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Google PageRank update underway

October 20th, 2005 at 12:28 pm

A new PageRank is underway by Google. PageRank is not much anymore, but it can still give you an indication of how important your site is in search engines rankings.

You can check what your PageRank will/could be using the tool below which will will query Google’s various data centers to check for any changes in PageRank values for a given URL. Usually all data centers will output the same, but if queried during an update, you might get a glimpse of any upcoming changes in your chosen URL’s PageRank value.


	Future PageRank Tool © SEO Chat™ URL Valid URL

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Chitika’s eMiniMalls news and tips

October 19th, 2005 at 10:37 am

Chitika eMiniMalls has launched a new referral program for publishers. If you already signed up you can get your referral URL in your control panel and there is also a new section in your reports specifically for tracking referral revenue. Refer new Publishers to Chitika’a eMiniMalls service and earn 10% of what your referral earns.

Some people were afraid that eMiniMalls search tab was not compatible with AdSense TOS and they did disable it. Because the search tab is not a web search tool, publishers are permitted to run AdSense on the same page as eMiniMalls with the search tab - but you still must turn off contextual targeting to comply with AdSense. If you have the following line in your eMiniMalls code, you can remove it:

ch_nosearch = 1;

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Before testing AdSense code

October 17th, 2005 at 9:38 am

When testing your new web site, you have to be very careful with AdSense code. It’s very common to reload your pages again and again. But if you pages contain AdSense code, each time you reload, you make a request to AdSense ads Server which sends you new data. Because Google is unaware that you are testing they might penalize your account.

Google AdSense policies also require that websites displaying AdSense ads must be active and not under construction.

So, how can you test your web site without violating AdSense TOS? The simplest way is to remove all AdSense code from all of your pages. Of course this is not the best solution as you won’t be able to see how AdSense fits in your layout. There are many effective solutions and workarounds which will help you not to get banned. Here are my favorites:

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QuickLinks: October 14, 2005

October 14th, 2005 at 10:04 am

Sorry for not posting last couple of days. I’ve had a lot going on in my life right now. I have changed my day job and that’s why I didn’t have much time to write for My Money Blog. I was also spending much more time on my other blog projects of which I will tell you later.

The nominees for this weeks QuickLinks are:

Enjoy the weekend.

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