I’m a webmaster, so I occasionally find myself after a long night of (insert crazy list of tasks – God bless the invention of browser tabs) wanting something quick and unhealthy to eat. So, like many others, I head to the local McDonalds sometimes. Not a lot, but anyway. They have the recession deal hashbrowns two for a dollar. Every time I’m there it seems there’s a big confusion as to how many hash browns I actually want. Continue Reading

I’m not sure how long they’ve been doing this (I’m not a heavy Walmart shopper), but while there today I noticed that one of the reviews had a badge letting me know the reviewer was a Walmart employee. (Or associate or whatever they call them. Almost like a cult, huh? Another post entirely there…) Continue Reading

Okay, you’re still reading. Good. The second piece of the puzzle I drop to you is that you shouldn’t blindly listen to people. Especially on the Internet. It’s a big, bad place. It’s where the money is, though. And that draws a lot of people to the pool. It’s good to read (not chasing the magic bullet – but to learn), but don’t take everything at face value. Continue Reading

All Ur Monies R Belong to Us

Top 50 US Ad Networks – 11/2009

Datas from Revenue magazine via Ad Hustler…

One of the comments notes that Pandora is run through Adsonar aka Platform-A. That’s useful info, I think.

2% Of Internet Population Paying For 100% Of Internet

2% Of Internet Users Pay For 100% Of Internet Content

Only two in 100 people who browse the Internet actually click on the advertisements that fund websites, according to a new report by online ad network Chitika. The study, based on the actions of 86 million Internet users over a two-week period, helps illustrate the value of an individual “clicker,” and the vast business potential that remains untapped for website owners and advertisers alike.

During a two-week period in October, Chitika monitored ad clicks of a sample of 86,683,507 anonymous individuals throughout their 60,000+ publisher network to determine what percentage could be classified as “clickers.” During the two weeks focused on for this study, 1,863,710 of the anonymous individuals actually clicked on an ad at least once, for a 2.15% “clicker” rate.

More information  available at Chitika.

You may have heard hints of this tidbit here and there on the intrawebs, but I’m going to try to break it down for you. Online, there are two types of people trying to make money (well, more than that but for this post only two) – those that come up with new ideas (very few) and the hordes who copy them and their techniques into oblivion. When you add that to the fact that the Internet is still changing so rapidly, it can become rather difficult to make money online. It’s becoming harder and harder in fact as ‘the horde’ increases. Continue Reading

No, I’m not talking about del.ici.ous… wait, that was deli.cio.us… or was it del.icio.us. Heh. Seriously, though, I finally got around to installing TweetDeck because I’m using Twitter more for marketing and other purposes and in a word … wow. I’m pretty amazed. A little overwhelmed too, to be honest. Looks rather intuitive so far, though. I have my accounts added. I wish there were more options for the way the info is displayed (I’m sure I just haven’t found them yet.)

My initial thoughts are very positive about this Twitter tool. I’m not sure what Twitter thinks of it officially (put that on the todo list unless some kind reader would leave the info), but I’m really liking it so far and see it as very, very useful. I’m not spamming Twitter, but this allows me to keep up to speed on Twitter – and Myspace and Facebook as well.

Social networks can become overwhelming – especially if you’re managing different accounts all at the same time. I’m sure there are other tools like this out there (leave me some good links to tools as a comment!), but for now this is way ahead of what I was doing manually in the browser.

I’ll try to post updates as I use this tool more. I may stop using it or find it more annoying than useful, but for now I’m pretty impressed. What do you think aout TweetDeck? Leave your thoughts below.