August 2007
12 posts
Innovative and Free Web Analytic Tools
Read/Write Web does a nice roundup of 10 free and innovative web analytics tools. I’ve used most of them but I’m excited that they brought up a few new ones to try. My thoughts on the tools that I have used they mention: Clicky
My favorite simple web analytics application of the moment. Some really nice features, it’s easy to use, and great for the blogs. The Spy feature and RSS feed control...
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Direct Media Exchange on the YPN Blog
We’re fully integrated into the Yahoo! world now, and starting to do a little cross-promotion for my team’s product Direct Media Exchange with the Yahoo Publisher Network customer base. This brief blog post on the YPN Blog is the first of those efforts…
Direct Media Exchange, Yahoo (via Conversion Rater)
Publisher Success Story: WhateverLife.com
I love publisher success stories like this one in Fast Company about WhateverLife.com. Reading about how people succeed online always gets me excited about what is possible through the web, and how anyone with some hard work, basic skills, and a little luck can create a very successful online business. While WhateverLife.com is definitely not my cup of tea, it’s an impressive story of a high...
MSN AdCenter Launches Content Network
MSN AdCenter has announced that they’ve launched their content network to be available to advertisers. But my question is, where’s the content? Well, I actually know that it’s supposed to be on MSN content properties and any other high-level publishers they may have ad distribution relationships. However, what’s interesting is they don’t have a publisher network out there along the lines of...
Panel Proposal for SXSW 2008
I’ve got a proposal in the panel picker for SXSW 2008 called “Maximizing Ad Revenue for Online Publishers“. The title explains it pretty well, but if it’s voted in as one of the panels at the conference I’ll put together a panel of industry experts to go over the core methods today that publishers can maximize their ad revenue. I think it will be educational, great for beginners, but also...
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Quantcast Releases Video and Widget Measurement
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I like what Quantcast is doing in trying to measure the web. Everyone complains about the inaccuracies of Alexa and other similar ranking tools, and they have good reason to complain. The reason I like Quantcast is because they actually give publishers code to put on their site so you can actually send them real traffic data in which to rank your site...
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A Good Time to Be a Publisher! Or Is It?
Over the last week some surprising publishers have been snapped up by larger companies for what appears to be some monetary victories for the publishers. I’m not sure why it’s surprising, beyond the fact that I don’t think there were many rumors about these companies, and it’s an eclectic mix that seems to point towards a general trend in a particular hot industry. Here’s the deals announced over...