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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I received an email from Text Link Ads a couple days ago telling me that I had to update my affiliate links to their new ones. Fair enough, but then I noticed that the new ones were being run through the [...]

In a previous post I wrote about the 7 Ways Google Could Ruin Your Life, and well, here at Art of Money we’re not just all about creating link bait.
Therefore, I’ve written this follow-up to guide you through the process of applying a virtual condom between you and that beast Google.
Here’s the 7 possible problems [...]

AdSense Referrals 2.0 - CPA Ads EditionAdSense has opened up their Cost Per Action ads beta test to every AdSense publisher.
Now this program has a really unfortunate name of “Referrals” and they have lumped it in with their old referrals program: you remember the one where you got one whole dollar if someone installed Firefox [...]

1. Stops Sending Your Site Traffic
Some algorithm tweaker could have a bad hair day and introduce a variable which drops your site out of sight. No traffic for you.
Sorry, if you rely primarily on search engine traffic from Google to pay your bills, get a job.
2. Stealing Information from Your Gmail Account
Do you have any [...]

Yes it’s true, Google announced this morning they will provide free wireless broadband across North America:

Sign up for our free in-home wireless broadband service 
Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for?

Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we’ll send you your TiSP self-installation [...]

Did you know that Google had an online store? Just in case you can’t live without a pair of Google socks, or a Google dog leash.
Sorry, in case you’re wondering, they don’t sell Page Rank

Old news, I know…sorry but I’ve spent the last 3 days in bed fighting a cold and I wanted to toss my 2 cents worth out on this deal.

With its $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube.com, Google Inc. is buying a Web site made famous by quirky videos largely produced by amateurs.

Holey crap that’s a [...]

Everything is Ducky during the
Honeymoon Period

For this week’s Internet business definition I’m going to share a new term that I just learned about.
Google’s Honeymoon Period
I was reading Yaro’s story called The Google Honeymoon Period a couple days ago, and I was shocked to find that I hadn’t heard of this phrase before…guess I don’t [...]

A familiar refrain, but I promise this isn’t my website…although I was compelled to share it.
Here’s my latest take on the death of AdSense or the death of Google, take your pick.
In the past couple weeks I’ve had two websites booted from the index for violating Google’s famed webmaster guidelines. Now I’m not a black [...]

This is the second post in my “Internet Business Definition” series that will run every Monday on Art of Money, but it’s a holiday so you’re going to get the raw notes version ‘cuz I took most of the day off.
Today’s definition is: Advanced Search Google style
These searches are useful if you are trying to [...]