Archive for June, 2008

Why In-Text Advertising Has a Bad Name

I cruise the web a lot using services like StumbleUpon. I recently stumbled on this site that apparently does some kind of web-mobile sms stuff. Like just texting from your phone, but with ads attached to your messages. Ok sorry thats a topic for another post entitled “Dumb as a rock business models and why [...]

Who Does Google Think They Are?

I love Google, but sometimes I want to tell her right where to stick it. Ok, breathe and preface: I am a internet marketer / programmer / nerd guy. By default Google is a big part of my life. For the most part, she is like most women: pay attention to her, make sure she [...]

eBay Geo-targeting in PHP

So in my post about eBay’s affiliates day I made a big deal about the crappiness of geo-targeting in javascript. I decided to be a little proactive and post some code for any eBay affiliates using PHP. This is an easy and free method to ensure your traffic is going to its highest-possible-converting destination.
Why do [...]

eBay Affiliate’s Day

Wow I haven’t been hungover like this in a while. Yesterday was eBay’s “Affiliates Day” at their annual developer’s conference in Chicago. Had a really full day starting at 8:30am, which if you know me you know is way before my workday usually starts, especially with the time change. But it was definitely worth it. [...]

Anything for Anything

I just finished up a shopping site called forUnder, meaning find ____ for under $____. For example, I have been thinking about getting a Macbook Air, but I don’t want to spend a lot. Here’s a search for a Macbook Air for $1,000. Or if you are more into clothes, maybe a Ralph Lauren Polo [...]

knofun the blog that almost was

I own a company called knofun LLC, and for a while I was going to start a make money on the internet blog called knofun.com. I am not going to do the blog anymore because the space is just so saturated. Well that and I decided I really don’t want to go running my mouth [...]