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Adobe Photoshop CS Fast Track - video powered by MetacafeThis video is a nice introduction to layers in Photoshop CS. There are a lot of Photoshop features you can be oblivious to and still get by as a graphic designer. The layers pallet is not one of those features. Understanding and working with layers is vitally important.

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Sorry I have been away for the last week. I have been pumping a lot of time into my new project. I am not jumping ship. Once I stabilize things I will get back to my regular 1 post per day quota. While I am at it I may as well tell you a little about the project. The site is W3 Appraisals & Web Property Management - W3BSIT3.com. The concept behind the site is relatively simple. Sean (co-developer

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A blogger from the future comes back in time to plant seeds that would push a political agenda before it’s conceived. Based on an algorithm he determines that you and one other note worthy blogger are both solid matches for his project. After selling the idea to both of you he reveals two futuristic blogging devices.The first is a keyboard replacement device that allows you to type at the speed

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You have a small blog and are starting to gain recognition. Your advertising budget has grown to $100 per month and you have a $1,000 set aside for development. In the past you have leased long term organic text links and that seems to be working quite well. Even though your text link campaigns are yielding profits you aren’t entirely comfortable spending your development money on links.First you

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Stock photos can really enhance the look and feel of a blog. Often times I make the mistake of failing to properly illustrate my content using photos. sxc.hu offers a nice browsing interface that makes finding your ideal photo a snap.read more | digg story

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This is in response to an entry on Google Watch by Mark Otuteye. I find most of these topics to be relatively interesting. I will discuss the three that I find most innovative.2) Google RecommenderWhy not develop a word processor rather than making a plugin that will have compatibility issues throughout the broad spectrum of existing word processors. The processor could offer an in-line

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Clicksor is an ad network similar in function to Adsense.Features:70% publishers profit shareAffiliates earn a 10% referral commissions$.10 minimum CPCUser Reviews: 2/10I had registered as publisher in tht site and started displaying their ads on my page for a WEEK. But thier report for a week SHOWED 0 IMPRESSION, I get more than 10,000 impression (Google Adsense) per DAY.- musicnmoviesWhile

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There are numerous lists out there displaying some of the highest paying Adsense terms. Many bloggers will develop entire blogs or entries that are optimized based on these lists. In certain situations I see this as an acceptable yet slightly unethical practice. In other situations I see this as an extremely unethical practice that should be viewed on par with click fraud.Acceptable High Priced

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On July 6th Hitwise reported that Digg eclipsed New York Times in page impressions. (Full Story) I would like to see the trend continue for at least a few more months before making any conclusions. Never the less, this has to be seen as a positive sign for the blogging community as a whole.

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While reading through opinions on the new Ebay AdContext program I thought it would be a run of the mill ad network. My initial reasons to avoid the Ebay AdContext program.1) To me their initial screenshots look like a mix between Adsense and Amazon.2) I have little doubt ads will be served up through javascript. In this case its not that big of a deal because to the best of my knowledge

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Before you start writing website content it is a good idea to do some keyword research but don’t overlook your intuition. There are a lot of solid tools for developing a list of high competition phrases. (Nichebot, WordTracker, Overture, Keyword Discovery…) The problem is internet users are becoming more and more sophisticated in the way they refine their searches. This makes the longer low

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Ad Agency ProblemI just read this post by Mike Valentine and I could not agree more. Many ad agencies hide their ads behind redirects, javascript and flash while downplaying the SEO importance of the ads. There are a few text link brokers that require webmasters to manually plug in new ads which is good for SEO but losses out to the masses of one-stop plug and play webmasters.Ad Serving

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Although Google reigns king over the SEO industry it is not, in my opinion, the best search engine for all situations. On about 80% of the terms I look for Google is my first and only stop but you are probably more interested in how I divide the remaining 20%.Yahoo.com 5% - I generally use Yahoo as a secondary search option. If I am not finding relevant pages for my terms in Google I will

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In the past I have been a little cautious about starting a revenue sharing community using Adsense. I don’t see anything in Googles terms to prohibit this but I do worry about potential click fraud. I don’t see any real way to prevent at least a few members from treating this as a click fest of sorts. To prevent this I would like to see Adsense or any other PPC advertising network set up a site

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I agree that the old subscription model is not the right way to go for a website that offers information that is freely published across thousands of other sites. Even if you are able to supply a service that is keenly organized and of higher quality than your competition you would still have trouble filling subscriptions. In the past users have been spoiled by high quality free content. (as it

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How could we possibly discuss the future of content monetization without tossing RSS into the picture. I just stumbled upon this elaborate blog entry about Dick Costolo and the future of FeedBurner. For the most part this entry is spot on but also relatively generic. We have been discussing ad embedded RSS for a few years now. Never the less, this post is quite informative if you happen to be

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I am a huge advocate of contextual advertising. The industry has grown rapidly since the introduction of Google Adsense. I also believe webmasters should not rely entirely on third parties to serve up the ads. If you are a blogger or content publisher there is a method to instantly monetize your content while giving your advertisers excellent long term value.How is it possible to instantly

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