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Darren mentioned some new ad formats that Google were rolling out a couple of days ago. They're now appearing on sites that I run like the sample below: It's your standard text link combined with a link unit. I wonder does it payout better … [Read more...] about New Google Adsense Formats

Peter got to see inside Microsoft's upcoming log analysis tool, which is obviously aimed at competing against Google Analytics (Urchin). It would be nice to see someone take on Google in this space, especially as there have been issues reported by people again in the last few days One of the sites I run Analytics on hasn't reported accurately in months, so a decent alternative … [Read more...] about Microsoft Taking On Google Analytics?

I don't buy many books, CDs or DVDs locally. I do buy the odd one, but the selection of books in the local bookshops is never that great, so it nearly always works out better to buy online. Over the last year or so I've been buying more and more from Amazon marketplace vendors. A lot of the more active vendors provide excellent service and great prices, so it's winning … [Read more...] about Useless Responses – Why Boilerplate Emails Suck

Domain renewal scams are so annoying. The latest one, which was reported to us earlier today, is particularly nasty. I've posted about it here, but it was already covered here a couple of days ago. If you get any of those emails they are NOT from your hosting company. … [Read more...] about Another Domain Renewal Scam!

Most of the complaints you see on blogs about companies relate to relatively minor matters or people simply not reading the instructions. For example, I took delivery of a printer this morning. It didn't come with a cable. Some people would use that as an excuse to whine about how the supplier had ruined their week, when really anyone who works in IT should know that printers … [Read more...] about Google Adwords Customer Service