PAULA NEAL MOONEY

by Paula Neal Mooney For folks who advertise their websites using Google Adwords , the big news today is that Google is adding a cost-per-click, or CPC , bidding option that Google Adwords advertisers have long wanted. Until that point, Google Adwords advertisers had only the cost-per-thousand impressions, or CPM , to contend with. I started my first Google Adwords campaign to drive traffic to my dad's tax blog . Now I'm all over this new Google Adwords CPC Beta , which is letting some advertisers sign up now before it launches next month. I don't know if they're looking for the Google Adwords heavy-hitters to become a part of the new Google CPC Bidding Beta , but sign up anyway if you're a Google Adwords user . If you're not a Google Adwords advertiser and you want to be, just check out my sidebar to the left for the link to Join Google Adwords and start running a new campaign. But be warned, the minimum campaign is $30 per month -- read all their Google Ad...

by Paula Neal Mooney Today there sits $5.45 in my AdBrite account. That's because after I joined AdBrite and added the AdBrite code to my blog, I was dissatisfied with how slowly the AdBrite ads were earning money, so I took them down. I hedged my bets that the Amazon ads in the above prime blog real estate space would earn more. They have. Join Amazon Associates for details. But today I have new reason to urge bloggers to join AdBrite, if they haven't already. It's because I got an email about the new AdBrite InVideo ads. AdBrite InVideo lets you upload your own videos (that I'm sure you have to own the copyright for), splashed with your brand across the AdBrite InVideos . AdBrite InVideo says they'll pay you (don't know how much) when people click on the AdBrite InVideos -- with non-obtrusive ads -- and you'll get paid when people share the AdBrite InVideo ads, too. When your AdBrite InVideos go viral, let's hope AdBrite coughs up mucho den...

by Paula Neal Mooney Many of you may already know that I write for Associated Content , a site that's recently come up with a cool enhancement that lets writers track the pageview count of each of their published articles. (Thanks, theBarefoot , for making me aware of this!) A long time in the making, this much-desired feature can be found under the content producer's "My Content" tab. Associated Content is still working out the kinks in this beta pageview feature, but once it all shakes down I pray the below stats will be congruent with what my clout index amazingly reflects: that in the six months since I've joined Associated Content and published 113 articles, those pieces have received a combined total of one million pageviews. This morning I cut and pasted the pageview stats I've received thus far (which total close to half-a-million but should be updated soon, AC says) into Excel and sorted them in descending order. And what have I learned from this sam...

Let me count the ways: 1- I love thee for the depth and breadth of Google feed crawls that are sure to drive up my blog numbers, along with the new comments Blogger Beta has caused me to receive in the middle of the night 2 - I love thee for the Beautiful Beta blogs that have appeared in your wake 3 - I love thee for the new post labels, which have aided my SEO with Google, especially on the popular Abbie Cornish Pics piece and I love Digital Inspiration for this tip on how to label old blogger postings 4 - I love to the heights that my soul can reach whilst never having to wait and watch that 23% published, 44% published, 77% published winding thing again in my life 5 - I love thee for keeping the Edit HTML tab alive 6 - I love thee for the drop-and-drag feature that allows me to easily design my blog page, along with the pretty color chart I can now reference instead of constantly Googling for the HTML color codes: 7 - I love thee for the ease of updating my blogroll 8 - I love t...