GoogleBits

It’s been a while since I’ve made a post so I thought I would write something up bitching about the Google Toolbar.

In all its esseance it is a wonderful tool allowing for quick lookup of anything without having to navigate away from your current location. The tools including history and its array of options for Page Rank, adding removing buttons, etc are all extremely useful.

So Why do I find myself avoiding the install when I upgrade or install a new OS? Because I don’t like the fact that it leaves my last search term in there forever until I manually remove it. Its very annoying. Once a search has been executed from the toolbar, the next page I click on should remove the search term(s) with the ability to enable or disable it from the options.

Google has added a new Group for Adsense that has several different categegories, you can check it out Here and Join up Here. Looks like it’s already taking off to a good start.

Google has a new Page Creator for creating webpages on the fly.

Google Page Creator is a free tool that lets you create web pages right in your browser and publish them to the web with one click. There’s no software to download and no web designer to hire. The pages you create are hosted on Google servers and are available at http://yourgmailusername.googlepages.com for the world to see.
~Google

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Like most of Google’s pilot programs, you will need to give them your email address and wait until they call your number before you can try it. Still, looks like another bitchin’ tool from Google to make life a little easier on the technically challenged. Added below is another gratuitous screenshot.

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This article describes best practices to avoid getting banned from Adsense for invalid clicks. There are stories all over the net where people get banned with little explanation, here we will go over what little is known about how and why this occurs. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve decided to write this up for those looking to monetize their forums with adsense. There are a lot of great articles out there but I wanted to share my experiend with it on forums specifically. Keep in mind that even though this is geared towards vBulletin that the principals can be applied to any forum software. Much of this is subjective to your personal tastes, this is my experience and what has worked best for me. Your feedback and comments are welcome.

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