihnitor pentru ochi… dar nu cand toate celelalte site-uri sunt negru pe alb… iti trebuie cateva secunde ca sa iti obisnuiesti ochii.
Zilele acestea am dat un interviu in Business Adviser cu privire la bloguri: sunt ele sau nu o afacere?
Comentarii? 🙂
Edit: aticolul nu mai e live.