Recent content by wsz

Setting aside "morality" for the moment... Full-version warez are illegal. Crackz and serialz may be borderline, but will still tend to attract the wrong kind of attention from lawyers, etc. If your host gets threatening letters from a software company's legal/anti-piracy staff, and shuts...

Also note that "impressions" can differ from "page views." For example, if you have a standard 468x60 banner at the top and bottom of each page, and if you have 100K page views, that would be 200K impressions. However, many banner ad networks, espciecially for CPM, require banners to be...

Try WebAdverts: http://awsd.com/scripts/webadverts/index.shtml You just need regular a regular cgi-bin.

I have seen a few contracts that specifically prohibit the use of an <IFRAME>. My guess is that they are mainly concerned that the publisher might deliberately make the <IFRAME> too small to see, while still being credited for impressions. Which network/sponsor booted you for this? Have you...

According to their FAQ: http://www.dimeclicks.com/webmasters/webmaster_faq.htm ...they send US$ cheques with a $50 minimum payout.

If that were the real problem, then sponsors could just specify that they will only accept English-language sites. And perhaps also specify that the sites must appeal to a US audience and/or have significant US traffic. Reasons for country-based restrictions: 1. High fraud rates in some...

Note that WayAds has been the subject of some serious complaints regarding where they are sending the traffic, and how they are generating the revenue... http://geekvillage.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004526.html http://searchengineforums.com/Forum16/HTML/000428.html --

Their Terms And Conditions page says 15K impressions per month.

I use WebAdverts. You can set it up for either IFRAMEs or with SSI, and you can use the same script for multiple different-sized banner slots, and can have some banners rotating on some pages but not others. The site in my .sig has a list of alternatives, including free, paid, and remotely-hosted.

There's no need to choose either/or. I use all three of these networks extensively. While I do really like the aggregated payments from CJ, the other networks also have specific sponsors (including a few "big name" companies) that are very relevant to my sites, and that definitely do pull in...

Everything seems OK with FastClick so far. The stats I'm getting seem reasonable, etc. I'm really hoping that they will expand the number advertisers, though. I haven't reached the minimum payout (US$50) yet, so I can't comment on payments.

Be sure to read the fine print. Some networks prohibit publishers from placing banners on message boards (especially unmoderated boards), or other content that isn't completely under the publisher's control (e.g. if you were going to provide guestbooks to other sites, or free web space, run a...

Look for relevant pay-per-sale affiliate programs, and use text links to specific products like books and software, integrated into your content. (E.g. "For learning XYZ language, we recommend John Smith's 'Learn XYZ Language In 30 Days'.") Maybe rotate the text links in the same spots, and/or...

I think Crosswinds.Net allows you to run your own paid banners. Although they have recently started inserting their own pop-ups.

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