Web Cash

Widget Bucks is a relatively new ad network. At first glance, they appear to be a great alternative to Ad Sense - attractive ads, competitive eCPM rates, and CPM payment for non-US visitors.

After trying them out though, I found one aspect of their network - the CPM ads for foreign visitors - to be entirely disappointing.
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Google AdSense could be a great way to monetize your site. But if you’re CTR or eCPM is in the crapper, you may be looking for a new solution - an ad network that pays a decent flat rate per thousand impressions.

There are some reputable CPM programs out there (ValueClick seems to be among the best), but there are surely plenty of scams out there. I just read about one program - RevenueResponse - that seems like a site you should avoid using.
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There are a lot of situations in which you’d like to alternate CSS styles from one element to the next. Long tables, for example, look a lot nicer when the background color of the rows is alternated.

How do we do that? Some pretty simple PHP can help you accomplish this task and spice up your HTML/CSS.
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Here’s another quick tip for creating targeted, dofollow backlinks - write Xomblurbs and Xombytes at Xomba.com.

What is Xomba.com? It’s just another site you can write for on the ‘net - and get a share of the revenue through your AdSense account. This makes it ripe for writing short articles that feature your own website - full of targetted backlinks.
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Although Google Adsense is easy and convenient, it isn’t always the best choice for monetization. My click-through rate and eCPM is relatively low - but there are other methods to turn traffic into cash.

One method is to sell text link ads. A major ad group on this front is Text-Link-Ads. However, while I’m building up my pagerank, I decided to test out a different provider - TNX.
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If you write tutorials on your website or blog, then niche tutorial directories are a great source of traffic. I list most of my php tutorials with good-tutorials and get a nice burst of traffic with each new listing.

Another site I’ve found useful is Gimp Tutorials. They’re a great place to list any graphics tutorials that you write for the GIMP graphic design program.
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You know your site is finally getting around a bit when you start getting comments. Spam comments.

I started a (now defunct) website last year, powered by Wordpress. It never got too popular, and in the beginning I was excited every time I got a “New Comment” or “New Trackback” e-mail. Then I realized they were mostly all spam.
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If you operate a website (like this blog), Google Adsense is probably one of your main streams of revenue. Although you may eventually outgrow Adsense, chances are you’ll have used it at some point.

While looking through my Adsense stats, I noticed an odd trend. This trend suggested a few things about monetizing a site through Adsense - questions that I don’t have an answer for yet, but that I will be looking for.

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In standard HTML, tooltips seem to be reserved for anchor tags - i.e. links. They get the all-powerful “title” attribute which is turned into a tooltip.

There are plenty of other times that you’d want to use a tooltip, though. If you’re wondering how, check out this previous post on how to create a custom tooltip with css.

Otherwise, read on for some thoughts on when to use these tooltips.
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Don’t know what a trackback is? Check out this set of articles for a bit more information.

Assuming you do know what a trackback is, how do you send one - technically speaking? And how can we write a php script to send one?

A trackback is a simple ping - an HTTP Request. It is specially formatted with a limited amount of information. The receiving server is set up to handle that information and use it to create the comment based on your trackback ping.
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