A couple months ago, a new web-game site was released. But with a twist. You play against other people. If you win, you double you money. If you lose, you lose half your biddings. Real money. For free.

When you join Moola you automatically get 2 cents in your account. Each time you get more money, you […]

Despite Microsoft’s usual medicore marketing campaigns, they have a unique commercial that pops out from time to time. I’ve put together four different commercials for Microsoft .NET, Xbox 360, and other Microsoft products. Yea, Microsoft being original. What a concept.

AdSense publishers are always looking for new way to maximize profits. Different keywords will generate different ads, some of which have a huge payout. However, the highest paying keywords don’t always offer the most profit.
For example, the phrase “selling structured settlements” is the highest paying AdSense keyword. However, the topic gets almost zero traffic, making any kind of profit […]

I promise this will be last of the self-referential posts for a while. I was pleasently surprised today when I found that Ontora had been featured on WordPress.com’s Blogs of the Day: Growing Blogs… I had to say something.
There is no question that Ontora has been growing quickly lately. It’s good to see that people […]

We have gained quite a few new readers over the past month. It finally feels like Ontora has settled into its home at WordPress.com. However, we may be moving again — for the last time hopefully. In order to have better administrative control over the site, I need to independently host it. I have the […]

A new advertising trend is catching on: inline contextual sponsored links. IntelliTXT is the primary provider of this hot new service. If you want to make money on the web, this is definetely an article to read.
I’m sure you’ve encountered these advertisements before — a double underlined link that brings up an light box when […]

So you see the potential in social content promotion, and want to make your own digg-like website? You can do it in 5 minutes. Here’s how.

Download the latest version of Pligg, the open-source CMS
Create a mysql database. Example “pligg.”
Note - Have your database name, username, password, and
host handy before installing
Rename config2.php.default to config2.php. Do the […]

As a long-time web developer, I have always used AdSense for monetizing because it was the easiest and most efficient way. However, it is definitely not the most profitable route. Let’s examine and compare AdSense to Text-Link-Ads.

AdSense
Google’s marketing service is debatebly the largest ad network. You can get targeted ads on a site of nearly […]

Our previous guide for installing Linux on an iPod Nano with Windows has undeniabley been our post popular article here at Ontora. And with the holidays around the corner, I’m sure many of you will be getting the new Apple iPod Nanos. I stumbled upon this video guide that walks you step by step through […]

Digg released major updates to their site last week. The primary changes are to the design. Digg has been reverted to the traditional left-side content with the navigation on the right.

The changes are welcome, and it’s a nice little change for the holidays. There is no question that Digg is a full-fledged web 2.0 application […]