Category Archives: Business Of Blogging

Adsense Ad Positioning & Your CTR

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Google Adsense can be a useful and fairly simple way to monetise your blog, right?  WRONG!  It may be easy to generate the ad code and paste it into your site, but the job doesn’t stop there.  This post looks … Continue reading →

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Traffic Conversion Secrets – How to Convert Your Website Traffic Into Sales

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

? A few days ago I wrote a guide to business blogging, where I covered traffic sales conversions a little, but I figured it’s such an important area, it would be worthy of a post of its own.  In my … Continue reading →

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New Internet Rules for Cookies in Europe

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

From May 25th, new rules will come into play in the European Union, meaning website visitors must give “explicit consent” to websites if you plan to use cookies to track their behaviour in any way.

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BlogSpot Banned in Turkey Over Copyright Row

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

The BBC are reporting today that the Turkish government has banned BlogSpot, Google’s blogging service, over a complaint made by satelite TV firm Digiturk.

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Adsense Makes Me Feel Like My Parents Are Coming Round To Visit…

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

I’ve been using Adsense since it was launched and do love it’s simplicity and effectiveness as a method for content sites to monetise.  But sometimes I do get overly paranoid about following the TOS and not clicking on my own … Continue reading →

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Business Blogging 101 – A Guide On How To Blog For Your Business

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

OK so you run a business and over the past few years you’ve heard more and more chatter about running a blog for your business, but you have no idea how blogging can specifically help increase your sales, right?  This … Continue reading →

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ASA New Online Remit From March 1st

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

For anyone who didn’t know, the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) has had their remit extended to cover online media from March 1st 2011. This will allow the organisation to review and take action against the marketing claims made by companies … Continue reading →

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