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Archive for December, 2005

41% of Google Search Results Page are Ads

So the next time you complain about ads on your favorite site, cough, this site… Think about what Google is doing to you! :) Via Seoroundtable.

Based on his computations, he comes up with 396,770 total ad space in pixels and…

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2 Comments | Filed under: News

Google Told Us To Go To Hell

According to this story, that’s just what Google did.

A small New York technology firm said it was suing search titan Google for up to five billion dollars for patent violation in the Internet telephony software used in Google Talk.…

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1 Comment | Filed under: News

Overstock.com Shorting Affiliates?

For about a year now, Overstock has been having issues with crediting the correct commission amounts owed to affiliates. They pay one commission rate on media items and another rate on other products.

It seems Overstock is having trouble getting…

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Filed under: Affiliate Marketing

The sales journey, from desire to purchase.

I’ve always been told that it isn’t necessarily important where you end, but it’s the journey getting there that is important. It’s not so much where the train is going, just important that you’re actually on it. I think that…

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So Who Takes Responsiblity?

In a previous article I wrote about Spam, which contained ads for one of my merchants. After several emails back and forth, the Affiliate Manager sent this:

In regards to emails, we have three types of email delivery devices.
Internal, Vendors…

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Filed under: Affiliate Marketing

Think Partnership Announces 40% Revenue “Oops”

CGI Holding Corporation d/b/a Think Partnership Inc. (”THK”) (AMEX:THK) quietly announced a significant accounting mistake (they call it a restatement) impacting reported revenue for as far back as 2003. So far trading is light and they’re off only by 1%…

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Now I’m Worried About This Y2K Bug Thing!

Does this make you think it is still 1999? If not try reading this story that spreads the fear of cookies and spying. The author must not have done any research at all into what a cookie file is or what…

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1 Comment | Filed under: Media

Mystery Shopping Industry — How to Get Paid to Shop!

Christmas pass away and I hope you had a great time these days with your family. The end of the 2005 year is close to us now, so perhaps this is my last post here.

I’m simple amazed by the…

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A Dickensian View of Online Marketing

In the holiday spirit, I thought I might borrow a play from Charles Dickens and talk about the past, present and future of online marketing. Lisa Picarille from Revenue Magazine asked me to ponder to some questions about online marketing…

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2 Comments | Filed under: Online Marketing

Is It Still 1999?

Earlier in the month I wrote about an affiliate program that sent out a clueless email, and now I have to say that someone just did them one better. I am a season ticket holder with the LA Kings and this…

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2 Comments | Filed under: Online Publishing