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Monthly Archive February, 2007

AdSense testing Italic font

February 24, 2007

It’s true, Google is playing around with the AdSense font. The strange thing is that I am only seeing the new italic ads regularly on this blog, whereas my other sites aren’t getting any Google love.
I wrote about the new AdSense blocks several days ago, but didn’t have a screenshot to show for it. It […]

My new blog = easy money

February 23, 2007

Unfortunately, Ontora.com is not a big money maker. I didn’t even begin to monetize the blog until last month. However, I don’t mind if Ontora doesn’t make money. It’s just a place for me to write what’s on my mind. If Ontora happens to make money along the way, then all the better a testimonial […]

Digg unbans tons of websites

The social news and bookmarking site Digg.com is one of the most powerful tools to drive traffic to your website. However, many popular websites and blogs have been banned from Digg, usually by the members, for unknown reasons.
Today, it appears that a lot of unjust bans have been lifted. Among the unbanned is one of […]

The John Chow effect

February 21, 2007

Last month I participated in an affiliate review deal. The rules were simple: review John Chow dot Com in at least 200 words and get a free link back. The benefits of such a deal were seen from both sides. John Chow gets several contextual links to his blog from a PR4 website, which raises […]

AdSense testing new font formatting?

It’s a little known fact that you can change your AdSense ad fonts manually. Simply apply a div style or hard tags around your code and wala! You have a new look for your ad blocks. Google hasn’t specifically stated this to be a violation of the AdSense TOS. However, chances are they wouldn’t like […]

Back from the blue

I realize that I haven’t updated Ontora in several weeks, and I apologize for that. I know we have some loyal readers out there (I’ve received a couple e-mails threatening violence if I don’t update the blog).
There are several reasons my updates went into hiatis. First of all, I have been pretty busy lately. That’s […]

Getting more traffic with internal linking

February 3, 2007

One aspect of SEO that doesn’t get enough attention is internal linking. Recently on one of my blogs, I achieved a PageRank of 4. However, traffic for the blog remained at about 40 uniques a day even after Google adjusted my PR.
Now, I am finally seeing my traffic grow. The reason? I blame internal linking. […]