So ICANN have now decided to say "no" to the .xxx tld. After fumbling around for the last few months the body that is supposedly in charge of the internet has displayed real democracy at work (or not!) Of course this is the same body that recently gave Verisign a license to print money, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Karl Auerbach sums it up nicely: ICANN … [Read more...] about No Porn Please – ICANN Kills .XXX
MSN Adcenter – First Impressions
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
300 Irish Blogs?
IrishBlogs is now listing 276 Irish blogs! How long before it hits 300? … [Read more...] about 300 Irish Blogs?
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