8 February 2010, 5:28 am
Since late January and early February, I have been seeing sporadic complaints about Google AdSense earnings and how they have plummeted for many publishers. I received these complaints via email mostly, but all I saw were random threads from disgruntled publishers. A WebmasterWorld thread has a thre... Read More »
7 February 2010, 9:12 pm
Why is Google routing the world through 'Googol'? Sometime in the middle of October, Google silently launched a new net domain - a barely-disguised doppelgänger to the familiar google.com - and according to the latest stats from the site watchers at Alexa, this mystery domain is now visited by near... Read More »
7 February 2010, 6:03 pm
Perhaps yesterday’s tweet by Google CEO Eric Schmidt put it best. Hell has indeed frozen over. Google has run its first major television ad, during the Super Bowl, no less.... Read More »
6 February 2010, 3:56 am
their earnings to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. "We're currently accepting donations from AdSense publishers with an unpaid account balance through January 31, 2010,"... Read More »
5 February 2010, 1:43 pm
In this weeks search recap, I cover the past month of Google SEO related topics, in the February Google Webmaster report. Bing spoke up on how important redirecting your canonical URLs are. Google is disapproving AdWords ads for "artificial ad traffic." Google is sending payment notifications to som... Read More »
5 February 2010, 7:42 am
Google has launched an AdSense feature that lets AdSense publishers donate their earnings to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. "We're currently accepting donations from AdSense publishers with an unpaid account balance through January 31, 2010," says Google's Elizabeth Ferdon. "To see what your unpai... Read More »
5 February 2010, 6:43 am
Earlier this week, I ran a poll asking AdSense publishers should Google disclose the revenue ad split. Most people in the thread I covered then, did not want to know the revenue split. But I found that to be a bit odd. So I posted an anonymous poll asking publishers their thoughts on the topic. The ... Read More »
4 February 2010, 5:58 am
A Google AdSense Help thread has confirmed reports of Google AdSense reports not showing earning values. It was reported several times in the forum, but a top contributor confirmed the issue on January 26th. Many publishers using Blogger have been reporting that their earnings are not displayed unde... Read More »
3 February 2010, 5:41 am
Google AdSense has paid a publisher twice as much in December, so they decided to apologize to the publisher and withhold the funds from their January check. A WebmasterWorld thread has the story from this publisher. The publisher said: I checked that I had ben paid the other day and thought did I r... Read More »
2 February 2010, 5:26 am
Jeff Jarvis wrote that Google is considering disclosing the share of AdSense revenue they share with their publishers. In fact, we have been reporting the approximate revenue share almost every time Google releases a financial statement. Some publishers seem to want to know how much Google is keepin... Read More »