David Fiske A subtle blend of affiliate marketing and web development

June 2007 Archives

29/06/07 - AdSense Just Got Better

Google AdSense just got better!

They've introduced more referral products and rounded adverts! More

29/06/07 - Price Update 29/06/07

Just a quick note to say Compare Sat Nav has been updated. More

26/06/07 - Playing With Google Maps

With a little help from Mike Williams' website and a lot of code hacking, I have customised the Hotel Room UK map of hotels to this: More

25/06/07 - Unethical Network?

I received a personalised (i.e. Dear Dave) email today from a Ross Truesdale of Affiliate Window. Not that bizarre until you realise a) I'm not a member of Affiliate Window and b) it is addressed to my Tradedoubler email address (tradedoubler@...)

It seemingly turns out Affiliate Window are trying to poach publishers from Tradedoubler. More

25/06/07 - Comment Spam - Examples of Good And Bad

OK, comment spam is not good but there do seem to be some examples of considerate spamming!

As I've mentioned before, all comments are moderated on this website so I can see everything that's being written. 2 comments recently caught me eye. More

24/06/07 - How Cluttered Is Your Shared Server?

Spy on how full your shared server is!

If you're like me, you'll have thought "I wonder who else uses my server?". Today I stumbled across a website that does exactly that. More

22/06/07 - I Do Follow!

Did you know that if you post a comment on this website, Google will follow it as I do not use the nofollow tag?

Some blogs (predominantly Wordpress) use nofollow rules by default which means you won't get fair recognition by the search engines for your comment.

On my site you will! More

22/06/07 - Does Anyone Use ClickBank As An Affiliate?

I'm just skimming through Revenue Magazine as recommended by Fraser Edwards and noticed an advert for ClickBank.

It got me thinking - are there many affiliate marketers who promote (and prosper from) Clickbank's products? More

22/06/07 - Love Honey Loves Me More!

Not so long ago, I wrote about the Free Condom I was sent from Ann Summers.

So imagine my surprise when I opened an inconspicuous package to find... More

20/06/07 - Price Update 20/06/07

19 days since the last one, Compare Sat Nav has had a price update. More

20/06/07 - Amazon Context Links - A Must Have

I've just taken a look at Amazon's new widget (called Context Links) and I can firmly say - WOW! More

20/06/07 - Broadband Activated

Broadband finally landed today. Mind you, I haven't received my modem yet and it isn't supposed to be live until 29th June 2007 so there may well be some interruption.

Nevertheless, I'm putting this baby to good use! More

20/06/07 - Win a Phone In A Linking Competition

Hats off to Kieron Donoghue who is running a competition for his online bingo website www.bingo.org.uk More

19/06/07 - Free Condom!

Thanks to Duncan of Locker Room for letting me know your in charge of the Ann Summers affiliate programme and for sending a free condom! More

13/06/07 - I'm Kind Of Back

The new telephone number now works and I'm now on unlimited dialup. You don't realise how much you would miss broadband until you revert back to dialup!

BT managed to get everything sorted after my dozen phone calls lasting a total of over 3.5 hours. The crazy thing is that each department cannot help alone and has to transfer calls to other departments. Also, people within the same department read off different sheets. More

06/06/07 - Why I Love BT

There's nothing like a conversation with BT to get you in a great mood for the rest of the day. Oh, hang on, no that's not true. There's nothing like a conversation with BT. More

06/06/07 - Last Post For A While

It shouldn't be too long but I won't be posting for a while. More

05/06/07 - Charity Links - Have You Been Tagged?

Thanks to Kirsty for tagging me. I've never been tagged before so I'm a little excited by this! More

01/06/07 - Same Day Response? I Don't Think So!

Tradedoubler recently announced that they would respond to all publisher support requests on the same day so long as they were submitted before 4pm.

It's now 1743hrs and my request at 1500hrs met the 1600hrs deadline. Still no response. More

01/06/07 - Email Subscriber List Gone

Whoops. I deleted the wrong email list so all the subscribers to this blog have been lost. More

01/06/07 - Price Update 01/06/07

Compare Sat Nav has just been updated. More

01/06/07 - Tax Doesn't Have To Be Taxing

So they say but this year I have the pleasure of a 'Long Tax Form'. The last couple of years have been the nice and simple 'Short Tax Form'.

Mind you, it only happens once a year. Nope, still as painful as always! More