Archive for November, 2007

Nov 20

The New MySites Script

2007 at 7:42pm | by Dave

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that Jay and I run a small, fairly successful classified site network in Oakville, Mississauga and Burlington. We’ve been running them for years now, and in fact they were the first sites that Jay and I developed together.
For a long time, we’ve been […]

Nov 19

I have to say, Dave’s take on Google’s recent actions was quite interesting…
The only thing I can really say about it this is: what about it really surprises anyone? Name one country or big corporation who hasn’t gotten a taste of real power and not changed because of it.
That being said, I’m not totally convinced […]

Nov 18

Persisting Adsense Problem

2007 at 7:52pm | by Dave

The other day, I mentioned a problem I’ve had with Adsense Deluxe on The Ancient Standard, and upgrading seems to have lessened the problem, as I’ve seen less of a descrepancy yesterday and today. However, I’m still seeing more clicks reported in my stats than in Google Adsense, so I’m not quite ready to accept […]

Nov 17

Google vs. The Blogosphere

2007 at 10:52am | by Dave

It looks like Google is all but declaring open war on the Blogosphere, attacking alternative sources of monetization that don’t line up with their idea of how the Internet landscape should run. The latest victim is paid postings. PPP CEO Ted Murphy has announced that the big G has started reducing the PR of blogs […]

Nov 16

I have to confess, as much as I tried, I just couldn’t force myself to watch the entirety of episode 12…
It’s not because I was bored, at least not in the same sense as Dave was “bored”… Some part of me found it quite interesting, however what turned me off was that a show in […]

Nov 15

Over the past few months, I’ve been noticing a strange thing with the statistics reporting over at the Ancient Standard… the stats have been reporting more adsense clicks than my Google account was, and I’ve been noticing a lot of visits from blank pages of spam domains. I’ll have to admit, I’m a bit […]

Nov 14

Why The “Gurus” Suck

2007 at 10:18am | by Jay

With all the “make money online” courses flying around out there, it’s a miracle that we’re not all super rich yet… or is it?
Well, a few months back, I stumbled upon a website where people share and jointly purchase all these high priced “guru” training programs. Now you’d think, “surely people who can access even […]

Nov 13

Jay and I haven’t been following NIM, but we did watch the last episode that covered the two JV’s that the two finalists are putting together with Joel and his Team, and we thought it’d be fun to make some predictions.
Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting a bit too old or something, […]

Nov 12

I have been plagued by similar distraction problems in the past like the ones Jay just mentioned, and I still have trouble with it from time to time… but I’ve found a system that I find helps me get what I need to do done. It does take a bit of self-discipline, but I’ve found […]

Nov 12

Assassin’s Creed is the Devil

2007 at 2:54pm | by Jay

Yay… only a few more days ’til this amazing game is released and my productivity drops to zero for a few weeks!!
While I may be excited about its release, it also shows a rather big weakness in my… “work ethic”. I believe this “weakness” is one many online business owners, especially the younger ones, share.
What […]