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  Acia!

  Harder Facts About Comment Spam

  good, well thought out piece… go check it out. “What will possibly become the biggest similarity going forward is the way Google punish site owners who host comment spam, just like they punish people who host paid links. They can’t easily punish sites that are gaining links in this way if they have an otherwise normal link profile, because ultimately the comments could just be a competitor trying their hand at “Google Whacking”.”
  (tags: google spam comment-spam comments commentspam)
• Don’t Buy It . Advertising Tricks | PBS KIDS GO!
  (tags: advertising antiadvertising)
• Black Friday Ads Online : Sites to Check Out | Search Engine Journal
  some good infos…
  (tags: black-friday blackfriday)

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  Make Monies Online

  Google Algorithm – What are the 200 Variables?

  over 200 variables in the Google Algorithm. … o rly? ready, set, chase the herring!
• Traffick: How Google’s New Ad Formats Depart from Google’s Old Philosophy: The Business of Search
  long post about Google and not being evil…

YT Cracker Makes it Rain

I dunno. There’s something disturbing about this video. I’m pretty sure it’s the laughing from the entourage. What do you think? It’s like saying Thanks for Giving, right? Downtown Chi-town…

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

Lawful Evil

Are you tired of there just being three SEO hats and having to choose white, black or grey? (Although there was a big brua-haha earlier this year about Blue Hats or Green Hats or something…)

Well, here at Webmaster Chronic, since I’m boss (as in leader not the 80s boss) I’m going to do away with Black Hat and White Hat and Grey Hat and even Green Hat and Blue Hat SEO.  To maybe make it a little fun, I’m doing to start mark all my posts here with D&D alignments. 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

Google and Newspapers: Honeymoon Over?

• If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then?
  Danny Sullivan to Big Media – “Do something. Anything. Please. Survive. But there’s one thing you shouldn’t do. Blame others for sending you visitors and not figuring out how to make money off of them.” Heh. Indeed.
• Black Friday Sales Ads Drive Traffic to Online Retailers | Search Engine Journal
  According to Hitwise, online traffic for Black Friday sales websites increased by 4% as compared to the same week in 2008. This stat was due to the online traffic directed by Black Friday advertising websites which saw an increased of 87% for the week ending Nov. 21, 2009.
• Google Acquires Display Ad Startup, Teracent | Search Engine Journal
  Teracent’s technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time — tweaking images, products, messages or colors. These elements can be optimized depending on factors like geographic location, language, the content of the website, the time of day or the past performance of different ads.

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

I’m really liking the diversity on this new/old album. YT Cracker in the house.

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im a nurga from the future
i come in peace got no plans to hurt ya
me and my pals
travel all around the world and how
wind at our back
and our sails are full of sales no hack
f5 with me
hop on the spaceship ride with me

im a nurga from the future
i came for the pinks and the kama sutra
i stayed for the google cash
rebill and sql backend cache
i came for the space
cuz its tasty and makes my head leave
out this atmosphere
everybody on earth can stay right here

Wind song Lyrics

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.

PPC hierarchy of needs

• Bruceclay.com – Rupert Murdoch: Media Mogul in Crisis or Cutting Edge? – SEO Blog

  more on big media vs google… quote – Think of how much attention has been given to an organization deciding how to use its own content. Google has openly given publishers a clean and simple solution to opting out of the index (along with any benefits that go with it). Why does it bother us so much that a mammoth publisher like News Corp. wants out? I wonder if it’s because we’ve worked so hard in evangelizing the business and Web community that it kills us to see an argument from the other side of the debate get such high visibility in the mainstream media. -quote
• Bruceclay.com – The PPC Hierarchy of Needs – SEO Blog
• PPC basics… quote “In the same way, this PPC hierarchy of needs diagrams and orders the multifaceted requirements of search engine advertising. Like Maslow’s Hierarchy, the PPC hierarchy of needs diagram is a pyramid where needs at the top of the pyramid can’t be fulfilled until needs below it are met.” quote
• SEOmoz | SEO and Social Media Benchmarking
  can you keep up with the lingo, yo?

The Alliance - Goin' Digital

The Alliance is comprised of rappers Blackout, P.O.P., Skinny, female rapper Bliss, and in-house producer Ty-Cutta…

Advice Raptor

• Linkbait vs. Linkbuying
  wait a minute… links are important??!!
• Top four multi-app companies on Facebook « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
  old but good data….
• Daily Kos: Facts from the developer of the Facebook Poll Application
• AppData.com – FarmVille Facebook App Metrics
• Main Page – Facebook Developer Wiki
• Drupal for Facebook | Powering Facebook Apps
  part of the puzzle
• The 101 best Facebook applications in the world today : Tech Digest
• Facebook Platform: 30+ Awesome Applications for Facebook
  old but interesting

Bryce Case, Jr. (b. August 23, 1982), otherwise known as YTCracker (pronounced “whitey cracker”), is a rapper, former cracker, and Internet entrepreneur. YTCracker began producing rap music in 1998 in the genre that has since become known as nerdcore hip hop. YTCracker is a self-proclaimed “jack of all trades”, also making a name for himself as a professional disc jockey, computer programmer, graphics designer and webmaster.

In a rare and exclusive event, CNBC presents Buffett and Gates together taking questions from tomorrow’s business leaders and sharing the secrets to Keeping America Great. (hulu.com)