I mentioned MSN adcenter a while back when Microsoft did a "soft launch". At the time I had IE7 beta installed on my windows desktop and found that I couldn't access the signup page. I've since dumped IE7 due to issues with various online services and so I decided to have a look at what all the fuss was about. Signing up costs a one-time activation fee of 5 euro. The signup … [Read more...] about MSN Adcenter – First Impressions
Business
Make Money By Giving It Away For Free
Any regular reader of blogs has probably got used to seeing ads of some kind on most of them.. In many cases the blogger in question uses the ad revenue to finance the hosting or to supplement their income. In other cases blogging is how they actually make their living. Darren Rowse has a nice post today about how Seth Godin makes oodles of cash without running adverts ie. he … [Read more...] about Make Money By Giving It Away For Free
Free Adverts from TLA
Text Link Ads are currently offering $100 of free advertising on all orders over $125. It's a really nice way to test the system out without exposing yourself too heavily ie. you could easily get 5 or 6 link ads for $125 - $160, so you'd only end up spending the non-free value.. looking at the PR on some of the sites on the network it's a very attractive proposition, as most of … [Read more...] about Free Adverts from TLA
Amazon UK Shift the Goalposts
Once upon a time, not so long ago, Amazon UKwas a cool place to shop. For some really odd reason they've changed their terms of service regarding deliveries. PC & Video Games, Toys & Games and Gift items * Amazon.co.uk: United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) only. while for electronics: Electronics & Photo and Home & Garden items * Amazon.co.uk and … [Read more...] about Amazon UK Shift the Goalposts
Open Source In Business?
I'm scheduled to give a talk at the ICT Expo this Friday afternoon on "Linux and some of its friends in the enterprise " So what should I be talking about? Of course I have some ideas already formulated, but what kind of images / ideas spring to mind when someone mentions OSS and business? Are we talking about desktops? Servers? Mail? Web? Replacements for proprietary … [Read more...] about Open Source In Business?