Pixel advertising is a marketing concept introduced by Alex Tew that allows advertisers to buy advertising space on a per-pixel cost basis. Selling one million pixels at $1 each, Alex's Million Dollar Homepage has created quite a buzz in the news media and has easily reached its $1 million target. Is pixel advertising setting a new trend in online marketing, or is it just another fad that will be history just as it makes "internet history"?
In this article I discuss some ineffective and/or unethical website promotion tactics. I talk about them here so that you won't waste your time and resources pursuing them.
Fewer relevant ads means fewer click-throughs and ultimately lower Adsense revenues. Here are some tips to help you optimize your pages to make them more Adsense-friendly.
As an online marketer, you face the challenge of building trust and loyalty without the benefit of a physical handshake, a face-to-face meeting, or even a smile. To this end online forums can provide an excellent way to build meaningful relationships with people and attract new customers.
Bid-for-position web directories, or simply "bid directories", are an exciting new way to buy text links. As the name suggests these directories allow site owners and visitors to bid for a higher position in the listings. Traditional web directories, by contrast, list links by some predetermined criterion, such as alphabetical order, Google PageRank, listing date, and so on. Bid directories allow people not only to bid for a top position but also to increase their bids as needed to maintain the position.
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