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QuickLinks: September 23, 2005

September 23rd, 2005 at 10:04 am

What a great week it’s been in the blogosphere. I will try to describe the whole week with one word: b5media - a new blog network launched this week by Darren, Duncan and Jeremy.

You will also enjoy reading two good interviews, some great AdSense tips and an idea I wish I’d thought of it (Million dollar home page). So, here are my QuickLinks to guide you through the weekend.

And at the end, a special one:

ProBlogger turns 1 - Happy birthday!

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Sample chapter from Make Easy Money with Google

September 22nd, 2005 at 10:37 am

Eric Giguere has released a sample chapter of his popular book Make Easy Money with Google: Using the AdSense Advertising Program. The sample chapter is Chapter 3, “Finding Something to Say”, which talks about topic selection for your website or blog, including a discussion of how to determine relative keywords values (it’s in Adobe PDF format) .

I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I will when I have some time in the coming month.

If you would like to know more about an AdSense book for non-techies just visit Make Easy Money with Google or buy it on Amazon.com.

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DigitalPoint Forums

September 21st, 2005 at 10:45 am

DigitalPoint forums are very much an up and coming star in the ad scene, in particular regard to contextual ads. DP is one of my favorites and I visit it on a daily basis to find useful information about AdSense and other “making money online” tips and tricks.

DP is recently getting respect from Google and Yahoo! with their team participating in forum and answering questions from other DP members about AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network. There are also many other prominent members willing to answer questions to beginners (like I consider myself) and all others too.

Recently DigitalPoint forums broke the 10,000 member mark and there are rumors that DP is doing better than WebMasterWorld.

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Rotating AdSense ad colors

September 19th, 2005 at 9:58 am

It’s nothing new that your ads will be more successful if they match the color scheme of your website. If you want your ads to blend in then just use the same colors as your website uses for links or titles.

But what about rotating AdSense ad colors? AdSense optimization page has a section about rotating colors in your AdSense ads easily.

Rotating color palettes is a simple way to add variety and freshness to your ads. All you need to do is hold down the Control key and select up to four color palettes when generating your ad code in the Ad layout code page of your account. To take advantage of this feature, you’ll need a newer web browser with JavaScript functionality. However, the color choices will be visible to users of most web browsers.

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